"Mu En! Are you all right?"
Qian Duoduo immediately panicked. Mu En was Shrek's main pillar, and he had spent all these years living out his retirement hidden within Shrek precisely to safeguard it for a few more years.
He already had only a few years left to live. Coughing up that mouthful of blood would shave at least a few months off his life!
"I'm fine." Mu En's gaze bore into Qian Duoduo.
"Since you knew about Lu Yu's relationship with me, why didn't you tell me about this immediately? Even if I'd temporarily left the freshman dormitory, why didn't you have someone leave me a note?"
"Well... well... Mu En, I..." Sweat poured off Qian Duoduo. His first thought had been to seize the opportunity to hurl abuse at Yan Shaozhe over this incident, then trample all over his pride again once Mu En learned about it and backed him up.
As for Lu Yu, he had thought Lu Yu could simply endure it and let it pass. The Soul Tool Department's resources were no worse than the Martial Soul Department's, after all. He had lost face, but not any tangible benefits. That was why, when he failed to find Mu En, he had not left a note.
Look at him: although he had not been Xian Lin'er's first boyfriend, wasn't she his wife now? Although her heart was still set on Yan Shaozhe and she wouldn't let him touch her, sooner or later he would get a taste.
If he could endure something like that, why couldn't Lu Yu endure such a trifling matter? Who could have known that young fellow refused to swallow even a little bitterness? The incident had happened that morning, and by the end of the afternoon, he had vanished.
"I... I never