He, "Tang San," Had to Uphold Justice

Suotuo City truly deserved its reputation as the granary of the Balak Kingdom.

The streets were broad and bustling with people.

A remote backwater like Nuoding City simply couldn't compare.

After the three entered the city, Xiao Wu held Zhu Zhuqing's hand and chattered away nonstop.

"Zhuqing, what did you come to Suotuo City for?"

Zhu Zhuqing glanced at Xiao Wu, then at Su Chen. After hesitating for a moment, she spoke.

"I came to find someone."

"Who? A man or a woman?" Xiao Wu's eyes immediately lit up.

Zhu Zhuqing bit her lip. "A man I was betrothed to since childhood."

As she said this, a hint of coldness and unwillingness seeped into her voice.

"He ran away from his responsibilities and hid here. I heard he's at a place called Shrek Academy."

"A betrothal?"

Xiao Wu's ears instantly perked up.

She secretly glanced at Su Chen, then looked at Zhu Zhuqing, her expression turning somewhat strange.

So this big-breasted kitty had a betrothal.

Zhu Zhuqing did not continue.

The moment she thought of Dai Mubai, a long-suppressed anger surged within her.

She had been hunted down in the Star Luo Empire, forced into a corner, crushed by fate until she could barely breathe.

Yet the person who should have shared that fate with her had fled to the Heaven Dou Empire long ago.

"Shrek Academy?"

Su Chen raised an eyebrow and spoke with feigned curiosity.

"The person you're looking for is at Shrek Academy?"

Zhu Zhuqing nodded. "Young Master Su, have you heard of this academy?"

"Ah, 'Young Master Su' is too formal. Just call me by my name."

Su Chen continued, "I came to Suotuo City because I heard about Shrek Academy. They say it only accepts monsters, not ordinary people, so I planned to go there and sign up."

After hearing that, Xiao Wu froze completely.

"Boss, we're going to Shrek Academy?"

Su Chen glanced at her. "Didn't I tell you?"

Xiao Wu shook her head like a rattle. "You definitely never told me! You only said you were bringing me here to eat and drink well!"

Su Chen spread his hands. "It's not too late to tell you now. What, you don't want to go?"

Xiao Wu immediately wrapped herself around Su Chen's arm. "Wherever Boss goes, I go."

"But Shrek Academy doesn't sound like any respectable place from its name alone. It only recruits monsters!"

Xiao Wu said righteously, "Is there anyone more monstrous than you, Boss?"

Zhu Zhuqing nodded in agreement.

She was certain that there probably was no one in this world more like a monster than Su Chen.

A twelve-year-old Three-Ring Soul Elder, with a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring.

His soul skill could even make a Soul Emperor drop to his knees on the spot.

If someone like that did not count as a monster, then Shrek Academy probably only recruited normal people.

Su Chen smiled faintly.

He had gotten where he was today entirely through hard work, sweat, and a tiny, negligible bit of help from the system.

The three wandered through Suotuo City.

Xiao Wu rubbed her stomach. "Boss, I'm hungry. Let's eat first!"

Su Chen looked at the sky. "Eating can wait. Let's find somewhere to stay first."

They walked a little farther.

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up as she pointed at a hotel by the street covered in rose patterns.

"Boss, let's stay at this hotel!"

Su Chen looked up. Rose Hotel.

Damn! They actually ran into it.

The Rose Hotel, the setting of a famous scene from the original story.

If nothing unexpected happened, that golden-haired White Tiger should be appearing soon.

"Let's go. We're staying here."

Su Chen snapped his fingers.

Zhu Zhuqing paused slightly when she saw the hotel's name.

She clearly felt that something about this hotel was off.

But Su Chen and Xiao Wu had already gone inside. After hesitating for a moment, she followed them.

The hotel lobby was lavishly decorated, with rose patterns everywhere.

A faint fragrance also lingered in the air.

Xiao Wu looked around with curiosity written all over her face.

"This hotel is so pretty!"

But the more Zhu Zhuqing looked, the more uncomfortable she felt.

No matter how she looked at it, this place did not seem like an ordinary inn.

"Three rooms." Su Chen walked up to the front desk and tapped on it.

Xiao Wu immediately cut in.

"Two rooms!" She hugged Su Chen's arm.

The young man at the front desk first looked at Su Chen, then at the two girls behind him.

Especially the girl in black leather behind him. That figure was simply incredible!

He understood immediately!

The young man tactically lowered his head, pretended to flip through the register a couple of times, then raised his head with the solemn expression of a true professional.

"My sincerest apologies, honored guests. Business is far too busy today, and we only have one room left."

"But don't worry. Our Red Ocean Suite is absolutely spacious, and the bed is definitely big enough. Not to mention three people, even five would fit comfortably."

As he spoke, the front-desk clerk gave Su Chen a look that could only be understood, not explained.

"One room?"

Before Su Chen could speak, Xiao Wu sprang up, her face full of excitement.

"Great! Boss, now you have no reason to kick me out, right?"

Zhu Zhuqing's face reddened slightly as she stood awkwardly to the side.

Three people in one room—how were they supposed to sleep?

Where was she supposed to sleep?

Xiao Wu hurriedly told the front-desk clerk to book the room.

Just then, an incomparably arrogant male voice came from the lobby entrance.

"I'd say this room should belong to me, shouldn't it?"

The moment Su Chen heard that familiar line.

He had not expected to actually run into this!

Everyone turned to look.

A blond-haired, heterochromatic-eyed young man strode in arrogantly with a pair of beautiful twin sisters in his arms.

The young man was handsome, but his eyes carried the hollow weakness of excessive indulgence. His perfume could be smelled from far away.

It was Dai Mubai.

He was in quite a good mood today. He had brought this pair of twins to the Rose Hotel, intending to discuss how the character for "sex" was written.

But the moment he arrived and heard that only one room remained, he immediately spoke up to interrupt.

Dai Mubai directly ignored the others, walked to the counter, and said to the clerk, "You must be new here. Don't you know there's always supposed to be a room kept for me?"

Seizing the famous scene, Su Chen glanced outside but did not see any sign of Tang San.

That made sense. At this time, Tang San was either forging or cultivating, with no time to come fight over a room.

It seemed that he, "Tang San," needed to step forward and uphold justice.

But before he could say anything, Xiao Wu jumped out first.

"Hey! Blondie! First come, first served. We booked this room first. Who the hell do you think you are?"

As the big sister of Nuoding City, who had she ever feared besides Su Chen?

He dared to steal her room? He was tired of living!

Dai Mubai turned around and gave Xiao Wu a sidelong look.

Oh? This little girl was quite adorable.

Then his gaze passed over Xiao Wu and landed on Zhu Zhuqing behind her.

Dai Mubai's eyes practically glowed green, like a hungry wolf spotting meat.

A masterpiece! That figure, that temperament—she was leagues beyond the twins in his arms!

Since Dai Mubai only knew that he had a fiancée and had never even seen what she looked like.

And since Zhu Zhuqing had not released her Martial Soul, he could not sense the stirring of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill at all.

He simply took her for a peerless beauty passing by.

But Zhu Zhuqing recognized Dai Mubai at a single glance.

Seeing him holding two women in his arms, her heart instantly turned cold.

Her fists clenched tightly, her nails digging deep into her flesh.

She had risked her life evading pursuit in the Star Luo Empire.

Yet this bastard was fooling around with twins in Suotuo City?