"Shameless!"
Su Xing's words made Zhu Zhuqing realize once again just how thick-skinned he was. She stopped bothering with him, turned, and walked away.
Looking at Zhu Zhuqing's retreating figure, especially the decorative ribbon behind her that resembled a tail, Su Xing found it particularly captivating.
As he watched Zhu Zhuqing's lovely back, Su Xing's heart began to stir again, and the discomfort from killing had mostly faded away.
"Heh... men!"
Su Xing chuckled, unsure whether he was mocking himself or feeling pleased with himself, then followed Zhu Zhuqing.
"Stop following me!"
"This road doesn't belong to your family. You walk your way, and I'll walk mine."
"Hmph!"
"..."
If she had not known how formidable Su Xing was, Zhu Zhuqing would have been unable to resist attacking him.
With no other choice, Zhu Zhuqing could only pretend Su Xing did not exist and completely ignore him.
Her intentions were clearly to reject Su Xing. She wanted to see how long he could keep following her.
Su Xing had to admit defeat before Zhu Zhuqing. For two whole days, she had truly ignored him completely.
Zhu Zhuqing was incredibly patient. Su Xing had even told quite a few jokes, yet she had remained expressionless.
She really did not intend to give him a chance!
If the beauty before him had not been so hard to let go of, Su Xing would have given up long ago.
Persistently pestering her was merely a tactic. He did not want to become a simp.
If he truly saw no hope, he would definitely give up decisively.
Before leaving without warning, Su Xing had already informed his parents through one of his family's shops.
Within the Heaven Dou Empire, across its major kingdoms, the Su Clan had shops in nearly every town.
Even in Spirit City and the Star Luo Empire across from it, the Su Clan had a few branch stores.
Of course, they were all small businesses, merely spread across a wide area.
After learning about the Su Clan's situation, Su Xing had not used what he knew from his previous life to help the family grow bigger and stronger.
Without powerful Spirit Masters emerging from the Su Clan itself, being too wealthy was not necessarily a good thing.
Therefore, Su Xing was extremely familiar with the map of Douluo Continent. That was how he had found Nuoding City, where Grandmaster lived, when he was six.
"We're already within the Balak Kingdom. We should reach Shrek Academy in another two days!"
"Forget it. I might as well go take a look."
Realizing that they would soon reach Shrek Academy, Su Xing decided to visit it as well.
Of course, he could take part in the assessment, but Su Xing would absolutely not join Shrek Academy in the end.
Yu Xiaogang would arrive soon enough. Su Xing now disdained being taught by him!
Before thoroughly studying the Spirit Master system, Su Xing had thought Yu Xiaogang's theories were impressive because of his impression from the animation.
But after researching it in depth himself, he no longer thought much of Yu Xiaogang's theories.
For example, Yu Xiaogang's saying that there were no useless Martial Souls, only useless Spirit Masters, was just as childish and laughable as the line from One Piece: "There are no useless Devil Fruits, only useless Devil Fruit users."
Yu Xiaogang himself proved that useless Martial Souls did exist.
Only Su Xing's own cultivation method gave him the right to say such words.
Of course, Su Xing would not say them now. Before becoming powerful himself, saying them would only make him seem ridiculous.
Zhu Zhuqing had not expected that even after she ignored Su Xing for two days straight, he would still keep following her.
"Let me make this clear: we can never be together. I already have a fiancé!"
Finally, unable to endure it any longer, Zhu Zhuqing stopped, turned around, and made it clear to Su Xing.
Although she did not know whether that engagement still counted, she truly did not want Su Xing pestering her.
"I don't believe you. You only came up with that excuse to make me give up, right? Otherwise, you would have said it earlier!"
Su Xing shook his head, making it clear that he did not believe her.
"Besides, even if it's true, it isn't a reason for me to stop liking you. As long as you're not married, I still have a chance!"
Even if she was married, it was not as though there was no possibility.
Of course, Su Xing did not say that last part aloud. Otherwise, Zhu Zhuqing's impression of him would become far too impure!
Marriage did not make it impossible? Zhu Zhuqing probably could not understand that yet.
"You... are impossible to reason with..."
Zhu Zhuqing had not expected Su Xing to answer like that, and she was immediately angered again.
"Can you stop following me? I really do have a fiancé. This time, I'm going to see him. I don't want him to misunderstand!" Zhu Zhuqing was thoroughly fed up with Su Xing. Looking at him, there was a trace of grievance and pleading in her eyes.
"You really have a fiancé?"
Su Xing frowned.
"Yes!"
Seeing that Su Xing seemed to believe her, Zhu Zhuqing hurriedly nodded seriously.
"Fine, then. Can you at least tell me your name? I've liked you for two days, and I still don't even know your name!" Su Xing looked as though he had resigned himself to giving up.
Zhu Zhuqing was speechless again. He made liking her for two days sound as though it had been a long time.
Still, Zhu Zhuqing did not dare mock him. She only wanted to get rid of Su Xing as quickly as possible.
"Zhu Zhuqing. My name is Zhu Zhuqing, and I'm from the Star Luo Empire!" To put an end to Su Xing's pestering, Zhu Zhuqing also mentioned that she came from another empire.
"The Star Luo Empire!"
"Zhu Zhuqing, Martial Soul: Hell Spirit Cat. I know who you are!"
Upon hearing Zhu Zhuqing's words, Su Xing's eyes widened as he looked at her in apparent shock.
It was all an act. Every bit of it was an act.
How could Su Xing not know all that?
"You know me?"
Zhu Zhuqing was also surprised. She had not expected someone on the Heaven Dou Empire's side to know of her.
"Yes. My family has branch stores in the Star Luo Empire, and I like gathering intelligence, so I know a lot about what goes on there!"
"I never expected it. You might actually become the future Empress of the Star Luo Empire. No wonder you're so beautiful!"
"But what a shame. Dai Mubai, the Star Luo Empire prince and your fiancé, abandoned the royal competition and ran away!"
"You're looking for Dai Mubai, aren't you?"
"A useless prince who already abandoned you?"
Su Xing nodded and slowly spoke as he looked at Zhu Zhuqing.
Whenever he mentioned Dai Mubai, his tone was filled with contempt.
"Don't you dare talk about him like that! He hasn't given up. He's only lying low for now to improve himself!"
The moment Zhu Zhuqing heard Su Xing belittle Dai Mubai, she became furious.
She herself could despise and look down on Dai Mubai, but she would not allow others to speak of him that way.
At this point, Zhu Zhuqing still cared about Dai Mubai. Otherwise, she would not have come looking for him.
To be honest, watching Zhu Zhuqing defend Dai Mubai made Su Xing truly jealous!
What did that trash Dai Mubai have going for him?
Even aside from the fact that Su Xing wanted to pursue Zhu Zhuqing now, he had disliked Dai Mubai back when he watched the animation. The man was a playboy.
That was right, Dai Mubai was a playboy. At this time, he seemed to be getting rather intimate with a pair of twins!
In the original story, Zhu Zhuqing had discovered Dai Mubai's behavior and refused to forgive him for a long time.
Perhaps Su Xing could do something with that.
"Fine, I won't talk about him anymore!"
"But I don't believe that he's merely lying low to improve himself!"
"How about this? I'll go with you and take a look. If he really is as you say, then I'll give up!"
"If he isn't, then he doesn't deserve you!"
First, he would let Zhu Zhuqing see Dai Mubai's true nature.
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