"Then the girl you like must be quite the charmer. Just because I resemble her, you could fall for me too. How remarkable."
Qian Renxue spoke with an impassive expression, but her tone held a trace of desolation that even she could barely detect.
No one wanted to be someone else's substitute, even if Qian Renxue did not care whom Li Ye liked, how many women he had, or whether he would love her.
"I agree to your request, but before that, I need something as a guarantee," Li Ye said.
"Go ahead. Whatever you want, I can give it to you," Qian Renxue said indifferently.
At her words, Li Ye smiled faintly, pulled Qian Renxue into his arms, and said teasingly, "All I need is a kiss from you."
With that, under Qian Renxue's terrified gaze, Li Ye pressed a kiss to her thin lips.
Qian Renxue desperately wanted to escape, to dodge away, but Li Ye held her fast. In the end, she could only let Li Ye have his way and give him her first kiss.
An incense stick's time later, Li Ye released Qian Renxue and said with a smile, "You taste good. It seems we really are quite a match. The next time we meet, we can indeed consider having a child."
Then, under Qian Renxue's blushing gaze, Li Ye patted her bottom and walked out along the path he had come by.
Couldn't that fellow pat his own bottom instead? Qian Renxue grumbled inwardly.
Immediately afterward, Qian Renxue assumed Xue Qinghe's appearance again and took Li Ye back to Shrek Academy.
Three days later, the teams from across the Heaven Dou Empire that had qualified for the Finals boarded carriages bound for Spirit City under the leadership of Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and the