Wang Dong'er, Suffocated by Love

Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan's gazes clashed, and the faint crackle of electricity seemed to fill the air.

"Dong'er, didn't you say at the academy yesterday that you'd go home and wait for me? Why did you come out of a hotel with someone else?"

Looking at Wang Dong, Dugu Yan demanded.

She had waited at home for a long time last night.

She had even sent her grandfather away.

When Wang Dong'er said she'd wait for her at home, wasn't she hinting at something?

Sigh!

After spending the night alone, she was already furious. Then, first thing in the morning, she saw Wang Dong'er, who had stood her up, leaving a hotel with a white-stocking bunny girl. Her heart had crumbled.

But... but she couldn't vent her anger on Wang Dong'er.

After all, feelings like these weren't accepted on Douluo Continent.

"Go home? Dong'er, you have a home with her now?"

Xiao Wu's beautiful eyes widened, and her willow brows furrowed. She glared at Wang Dong'er while her little hands pinched Wang Dong'er hard around the waist.

Mm, so soft.

"Some other woman? Lady, get your facts straight. Dong'er and I grew up together. We slept in the same bed for six years. We're much closer than you and her, her senior sister."

"You!"

Wang Dong'er sucked in a sharp breath and hurried between them, her head aching.

"Senior, Sister Xiao Wu, this... this isn't something you should talk about in the street. Look at the way everyone's staring at us."

At her words, the two women turned to look.

The street vendors, passersby, and carriage drivers had all stopped what they were doing and stood there, ears perked as they watched.

Some were openly curious, munching on melon seeds as they watched the drama unfold.

Others looked rueful and sneered.

Three girls as beautiful as celestial maidens were fighting over a man in front of a hotel, right out in public. How shameless!

Some shook their heads and sighed.

No wonder it was so hard to find a partner these days. So this was why. Sigh!

Had all the girls in this world gone mad?

Still others clapped and egged them on.

A girl trapped in a romantic battlefield? Now that was interesting. A sight you only saw once in a hundred years.

"What are you staring at? Go home and stare at your own mothers!"

Dugu Yan, whose temper wasn't the best, shouted at the crowd.

"Young lady, you're so pretty. Why are you so nasty? You should get your values straight!"

"My values straight?" Dugu Yan sneered. "I bet the three coffins in your house are lined up nice and straight. Get lost!"

Boom!

Four Soul Rings appeared beneath her. Her Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul flicked its tongue, and its chilly Soul Power sent the crowd scattering like startled birds.

Xiao Wu smiled faintly. "Dong'er, your senior sister has such a bad temper. I bet she's always been mean to you at the academy. Unlike me—I only ever care about you. Hehe."

Wang Dong'er's head ached at Xiao Wu's shamelessly sweet words.

Dugu Yan was like a keg of gunpowder, set ablaze in an instant. Her face flushed red with anger.

"You little brat, what did you just say? Say it again!"

"I could say it ten more times. What then? With a temper that bad, are you going through menopause?"

Xiao Wu stuck out her sweet, pink tongue and taunted her, not taking the Soul Ancestor Dugu Yan seriously at all.

"You!"

Dugu Yan was furious, and the Soul Power in her body surged.

But when she thought of Wang Dong'er's relationship with Xiao Wu, she couldn't bring herself to ruin the image she had in Wang Dong'er's eyes or damage their bond. She could only snort angrily and clench her fists, her knuckles creaking under the pressure.

Taking one woman by each hand, Wang Dong'er pulled them into an empty street corner and began to explain.

"Senior, Sister Xiao Wu and I aren't like you think. We just happened to run into each other and caught up in the room. I'm sorry I didn't tell you in advance that I wouldn't be coming home last night."

"Sister Xiao Wu, you..."

Sigh.

Wang Dong'er really wanted to fall to her knees and say, "Mom, I'm begging you."

"What about me? What did I do? Did I say anything wrong?"

Xiao Wu snorted and turned away.

There was no way Xiao Wu would apologize. The child had to pay for the mother's debts, so Wang Dong'er could only comfort Dugu Yan and ask her not to take it to heart.

People shouldn't hold a grudge against a rabbit...

"You really only caught up? You didn't do anything else?"

Dugu Yan asked.

"Really. What could the two of us even do?"

"Then swear it."

"I swear, we only caught up. That's all."

Wang Dong'er raised her right hand and swore, smiling bitterly, her heart heavy.

"All right, I forgive you."

As she spoke, Dugu Yan came forward and wrapped her arms around Wang Dong'er's. She rested her head against Wang Dong'er's shoulder.

Xiao Wu wasn't about to let her have the upper hand. She copied Dugu Yan...

Anyone else would have thought they were the luckiest person alive, but Wang Dong'er only felt exhausted.

Tang Hao had his eye on Xiao Wu, saving her to give his son Tang San a Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Dugu Yan was Dugu Bo's precious darling.

What would happen to her if the two of them saw this?

The Clear Sky Hammer hit hard, and the Jade Phosphorus Snake Poison was deadly.

Even if Wang Dong'er had the strength of a Titled Douluo, she couldn't take it.

"Senior, I'm going to go back to the academy and ask for a few days off," Wang Dong'er said, steadying herself and trying not to dwell on the mess in her head.

"Time off? What for?" Dugu Yan asked in confusion.

"Of course she has something to do with me. Why are you asking so many questions?" Xiao Wu taunted. "Dong'er, let's hurry. Don't let irrelevant people get in the way of our business."

Dugu Yan rolled her eyes and ignored Xiao Wu. She gazed eagerly at Wang Dong'er, wanting to hear what she had to say.

"After graduating from Notting Academy, I came to train at the Royal Academy. I haven't had a chance to rest properly in all these days, so I'm going to ask for two days off. I'll take a break and go sightseeing in Suotuo City with Sister Xiao Wu."

"Suotuo City?"

"Suotuo City is one of the most prosperous cities in the Heaven Dou Empire. It's a famous tourist destination. I've been meaning to visit for ages. We can go together."

Dugu Yan agreed without hesitation.

Wang Dong'er didn't want that.

With Dugu Yan there, would she get any peace? Wouldn't she and Xiao Wu argue nonstop?

But... she couldn't refuse. She could only endure it herself.

Xiao Wu wanted it even less.

She wouldn't allow this stranger, Dugu Yan, to intrude and steal the time she was supposed to spend alone with Wang Dong'er.

Xiao Wu didn't want to go too far, either. She didn't want to ruin Wang Dong'er and Dugu Yan's relationship because of her.

Dugu Yan was a Soul Ancestor. She could surely protect Wang Dong'er at the academy. Even if Xiao Wu wasn't happy about it, she had no choice. It was all for Wang Dong'er's sake.

The three of them went to the Royal Academy and got their leave approved without any trouble.

When Ye Lingling heard that Wang Dong'er and Dugu Yan were going to Suotuo City for fun, she asked for leave too.

She had no choice. With Dugu Yan gone and her new friend Wang Dong'er gone too, she'd be lonely all by herself at the academy...

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