"Boss Dai, just who are those two? How are they so strong?"
Ma Hongjun also stood up. His chest had been injured too, but compared with Dai Mubai's injuries, his were insignificant.
After all, Dai Mubai had taken the most damage just now, a Power Attack System Soul Master forced to fill a defense-type role.
"I don't know, but we're not letting this slide. Let's find the dean and Teacher Zhao Wuji!"
Dai Mubai's expression darkened and shifted, his resentment deepening at the thought of Lin En and Zhu Zhuqing's intimate gestures.
"That's right, let's find the dean and Teacher Zhao Wuji. We can't let this slide. Fucking hell, they even beat up a support-type Soul Master like me?"
Oscar clutched his chest and spoke viciously.
His injuries were the lightest of the three, but his constitution was weaker than the other two's, so his condition was by no means minor.
"Don't move! Hands up! Were you the ones fighting inside Suotuo City?"
Just then, the Spirit Hall's law enforcement soldiers arrived and surrounded the three.
They could not clear their names even with a hundred mouths. They wanted to point out Lin En, only to discover that he had long since fled, leaving them to clean up the mess.
"That damned little bastard! Don't let us find you!"
The three felt as miserable as if they had swallowed shit. Not only had they been beaten and injured, but they also faced punishment from the Spirit Hall.
"Hahaha! That felt good! So damned good!"
High in the blue sky, Lin En laughed heartily. Having given Shrek's Ladybug Trio a beating made him feel even better!
Zhu Zhuqing gazed at Lin En, ripples stirring in her eyes as she looked at him.
She did not know why, but after leaving Suotuo City, her heart had grown lighter and calmer.
Perhaps it was because Lin En had vented her pent-up anger for her, or perhaps it was because she could finally openly escape the cage that was Dai Mubai.
An indescribable happiness had actually taken root in her heart.
"Thank you, Lin En!"
"Thank you for helping me vent my anger. If it weren't for you, I really wouldn't have known what to do..."
Zhu Zhuqing took a deep breath, and the earlier scene involuntarily surfaced in her mind again.
Without Lin En beside her, there truly had been a moment when she saw Dai Mubai again that she had wanted to die.
If even her last hope disappeared, what meaning would her perseverance have?
It would have been nothing but a joke!
Lin En waved a hand and said unconcernedly:
"They were just three useless clowns. I wasn't standing up for you, either. I was seeking justice for the countless people Shrek has cheated and harmed."
"Under the pretext of recruiting monster students, they demand a registration fee of ten Gold Soul Coins from every child and family who comes to apply!"
"Do you know how much that is? Ten whole Gold Soul Coins! A single Gold Soul Coin can cover an ordinary family's expenses for a year."
At this point, Lin En could not help spitting again:
"Fuck, a scam academy like that only knows how to swindle ordinary people out of their money. Heartless capitalists, crooked merchants..."
"That academy of theirs is an outright insult to the words 'teach and nurture.'"
Hearing Lin En's words, Zhu Zhuqing lowered her eyes slightly and remained silent.
If she had previously thought Lin En was exaggerating a little, seeing those three had extinguished that last shred of wishful thinking.
For the academy to admit students like that, its teachers were either blind or deliberately indulging their vile behavior.
Snakes and rats sharing one nest-that description did not seem wrong at all!
"Ah..."
Zhu Zhuqing sighed softly. After this commotion, attending Shrek was certainly no longer an option.
Where could she go from here?
"Your relationship with that blond guy isn't ordinary, is it?"
"I didn't ask, but one look at your expression and his face told me things between you definitely weren't that simple!"
Lin En looked into the distance and spoke calmly.
Zhu Zhuqing wrapped her arms around her long, slender legs, lowered her eyes, and nodded as she said:
"You guessed right. He and I..."
Zhu Zhuqing opened her mouth, but in the end, it became only a long, lingering exhalation, a wordless sigh.
"Oh? Which family's young lady are you, coming out to find your husband?"
"Don't tell me it's another of those melodramatic stories where a runaway prince enjoys his freedom while a noble family's daughter chases after him?"
Lin En's eyes shifted as he spoke teasingly.
Hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing's mouth instantly fell open in surprise. "You... how did you know?"
Lin En turned back and rolled his eyes at her in exasperation:
"Come on, is it that hard to guess? The people who came to hunt you down back then were disciplined. One look told me they weren't some assassin organization."
"Besides, you didn't have any gold, silver, jewels, or peerless secret manuals on you. Would that warrant sending so many people to hunt you down?"
"Finally, there's your fair skin, pretty face, long legs, big breasts, shapely ass, and slender willow waist."
"Your bearing and looks clearly aren't those of an ordinary person. You've also got the pride and noble air of someone born into a great aristocratic family. The distinction is obvious at a glance."
Hearing his words, Zhu Zhuqing blushed, inwardly embarrassed and annoyed:
"Lecher! Crude words, sound reasoning, sure, but isn't that a little too crude?"
Where are your manners? Your manners?
Zhu Zhuqing shouted inwardly, her face flushing slightly despite herself.
"Right, I still haven't asked. What's your name?"
Lin En suddenly asked.
"...Zhu Zhuqing!"
Zhu Zhuqing scarcely had the energy to complain. After all this time, only now had he remembered to ask her name?
"Zhu Zhuqing... the Zhu Family?"
Lin En asked tentatively.
"Mm..."
Zhu Zhuqing did not deny it and admitted it openly.
Lin En sighed. "Then you really do have it rough. The Zhu Family's women are bound to imperial marriages from the moment they're born. You're practically imperial-issue wives."
"You've got it miserable!"
Lin En clicked his tongue inwardly and spoke without a care.
"Can't you say anything nice, you jerk?"
Hearing Lin En's infuriating words, Zhu Zhuqing burst into aggrieved tears. Crystal-clear teardrops spilled from her eyes onto her cheeks, making her look pitiful.
Lin En turned back and gave her a derisive glance:
"Would saying something nice improve your situation? If it did, everyone in the world would speak nothing but nice words!"
"It's just an arranged marriage between families. What's so great about that?"
"If I were you, I'd say, 'The Zhu Family's three thousand years of accumulated wealth-I'll take it all for myself, Lin En!'"
"Extract with a million, escape your family of origin, and enjoy a wonderful life!"
"You leave me out of wealth and glory, but put me first for suffering and sacrifice? Fuck your uncle! Piss off and play with your balls!"
Lin En let loose a torrent of curses.
Filthy language poured endlessly from his mouth.
"Pfft-"
Hearing Lin En's words, Zhu Zhuqing could not help laughing through her tears. Her miserable, tearful face cleared like clouds giving way to sunshine, and she could not stop smiling.
"Laugh, laugh, laugh-what the hell are you laughing at?"
Lin En rolled his eyes and looked away. "Anyway, ask yourself deep down whether what the Zhu Family has given you is enough to repay by sacrificing your whole life."
"I can only offer you one saying: let your conscience be clear about your pay."
"They want two hundred Gold Soul Coins' worth of work for two Gold Soul Coins? What a beautiful dream they're having!"
Having said his piece, Lin En left Zhu Zhuqing to think it over slowly!
Several minutes later.
Only then did Lin En speak again:
"Have you thought it through? If you have, name a place, and I'll take you there!"
Zhu Zhuqing took a deep breath, a brilliant light appearing in her eyes:
"I've made up my mind. I want to follow you. Wherever you go, I'll go!"
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