A few days passed in the blink of an eye.
Word came from Shrek Academy that Tang Wulin had returned safely and would soon be back once he finished handling his affairs at the academy.
Over those few days, something happened beside the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest that left Bi Ji and Zi JI utterly stunned.
Ever since sending them out to buy "books on romance" that day, Gu Yuena had shut herself inside the little house at the lake's center and begun "cultivating," forgetting to eat or sleep.
Using her astonishing spiritual power, she actually scanned through the mountain of books in just a few days. From The Overbearing CEO Fell in Love with Me to The Psychology of Romantic Relationships, from How to Capture Your Dream Man's Heart in Three Moves to Psychological Games in Love, she read them all. Even some "romance novels" with peculiar cover art, secretly tucked away in a corner by the bookstore owner, were devoured in the name of "fully understanding human emotions."
At that moment, Gu Yuena sat on a stone bench beside the lake, holding the last book she had just finished. Her face was an unusual shade of crimson, and her silver eyes flickered with embarrassment, confusion, and a trace of indescribable... horror.
"This... this is how humans express their love?"
Gu Yuena closed the book, her fingers tightening enough to nearly crush the tough paper. The descriptions kept replaying in her mind—"a passionate French kiss that lasted until they could no longer breathe," "scorching bodies entwined beneath the moonlight," "tearing at each other's clothes uncontrollably"...
That last, especially explicit novel had made even her, the Silver Dragon King who had lived for countless years, blush and feel her heart race. She was even a