The Shameless Tang San

Douluo 2, Divine Realm.

"Clang."

Inside a cold, desolate palace, the teacup in Speed God Zhu Zhuqing's hand slipped from her grasp. She stared blankly at the three words "Zhu Zhuyun" on the Diary Copy, an indescribable emotion suddenly rising in her heart.

"Had you really been protecting me from the shadows all along?"

"Then why... why did you never tell me?"

Perhaps sisters were connected by heart, or perhaps fate had ordained it. At the very moment Speed God Zhu Zhuqing silently voiced her doubts, Zhu Zhuyun, ten thousand years in the past, was gazing at the Azure Sky with a faint trace of longing in her eyes.

"Zhuqing, don't blame me."

"You were still young, and far too innocent."

"If I had told you the whole truth, the imperial family and the Zhu family would definitely have noticed something from you."

"At that time, we were too weak. We had no ability to resist at all."

"Zhuqing, do you know?"

"When you were hurt, my heart ached."

"But in order to keep the initiative in dealing with you firmly in my hands, I could only let you suffer a few grievances from time to time."

"At least when the initiative to deal with you was in my hands, I could ensure that you would suffer no more than minor injuries—not serious wounds, and certainly not death."

"Back then, I softened for only a moment, and my other younger sister fell into a place of eternal damnation."

"I would never allow you, the one I cherished most, to fall into that kind of hopeless and helpless situation as well."

As she murmured to herself, Zhu Zhuyun's gaze gradually became somewhat unfocused. Vaguely, it seemed as if she saw the grown-up Zhu Zhuqing standing before her, looking at her with a complicated expression.

"Yes..."

"Back when I didn't yet have the power to resist, even if you had told me everything, it would have been useless. It might even have brought me danger."

"And when I finally had the power to resist, even if you had told me, I wouldn't have believed you. I might even have hated you more because of it."

After a long while, having seemingly figured out the crux of it all, Speed God Zhu Zhuqing silently walked out of the palace and gazed at the courtyard where Zhu Zhuyun had once lived, her expression complicated.

But unfortunately, ten thousand years was far too long. That courtyard had long since changed beyond recognition.

Douluo 1, Shrek Academy.

"Zhuqing."

"Are you okay?"

Inside the room, Liu Erlong looked worriedly at Zhu Zhuqing, whose face was already streaked with tears, and gently patted her back.

"I'm fine."

"I used to think I no longer had a home, that even my sister, who had always cherished me since childhood, had abandoned me."

"Only through this diary did I learn that my sister may have cared about me all along."

"And I feel so sorry for her too. When I couldn't take it anymore, I could run away—but she couldn't."

Zhu Zhuqing had been raised by Zhu Zhuyun since childhood. So long as there was even the slightest possibility that Zhu Zhuyun still loved her, it was enough to breathe life back into her once bleak and desolate heart.

"Don't worry."

"With the rewards from the Diary Copy, we'll become Titled Douluo sooner or later."

"When that time comes, we'll accompany you to the Star Luo Empire and demand your sister back."

"I'm sure that as long as the Star Luo Emperor isn't stupid, he definitely won't refuse."

Hearing this, Ning Rongrong, who understood the rules of the Star Luo Dai Family and the Star Luo Zhu Family, said as she patted her little rabbits.

After a pause, Ning Rongrong glanced at Jiang Zhu, whom Liu Erlong had discovered early that morning and brought over, then continued.

"We might not even need to go demand her back."

"Zhuqing's sister might have a Diary Copy too."

After all, Ning Rongrong had been groomed since childhood by the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School to become its next sect master. She possessed the abilities expected of her.

In her view, even a girl like Jiang Zhu—who, aside from being pretty and gentle, seemed to have no other notable strengths—had a Diary Copy. There was no reason for a girl like Zhu Zhuyun, who possessed intelligence, beauty, and status, to not have one.

Of course, Ning Rongrong did not mean to look down on Jiang Zhu. It was simply a conclusion drawn from considering all the conditions.

Just as the women across the various worlds were either watching for entertainment because it had nothing to do with them, or revealing their genuine feelings because it concerned them, new content appeared on the Diary Copy.

Speaking of which.

Once I get out, aside from going to Plant Academy to confirm whether this is an anime or a novel, the first thing I need to do is visit Dugu Bo's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

I hope the plot hasn't progressed to the point where Tang San has already ruined all the heavenly treasures within Dugu Bo's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Otherwise, Dugu Bo will have suffered a huge loss.

Douluo 1 Dugu Yan: "Grandpa suffered a huge loss?"

"What did he lose?"

"And what is this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well the diary's owner mentioned?"

"Could it be Grandpa's Herb Garden in Sunset Forest?"

"I remember there being one blue and one red spring there. That does fit the attributes of ice and fire."

It was rather amusing, really.

Dugu Bo sincerely regarded Tang San as a friend despite their age difference, but Tang San completely treated him like an idiot.

As I recall, after Dugu Bo and Tang San became friends, Dugu Bo noticed that Tang San was very interested in the herbs in his garden. So Dugu Bo kindly said he could give Tang San a few plants.

It was merely a polite remark.

If it had been anyone with even a shred of shame, taking half the herbs would already have counted as insatiable greed.

But our protagonist Tang San didn't care about that.

Not only did he fail to share even a single herb he picked from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo, the owner of those herbs, he nearly stripped the entire place bare.

Later, when Dugu Bo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and saw that Tang San had dug through his herb garden three feet deep, he was furious.

And what happened then?

Not only did Tang San feel no shame whatsoever, he even acted as if it were only natural and said that Dugu Bo was stingy.

All I can say is this.

I, Shen Fan, have never seen anyone so shameless. He took selfishness and self-interest to the absolute extreme.

Douluo 1 Xiao Wu: "Uh..."

Douluo 1 Dugu Yan: "I told Grandpa long ago that Tang San was no good. Now he's the one suffering for it."

At this moment, Dugu Yan still did not know what the herbs Tang San had taken represented. Aside from feeling that it was unfair to her grandfather, she did not take the matter of those herbs too seriously.

Perhaps until the very moment Dugu Bo's life came to an end, he would never know what he had truly missed out on.

Simply put, most of the herbs in Dugu Bo's garden were Immortal Herbs.

If an ordinary Soul Master with poor martial soul quality and no talent for cultivation consumed an Immortal Herb, that Soul Master would gain the potential to at least become a Titled Douluo. And if a gifted Soul Master with Innate Soul Power at rank seven consumed an Immortal Herb, then barring any accidents, they would certainly become a Peerless Douluo.