Lu Mingchuan's Punishment, Meeting Dugu Bo

After dinner, Alicia suggested they go shopping. Lu Mingchuan had not been home these past few days, and Mirror Flow had not wanted to accompany her. Shopping alone was no fun, so she had stayed cooped up at home all this time—making the lively, outgoing Pink Fairy Miss stay indoors for days.

Pink Fairy Miss felt terribly wronged, so she kept pestering Lu Mingchuan. After giving it some thought, he realized it was true—they had not gone shopping together in a long time. They might as well go out today.

Alicia pushed him out of Blue Tyrant while he pulled Huang Quan and Mirror Flow along. He suddenly turned back to look at the academy's name. This academy was already his now and had nothing to do with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect anymore. He would change its name in a few days.

He then turned back and released the hands of the two women, only for Mirror Flow to suddenly grip his hand tightly again. Seeing no change in her expression when he turned to look at her, he then felt Huang Quan's hand tighten around his as well. He smiled and let the two of them lead him along.

Watching Alicia frolic beside them, he secretly decided to take her shopping more often in the future. What if she got cooped up enough to turn stupid?

Alicia, who had been skipping about, suddenly shuddered. "Ah Chuan, were you saying bad things about me in your heart?" Puffing out her cheeks, she rushed in front of Lu Mingchuan and played the part of Roadblock Alicia.

"No, you imagined it." Lu Mingchuan stopped walking without changing expression. Yet even though he looked perfectly composed, Alicia still sensed that something was off.

So she reached out with her wicked little