The Egg's Ownership

Hearing that saccharine voice, Zhu Ping'an's expression changed.

The moment Yan Shubing, that green-tea bitch, lifted her butt, Zhu Ping'an knew what she was up to. Realizing Yan Shubing was after his egg, he hurriedly shoved the Fire Cicada Snake King Egg into Leng Tianjiao's hands.

"Classmate Leng, one should not accept gifts without earning them. I haven't done anything, and this egg is far too precious. I can't take it!"

Leng Tianjiao froze for a moment, then couldn't help asking,

"This is a Third-Tier Mutant Beast egg. It's worth at least tens of millions. Are you sure you don't want it?"

"I don't! The way I was raised doesn't allow me to do something like that. Classmate Leng, you've got the wrong idea about me!" Zhu Ping'an said firmly, shaking his head.

Leng Tianjiao found herself less and less able to figure Zhu Ping'an out. She had never met anyone who didn't want money.

"Ping'an Ge, who is she?" Yan Shubing had arrived by then, and she shot Leng Tianjiao a faintly hostile glance.

When she noticed that Leng Tianjiao seemed to have the edge over her in both looks and figure, Yan Shubing's hostility deepened.

"Bingbing, let me introduce you. This is Leng Tianjiao, my classmate. We just happened to team up and head out of the city to train together." Zhu Ping'an explained in an exceptionally gentle voice, then let out a surprised sound. "Bingbing, you've become a First-Rank Warrior?"

"Yeah, Ping'an Ge. I had a lucky encounter outside the city. Actually, I have to thank Qingxian Ge for that." Yan Shubing lowered her head shyly.

A glint flashed in Zhu Ping'an's eyes, but he said nothing. The original plot hadn't mentioned this part of Yan Shubing's story after she left the city. It seemed the Female Protagonist's Halo had struck again.

Watching the pair's intimate scene, Leng Tianjiao felt a pang of jealousy. Zhu Ping'an was always icy when he spoke to her, but incredibly gentle with Yan Shubing.

"Zhu Ping'an, I, Leng Tianjiao, never take back something I've given away. Keep the egg."

As if in a huff, Leng Tianjiao shoved the Fire Cicada Snake King Egg back into Zhu Ping'an's hands.

Zhu Ping'an's scalp prickled. Sure enough, when he turned around, he met Yan Shubing's eager gaze.

Was it happening again? Because Yan Shubing wanted something, it had been forcibly dumped in his lap? This plot was ridiculous!

"No, Classmate Leng! It's too precious! I can't take it!"

Zhu Ping'an shoved the egg back again, as if what he held wasn't a Third-Tier Mutant Beast egg but a red-hot potato.

While he and Leng Tianjiao jostled over it, the Third-Tier Mutant Beast egg began to crack. A round head, about the size of a fist, poked out.

Zhu Ping'an and Leng Tianjiao both froze. Neither had expected the Fire Cicada Snake King's egg to hatch at that very moment!

After the little creature emerged, it slowly opened its watery eyes. The first person it saw was Zhu Ping'an.

It stretched out its head and began rubbing against Zhu Ping'an, apparently mistaking him for its parent.

"Zhu Ping'an, looks like this was fate." A sly smile tugged at the corner of Leng Tianjiao's mouth.

Once it had hatched, the egg's value as a Third-Tier Mutant Beast egg had plummeted. It would be difficult for the little creature to bond with anyone but Zhu Ping'an now.

"Classmate Leng... this is..."

Zhu Ping'an wore a rueful smile, but inside he was secretly thrilled. Ignoring Yan Shubing's face, now black as the bottom of a pot, he turned to Leng Tianjiao.

"Since this little fellow has already bonded with me, then I, Zhu Ping'an, owe you a favor!"

"Fine. You said it, so I'll collect on that favor someday." Leng Tianjiao gave Zhu Ping'an a long look, then turned and left.

Yan Shubing was grinding her teeth so hard they nearly shattered. She looked at the newly hatched Fire Cicada Snake King with even greater distaste.

In her eyes, Zhu Ping'an had gotten a Third-Tier Mutant Beast egg and would surely turn around and give it to her. But then the thing had suddenly hatched at just that moment.

"Ping'an Ge, could you stay away from that woman from now on? Bingbing doesn't like you getting too close to other women."

Yan Shubing's eyes quickly reddened as tears streamed down her face.

"This..." Zhu Ping'an looked troubled. "Bingbing, Classmate Leng and I are just ordinary friends. There's only one person I love, and that's you. Heaven and earth can bear witness to my sincerity!"

"I don't care! Could you stay away from her? If Ping'an Ge is willing to keep his distance from her, Bingbing... Bingbing can secretly let you hold my hand."

After saying that, Yan Shubing lowered her head, so shy she looked like a little quail.

Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an's mouth twitched. Judging by Yan Shubing's reaction, you'd think he'd been allowed to hold her hand. If you didn't know better, you'd think she'd let him touch her tits.

Her affected, coy manner nearly made Zhu Ping'an throw up. Yan Shubing was beautiful, but after learning what she was like from the original plot, the more he looked at her, the more disgusting he found her.

Disgusting or not, Zhu Ping'an wasn't about to turn against his own Golden Finger.

"Really, Bingbing? I can really hold your hand?" Zhu Ping'an looked delighted.

"Really. But you have to hold it through a glove." Yan Shubing playfully stuck out her little tongue.

"Okay! I promise!" Zhu Ping'an's eyes lit up.

Even Gu Xuan and Pan Dahai, the two City Guard Commanders, were dumbstruck by the scene. Could there really be a simp this devoted in the world? He was thrilled just to hold her hand through a glove?

Especially since Yan Shubing had just been flirting with Zhu Ping'an, only to skip off and link arms with Ye Qingxian. That left Gu Xuan and Pan Dahai even more bewildered.

Was this how young people had fun these days?

On the way back to the city, Gu Xuan couldn't help pulling Zhu Ping'an aside to speak to him in a low voice.

"Zhu Ping'an, with talent like yours, you'll have your pick of women in the future. Why hang yourself from a single tree?"

"Commander Gu, you don't understand! There are plenty of women, but there's only one Bingbing!" Zhu Ping'an shook his head.

"Can't you see? She's linking arms with that Ye Qingxian. Who knows, maybe they've already been whipping up cream puffs in private. Why are you still pining after her?"

Gu Xuan grew anxious and tried to jolt Zhu Ping'an back to his senses with some blunt words.

If Zhu Ping'an hadn't become a First-Rank Warrior at such a young age and had a bright future ahead of him, Gu Xuan wouldn't have bothered wasting his breath.

But instead of coming to his senses, Zhu Ping'an turned around and reproached Gu Xuan.

"Commander Gu! Don't make things up. Bingbing told me that she and Ye Qingxian are just ordinary siblings with no blood relation! Isn't it perfectly normal for siblings to link arms?"

"Who exactly is spreading rumors about a girl's love life? Typical arrogant guy, what a creep! Pah!"