"Dragon God Academy?"
Jiang Nannan and Zhang Lexuan looked surprised.
They had thought Gu Yunxiao would compete on behalf of Shrek Academy, not put together a team of his own.
This... was far too interesting!
"Yunxiao, are you leaving Shrek Academy? I want to go with you!" Jiang Nannan said excitedly.
Zhang Lexuan showed little reaction, since she had already left Shrek Academy.
She had graduated, though, rather than withdrawn.
"Yes." Gu Yunxiao nodded with a smile, then changed tack. "But I'll wait until classes start in a month and go say a proper goodbye. After all, they've 'taken such good care of me.'"
He had more or less accomplished what he had gone to Shrek Academy to do as its pampered prince, and had even planted quite a few hidden pieces.
There was little point in staying now. He might as well strike out on his own.
"All right, we'll go together."
Jiang Nannan nodded with a smile.
"Yunxiao, if Dean Yan and the others knew what you and Nannan were planning, they'd probably cough up blood in anger." Zhang Lexuan smiled faintly.
"Wouldn't they just?"
Gu Yunxiao chuckled and said meaningfully, "After all, I'm leaving with my belly full and my hands loaded."
"Oh, stop it. I honored my wager and kept my word." Zhang Lexuan gave his chest an exasperated swat.
"Then shall I give you your freedom now?"
"I'm not leaving! You're stuck with me!"
"I meant you're free to go wherever you want now. I wasn't telling you to leave the Dragon God Hall," Gu Yunxiao said.
"...I wouldn't leave anyway. You tricked me into coming here, so you'll have to provide for me." Zhang Lexuan looked at Gu Yunxiao with a beaming smile.
Gu Qinghan and the others couldn't help laughing either.
"Yunxiao, what