After exchanging gifts, Dai Chengqian and Ning Rongrong chatted idly for a little longer.
Once they were full and satisfied, the two parted ways and left.
As soon as Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek Academy, the members of the Shrek Team surrounded her right away.
Tang San had already returned from Xue Qinghe's side by this time.
He looked at Ning Rongrong and said, "Rongrong, that Dai Chengqian harbors malicious intentions. Have less contact with him from now on."
Oscar at the side hurriedly chimed in:
"That's right, that's right. Little San is right.
He's flattering you definitely because of your status as a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, wanting to use your connections to rope in the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"Little Ao is right."
Dai Mubai also walked over at this moment, looking at Ning Rongrong as he advised:
"Rongrong, even though Dai Chengqian is my sixth brother,
I treat you like a little sister and can't let you be deceived by a bad person.
He must have a purpose in approaching you. It's probably just as Little Ao said, wanting to pull in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to support him.
After all, he has to contend for the throne; the more support he has from major sects, the greater his chances will be."
Listening to the continuous stream of persuasion ringing in her ears, Ning Rongrong covered her ears with both hands.
"Alright, alright, alright! You men are so noisy!!!
I'm not a child. What kind of person Dai Chengqian is, I have my own views; you don't need to tell me."
With that, she pulled Xiao Wu and Jiang Zhu along and returned to her own room.
The three of them sat on the bed together, and Xiao Wu asked with curiosity:
"Rongrong, I saw that you were quite happy when you came back.
What kind of person is that Dai Chengqian? Was the date pleasant?"
Ning Rongrong looked at Xiao Wu and said:
"Xiao Wu, I think Dai Chengqian is a pretty good person. He's not as bad as they make him out to be."
Xiao Wu pinched her chin, recalled Dai Chengqian's appearance, and said:
"I also think he doesn't look like any bad person. Tell me, what did you guys talk about while eating?"
Ning Rongrong roughly recounted the content of her conversation with Dai Chengqian to Xiao Wu and Jiang Zhu, though she omitted the part where she and Dai Chengqian exchanged gifts.
Just as she finished speaking,
Dai Chengqian's voice suddenly sounded in her ear.
"Did you get back?"
This voice appeared instantly, startling her so much that she let out an "ah" shriek.
Xiao Wu at the side looked at Ning Rongrong strangely and said:
"Rongrong, what are you shouting for?"
At that moment, Ning Rongrong's ears heard the voice once more.
"Didn't I scare you, did I? I forgot to tell you, the Voice-Transmitting Conch doesn't require speaking with your mouth.
You only need to input a bit of soul power into it, and then use your thoughts to operate the Voice-Transmitting Conch. You can speak like that too."
"Rongrong? What are you daydreaming about?"
Seeing Xiao Wu and Jiang Zhu looking at her with strange gazes, Ning Rongrong hurriedly said:
"Ah... I'm fine!
Just now my foot suddenly cramped up, it hurt like hell."
"Oh, it's probably because the matches have been too tiring lately. Then you rest, Rongrong, and Jiang Zhu and I are going out."
Once the two of them went out,
Ning Rongrong tried operating the Voice-Transmitting Conch with her thoughts, using the method Dai Chengqian had described.
Ning Rongrong: "Hey, you scared the life out of me."
Dai Chengqian: "Haha, sorry about that. Did you get back?"
Ning Rongrong: "I got back ages ago, but Little San and the others don't seem to like you very much."
Dai Chengqian: "Normal. Outstanding people are always subject to jealousy."
Ning Rongrong: "Hmph, narcissist."
Ning Rongrong: "Right, why did you call me a Chinese cabbage earlier?"
Dai Chengqian: "Because you called me a pig."
Ning Rongrong: "What does that have to do with anything?"
Dai Chengqian: "You don't even know this? In my old hometown, there's an old saying: all good Chinese cabbages are rooted up by pigs."
Ning Rongrong: "Get lost, you!!!"
