Seeing Ning Rongrong leave, Lan Si and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged a knowing smile. Naturally, Zhu Zhuqing nestled into Lan Si's arms.
Lan Si leaned close to Zhuqing's ear and asked softly, "Zhuqing, are you really not coming with me to Heaven Dou Royal Academy?" Before they had encountered Dai Mubai and the others, Lan Si had already told Zhuqing everything he had been through since they parted, except for Qian Renxue.
It wasn't that Lan Si wanted to hide it from her. Qian Renxue's identity was simply too sensitive, and knowing the truth would do Little Kitten no good. Even he had to pretend that Qian Renxue and Xue Qinghe were not the same person. Besides, in the eyes of outsiders, the person Lan Si had met in the Star Dou Great Forest was Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, not Leng Xue, Qian Renxue's assumed identity.
Zhuqing shook her head. "A-Si, even though I really want to be with you, I've thought it over. I can't spend my whole life as a vase at your side. I have to grow stronger through my own efforts, too."
There was something else Zhuqing hadn't said: as long as she stayed at Shrek Academy, the Star Luo Empire wouldn't pay attention to Lan Si.
That would give Lan Si the greatest possible protection.
"I'm worried—" Lan Si hadn't finished when Zhuqing raised a delicate hand to cover his lips. "A-Si, don't worry. I know what you're concerned about. With the dean and several teachers here, Dai Mubai won't dare lay a hand on me."
Lan Si still wasn't reassured. He led Zhuqing into a nearby alley and gave her a Semi-automatic Pistol and an AK47 automatic rifle, then taught her how to use them. The two guns had relatively simple designs and were the