When she arrived at the dining room and saw the exceptionally lavish dinner spread across the table,
Ning Rongrong was a little surprised.
"Ah Yin, did you make all this?"
(Yes. Master taught me, and I like cooking, too.)
"That's amazing."
Ning Rongrong instinctively swallowed. Without the slightest hesitation or polite restraint, she picked up her chopsticks, grabbed a bite, and put it straight into her mouth.
"It's delicious!"
Ning Rongrong's eyes instantly lit up. This tasted even better than the food at the city's upscale restaurants.
After that, her chopsticks never stopped moving as she frantically stuffed food into her mouth.
Beside her, Xiao Wu looked like the reincarnation of a starving ghost. She lifted her rice bowl and buried her head in it, shoveling down mouthful after mouthful without stopping.
Zhu Zhuqing was completely different from the wolfing Xiao Wu and the furiously eating Ning Rongrong. She picked up a chicken drumstick with her chopsticks and gently placed it in Chen Yang's bowl.
"Yang, have some."
Chen Yang took a bite of the drumstick in his bowl and immediately gave Zhu Zhuqing a thumbs-up.
"Mmm! Food Zhu Zhuqing picks out for me really does taste different. It's so good."
Zhu Zhuqing immediately lowered her head at his words, taking small bites and chewing slowly. Hidden beneath her bowed head, however, the corners of her mouth crept upward despite herself.
Xiao Wu's hand paused over her rice. Something felt off, but with delicious food in front of her, she couldn't be bothered.
Meanwhile, at Shrek Academy.
Ma Hongjun had just relieved his pent-up urges and was returning to rest. The moment he reached the village entrance, he noticed something was wrong with the atmosphere.
Dai Mubai stood beneath a tree, his face dark as thunder, pounding its trunk over and over. Every punch carried his full strength, shaking showers of leaves from the branches.
Oscar stood beside him, trying to talk him down. He had already offered a whole heap of soothing words, but Dai Mubai showed no sign of calming down and wouldn't listen at all.
Ma Hongjun sidled up to Oscar, his face brimming with curiosity.
"Oscar, what's wrong with Boss Dai?"
"Sigh... he took a fancy to a girl, only to find out she already has a boyfriend. Now he's all fired up."
"What? Someone actually dared steal a woman Boss Dai wanted?!"
Ma Hongjun's shocked expression was wildly exaggerated.
After all, Dai Mubai was a little tyrant at Shrek Academy-or even throughout Suotuo City.
The women at his side were constantly changing faces.
Almost anyone he took a fancy to could be won over by his sincerity or his fists. Even if she already had a partner, he never held back.
How had he run into a nail this time?
Oscar was so frightened that he hurriedly clapped a hand over Ma Hongjun's mouth and scanned their surroundings. Only after seeing no reaction did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"Fatty, if you want to die, don't drag me down with you!"
Looking utterly unconcerned, Ma Hongjun brushed Oscar's hand away from his mouth.
"What are you scared of? However strong they are, could they really beat the dean, a Soul Saint?"
"Of course they could! Even Teacher Zhao was flattened in one move. The dean didn't dare let out so much as a fart."
Remembering Teacher Zhao's miserable state earlier that day, and Li Yusong, who was still bedridden, Oscar shuddered all over.
Ma Hongjun swallowed, his calves beginning to tremble.
"Good grief. If even Teacher Zhao couldn't beat them, why is Boss Dai so determined?"
"I don't know either. I asked Boss Dai, but he wouldn't say. Maybe he really likes her."
Oscar was puzzled, too. Could a woman really matter more than his own life? There had to be something wrong here.
Beside them, Dai Mubai's face darkened further as he pounded the tree to vent his rage, putting even more strength into his blows.
How could I tell them?!
My fiancée was stolen by another man, and they even did that sort of thing in broad daylight!
Her fiancé was right outside, listening, yet I didn't dare do a thing. All I could do was run away like a spineless coward!
With such a huge, glaring green cuckold's hat planted on his head, what man could accept it? What man could say it out loud?! I have my pride, too!!
