Three Together, and One Is Bound to Be My Teacher!

Sun Moon Royal Academy, office.

Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong greeted Jing Hongchen, nearly scaring the old man's glasses right off his face.

"You're still alive?!"

Jing Hongchen stared wide-eyed at the two lively figures before him.

"Apparently not dead."

Jiang Yi nodded calmly, his tone carrying a hint of jest.

"Cough, cough! What I meant was, it's good that you're all right! Get some proper rest. I'll have Lin Jiayi make arrangements for you."

Jing Hongchen stroked his beard and smiled, though inwardly, he slowly let out a breath of relief.

Lately, he had been on edge, terrified that Shrek would tear up Xiao Hongchen's hostage arrangement. Now, he could finally rest easy.

"Then thank you, Dean."

Jiang Yi nodded with a smile.

After chatting with Jing Hongchen for a few moments, the two left the dean's office.

"You really do have tough lives."

Jing Hongchen stood at the doorway with his hands behind his back, watching the pair depart.

Yet when he saw Huo Yutong and Jiang Yi holding hands, their relationship so intimate and inseparable, he let out a helpless sigh.

It seemed his plans had come to nothing.

That brat had already been claimed by someone else. Mengmeng was too late.

"Grandpa! Grandpa! Have Jiang Yi and the others come back?"

Suddenly, a young girl came rushing over in a flurry, still wearing an adorable cartoon pajama set.

She charged into Jing Hongchen's office and immediately looked all around, searching for the figure she had been yearning for.

Unfortunately, her hopes came to nothing... the office contained only one old geezer.

Meng Hongchen's little face fell, and her disappointment was plain to see.

"They just left! You were one step too late."

Jing Hongchen spread his hands and smiled helplessly at his granddaughter.

This little girl