Wang Dong'er: I Have a Younger Brother?

[Where is Dorm 108? I can't exactly go ask Mu En, can I?

It would be fine if I didn't know who he was, but now that I do, no matter how well I hide it, I'll eventually give myself away.

If my breathing gets even a little hurried, or my gaze shifts even slightly, that old man will notice me.

Wait, something seems off. Why does this number feel so familiar? 108, 108... Damn, isn't this Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao's dorm? Why am I assigned to 108 too?]

Every female lead with a Diary Copy perked up as if they had found a melon patch, setting aside whatever they were doing and turning their attention to the diary. There was obviously some juicy gossip here.

[Well, officially, I'm here to accompany Wang Dong'er to school. Since I'm already studying alongside the crown prince, it seems perfectly normal for me to share a dorm with the crown prince.

As for Huo Yuhao... forget it, forget it. I won't worry about him. With me around, those two probably won't be all lovey-dovey like in the original story anymore, much less stop even pretending at the end and sleep in the same bed.

Tsk, tsk. Even when I read the original story, I thought it was ridiculous. The two of them just openly climbed into the same bed.

Come to think of it, Huo Yuhao didn't even know Wang Dong'er was a girl at the time. Two men sleeping in the same bed... all I can say is that Huo Yuhao really had something going on.

But now, with a living, breathing person like me in the dorm, the two of them will definitely restrain themselves somewhat. Besides, I'm already someone written down in Huo Yuhao's little notebook.

He probably wants nothing more than to get rid of me. And Wang Dong'er, who is with me, will presumably become someone he hates by association, so there will be no way for them to get close.]

Walking alongside Lin Ye, Wang Dong'er found this passage in the diary rather amusing.

It really was not something she had deliberately arranged. Shrek Academy had such a rule to begin with: students who enrolled in the same year and arrived together were highly likely to be assigned to the same dormitory.

After all, in an unfamiliar environment, having someone you knew by your side gave an entirely different sense of security.

But even if the academy had not assigned them together, she had already come up with a foolproof plan. No matter what, she would switch dorms and move in with Lin Ye.

Even if she had to secretly swap the dormitory nameplates, she absolutely could not let him live with someone else.

As for why she was disguising herself as a boy and why she insisted on sharing a dorm with Lin Ye, it was not as though she had never explained it to him before. It was just that even she herself found that explanation absurdly perfunctory.

It was nothing more than a casual, "This is a task assigned by the sect." If Lin Ye had any objections or questions, she would simply shut him down with, "If you've got the ability, contact the sect and ask them yourself."

She had originally thought Lin Ye would seize on the details and press her for answers. After all, that excuse was far too flimsy.

Yet unexpectedly, after hearing it, Lin Ye merely raised his brows slightly, showing just the right amount of confusion and surprise, and let the matter go. He had no intention whatsoever of getting to the bottom of it.

Wang Dong'er understood as well that both of them harbored their own little thoughts. If Lin Ye truly refused to let go of the details, they could argue over such a trivial matter for half the day.

Shrek Inner Court. Ma Xiaotao, who had been sitting cross-legged in meditation, opened her eyes.

The Diary in her mind had just displayed the entry stating that Lin Ye had arrived at Shrek. She could no longer sit still. Rising to her feet, she casually brushed off her black fitted outfit and strode swiftly toward the door of the secret chamber.

She was going to the Outer Court to see Lin Ye, the owner of the Diary.

Of course, she would only sneak a look from afar and would never let him discover her.

It would not be an exaggeration to call Lin Ye her lifesaver. A single reward from the Diary Copy had not only increased the age of her Soul Rings by a thousand years out of thin air, but had also completely repaired the innate flaw in her Martial Soul.

She had long regarded the Diary's owner as her savior.

Though she had seen him in the diary's images, no matter how clear those images were, there was always a layer of emptiness separating them.

She wanted to see with her own eyes what this boy named Lin Ye was truly like.

Ma Xiaotao walked briskly. She had already decided that she would only watch from a distance, wait until he entered the dormitory and settled in, then return.

[I suddenly thought of something really interesting.

In the original story, who in all of Shrek didn't know Wang Dong'er was a girl?

But because of that thing between her and Huo Yuhao, everyone could tell the two of them had eyes only for each other, yet not a single person stepped forward to expose it.

But now, Huo Yuhao obviously can't be all lovey-dovey with Wang Dong'er anymore. So the person who spends every day with her and even shares a dorm with her... isn't that me?

Oh no! I've become Huo Yuhao?!

No, what kind of situation is this?!

But seriously, the Goddess of Light Butterfly Martial Soul is really a little troublesome. How am I supposed to hide it?

Also, I just don't get it. In the end, Tang Wutong's Godhood was only that of a Second-Level Butterfly God?

How much did Tang San dislike his own biological daughter? This preference for sons over daughters is way too ridiculous, isn't it?

Look at what he arranged for his son, Tang Wulin. That was top-tier talent across the entire Douluo Universe. He was terrified his son might suffer even the slightest grievance, stuffing every good thing he could into him. He truly could not have treated his son better.

But what about Tang Wutong? First he split her soul, then threw her onto the Douluo Continent to undergo trials. The endless ridiculous schemes never stopped.

Even setting all that aside, after his daughter completed her trials and finished those lousy tasks he assigned her—seducing Huo Yuhao, taking control of the Douluo Continent—what hadn't she handled perfectly for him?

And what was the result? He only gave her the Godhood of a Second-Level Butterfly God?

Seriously, was she really his biological daughter? I even suspect they mixed up the babies!]

By the time Wang Dong'er and Lin Ye reached the bottom of the dormitory building, the Diary in Wang Dong'er's mind began reorganizing itself again.

Line after line of new writing appeared. After reading every word, her entire body stiffened, and enormous waves surged in her heart.

A younger brother?

She actually had a younger brother?

Tang Wulin?

Though the diary said he was Tang Wutong's younger brother, she knew better than anyone that, whether she admitted it or not, she was Tang Wutong.

In other words, that boy named Tang Wulin truly was her younger brother, born of the same mother.

Wang Dong'er had initially thought that Tang San must be an exceptionally cold-blooded man to treat his own daughter this way. Yet according to what Lin Ye's diary said, Tang San actually treated his son so well?

So it really was just as Lin Ye had said—Tang San favored sons over daughters?

And her final Godhood... a Second-Level Butterfly God?

Butterfly God? Second-Level God?

Interesting.

Wang Dong'er's path had never been one arranged by someone else. Now that she had the Diary Copy's help, she wanted to see whether she could reach even greater heights.

As for the younger brother she had never met, a seed of curiosity quietly took root in Wang Dong'er's heart.

Where was he now? Was he doing well? Tang San had arranged such exceptional talent for him. Would he, like her, also be thrown onto the Douluo Continent by their father to undergo trials?