Inside the Shrek Academy classroom dormitory.
The awakened Yu Xiaogang lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. His mind was filled with scenes of Liu Erlong from the Recording Stone in the Academy square earlier that day.
"Xiao Gang, will you please look at me?"
Liu Erlong sat beside him, desperately hoping for a response from the Xiao Gang she loved.
Yu Xiaogang turned his head aside.
Right now, he did not want to see Liu Erlong at all.
From childhood until now, Yu Xiaogang had never felt so humiliated.
Even when Qian Xunji had stepped on him and forced him to separate from Bibi Dong, it had not been one ten-thousandth as unbearable as this.
Liu Erlong had shredded his dignity as a man to pieces, then let that strange man trample it beneath his feet!
Seeing that her actions had some effect, Liu Erlong's eyes reddened, and bitterness flooded her heart.
Tang San stood to one side. When he looked at Liu Erlong again, there was none of his former respect in his eyes.
Instead, there was a trace of disdain and disgust.
Such an unfaithful woman was unworthy of being Tang San's teacher's wife, much less the woman of his great teacher!
Had their dean not stopped him, he, as a disciple, would have driven this woman out of Shrek Academy long ago.
"Sister Erlong, go back first. Give Xiao Gang some time to calm down."
Flender looked at Liu Erlong's reddened eyes, his heart aching for her. If he had not feared provoking his good brother again—
he would have wanted to hold Liu Erlong and comfort her.
How could his Sister Erlong possibly be that kind of unfaithful woman?
It had to be those two people who had used force to compel Sister Erlong into doing this. Their purpose was to target Shrek Academy.
Although Flender did not know why Lu Li had any reason to target Shrek Academy,
that did not stop Flender from drawing his conclusion.
"Flender, I..."
Liu Erlong's words caught in her throat.
Given Xiao Gang's current state of mind, she was also afraid that saying something wrong would make the Xiao Gang she loved break down even further.
In truth, she did not understand why the Xiao Gang she loved refused to listen to her explanation.
And besides, this matter could not be entirely blamed on her!
If Xiao Gang had been willing to consummate their marriage with her back then, and had not fled Notting City with Tang San while she was away handling matters at the Academy,
then she would not have sought out men who looked seventy or eighty percent like Xiao Gang to ease the longing in her heart!
"Give Xiao Gang a little time."
Flender stepped forward and patted Liu Erlong on the shoulder.
If Sister Erlong had been his woman, he absolutely would not have allowed what was shown in the Recording Stone earlier that day to happen.
Liu Erlong turned back to look at Yu Xiaogang. Seeing that he still had his head turned away and was unwilling to look at her even once,
she understood that no matter what she said now, the Xiao Gang she loved would not pay her any attention.
The more Liu Erlong thought about it, the more wronged she felt.
Shouldn't it have been Xiao Gang who ran away first, and only then did she do that to relieve her longing for him?
If Xiao Gang had not run away and had been willing to consummate their marriage, she would not have done what was shown in the Recording Stone earlier that day!
But Liu Erlong only thought these things to herself.
Given her obsessive love for Yu Xiaogang, she would never blame him.
Even if she felt that she was the one who had suffered the loss, she would not blame Yu Xiaogang in the slightest.
Liu Erlong: This was love!
In the student dormitory on the other side.
Ning Rongrong held a portrait in her hand. Based on the vague image of Lu Li in her mind, she had drawn someone who looked roughly thirty percent like him.
"Mm, if I can't remember him, then so be it. With the strength of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, even if I have to find someone whose appearance is blurry, I can still find him!"
Ning Rongrong stuffed the portrait and the whistleblower letter she had painstakingly written for more than an hour into a larger envelope.
Then, she went alone to a small grove behind Shrek Academy, whistled three times, placed the envelope where she stood, and happily headed back toward the dormitory.
After she left, the envelope was wrapped in Soul Power and floated into the hand of a black-robed person.
The next day, in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's council hall.
"Fengzhi! This is the Academy you agreed to let Rongrong attend? She had only been there for one day—not even a full day!"
"Someone sealed her mouth with Soul Power and forced her to watch such an obscene recording! You must give the two of us an explanation!"
From the seat of honor, Ning Fengzhi looked at the two Sword and Bone Douluo below, their auras surging, and rubbed his brow with a headache.
"Uncles, I didn't agree to let Rongrong go out back then either. But she threatened me with her life, so what could I do? Besides, neither of you had any solution either."
Ever since Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi had encountered Dragon One in Heaven Dou City, only for him to immediately use his eighth Soul Skill, they had been left with a deep psychological shadow.
Over the years, Ning Fengzhi had become much more cautious. Other than summons from the Heaven Dou Royal Family, he rarely left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
As a result, Ning Rongrong had been extremely well protected. Even when she asked to go out and have some fun, he had refused. He had even arranged for two Soul Emperors to remain by her side at all times, afraid that she would sneak away.
But he had overlooked one thing: he had not expected Ning Rongrong to threaten him with her life just to get out!
That day, when he saw Ning Rongrong holding a knife to her own throat, he had nearly been scared to death as the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!
With no other choice, he agreed and arranged for at least ten Soul Kings and Soul Emperors to secretly protect his daughter.
He had also instructed them not to interfere with his daughter's choices unless it was a matter of life and death.
He had thought that his daughter had lived in luxury since childhood and had never suffered hardship. As long as she experienced even a little hardship, she would come back.
But he had not expected that hardship to arrive so quickly—after only one day, and at someone else's hands.
"I don't care! That old sword freak is right. All we care about is whether Rongrong has been wronged. Since Rongrong has suffered, we cannot stand by and do nothing!"
Gu Rong had an even more fiery temper and an even louder voice.
"Fine, then, Uncles, do either of you have a good solution?
Rongrong didn't come back this time, which clearly means she doesn't want to return. What if we push her too hard and she threatens us with her life again?"
Ning Fengzhi spread his hands helplessly.
He also desperately wanted his daughter to come back. After all, the outside world was too dangerous.
Even he and Chen Xin had been attacked outside, and Chen Xin had lost an arm.
"If it comes to that, I'll stay there and protect Rongrong personally!"
Chen Xin waved his hand, his expression resolute.
But Gu Rong became unhappy as soon as he heard that.
"You old sword freak, why should you be the one protecting Rongrong? If someone is going to protect her, it should be me! You sword freak who only knows how to swing a sword—what do you know about protecting someone!?"
Seeing that the two were about to start arguing and fighting again, Ning Fengzhi hurriedly spoke up to stop them.
"Enough, enough. Uncles, let's first go take a look at that Shrek Academy. If Rongrong still refuses to return, then let her choose for herself and see which of you she wants to stay behind to protect her."
At those words, the expressions of the Sword and Bone Douluo both eased somewhat.
"Hmph, old sword freak. When the time comes, all you'll be able to do is watch pitifully as Rongrong chooses me!"
Gu Rong said confidently.
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