Douluo Continent: The Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, Ma Xiaotao is Addicted

The fact that Zhang Lexuan was promoted to vice dean of the Martial Soul Department did not attract much attention.

Most students only care about gossip and rarely care about anything else.

If the college were to change its dean, it would likely attract a lot of attention.

However, if it were a different vice dean, very few people would care. Only inner court disciples who were familiar with Zhang Lexuan would pay special attention and show envy.

Ye Chen visited Zhang Lexuan, offered his congratulations briefly, and then went to find Ma Xiaotao.

After all, Ye Chen never showed favoritism. He hadn't contacted Ma Xiaotao in a long time, and she hadn't replied to many of his messages, so he definitely needed to appease her properly.

Ye Chen teleported into Ma Xiaotao's hut and found that Ma Xiaotao had not yet returned.

With nothing else to do, Ye Chen cleaned Ma Xiaotao's room first.

Ma Xiaotao is sometimes diligent, and sometimes she's lazy. Look at this house, it hasn't been cleaned for three or four days.

When Ye Chen came, Ma Xiaotao cleaned almost every day in order to maintain her image.

When Ye Chen wasn't around, Ma Xiaotao was naturally too lazy to clean, since she lived alone and wasn't home most of the time, so it didn't matter whether she cleaned or not.

Ye Chen spent some time cleaning the room and also prepared a sumptuous feast.

Ma Xiaotao didn't return until it was dark.

"Click~"

The door opened, and a long-lost beautiful figure appeared in the doorway.

"Sister Tao, welcome home~"

Ye Chen opened his arms and greeted him with a smile.

"Xiao Chen, it really is you! What brings you here?"

Ma Xiaotao had already sensed the commotion in her room and had a guess in her mind. When she saw Ye Chen, she was naturally overjoyed.

However, the bright smile on her face could not hide Ma Xiaotao's exhaustion.

"Of course I miss you~"

Ye Chen gently held Ma Xiaotao in his arms.

He buried his head in Ma Xiaotao's neck and took a deep breath.

Hmm, that familiar smell.

Ye Chen's hand landed behind Ma Xiaotao.

Yes, that familiar softness.

"Hmph, so you still remember me? I didn't reply to your messages or contact you at all..."

Ma Xiaotao, also smelling Ye Chen's scent, leaned softly against him, her tone filled with a deep resentment and a hint of coquetry, her voice slightly nasal.

"Haha, I've just had too much to do~"

Ye Chen chuckled and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Sister Xiao Tao, you must be tired. Eat something first, and I'll give you a good massage tonight to help you relax~"

As Ye Chen spoke, he released Ma Xiaotao and led her to sit down at the dining table.

Ma Xiaotao was exhausted after a long day and was starving. She grabbed a freshly baked pastry and stuffed it into her mouth, eating without a care for her image.

After Zhang Lexuan became the vice dean, the position of senior sister of the inner courtyard naturally fell to her.

She had to hand over all sorts of trivial matters. Although she didn't cultivate today, she was physically and mentally exhausted, as if the intensity of her training had increased tenfold, and she couldn't handle it at all.

"Hmm... at least you have a conscience... After Senior Sister became the Vice Dean, Elder Xuan handed over all the things she was in charge of to me... I'm not good at these things... really..." Ma Xiaotao's cheeks were puffed out as she ate and complained softly, looking aggrieved.

The usually assertive Ma Xiaotao, now overwhelmed by all sorts of trivial matters, instantly became a pushover, looking pitiful.

"Sister Tao, as the old saying goes, 'With great power comes great responsibility.'"

Ye Chen paused, and seeing Ma Xiaotao's eyebrows furrow again at this familiar refrain, he quickly added, "Look, besides you, who else in the entire inner courtyard can shoulder the responsibility of the senior sister? Elder Xuan and the others chose you, which means that everyone recognizes that you have the strength and prestige. Given your status in the inner courtyard, if you don't become the senior sister, who else can?"

Upon hearing the first part of the sentence, "With great power comes great responsibility," Ma Xiaotao's eyebrows furrowed, and she was about to erupt again. However, when she heard the affirmation of "strength and prestige" in the second part, the flames that were about to burst out were slightly suppressed.

However, she still pursed her lips, snorted, and said in an unpleasant tone, "What ability and responsibility... it's all a bunch of lies. There are so many trivial matters in the inner courtyard, and Elder Xuan doesn't care about anything. I don't even have time to cultivate."

"Alright, alright, you'll get used to it. It'll be much easier once you get the hang of it," Ye Chen said softly, wiping the grease from Ma Xiaotao's lips.

The main problem is that Xuanzi is too useless.

The inner courtyard was originally managed by Xuanzi, but Xuanzi was too lazy and simply washed his hands of the matter, only taking charge of teaching and tasks, leaving other trivial matters to Zhang Lexuan and other teachers in the academy.

Zhang Lexuan did such a good job that she ended up taking on the vast majority of the tasks by herself.

Now that Zhang Lexuan has suddenly become the vice dean of the outer academy's martial spirit department, all the big things in the inner academy naturally fall on Ma Xiaotao, who has the most seniority.

Although Ma Xiaotao is not doing so well right now, she will definitely develop into an all-around talent in the future.

"Humph!"

Ma Xiaotao suddenly sneered, turned slightly to the side, leaned forward and closed in on Ye Chen, the distance between them suddenly shortened.

"This is all your fault!"

Ma Xiaotao's tone was melancholic, with a hint of bitterness.

"Ah... Sister Tao, don't try to pin this on me. What does this have to do with me?" Ye Chen was a little confused.

However, Ma Xiaotao did not let Ye Chen off the hook, but pressed him for an answer: "Is Senior Sister's matter related to you?"

"Huh?" Ye Chen was taken aback by her question and didn't react for a moment. "What is it, Senior Sister...?"

However, he quickly realized what was happening and felt a little guilty.

"Stop playing dumb with me..."

Ma Xiaotao stretched out her fair fingers, grabbed Ye Chen's face, and said angrily, "She suddenly advanced to the Title Douluo level in such a short time, how dare you say that this has nothing to do with you!"

Zhang Lexuan's talent is indeed very strong, but it is absolutely impossible for her to advance to the Title Douluo level in such a short period of time.

Only Ye Chen could make someone's cultivation advance so rapidly, since she had personally experienced it, and Ling Luochen had also experienced it.

And those "classmates" of Ye Chen from the outer courtyard, their cultivation has also improved by leaps and bounds, which is very abnormal.

Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan had only known each other for a short time when she began to have doubts.

However, because she respected Zhang Lexuan and felt that Zhang Lexuan didn't seem like the kind of person who would do anything casually... she didn't pursue the matter further...

And now, seeing Ye Chen in this state.

This is clearly solid evidence!
"Ahem, it's true that I contributed to Senior Sister's advancement to Title Douluo, but it has something to do with your current situation, Sister Xiao Tao, but not much..."

Ye Chen still tried to deny it, but he did not deny his relationship with Zhang Lexuan.

Ye Chen had promised Zhang Lexuan he wouldn't talk nonsense, but Ma Xiaotao had guessed it herself, and there was nothing he could do about it.

(End of this chapter)