(A beautiful picture of Zhu Zhuqing)
By the time they reached the dining hall, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had already arrived.
Both Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong seemed to have a blush on their faces,
and they huddled together, quietly discussing why the handsome cleaner was nowhere to be seen.
Of course, each of them had her own little scheme.
Besides thinking about his handsome face, Zhu Zhuqing wanted to raise Xiao Jue's favorability, while Ning Rongrong was thinking about how to spend money on Xiao Jue and get cashback.
After breakfast, everyone gathered on the field.
There were six of them, with only Oscar missing.
Dai Mubai glanced at the sky and said helplessly, "Little Oscar overslept again. He's such a lazybones."
Ma Hongjun, meanwhile, stared at Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu, drooling.
His little eyes went glassy as he looked at the three girls, and he swallowed openly. He looked just like a rat that had gone three days without food and spotted a pile of rice.
Dai Mubai elbowed him and said in a low voice, "Behave yourself. You'd better keep your Evil Fire under control."
Ma Hongjun said angrily, "Why? Are you going after them again? Come on, Boss Dai, even if you're the boss, you should at least leave some soup for your brothers!"
Dai Mubai elbowed him again and stole a glance at Zhu Zhuqing.
Zhu Zhuqing was an agility-type Soul Master, after all, and was somewhat sensitive to such faint sounds. She caught every word of their conversation.
When she saw Dai Mubai looking at her, she rolled her eyes, utterly speechless.
It was bad enough that Dai Mubai had cowardly fled to the Heaven Dou Empire to hide from the conflict, but he also spent his days chasing women and living in a drunken stupor. She, Zhu Zhuqing, looked down on him!
She only wanted to grow stronger!
Only when she grew stronger would she have the right to speak!
Now, the Favorability System was her shortcut to growing stronger!
While they were talking, a middle-aged man approached from the other side of the field.
When they saw him, everyone looked up.
The man appeared to be around fifty. His most distinctive feature was his long, narrow face, which gave him a somewhat crafty look.
He wore a pair of black-framed crystal glasses with rigid, square frames.
He was none other than Flender.
Flender walked up to the six students and stopped.
His distinctive, slightly magnetic, raspy voice rang out:
"This year is quite good. We have four more Little Monsters. I, Flender, dean of Shrek Academy, welcome you on behalf of the academy.
"Later, each of you will pay... two hundred gold coins to Teacher Li, who's in charge of finances. Mubai."
"Dean." Dai Mubai stepped forward. He seemed to hold Flender in great respect, even with a hint of admiration.
Flender said, "We have four new junior brothers and sisters. Tell them the academy rules later.
"Then each of you should go back and rest, and recover to the best condition you can.
"Today's first class will begin tonight. Oscar, you and Ning Rongrong are exceptions. You two, come with me."
With that, Flender turned to leave.
After only two steps, he suddenly stopped and frowned.
"Hm? Where's Oscar?! That brat actually dared to be late?!"
Just then, a bleary-eyed Oscar walked over.
Oscar's appearance had changed dramatically, mainly because-the beard on his face was gone.
The sleazy, scruffy-looking uncle with a face full of whiskers
had instantly transformed into a young nobleman with a carefree smile on his face.
The system panel in front of Oscar popped up with a ding-
[Shock Points +6]
Oscar thought, Wait, I became this handsome after shaving, and I only got 6 Shock Points?
Across from him, Ning Rongrong glanced at him, her heart completely unmoved:
An attractiveness score of 91??? That's pretty high, but I have Xiao Jue, who's a perfect 100 and gets me 100% cashback. A 91 is just some random guy on the street now!
As Oscar walked toward them, another system notification popped up in front of him-
[Shock System mission issued: ... Complete the mission to obtain a large number of Shock Points!]
Oscar: ??? Screw you, system. Are you sure?
[This system is doing it for your Shock Points too! They'll definitely be shocked if you complete this mission!]
Oscar: Damn it, whatever, I'll do it! So I can exchange Shock Points for rewards!
Oscar approached the group, and Flender was just about to lose his temper and give him a talking-to for being late.
Right there, under everyone's watchful eyes, Oscar slapped Flender on the butt!
"Smack!"
The sound was crisp and loud.
Everyone's jaws dropped to the floor! Their eyes bulged out!
Ma Hongjun: "Holy crap, Little Oscar's gone crazy!"
Flender was stunned too. His face flushed bright red, and his beard went crooked with anger.
Dai Mubai: No way. Little Oscar and Tang San are roommates. Did Tang San turn him gay?!
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing looked at Oscar with disgust, then glanced at Tang San with disgust too. Eww~
Xiao Wu shook her head and put a hand to her forehead. Don't look at me. I don't know Tang San.
A notification popped up in front of Oscar-
[Shock Points increased by 78!]
At the same time, Flender's fist came flying at him.
"Bam!"
Oscar was hammered head over heels several times, leaving him bruised and swollen.
Black lines covered Flender's forehead. "Oscar! Now, immediately, this instant, go run fifty laps around the village!!! Don't come back until you finish!"
Oscar, his face bruised and swollen: "Huh? Fifty laps?!"
Flender: "Hmm?"
Oscar: "...All right."
He looked resentfully at Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun covered their butts. "Stay away from us!"
Oscar: "..."
He ran off in a sorry state.
Flender: "Ning Rongrong, follow him and run twenty laps around the village too!"
"Yes." Ning Rongrong agreed and ran off without hesitation.
Ning Rongrong thought, You tell this young lady to run and this young lady will run? I'll just tell you I finished afterward~
Meanwhile, at Xiao Jue's home.
Xiao Jue was still sprawled spread-eagle on his big bed, sleeping like he was dead, with the blanket kicked aside.
Suddenly, he sat bolt upright like a dying man jolted awake.
"Holy crap, I have an eight a.m. class today!"
His eyes flew open, and he scrambled to find his clothes.
Then he looked around-
Wait, this isn't the dorm?
Xiao Jue froze for two seconds before it dawned on him.
"So transmigrating to Douluo wasn't a dream. Then it's fine."
He flopped back down with a splat, pulled the blanket over his head, and went back to sleep.
Just then, the system dinged-
[Ding, Sloth Points +1!] [One of the seven deadly sins, Sloth, has been unlocked!] [Martial Soul obtained: Belphegor, the Sin of Sloth!] [Current Sloth Points: 1] [Martial Soul bonuses: physical resilience increased! Defense increased!] [The higher the Sloth Points, the greater the bonuses!]
Xiao Jue opened one eye from beneath the covers.
"Holy crap? Then can't I just sleep in every day? Won't my Sloth Points be maxed out after I sleep in 100 times?!"