Shrek City.
Inside a quiet tavern.
"I haven't seen you around the academy these days. Where have you been?" Bei Bei, his face flushed with intoxication, nudged Xu Sanshi.
"I went back home. My family had arranged a marriage for me with the Outer Academy's number one beauty, Jiang Nannan, but she refused to acknowledge it. My Sect Elder went to find her in person to try and reason with her, but she had already hooked up with a kid named Lu Cheng. That beast called over an inner academy disciple and killed my Sect Elder. I went back this time to find my father and get to the bottom of it." Xu Sanshi also said, drunk.
"Lu Cheng?!?" Bei Bei's drunkenness instantly faded by thirty percent.
Xu Sanshi hadn't been at the academy these days and didn't know how much of a monster that kid was. Months ago, he could already kill a ten thousand years spirit beast; he was likely at least comparable to a Soul King, or even a Soul Emperor.
"You had better not provoke him—" Bei Bei advised him kindly.
"I wish I could kill him, but don't worry, I know my limits. I won't make a move inside the academy." Xu Sanshi waved his hand. Seeing his friend's brows furrowed as if he wanted to continue advising him, he said impatiently, "Some things are not for you or me to control. My father was furious after finding out and threatened to—sigh, let's drink, let's drink. Let's not talk about these things anymore."
Bei Bei wanted to say something but stopped. After downing a mouthful of the mellow, sweet wine, he forgot what he wanted to say.
Shrek Outer Academy.
On the small path surrounding Sea God Lake, the soul guidance lamps on the side dotted the ground below with beams of light, looking like eye-catching stage theaters.
"Sister Lexuan?"
Bei Bei, drunk, walked into the academy with his arm around Xu Sanshi's shoulder. Seeing the beautiful woman in front of him who looked like a Fairy, Bei Bei spoke with a guilty conscience.
Zhang Lexuan, under the soul guidance lamp in front, wore a flowing sea-blue dress and high-heeled boots. With her high nose bridge and oval face, she seemed to be wearing light makeup. It had been a long time, and her appearance seemed even more stunning, but her temperament had lost a bit of gentleness and gained a bit of sharpness.
He naturally wasn't stupid. He understood Mu En's schemes these days were to break him and Tang Ya up and then pair him with Zhang Lexuan. He was naturally unwilling, but he couldn't be stubborn against Mu En, so he could only helplessly cooperate.
Getting drunk like this was naturally inappropriate. Sister Lexuan standing here, even wearing makeup, was clearly waiting for him—
"Tsk tsk~" Xu Sanshi winked with an envious face and poked Bei Bei in the waist. "You kid are favored by this goddess and you're still not satisfied? You should let go of Tang Ya."
"I—" Bei Bei gave a bitter smile.
Although he looked bitter, he was actually somewhat secretly pleased in his heart.
"Why are you two here?" Just as the two of them were hanging their heads and winking, a surprised female voice sounded from the front.
Zhang Lexuan's willow brows furrowed slightly as she sized up the two guys who had been winking at each other ever since they walked over, looking very strange.
"Sister Lexuan, you—" Bei Bei was somewhat stunned.
She wasn't here to find him? Then who was she looking for in the middle of the night?
"Is something the matter?" Zhang Lexuan continued to ask suspiciously.
"—Nothing!" Bei Bei's eye twitched. His heart was full of depression and grievance as he dragged the equally confused Xu Sanshi away quickly.
"What's going on? Is Senior Sister angry at you?" Xu Sanshi lowered his voice and said.
"That shouldn't be—I haven't provoked her recently." Bei Bei scratched his head, feeling somewhat depressed.
Logically, Senior Sister should have been easy to win over, but why—the two of them meeting again didn't feel like a long-awaited reunion; instead, it was like—ordinary strangers. What made him feel the most uncomfortable was Zhang Lexuan's reaction to him just now. It didn't look like a girl acting deliberately after getting jealous; it was a normal reaction when facing an ordinary male.
Where exactly did the problem arise?!?
Just as Bei Bei was about to leave, Xu Sanshi suddenly poked his waist, "Look behind you!!"
Bei Bei turned his head in astonishment, his expression suddenly freezing.
Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan, who had just been like an aloof snow plum, was now gently holding a boy's hand, fingers intertwined? That boy was clearly a head shorter than Sister Lexuan, but the latter was willing to bend over slightly, lowering her tall figure just to be level with the boy.
The distance was far, and he could only vaguely see the boy, but the ambiguity and couple-like joy between the two were about to overflow, even without seeing their faces.
"Who the hell is that?!?" Bei Bei was going crazy.
"Bei Bei, I feel like you're in a bit of danger—" Xu Sanshi shrank his neck, his eyes looking a bit strange.
"Don't let me catch him." Bei Bei rubbed his hair fiercely, his eyes vicious.
Since he had decided to let go of Tang Ya and inherit Shrek Academy, every step had to be linked, and no problems could occur. This represented the future of Shrek Academy and whether it could continue to be stable. In the past, he could not care and play recklessly, but now he couldn't. The stabilizing pillar that could cover for him and Shrek Academy had already stepped half a foot into the grave. He had to take over this heavy burden from Mu En.
And Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan, speaking of which, not just his future wife, but in the future strategic layout of Shrek, she held an extremely important position. With his strength and talent, even if he was given an infusion by Mu En to improve his martial soul attributes, he wouldn't be able to firmly sit in the position of the Pavilion Master of the Sea Gods Pavilion. But if he had Zhang Lexuan following his lead, presumably half of the Sea Gods Pavilion Elders wouldn't say much.
Only then could he control the Sea Gods Pavilion.
But now, even if Zhang Lexuan, this extremely important resource, didn't marry him, that would be one thing.
It was even highly likely that she would—flow to an outsider. This was absolutely unacceptable to him and to the entire Shrek Academy.
"—" Bei Bei clenched his fists, his face full of anger.
He must find a way to make Sister Lexuan change her mind.
Perhaps—she was just angry at him?
On the other side.
Lu Cheng held the beauty's small hand and sat on a bench nearby, feeling the mist coming from Sea God Lake, feeling quite comfortable in his heart.
"Who were those two guys just now?" He asked with interest.
"Irrelevant." Zhang Lexuan's red lips moved slightly, spitting out a pleasant voice.
The beauty's slender, soft hand gripped Lu Cheng's palm, palms pressed tightly together, feeling the warmth of skin touching skin, and Lu Cheng was also somewhat dazed.
"In my memories, Brother, you also brought me here to feel the breeze. At that time, I was still thinking, if we could be together like this forever and ever, how happy would that be—" Zhang Lexuan leaned her head slightly on Lu Cheng's shoulder and said softly.
Feeling the faint fragrance of hair rushing into his breath, Lu Cheng's eyes were also a bit dazed.
"Have the matters of that year been investigated clearly?"
"Investigated clearly." Zhang Lexuan's voice was still gentle.
"Is the evidence conclusive?"
"Some things do not need evidence." A flash of coldness flickered in Zhang Lexuan's light blue eyes in the dark night.
"What I have investigated all these years is not evidence, but the things hidden in my memory. It is not about uncovering secrets, but just bringing the answer to find the process."
"Don't be in a hurry to take revenge." Lu Cheng said leisurely.
"The current Shrek Academy is not something you or I can challenge. We can only accumulate strength or borrow power to strike."
Zhang Lexuan glanced at Lu Cheng beside her and realized that this little man was quite serious. She couldn't help but feel moved in her heart. She chuckled, her white, lotus-root-like jade arm draped around Lu Cheng's neck, and her red lips pecked him lightly on the face like a dragonfly skimming the water.
She stuffed her peerless face into Lu Cheng's eyes and made a cute pose.
"Brother, am I beautiful?"
"Hehe—beautiful. My little sister is the most beautiful woman in the world." Lu Cheng said with doting eyes.
The scene, however, gradually quieted down.
Listening to Lu Cheng's heartbeat, Zhang Lexuan gently rubbed his chest with her slender, fair fingers, her light blue beautiful eyes staring at Lu Cheng with tenderness like water: "Brother, you are the only family I have left."
"If you die, I won't live alone either. Do you understand—"
Lu Cheng's eye twitched.
He nodded heavily, "Okay!"
Notes:
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