A Checkup for Little Princess Ning Tian and Wu Feng

On the road beside the white teaching building.

Xiao Xiao skipped happily toward Class Nine, wondering why the other two had not caught up.

She turned to look at Wang Dong and Lin Fan behind her and suddenly noticed something wrong. They looked dazed, like walking corpses.

When she spotted their dark circles, she could not help bursting into laughter.

"What happened to you two? You've got panda eyes! I can't stop laughing!"

"Xiao Xiao, neither of us could sleep."

Wang Dong looked at Xiao Xiao, her face drained of color.

"Mm. We didn't sleep a wink last night."

Lin Fan yawned and looked at Xiao Xiao too.

Wang Dong had moved into his dorm room. He was used to sleeping alone, and neither had adjusted to sharing a room yet.

"Hahaha! You two are ridiculous. School's barely started, and you already have insomnia?"

Xiao Xiao laughed and pointed at them.

"Xiao Xiao, I moved into Lin Fan's dorm room," Wang Dong said awkwardly.

She still felt a little uncomfortable in the new surroundings.

"So that's it! Maybe you two just haven't adjusted to sharing a room. What were you doing all night?"

Understanding dawned on Xiao Xiao. She hurried over to Wang Dong and Lin Fan, still grinning as she teased them.

"Were you two fooling around? Two guys with dark circles like that—it must be true! Hahaha!"

"Looks like we really do need to teach you a lesson for talking about us like that."

Lin Fan's face darkened. He casually picked up a three-foot branch from the grass to use as a weapon.

"Mm, mm, mm..."

Wang Dong closed her tired eyes, nodded, and flexed her fists.

She and Lin Fan slowly approached Xiao Xiao, anger rolling off them.

"What are you doing? I'm a delicate little girl! Could you really bear to hit me?!"

Xiao Xiao jumped in fright and darted ahead, putting on a pitiful face.

"Gladly, Xiao Xiao." Wang Dong opened her eyes.

"Mm... Take my Stir-Fried Meat Aerial Strike," Lin Fan said with a nod.

The words had barely left his mouth when he and Wang Dong charged at Xiao Xiao, their faces dark.

"Aaah! Wang Dong, Lin Fan, stay back! I was only joking!"

Xiao Xiao stared in fright as the two rushed toward her, weapons in hand.

Before she could finish speaking, she wheeled left and sprinted toward Class Nine.

Furious with Xiao Xiao, Lin Fan and Wang Dong chased her relentlessly. They would not stop until they had taught her a lesson. They had to teach her a lesson.

Xiao Xiao panicked. With the two of them on her heels, her little feet flew.

She opened up a hundred-meter lead in no time.

Wang Dong and Lin Fan could hardly believe how fast Xiao Xiao could run. It was as if she had boosters strapped to her feet.

In a flash, Xiao Xiao raced into the classroom.

The two could only give up, throw away their weapons, and return to their seats.

Seeing Xiao Xiao already seated, Wang Dong and Lin Fan had an idea. They could not lay a hand on her in class, but they could still mess with her.

Smiling faintly, they tapped Xiao Xiao on the shoulder.

A chill ran down her spine. She turned to see their expressions and let out a nervous laugh.

"Wang Dong, Lin Fan, we should get along!"

She had forgotten that she shared a desk with them.

"Xiao Xiao," Wang Dong said with a smile as she sat down.

"Of course we should get along. But... you need to pay a little price so you'll remember this."

Xiao Xiao stared at them in terror.

"What are you two going to do? Hit me?"

Lin Fan answered her.

"We're not going to hit you. We're just going to... make you pay."

As soon as he spoke, he and Wang Dong struck together, their hands moving like lightning as they began tickling Xiao Xiao without mercy.

Xiao Xiao burst into helpless laughter. Caught off guard by their revenge, she wriggled nonstop and begged for mercy.

"I was wrong! I was wrong! I won't say things like that about you two again, all right?"

"Make sure you remember that." Wang Dong withdrew her hands.

"Exactly," Lin Fan said, stopping too.

"Okay, okay! I'll remember." Xiao Xiao looked utterly earnest.

Just then, the bell rang, and the three settled down for class.

Today's lesson was Douluo history. At the lectern, Teacher Mu Jin explained the various factions.

He was nothing like Zhou Yi. She knew full well that the students were elites carefully selected by their countries and sects.

Yet she still set them outrageous assignments and expelled them without the slightest consideration. He would never do that.

During class, he called on students to answer questions about Douluo history.

They were all elites from various countries and sects, so they could answer these basic questions.

For Ning Tian and Wu Feng, who came from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect with its long history, the questions were especially easy.

Besides, they were at Shrek Academy to learn.

Xiao Xiao could answer easily too. As for Lin Fan and Wang Dong, they sat together.

Both were exhausted after a sleepless night. Their eyelids would barely stay open, and they kept sleeping on their desks. When called to stand, neither could answer.

Mu Jin merely smiled and let them sit down. Rather than punish them by making them stand, he called on other students.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng noticed Lin Fan and Wang Dong's strange behavior, though, and wondered what was wrong.

They wanted to turn around and ask, but Teacher Mu Jin was there, and class was still in session.

He might notice if they turned around to talk, so they decided to ask after class.

Time passed. The history lesson soon ended, and the school day slowly drew to a close.

After school, everyone headed back to the Dormitory Building.

"Lin Fan, what happened to you two? You look completely drained."

Ning Tian turned to Lin Fan, her face full of puzzlement.

"Yeah. You look like a corpse," Wu Feng said, turning toward him with a confused expression.

"Wang Dong and I... couldn't sleep last night, so we're out of it. We'll probably be fine tonight."

Lin Fan yawned and looked at them with lifeless eyes, explaining slowly.

"Oh! The way you looked, we thought you'd come down with something," Ning Tian said with a nod.

"Yeah... looking at you two, I was worried. So you just didn't sleep well," Wu Feng said.

"But I think you're the ones who look sick. Neither of you has a healthy complexion."

Lin Fan yawned again and glanced at their faces, teasing them.

"Ning Tian, you're awfully pale. And Wu Feng, your face looks dull."

Ning Tian flinched slightly, but quickly recovered. She asked in confusion:

"How did you know?!"