Dai Mubai: She's My Fiancée! [3000]

"Congratulations on passing the assessment. From today onward, you're students of the academy..."

Zhao Wuji looked at the five young people before him, a glint in his eyes, and chuckled.

"Come on, I'll take you to where you'll be staying."

He immediately changed direction and motioned for them to follow.

"Okay."

They hadn't gone far when Dai Mubai appeared in their sight. His eyes lit up the moment he saw Zhao Wuji.

"Dean Zhao, did they pass the assessment?"

Dai Mubai asked excitedly.

"Can't you tell? The assessment's over."

Zhao Wuji spoke coldly. Whenever he thought about how this fellow had tried to set him up earlier, he found it hard to improve his mood.

"Is Dean Zhao in a bad mood?"

Dai Mubai didn't pay it much mind. He eagerly looked over at Tang Wulin, only to see the same handsome face as before.

"Huh?"

He took one look, and his gaze went silent.

Wait, Dean Zhao, you were playing me!

You said you were going to teach him a lesson...

"What are you looking at?"

"Dai Mubai, I'll settle that score with you later. Right now, get out of my sight, immediately!"

Anger showed on Zhao Wuji's face. While he was still with the new students, Dai Mubai had better not force him to beat him up!

"Gulp..."

"Yes, Dean!"

Seeing that the other man's anger didn't look like an act, Dai Mubai didn't dare say more and hurriedly nodded. He knew perfectly well how serious a beating could be.

"Looks like that blond guy doesn't have a good reputation at the academy either."

Beside them, Xiao Wu spoke thoughtfully.

"I agree."

Ning Rongrong nodded in agreement, and even Zhu Zhuqing nodded with deep disgust.

"We're here, students. This is the dormitory area."

Before long, Zhao Wuji led everyone to a stop in an area of houses.

"The girls' dormitory is over here... Ahem, since there weren't any girls before, there's only one room, but it has four beds, so there's no problem with all of you staying there."

"The boys' dormitory is over there. The first two rooms are occupied, with two people to a room. There are currently two people living there..."

He went on with his introduction, but everyone fell somewhat silent.

"Dean Zhao, you mean..."

"These little wooden cabins?"

Xiao Wu walked forward and looked at the wooden door, which even had spiderwebs on it, a somewhat bewildered expression on her face.

"That's right."

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing frowned as well.

The girls didn't mind living together. After all, it wasn't as though they'd be sharing a bed, but this house...

Were they serious?

"The Dean said the living environment is secondary. The quality of cultivation and education at the academy is what geniuses like you need to focus on!"

"It's definitely not because the academy lacks the funds."

Zhao Wuji's old face reddened. The academy didn't even have the funds to recruit students, much less renovate the dormitories.

"Anyway, you can go to Suotuo City later to buy some daily necessities, bedding and the like..."

After saying that, Zhao Wuji didn't stay long. He soon found an excuse to leave, heading in the same direction Dai Mubai had gone.

"So you have to bring your own bedding to school..."

Ning Rongrong murmured thoughtfully.

"Hm?"

"Didn't you have to at your old school?"

Xiao Wu looked puzzled. He still had the bedding he'd brought in his Soul Tool. Didn't she need to bring any?

"No, but..."

"I used to go to school at home."

Ning Rongrong blinked. She had attended school at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa had even competed to take her there every time, let alone worry about bedding...

She hadn't even needed to walk.

"Then it sounds like your family's really impressive. But it's still early, so why don't we go buy some things in Suotuo City?"

Xiao Wu made the suggestion eagerly.

She had spent so much time shopping with Wulin yesterday, and today she had made two new friends. It felt like it would be great!

"Sure!"

"Big Brother Tang, Zhu Zhuqing, do you want to come too?"

Ning Rongrong clearly agreed with the suggestion. As she spoke, she looked over at Tang Wulin and Zhu Zhuqing.

"Sure."

Tang Wulin smiled and nodded. He actually hadn't planned to stay at Shrek Academy in the first place and hadn't brought any bedding.

Now that he was going to stay for a day or two, buying a quilt was necessary.

"I'll go too."

Zhu Zhuqing answered softly.

"..."

After pondering for a moment, Tang San, who hadn't been invited, finally sighed and silently walked toward one of the wooden cabins.

His roommate wasn't there at the moment. Only the red bed showed that someone did indeed live there.

Tang Wulin looked toward another room. He could clearly sense a rank 29 Soul Grandmaster inside. That had to be Oscar, the one with Innate Full Soul Power.

The man's potential in the food system was indeed immense, provided one set those bizarre incantations aside.

"Wulin, what are you thinking about? Let's go."

