Blue Sunshine Academy

Tang San felt a little awkward when he heard that. Xiao Wu pouted. "Why are you shy? You're a grown man! You're not a girl."

"If I were a girl, you'd better watch out," Zhao Zilong teased.

"Why do I have to watch out?" Xiao Wu asked, looking adorably confused.

Zhao Zilong grinned and joked, "If I were a girl, I'd definitely compete with you for Tang San. Then we'd be rivals."

Xiao Wu immediately flew into a flustered rage. "What nonsense are you talking about? Xiao San and I are just like siblings."

Zhao Zilong looked at Tang San in confusion. "Siblings? You two aren't a couple? I keep seeing you acting all lovey-dovey and flaunting your affection. I thought you were together!"

Tang San was embarrassed too. Blushing, he said, "That's right. Xiao Wu and I are just like siblings. We're not in that kind of relationship."

Hearing Tang San's words, Dai Mubai and the others smiled helplessly. Ma Hongjun blurted out, "You two are siblings? Seriously?"

"It's true. Xiao Wu is just my little sister," Tang San confirmed again.

"Oh!!!" Zhao Zilong's lips curled into a smile. "Since you're siblings, Xiao Wu, you wouldn't object if I pursued you now, would you?"

Tang San felt a sudden pang in his heart when he heard that. Xiao Wu's face turned bright red, though it was hard to tell whether she was blushing from embarrassment or anger. Seeing that Tang San hadn't reacted at all, she felt a little disappointed. She puffed out her flat little chest and huffed, "In your dreams. I, Sister Xiao Wu, am not that easy to win over. Hmph, men are all rotten."

Ning Rongrong also glared at Zhao Zilong with an expression that said, "I'm not happy." She snapped, "Hmph, men really are all the same." He'd been trying to please her that very morning, but by evening he'd changed his tune.

"Exactly. Men are all the same. Not one of them is any good," Zhu Zhuqing agreed.

Dai Mubai immediately protested, "Hey, I haven't said a single word this whole time!"

Ma Hongjun patted Dai Mubai on the shoulder. "Boss Dai, did Long Ge say everything you wanted to say, and now you're unhappy about it? If you ask me, you've already got several girls outside the academy. Stop competing with your brothers for the ones at school, okay? Give your brothers a chance to live, will you?"

Dai Mubai's face turned green with fright. He shot Ma Hongjun a warning look. "Fatty, what are you talking about? I'm telling you, don't slander me."

"I'm not! It's obvious..." Ma Hongjun was about to expose even more of Dai Mubai's secrets when Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing's expression growing darker by the moment. He hurried over, clamped a hand over Ma Hongjun's mouth, and hauled him up from his seat. "You all sit tight. Fatty and I are going to order."

Before long, Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai returned, and soon a whole table of dishes was served. Tang San asked, puzzled, "By the way, where's Teacher Zhao?"

"The academy rules say that on this training trip, everyone has to pay their own expenses. The teachers aren't allowed to freeload off the students either," Dai Mubai explained. "But this meal's on me. It's to celebrate gaining another good companion."

"Heh heh heh, Boss Dai sure is generous," Ma Hongjun said with a sly grin. "All right, the food's here. Let's eat." With that, he dug in.

Just then, a teacher leading a group of students entered the inn. Among them were several fair-skinned, beautiful girls with long legs. Ma Hongjun's eyes widened as he stared at them. Then he called out without a hint of restraint, "Hey, Boss Dai, Long Ge, look! Those girls' legs are so fair!"

Dai Mubai glanced awkwardly at Zhu Zhuqing, then cursed, "Fatty, look all you want, but don't drag me into it. I already have Zhuqing."

Zhao Zilong looked over too and couldn't help thinking that they really were fair-skinned. He agreed, "It's nice to look at some beauties and rest your eyes. But our academy has three beauties too. Wouldn't it look like we're enjoying what's in our bowl while eyeing what's in the pot if we go looking at girls from other academies?"

Ning Rongrong was immediately so angry she could hardly contain herself. She huffed, "Tsk, go look at them all you want. We don't want you looking at us."

"Those guys over there look like they're from Blue Sunshine Academy, judging by their uniforms," Ma Hongjun said.

Hearing him, Dai Mubai deliberately raised his voice, as if he were afraid the people from Blue Sunshine Academy wouldn't hear him. He sneered, "Just a puny Blue Sunshine Academy. What are they acting so cocky for..."

The people from Blue Sunshine Academy had clearly heard Dai Mubai, and several of them were furious. A few students had just stood up to fight when their teacher stopped them.

When Zhao Zilong heard Dai Mubai, he honestly found it hard to understand this part of the original story, even after reading it many times. He hadn't expected it to actually happen now. He immediately scolded him, "Hey, Old Bai, what are you doing? What did they ever do to you?"

Oscar's lips curled with amusement. "Zilong, you just got to the academy, so you might not know this yet. The headmaster's motto is: 'A Soul Master who doesn't dare cause trouble isn't a good Soul Master.'"

At Oscar's words, everyone else immediately looked eager to give it a try. Seeing their expressions, Zhao Zilong was even more exasperated. "A Soul Master who doesn't dare cause trouble isn't a good Soul Master? What the hell kind of outrageous saying is that?"

"Watch this!" Ma Hongjun had been itching to cause trouble. He saw a waiter carrying soup walk past them and suddenly tripped him with his foot. The soup in the waiter's hands splashed straight onto the head of Ye Zhi Qiu, the teacher from Blue Sunshine Academy.

At that, the people from Blue Sunshine Academy could no longer hold back and erupted. They glared at Ma Hongjun like a crowd of wrathful guardians. Ma Hongjun, meanwhile, made a thoroughly irritating face and offered an utterly insincere apology. "I'm so sorry! My foot slipped just now."

Seeing Ma Hongjun's expression made the students from Blue Sunshine Academy even angrier. Their teacher, Ye Zhi Qiu, was furious too, but still had some sense. He asked coldly, "Which academy are you little brats from?"

Dai Mubai swaggered. "You want to know which academy we're from? You're not worthy..."

Watching events unfold just like they had in the original story, Zhao Zilong felt helpless. Ye Zhi Qiu was furious now too. He said coldly, "You arrogant brat, teach him a lesson."

"Fighting? I love it!" Xiao Wu was the first to leap forward. Seeing Xiao Wu rush out, Tang San followed, even though he felt it might be a bad idea.

Then Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun charged forward too. Against a group of Soul Masters who were only at the teens or twenties in level, Tang San and the others had an overwhelming advantage. In just a few moves, they had knocked the Blue Sunshine Academy students to the ground.