Before Her Husband: Fireflies and the Bright Moon

"Since we'll all be classmates from now on, there's no need to become enemies over such a minor conflict."

To Dai Mubai, Tang San was someone he absolutely had to win over.

Once he brought Tang San into his camp, he could begin excluding and isolating Luo Ye, perhaps even force him directly out of Shrek Academy.

By then, without Luo Ye standing in his way, it would become much easier for him to win Zhu Zhuqing back.

That was precisely why he was unwilling to see Tang San become enemies with Ma Hongjun no matter what.

After hearing Dai Mubai's words, Luo Ye gave him a strange look.

Are you a user of the Face-Face Fruit too?

Although Dai Mubai had never eaten the Face-Face Fruit, both Tang San and Ma Hongjun were willing to give him face.

After all, they would be classmates in the future. Completely falling out would indeed be rather unsightly.

Ma Hongjun snorted.

"Boss Dai, I've been wronged like this. I can stop, but you have to treat us."

Dai Mubai relaxed slightly and waved grandly.

"No problem. Once today's training is over, I'll take you all to Suotuo City. Eat as much as you want."

Ma Hongjun rolled his eyes fiercely and grunted.

"I'm not talking about treating us to a meal. Without Cuihua, I can't even vent my evil fire now. I don't want to stop cultivating."

Ma Hongjun made no attempt to conceal his true intentions.

Since Luo Ye, Tang San, and the others had already seen him pestering Cuihua, there was nothing he could not admit. He might as well use the opportunity to demand greater benefits.

Unlike Dai Mubai, who had been born into the Star Luo Imperial Family, aside from seeking out commoner girls, Ma Hongjun could usually only visit those low-end brothels.

He did not have enough money to enjoy the services of high-end establishments.

Now that he finally had a chance to make Dai Mubai pay, Ma Hongjun naturally would not let it slip away no matter what.

However, exposing his true nature had little effect on Ma Hongjun, who had already given up trying, but those words thoroughly screwed over Dai Mubai.

Once they understood what Ma Hongjun meant, everyone present looked at the two of them with even greater disgust and contempt.

Even though Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong had already learned their true colors through Luo Ye's diary, they still looked down on them from the bottom of their hearts upon hearing this.

At such a young age, they were already frequenting pleasure houses. What kind of decent people could they possibly be?

And what about the supposed flaws in their martial souls? Was there really no better way to suppress the evil fire?

In the end, didn't they simply want to go to those places for pleasure?

Feeling everyone's contemptuous gazes, Dai Mubai's face immediately twisted viciously. He wished he could slap Ma Hongjun's mouth to pieces.

Dai Mubai had exhausted every means to salvage his image before Zhu Zhuqing, yet Ma Hongjun had reduced him to his true form with a single sentence.

Dai Mubai was certain that his image in Zhu Zhuqing's heart had already fallen to rock bottom. It could not possibly get any worse.

Realizing this, Dai Mubai gave up trying to fix things. He pointed at Ma Hongjun, then looked at the others.

"Since things have come to this, let's eat first."

While they ate, Dai Mubai deliberately tried to grow closer to Tang San.

Tang San also wanted to recruit Shrek Academy's geniuses into the Tang Sect he intended to establish in the future, so he did not resist. Instead, he chatted cheerfully with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.

But whenever Tang San tried to steer the conversation toward Luo Ye, Dai Mubai would subtly change the subject, unwilling to let Luo Ye participate.

Luo Ye saw through his intentions completely. With a cold laugh inwardly, he began writing in his diary.

Trying to isolate me, huh?

Just watch how I isolate the four of you all by myself.

Heh. What childish tricks.

In my previous life, after noticing the foul atmosphere at Shrek Academy, I left early on. So although Dai Mubai disliked me, he never got the chance to join forces with the others against me.

But this time, because I want to take Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong away with me, I can only remain here for the time being. That means I get to experience the methods Dai Mubai never had the chance to use in my previous life.

Clearly, this guy wants to pull Tang San into his camp as well, join forces with the others to exclude and isolate me, and preferably force me to leave Shrek Academy.

That way, he can use the engagement to pressure Zhuqing.

Come to think of it, it's rather amusing. Even if he didn't do this, because of what happened in my previous life, I wouldn't have mixed with them anyway. This actually suits me perfectly.

After all, I don't have that much time to waste scheming against them. I'd rather save the time and figure out how to persuade Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.

Since Zhuqing has already seen Dai Mubai's true colors with my help, everything he does is destined to be futile.

Even if Zhuqing doesn't love me as wholeheartedly as she did in my previous life, since she already said that her engagement to Dai Mubai is a thing of the past, she must have given up on him as her fiancé.

He's the only one unwilling to accept reality, still hoping that Zhuqing will change her mind.

After reading this, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong both turned to look at Zhu Zhuqing.

They found that she seemed completely unaffected. While eating breakfast, she chatted and laughed with Luo Ye.

Combined with Zhu Zhuqing's attitude during their talk last night, this already proved that Luo Ye was right. In her heart, Dai Mubai, her fiancé, had become utterly insignificant and was completely inferior to Luo Ye.

But they were all happy to see it happen.

Especially after what had just happened, they were certain that Dai Mubai was no good either. Giving up a fiancé like that was absolutely a wise choice.

After breakfast, Dai Mubai led everyone to gather at the training ground.

Although he had successfully grown closer to Tang San, his face was still dark, and his mood had sunk to rock bottom.

Rather than talking with Tang San, he would have much preferred chatting and laughing with Zhu Zhuqing like Luo Ye was.

Yet Zhu Zhuqing ignored him, her fiancé in name, the entire time. Other than occasionally exchanging a few words with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, her attention remained fixed on Luo Ye.

How was this any different from cheating right in front of her husband?

Fuming, Dai Mubai brought everyone to the training ground, where Oscar was already waiting.

By then, he had shaved off his thick beard, revealing his true face.

Strictly speaking, both Oscar and Dai Mubai could be considered quite handsome.

But standing beside Luo Ye, who looked like an immortal descended from the heavens, they were like fireflies before the bright moon—there was simply no comparison.