The pink-and-blue-haired boy said this angrily, and the burly man scratched his head helplessly.
"Xiao Dong, you have to understand your father. He's just too busy."
Hearing her second father still making excuses for her dad, Wang Dong turned away and muttered under her breath.
"Busy, busy, busy. All he ever does is work. He doesn't care about me at all."
The main reason Wang Dong had broken down was that she couldn't even remember what her parents looked like.
She couldn't remember how many years her parents had been gone, or what they looked like. Didn't that prove she hadn't seen them in a very long time?
Seeing Wang Dong like this, Er Ming couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.
Just a few days earlier, he and his eldest brother had been sitting in the Clear Sky Sect's main hall, chatting, when Tang San's divine sense suddenly sent them a message from the Divine Realm.
His daughter would soon descend to the mortal world to undergo training, and he was asking the two of them to take good care of her.
Er Ming and his eldest brother had been overjoyed. After all, ever since they had descended to the mortal world, they hadn't seen Xiao Qi.
But when Tang Wutong arrived, both of them were confused and shocked. They couldn't understand why Tang San had done this.
Not only had he sealed Tang Wutong's memories of the Divine Realm, he had also split her soul in two.
Finally, he had left a message with his divine sense, telling Tang Wutong to train in the Sun Moon Empire for six years before going to Shrek Academy.
"Big brother, what exactly is Tang San trying to do? He split Xiao Qi's soul in two, and he's even asking us to send her to the Sun Moon Empire."
Seeing what Tang San had done, Titan Giant Ape Er Ming was furious. What kind of father split his daughter's soul in two?
Hearing his younger brother, Sky Azure Bull Python, who sat at the head of the Clear Sky Sect's main hall, shook his head and sighed.
"I don't know either. It seems a lot happened in the mortal world while we were gone all these years, forcing Tang San to send Xiao Qi down here."
At that, Er Ming grew even angrier. He said nothing more and quietly waited until they reached Star Luo City.
About an hour later, Er Ming brought Wang Dong into Star Luo City and found a hotel where they could rest.
At the Star Emperor Hotel, outside a room on the top floor.
Er Ming told Wang Dong to rest for the night and said they would go to the Star Luo Royal Academy to register the next day.
"Xiao Dong, you've been riding in a carriage for so many days. You must be tired, so get some good rest. We'll go to the Star Luo Royal Academy tomorrow."
Seeing the exhaustion in Wang Dong's eyes, Er Ming spoke with concern.
Hearing her second father's concern, Wang Dong nodded lightly to show she understood.
"Mm, I know, second father. I'm a little tired, so I'll go rest now."
With that, Wang Dong entered the room and casually closed the door behind her.
Elsewhere, in a pavilion in a courtyard at the White Tiger Duke Mansion.
A middle-aged woman in a black dress sat before a stone table, leisurely sipping tea.
A servant came running in from outside, holding a letter.
"Madam, this is a letter from the duke."
When the servant reached the pavilion, he knelt and respectfully addressed the middle-aged woman.
Hearing him, the woman set down her teacup and said slowly, "Mm. Read the letter to me."
"Yes." At her command, the servant began reading the letter.
Hearing its contents, the White Tiger Duchess nearly crushed the teacup in her hand.
She had never imagined that Dai Hao would send an illegitimate child to study at the primary academy of the Star Luo Royal Academy.
Seeing the White Tiger Duchess's expression, the servant reading the letter below was so frightened he hardly dared breathe, afraid he would be caught in the fallout.
"Never mind. You may leave. And take this letter to Huo Yun'er and her son."
The White Tiger Duchess rubbed her temples and waved a hand, telling the servant to leave at once.
Hearing her, the servant hurriedly bowed and quickly walked outside.
"Yes, Madam. I'll take my leave."
As the servant hurried out, he saw a blond boy walking in from outside.
Seeing the golden-haired boy, the servant bowed respectfully.
"Second Young Master."
Dai Huabin nodded and headed straight for the pavilion.
Seeing this, the servant hurried away even faster. He was afraid he might overhear something he shouldn't and get killed for it.
"Huabin, what brings you here?" the White Tiger Duchess asked gently, composing her expression when she saw her son.
"Come, sit down." She drew Dai Huabin down beside her.
"Mother, I came to ask when big brother would be back, but I heard what was in the letter as soon as I arrived."
After sitting down, Dai Huabin answered his mother's question.
"Then, Huabin, do you think we should do as your father says?"
Now that her son had heard what the letter said, the White Tiger Duchess wanted to see whether he had grown during his confinement.
"Mother, I think sending an illegitimate child to the Star Luo Royal Academy would disgrace the White Tiger Duke Mansion. Why can't we just send him to some random academy?"
Dai Huabin gave his opinion in response to his mother's question.
The White Tiger Duchess shook her head.
"Your father may be doing this partly because he feels indebted to them.
"But more than that, he wants people to know that even an illegitimate son of the White Tiger Duke Mansion can attend the Star Luo Royal Academy, which will raise our mansion's reputation."
Dai Huabin nodded, but the thought of an illegitimate son studying in the same place as him still made him furious.
A trace of killing intent even surfaced in his eyes. He wanted to kill that illegitimate son and wash away the humiliation he had suffered a while ago.
"All right, I still have some things to take care of, so I'll leave you for now."
"Oh, right. Your big brother probably won't be back for another two or three months."
The White Tiger Duchess set down her teacup and left the pavilion.
The next day, in the dean's office at the Star Luo Royal Academy.
Er Ming sat in a guest chair. His burly frame made the already spacious office seem cramped in an instant.
He wore a clean, dark-gray robe. His rugged features and mere presence put the dean under an invisible pressure.
Beside him stood a boy who looked no older than six or seven, dressed in a brand-new white outfit.
His short pink-and-blue hair had been carefully styled, and the sunlight streaming through the window lent it a soft sheen.
The boy's features were almost too delicate, his brows and eyes fine yet spirited, and his skin fair.
The dean was a man in his fifties, surnamed Zhou, and he had served as dean of the Star Luo Royal Academy for over ten years.
At that moment, he sat behind his desk, holding a letter of recommendation that had just been delivered.
The Clear Sky Sect's seal was stamped beside the signature at the bottom of the letter, and cold sweat broke out on Dean Zhou's forehead.
Dean Zhou set down the letter of recommendation, swallowed, and addressed Er Ming respectfully:
"Sir, the Clear Sky Sect has always kept itself hidden from the world. It is truly an honor for our academy that you are willing to send a disciple of your sect to study at the Star Luo Royal Primary Academy."