"What! You can even beat Ai Jiang Tu!"
Ai Tu Tu jumped in fright, though her little legs couldn't get her very high.
"This is bad, this is bad!"
Ai Tu Tu immediately looked like she was about to cry.
"Sister Mu, you're so beautiful, and I'm so cute. This bad guy's definitely going to tie us up and take us home, do all sorts of things to us, and then make us have a whole litter of little rabbits. Boohoo ┭┮﹏┭┮, nooo!"
Dongfang Chen was speechless.
How could this girl's imagination run so wild?
But honestly, with Ai Tu Tu's extraordinary talent, she could probably feed a whole litter.
Mu Nu Jiao rapped Ai Tu Tu on the head. "Little Rabbit, don't talk nonsense."
Little Rabbit was Ai Tu Tu's nickname.
"Let me introduce you. He's Dongfang Chen."
"Dongfang Chen?!" Ai Tu Tu gasped again.
"So you're the Dongfang Chen my brother and grandpa are always talking about!"
It was Ai Tu Tu's first time meeting Dongfang Chen, but she'd heard his name enough times to last a lifetime.
Her brother, Ai Jiang Tu, was always going on about how Dongfang Chen was his lifelong rival.
Even her grandpa—the head of the Ai Family—kept saying what a shame it was that such a talented young man hadn't joined the Military Department.
In short, she'd heard the name "Dongfang Chen" so many times, it was practically given her calluses on her ears.
Ai Tu Tu even suspected that if she weren't the Ai Family's only daughter, they might have married her off to Dongfang Chen.
"Are you pursuing Sister Mu?"
Ai Tu Tu asked.
"I'm not pursuing her. We're already together."
Dongfang Chen walked over and raised his and Mu Nu Jiao's joined hands. Their fingers were interlaced.
When Ai Tu Tu saw that Mu Nu Jiao wasn't trying to pull away, her eyes widened.
"Y-you already have the other two New Student Goddesses, Ye Xin Xia and Ding Yumian! And now you're going after Sister Mu, too? Is the rumor true—that you, the New Student Great Demon King, are going to sweep up all Three Great Goddesses?"
Where had that rumor even come from?
Dongfang Chen's face darkened.
That wasn't a rumor. It was true!
"Not only am I going to sweep up the Three Great Goddesses, I'm not planning to let you off the hook either!"
"Ah! He really is going to tie us up and take us home, then do all sorts of things..."
Terrified, Ai Tu Tu ducked behind Mu Nu Jiao.
Mu Nu Jiao couldn't help laughing.
"Alright, alright. Stop teasing Little Rabbit. She's actually pretty timid."
Ai Tu Tu pouted. She wanted to say she wasn't timid, but Dongfang Chen's reputation among both the new and older students was so intimidating that she didn't dare say much.
"Miss Tu Tu, what happened? Is someone bothering you?"
A hostile voice came from nearby.
Dongfang Chen glanced to the side.
The speaker was a bespectacled man with a refined appearance.
"I didn't expect to run into Miss Mu here. What a pleasure. I'm Han Luo, a friend of Miss Tu Tu's."
Han Luo ignored Dongfang Chen and looked at Mu Nu Jiao, putting on a polite front.
But the desire that flickered in his eyes as he looked at her gave him away.
Mu Nu Jiao didn't care for him, but since he claimed to be Ai Tu Tu's friend, she didn't make a scene.
Dongfang Chen, however, spoke in a low, ominous voice. "Keep staring at my girlfriend, and I guarantee you'll never be able to use your eyes again."
Dongfang Chen was quite possessive.
Even when he went out with Xin Xia and Yumian, he made sure they wore relatively modest clothes.
The more revealing outfits were for his eyes only, in private.
At Dongfang Chen's threat, Han Luo gave him a disdainful look.
"Were you the one bothering Miss Tu Tu just now?"
"Yes, yes! This Big Bad Guy was bullying me. Hurry up and teach him a lesson!"
Ai Tu Tu egged him on from the sidelines, happy to watch the show.
"Tu Tu, stop fooling around!" Mu Nu Jiao said at once.
