South to Receive the Rabbit, A Brief Separation Surpasses a New Marriage

Notting City, private residence.

After several days of absence, this mansion, once purchased for the purpose of "hiding a rabbit in a golden house," still stood in the most prosperous part of the city.

A luxurious carriage bearing the emblem of the Heaven Dou Royal Family (actually forged by Su Yun himself, though no one dared to verify it anyway) pulled up slowly to the front gate.

Su Yun had just jumped down from the carriage and hadn't even had time to fix his wind-blown hair when a pink whirlwind rushed out from the courtyard.

"Brother Su Yun!!!"

Accompanied by a crisp, energetic cheer, Su Yun felt a weight hit his chest, and immediately after, his neck was tightly wrapped by two lotus-root-like arms.

His entire body was knocked back two steps by the immense force of the impact.

Looking down, he saw a pink-carved, jade-polished little girl with rabbit ears hanging onto him like a koala, her two slender legs swinging happily in the air.

It was Xiao Wu.

"Ouch, my little ancestor, take it easy, you're going to break my waist."

Su Yun complained, but his hands honestly supported the back of Xiao Wu's legs, taking the opportunity to ruffle her signature scorpion braid.

"What? Did you miss me?"

"I did! I missed you to death!"

Xiao Wu buried her face in the crook of Su Yun's neck and rubbed against him, her voice soft and sweet, yet tinged with a hint of grievance:

"You've been gone for days, and no one took me to eat anything delicious, and no one combed my hair..."

"Most importantly, that annoying Ghost named Tang San is driving me crazy!"

Hearing the name Tang San, Su Yun raised an eyebrow, a playful arc tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"Oh? That kid still hasn't given up?"

"He hasn't just given up!"

Xiao Wu let go and jumped down from Su Yun, placing her hands on her hips and saying indignantly:

"He's like a fly! He hangs around the academy gate every day, and as soon as he sees me, he comes over."

"One moment he's saying, 'I'm your brother, I have a responsibility to protect you,' and the next he's saying, 'Xiao Wu, this is the porridge I made, it's very good for your stomach.'"

"Pah!"

Xiao Wu stuck out her tongue in disgust:

"Who wants to drink his white rice porridge? It's bland as can be! I want to eat stewed carrots with meat! I want to eat spicy rabbit head... ah, ptooey, spicy duck head!"

Watching Xiao Wu's righteous indignation, Su Yun couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Tang San, oh Tang San.

You think you're a warm guy?

In the eyes of this girl, you're just a simp who only knows how to deliver white porridge.

And a broke simp at that, who can't even afford to add meat.

"Alright, alright, don't be angry anymore."

Su Yun reached out and pinched Xiao Wu's puffed-up cheeks; the texture was excellent:

"Isn't your brother back now?"

"I've come back this time to take you away."

"We're going to change locations, to somewhere more fun, with more delicious food, and no flies."

"Really?!"

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up instantly, her two rabbit ears standing straight up:

"Where to? Where to?"

"Suotuo City."

Su Yun smiled mysteriously, then pulled that familiar little black notebook from his bosom.

"But before we leave, I have to settle a debt."

Xiao Wu leaned over curiously:

"Brother Su Yun, are you writing in that diary again? What decent person writes a diary?"

Although she was long used to it, she still couldn't help but make a snide remark.

Su Yun glanced at her:

"What do you know? This is called a sense of ritual in life. Go on, go pack your things, and bring all your carrots."

After sending Xiao Wu away, Su Yun found a comfortable position to lean against the carriage and began to write rapidly.

[Year X, Month X, Day X, Notting City, Sunny.]

[Returned to Notting City and picked up my cute Rogue Rabbit.]

[I have to say, absence makes the heart grow fonder (crossed out), this little rabbit is getting more and more clingy; she gave me a 'face wash' the moment we met—who could handle that?]

[So I heard from Xiao Wu that Tang San, that brat, tried to poach my girl while I was away?]

[Heh, bringing white porridge? Playing the sentimental card?]

[Oh Tang San, Tang San, I'm afraid you don't realize that girls these days don't fall for that anymore. Love without material substance is like a pile of loose sand; it doesn't even need a breeze to scatter, just a few steps and it's gone.]

[Besides, you're dealing with a Rabbit whose palate I, Su Yun, have already spoiled.]

[Picked up the little Rabbit, next stop Suotuo City.]

[Calculating the time, that big swindler Yu Xiaogang should have been completely blacklisted by Spirit Hall by now. With no way to survive, he must be taking Tang San to seek refuge with his old buddy Flender, right?]

[Shrek Academy? The Academy of Monsters?]

[In the original story, that was the dragon's den where Tang San took flight.]

[But with me here...]

[This time, I'm going to turn Shrek Academy into my own backyard!]

[Whether it's that Nether Civet Zhu Zhuqing, the little Witch of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Ning Rongrong, or the original opportunities of Shrek Academy...]

[I want it all!]

[Tang San, just wait to remain a background extra in Suotuo City. Oh wait, maybe you won't even manage that; you'll just be the backdrop watching me chat and laugh with the girls.]

[Thinking about it actually gets me a little excited.]

Finishing the last stroke, Su Yun closed the Diary, his mood excellent.

Meanwhile.

Far away in Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue watched the content appearing on her copy of the Diary, the corner of her mouth twitching slightly.

"Face cleanser? What does that mean?"

Although she didn't understand the term, by connecting the context, she could guess it certainly wasn't anything proper.

"This lecher, to be so attentive even to a Rabbit..."

"However, Shrek Academy..."

A glimmer of sharp light flashed in Qian Renxue's eyes.

"Since he wants to grow flowers in his backyard, shouldn't this 'Empress' (even if that bastard self-proclaimed it) go and take a look?"

At the entrance of the Notting City villa.

Xiao Wu carried a small bundle (though everything was actually stored in the Soul Tool Su Yun had given her) and hopped happily onto the carriage.

"Brother Su Yun, let's go!"

"I want to eat the Rose Pastry from Suotuo City!"

"Alright, we'll buy some."

Su Yun replied dotingly, then turned his head to look toward the direction of the Academy, his eyes filled with mockery.

"Let's go."

"Time to prepare a welcome gift for our young master Tang."

The coachman raised his whip.

"Giddy-up—"

The luxurious carriage kicked up a cloud of dust on the street, carrying the man and woman as they galloped toward Suotuo City in the south.

Not far behind them.

At the entrance of Notting Academy.

A young man with a worn-out bag on his back and a haggard expression stared blankly at the departing carriage.

That was Su Yun's carriage.

He recognized it.

And just a moment ago, he had caught a glimpse of a familiar pink figure by the carriage window.

"Xiao Wu..."

Tang San clenched his fists, his nails digging deep into his palms.

"Did you leave with him too?"

"Why... why do you all choose him instead of me?"

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river!"

"Su Yun! Once we reach Suotuo City, I will prove that I, Tang San, am the true genius! I will take back every bit of the dignity I've lost!"

Achoo!

Inside the carriage, Su Yun sneezed.

"Who's cursing me?"

Xiao Wu gnawed on a carrot and mumbled indistinctly:

"It's definitely that unlucky guy, Tang San."

Su Yun rubbed his nose and smiled.

"Go ahead and curse, curse all you want. While you can still open your mouth, get a few more in."

"Once we reach Suotuo City, I'll make sure you get a taste of what a real beating from society feels like!"