You Really Don't Like Him? Dai Mubai Lost His Composure

Before long, they were back at Shrek Academy.

"We're back at our super-plain little academy."

Back here again, Ning Rongrong couldn't help muttering. Although she was now a student of the academy, its surroundings shocked her every time she saw them!

"Yep, yep!"

"Next..."

"It's time to tidy up our rooms."

Seeing that night hadn't fallen yet, Xiao Wu looked thoughtful and spoke with gusto. Only after tidying up her room could she get a good night's sleep.

"We really should tidy up our rooms."

Tang Wulin smiled faintly and looked toward an empty room in the boys' dormitory area. He clearly intended to room alone.

For one thing, he wouldn't have much to do with the people at Shrek. For another, he couldn't leave old man Golden Crocodile without a place to rest.

"You..."

Just then, a man with a large beard appeared before them. His features were delicate, and a complicated expression was on his face.

He was none other than Oscar, a student of Shrek and a food-system genius with Innate Full Soul Power. Under Dean Flender's guidance, he had already reached rank 29 at the age of fourteen.

"You..."

"You must be the other new students."

Oscar hesitated, but his eyes shone brightly. Although Dean Zhao had told him long ago that three girls were coming this time, he hadn't said...

They were all so beautiful!

Especially that little girl in pink. A single glance at her was enough to make it hard for him to look away. He had to pursue her!

"Huh?"

"Uncle, are you a teacher at the academy?"

Seeing him stare at her, Ning Rongrong couldn't help frowning. This bearded man's cultivation seemed to be only a few ranks higher than hers, yet he could be a teacher here.

"My name is Oscar. I'm a student at the academy, and I'm fourteen this year. I just have a lot of hair, that's all."

Hearing that, Oscar immediately realized how serious the situation was. He gave a bitter laugh and hurriedly explained.

This is bad. My first impression on the beauties wasn't very good!

"You're fourteen..."

Looking at his beard, the group started to speak but thought better of it.

How did he look fourteen?!

Tang Wulin couldn't help marveling as well. He might as well stop calling it the Big Sausage Martial Soul and call it Big Beard instead.

"Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing."

"Let's go tidy up our things first."

Ning Rongrong only glanced at him before turning to the two girls beside her and speaking softly.

"Okay."

Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing agreed and entered the dormitory with her, leaving the ignored Oscar standing there awkwardly.

"Um..."

"You're Tang Wulin, right? There's still space in my room. We'll be roommates from now on."

Oscar quickly recovered and hurriedly spoke to Tang Wulin, who was about to leave.

As he spoke, he felt a surge of emotion. Dean Zhao Wuji had said that this man was a Soul Ancestor and the Spirit Hall Holy Son besides. He had to cling tightly to a thigh like that!

"Hello. But I prefer having a dorm room to myself, so I'll go tidy up a room now."

Tang Wulin smiled and shook his head, declining the offer. With that, he headed for a random empty dorm room.

He pushed open the wooden door and entered the empty room. Two beds, a table, and a cabinet met his eyes. That was all the furniture there was, leaving him utterly amazed.

"Sure enough, it's worse than the work-study dormitory."

Tang Wulin smiled helplessly. At least the work-study dormitory wasn't a wooden house.

He paid it no further mind. After cleaning up, he took bedding out of his Soul Tool and simply made up one bed.

As for Senior Golden Crocodile's bed, he was still hiding in the shadows for the time being, so Tang Wulin left it unmade for now.

Once he had finished, Tang Wulin sat on the bed and quietly waited for night to fall. A certain Hammer Douluo wouldn't readily come out during the day, but at night...

That was harder to say.

Meanwhile, elsewhere, Xiao Wu and the other girls fell silent together as they looked at their room. The good news was that there were two cabinets and two tables. The bad news was...

"Two bunk beds?"

Looking at the pink wooden bunk beds, Xiao Wu fell somewhat silent. Then she earnestly picked up a broom.

After that, the three cleaned until evening fell, finally leaving the room looking brand-new.

"The academy's dormitory conditions really are worrying too, but it looks somewhat nice now."

Xiao Wu sat on a lower bunk and pursed her lips. She hadn't expected an advanced academy to have wooden houses.

"That's right."

"It's hard to imagine that, with conditions like these, Shrek Academy still dares to say it only accepts monsters, not ordinary people."

Ning Rongrong, who was also on a lower bunk, sighed. Those who could come here were indeed extraordinary. Choosing to come to a place like this instead of attending a school with better conditions really did make them little freaks of a sort.

"By the way, Xiao Wu, what's your relationship with Brother Tang? You two seem very close."

