Who was I?
Where was I?
What was I doing?
Many years later, facing Wang Dong'er, who had long since become a married woman, Xue Chen would still occasionally recall that afternoon when he had just entered Shrek Academy.
Although the Snow Empress would also do some rather intimate things to him back in the Far North.
At most, though, she would only give him a couple of light kisses on his cheek and forehead.
When Ling Luochеn sought him out to cultivate, she would also do intimate things to him.
But at most, she would just take some liberties with her hands.
In other words, he had never imagined that his first kiss would go to Wang Dong'er, this one-third little princess!
Wang Dong came to her senses before Xue Chen and hurriedly pulled her head back.
That brought Xue Chen to his senses too, and he hurriedly climbed off Wang Dong.
"You... you... you... you!"
Wang Dong's face flushed red at a speed visible to the naked eye, until it practically looked ready to drip blood.
"Well, um, I didn't do it on purpose!"
Xue Chen truly panicked, waving his hands at Wang Dong over and over.
"Go die, you bastard!"
Wang Dong clenched her delicate fist and slammed it straight into Xue Chen's eye.
"Ow!"
This time, Xue Chen did not dodge, and the punch knocked him flat on the ground again.
"You're such a bastard!"
Spitting viciously at Xue Chen on the ground, Wang Dong covered her face, which looked ready to drip blood, and transformed into a streak of golden light, darting through the open window and back into the dorm room amid the surrounding crowd's laughter.
"No wonder she can swing the Clear Sky Hammer. This one-third little princess really packs a punch!"
Rubbing his eye, which had already turned black and blue, Xue Chen climbed off the ground for what felt like the umpteenth time.
Taking a piece of clothing from his Storage Soul Tool, Xue Chen hurriedly pulled it on.
"Senior... we were just horsing around over a dorm room issue!"
Only after making sure his clothes covered him completely did Xue Chen bow slightly to Mu En, looking rather embarrassed.
"You're young. I can understand being hot-blooded."
Mu En smiled and waved a hand.
"Although our academy is open-minded, you should still mind how certain things look."
"Yes!"
Xue Chen felt his own face burning too. After answering, he hurried back to his dorm room.
Guys, who gets it? My first day at school, and I've already died of embarrassment!
"Hehe, it's good to be young!"
Watching Xue Chen practically flee, Mu En seemed to recall something, a reminiscent smile appearing on his face.
"Young... it's good to be young!"
Under all those complicated, peculiar gazes, Xue Chen could only curse his lack of a teleportation skill.
When he returned to the dorm room, he saw Wang Dong curled into a ball on the bed she had yet to make. He could faintly hear quiet sobbing.
What the fuck was all this?!
Xue Chen cursed inwardly. Rather than provoke this one-third little princess at a time like this, he began making his bed.
Once he had laid out his quilt and everything else, Xue Chen sat cross-legged on the bed.
After a long absence, the system's screen of light appeared before him again.
[Snow Empress affection: 89.] [Ice Empress affection: 86.] [Ling Luochеn affection: 80.] [Zhang Lexuan affection: 80.] [Xian Lin'er affection: 75.] [Cai Mei'er affection: 65.] [Rewards obtained: God-level martial soul, saint craftsman-level forging talent, cooking mastery, Soul Tool Mastery, ten ten-thousand-year whale glue, True Love Red Thread!]
"Sister Xue's affection really is miles ahead. I just wonder when she'll wake up."
Looking at the information on the screen, Xue Chen rubbed his chin.
He was not surprised that the Ice Empress's affection was the second highest.
What surprised him was that Zhang Lexuan's affection was actually as high as Ling Luochеn's, at eighty.
He had saved Ling Luochеn's life, and they had cultivated together for a while before her affection had reached such a high level.
But he had only just met Zhang Lexuan. Why was her affection so high too?
"And this ten ten-thousand-year whale glue... I'll have to find time to take it before obtaining my second soul ring."
"Then I might even be able to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring!"
With a wave of his hand, Xue Chen dismissed the screen before him and began cultivating.
After an unknown amount of time, Xue Chen finished cultivating and slowly opened his eyes.
The sky outside had already darkened, and even the dorm room was pitch-black.
Wang Dong was still curled into a ball, lying on his bare bedboard, which he had yet to make up.
Although the sobbing had stopped, she still did not move at all.
Rubbing his stomach, which was beginning to feel hungry, Xue Chen got off the bed.
After putting on his socks and shoes, he hesitated, but still asked Wang Dong a question.
"Want to go out for dinner?"
Wang Dong did not move a muscle, merely spitting out a single icy word.
"Scram!"
Xue Chen shrugged, said nothing more, and left the dorm room.
Hearing the dorm room door open and close again, Wang Dong, still curled into a ball, felt a wave of grievance, and tears involuntarily began streaming down her face again.
Never in her life had she suffered such mistreatment!
Not only had he failed to comfort her after bullying her, he had not even said sorry!
Who in the Clear Sky Sect would dare treat her like this?
Yet on her very first day at Shrek Academy, someone had beaten her up, and she had even inexplicably lost her first kiss.
At the thought, a blush flashed across Wang Dong's face, but then she gritted her teeth again.
In the Clear Sky Sect, the younger male disciples did not even dare approach her, much less do anything improper to her!
If this were not Shrek Academy, if she did not have to consider how it would look, she really wanted to bring the Clear Sky Hammer down on Xue Chen's forehead.
She ought to smash that bastard who dared take liberties with her to death!
Just as Wang Dong's thoughts ran wild, someone pushed open the dorm room door again.
Hearing the sound, Wang Dong immediately curled farther inward.
"Damn it, what the hell is all this?!"
Having left and returned, Xue Chen looked quite unhappy. He had only just stepped outside, only to be locked onto by a whole crowd of gazes of every sort.
Even having lived two lives, he really could not stand being stared at like a monkey!
Turning on the dorm room's soul-powered lamp, Xue Chen sighed and took a metal barbecue grill out of his Storage Soul Tool.
After placing some burning charcoal in the grill, Xue Chen took out some Soul Beast meat and seasonal vegetables he had preserved with ultimate ice.
He and Ling Luochеn had bought these things on their way to Shrek Academy together. After all, even when living in the wilderness, they still had to eat.
As time passed, thanks to his mastery of cooking, the various meats and seasonal vegetables on the grill soon gave off an enticing aroma.
Seeing that they were nearly cooked, Xue Chen sprinkled various spices over the grill.
In an instant, the enticing aroma of barbecue grew even stronger.
Smelling the fragrance lingering around her nose, Wang Dong swallowed. Her stomach, which had gone without food all day, seemed to begin protesting too, and her body even began squirming uncontrollably.