Zhu Zhuqing: Can I Be Your Kitty?

After the match, Xue Qinghe personally met with Flender and the others to discuss the subsequent arrangements according to their previous plan.

Bing Jiu remained in the Great Spirit Arena, continuing to serve as an observer and watch every development within the venue.

In less than a few hours, the first round of the tournament—the fastest team matches—had concluded, and Tang San's group had already fallen into the losers' bracket.

Ordinarily, if they wanted to continue, they would have to compete for the losers' bracket's sole advancement slot.

But with their pathetic coordination, their chances were extremely slim.

Still, this was precisely the outcome Bing Jiu wanted to see.

Bing Jiu curled her lips into a smile.

"The people from Blazing Academy know how to handle things. Approve their request to merge into Spirit Hall Elite Academy. Oh, right, and there's this too."

She casually wrote a note and handed it to Salas, the Spirit Hall Platinum Bishop serving at her side. "Handle this accordingly. Send it to the Spirit Hall Branch. There must be no mistakes."

"Y-yes, Saintess."

Salas wiped the sweat from his forehead and retreated with a deeply respectful expression.

He understood very well that even if Bing Jiu had written only a few words, they would still be enough to cause an uproar within Spirit Hall.

After all, he had personally witnessed just how ruthless Bing Jiu's methods could be!

Bing Jiu watched him leave and smiled faintly.

It was no wonder he feared her so much. During the previous inspection, Salas, the Platinum Bishop stationed in the Heaven Dou Empire, had been the first person she inspected.

At the time, over a hundred bishops at the Spirit Hall Heaven Dou Branch had violated the Hall's rules. Bing Jiu had personally executed every one of them. Although Salas had not died, Bing Jiu had forced him to watch it all.

He had been so terrified that he had nearly wet himself, banging his forehead against the ground until it was almost split open as he begged her to spare his miserable life.

Bing Jiu stroked Dugu Yan's ear and could not help sighing. "Sigh... it seems my methods are still too ruthless."

Just then, Tuoba Xi suddenly came to report, "Saintess, someone wishes to see you."

"See me?"

Bing Jiu raised her eyes to look at the visitor, chuckled, and swirled the red wine in her glass.

Within the blood-red liquid was reflected a figure clad in tight black leather, her face slightly flushed.

Bing Jiu called out in surprise, "Zhuqing? Why are you here?"

"I..."

Zhu Zhuqing swallowed and slowly lowered the hand she had pressed against her chest.

"Saintess..."

Her face red, she spread her arms. The black leather outlined her perfect figure, accentuating every curve with irresistible allure.

Feeling the scorching gazes around her, Zhu Zhuqing swallowed and said in a trembling voice, "What do you think of this body of Zhuqing's? Would it be suitable for becoming your kitty?"

Bing Jiu's hand paused, her expression clearly stunned.

The entire room instantly fell silent.

Bing Jiu stared blankly for quite a while before looking at Zhu Zhuqing. Seeing her standing there with her face burning red, Bing Jiu could not help chuckling as she waved her hand.

Having understood what was about to happen, Ling Yuan Douluo appraised Zhu Zhuqing's curvaceous figure, a smile likewise appearing on her lips. Only then did she drive all the irrelevant people out of the room.

Bing Jiu took a sip of red wine and teasingly stroked Dugu Yan's ear.

Dugu Yan immediately let out a strange cry.

"Eek, eek, eek—you're using too much force, Master."

Zhu Zhuqing's face instantly reddened all the way to the tips of her ears.

As a cat, she was actually being... treated like this?

Bing Jiu smiled faintly. "Miss Zhu Zhuqing, you've seen it now. Are you sure you still want to become the little wildcat in my hand?"

"I..."

"If you leave now, I can pretend I never heard anything."

Zhu Zhuqing froze for a moment at those words. She clenched her fists tightly and held herself back for a while, just as she was about to speak when a furious shout suddenly came from outside.

"She doesn't want to be your cat!"

Dai Mubai shoved aside the guards and charged in without hesitation, grabbing Zhu Zhuqing's hand.

"Come back with me!"

"What are you doing?!"

Zhu Zhuqing flung Dai Mubai's hand away, her delicate face filled with fury. "I'm not going back! This is my business! What right do you have to interfere? What qualifications do you have?!"

"I..."

Zhu Zhuqing's retort left Dai Mubai speechless. He scratched his head in frustration.

What the hell was this supposed to be?!

Dai Mubai angrily shook his fists, shifted his gaze from Zhu Zhuqing to Bing Jiu, stepped forward, and spoke with rage in his voice.

"Saintess, Zhuqing is my girlfriend. Though you have shown us great kindness, isn't such conduct something the world would despise?"

Bing Jiu pointed at herself in disbelief.

"Me?"

"Yes." Dai Mubai nodded firmly.

"Wasn't it because you took a fancy to Zhuqing that you threatened her? I saw it all just now. Seeing is believing—there's no way I could be mistaken. You shouldn't be doing this!"

"I..."

Bing Jiu was practically laughing from anger.

So, since this womanizer could not get anything out of Zhu Zhuqing, he had turned his hostility toward her instead?

What kind of logic was that?

No wonder Tang San and that so-called Master acted like complete idiots. So Shrek Academy was a gathering place for this sort of talent.

Amazing...

"Kid! Are you looking to die?!"

Tuoba Xi had long since grown sick of this bunch. If it were not for their background, who would waste their time acting with this guy every day?

He stepped forward, grabbed Dai Mubai by the collar, and slammed him against the wall with a bang.

"Let me tell you, this girl came to find the Saintess herself. The Saintess was merely joking with her just now and never expressed any desire of her own!"

"And from beginning to end, it was this girl's one-sided wish! What does it have to do with our Saintess?!"

"I... I don't believe it! Zhuqing would never—ah!"

Tuoba Xi slapped him across the face.

"Why is a cub who hasn't even been weaned roaring like a tiger?"

The slap knocked some sense into Dai Mubai. Looking at Zhu Zhuqing's flushed face, his expression instantly turned unsettled as he asked in disbelief, "Zhuqing, is what he said true?"

Zhu Zhuqing sighed, took off her coat, and simply decided to see it through. She stepped forward, sat on the sofa, took Bing Jiu's hand, and placed it over her waist.

Then she lay down, pressing her entire body against Bing Jiu.

"It's true."

Zhu Zhuqing nodded. "I was born into the Zhu Clan of the Star Luo Empire, but my sister has always treated me cruelly. I need the Saintess's strength to accomplish all this, and you, Dai Mubai, are not worth it!"

Not worth it...

Hearing those three words, Dai Mubai felt his mind go completely blank.

He could never have imagined that the person he had once crossed an empire to pursue, coming all the way to Shrek Academy for her, would say such things!

"Why is this happening..."

Dai Mubai threw back his head and let out an anguished roar.

Zhu Zhuqing turned away and instinctively curled deeper into Bing Jiu's embrace.

"Sigh..."

Bing Jiu sighed and cooperatively patted Zhu Zhuqing's head in comfort.

Yet no one present noticed that a sinister smile had remained on Bing Jiu's lips the entire time.

The real show was about to begin.

Dear ones, next up, Little San is going to suffer badly.

Hehehe.