The Tenth Day of Being a Rich Second-Gen

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi looked at Ning Rongrong, who was giving him the cold shoulder, and rubbed his throbbing temple.

After Ning Rongrong discovered that her little friend Ming Sui's Soul Power was only one level below hers, she wanted to attend Shrek Academy with Ming Sui.

Sword Douluo entered and looked at the deadlocked father and daughter, revealing a trace of helplessness as well. "Rongrong, can you really bear to leave us?"

A flicker of hesitation appeared in Ning Rongrong's eyes, but it soon turned into determination.

Ning Fengzhi felt even more helpless. He knew his daughter well. She was Heaven's favored daughter, quirky and clever, and had never been able to get along with the children in the sect. Besides, she was stubborn to the bone. Once she set her mind on something, she would never turn back.

"Rongrong, Daddy promises you. How about you go after reaching level twenty? Daddy will send you there then." Ning Fengzhi still took a step back.

Ning Rongrong said anxiously, "But Dad, Sui Sui is a whole year younger than me, and she's already about to catch up! I don't want to be surpassed. I want to become stronger."

"Then we'll train properly. You definitely won't be caught up to. Won't Grandpa Gu and Grandpa Jian help you at home too?" Ning Fengzhi truly did not understand. With two Titled Douluo and himself, the strongest of the same Spirit, could they not teach her?

Ning Rongrong still refused to yield. Seeing that he could not persuade her, Ning Fengzhi left with Sword Douluo.

"Sect Master, Rongrong won't let this go," Sword Douluo said with a furrowed brow.

"Do you think I don't know what that little demoness is thinking?" Ning Fengzhi snorted. "She definitely wants to run away."

"That's too dangerous. How can we let Rongrong go to Calais City by herself?" Sword Douluo objected.

Ning Fengzhi fell silent.

"Uncle Jian, Rongrong is too proud. It might be good for her to go out and see the world. If she runs away, it means she has truly made up her mind. With Rongrong's personality, she'll go no matter what." Ning Fengzhi sighed. "Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Soul Masters are destined to be the best support for Battle Soul Masters. Rongrong needs to learn how to coordinate with attackers."

"There are plenty of outstanding Battle Soul Masters in the sect too, Sect Master. Rongrong is still young. It wouldn't be too late for her to go out after another two years," Sword Douluo said, still reluctant to let her go.

Ning Fengzhi smiled bitterly. "Which Battle Soul Master in the sect does she think highly of? This little ancestor has tormented them so much that they don't even want to deal with her anymore. Who can she coordinate with?"

Thinking of that little ancestor's usual behavior, Sword Douluo was speechless as well. "Then I'll follow behind her in secret. We can't really let Rongrong travel outside all alone."

Ning Fengzhi nodded. "Naturally. We'll go together. For the next few days, Uncle Gu will have to guard the sect for me while I cultivate."

Ning Rongrong stayed in her room until nightfall, calculating the guards' patrol routes within the sect. She hid the Storage Spirit Tools she had prepared in advance on her body, changed into training clothes, quietly opened the door, and crept out while hunched over.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo hid behind her, concealing their auras. This girl had prepared thoroughly. She had brought quite a few Soul Tools.

After timing it carefully, Ning Rongrong found the hole she had discovered earlier, crawled through it, and left the sect just like that.

Ning Fengzhi: Why is there a hole here?! The guards didn't even notice it!

Having successfully escaped, Ning Rongrong silently planted her hands on her hips and laughed. She paid no attention at all to how complicated Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo's feelings were behind her.

A Titled Douluo could travel from Heaven Dou Imperial City to Calais City in less than a day, but Ning Rongrong could not. Clever Young Miss Ning went to the merchant guild and quickly found the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's caravan headed for Calais City. They kept wind-element Soul Beasts, would depart tonight, and could arrive early the day after tomorrow.

Ning Fengzhi followed behind her, just about to say that Ning Rongrong had no sense of caution and that caravans could not be fully trusted either, when he heard her take out a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect token and tell the caravan leader, "This is the young miss's token. The young miss asked me to deliver something to her friend."