Seeing him standing there in a daze, Xiao Wu walked over and gently tugged his sleeve as she asked.

"Nothing."

Tang Wulin came back to his senses and answered.

"..."

Over the next few hours, the group made their way through Suotuo City's streets. At Ning Rongrong's suggestion, they even stopped for a friendship meal.

Their friendship began today!

Time flew, and it was soon that afternoon.

"Phew..."

"Shopping is great!"

After leaving their last store of the day, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu were both in high spirits, grinning as they spoke.

"Girls really are fascinated by shopping."

Looking at the two of them, Tang Wulin couldn't help remarking on it. At the same time, his gaze fell on Zhu Zhuqing.

Although she wore a faint smile, she didn't seem accustomed to shopping and was visibly tired.

"Wow, look at that hotel."

"It's so pretty!"

Ning Rongrong seemed to have spotted something. Her gaze pointed into the distance, where a particularly distinctive hotel stood.

"Hm?"

"The Rose Hotel."

Tang Wulin and Xiao Wu both froze when they saw it and spoke without thinking.

"Oh, you know it?"

Ning Rongrong looked at the two of them and spoke softly.

"Yeah! We stayed there yesterday."

Xiao Wu nodded earnestly and smiled.

"Ah..."

"You two?"

Ning Rongrong froze, her eyes widening as though she had just learned something extraordinary.

Beside her, Zhu Zhuqing also recalled seeing the two of them at the hotel yesterday. Her expression faded, and it was unclear what she was thinking.

"It's not what you think. We got separate rooms at the hotel yesterday..."

Tang Wulin looked helpless. Don't let your imagination run wild!

"Right, don't get the wrong idea, Rongrong!"

"We're just friends."

Xiao Wu's face instantly flushed with embarrassment.

"I didn't mean to..."

Ning Rongrong smiled. She had thought the two of them had already reached that stage in their relationship. It was good that they hadn't.

"I forgive you."

"But Wulin and I ran into that blond guy here yesterday, that Dai Mubai. He picked a fight with us, and then Wulin beat him up..."

"You don't even know, that guy went into the Rose Hotel with two girls in his arms, one on each side!"

Xiao Wu didn't dwell on it. At the mention of the Rose Hotel, she immediately began talking about it.

"Two girls!?"

Ning Rongrong frowned. Dai Mubai had looked unreliable, but she hadn't expected him to play around so wildly.

"And they were twins..."

"Wait, isn't that..."

Xiao Wu answered earnestly, but soon a familiar figure appeared in her sight not far away. His whole face was swollen, and he had two girls in his arms.

"Isn't that..."

"Dai Mubai?"

Ning Rongrong fell silent too. Although one more side of his face was swollen than during the day, they could still recognize him.

She just hadn't expected Dai Mubai to be out painting the town red when he was already in that state.

"Let's go."

After a moment's silence, Zhu Zhuqing spoke slowly. With Dai Mubai there, the mood was utterly spoiled.

"Zhu Zhuqing..."

"Yeah, let's go!"

Looking at her, Ning Rongrong seemed to think of something and fell somewhat silent as she answered.

"..."

"Hm?"

As Tang Wulin and the others hurried past, Dai Mubai sensed a familiar presence. He turned around, and his gaze immediately landed on Zhu Zhuqing.

Why is she still out at this hour? But she probably didn't see me...

Wait, that's!

But when his attention fell on the young man beside her, his gaze sharpened, and his arms involuntarily tightened around the twin sisters.

At that moment, he paid no attention to the other two girls beside Zhu Zhuqing, looking only at her and that man!

"Zhu Zhuqing..."

"How did she get mixed up with him!"

A chill instantly appeared on Dai Mubai's face.

The culprit who had left one half of his face swollen and caused the other half to swell as well—

The Spirit Hall Holy Son, Tang Wulin!

Yes, he had learned from Dean Zhao that the man had great potential and would accomplish much in the future. He was even a Soul Ancestor...

But how could he go after his fiancée too?

"And Zhu Zhuqing..."

"Doesn't she know she's a man with a fiancé? Does she have no self-respect at all?"

Dai Mubai's heart was bleeding. This fiancée of his really didn't know what was good for her!

"Young Master Dai, you're squeezing too hard."

The twin sisters gave him resentful looks and couldn't help speaking up.

"I'm hurting you? You're the ones I'm squeezing!"

"Come on, back to the hotel with me!"

Dai Mubai snorted and squeezed the two of them, but the fire in his heart didn't diminish in the slightest. Zhu Zhuqing...

Just you wait!

P.S. Another 6,000 words today. Charge!