Explosive Love Triangle

"What's the matter, too afraid to make a bet? Don't you have even that much backbone?"

As Huo Yuhao spoke, he thought of the love history between Zhu Lu and Dai Huabin.

It had to be said that their love was quite twisted.

Or perhaps, in the Douluo series, there was quite a lot of this twisted love.

The Zhu family and the Dai family had intermarried for generations, making their blood relations increasingly close.

Suppose a person from the Zhu family and one from the Dai family combined; the child born would possess half the bloodline of the Zhu family.

If this child possessed the White Tiger martial soul.

Upon reaching the appropriate age, this Dai family child, possessing half the Zhu family's bloodline, would then marry a woman from the Zhu family again.

Through such hereditary repetition, the bloodline became increasingly pure.

Although the concept of producing deformed children due to close-kin marriage did not exist here.

After all, there was no reproductive isolation between soul beasts and humans, but this method of marriage still felt quite bizarre.

It could be considered a cousin marrying a cousin, a sort of pseudo-incest.

However, the most critical point was that Dai Huabin did not like Zhu Lu at all.

The person Dai Huabin truly liked was Wang Qiu'er.

At the Sea God Island blind date event, Dai Huabin confessed his feelings to Wang Qiu'er, only to be rejected, yet he persisted in his pursuit.

During this period, Zhu Lu was heartbroken time and again because of Dai Huabin's attitude.

In the Qiankun Asking Love Valley, Dai Huabin remained infatuated with Wang Qiu'er.

Later, amidst a series of complex arrangements set up by Tang San to test everyone, Dai Huabin was accidentally drawn in and unfortunately disfigured.

Perhaps out of helplessness, or perhaps as a compromise after experiencing many setbacks, he ultimately chose to be with Zhu Lu.

Yet, Zhu Lu's actions were also difficult to understand; the man she liked had always pursued other women, rejected her multiple times, and the Qiankun Asking Love Valley was no exception.

And yet, now that Dai Huabin beckoned, even though he was disfigured.

Zhu Lu still followed him without hesitation, choosing Dai Huabin's love.

It really made one feel that she had no bottom line.

Zhu Lu was merely Dai Huabin's second choice, a backup.

From this perspective, Zhu Lu's love was so cheap, so pathetic.

However, things went exactly as Huo Yuhao had expected.

Dai Huabin's feelings for Zhu Lu, perhaps they existed, but they were minimal.

At this moment, Dai Huabin pondered for a moment, looked at Huo Yuhao, and nodded directly in agreement: "Fine, I accept your bet."

Immediately after, Dai Huabin looked toward Zhou Yi and Mu Jin.

He wanted to ask these two teachers to serve as witnesses.

And he stated what he wanted Huo Yuhao to do.

If Huo Yuhao lost, he would not only have to kneel and kowtow in apology, but also sever his own arms and shout, "My mother was just a lowly maid, and I am just a lowly bastard."

Dai Huabin's vicious demand was immediately rejected by Zhou Yi.

Mu Jin also shook her head directly.

As teachers, they had their own bottom lines.

Such a vicious bet went against their professional ethics as educators.

At this moment, Zhou Yi glanced at Huo Yuhao, then at Dai Huabin, and said: "You two, if you have the ability, wait until the freshman assessment in three months. By then, who is strong and who is weak will naturally be revealed."

"As for the bet, either drop it now or lower the requirements; otherwise, there is nothing to discuss."

Upon hearing this, Dai Huabin was instantly annoyed.

But he also knew that there were some things he had to endure.

If nothing else, Shrek Academy did not fear their White Tiger Duke Mansion at all; at most, they would give them a bit of face.

And if this matter were to reach his father, his father would not only fail to help him, but if he found out about Huo Yuhao's existence, that would be disastrous.

Helpless, Dai Huabin could only nod.

But he couldn't swallow his anger regarding the bet, so he looked at Huo Yuhao and directly lowered the conditions.

Ultimately, half an hour later.

Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin reached an agreement.

Three months later, at the freshman assessment, Huo Yuhao would face Dai Huabin.

If Dai Huabin won, Huo Yuhao would kowtow in apology and admit he was a coward.

And Huo Yuhao also pointed out directly that if he won, Zhu Lu would have to stay by his side for half a year, serving as his slave.

