Song Jiamin began to cautiously cultivate according to the methods Ye Xiao had taught her. Jade Maiden Ice Heart Skill was a yielding type of Internal Cultivation Methods, and her body already harbored some of Ye Xiao's robust Nine Yang True Qi. Therefore, when Song Jiamin started to cultivate, the Nine Yang True Qi inside her body began to resist. Although the stubborn Song Jiamin felt discomfort, she didn't want Ye Xiao to look down on her, so she closed her eyes, endured the discomfort, and forced herself to continue cultivating!

Originally, balancing yin and yang contradicted the principles of Martial Arts Cultivation. However, the Nine Yang True Qi in Song Jiamin's body, although now hers, wasn't cultivated by her directly. Jade Maiden Ice Heart Skill was inherently a mental method for calming the heart. Therefore, after enduring about ten minutes of internal conflict between yin and yang, the Nine Yang True Qi slowly began to compromise.

If Nine Yang True Qi was boiling water, then Jade Maiden Ice Heart Skill was cold running water. Initially, when some cold water was added to the boiling water, the boiling water easily neutralized the cold water; as soon as the cold water entered, it disappeared, with the boiling water absorbing it unrestrained. However, the boiling water didn't anticipate that, as more cold water was added, it ceased to be boiling water and turned into gentle warm water, losing its potent, destructive power.

The discomfort Song Jiamin was feeling gradually disappeared, and she began to cultivate even more earnestly!

Suddenly, she smelled an unpleasant odor and, after sniffing around, realized that the smell was coming from her own body. Moreover, her originally smooth skin was now covered in black-gray viscous substance, prompting an image in her mind: phlegm!

Instantly, Song Jiamin felt nauseous. No wonder Ye Xiao had insisted she remove her clothes. If she hadn't, the viscous substance would surely have soiled them. would her outfit not have to be thrown away then?

Swiftly, Song Jiamin jumped out of bed and rushed into the bathroom.

Once in the bathroom, Song Jiamin quickly started the water and washed away the viscous substance, which was surprisingly easy to rinse off. Looking at the gray-black goo on the floor, she felt nauseous again. Always confident in her beauty, and a bit of a clean freak, Song Jiamin had never imagined her body could accumulate such disgusting filth.

It seemed there was one thing Ye Xiao hadn't lied about—her body really did have impurities!

Being a professionally trained policewoman, Song Jiamin bathed quickly, not delicately like some girls. However, soon a very important issue confronted her, and it was one she couldn't avoid.

"Ye Xiao, come here for a moment!"

"What's up?"

"Bring me my clothes!" Song Jiamin's voice was as soft as a mosquito's.

Ye Xiao, holding the clothes, walked to the bathroom and said, "Here you go!"

Song Jiamin immediately opened the bathroom door a crack and snatched the clothes.

Watching the speed with which Song Jiamin took the clothes, Ye Xiao couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seemed he still wasn't viewed very favorably in her eyes.

After Song Jiamin had finished, Ye Xiao went to take a shower. With nothing else to do, Song Jiamin sat down in front of the computer and browsed randomly, finding some movies stored on it. However, the titles of these movies were labeled 'Not for the faint-hearted'!

Song Jiamin immediately recognized this as Ye Xiao's prank, insinuating that she was cowardly. Although she was a policewoman, Song Jiamin admittedly didn't like horror films—she was still a girl, after all.

Unsure of what the movie was but unwilling to give Ye Xiao a reason to call her cowardly, Song Jiamin hesitated for a long while before finally clicking on the film. Indeed, she suspected that Ye Xiao's selection might not be decent—if it truly was an indecent film, she could use it to scorn and blackmail him.

Quickly, Song Jiamin opened the movie, and as expected, it was a horror film—and an intensely frightening one at that. She had only glanced at it briefly, but her heart was already pounding. Song Jiamin initially kept her head down, but soon she couldn't resist lifting her head a little to watch one scene, found it too terrifying, and quickly looked down again. After a little while, she couldn't help but look up again—one time, two times, three times...

Song Jiamin didn't have to watch, but she felt that if she didn't, Ye Xiao would definitely think she was a coward. She didn't want Ye Xiao to look down on her like that.

It was also about overcoming her own inner fears, so Song Jiamin clenched her fists and began to watch seriously!

Just then, as she reached the most exciting and terrifying part of the movie, a voice suddenly sounded behind Song Jiamin.

"Quite tasteful!"

"Ah?"

Song Jiamin, already extremely tense, screamed in fright when Ye Xiao suddenly spoke. If anything captured the essence of being scared out of one's wits, it was Song Jiamin at that moment.

Ye Xiao chuckled as he watched the screen, saying, "Not bad, huh? This isn't even the intense part!"

At that moment, Song Jiamin was truly terrified. Already fearful, Ye Xiao's remark exposed all her frightened thoughts completely.