But Han Luo had already stepped in front of Dongfang Chen.
"May I ask who you are?"
Han Luo had some sense. He knew that anyone invited to this banquet was either rich or influential.
Before causing trouble, it was best to find out who he was dealing with.
"Dongfang Chen."
Those three simple words made Han Luo's face change dramatically.
"Could you be from the Dongfang Family...?"
"I'll count to three. If you're not gone by then..."
"Yes, yes! I'm leaving right now!"
At Dongfang Chen's words, Han Luo looked as if he were facing a great enemy. He didn't care that he'd lose face in front of the ladies—he turned and hurried away in a sorry state.
Although the Han Family had some influence in Magic City, they were nowhere near one of its top families, let alone the Dongfang Family, which even the city's four great families treated with respect.
Han Luo hurried off, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
He was already wondering how he could get his family to apologize to Dongfang Chen once he got back...
Han Luo had arrived in a hurry and left just as quickly, like the star performer in a circus.
"Tu Tu, you should stop associating with people like him," Mu Nu Jiao said.
"He's not my friend. He's just a simp."
Ai Tu Tu lowered her head and pouted.
"What a waste. They didn't even fight."
She'd wanted Han Luo to test Dongfang Chen's strength and see whether he was really as strong as her grandpa and brother claimed.
When Ai Tu Tu lifted her head, she saw Dongfang Chen's smile that didn't reach his eyes.
"W-what are you going to do?"
Ai Tu Tu took a step back, a sense of impending doom rising in her heart.
"You were trying to stir things up just now, weren't you?"
Dongfang Chen gave Ai Tu Tu a "kind" look.
Han Luo wasn't even a "problem" to him, but Ai Tu Tu's troublemaking attitude had annoyed him.
This little brat needed a lesson!
"N-no, I wasn't. I just wanted Han Luo to test your strength."
"Is that so?"
"Yes, yes." Ai Tu Tu nodded frantically like a pecking chick.
"Then how about I test you, too?"
Her sense of impending doom grew stronger. Ai Tu Tu didn't even dare hide behind Mu Nu Jiao anymore. She immediately took off on her little legs.
Unfortunately, she'd only managed three or four steps before Dongfang Chen caught up with one.
Dongfang Chen grabbed Ai Tu Tu, braced a knee against her stomach, and tucked her over his thigh.
"Disobedient children deserve a good spanking."
"No! I'm not a child! You're the child!"
Ai Tu Tu's face was bright red, whether from panic or embarrassment, she couldn't tell.
The next second, a sharp smack rang out!
She fell silent at once.
But the silence only gave way to an even fiercer storm.
Fuming, Ai Tu Tu writhed wildly over Dongfang Chen's thigh.
"Damn it! Let go of me! How dare you... how dare you treat me like this! Sister Mu, help me!"
Mu Nu Jiao watched from the side. She wanted to speak up, but in the end, she kept quiet.
After all, Ai Tu Tu had gone too far.
Another sharp smack rang out!
Ai Tu Tu's whole body shuddered.
"Are you sorry yet?"
Dongfang Chen's voice was calm.
"You wicked Great Demon King! You'd better pray you never fall into my..."
Smack!
"Are you sorry yet?"
"Damn you, you..."
Smack!
"Still not apologizing?"
Smack!
Smack!
Smack!
Fortunately, they were in a corner of the banquet hall, and Mu Nu Jiao deliberately blocked the view. Otherwise, everyone would have seen Ai Tu Tu's embarrassing predicament.
"Boohoo... I'm sorry."
The burning pain made Ai Tu Tu cry like a little kitten.
What made her feel even more mortified was that she'd even thought it felt a tiny bit...
She swore she'd never forget this day for as long as she lived.
"Alright, what's there to cry about? Next time you mess with me, think about what might happen first."
Dongfang Chen set Ai Tu Tu down.
After smacking her for so long, his hand was sweaty.
Huh? Wait! Why was his hand sweaty?
Dongfang Chen wondered, then met Ai Tu Tu's furious, embarrassed gaze.
Dongfang Chen: "..."
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