Bam!
Another heavy punch landed. Dai Mubai's chest heaved as he turned and headed out of Shrek Academy.
Watching him leave, Ma Hongjun felt both envy and jealousy.
Boss Dai must be going to see those twins again. I'm so jealous. They're so pretty that just looking at them feels good.
But what can I do? I'm poor and ugly.
If I had a face like theirs, I wouldn't have to visit cheap places to relieve my urges.
The women there had vermilion lips tasted by ten thousand men. There wasn't the slightest sense of achievement.
At that thought, resentment filled his heart again.
"Oscar, I'm going for a stroll in the city. Want to come?"
"Me? Maybe I shouldn't..."
Oscar fidgeted. It wasn't that he didn't want to go; he simply had no money in his pockets. Even if he went, he could only visit cheap places, so he hesitated.
Ma Hongjun slung an arm around Oscar's shoulders and waggled his eyebrows with a wicked grin.
"Come on. I found a great place. The flesh there is tender and cheap."
Oscar swallowed.
"Really?"
"Absolutely! They're a little strange, though. They never let you turn on the lights to look, but that hardly matters. It's delicious!"
Ma Hongjun rubbed his hands together and licked his lips.
Oscar puffed out his chest, his face full of excitement.
"Let's go! We'll bring Tang San along!"
"Oh?! Tang San's finally caught on, too? Hehehe! Good brothers should tread the same path. Let's go find him."
With a lecherous grin plastered across his face, Ma Hongjun ran toward the dormitory with Oscar.
Inside the teachers' dormitory.
Tang San gently knocked on the door.
"Come in."
"Teacher."
Yu Xiaogang asked without looking up from the book in his hands.
"I heard the commotion today. Tell me about it in detail."
"Yes."
Meanwhile, seeing Yu Xiaogang's calm, composed expression filled Tang San with admiration.
As expected of my teacher. Even with battles of that magnitude breaking out one after another, he remained as steady as Mount Tai, without the slightest trace of panic.
But how could Tang San have known that during the fierce fighting that morning, Yu Xiaogang had already been scared stiff, his legs turning to jelly?
Forget stepping forward to help-he couldn't even run. He had remained frozen in his chair the entire time.
Even now, his legs were still trembling faintly, unable to muster the slightest strength.
With a serious expression, Tang San continued:
"Teacher, Chen Yang and Xiao Wu came to Shrek Academy.
"Xiao Wu acted first this morning. She beat Teacher Li without giving him any chance to fight back, breaking every bone in his body.
"Besides that, Chen Yang's partner, Zhu Zhuqing, is also extremely unusual. Her cultivation is only that of a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster, yet her strength defies all reason. She actually defeated Teacher Zhao!"
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang abruptly tightened his grip on the book, and even his breathing quickened.
A Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster defeating a Soul Saint! That flies in the face of everything known throughout the history of the Douluo Continent!
And Xiao Wu is the same age as Tang San, yet she could easily inflict severe injuries on Li Yusong. Her level must have already reached a truly terrifying height!
I must obtain this method!!
I'll make the name Yu Xiaogang famous throughout the entire Douluo Continent!!
"Tang San! I want you to obtain this method, no matter the cost!"
A flicker of madness suddenly flared in Yu Xiaogang's eyes.
If he could have contacted Clear Sky Douluo, he would have long since asked him to act directly and seize all those special methods and opportunities. There would have been no need to remain bound hand and foot like this, relying on benefits to win them over and tempt them.
He forcibly suppressed the agitation in his heart, turned toward Tang San, and said:
"By the way, Tang San, do you know what Chen Yang and Xiao Wu each prefer? If we want to grow closer to them, giving them gifts that suit their tastes is an indispensable approach."
"Teacher, from my observations, Chen Yang likes women. But that poses a problem. Beauties like Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing are truly rare. Even if we searched all of Suotuo City, we might not find anyone who could compare.
"As for Xiao Wu's preferences, I haven't been able to discern them."
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