Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle

Xiao Ye's mouth twitched.

*Why the hell did she put that stinky foot on his leg?*

Seeing Xiao Ye's look of disdain, Liu Ya glared at him with her beautiful eyes and threatened, "Hurry up and massage it for me, or I'll stick my foot on your mouth and let you see just how stinky it is."

"!" Xiao Ye was startled and said, "Not stinky, of course it's not stinky, how could a little fairy's foot be stinky?"

*If she really put it on his mouth, that would be pure torture.*

Xiao Ye reached out and rubbed her ankle, his hand sinking into smooth, tender skin.

Liu Ya's charming face showed a satisfied expression as she internally hummed, *See, this kid—can't I handle a little youngster like him?*

He massaged for about ten minutes or so.

Nangong Siyao and Cheng Bingxi came running in, out of breath, panting,

"We found the Healing Potion!"

As she spoke, Nangong Siyao opened the bottle and poured the blue potion onto the ankle.

Xiao Ye then spread the potion evenly, making sure the skin could absorb it better.

Ten minutes later, the swelling on Liu Ya's ankle visibly went down, almost completely healed.

She finally withdrew her jade foot, letting Xiao Ye breathe a sigh of relief.

Liu Ya noticed Xiao Ye's obvious look of relief and grew suspicious, then lifted her foot to her own nose and took a sniff.

"Not stinky!"

"Smells nice!"

Liu Ya came to her conclusion.

The three of them stared at Liu Ya's hilarious move in shock, and asked, "Assistant, what are you doing?"

"Uh!" Liu Ya looked embarrassed, then brazenly said, "Just wanted to see if there's really any difference between this and a pig's hoof."

"..." Xiao Ye had a dark expression, *Jade feet and pig's hooves, of course there's a difference.*

"Ahhh! This bastard, made me sniff myself!"

Liu Ya squirmed, wanting to roll around on the stone chair.

Her ankle was already fully healed—the injury had been fake from the start.

Looking at Xiao Ye's disgusted face, she thought to herself with sinister glee, *Hmph! I've got to find a chance to actually stick my foot on your mouth, let you see if it's fragrant or not!*

If Xiao Ye knew what she was thinking, he'd most likely make a break for it, shouting as he ran, "Assistant, no need, I'm not a freak, I really don't want to!"

Seeing Liu Ya was pretty much healed, Xiao Ye tried to excuse himself.

Liu Ya didn't want Xiao Ye to leave, so she came up with an excuse so ridiculous even she didn't believe it,

"Xiao Ye, I tried to cultivate a bit, but found my Realm is regressing again, can you massage me one more time?"

As soon as the words left her mouth, Liu Ya felt embarrassed herself.

Massage, that meant she'd have to bare it all to Xiao Ye!

Xiao Ye's gaze grew sharp, surprised, "It regressed again?"

Liu Ya blushed, gritted her teeth, then smiled sweetly and said, "Yeah!"

Xiao Ye frowned and sized her up hesitantly, suspecting she was lying, *There's still Dao Rhythm Energy left, how could her Realm have gone backward?*

Nangong Siyao patted Xiao Ye on the shoulder and pouted, complaining, "Oh come on, Xiao Ye, don't be so stingy, it's just a massage, it's not like you're losing a limb!"

*Xiao Ye was full of doubts, but could only smile helplessly and say,* "Fine, Assistant, I'll help you massage again later."

"Assistant, see you tomorrow. Xiao Ye, we'll wait for you at home." Then, Nangong Siyao and Cheng Bingxi left and headed back to Villa 001, a few hundred meters away.

Watching Liu Ya look like she wanted to rub her foot on him again, Xiao Ye felt an urgent need to pee, so he hurried off to the bathroom.

"Ding dong!"

The doorbell rang outside.

Liu Ya thought it was Nangong Siyao and Cheng Bingxi, and frowned, *Oh no, are they coming back to stop Xiao Ye from giving her a massage?*

Liu Ya, nervous, dashed to open the door, only to find a fierce muscle-bound man with a long scar down his right cheek. He pulled a wicked grin and said,

"Liu Ya, still as gorgeous as ever after all this time."

Seeing it wasn't the two girls but this brute, Liu Ya's flowery smile instantly disappeared, her face going cold, "What do you want? Are you looking for me?"

Liu Ya made no move to let the muscle man inside.

The brute peered into the villa with suspicion and complained, "Liu Ya, we're colleagues, can't you at least let me in for a bit?"

"What, are you hiding some man in there? Don't want me to find out?"

Liu Ya's face darkened—there really was a man inside, "You got business? If not, get lost."

This brute was one of her pursuers—and the type who'd stop at nothing.

Name was Hong Tao, Realm Great Venerable Ten-Star, a Gold Medal Coach at the Hong Family Martial Arts Hall—one of the three big halls in Shanghai Base City—also an external instructor at the Titan Combat Academy under the Modu Beastmaster Academy.

Technically, they were both external instructors, but not at the same academy.

The Titan Combat Academy and the Kunpeng Combat Academy were both among the ten academies of Modu Academy.

Despite Liu Ya's harsh words, Hong Tao didn't feel threatened—in fact, her attitude made her seem cuter to him.

Hong Tao said, "Of course it's business! I've got big news for you!"

Liu Ya, half-skeptical, finally let Hong Tao inside and, as host, started making tea and getting some snacks.

Hong Tao's shifty eyes roamed all around, taking in the chic, Syrian-style décor with curiosity.

*Liu Ya's definitely one of a kind, just my type. I like her!*

Then, Hong Tao's gaze blatantly raked over Liu Ya's sexy body, his eyes full of unconcealed greed.

Noticing his stare, Liu Ya glared at him until he pretended to look around the room.

When the tea and snacks were ready, Liu Ya sipped some tea and frowned, asking, "So what's your deal?"

Hong Tao didn't rush to answer—he slowly savored the tea with a self-satisfied sigh, "There's just nothing like tea made by Assistant Liu!"

Despite his praise, Liu Ya's heart didn't waver a bit.

*But, fragrant? If Xiao Ye thought her feet were fragrant, she'd die laughing in her sleep.*

Xiao Ye: "No, no, no!"

"I'm busy, so spit it out," Liu Ya said impatiently, her pretty face showing her annoyance. Your support at MV^LEMP^YR keeps the series going.

"Uh!" Hong Tao didn't expect Liu Ya to dislike him so much, so he got straight to the point, "Cutting to the chase, I've got a great offer!"

"So, my Hong Family Martial Arts Hall just opened over a hundred branch dojos across the country, every Base City has one."

"Assistant Liu, you've got tons of connections and lots of disciples. Our new branches are willing to pay well above market rate—how about letting your disciples come work as coaches for us?"

"No way!" Liu Ya rejected him flat-out, leaving no room for negotiation.

Hong Tao frowned, "Why not? Our salaries have always been high, and I'm willing to pay your disciples double!"

"As Young Clan Leader of the Hong Family Martial Arts Hall, I have the authority."

Liu Ya shook her head, "The disciples I trained all have high cultivation and real skills, they don't need your little bit of money. And anyway, they can do whatever they want. I don't have the right to interfere."

And besides, Hong Tao's motives were suspicious.

*If her disciples went to the Hong Family Martial Arts Hall, he'd just find a way to set them up, get leverage on them, and force her to bow to him.*

*Knowing how ruthless Hong Tao was, he'd do exactly that without a second thought.*

At that moment, Xiao Ye finished peeing and walked out, asking curiously, "Assistant, who is this?"

"!"

Hong Tao was stunned—turns out, she really was hiding a man in here!