Tang San Was So Furious He Ran Naked Through the God Realm Hall...

Jiang Ziming smiled and asked,

"What, having trouble adjusting to being a girl on your first day?"

Wang Donger could not help laughing as she retorted,

"Hmph, I was a girl to begin with."

Jiang Ziming thought for a moment, then took a necklace from his pocket.

It was an exquisite silver chain, with a heart-shaped ruby hanging from its end.

In the twilight, it reflected a warm glow.

"To celebrate little Donger taking this crucial step, here's a small gift for you."

Wang Donger froze for a moment, her gaze falling on the necklace.

She recognized it.

Because Xiao Wu wore an identical one around her neck.

The girl's cheeks flushed slightly. She reached out, accepted the necklace, and held it in her palm.

"Thank you."

Her voice was quiet, but gentle.

Jiang Ziming waved his hand, turned around, and walked into his dorm room.

Wang Donger stood in the hallway, looking down at the ruby glowing faintly in her palm in the dusk. She gently pressed it against her chest.

Then she turned and entered her own dorm room as well.

Inside the dorm room.

The moment Jiang Ziming entered, Xiao Wu came to greet him.

She skillfully took the coat he had removed and hung it on the rack, then handed him a warm, damp towel for wiping his hands.

The girl wore a black-and-white maid outfit with a white apron tied around her waist. Her pink rabbit ears swayed lightly atop her head, and a sweet smile rested on her face.

Rather than a maid, she looked more like a wife waiting at home for her husband to return.

"Welcome home, Master."

"Thank you."

Jiang Ziming wiped his hands and handed the towel back to her.

Xiao Wu accepted it, tilting her head. Her smile carried a hint of teasing, along with a touch of warmth.

"Master gave Donger a necklace too."

Jiang Ziming looked into her smiling eyes and teased,

"What, someone's actually jealous of her own daughter?"

Xiao Wu's face immediately turned red.

She raised a hand and lightly poked the boy's chest, her voice carrying a trace of reproach.

"I'm not jealous... I'm only Master's maid."

Watching her blush as she tried to explain herself, Jiang Ziming reached out and gently caressed her cheek.

"Only a maid, really?"

Xiao Wu's cheeks grew even hotter, but she did not pull away. She merely lowered her head, her voice as soft as a breeze.

"No matter what... I'll listen to Master."

At dinner, Xiao Wu sat across from Jiang Ziming, holding her rice bowl but clearly distracted.

She hesitated for a while before finally speaking.

"Master... when I saw Donger today, I kept feeling... although she looks exactly like Wutong, it seems like something is missing."

Jiang Ziming paused in the middle of picking up food.

He set down his chopsticks and fell silent for a moment.

Then he looked up at Xiao Wu's worried pink eyes and slowly said,

"Xiao Wu, have you ever thought about why Wang Donger appeared at Shrek?"

Xiao Wu froze briefly and shook her head.

At first, she had assumed Da Ming and Er Ming had arranged it, but certain doubts had left even her uncertain now.

Jiang Ziming took a deep breath and revealed the secret he had never explicitly spoken of.

"To interfere with the mortal world, Tang San split Tang Wutong's soul into several parts. One of them was deliberately sent into Shrek Academy under the alias Wang Dong."

"In other words, the current Wang Donger has less than half of her soul."

Xiao Wu's expression froze in an instant.

The chopsticks in her hand slipped soundlessly from her grasp and fell onto the table with a crisp clatter.

Her soft lips trembled slightly, and tears gradually filled her pink eyes.

"He... how could he dare..."

Her voice shook with incredulous anger and grief.

"How could he... do something like this... to his own daughter..."

Jiang Ziming said nothing. He merely reached out and gently took hold of her cold hand.

Just then, a long-absent system notification sounded in his mind.

[Ding!]

[Tang San discovered that you had actually exposed his evil plan in front of Xiao Wu. He was so furious that he ran naked through the God Realm Hall—Emotional Points +999!]

Jiang Ziming ignored the notification.

He simply held Xiao Wu's hand and quietly stayed by her side.

That night, Xiao Wu remained in low spirits.

She sat quietly by the bed with her head lowered, not knowing what she was thinking about.

Jiang Ziming did not urge her.

He walked over, gently wrapped an arm around her shoulders, and drew her into his embrace.

Xiao Wu's body stiffened slightly before gradually relaxing. She rested her head against his shoulder.

The two sat quietly like that without speaking.

After a long while, Xiao Wu finally spoke softly.

"Master..."

"Mm?"

"Thank you for telling me all this."

Her voice was a little hoarse, but far calmer than before.

Jiang Ziming did not answer. He simply patted her shoulder gently.

The night breeze stirred the curtains, and moonlight slowly shifted across the floor.

The two leaned against each other like that and quietly fell asleep.

A few days later, the elimination rounds of the freshman assessment soon began.

The teams that could reach the elimination rounds were all considered among the best of the freshmen.

The scale of the assessment was also incomparable to before.

The venue had been changed to a larger central arena.

Many people sat in the surrounding stands: freshmen, outer academy teachers, and quite a few upperclassmen from the outer academy who had come to watch after hearing the news.

Jiang Ziming's team arrived at the assessment venue early in the morning to assemble.

The results of the first-round draw were announced. Their opponents were also a team from Freshman Class One.

A match between classmates meant both sides knew each other inside out.

The moment the other three saw that they had drawn Jiang Ziming's team, their faces were already filled with "despair."

After the match began, Wang Donger and Xiao Xiao defeated their opponents with barely any effort.

The dazzling Radiant Goddess Butterfly danced gracefully across the stage.

Its blue-gold wings reflected a dreamlike sheen beneath the sunlight. Paired with Wang Donger's delicate and adorable face, it instantly captured the attention of more than half the audience.

"Damn, that girl is gorgeous!"

"That's... Wang Donger from Freshman Class One? How come I've never seen her before?"

"I heard from Class One that she used to disguise herself as a boy. She only went back to being a girl yesterday!"

"She's way too adorable..."

Xiao Xiao's sweet and cute appearance attracted plenty of attention as well.

Two beautiful girls with entirely different styles stood on the stage—one dazzling and spirited, the other sweet and charming—leaving the boys in the stands unable to look away.

By comparison, Jiang Ziming, standing at the very back of the team, seemed somewhat "unnecessary."

"Who's that guy? Why's he hiding behind two girls?"

"Looks like he's the captain? But he's a support-type soul master..."

"A support-type soul master as captain? Isn't that just dead weight?"

"Tsk tsk, how pathetic. What strength could a support have, anyway? He's just getting carried by two girls."