Huo Yuhao was caught between Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er.
Under their murderous glares, Huo Yuhao moved like a thief.
"Um... Qiu'er, Dong'er, I think we just need to talk this out."
"In the future, there's no reason we can't all live happily together."
Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er's expressions turned sour. Was this what they'd come to hear?
"Explain yourself right now. Why did you turn down my invitation for her? Does she matter more to you than I do?"
"Huo Yuhao, you really have a lot of nerve. I shouldn't have listened to your sweet talk last night. Tell me, which of us are you choosing?"
Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er each grabbed one of Huo Yuhao's ears, their eyes seeming to burn with flames.
Huo Yuhao hurriedly signaled for them to calm down. His ears hurt so much.
"Just calm down first. Violence won't solve anything."
Wang Qiu'er tightened her grip. "Violence won't solve anything, but it can eliminate the source of the problem at its root."
"Don't try that on me. You're giving me a reasonable explanation today, no matter what."
Seeing Wang Qiu'er tighten her grip, Wang Dong'er wasn't about to let her outdo her. She squeezed harder, too.
"Huo Yuhao, give me an answer! Which of us are you choosing?"
"Only children make choices. I want both!"
Huo Yuhao steeled himself and pulled them both into his arms.
Before Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er could react, Huo Yuhao drew their faces close.
With those wicked dragon claws, Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er went limp all over.
"Thank you for coming. Please visit again."
The waitress politely saw off the departing trio.
But when she glanced down, she realized Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er had bare legs.
She remembered them wearing white stockings when she first saw them. Had she been mistaken?
On the way back to the academy, Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er wordlessly left Huo Yuhao behind.
By the next day, Wang Dong'er had moved out of Huo Yuhao's dormitory and moved in with Wang Qiu'er.
Neither of them spoke to him all day. Huo Yuhao didn't get a chance to talk to them until the school year began.
After they'd each worked through their anger from that day, they couldn't be bothered to hold it against Huo Yuhao anymore.
"By the way, Dong'er, Qiu'er, which class were you assigned to?" Huo Yuhao asked.
"Class One."
"Me too!"
Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er answered him one after the other. "What about you?"
The notice board was right in front of Huo Yuhao. With his far keener-than-normal eyesight, he spotted his name in just a few moments.
"I'm in Class Nine?"
"That's too bad!"
"Yuhao, see you at lunch!"
The three of them parted ways, and Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eyes to look for his classroom.
When he reached the door of Freshman Class Nine and stepped inside, he was overwhelmed by the fragrance.
Nearly every seat in the classroom was occupied.
Most of the students were lively, youthful girls between eleven and thirteen, with pretty faces.
As for the boys, Huo Yuhao could count them on his fingers—even including himself.
Perhaps because Huo Yuhao was the last to arrive, the moment he entered, the girls' gazes were drawn to him.
So handsome!
A flicker of admiration appeared in the eyes of every girl in Class Nine. Some even had little stars in their eyes.
Huo Yuhao's Shrek uniform fit him perfectly, outlining his tall, slender build.
His features were striking, and his pair of gorgeous, different-colored eyes gave him an air of mystery and nobility.
That, combined with his fresh, refined bearing and the faintly cool aura he had gained from his Ice Snow Empress Martial Soul, made him all the more captivating.
The girls eagerly invited Huo Yuhao to sit beside them.
Their enthusiasm startled him, and the classroom grew noisy.
It wasn't until a golden-haired girl spoke up that everyone fell silent.
She was the young mistress of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. No one dared cross her.
The girl was stunningly beautiful and quite tall.
Her big, watery blue eyes blinked as she looked at Huo Yuhao.
"Hello, classmate. My name is Ning Tian. If you don't mind, why don't you sit beside me?"
Ning Tian's jade-white cheeks flushed. Her heart stirred ever so slightly. Had she found someone she could spend the rest of her life with?
Seeing their young mistress's reaction, the girl sitting beside her suddenly thought she heard something shatter in her mind.
Ning Tian? The young mistress of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, who would one day live happily ever after with Wu Feng...
Huo Yuhao suppressed the emotions in his eyes. Seeing the empty seat beside Ning Tian, he took her up on the offer.
"Hello, my name's Huo Yuhao. Thanks, Ning Tian!"
Ning Tian smiled. "You're welcome!"
And so Huo Yuhao naturally took the seat beside Ning Tian.
As soon as he sat down, Ning Tian struck up a conversation with him, and the two chatted happily.
Seeing this, the girls around them felt deeply displeased.
How shameless! Keeping him all to herself!
The girl sitting on Ning Tian's other side watched Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian chatting away, and thought, Young mistress...
"So you're the young mistress of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. I've heard a lot about you!" Huo Yuhao said.
"It's just a title. I never expected you to be the White Tiger Duke's younger son, the one rumored to be so talented, Yuhao."
"That means we're quite fated. My ancestor, Ning Rongrong, and your ancestor, Dai Mubai, were comrades who fought side by side."
A strange glimmer rippled through Ning Tian's eyes. She'd long heard that the White Tiger Duke had a younger son who was exceptionally gifted, but apparently didn't get along with him.
Now that she'd met him, she could see he was truly extraordinary!
What made Ning Tian even happier was that Huo Yuhao didn't take the White Tiger Duke's surname.
That would make him even easier to win over!
Just then, the door to Class Nine opened, and a middle-aged beauty who looked more like a woman in her twenties than someone in her thirties walked into the classroom.
She wore a kindly smile and entered at an unhurried pace.
The students in Class Nine saw their teacher come in.
They had been chatting animatedly, but immediately sat up straight.
The classroom, which had been noisy just moments ago, fell silent.
Mu Jin surveyed the children, her expression pleased.
"Hello, students. Welcome to Shrek Academy!"
"I'll be your homeroom teacher for the next three months. My name is Mu Jin."
Mu Jin picked up a piece of chalk from the small table and wrote two neat characters on the blackboard behind her.
The students of Class Nine warmed to their homeroom teacher.
Mu Jin braced both hands on the desk. "I saw how you behaved just now!"
"Very good. You truly are outstanding young talents selected from across the continent. Every one of you is a rare genius!"
"I'm glad to see your initiative and discipline! But..."
Mu Jin's tone shifted, and her expression grew grave.
"Shrek Academy is a place of fierce competition. Everyone around you is just as capable as you are, if not more so."
"The freshman assessment in three months will eliminate a great many students."
"If you want to stay here, I hope you'll put aside your arrogance and follow my lead over the next three months."
"As long as you follow my arrangements, I won't give up on any of you lightly!"
"Let's improve and work hard together, all right?"
"All right!" ×N
Everyone was brimming with enthusiasm, and Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian were no exception.
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