Ning Fengzhi nearly choked. The letters and gifts exchanged with Ming Sui in Calais City were all delivered through this caravan. A young miss's maid holding her young miss's token and saying she wanted to accompany the caravan to personally deliver something really did not raise any suspicion at all.

Sword Douluo chuckled softly. "Our Rongrong is truly clever."

Ning Fengzhi covered his forehead again. It was worrying if she was not clever, and worrying if she was too clever.

The caravan set off, with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo following behind. They watched Ning Rongrong cautiously nibble only two bites of dry flatbread and carry the cheapest, most common type of waterskin. She maintained her maid persona to the very end, never exposing the hidden Soul Tools at all, and arrived smoothly in Calais City.

After reaching the merchant guild in Calais City, Ning Rongrong gave the caravan leader another set of instructions. She said the young miss had told her to wait in Calais City and that she would not be returning with them this time. After fooling him, she slipped away and headed for Shrek.

Shrek Academy.

Xiao Wang, the gatekeeper, had come in for his rotating shift. He had eaten a huge meal at home at noon, and he still felt dizzy with happiness. In short, he was in a carb coma.

After he had helped the academy keep two prospective students last time, Dean Flander rewarded him with two months' wages the next day. Although Dean Flander had held onto the money pouch containing the bonus for a long time for some reason when handing it over, that was not important. Two months' wages! His family's life had improved all at once.

Xiao Wang's family were natives of Calais City, but natives without a house. They had previously lived in the shantytown, and their family savings had remained at zero. The entire family worked hard merely to ensure they had no debts. They could not afford a house, and they could not eat their fill.

When he was six, Xiao Wang awakened the Steel Fork Spirit, but his Innate Soul Power was only level two. He had cultivated, but had been unable to obtain his first Soul Ring for a long time. The meager Soul Master subsidy had not improved the family's situation at all.

Later, Calais City got better and better. His whole family found work. Though they did not earn much, they had savings! The family pooled their efforts and saved money, and finally, this year, they owned a home of their own—a house where everyone had their own room. Their savings had been emptied, but that did not matter. Xiao Wang now had a better-paying job as the gatekeeper of Shrek Academy. His parents and older brother had also been promoted to better positions because of their excellent work and received higher wages.

He gave the two months' bonus to his mother. Today was a rest day, so she bought enough rice, flour, potatoes, and pork at the morning market for the family to eat freely for two months. Back home, she steamed rice and stewed pork with potatoes, along with dried green beans they had stored over the summer. This was a combination from the factory cafeteria, quickly learned by the workers and spread throughout Calais City.

The rich aroma of food left the family with no time for politeness. Xiao Wang took out the bowls, his father set the table and poured water, his older brother served the pork, potatoes, and green beans, and his mother had already filled four bowls of rice. The family looked at one another and swallowed.

His mother raised her bowl. "Today's meat came from Xiao Wang's hard work. From now on, we all have to work hard, earn more money, and eat more meat!"

Xiao Wang's father, Old Wang, immediately summed it up. "Think more, talk less."

Xiao Wang's older brother, Big Wang, gave an eager hum. "I'll work hard too." He could not hold back any longer.

Xiao Wang was afraid that drool would spill out as soon as he opened his mouth, so he swallowed hard. "I'll keep working hard too."

"Let's eat."

Clink, clink, clatter—the sound of bowls and chopsticks striking one another. The glossy, plump grains of rice still steamed, intensifying the fragrance. Steam condensed into droplets against the walls of the bowls and dripped onto the rice, making it even softer. The potatoes had been stewed until they melted in the mouth, their sandy texture dancing across the taste buds. The chewy dried green beans brought an unusual flavor. But even more irresistible was the stewed pork—fatty but not greasy, lean but not dry, overflowing with fragrant oil and impossible to stop eating.

Scoop up a spoonful of broth. It held potato bits that had cooked apart, beans that had fallen from the dried green beans, and glistening oil rendered from the pork. Pour it over the rice, mix it together, take one huge bite, then another—and it was gone.

No one spoke. All four silently refilled their bowls.

Xiao Wang thought, How wonderful would it be if they gave out another bonus?