The next day.
After getting up, Dai Chengqian still went with everyone to the Soul Fighting Arena to watch the matches.
Dai Chengqian and Ning Rongrong had chatted until midnight the previous night.
Dai Chengqian opened his Red Luan panel in the morning; in the span of a single night, Ning Rongrong's affection toward him had increased by 5 points.
This forced him to exclaim that the Voice-Transmitting Conch was simply too useful. In the Douluo Continent where there were no cell phones, this gadget was practically an artifact for flirting with girls.
Today, the Shrek Team was playing against the Elephant Armor Sect Team.
Zhu Zhuyun and the others watched with great enthusiasm.
Dai Chengqian, who already knew the outcome, felt a bit bored. A bunch of turtle shells from the Elephant Armor Sect really did look rather dull to watch.
Both sides engaged in a fierce struggle for a few minutes, and in the end, the Shrek Team completely defeated their opponents by virtue of Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausage and Tang San's crowd-control methods.
In the blink of an eye, seven days passed.
During this week,
aside from watching matches, the rest of Dai Chengqian's time was spent finding opportunities to spend time alone with each of his Red Luan.
After researching for so long, Dai Chengqian discovered that spending time alone made affection points rise the fastest.
Over these days, whenever he had the chance to be alone with a Red Luan, he would go over and stay for a while.
Among all the Red Luan, Meng Yiran's affection improved the fastest.
As Dai Chengqian's strength became visibly stronger by the naked eye, the affection of Meng Yiran, a girl who admired strength, shot straight up, rising directly from 55 to 68 points.
Dai Chengqian felt that it wouldn't take long before Meng Yiran could catch up from behind and surpass Zhu Zhuqing's affection for him.
Through the increase in Meng Yiran's affection, Dai Chengqian once again obtained an opportunity for a roulette reward.
Aside from spending time with his Red Luan, the remainder of Dai Chengqian's time was spent chatting with Ning Rongrong.
Through frequent chatting, Ning Rongrong's affection for him had also grown, though not as much as Meng Yiran's-it only rose by 5 points, making for a total of 15 affection points currently.
There were still 35 points lacking from binding her to become his Red Luan.
Although affection wasn't rising quickly, Dai Chengqian wasn't in a rush.
He currently held the Aromatic Silk Beauty in his hands, which could make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolve. Once he found a suitable opportunity to give it away, his affection points would definitely surge by a huge margin.
Yet such a good thing must never be given away casually; that would make it appear cheap. It absolutely had to be given with special value.
Dai Chengqian wondered whether he should fabricate a script.
Something like: in order to search for this Immortal Herb, he ventured deep into a certain forbidden land alone, ultimately enduring all sorts of hardships and plucking the Immortal Herb under the protection of several Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, purely to present it to the maiden of his heart.
Thinking about it carefully,
Dai Chengqian felt that although this script was cheesy and cliché, perhaps young girls just loved this exact routine?
Action followed thought instantly. Dai Chengqian immediately began laying the groundwork for his future script, transmitting his voice to Ning Rongrong:
"Rongrong, my subordinates seemed to have seen an Aromatic Silk Beauty in a mysterious space, though it's not certain.
I'll have a few experts make another trip there when I have time later."
Ning Rongrong: "Really? Then I'll be waiting for your good news."
Just finishing his voice transmission with Ning Rongrong, Dai Chengqian was preparing to properly watch a match.
Suddenly, he felt his back being poked.
Looking back, Dugu Bo signaled him with a look, then said:
"Boy Dai, that person you had me keep an eye on has made a move."
Dai Chengqian nodded and said to the group of women at his side: "You all keep watching; I'm going to handle some matters with the Poison Douluo."
With that, Dai Chengqian walked out of the Great Soul Arena with Dugu Bo.
After stepping out, Dai Chengqian said to Dugu Bo:
"We need to hurry. If we go too late, that old fellow Shi Nian will probably lose his life."
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