Zhu Zhuqing's Progress, and What a Tasty Foot

Zhu Zhuqing wanted to make progress so badly!

She had been born in the Star Luo Empire, a nation that revered martial might.

From the moment she could remember, her family's influence had driven Zhu Zhuqing to pursue great power.

That pursuit had lasted almost her entire life.

In the Star Luo Empire, if you weren't strong enough, even a prince could be deposed.

One could say that if you weren't strong enough, you didn't even have the right to survive.

And Zhu Zhuqing had been most unfortunate!

Because she had been betrothed to Dai Mubai from a young age,

Her older sister, Zhu Zhuyun, had tried to kill her more than once.

Zhu Zhuqing had survived until now through sheer tenacity.

To gain greater power,

To make herself stronger,

Zhu Zhuqing could be said to be the hardest-working of the Shrek Seven Devils.

Now she had learned that Su Yu could make her stronger,

And that she might even be able to defeat her sister.

How could Zhu Zhuqing not be tempted?

If the timing hadn't been wrong,

Zhu Zhuqing would have wanted to go straight to his door in the middle of the night.

Ning Rongrong looked at the longing in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes and nodded.

She certainly couldn't keep something this good all to herself.

Zhu Zhuqing was her good sister, after all.

And as it happened, Ning Rongrong now had a reason to see Su Yu tomorrow.

As a proud little princess,

Ning Rongrong naturally didn't want Su Yu to know she couldn't stop thinking about him.

With Zhu Zhuqing as an excuse, Ning Rongrong could openly go looking for Su Yu tomorrow!

It was simply perfect.

The next day!

Zhu Zhuqing woke up early, waiting to see Su Yu's true face for herself.

She had been so excited that she had barely slept the night before.

Ning Rongrong didn't dawdle either.

After hastily eating a few bites in the dining hall, she took Zhu Zhuqing by the hand and left with her.

When word that the two women had left without saying goodbye reached Flender, his brow immediately furrowed.

"Outrageous!"

"This is the time to step up training, yet those two have slipped away. They have no respect for rules or discipline whatsoever."

"When they return, they must be severely reprimanded."

Flender roared, frustrated that they had failed to live up to his expectations.

Yu Xiaogang's expression was just as ugly.

All of Shrek was holding its breath, determined to prove itself.

To slap the faces of those blind fools in the Heaven Dou Empire, Yu Xiaogang had even prepared a more rigorous training plan.

Yet now, two of the Shrek Seven Devils were missing at once.

How could Yu Xiaogang not be angry?

"Grandmaster, Zhu Zhuqing and Rongrong may have something they need to attend to. They weren't deliberately shirking."

"Why don't we start training first?"

Sensing that the atmosphere was wrong, Oscar steeled himself and spoke up in explanation.

Although he didn't know why Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong had left without a word so early in the morning,

For the sake of his goddess, Oscar had to stand up for her.

"Hmph!"

"Begin cultivation!"

Yu Xiaogang was furious.

So he vented his anger on everyone else.

All of today's training was doubled, and no one was allowed to slack off.

Oscar wanted to cry but had no tears. Yu Xiaogang singled him out, and he suffered a calamity he had done nothing to deserve.

Sure enough, Gangzi was petty.

All he had done was say a few words in Ning Rongrong's defense.

Yet Yu Xiaogang had singled him out for it.

He simply couldn't take it.

Rongrong, where are you? Hurry back.

Oscar prayed in his heart, hoping the torment would end sooner.

Dai Mubai stroked his chin in thought.

Normally, Zhu Zhuqing was extremely disciplined.

While the others rested, Zhu Zhuqing would use her spare time for extra training.

Yet today, Zhu Zhuqing had skipped class.

It was truly strange.

Dai Mubai made up his mind to ask Zhu Zhuqing what had happened when she returned.

Boo-hoo-hoo...

Am I being left out?

Xiao Wu's heart was unsettled as well.

As the big sister of the Shrek Seven Devils,

She had always had Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong revolving around her.

But now Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong had a little secret, and they hadn't even included her.

That hurt Xiao Wu deeply.

She decided that when they returned, they had to have a deep, heart-to-heart talk.

Tang San didn't think so much about it.

As far as he was concerned, as long as Xiao Wu was still there, that was enough.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong weren't that important!

Meanwhile...

Ning Rongrong had eagerly brought Zhu Zhuqing to find Su Yu.

But they were greeted by a closed door.

Yes, Su Yu hadn't even gotten up yet.

Ning Rongrong looked at the tightly shut door, seething.

"Is Su Yu a pig?"

"What time is it already? Why isn't he up yet?"

Ning Rongrong grumbled and cursed!

Zhu Zhuqing hurried forward to comfort her.

"Rongrong, don't be upset. We have plenty of time anyway."

"Why don't we take a walk around the neighborhood first?"

Zhu Zhuqing didn't dare let Ning Rongrong keep complaining!

After all, they were here to ask him for a favor today, so they had to be respectful.

If Su Yu heard her and took offense,

They would lose out badly.

Ning Rongrong's annoyance gradually subsided.

"In that case, let's go look around."

As everyone knew, shopping was in a girl's nature.

As long as they immersed themselves in shopping and spending, that little bit of unpleasantness from earlier would soon vanish like smoke and clouds.

Meanwhile...

Qian Renxue, who had been sleeping with her feet beside Su Yu's, slowly woke up.

Qian Renxue was speechless as she looked at Su Yu's terrible sleeping posture.

Su Yu was using her foot as a body pillow and refused to let go, no matter what.

There was even drool on it.

To tell the truth, for one moment, Qian Renxue wanted to pound Su Yu into the ground.

This was simply too much.

She was the dignified heir of the Qian Family, a person of the most exalted status.

Yet Su Yu had gotten his drool all over her foot.

Had it been anyone else, Qian Renxue would have cut out their tongue.

This was nothing less than defiling an angel.

"Let go!"

Qian Renxue tried to pull her foot free in irritation.

But Su Yu held on tight and refused to let go.

He even took a top-tier deep sniff.

Qian Renxue: "(;¬_¬)"

"Bang!"

When one could endure no more, there was no need to endure any longer.

Qian Renxue kicked Su Yu out of bed, finally freeing herself.

"Ow, damn it!"

"What are you doing?!"

Su Yu's pleasant dream had been interrupted early in the morning, and he had even been kicked out of bed. He was furious.

Su Yu glared at Qian Renxue, his face dark with anger.

"Heh?"

"What am I doing?"

"Why don't you take a look at what you've done first?"

Su Yu's reaction made Qian Renxue laugh in anger.

She was clearly the victim here.

Yet Su Yu was turning the tables and blaming her.

Qian Renxue thrust her foot right in Su Yu's face.

"Look at what you've done."

"You held it all night and squeezed it hard enough to leave red marks, which would have been bad enough!"

"But there's even drool on it."

If Qian Renxue hadn't considered Su Yu's value irreplaceable,

She would have dearly loved to teach him a harsh lesson.

Su Yu gave an awkward smile.

With both witness and evidence present, he had no room to argue.

Still, when it came to something this good, next time, the more the better.

"Your Highness, there's no need to fuss over such a small matter."

"As the saying goes, a prime minister's belly is big enough to sail a boat in."

"A person of your stature has no reason to get upset over something so trivial."

"Let's talk about the tattoo instead."

"I'm full of vigor right now."

"I guarantee you'll get your wish."