Hearing this, Dai Huabin nodded and agreed, for in his eyes, he simply could not lose.

When Zhu Lu heard Dai Huabin use her as a wager, she felt an inexplicable sense of sorrow in her heart.

But she still nodded in agreement.

The first reason was that she did not believe Dai Huabin would lose.

The second reason was that, just like in the original story, Zhu Lu possessed an incredibly high tolerance for Dai Huabin.

She was willing to be Dai Huabin's second choice, so she was willing to become the subject of this wager.

Huo Yuhao watched Zhu Lu's love-struck, cheap outlook on love, and he couldn't care less.

In Huo Yuhao's eyes, Zhu Lu was nobody to him.

Huo Yuhao had Xiao Wu, he had Liu Erlong, and there would even be many more in the future.

Furthermore, Dai Huabin could treat Zhu Lu like an object to be traded in a bet.

And Zhu Lu agreed to it.

Since Dai Huabin didn't care, why should he care about anything?

As for what he would make Zhu Lu do in three months?

Although Huo Yuhao had a bottom line, he would also make sure that Zhu Lu's mouth learned when it should speak and when it should stay shut.

Additionally, Huo Yuhao planned to discipline Zhu Lu, at least to the point of making her and Dai Huabin turn against each other and start a bitter feud...

Immediately after.

Dai Huabin let out a cold snort and prepared to leave directly.

However, at this moment, Huo Yuhao's voice came over again: "Wait."

Dai Huabin stopped in his tracks, looked at Huo Yuhao with an unfriendly gaze, and demanded: "What, is there something else? Are you trying to back out?"

Huo Yuhao smiled indifferently: "Not backing out, I'm just curious about one thing. How did you know I was here? Why did you suddenly decide to come and cause trouble for me?"

Upon hearing this, Dai Huabin did not hesitate much and snorted: "Your battle with that senior Xu Sanshi is known to everyone, and today I heard people say you came to the academy, so I came straight over."

As Dai Huabin said this, he recalled some of his earlier thoughts and wished he could slap himself.

Dai Huabin had never heard of Huo Yuhao.

The reason was simple: in the original story, after Huo Yuhao's mother died, Huo Yuhao clenched his fists and decided not to use the surname Dai anymore, changing his name to Huo Yuhao.

This resulted in Dai Huabin not even thinking of the "illegitimate son" from the White Tiger Duke Mansion when he heard the name "Huo Yuhao."

Dai Huabin had even thought that, like his brother, if possible, he would meet him and see if he could recruit him.

But he never expected that the person who defeated Xu Sanshi was actually the illegitimate son he bullied and toyed with every day...

Dai Huabin changed his tone: "I originally wanted to see what kind of person you were, but after getting closer, I realized it was you."

"You changed your surname to Huo Yuhao, but since I know it's you, I must mock you a few times. What? You're not convinced?"

Huo Yuhao waved his hand: "Alright, get lost."

Dai Huabin felt a surge of anger in his heart, but finally gritted his teeth and left directly.

Seeing this, Zhu Lu glared at Huo Yuhao with resentment, then followed in Dai Huabin's footsteps and hurried away.

Huo Yuhao watched the look Zhu Lu gave him and let out a deep breath.

At this moment, Zhou Yi's voice came over: "Huo Yuhao, you've got some nerve, starting a fight with someone the moment you arrive."

Huo Yuhao felt a bit awkward hearing this.

But immediately after, Zhou Yi continued.

"Huo Yuhao, do you know that the other party is a three-ring soul master? If I hadn't sensed the commotion here, what would you have done if something had gone wrong? Why are you so incapable of exercising restraint?"

Only then did Huo Yuhao realize that although Zhou Yi was scolding him, her words were full of concern.

He could only nod awkwardly: "Understood, Teacher Zhou, I will be careful in the future."

In fact, Huo Yuhao knew some of the consequences of his actions; although he was impulsive, it was within a controllable range.

Seeing Huo Yuhao say this, Zhou Yi finally shook her head: "Alright, continue running."

Immediately after, Zhou Yi left directly.

Meanwhile, Mu Jin watched Huo Yuhao at this moment, said nothing, and also turned and left the area.

Huo Yuhao then continued to pick up his pace and run.

Seeing this, Wang Dong did not hesitate much and followed closely by Huo Yuhao's side to run together.