She couldn't help asking curiously.

"We're just good friends. We've known each other for a long time. When we were six, we went to school in the same small city..."

Xiao Wu giggled and patiently explained.

"No wonder you're so close. You knew Brother Tang before he joined Spirit Hall. But Xiao Wu, you cultivated to the Soul Elder level so quickly in a small city too. That's impressive..."

Ning Rongrong immediately understood and spoke with a smile. So that was how the two had met.

"Yep! Rongrong, how did you meet Wulin?"

Xiao Wu asked curiously in turn.

"We met at a banquet. At the time, I saw Brother Tang defeat Yu Tianheng, a genius of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, when Brother Tang was a Soul Grandmaster and Yu Tianheng was a Soul Elder..."

Ning Rongrong spoke with a smile, a faint blush appearing on her face. She had been so captivated watching him that her father had teased her, saying he would introduce her to him.

He had then actually taken her over. Of course, her father had only gone to praise Tang Wulin that time, but she had been young and shy, hiding behind him and only daring to peek.

"Wow, Wulin was already that amazing back then?"

"Yeah, yeah! I admire him so much."

"..."

Unlike the two chatting happily on the lower bunks, Zhu Zhuqing was very quiet on her upper bunk, silently listening to them.

But whenever she heard Tang Wulin's name, the earlier scene couldn't help surfacing in her mind. As she became lost in thought, she also couldn't help comparing him to a certain blond...

It was unquestionably a dimensionality-reduction strike.

Sure enough, comparison was the thief of joy.

"By the way, Xiao Wu, you and Brother Tang are so close, and he's so outstanding. Do you like him?"

Ning Rongrong asked eagerly for gossip, and Zhu Zhuqing silently pricked up her ears when she heard it.

"Ah! Rongrong, what are you saying? I only think of Wulin as a friend. It's not what you think..."

Xiao Wu's face immediately turned red. She and Wulin were just good friends. It wasn't like that!

"Oh? You met Brother Tang so early. Do you really not have feelings for him?"

Ning Rongrong looked at her and continued asking. She was clearly teasing her, but there was always another meaning in her eyes. Did she really not have feelings for him?

If she didn't, then Ning Rongrong would...

"No, I don't! Besides, I'm sure Wulin doesn't think of me that way either!"

Xiao Wu muttered, her face red.

"Hahaha, all right, all right, I get it."

Seeing Xiao Wu keep avoiding the subject, Ning Rongrong seemed to think of something. She chuckled and dropped it.

"Then do you think Brother Tang likes anyone?"

"Huh? I don't know about that either. Rongrong, didn't you know about him before? Have you heard anything?"

For some reason, Xiao Wu was interested in the question. Her little face even grew serious, as though she cared a great deal.

"I don't think so."

"Everyone says the Spirit Hall Holy Son is a cultivation maniac who only likes cultivating!"

Ning Rongrong smiled and shook her head. At least, she hadn't heard anything. But judging by Xiao Wu's reaction, she cared a lot about it.

"Really? That's good."

Xiao Wu spoke without thinking.

"Huh? Did you just breathe a sigh of relief? I knew it, you really do care about him!"

Ning Rongrong laughed, then gave a soft snort.

"Rongrong, you heard wrong, okay? Wulin and I really are just friends—"

Xiao Wu grew flustered and immediately said so.

"Hahaha, I believe you..."

"Really?"

"Nope."

"Rongrong, you're going too far!"

Xiao Wu couldn't help speaking, her face full of indignation.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Just then, a knock came at the door.

"Who is it?"

Xiao Wu was taken aback. Wulin was the only one who might come looking for them, but he wouldn't come at this hour, would he?

"Is Zhu Zhuqing in there? I'm looking for her."

A familiar voice came from outside, making all three girls in the room frown slightly.

It wasn't Wulin at all. It was Dai Mubai.

"Blondie, what do you want with Zhu Zhuqing?"

Xiao Wu's expression turned hostile as she spoke coldly.

"Zhu Zhuqing, I know you're listening. I have something to say to you. I'll give you a moment."

"But don't keep me waiting too long."

After leaving them with those words, Dai Mubai waited quietly at the door, his face dark.

He had to ask her clearly what she meant by it!

"What on earth does Dai Mubai want?"

Xiao Wu looked increasingly displeased, and Ning Rongrong's face darkened beside her.

The sight of him with a girl in each arm earlier was still fresh in her mind. How could he have the nerve to look for Zhu Zhuqing after that?

"..."

"Xiao Wu, Rongrong, wait for me a moment. I'll be right back."

