Dai Yueheng: Don't Touch Sister Lexuan—Come at Me Instead!

"I don't know?"

Xu Tianming deliberately stressed his tone, then gave Zhang Lexuan's rounded rear another slap.

It had to be said, it was soft and springy, and the feel was genuinely nice. After just two slaps, Xu Tianming was already getting a little addicted.

Ahem, that was getting off track.

"You both came from Shrek Academy's inner court. As the senior sister of the inner court, you're telling me you don't know this person's name? Do you take me for that easy to fool?"

Having been slapped twice for no reason, Zhang Lexuan was already unhappy. Hearing that question made her even more unhappy, and there was even a trace of grievance in her defensive tone:

"Can you be reasonable? It's true that he and I both came from Shrek's inner court, but do you know how many people there are in the inner court? I haven't even gotten to know every exceptionally talented student, much less someone who only joined the inner court recently."

"You really don't know him?"

Faced with Xu Tianming's question despite clearly knowing the answer, Zhang Lexuan pouted in anger but still nodded firmly.

"Really!"

A peerless beauty lay in his arms, making such a coquettish, feminine gesture...

Zhang Lexuan herself could never have imagined how devastating this unconscious action of hers was to Xu Tianming.

"Columbina, help me calm down."

"Alright... but why do you suddenly need to calm down?"

"I reckon his heart is fluttering with springtime feelings," Mavuika said to Columbina in the tone of someone who had been there before.

"Huh? Springtime feelings? Why would that suddenly happen?"

The little dove was thoroughly confused, but Xu Tianming had no desire to continue discussing the matter with her.

"It's nothing. Don't listen to Mavuika's nonsense. What does she know about springtime feelings?"

Mavuika had been smiling, but upon hearing that, she immediately became a little displeased.

"Oh? I don't know? So you know a lot, then?"

Hearing that, Xu Tianming did not know what came over him and reflexively replied,

"Come on! I know all about it, alright!"

The moment the words left his mouth, Xu Tianming saw Mavuika's expression turn somewhat strange. Realizing something was wrong, he hurriedly laughed awkwardly.

"Well, I was just saying that. I've got something to do, so I'll be going first. We can talk after I'm done..."

The instant his consciousness withdrew from the sea of spirit, Columbina's power emerged as well, instantly cooling Xu Tianming's already heated body and restoring his rationality to its peak.

Xu Tianming took a deep breath, temporarily cast aside the conversation in his sea of spirit, then nodded at Zhang Lexuan, who was on top of him.

"Alright, I believe you. But that works out perfectly. You can take this chance to get acquainted with this junior brother you've never met before. He keeps calling you Sister Lexuan. If you remembered his name, who knows how happy he'd be?"

Xu Tianming said those words openly and frankly, so Dai Yueheng heard them very clearly.

His feelings at that moment were incredibly complicated.

Just as Xu Tianming had said, having the goddess in his heart remember his name would be enough to make Dai Yueheng pass out from happiness on the spot.

But he did not want the goddess to get to know him under these circumstances, especially not because his enemy was forcing it.

"I'm sorry, Sister Lexuan. Although I really want you to know me, please forgive me—I cannot do it under these circumstances! For Shrek's honor, I will never yield to this dandy!"

Dai Yueheng's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance nearly moved Zhang Lexuan.

As for what kept it from doing so...

"For Shrek's honor? You think you deserve to say that? Could it be that running wild in another nation's capital is something Shrek considers honorable? If that is the case, then every force on the continent will need to seriously reassess Shrek Academy's position and threat level!"

The moment Xu Tianming said this, he utterly shattered the melodramatic atmosphere Dai Yueheng had built up.

"You! You're twisting words and forcing logic!"

Dai Yueheng trembled with rage, his lips quivering for a long while before he finally managed to force out only that sentence.

"If speaking the truth counts as twisting words and forcing logic, then call it whatever you want. It doesn't matter. After all, you people from Shrek Academy always hold yourselves above everyone else. Even if you forcibly call black white, no one dares raise an objection."

After retorting with a faint smile, Xu Tianming's patience was nearly exhausted. He immediately slapped Zhang Lexuan's rounded rear again.

"What are you still standing around for? Didn't you hear what I just said?"

Xu Tianming had only meant to finish this process as quickly as possible, but he had not expected his instinctive action to completely break Dai Yueheng's composure.

"You beast! Don't hit Sister Lexuan! If you want to hit someone, hit me! I caused this, so come at me with whatever you've got! What kind of skill is it to bully a woman like Sister Lexuan!"

Hearing that, Xu Tianming laughed outright.

"Oh? I didn't expect you to have some backbone. But since you care so much about your Sister Lexuan, I'll just hit her a few more times. As the senior sister of your Shrek inner court, failing to properly teach you students moral conduct is a crime in itself. She must be properly punished!"

After saying that, Xu Tianming could clearly feel Zhang Lexuan's body tremble sharply in his arms.

But when he looked into her eyes, he found that she was gazing at him with deep resentment.

"I'll give you two choices. One, I actually hit you, and you can scream however you like. Two, I don't get serious, but you have to cooperate and cry out for mercy."

He spoke right beside Zhang Lexuan's ear, not worried in the slightest that Dai Yueheng would hear.

However, with one whisper after another, the warm breath from his mouth continually brushed against Zhang Lexuan's earlobe. Combined with Xu Tianming's earlier flirtatious slaps, it gave her an unfamiliar feeling in her heart.

Out of feminine reserve, Zhang Lexuan forcibly suppressed the strange sensations in her body and whispered back in the same manner,

"What if I don't want to choose either?"

"You don't want to choose? Then you're tossing the problem back to me. That's fine—I'll choose for you. I just wonder which form you prefer?"

This little brat!

Zhang Lexuan ground her teeth in irritation, but since she had no good way to deal with Xu Tianming for the moment, she could only helplessly choose the second option.

After all, she did not want to be hit in front of the others.

"Alright. Since you chose the second option, prepare yourself properly. If the screams you make later don't satisfy me... heh, then I'll personally lend you a hand!"

After shooting Xu Tianming an annoyed glare, Zhang Lexuan took a deep breath, then immediately put on an expression as though she were throwing caution to the wind.

"Ah! Don't, don't hit there!"

"I was wrong, it was my fault! I didn't properly educate the inner court students, and I failed to be a good leader!"