The New Roommate Was a Little Strange

Silence.

Deathly silence.

Flender lay sprawled on the ground, feeling as though his old back was about to break.

He looked at the little girl standing in the middle of the ruins, untouched by a speck of dust.

His mouth tasted bitter.

Did he have any objections?

Did he dare to?

Right now, all he wanted was to kowtow to this young lady.

And beg her not to punch the ground again.

One more blow, and the academy he had painstakingly built would become a historical relic for good.

Zhao Wuji had it even worse.

His thick skin and tough flesh had kept him from suffering much injury.

But his spirit had taken a devastating blow.

He lay on the ground, staring blankly at the sky.

And began to question his life.

Who am I?

Where am I?

Why did I just provoke a god?

Dai Mubai struggled to his feet.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and the way he looked at Lin Xi had completely changed.

If it had been awe and fear before,

then now, it was fanaticism.

A fanatical worship of absolute power!

She was too strong!

So strong it made no sense!

So strong it drove people to despair!

And yet, so strong that people yearned for it!

He suddenly felt that his so-called status as a prince, his so-called pride, were utterly laughable.

Before absolute power,

everything was meaningless.

"N-No objections..."

Flender weakly raised one hand in surrender.

"From today onward, you are the Supreme Dean of Shrek Academy!"

"However you say we train, that's how we'll train!"

"We'll all listen to you!"

Lin Xi nodded in satisfaction.

She walked over to Ning Rongrong, who had also been thrown into a dazed mess.

Ning Rongrong was the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

She had worn fine clothes and eaten exquisite food since childhood, cherished by everyone around her.

When had she ever suffered such humiliation?

She sat on the ground, her eyes red as tears threatened to spill over.

"Crying is the mark of the weak."

Lin Xi looked at her and spoke calmly.

"Here, no one will treat you differently just because you are the princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

"Put away your tears."

"Otherwise, get out."

Ning Rongrong froze at her words.

She looked up at Lin Xi's icy gaze, feeling an inexplicable sense of grievance and defiance rise within her.

No one had ever dared speak to her like that in all her life!

"You..."

She had just wanted to argue.

But then she met Lin Xi's eyes, which seemed able to see straight through a person's heart.

Every word lodged in her throat.

She did not dare.

From this little girl, she sensed an authority even more terrifying than her father's—perhaps even more terrifying than Grandpa Sword's and Grandpa Bone's.

It was an indifference that regarded all living things as ants.

She bit her lip and forcibly held back her tears.

Then climbed to her feet.

Lin Xi then looked toward Zhu Zhuqing beside her.

Zhu Zhuqing had suffered some light injuries as well, but her eyes shone with a frightening intensity.

She stared fixedly at Lin Xi, as though she wanted to see through her.

"You're not bad."

Lin Xi nodded at her.

"You have the eyes of a strong person."

Zhu Zhuqing paused, then gave Lin Xi a slight bow.

It counted as a salute.

Finally, Lin Xi walked over to Oscar.

Oscar was baring his teeth as he rubbed his backside.

When he saw Lin Xi approaching, he hurriedly forced out a fawning smile.

"Boss! You're my idol!"

"From today on, I, Oscar, will follow you!"

"Look, are you tired? Hungry? Want one of my Recovery Great Sausages?"

As he spoke, light flashed in his hand, and he conjured another fragrant Great Sausage.

He held it out to Lin Xi.

"I have a Great Sausage!"

He did not forget to recite his soul incantation.

Lin Xi looked at him expressionlessly.

"Your martial soul is interesting."

"But your soul incantation is stupid."

"Don't recite it again from now on."

The smile on Oscar's face froze.

"Huh? But if I don't recite the soul incantation, my sausage..."

"I said, don't."

Lin Xi repeated herself.

"..."

Oscar felt like crying.

This was cutting off his livelihood at the root!

Just like that,

Lin Xi established her supreme status at Shrek Academy in an overwhelmingly domineering fashion.

Flender quickly adjusted his mindset.

He was a shrewd businessman.

He realized that this might not be a bad thing.

Instead, it might be an enormous opportunity for Shrek Academy to soar!

He scampered over and personally arranged accommodations for Lin Xi and the other two.

"Supreme Dean, you see, our academy's conditions are rather modest."