"I really didn't expect Officer Song to be such a scaredy-cat; looks like I overestimated you!" Ye Xiao chuckled and settled into the chair, grabbing the mouse to shut off the movie.

Song Jiamin immediately tried to defend herself, "It's not my fault, you... you suddenly started talking and scared me on purpose."

"Being scared is being scared, why make excuses?" Ye Xiao rubbed his stomach and said with a smile, "I'm kind of hungry, let's go eat, your treat!"

"Why should I!" Song Jiamin looked at Ye Xiao with dissatisfaction, clearly very annoyed with him at this moment!

Ye Xiao immediately laughed and said to Song Jiamin, "There are two reasons you should treat me to a meal, first, I'm now your martial arts teacher, and it's only appropriate to treat your teacher to a meal, right? Secondly, haha, I promise not to tell anyone what just happened, after all, being scared isn't your fault, I promise!"

As soon as Song Jiamin heard Ye Xiao's words, she glared at him, fuming, and shouted, "Ye Xiao, if you dare tell anyone about this, I won't let you off!"

Instead of being afraid, Ye Xiao chuckled in response to Song Jiamin's threat and said, "What's the rush? I'm not in a hurry at all. Moreover, I really hate being threatened because it just makes me want to spill the beans. That's really a problem!"

Ye Xiao's expression suggested he was at his wit's end, which only added to Song Jiamin's embarrassment and anger, but she didn't dare to be impolite to Ye Xiao—who knew if he would actually spill the beans? What would she do then? She was really in a dilemma right now!

Seeing the conflicted look on Song Jiamin's face, Ye Xiao chucklingly said, "Come on, I'm really hungry!"

Ye Xiao then strode out of the room, while Song Jiamin glared at his retreating figure, truly unable to stand him!

The two quickly reached the hotel lobby via the elevator. When Ye Xiao and Song Jiamin entered the hotel, the staff became intensely curious about their identities, some speculating that she was a rich woman keeping a young lover, others thought it was a male love triangle. Obviously, they didn't regard Ye Xiao as a good guy!

When Ye Xiao and Song Jiamin stepped out of the elevator, they immediately became the center of attention once more. Ye Xiao walked ahead, strutting proudly, while Song Jiamin followed with a look of melancholy. Moreover, due to having just washed her hair, it was still damp, leading to rampant speculation—could it be that they had been up to something in the shower?

Song Jiamin felt this was the most embarrassing day she had ever had while being out. So, she fled the hotel as if escaping.

Ye Xiao noticed Song Jiamin's disheveled state and smirked, cheekily saying, "Why so bashful? This is going to be the norm from now on, don't treat it like nothing special!"

"Who said it's the norm with you, Ye Xiao, don't push your luck!" Song Jiamin, already struggling to find an outlet for her anger, immediately shouted at him, fuming!

Ye Xiao looked around and said, "Well said, brilliantly put, but don't you think you're turning quite a few heads standing here on the street?"

"You…" Song Jiamin also noticed this, especially since she had just been shouting at Ye Xiao, attracting even more people's attention to her damp-haired appearance!

Her face flushed red immediately, which, in fact, only made the bystanders even more imaginative.

"Hey, let's just go have that meal. If we don't eat, and you keep talking so loudly, you're just wasting energy. Energy depletion is really bad for martial arts training!" Ye Xiao chuckled and said to Song Jiamin.

Song Jiamin knew Ye Xiao wasn't really being kind, she glared at him and retorted, "Hmph, I'm not going to have dinner with you, I'm leaving!"

"Leaving?" Ye Xiao said, "That's not really okay, to use and throw away, that's a bit like burning the bridge after crossing it!"

Ye Xiao's words were ambiguous, but to Song Jiamin, they sounded incredibly offensive. What did he mean by 'used'? If others heard this, they'd definitely think the worst!

"Ye Xiao, if you dare…" Song Jiamin was bristling and about to lash out when Ye Xiao's phone suddenly rang!

Ye Xiao took a look at his phone and, with a smile, glanced at Song Jiamin, saying, "Should I answer this call or not?"

Song Jiamin didn't know who was calling, and it wasn't her phone anyway. She gave Ye Xiao a cold look and said, "I don't care whether you answer it or not!"

"Alright, then I'll answer it!" Ye Xiao promptly hit the answer button, and immediately, a sweet voice came through!

"Ye Xiao, where are you? I'm off work!" The caller was none other than Song Jiaqian, Song Jiamin's sister!

With a twinkle in his eye, Ye Xiao looked at Song Jiamin and said to Song Jiaqian on the phone, "Alright, how about I find someone to treat you to a meal?"

"Someone treating me to a meal? How could that be? Who would be so silly to treat me to a meal just like that, hehe, it couldn't be you, right?" Song Jiaqian said playfully, obviously thinking Ye Xiao was joking with her!

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