Xiao Wu's Questioning

"Not bad, Su Xing!"

"Lingling isn't bad either. She finally won over our Su Xing!"

"..."

When Shi Mo Brothers and the others saw Su Xing return while holding Ye Lingling's hand, they immediately started teasing them.

"I know you're jealous, but what can you do? I'm more handsome than you."

Su Xing showed no embarrassment whatsoever. Instead, he teased them back.

Ye Lingling, meanwhile, was incredibly shy, yet she still clung tightly to Su Xing's hand.

Yu Tianheng and the others were happy for Su Xing and Ye Lingling, but everyone from Shrek Academy glanced at Zhu Zhuqing.

Because they all knew that Su Xing had once liked Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing remained cold-faced and showed no reaction.

Yet beneath the table, her hands were clenched tightly.

That bastard. Scumbag!

Zhu Zhuqing cursed inwardly, her heart aching terribly.

Xiao Wu, on the other hand, felt nothing about Su Xing holding Ye Lingling's hand. She did not like Su Xing anyway.

But she definitely found it infuriating. To her, Su Xing was an enemy, so naturally she found it unpleasant to see him happy!

After dinner, Yu Xiaogang, just as in the original story, told Qin Ming that he wanted the Shrek Seven Devils to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

The reason was to secure a spot in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Tournament more than a year from now, since Heaven Dou Royal Academy had two available slots.

Their Shrek Academy did not even count as an official school, so they were not qualified to participate!

Yu Xiaogang did not want Tang San and the others to miss such a grand event.

Yu Xiaogang had been considering this all along; he simply had not known which academy to join before.

Now that they had encountered Qin Ming from Heaven Dou Royal Academy—and Qin Ming had once graduated from Shrek Academy, while Heaven Dou Royal Academy happened to have slots for two teams—Yu Xiaogang felt there could be no better choice!

He believed that unless Heaven Dou Royal Academy was run by idiots, it would definitely agree.

Of course, Yu Xiaogang had his conditions.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy had to accept all of Shrek Academy's teachers, and the Shrek Seven Devils would continue to be taught by their original teachers afterward. The academy was not permitted to interfere.

Hearing this from the side, Su Xing curled his lips but said nothing.

Where did they get the nerve? With a group of such gifted students, who couldn't train them well?

They could have been raised without any supervision at all!

Su Xing said nothing. In any case, once they went there, Flender and the others would be driven out.

Naturally, Qin Ming welcomed the idea, though he worried that Shrek Academy was Flender's life's work. Was this really alright?

Yu Xiaogang then offered a string of arguments, saying it was all for the students' sake—mimetic cultivation environments, tournament qualifications, and so on. These were things they could only obtain by joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Shrek Academy possessed none of those things at all.

"Go on, then. What did you call me out here for?"

Su Xing looked at Xiao Wu and knowingly asked the question.

As long as Xiao Wu did not say anything, he would never take the initiative to admit that he had been the one from last night.

"That person last night was you, wasn't it?"

Xiao Wu glared at Su Xing resentfully as she questioned him.

Xiao Wu had come to find Su Xing without telling the others because she wanted to ask him directly.

"Sigh... why did you have to recognize me? Wouldn't it have been better if we both just pretended nothing happened?"

Su Xing looked at Xiao Wu helplessly. He truly had not expected her to come looking for him!

"That was my innocence! How could I possibly pretend nothing happened?" Xiao Wu was furious upon hearing Su Xing's words.

"You clearly like Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling likes you too. Why did you do that to me?"

"You need to get one thing straight. I was the one who saved you last night," Su Xing said. "If it hadn't been me, it would have been someone else—perhaps even more than one person. I don't think you should hate me. Of course, there's no need to thank me either!"

"You..." Xiao Wu froze at Su Xing's words. She had been so focused on hating him for taking her innocence that, when she thought about it carefully, things really were as he said!

But she would absolutely, absolutely never thank Su Xing.

"Then why didn't you send me back to Third Brother?" Even knowing that Su Xing was telling the truth, Xiao Wu could not let go of her hatred for him!

Her innocence could only belong to her Third Brother!

"I didn't know which hotel you were staying at!"

Su Xing shrugged, then looked at Xiao Wu and asked, "Did you come to find me because you want me to take responsibility?"

"You... I..."

Xiao Wu was momentarily speechless upon hearing Su Xing's words.

Going by what Su Xing said, it seemed that what had happened last night really could not be blamed on him.

Then whose fault was it?

It was because she had been too careless!

Realizing this, Xiao Wu became utterly dejected and regretful.

It was all her fault!

"No, I don't want you to take responsibility. Just as you said, let's pretend nothing happened between us!" Xiao Wu finally looked at Su Xing and refused.

She had only come to question Su Xing because she hated that he had defiled her. She had never intended to make him take responsibility!

Now that she realized Su Xing did not seem to be at fault, all she could do was demand that he keep it secret!

"I only need you to promise that no one else can ever find out about what happened yesterday!" Xiao Wu looked at Su Xing with reddened eyes, unable to conceal the hatred still in them.

"No problem!" Su Xing smiled and agreed.

He would have to be an idiot to tell anyone about it.

"Hmph! Remember what you said, or I won't let you off!"

Xiao Wu still could not vent her anger after hearing this, but she also knew that Su Xing did not truly seem to be at fault. All she could do was snort angrily, warn him, and turn to leave.

Before long, Xiao Wu's figure disappeared from Su Xing's sight!

"So that means she'll let me off as long as I keep it secret?"

Su Xing smiled and paid it no mind. In any case, he would never go to Star Dou Forest, especially when Xiao Wu might be there.

Who had the tightest lips? Who was best at keeping secrets? Dead people!

Judging by Xiao Wu's expression, she had not completely moved on. She still hated Su Xing!

"Before, it was because of Dai Mubai. Now, with what happened with Xiao Wu added in, I have even more reason not to let Tang San obtain those Immortal Herbs!"

"After I get back, I have to go search Sunset Forest!"

"No..."

But Su Xing quickly realized that something seemed wrong.

After thinking it over carefully, Su Xing finally understood what was wrong!

"Tang San and the others won't arrive at Heaven Dou Royal Academy until several months from now. The timing is already completely different from the original story, so there's no telling whether Prince Xue Xing will still drive them away!"

"If Prince Xue Xing doesn't drive them away, Heaven Dou Royal Academy will definitely take in the teachers and students of Shrek Academy!"

"Then the two teams will inevitably fight again sooner or later, and more than once. Tang San's strong liquor and realgar remedy for snake venom will eventually become known to Dugu Yan!"

"Once she learns of it, Dugu Bo will soon learn as well... and things will return to their original course!"

"Damn it, I have to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as soon as possible. Even if I can't obtain those Immortal Herbs, I have to destroy them all!"

Having thought it through, Su Xing's expression darkened!