"Hello, I'm here to enroll." A pleasant voice rang out.

Huh? What was going on? Had he not woken up yet?

Ning Rongrong had never expected it to go so smoothly.

She had prepared herself to explain things to the gatekeeper, threatening and tempting him if necessary.

But after she stated that she was here to enroll, the other party only asked her age and Soul Power Level before notifying a teacher to bring her inside.

Ning Rongrong was baffled. Was this school really this unorthodox?

After seeing Ning Rongrong enter the school, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo headed toward the City Lord's Mansion. Ming Zhen was already waiting there to receive them.

"Haha, Sect Master Ning, what a rare visitor." Ming Zhen pulled out a smile. "Sword Douluo, long time no see."

"Haha, City Lord Ming, a pleasure to meet you." Ning Fengzhi wore an expression identical to Ming Zhen's.

"The sun is nice today."

"Yes, the wind is rather gentle too."

"Have you eaten this morning?"

"I had steamed buns."

"How is this tea?"

"It suits Sect Master Ming's status."

Sword Douluo sat calmly to one side, watching two men who appeared mature but were actually childish waste time. Only when Tang Yunhua arrived after finishing official business did they finally restrain themselves.

After greeting Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, Tang Yunhua said politely, "Sect Master Ning, please rest assured. Sui Sui and the others all live at the school. The children will look after one another. The teachers include Four-eyed Owl Flender, Immovable Ming King Zhao Wuji, and Master, who teaches theory. There is also a Food System Spirit Sage protecting the children. Please don't worry."

Ning Fengzhi's smile became much more sincere. "With you here, Madam, I am naturally at ease. It is simply that, as a father, I cannot bear to let go. Rongrong has been proud since childhood, and only gets along well with Sui Sui. Coming here to be with her friend, she will not be lonely."

While this side chatted warmly and amicably, Ming Zhen was making pig snorts and waggling his brows at Ning Fengzhi. Tang Yunhua was having another helpless day.

Flender had no reason to refuse a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Soul Master, especially one who was also a reserve monster. Very quickly, Ning Rongrong was arranged to settle into a dormitory, and Flender notified the girls to come welcome their new companion.

Ming Sui and Xiao Wu chattered away as they guessed about the new student, while Zhu Zhuqing nodded at the side. Then Ming Sui saw her pen pal.

Oh-ho, the pen pals had met in person.

"We all share one dorm room. Do you want to live with us, or have a room to yourself?" After introducing everyone to one another, Ming Sui asked Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong stuck out her tongue. She had wanted to share a room alone with Ming Sui, but Xiao Wu, whom she had just met, was adorable too, and Zhuqing was very nice to cuddle up to. "Of course I'll live with everyone."

The girls' dormitory, just like the boys' dormitory, was now full too.

The dormitory was not as cramped as Ning Rongrong had imagined. Instead, everyone had plenty of personal space. The beds were on top with desks below, there was a private bathroom, and the common area had a dressing table prepared for the girls. Everyone's wardrobe was huge too—by estimation, it could fit all the clothes Ning Rongrong had brought in her three Storage Spirit Tools. Ning Rongrong, whose expectations had not been high, liked it immediately.

She took out bedding from a Storage Spirit Tool and laid it out, showing off to Ming Sui and the others as she did. "See how amazing your big sister is? Look how well I made the bed. I specially learned this before coming to find you. I shocked them all!"

Ming Sui eagerly played along. "Sister Rongrong is amazing! Sister Rongrong is the best!"

Xiao Wu was sweet as well. "Rongrong, you made the bed so quickly! It's fast and neat."

Zhu Zhuqing quickly tugged loose a tangled corner inside, her face stern. "Mm."

After Ning Rongrong finished making her bed, she hugged and cuddled with each of her new little sisters, then they held hands and went to eat. Hehehe, her companions had said that a Food System Spirit Sage was cooking today. She had to have a proper taste.

On the other side, after finishing their social calls, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo saw their daughter happily holding hands with her companions as she went to eat. Slightly reassured, they set out for home.

In an unnoticed corner, Xiao Wang the gatekeeper received a new bonus.