"For now, we can only ask you and your companions to make do with this, our best dormitory."

He led the three of them to a wooden cabin that was comparatively the cleanest and largest.

He pushed open the door.

Inside was a large shared room.

There were eight bunk beds.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had already picked their beds and were organizing their belongings.

When they saw Lin Xi and the others enter, Ning Rongrong gave a soft snort and turned her head away.

Clearly, she was still angry about what had happened earlier.

Zhu Zhuqing, however, nodded at Lin Xi.

"This is the girls' dormitory."

Flender rubbed his hands as he explained.

"Student Tang San may have to make do next door, squeezing in with Dai Mubai and the others."

"No."

Lin Xi refused outright.

"He'll stay with us."

Flender froze.

"Huh? Th-That wouldn't be proper, would it?"

"Men and women should keep their distance..."

"I am the rule."

With a single sentence, Lin Xi choked Flender into silence.

"..."

What else could Flender say?

He could only leave dejectedly.

Tang San stood at the door, somewhat at a loss.

He was going to live with a group of girls?

This...

"Come in."

Lin Xi glanced at him.

Tang San could only steel himself and walk inside.

He chose the lower bunk closest to Lin Xi.

And silently began making his bed.

Xiao Wu, on the other hand, was delighted.

She happily skipped over to claim the bunk above Lin Xi's.

"That's great! From now on, I can sleep with Lin Xi again!"

The atmosphere in the dormitory was somewhat strange.

Ning Rongrong watched as the boy named Tang San actually settled down in the girls' dormitory.

Her delicate brows knitted tightly.

She felt that this was simply outrageous!

She walked up to Lin Xi, gathered her courage, and asked,

"Why are you letting him live here?"

"He's a boy."

Lin Xi was wiping down her bedframe with a clean cloth.

She had a slight obsession with cleanliness.

When she heard Ning Rongrong's question, she did not even look up.

"Because I want to."

"..."

Ning Rongrong was left speechless again.

She felt like she was about to suffer internal injuries.

There was simply no communicating with this person!

She took a deep breath and changed the question.

"Who exactly are you?"

"Why are your soul rings Hundred Thousand Year soul rings?"

"Are you really six years old?"

In one breath, she asked several of the questions she cared about most.

Lin Xi finally stopped what she was doing.

She raised her head and looked at Ning Rongrong.

Her gaze was calm.

"You want to know?"

Ning Rongrong nodded instinctively.

"Sure."

The corner of Lin Xi's lips curled into a faint, almost imperceptible smile.

"Beat me."

"Then I'll tell you."

Ning Rongrong's face fell at once.

Beat you?

What kind of international joke is that!

I can't even make you move a single step.

And I'm supposed to beat you?

Isn't this just bullying!

Fuming, she returned to her own bed.

She pulled the blanket over her head, unwilling to pay any more attention to that hateful person.

The night deepened.

The dormitory fell silent.

Tang San lay in bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

Lin Xi's earth-shattering punch from earlier that day kept replaying in his mind.

As did her words: "I am the rules."

Overbearing.

Powerful.

Filled with the confidence of one who looked down upon everything.

He suddenly understood a little.

Why Lin Xi had made him stay in the girls' dormitory.

Perhaps, in her eyes,

there was no distinction between men and women at all.

There were only the strong and the weak.

And he was still too weak.

So weak that he needed her protection.

He clenched his fists.

No.

He could not keep hiding beneath her wings.

He had to grow stronger!

Strong enough!

Strong enough to stand by her side.

Not behind her.

Just then.

A faint rustling sound came from the bed next to his.

It was Zhu Zhuqing.

She seemed unable to sleep as well.

She quietly got out of bed and walked to the window.

Moonlight streamed through the window, falling over her.

It outlined her breathtaking curves.

She looked at the bright moon outside, her gaze distant, as though she were lost in thought.

Suddenly.

She turned her head, her gaze falling precisely in the direction of Dai Mubai's boys' dormitory.

A complicated emotion flashed through her eyes.

Disappointment.

Struggle.

And a trace of resolve.

She seemed to have made up her mind about something.

She turned and walked to Lin Xi's bed.

Then, before Tang San's stunned eyes,

she slowly dropped to one knee.

"Senior Lin Xi."

Her voice rang especially clearly through the silent night.

"Please teach me how to become stronger."