Unmasking Her Identity! The Light Goddess Butterfly Is Passed Down Only to Daughters, Never Sons—Don't Tell Me You're Illiterate?

"I say..."

Dai Huabin pointed at an ordinary pink butterfly fluttering among the flowers by the roadside.

"Classmate Wang Dong, before coming to Shrek Academy, didn't your elders at home have you read more books?"

Wang Dong froze. "Huh? Read books? I'm already eleven years old, of course I've read books!"

"Since you've read books, then you should have seen some books about soul beasts and Martial Souls, right?" Dai Huabin said unhurriedly.

Wang Dong's heart skipped a beat.

At home, she had only practiced and played around. Big Uncle and Second Uncle had never forced her to read such dull theory books, saying that as long as her fists were strong enough, that was all that mattered.

"I... I read a little. What about it?" Wang Dong straightened her chest guiltily, her gaze beginning to wander.

Dai Huabin did not expose her. He merely smiled and stepped half a pace closer.

His sudden approach made Wang Dong instinctively want to retreat, but she was enveloped by the faint masculine scent coming from him.

"Then do you know that, according to records in the world of soul masters, the Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul is passed down only to daughters, never sons?"

"This also means that any soul master who awakens the Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul must be female—and an exceptionally beautiful female at that!"

At that point, Dai Huabin paused. His heterochromatic eyes watched Wang Dong's instantly stiffened face with amusement.

"So, for a 'male' student with a pure Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul, should I praise you as a medical miracle caused by genetic mutation, or should I suspect that you're actually a girl disguised as a boy?"

Boom!

Wang Dong felt as if a firework had exploded inside her head.

I'm done for!

He saw right through me!

How did this guy know everything?

Didn't Big Uncle say that unless it was a top-tier Titled Douluo, no one would be able to see through this secret?

How did some random freshman happen to know such obscure trivia?

Wang Dong's face instantly flushed crimson, all the way down to the roots of her neck.

"Y-you're talking nonsense!"

She stammered out her rebuttal, but her tone was so soft that it sounded more like she was acting spoiled.

"I... I knew that already!" Wang Dong's eyes darted about as she desperately tried to patch things up.

"I was just... just testing whether the people at the academy were knowledgeable!

That's right, that's all it was! I didn't expect that, although you look annoying, you're actually quite well-read! Ha... haha..."

Even Zhu Lu felt embarrassed for her when she heard that dry laugh.

"Oh? So it was a test?"

Dai Huabin drew out the last word, wearing an expression that said, "I'll just quietly watch you keep acting."

Wang Dong became angry from embarrassment under his gaze and simply gave up trying to cover it up.

She stamped her foot. The next instant, her voice became clear and sweet. Her original boyish voice vanished, replaced by the charming innocence unique to a girl.

"Fine, fine, fine! You're amazing! You win, all right?!"

Wang Dong snorted and shot Dai Huabin a fierce glare.

"Since you recognized me, I won't pretend anymore! It isn't that big a deal anyway. My name is Wang Dong'er! So, did you hear that clearly?"

That declaration of "this young lady" made Zhu Lu's pupils constrict slightly.

She really is a girl?

Zhu Lu's gaze swept over Wang Dong'er's stunning face, which remained impossible to conceal even beneath male clothing. Rather than fading, the alarm bells in her heart rang even louder.

This girl was far too beautiful.

Pink-blue hair, large pink-blue eyes, skin as fair as porcelain—even while angry, she radiated an agile, lively charm.

If she changed back into women's clothes...

Zhu Lu instinctively tightened her grip on Dai Huabin's arm and pressed herself closer to him, as though declaring her claim.

No wonder she had felt uncomfortable the moment she first saw this person. So it was because women naturally repelled each other.

"Wang Dong'er?"

Dai Huabin savored the name and nodded, knowingly asking the obvious.

"Mm, this name does sound much better than Wang Dong. But..."

Dai Huabin looked Wang Dong'er up and down in her male attire.

"Do you plan to keep dressing like this? Shrek Academy's rules may not prohibit cross-dressing, but isn't it a little inappropriate for you to sneak into the boys' dormitory like this?"

Wang Dong'er crossed her arms and shrugged indifferently.

"What's inappropriate about it? This young lady wants to! Besides, I'm doing this to make cultivation more convenient. It saves me from having those stinking boys circling around me all day. It's annoying to death."

As she spoke, she smugly raised her chin.

"And I already asked around. The dorms are double rooms. Whoever my roommate is, as long as he dares act improperly toward me, I'll beat him until he's crawling around looking for his teeth!"

Dai Huabin's mouth twitched.

This girl really had not yet suffered a beating from reality.

Still, Dai Huabin did not actually dislike Wang Dong'er from the original story. She was quite a charming character.

But Tang Wutong...

Better not say it.

"You really have a big heart." Dai Huabin could not help admiring her thought process.

"Of course!" Wang Dong'er took it as a compliment and looked utterly proud.

"Classmate Wang Dong'er, as your fellow student, let me kindly remind you of something."

Dai Huabin put away his smile, his expression turning somewhat serious.

"There are some things in this world that cannot be solved with fists. Especially matters between men and women.

You're a girl living in the boys' dormitory. If word gets out, it won't sound good.

It will have some effect on your reputation, as well as your family's reputation."

Wang Dong'er froze.

She had been protected too well in the Clear Sky Sect and truly had not given much thought to such worldly notions.

Now that Dai Huabin had put it so seriously, she could not help feeling uncertain.

"Then..." She bit her lip.

"But I've already registered, and the dorm has already been assigned. Can I still back out?"

"It's not that serious." Dai Huabin shrugged. "Your legs are attached to your own body. If you insist on living with a boy, no one can stop you. But..."

Dai Huabin deliberately paused and glanced at Zhu Lu beside him.

"Let me formally introduce ourselves. I'm Dai Huabin, a freshman this year. This is my fiancée, Zhu Lu."

Dai Huabin introduced them openly.

"We're also in a double room—though we got special approval through connections. Unlike certain people, who are clearly girls but still have to secretly disguise themselves as boys to sneak in. Just thinking about it feels... pathetic."

"Who are you calling pathetic?!" Wang Dong'er instantly bristled. "This young lady is experiencing life! Do you understand what experiencing life means?!"

"Sure, sure."

Dai Huabin nodded perfunctorily.

"Then I wish you a pleasant experience. Lulu, let's go."

With that, he ignored Wang Dong'er, who was hopping mad behind them, and led Zhu Lu toward the Freshman Dormitory Building.

"Huabin."

After walking some distance, Zhu Lu could not help turning back to glance at Wang Dong'er, who was still sulking where she stood. She asked softly,

"Why did you lie to her? The two of us clearly aren't living together."

In truth, Zhu Lu wished this beautiful rival would go live with some other boy. It would be best if her reputation were ruined, so that no one could compete with her for Dai Huabin.

Dai Huabin smiled and reached out to scrape Zhu Lu's nose.

"Silly girl, I was just teasing her. If she goes to ask the teachers about double rooms, don't you think that'll be funny?"

"Pfft." Zhu Lu could not hold back her laughter.

So Huabin could be this naughty.

Still, she liked this kind of naughty.