Han Ruoruo and Zhang Lexuan

Just as Zhang Lexuan thought Lin Feng and Han Ruoruo had confirmed their relationship and she was preparing to leave, Han Ruoruo called out to her.

"Sister Ruoruo."

Zhang Lexuan's eyes dimmed somewhat. After Lin Feng told them that they would part ways upon reaching the former Douluo 3 nations and handle their own affairs, both Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo fell silent.

However, compared to Han Ruoruo, Zhang Lexuan had far more on her mind.

When she faced Nightmare Douluo's domain, she had not only relived the two desperate situations in the Star Dou Great Forest, but also recalled the massacre of her family from her childhood.

The massacre had happened long ago, and she had already forgotten many of its details. That was how it should have been.

Yet after falling into Nightmare Douluo's domain, the endlessly repeating nightmares inadvertently made her remember every detail.

And the more she thought about those details, the more Zhang Lexuan felt that something was wrong.

During that massacre, she had survived because she hid beneath the bed and her mother reached down to cover her mouth.

She had been too terrified at the time to think about many things at all.

But looking back now, if a powerful noble had wanted to wipe out her entire family, they should at least have known the circumstances of her household, right?

They had missed her, the most promising genius in the family, during the massacre. Were they not afraid that she would join some force and seek revenge in the future?

And when a powerful noble sent people to carry out such a task, would they really not even have a single scouting Soul Master?

Even if there had been no scouting Soul Master, surely they could not have failed to see her mother reaching beneath the bed to cover her mouth?

Yet that Soul Master had somehow failed to see her, and seemingly did not even know that she was a genius with Innate Full Soul Power who had reached level twenty at eight years old.

And how had she, in that dazed and muddled state, managed to make her way step by step to Shrek?

Also, when a noble of the Heaven Dou Empire was wiped out by another powerful noble, what had the Heaven Dou Empire's Imperial Family been doing?

It seemed that the Heaven Dou Empire's Imperial Family had not yet been sidelined by powerful ministers. If the emperor had not been sidelined, could a powerful noble really be allowed to wipe out a lesser noble family and damage the Heaven Dou Empire's combat strength like that?

Especially when she possessed Innate Full Soul Power. In this era, Innate Full Soul Power meant that as long as one grew normally, one could reach the rank of Titled Douluo, or even Super Douluo.

With the Sun Moon Empire threatening the Heaven Dou Empire, could the Imperial Family really allow a family capable of producing a Titled Douluo or even a Super Douluo to be exterminated? Had the Imperial Family's people had their brains eaten by dogs?

If even those with Innate Full Soul Power could not be protected, if the families of geniuses could simply be slaughtered, would the Heaven Dou Empire still be able to produce Titled Douluo a hundred years later?

And then there was the powerful Heaven Dou Empire noble whom Mu En had killed.

Well, that was actually the least worthy of attention. Whether because of his status as a Limit Douluo or Shrek's authority, killing a powerful noble was not much of a problem.

But the more she considered the other matters, the more wrong they seemed. Everything could only be explained by one particular possibility, but Zhang Lexuan did not dare think too deeply about it.

Caught in that state of becoming more frightened the more she thought, and more afraid to think further, Zhang Lexuan struggled in those nightmarish memories for a long time. By the time Han Ruoruo had already confirmed her relationship with Lin Feng, she finally suppressed the questions in her heart and arrived late.

And when she got there, Lin Feng and Han Ruoruo were already embracing.

Confused and heartbroken, Zhang Lexuan did not know what she could do afterward.

But at that moment, Han Ruoruo called out to her and pulled her to Lin Feng's side.

"Junior Disciple Sister, let me tell you something. I'll become Lin Feng's concubine in the future, and I hope you'll join me."

"Mm."

"Mm? Sister Ruoruo, what did you say?"

Hearing Han Ruoruo's words, Zhang Lexuan nodded instinctively, but she immediately realized something was off.

Sister Ruoruo was becoming a concubine and wanted to bring her along too?

Looking at Zhang Lexuan's puzzled face, Han Ruoruo did not answer. Instead, she took her hand.

"Junior Disciple Sister, you like Lin Feng too, don't you?"

"I..." Zhang Lexuan's gaze darted away, and she did not know how to answer Han Ruoruo.

It was impossible to say she did not like him. Whether it was the sense of security Lin Feng had given her in the Star Dou Great Forest, or the sight of him shielding her behind his back when facing the level ninety-eight Nightmare Douluo not long ago, both had been deeply imprinted in Zhang Lexuan's heart.

That sense of safety amid despair, that feeling that as long as Lin Feng was there, the sky would not fall, was something Zhang Lexuan had not felt since her father died.

Under those circumstances, it was clearly impossible for Zhang Lexuan to say she had not been moved at all. But before Han Ruoruo, who had already confirmed her relationship with Lin Feng and was also her senior disciple sister, Zhang Lexuan could not bring herself to say that she liked him.

But just because she could not say it did not mean Han Ruoruo could not see it.

Whether it was the way Zhang Lexuan looked at Lin Feng after he saved her earlier, or the way she was avoiding his gaze now, such things might have escaped Lin Feng, who did not devote his energy to romance and believed there should be no women in his heart, though not necessarily none by his side. But they could not escape Han Ruoruo, who knew Zhang Lexuan well.

When Han Ruoruo fell for Lin Feng, she had noticed that the way Zhang Lexuan looked at him was unusual. But she had not paid much attention to it. Although she liked him, Han Ruoruo clearly understood the enormous gap between them and had enough self-awareness.

At first, Han Ruoruo had never expected this confession to succeed. She had not even believed Zhang Lexuan could succeed either. The difference in their talents was simply too great, and both she and Zhang Lexuan were already in their twenties, so age was also an issue. From the beginning, Han Ruoruo had only come with the mindset of saying what needed to be said and leaving herself no regrets.

Who could have known that Lin Feng's situation would be like this? Although it was not the outcome she had never even imagined, it was still an unexpected development.

Seeing Zhang Lexuan's evasive gaze, Han Ruoruo patted her hand to reassure her. "Lexuan, let's continue being sisters."

At those words, surprise flashed through Zhang Lexuan's eyes. "Sister Ruoruo, I, I..."

"Enough, Junior Disciple Sister. You do not want to be helpless when you encounter Xuan Zi in the future and make him angry, do you?"

"Whether it is you or me, with Lin Feng's talent, if we were not willing to become concubines, neither of us could ever be with him. You understand that too, don't you?"

Hearing this, Zhang Lexuan was silent for a while before nodding.

She was indeed a genius, but she had already struggled against a sixty-thousand-year Soul Beast. Yet Lin Feng, who was younger than her, could already fight a level ninety-eight Titled Douluo. If it truly meant one man and one woman for life, she really was not worthy of him.

As Zhang Lexuan nodded, Lin Feng silently carried Han Ruoruo and Zhang Lexuan onto the bed. (Thirteen thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight words omitted here.)