Chapter 94 Massaging Xiao Xiao's Little Foot
"Ah, I can't trouble you like this… I should just go back and rest myself…"
Xiao Xiao's cheeks flushed bright red, her soft voice laced with bashfulness.
Clearly, she was extremely shy.
"Oh, it's fine, Xiao Xiao," Wang Dong said hurriedly. "Ye Chen's from a family of healers—he's really skilled. With Teacher Zhou Yi training everyone so hard, if your injury doesn't heal well, you'll suffer even more later."
Xiao Xiao hesitated for a moment.
"Don't worry," Ye Chen smiled. "It's just a mild sprain. If I massage it and get the blood moving, it'll heal much faster."
The pain from a sprain was subtle but enough to make her walk slightly unevenly.
Ye Chen couldn't bear to see her like that—he had to help.
"O‑okay… I'll trouble you then, Ye Chen."
Fingers clutching her skirt hem, Xiao Xiao nodded shyly, her eyes brimming with gratitude.
The affection she felt was impossible to hide—it shimmered in her gaze like starlight.
She had assumed that someone as powerful and gifted as Ye Chen would be distant and proud. But he was warm, gentle, and considerate.
Strong, handsome, and kind—what girl could resist that combination?
…
The three of them moved to a quiet corner of the park.
Xiao Xiao sat on a bench while Ye Chen took the seat beside her, gently lifting her injured foot onto his knee.
Carefully, he slipped off her shoe, revealing an adorably petite foot wrapped in sheer white stockings.
Through the thin fabric, her fair skin glowed faintly pink, like morning dew brushed across a peach blossom.
Her five toes pressed neatly together, their softness stretching the translucent silk. Beneath it, her tiny nails gleamed faintly with a natural pearl sheen.
She must have bathed recently—the stockings and shoes were spotless, carrying only a trace of a clean, floral scent, part body fragrance, part soap.
When Ye Chen cupped her foot, her arch rested perfectly against his palm, soft and warm even through the silk.
After a few seconds of light kneading, he said softly, "Mm, it's just a small bruise. A bit of acupuncture will open the meridians."
"Ah… Ye Chen, you can do acupuncture too?"
Xiao Xiao gasped in surprise, eyes wide as she covered her mouth. She clearly hadn't expected him to be so skilled.
"Mm‑hm. Take off the stocking—it'll be easier that way," Ye Chen said with a calm smile.
"O‑okay…"
Blushing hard, she bent slightly and began rolling down her white stocking.
A faint sound, soft and sliding, filled the air as the silk brushed against her legs.
In moments, the pale fabric was gone, revealing smooth, gleaming skin even fairer by contrast.
Her toes curled shyly, the joints flushed coral pink; her sole gleamed sweetly pink, and her whole foot seemed impossibly delicate.
It was small—fitting easily within his palm—and when she curled her toes, it looked like a petal of white jade. Even the faint moisture between her toes carried a subtle sweetness.
Ye Chen's fingers traced along the edge of her foot, gently pressing—perhaps a bit longer than necessary.
The texture was… divine.
"Mm~ Y‑Ye Chen, c‑can you start already…" she mumbled, curling her pink toes as a ticklish shiver ran through her.
She suspected he was doing it on purpose—but she couldn't prove it.
And even if he was, she didn't mind.
After all, he was being so kind to her. If letting him hold her foot was the price, she was more than happy to pay it.
"Alright, hold still. I'm starting now~"
Ye Chen lightly tapped her restless foot, smiling reassuringly.
"O‑okay…"
Xiao Xiao relaxed obediently.
Then, before their eyes, a silver needle appeared out of thin air between Ye Chen's fingers.
Both Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong gasped, eyes widening simultaneously.
"Ah! Ye Chen—you have twin martial souls!"
"Ye Chen, you're a dual‑type too?!"
They spoke at once, shocked and delighted.
"Yeah. I have twin martial souls," Ye Chen said, feigning surprise. "Wait, you two look awfully surprised—don't tell me you have them too?"
Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao exchanged startled glances.
"Y‑yes," Xiao Xiao nodded gently. "My spirits are the flute Xiao and the Ding cauldron."
"I'm also a twin‑spirit user," Wang Dong admitted. "One of mine is… a hammer." She purposefully left out its true name—the Haotian Hammer—to avoid suspicion.
"Heh, so that's how it is. Seems fate brought us together~ Twin spirits are rare, yet our year has three of them," Ye Chen said, smiling in good humor.
"I know, right? I never expected it—both you and Wang Dong have twin spirits too."
Xiao Xiao's face brightened, her laughter pure and happy, as if she'd just found two rare kindred souls.
"That's great! We might not be classmates, but since we share the same gift, we should help each other from now on," Wang Dong suggested brightly.
"Mm‑hm~"
Xiao Xiao nodded eagerly.
How could she refuse friendship from two handsome, talented boys—especially when they were both the people she secretly liked?
Before she met Ye Chen, she had crushed on Wang Dong.
But after meeting Ye Chen… she liked them both now.
She knew it was shameless—but since it was only secret admiration, it hurt no one.
"I'm fine with that~" Ye Chen replied with an easy grin as he finished the treatment.
"All done."
He pressed lightly on Xiao Xiao's now‑relaxed foot before setting it down gently.
"Huh? That's it? So fast?!" she blinked in surprise, a little dazed.
It had finished so quickly that she hadn't even realized the needles had gone in during their chat.
Either his needles were unbelievably thin—
Or his skill was simply that refined.
She preferred to believe the latter.
"Try walking. Let's see if it still hurts," Ye Chen said with a smile.
Xiao Xiao stood, took a cautious step—and her eyes lit up instantly.
"Wow, it doesn't hurt at all! Ye Chen, you're amazing!"
Her heart leapt with joy.
Before, even light pain had made her steps awkward. Now, it was completely gone—no soreness, no stiffness, nothing.
He wasn't even a healing‑type Soul Master, yet his technique rivaled Shrek's top medical teachers.
A talented genius, gentle and handsome, with astonishing skill in medicine—Ye Chen was simply too perfect, the very definition of a dream boy in every girl's heart.
Xiao Xiao's gaze sparkled like stars as she looked at him, eyes full of admiration.
If Ye Chen could actually see affection points rising, hers would've skyrocketed by fifty percent right then.
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