Hu Liena: Could I Be Love-Brained Too?

When two flowers bloom, each tells its own tale...

After her brief shock, Xue Ke quickly steadied herself.

A diary was the truest mirror of the human heart. It could strip away every external disguise and reveal a person's true nature, whether they were a pervert or a hypocritical double-standard bearer...

From the diary's contents, she could clearly see that Qin Moyu was a steady and dependable man, with talent unrivaled in the present age, unfathomable strength, and an exceptionally handsome face.

He struck decisively against enemies, yet treated his friends with gentleness and tolerance.

Aside from being somewhat lecherous, this minor flaw was hardly worth mentioning in the eyes of all the female leads who possessed diary copies and knew his true nature.

Looking across the countless worlds, most experts who reached the pinnacle were surrounded by beauties. Having multiple wives and concubines was even commonplace in the cultivation world.

Compared to those... hypocritical hypocrites who took three wives and four concubines themselves while preaching that lust was the root of all evil to the weak, Qin Moyu's frankness and honesty—his refusal to hide his preferences—made people feel especially secure.

Even if their personalities were not suited to spending a lifetime together, being able to forge a bond with him in advance and become close friends would still be an immense opportunity for Xue Ke.

Just as Qin Moyu had once mentioned in his diary, Xiao Yan, the protagonist favored by fate, valued loyalty and righteousness. He would repay even a drop of kindness with a gushing spring...

Xue Ke silently thought to herself, a radiant smile appearing on her face. "What a coincidence. The destination of my travels this time is also Shrek Academy."

"I had thought Shrek Academy was located in Soto City, but unexpectedly, it has already moved to Heaven Dou City."

With clear eyes and a faint smile, Xue Ke sincerely invited him, "If you do not mind, Young Master, I have a carriage prepared. Why don't we travel together? We can look out for each other and save ourselves quite a bit of trouble."

Qin Moyu kept his expression unchanged and considered it carefully for a moment before agreeing. "It would be my honor to travel with Miss Xue Ke."

Having received an affirmative answer, Xue Ke's eyes lit up. She raised a hand to tuck the loose strands by her ear behind it, then asked in a charming yet polite manner, "I have presumptuously called you Young Master all this time, but I still do not know your real name."

"Qin Moyu..." Qin Moyu said evenly. "Mo as in stranger, Yu as in jade."

"Mo Yu... A gentleman is like jade upon the road, unmatched in this world. Young Master Qin, your name is quite poetic~" Xue Ke said with a smile, covering her mouth.

By the roadside, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's carriage stood quietly parked.

Uncle Chen, the old coachman who had served the imperial family for many years and seen countless people, also gave the youth beside Xue Ke a surprised look.

Is this the person the princess specifically traveled all the way to Soto City to meet? Uncle Chen silently wondered.

"Uncle Chen, let's return to Heaven Dou City."

Xue Ke gave the order with a smile. Then, as naturally as could be, she reached out and took Qin Moyu's hand before climbing into the carriage first. "Brother Mo Yu, let's get in and continue our journey."

The girl's little hand was soft, and her movements were open and graceful, without the slightest trace of coyness.

Qin Moyu did not reject the girl's initiative. He had long known Xue Ke's identity, and the grandeur of an imperial carriage was not enough to astonish him.

Inside the carriage, Qin Moyu and Xue Ke sat side by side and chatted. The girl before him had short, moon-white hair and an open, graceful bearing, perfectly matching the animated image of the little princess of Heaven Dou from his memories.

Honestly, Xue Ke's anime art style makes her look rather like the female angels from Super God Academy...

Qin Moyu silently thought to himself.

As for today's diary topic, introducing the battle armor system, he had already finished writing it that morning.

With nothing else to do, he decided to write about Xue Ke's story...

[Xue Ke, the little princess of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, left quite a deep impression in the original work.]

The diary suddenly updated, and even Xue Ke, who had been chatting with him, had her eyes light up slightly as she looked at Qin Moyu with eager curiosity.

