Tragedy, Senior Sister Meng and Senior Sister Ju Zi

Seeing Senior Sister Ju Zi mentioned in the Diary Copy by Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, Meng Hongchen, Wang Dong'er, and the other girls all wore subtly complicated expressions.

They had been painstakingly discussing what attitude they should take toward Huo Yuhao, only to turn around and discover that someone had already stolen a march on them without playing fair. What was this supposed to mean?

Wang Dong'er glanced at the silent Gu Yuena and curled her lips.

"Looks like your method is useless. We have no idea whether anyone else at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy has a Diary Copy. We can't possibly join forces to stop everyone else from approaching Huo Yuhao, can we? If we really did that, Huo Yuhao would only notice something was wrong sooner!"

Wang Dong'er's words won the unanimous agreement of the girls present. Gu Yuena, too, had no idea how to prevent such a thing from happening, and she unconsciously fell silent.

Just then, the Diary Copy in their minds stirred again, instantly drawing their attention.

If not for what she went through as a child, with Senior Sister Ju Zi's personality, she should have been the perfect model of a virtuous wife and loving mother, just like that Eldest Senior Sister, Zhang Lexuan. Yet she ultimately became the Empress War God in pursuit of revenge, while Zhang Lexuan was left to grow old alone. Douluo II was a tragedy from beginning to end! Whether protagonists or supporting characters, their fates were all wantonly manipulated by that lofty Tang God King.

But when I think about my relationship with Ju Zi in the original plot, I don't know how to face her. I had clearly experienced being abandoned by my own biological father, yet I allowed that same tragedy to repeat itself for Ju Zi. Then I abandoned everything and went to the God Realm to become Tang San's lackey. Just thinking about it makes my blood pressure rise. It's all fucking Tang San's fault! Tang God King, your crimes are unforgivable!

Sigh, forget it. There's no point cursing him out. Once I have enough strength in the future, I'll just overthrow the God Realm.

If things had developed as they originally did, did Huo Yuhao have some kind of special relationship with this Ju Zi?

The question lingered in the girls' minds, making them all ponder what exactly Huo Yuhao had meant by those words in the Diary.

They all felt that if Huo Yuhao had not known everything and things had followed their original course, then there absolutely had to be some unknown special relationship between him and Ju Zi!

"Damn it! That Huo Yuhao always stops talking at the crucial moment. It makes me want to beat him up!"

Di Qiu'er clenched her fists, her face full of indignation.

But her words resonated with everyone. He first piqued their curiosity, then abruptly stopped, leaving them hanging and unbearably frustrated.

Meng Hongchen looked around and said.

"If I'm not mistaken, this Ju Zi has a Diary Copy just like us. But when she interacted with Yuhao, she acted completely normal and didn't let him notice anything unusual. She only made him think it was a coincidence."

"But you people, who originally shouldn't have been at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, all showed up here together. That has already made Yuhao feel that something is off. Just as Gu Yuena said, if you don't want to completely lose the rewards from the Diary Copy, act more normally from now on."

After saying that, Meng Hongchen ignored their reactions, turned, and headed into the distance. She could not help muttering in complaint.

"If your sudden appearance hadn't made Yuhao react so strongly, I should have been the one having lunch with him in the cafeteria!"

Meng Hongchen had carefully counted just now. Aside from Wang Dong'er, who had been mentioned in the Diary more than ten times, no one else had met the requirement yet. She had finally arranged to stroll around Mingdu with Huo Yuhao that afternoon, and she absolutely could not let anyone ruin it.

After warning them once more, Gu Yuena left with Di Qiu'er.

Xiao Xiao looked dejectedly at Wang Dong'er and spoke softly. "Dong'er, you reached the requirement for rewards so easily, but Huo Yuhao has only mentioned me once in the Diary."

Hearing the resentment in Xiao Xiao's voice, even Wang Dong'er felt a little embarrassed.

"Don't worry. No matter what, Huo Yuhao knows you. As long as we appear before him, there'll always be a chance for him to write about us in the Diary. But just as Gu Yuena said, we need to be careful too. We absolutely can't expose ourselves."

Xiao Xiao nodded helplessly. She really had no better solution, so she could only do that.

Just as Meng Hongchen, Gu Yuena, Wang Dong'er, and the others went their separate ways, Huo Yuhao was in the cafeteria, casually asking Ju Zi when he saw a flush suddenly appear on her cheeks.

"Senior Sister Ju Zi, what's wrong?"

Startled back to her senses, Ju Zi repeatedly shook her head and waved her hands.

"Nothing, nothing. Yuhao, just pick whatever you want to eat. It's on me."

Huo Yuhao merely gave the flush on Ju Zi's face a puzzled glance before being drawn to the delicious food giving off enticing aromas. He began carefully selecting the dishes he liked.

When it came to eating, Huo Yuhao had never been willing to lose to anyone!

However, Ju Zi did not see that as he collected his food, Huo Yuhao's brows furrowed slightly and his gaze gradually deepened. Everything that had happened today had made him realize that, aside from something being wrong with the God Realm, there were other things that seemed very off as well.

Watching Huo Yuhao happily get his food, Ju Zi's eyes shifted back and forth. What Huo Yuhao had written in the Diary had thrown her heart into turmoil. Relying on a woman's intuition, she felt that if things had followed their original course, her relationship with Huo Yuhao definitely would not have been so simple.

For a moment, Ju Zi did not know how she should face Huo Yuhao either.

She had originally thought that since she could receive rewards from the Diary Copy, and she and Huo Yuhao shared a common enemy, getting closer to him should have been quite easy. But now, even Ju Zi did not know whether continuing to get closer to Huo Yuhao was the right choice.

Just as Huo Yuhao had said in the Diary before, for people like them, focusing on their careers was what mattered most. Everything else could wait until later.

Ke Ke beside her nudged Ju Zi. Seeing her bewildered look, Ke Ke leaned close to her ear and chuckled softly.

"Ju Zi, don't tell me you've taken a liking to this little brother? Let me remind you, he's still a freshman, while you're several years older than him."

Ju Zi subconsciously glanced at Huo Yuhao, then shot an annoyed glare at her best friend, Ke Ke.

"What are you talking about? I just feel a little bad for interrupting his lunch."

Ke Ke shrugged indifferently and said nothing more.

When Huo Yuhao had selected all the food he wanted and had just found a seat with Ju Zi and Ke Ke, Meng Hongchen appeared right after them.

Meng Hongchen calmly glanced at Ju Zi, then looked at Huo Yuhao with feigned resentment as she knowingly asked.

"Yuhao, didn't we agree to have lunch together? Why did you run off so quickly?"

"Uh..." Huo Yuhao did not know how to explain it and casually said, "Something unexpected came up. Oh, right, Senior Sister Meng, let me introduce you. This is Senior Sister Ju Zi and Senior Sister Ke Ke. Senior Sister Ju Zi is treating me to this meal."

Meng Hongchen naturally shifted her gaze to Ju Zi and smiled faintly.

"How can we trouble someone else to treat us? Let me pay, just like before. Didn't we agree that once you become a Soul Engineer and start earning money, you'll treat me in return?"

Before Huo Yuhao could say anything, Ju Zi across from them smiled gently.

"It's fine. I accidentally knocked over Yuhao's meal, so of course I should compensate him."

Hmm? Yuhao? You called him Yuhao?

Meng Hongchen precisely caught the key point. Her delicate brows furrowed as she stared at Ju Zi. Though Ju Zi looked soft and somewhat airheaded, she chose to meet the gaze of the academy director's granddaughter without the slightest intention of backing down.

For a moment, sparks seemed to burst where the two girls' gazes met.