Inside the classroom dormitory of Shrek Academy.
Having already woken up, Yu Xiaogang lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling with lifeless eyes. His mind was filled entirely with the images of Liu Erlong in the Recording Stone from the academy plaza earlier that day.
"Xiaogang, please look at me."
Liu Erlong sat to one side, longing in her heart for a response from her beloved Brother Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang turned his head away.
Right now, he did not want to see Liu Erlong at all.
From childhood to adulthood, he, Yu Xiaogang, had never been so aggrieved.
Even back when Qian Xunji had stepped on him and forced him to separate from Bibi Dong, it could not compare to even a ten-thousandth of this current humiliation.
Liu Erlong had torn his dignity as a man into shreds, and then fiercely trampled it underfoot right alongside that strange man!
Seeing that her action had some effect, Liu Erlong's eye sockets reddened, and the heartache in her chest welled up instantly.
Tang San stood to one side, and when he looked at Liu Erlong again, the respect in his eyes was gone.
In its place was a trace of disgust and aversion.
Such an unchaste woman was unworthy of being his, Tang San's, master's wife, let alone the woman of his great teacher!
Had their own dean not stopped him, this disciple would have driven the woman before him out of Shrek Academy long ago.
"Second Dragon Sister, you should go back first and let Xiaogang have some peace."
Flender looked at Liu Erlong's red-rimmed eyes, feeling heartache deep within his chest. If he weren't afraid of causing secondary trauma to his good brother, he would have wanted to embrace Liu Erlong right now and offer her some comfort.
How could his Second Dragon Sister possibly be that kind of unchaste woman?
It must have been those two people who used force to compel his Second Dragon Sister to do such a thing, and their purpose was simply to target their Shrek Academy.
Although Flender didn't know what reason Lu Li could possibly have to target their Shrek Academy, this didn't prevent Flender from jumping to a conclusion.
"Flender, I..."
Liu Erlong's words were blocked in her throat.
Given Brother Xiaogang's current state of mind, she was also afraid of saying the wrong thing and causing her beloved Brother Xiaogang to suffer an even greater breakdown.
In truth, she didn't understand why her beloved Brother Xiaogang was simply unwilling to listen to her explanation.
Besides, this matter couldn't be entirely blamed on her!
If her Brother Xiaogang had been willing to share a bed with her back then, and hadn't taken Tang San and fled from Notting City while she was away at the academy handling matters, then she wouldn't have gone out to find men who bore a seven or eight-tenths resemblance to Brother Xiaogang just to release the overwhelming longing in her heart!
"Give Xiaogang a little time."
Flender stepped forward and patted Liu Erlong's shoulder.
If Second Dragon Sister were his woman, he absolutely would not have allowed the events of today's Recording Stone to happen.
Liu Erlong turned back to glance at Yu Xiaogang. Seeing that he kept his head turned away the entire time and showed no willingness to look at her, she understood in her heart that no matter what she said right now, her beloved Brother Xiaogang would not pay her any mind.
The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved Liu Erlong felt.
Shouldn't it be that Brother Xiaogang ran away first, and only then did she do that to ease her yearning for him?
If Brother Xiaogang hadn't run off and had been willing to consummate their marriage, she wouldn't have committed the act shown in the Recording Stone today!
Yet Liu Erlong only dared to think these things in her heart.
Based on her infatuation with Yu Xiaogang, it was simply impossible for her to make a gesture of blaming him.
Even though she felt she was the one who got the raw deal, she wouldn't blame Yu Xiaogang by even a fraction.
Liu Erlong: This is love!
On the other side, in the student dormitories.
Ning Rongrong was holding a portrait she had drawn based on her vague memory of Lu Li's appearance, one that bore about a three-tenths resemblance to him.
"Hmph, if I don't want to think about it, then I won't! With the strength of my Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, even if I'm looking for someone with a very blurry appearance, I can still find them!"
In one breathless motion, Ning Rongrong stuffed this portrait along with a whistle-blowing letter she had furiously penned for over an hour into an even larger envelope.
Afterwards, she went alone to a small grove behind Shrek Academy, blew a whistle three times, and left the envelope right where it was before heading back to her dormitory with a cheerful bounce.
As soon as she left, the envelope was wrapped in a layer of spirit power and drifted into the hands of a person clad in black robes.
The next day, in the council hall of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
"Fengzhi! Is this the academy you agreed to let Rongrong go to? It's barely been a day, not even a single day!"
"Her mouth was sealed shut with spirit power by someone, and she was even forced to watch that kind of unsightly recording! You must give the two of us an explanation for this matter!"
On the main seat, Ning Fengzhi watched the Sword and Bone Douluos surging with imposing aura below, and could not help rubbing his brow with a headache.
"My two uncles, I didn't agree to let Rongrong go out back then either, but she forced me with her death, so didn't I have no choice, and you two aren't without your ways either."
Ever since Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi were hit head-on by Dragon One's eighth soul skill in that incident in Heaven Dou City, it left a very deep psychological shadow.
Over these past few years, Ning Fengzhi had been much more settled; aside from the summons of the Heaven Dou Royal Family, he almost never left the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
This also resulted in Ning Rongrong being protected extremely well by him, to the extent that even when Ning Rongrong proposed to him that she wanted to go out and play, he did not agree, and even arranged for two Soul Emperors to guard Ning Rongrong at her side every step of the way precisely for fear that she would sneak out.
Yet he miscalculated one thing—he did not expect that Ning Rongrong would actually force him with her own death just to be able to go out!
The day he saw Ning Rongrong holding a knife against her own neck, it almost scared him, the master of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, to death!
Having no other choice, he had to agree, and moreover arranged at least ten Soul Kings and Soul Emperors to protect his daughter in secret.
Furthermore, he instructed them not to intervene in his daughter's choices unless it was a matter of life and death.
He felt that since his daughter had lived in luxury and comfort since childhood and had never suffered, she would simply come back once she tasted even a tiny bit of hardship.
However, he did not expect this hardship to arrive so quickly—it had only been a day, and what was more, it was brought upon her by others.
"I don't care! The old sword man is right; we only care about whether Rongrong has suffered grievances. Since Rongrong has suffered grievances, then we cannot sit idly by!"
Gu Rong's temper was even more explosive, and his voice was louder.
"Very well then, do you two uncles have any good ideas?
This time Rongrong didn't come back, which clearly means she doesn't want to return. If we push her too hard and she uses her life to threaten us again, what then?"
Ning Fengzhi spread his hands helplessly.
He also very much wanted his daughter to come back; after all, the outside world was too dangerous.
He and Chen Xin had been outside when someone blew off one of Chen Xin's arms.
"If push comes to shove, then I will stay there and protect Rongrong closely!"
Chen Xin waved his hand, his expression resolute.
Yet when Gu Rong heard these words, he was displeased.
"Old sword man, why should you be the one to go protect Rongrong? If anyone protects her, it should be me! What does a sword man who only knows how to wield a sword know about protection!?"
Seeing that the two of them were about to start brawling and fighting again, Ning Fengzhi hurriedly spoke out to stop them.
"Alright, alright, the two of you, let's go take a look at that what-is-it Shrek Academy first. When the time comes, if Rongrong won't come back, we'll let her choose for herself and see which of you she wants to stay and protect her."
Hearing this, both the Sword and Bone Douluos relaxed their expressions a little.
"Hmph, old sword man, when the time comes, you can only look on pitifully as Rongrong chooses me!"
Gu Rong said with utter confidence.