He was actually writing specifically about her?

For a moment, the girl felt both expectant and delighted. As a princess of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, her story was surely going to be exciting, wasn't it?

However, before she even appeared, the diary skillfully turned to Tang San again...

[After the Elite Soul Master Tournament ended, Tang San followed Tang Hao to the Blue Silver Forest. After awakening his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, his ordinary appearance transformed overnight into that of a top-tier handsome man.]

[Not long after completing his bloodline awakening, Tang San entered the City of Slaughter alone and began the cruelest trial of hell.]

[The City of Slaughter, a sinful paradise of the fallen, was an underground world isolated from the rest of the world. It housed fallen degenerates, desperadoes, and all manner of scum among Soul Masters, but it was also a hall for tempering the strong.]

[Those who entered the City of Slaughter lost their martial souls and soul power, leaving them able to rely only on their bodies for the most primitive and bloodiest hand-to-hand struggles of life and death.]

[It was a place without kindness, warmth, or morality—where nothing remained but endless slaughter.]

[And if one wished to escape this purgatory alive, there was only one path to survival: win one hundred death matches.]

[As expected, Tang San, the protagonist favored by fate, fought his way out from mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Not only did he gain the God of Slaughter Domain, he also unexpectedly captured the heart of Hu Liena, Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden.]

Douluo 1 Xue Ke: "...Amazing. Didn't you say you were writing about me? Brother Mo Yu, are you and Tang San true love or something?"

Douluo 1 Hu Liena: "Huh? This involves me too?"

Something was wrong. Extremely, utterly wrong!

Within Spirit Hall, Hu Liena held the diary in her arms. The instant she saw its contents, she felt utterly awful.

She was Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden, the future successor upon whom her teacher had placed great hopes. Her beliefs and her stance were all firmly tied to Spirit Hall!

Yet the diary claimed that she would one day fall for Tang San, the very man who would personally destroy Spirit Hall?

Over the past few days, Hu Liena had secretly had people collect portraits of Tang San. With that utterly ordinary appearance, she had absolutely no interest in him.

Even if she liked someone, it would be a handsome man like Qin Moyu, someone who possessed both looks and strength.

With Tang San's ugly mug, only Xiao Wu and Huo Wu could stomach him.

But if Tang San got plastic surgery, then it really was possible...

Hu Liena suddenly understood, but she also began to worry.

Falling for Tang San was an extremely serious case of political incorrectness. People would talk.

Tang San had only gotten plastic surgery. His name and martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, would not change, yet she still fell for Tang San...?

Oh no, could I be love-brained too?

Hu Liena's heart skipped a beat, and a conclusion that made her scalp tingle instinctively surfaced in her mind...

[After completing his training in the City of Slaughter, Tang Hao took Tang San to seek refuge with his aunt, Tang Yuehua, in order to suppress the killing intent that had infected him.]

[During the time he cultivated his character at Moon Pavilion, Tang San—now using the alias Tang Yin, with his appearance and temperament completely transformed—also successfully captured the heart of Xue Ke, the princess of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.]

[Unfortunately, Tang San was a pure-love warrior. Xiao Wu was the only one in his heart, and though there were three thousand weak waters, he would take only one ladleful. Naturally, he showed no interest in Xue Ke's advances.]

[Xue Ke specifically sought out Tang Yuehua in private to ask what rank of noble status a commoner needed in order to be with an imperial princess.]

[As an imperial noblewoman, Xue Ke did not carry herself with the arrogance of her noble status. Her favorable impression of Tang San, under the alias Tang Yin, was naturally more because Tang San had already undergone a complete transformation by then.]

[For a man with such outstanding looks and perfect temperament, if not for the gap in their statuses, Xue Ke would have long since boldly stepped forward to confess her feelings.]

[One could only say that the girls of the Romance Continent truly lived up to their name. Love was forever the foremost element of life.]