Compared with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing was frighteningly calm. She quickly climbed down from the upper bunk, a chill flashing in her eyes.

After saying that to the two girls, she walked out of the room.

"Zhu Zhuqing, don't go out there! Someone like him can't..."

Xiao Wu had just started to speak when Ning Rongrong, who had noticed something, stepped forward and gently caught hold of her.

"Rongrong, you..."

"Xiao Wu, let's quietly follow them together in a little while."

Xiao Wu was about to say something when Ning Rongrong pulled her close, made a gesture for silence, and whispered to her.

"Huh? Okay!"

Hearing the suggestion, Xiao Wu immediately nodded.

"What is it?"

Zhu Zhuqing walked out of the room and looked at Dai Mubai, who was standing outside. Her face showed little emotion as she spoke coldly.

"This isn't the place to talk. Follow me."

Looking at her icy face, Dai Mubai sneered. With a raging fire burning in his heart, he headed toward the open ground beneath a large tree nearby and motioned for her to follow.

Zhu Zhuqing paused, then slowly followed him.

Neither of them noticed two graceful figures quietly following them from a distance, still less another figure flashing past at that very moment.

"Don't you intend to give me an explanation?"

The moment they reached the tree, Dai Mubai fixed his gaze on the girl before him and spoke coldly.

Zhu Zhuqing's indifferent expression faltered, and she frowned.

"You don't understand what I mean..."

"Fine, very good!"

Dai Mubai clearly hadn't expected her to be so skilled at this. She was even playing dumb. Did she think she could bluff her way through like that?

"You don't understand, do you? Then let me give you a proper reminder. Tell me, what's your relationship with that Tang Wulin from Spirit Hall?!"

"Why were you with him this afternoon? Don't you know you have a fiancé?!"

Dai Mubai stared at her and gritted his teeth.

Ever since he had chanced upon the two of them together that afternoon, he had felt like shit. Things had been better while he was with the twins, but after he finished in a hurry, he had only grown more irritated.

That was why, for the first time, he was spending the night at Shrek Academy instead of carousing outside as he did night after night.

He wanted to ask Zhu Zhuqing what she meant by it!

Was putting a green hat on Dai Mubai really so enjoyable? She already dared to go shopping with him today, so what about tomorrow? The day after? He, Dai Mubai, was a blond, not a green-haired turtle!

"..."

Zhu Zhuqing's face grew colder and colder. Looking at the man before her, whose mood was terrible beyond measure, she had only one thought.

Disgusting.

"Go on, say it!"

Seeing that she said nothing, Dai Mubai assumed she knew she was in the wrong. His expression grew colder and colder as he berated her.

At that moment, his already swollen face looked even stranger.

"Brother Tang and I only met for the first time today. This afternoon, when you claim it happened, we were on our way to buy dormitory supplies together. Rongrong and Xiao Wu were with us too."

"And another thing..."

"What right do you have to speak to me, and what right do you have to interrogate me?"

Zhu Zhuqing showed no fear, her eyes filled with coldness.

Just what the hell are you, Dai Mubai?

He had abandoned his fiancée for years and gone elsewhere to live it up in wine and women. What right did he have, and for what reason, to scrutinize her now?

"What do you mean?"

Dai Mubai's gaze hardened. Did this woman really not recognize her own mistake at all?

"I don't mean anything."

"There really is nothing between Brother Tang and me. But instead of being with your twin sisters like before, you've come to make things difficult for me. What are you trying to do?"

Zhu Zhuqing's face was impassive as she spoke coldly.

"What kind of attitude is that! Fine, I admit I like those sisters, but so what? What's wrong with a man being a playboy?"

"And don't change the subject! Even if there's nothing between you two, don't you know to stay away from him?"

Dai Mubai's face twisted fiercely. Ever since he had slunk off to the Heaven Dou Empire, he had felt that everything he had lost had come back to him.

Money, women. Everything he had lacked in the Star Luo Empire, he had found here.

Then Tang Wulin had slapped him, shattering his dignity all over the ground in Suotuo City. Even his fiancée standing before him hadn't come to find him, but had gotten close to the other man instead...

"Why aren't you saying anything?!"

"Are you mute?"

Seeing that she remained unmoved, he couldn't help gritting his teeth as he spoke. He was already this angry, so why was she still acting like a mute?

"I was just wondering why you got so worked up."

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head and spoke coldly.

She didn't think she had said anything particularly excessive. She had only mentioned what he had done, yet Dai Mubai had gotten so worked up.

Someone's defenses had been broken, but she wouldn't say whose.

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