After calming down, the Grandmaster saw his precious disciple stand up and reassuringly reached out to grab one of his arms.
"All right, Xiao San, there's no need to bother with someone like that."
"After graduation, he and we won't even belong to the same world. There's no need to waste so much emotion on that kind of trash."
Seeing his teacher say so, Tang San sat back down, though his gaze remained fixed in the direction the two had left.
"Okay, Teacher."
Tang San returned to his seat. The only person he truly cared about was Xiao Wu; he had merely wanted an excuse to chase after her just now.
But now that his teacher had said that—
He could not simply disregard his teacher's dignity. He could only wait until he had the chance to find Xiao Wu again.
Although he did not understand why Xiao Wu liked Du Bei so much, Tang San firmly believed that as long as he worked hard enough, Xiao Wu would definitely change her mind!
"By the way, Tang San, remember to report to Shrek Academy after graduation. Do you understand?"
"I understand, Teacher."
As for this disciple's performance—
Yu Xiaogang had seen it all and was greatly satisfied. His six years of painstaking guidance had not been in vain.
So what if he was the Clear Sky Douluo's son?
Hadn't Yu Xiaogang still molded him into exactly what he wanted with his superb rhetoric? As long as this disciple of his could become a Titled Douluo, his reputation would become unshakable across the continent!
Who would dare call him trash then?
With that thought, Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang San across from him with even greater affection. At that moment, Tang San seemed less like a disciple and more like a certificate representing every kind of honor!
A certificate that would satisfy his vanity!
While master and disciple were supporting each other with such devotion—
Du Bei had already returned to his post and begun another day of slacking off.
As for the unpleasantness from earlier, he had long since forgotten it. His only good trait was that he did not hold grudges. If someone wronged him, he usually got even on the spot.
For instance, the Grandmaster had disgusted him earlier, so on his way back to stand guard, he had spread a few more rumors about him. That made them even.
What rumors?
<Shocking! The 108 nights a certain Grandmaster and his disciple had to talk about!>
<Astonishing! Taking a disciple could actually make you younger this way...>
<The source of nighttime pig squeals was actually inside a certain famous Grandmaster's dormitory...>
After Du Bei had polished up these suggestive messages, they were all posted as little advertisements in hidden corners around the academy.
Whenever other teachers or students passed by and saw those eye-catching headlines, they could not resist going over to take a look.
As a result, the Grandmaster and Tang San's reputation within the academy was far from as peaceful as it had been in the original story. Instead, they were gradually becoming the subject of everyone's gossip.
"Little Du, you're at work this early?"
Just as Du Bei was diligently standing guard, an all-too-familiar voice came from behind him, inside the academy.
When he turned around, he saw a middle-aged old man.
"Principal, where are you headed?" Du Bei greeted him with practiced ease.
But that was only natural. As the older brother of a genius little sister, it was perfectly normal for the principal to treat him a little better.
"Ah, it's nothing."
"That Yu Xiaogang fellow came to see me again. I'm getting ready to go out and avoid him for a while."
At this point, the principal's face was full of bitterness. He was starting to regret his decision to recruit the Grandmaster into the academy.
He had originally thought that bringing him in would, at the very least, improve the academy's learning atmosphere.
But who could have expected it!
The learning atmosphere had not improved much, but the academy's culture had been corrupted quite a bit!
He often heard of incidents where the Grandmaster led students astray. Even worse, six years ago, he had snatched away a student with Innate Full Soul Power to teach.
Wasn't that leading students astray?
If not for saving face and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan's influence, the principal would have thrown Yu Xiaogang, that freeloader, out of the academy long ago.
"Ah, I won't keep chatting."
The principal reached out and patted Du Bei on the shoulder, saying encouragingly, "Keep it up. You don't need to pay attention to what that Grandmaster says. I believe you'll break through level 30 soon."
After offering a few more words of encouragement—
The principal, feeling that the time was about right, turned and headed toward Notting City.
Screw it. Another day of slacking off had begun.
Let's see if there was anything interesting in the group chat.
[Stray Cat: Everyone, can anyone bring me something to eat? "Heart" "Heart"] [Stray Cat: I feel like I'm about to die. I can trade things for food.] [Stray Cat: "Image JPG"] [Stray Cat: "Image JPG"] (2:12 AM) [Already an Uncle: What's going on? @Stray Cat]
Almost the instant Du Bei sent his message, another message popped up in the group.
It was obvious someone had been waiting for a long time.
[Stray Cat: @Already an Uncle, do you have any food? I can trade things for it. Everything in the pictures above is mine. You can pick whatever you want, and I'll trade it to you. I'm waiting in the meeting hall now.] [Already an Uncle: You're... Forget it. I'll be at the meeting hall right away. Wait for me.]
After sending the messages—
Du Bei searched himself from head to toe and found that he only had a few snacks to satisfy cravings left. This bag of food was clearly not enough to fill the stomach of someone who had been hungry for a long time.
He looked around.
He found that it was still early, and no one should be passing by anytime soon, so he immediately ran toward the staff dormitory.
"This should be enough, right?"
Looking at the snacks he had found on his dorm bed, as well as the fresh carrots he had taken out from under Xiao Wu's bed, he felt that this should be enough for the hungry cat in the group to have a meal.
Feeling that it was about enough, Du Bei hugged the pile of supplies and focused his thoughts.
The scene before his eyes suddenly flashed. By the time he came back to his senses, he was already in the meeting room from before.
But this time, the meeting room was not as dim as before. The surroundings had become much brighter.
"Um, are you the uncle from the group?"
A cold yet slightly weak voice came from nearby, across the table.
Du Bei raised his eyes.
The filter still concealed the person's face and figure, but because the lighting was much brighter, he could clearly tell this time that there was a humanoid creature across from him.
"Then you must be the Stray Cat from the group?"
As he spoke, Du Bei placed the things in his hands on the table and pushed them toward the figure across from him.
"Eat something to restore your strength first. We can talk while you eat. Looking at you like this, don't faint from hunger later."
"Okay, thank you..."
Seeing the food pushed before her, the humanoid silhouette could no longer care about saving face and immediately reached out to start eating.
She had clearly been hungry for quite some time.
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