Sizzle~
Accompanied by rising cooking smoke, inside a small courtyard in Shrek City, Lu Cheng held a grilled fish, flipping it on both sides, skillfully drizzling seasoning, and roasting it over the fire.
The fish made a sizzling sound, especially at the skin, which had gradually taken on a pale yellow luster—a sign it was cooked through; any longer and it would be charred.
"Is it ready?"
A soft, charming voice came from beside his ear. Lu Cheng's expression stiffened, and he nodded mechanically.
"I want you to feed me, Senior Brother..." That voice poured into his ears, and the fragrance of the beauty's breath puffed against his ear, making it feel a bit itchy.
Lu Cheng was helpless, being under someone else's control. Thinking back to his memories, he used to reject her directly. Even if this girl pestered him relentlessly, acted spoiled, or threw a tantrum, he would always maintain a calm and indifferent face.
But now...
It could be said his lifeblood was being held in her hands.
"Not bad; it's still that familiar taste." The beauty's veil had long since been discarded somewhere. Her red lips moved as her white teeth elegantly chewed the grilled fish. She slightly tilted her neck, her stunningly beautiful face full of joy and enjoyment.
As a Peak Spirit Emperor and a fire-attribute Soul Master, she didn't find the freshly roasted fish scalding; instead, it was just right.
Just like when she was in the Holy Spirit Cult, every time she went out with this guy, he would direct her to the lakeside to catch some fish for grilling. Then she would squat by his side with wide eyes, watching him like a magician as he took salt and seasonings from his pocket, calmly flipping the grilled fish before finally handing her a perfectly cooked one.
Except back then, no matter how much she pleaded, she only received "cold" rejections.
"Senior Brother, seeing you like this, I'm really not used to it." Ma Xiaotao rested her delicate hand on her cheek, her eyes lazy and cozy as she sized up Lu Cheng.
It was as if she were looking at her own prey.
The moment the secret was pierced through, she had wanted nothing more than to capture him back to Sea God Island and imprison him, making him properly compensate her for the care she had lacked in the past... Senior Sister Lexuan is a woman, but isn't she one too?
Why was it a love where he could abandon everything for Senior Sister Lexuan, but for her, it was only the pitying affection for a little kid?!!
But as she ate this grilled fish, her joy once again occupied the high ground.
In this world... with his existence, she had something to look forward to for the rest of her life.
"I'm sorry."
Lu Cheng's eye twitched. He felt that the way the young girl had just sized him up made a chill run down his spine for a moment.
He softly exhaled a breath of turbid air.
What a sin...
If he had known it would affect reality, he wouldn't have played so recklessly, the kind where he left absolutely no way out for himself.
"You helped me with my martial soul awakening, a secondary awakening, the Divine Fire Phoenix—what a majestic name... I should be thanking you, Senior Brother. Why did you suddenly apologize?" Ma Xiaotao's beautiful phoenix eyes curved into crescents, her smile flowing.
"..." Lu Cheng remained silent.
"Brother Cheng, do you know? Since I was little, I wanted to be your wife. I did my absolute best to compete with Sister Lexuan. I envied and even felt jealous of her because she was your childhood friend, because she occupied your everything, even from beginning to end—you lived for her. Ma Xiaotao's smile slowly faded as she gently fiddled with her fingers. Her slender fingers, painted with red balsam, looked exceptionally seductive and eye-catching.
The girl seemed to be speaking nonchalantly.
But Lu Cheng hesitated to speak because he could clearly feel her body trembling slightly.
Because this simulator was designed for Zhang Lexuan to become Zhang Lexuan's white moonlight. From start to finish, he had treated Ma Xiaotao as a passerby until he noticed her precious feelings. She always appeared cautious, and that almost crazed, obsessive love for him only then gradually led him to understand Ma Xiaotao, finally leaving her a parting gift of his own.
"I abandoned Shrek Academy without hesitation to go to the Holy Spirit Cult to find you because at that time, you were my everything. From the moment you appeared in my world and helped me dispel the pain of the evil fire burning my body, my world gained color..."
Ma Xiaotao continued to murmur in a low voice.
"I..." Lu Cheng took a deep breath.
But he was interrupted by Ma Xiaotao.
"I love you, and I'm willing to throw myself into danger for you, abandoning all worldly prejudices. Lu Cheng, that's because I love you!" Ma Xiaotao suddenly looked at Lu Cheng, her crimson eyes filled with tears.
"But why did you have to act like nothing happened, treating me like a fool, like a tool to be toyed with at will and discarded? Do you think my love is a toy? Is it something very cheap?"
"I don't."
"Then do you think I need your bullshit martial soul evolution? I would rather die with you! Why was it Zhang Lexuan who got to die with you? Why did I have to guard your graves for decades? Lu Cheng, you really are a master schemer!" Ma Xiaotao's phoenix eyes stared fixedly at Lu Cheng.
Lu Cheng was silent.
"Do I need your self-righteous protection?" Ma Xiaotao bit her red lip and went quiet again, looking at Lu Cheng with a heartbroken and angry gaze.
"You always think you've calculated everything perfectly, but why don't you ask if what Sister Lexuan and I got was really what we wanted? You're too self-righteous, Lu Cheng..."
Ma Xiaotao said softly.
"Phew..."
Lu Cheng exhaled a breath of turbid air.
What else could he say? He was speechless.
"So in this life... Senior Brother, I beg you not to scheme against me again. If you really are going to die, please take Xiaotao with you..." Ma Xiaotao gazed obsessively at Lu Cheng, her body pressing into his embrace. Her eyes were rimmed with red, and her fair fingers tightly gripped his sleeves, her tears staining Lu Cheng's courtyard uniform.
"Okay?"
The girl bit her lip, her eyes misty with tears, looking up at Lu Cheng as if praying.
It was as if in this moment, she was no longer the superior, dominant Senior Sister Ma Xiaotao, but that once clingy and well-behaved little junior sister of the Inner Court.
"Okay!" Lu Cheng nodded solemnly.
"You're not allowed to lie to me..." Ma Xiaotao hugged Lu Cheng's neck, her gaze misty and charming.
"I won't lie to you."
"Good, I believe you..."
Ma Xiaotao burst into laughter, her exquisite face like a blooming rose, seductive and eye-catching.
She seemed to draw in all the surrounding light.
Lu Cheng reached out to wipe away the beauty's tears. His gaze was complex but gradually became firm.
Strength...
In the end, all regrets and all tragedies stemmed from a lack of strength.
Now, he had to do his utmost to improve.
Only then could he have a real say on this continent.
A Limit Douluo?
Not enough.
There was still that guy watching from the God realm.
However... there was still a year before the main storyline began, and with his current powerful and top-tier talent, it was enough for him to develop.
"Right, there's one more thing..." Ma Xiaotao's smile was like a flower as her delicate hand pulled a pitch-black, block-shaped object from her pocket.
Flames rose in her hand, and as the temperature increased, the whale rubber gradually began to melt from the heat.
"Sister will feed you some whale rubber..."
"And along with that... there's a medicinal bath~"
Lu Cheng: "..."
Sure enough, a woman's desire for revenge...
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