"Creak."
Xiaowu's dormitory door opened, and Zhu Zhuqing walked out, her long hair damp with water vapor, interrupting the two who were whispering sweet nothings.
"Go on. Go take a shower first," Xu Ran gently patted Xiaowu's pert bottom.
"Oh," Xiaowu cast an annoyed glance at Xu Ran and quickly stepped into the dormitory.
Xu Ran then directly embraced Zhu Zhuqing, who had just come out of the shower.
...
While Xu Ran and Zhu Zhuqing were being affectionate outside, Oscar and Dai Mubai appeared outside Xu Ran's door at the same time.
Dai Mubai was naturally looking for Zhu Zhuqing.
Zhu Zhuqing had gone to bed early last night and hadn't come out. Today, he was just about to talk to Zhu Zhuqing when Xu Ran had given him a beating without even letting him speak. Until now, he had not had a proper conversation with Zhu Zhuqing, which made him feel quite frustrated.
He, a noble prince, handsome and dashing, with extraordinary talent, found it so difficult to have a few words with his fiancée—where was the justice in that?
"Oscar, what are you doing standing here?" Dai Mubai called out to Oscar, who was holding a clay pot and heading straight for "Zhu Zhuqing's" room.
This was his fiancée's room—what was Oscar doing there? Was he here to court Zhu Qing? His fiancée was not someone others could disturb, was she?
"Oh. Mubai. The dean asked me to simmer some osmanthus and lotus seed goji berry porridge for Brother Ran. Brother Ran's talent is extraordinary; he must be tired from cultivating today and needs porridge to replenish his body," Oscar explained. As a food-class Soul Master, his cooking skills were also commendable.
Hearing Oscar's words, Dai Mubai couldn't help but curl his lip.
Xu Ran hadn't even participated in training, had no classes—what was he tired from?
Dai Mubai couldn't help but curl his lip, also a student of Shrek Academy; was the gap really that big?
Dai Mubai muttered to himself, mulling over this, watching Oscar head straight to "Zhu Zhuqing's" room. Suddenly, his heart felt as if struck by lightning.
It was as if a bolt of thunder had exploded directly in his heart.
Dai Mubai's head buzzed, and he immediately realized things were not so simple.
Oscar delivering porridge to Xu Ran was, of course, no issue. The key point—why did he go to Zhu Zhuqing's room?
A bad premonition began to form in Dai Mubai's heart.
After Oscar entered and saw that the room was empty, he put the porridge on the table and then came out. Seeing Dai Mubai not far away, he couldn't help but feel puzzled.
"Right, Mubai, what are you doing outside Brother Ran's room?" Oscar asked, clearly baffled.
Boom!
Oscar's words were like a bomb going off directly in Dai Mubai's heart, a knife plunging into his chest.
In an instant, Dai Mubai's face turned green.
At this moment, hearing Oscar's words, how could he not understand?
This was not Zhu Zhuqing's room but Xu Ran's. Then, Zhu Qing must have been with Xu Ran last night…
And last night, he had heard a seductive voice as well.
He had been cuckolded! He was absolutely cuckolded!
Even yesterday, when he was calling out for Zhu Qing, Xu Ran must have been doing something to Zhu Qing. He had thought he was showing off to Xu Ran, but in fact, he had been clearly cuckolded the night before.
Dai Mubai's face became extremely pale, and his legs went weak, causing him to collapse to the ground. It was a blow no man could accept.
"Xu Ran, I'm going to kill you!!!"
"You beast Xu Ran, how dare you treat me like this? Did you purposely bring her to the academy just to humiliate me?"
Dai Mubai roared in fury, his fists pounding the ground forcefully, the pebbles piercing through the skin of his palms, but at this moment he couldn't feel even a bit of pain. His anger had made him forget the physical pain.
His hatred for Xu Ran had reached its peak.
Xu Ran had attacked him multiple times, and even took his fiancée away from behind his back.
Was Xu Ran with Zhu Zhuqing last night? When did this happen? He had left the Xingluo Empire for so long, could it be that the two of them were together...
"Pfft." Dai Mubai was so enraged he wanted to vomit blood. That was his fiancée. Yet, she ended up in another man's bed. How could he accept such a reality?
Moreover, last night he was only separated from Xu Ran and Zhu Zhuqing by a wall. Was he a fool screaming Zhu Zhuqing's name to show off to Xu Ran, while Xu Ran was making love to his fiancée?
He couldn't stand it; he really couldn't bear it any longer.
Even with Dai Mubai's strong tolerance, at this moment, he truly couldn't bear it anymore.
Separated only by a wall, Xu Ran was sleeping with his fiancée inside. This was a naked mockery of him.
"Aaaah!"
"Damn it Xu Ran, you're just a side branch disciple of the Zhu Clan, what right do you have to treat me like this? The entire Xingluo Empire belongs to our Dai family. You, a lowly commoner, dare to insult me like this. In this life, if I, Dai Mubai, don't kill you, I won't be considered human."
Dai Mubai howled, his voice thick with intense hatred.
And Zhu Zhuqing, she dared to find another man behind his back. Did Zhu Zhuqing not understand her own status?
Dai Mubai's voice was loud, and obviously, Zhu Zhuqing and Xu Ran heard it. At that moment, Zhu Zhuqing was lying in Xu Ran's arms, frowning slightly when she heard this voice.
Now she had nothing to do with Dai Mubai, even Dai Mubai's father, the current emperor of the Xingluo Empire, had acknowledged her relationship with Xu Ran. What was Dai Mubai to her? With Dai Mubai's character, he was worlds apart from Xu Ran. Even if her relationship with Dai Mubai couldn't be reversed, she would not marry Dai Mubai.
"Ding, congratulations 'Host' on triggering the Mission: Reveal your relationship with Zhu Zhuqing in front of the whole school, and slap Dai Mubai's face."
"Mission Reward: Five hundred Skill Points."
Hearing the System's voice, Xu Ran revealed a smile, looking at the girl in his arms, he said, "In a while, I will reveal the truth, letting everyone know who really is your fiancé. You and Dai Mubai have nothing to do with each other. If Dai Mubai still dares to be unrelenting after seeing our marriage certificate, I will beat him until he can't take care of himself."
"Mhm." Zhu Qing nodded, she had long wanted to break off relations with Dai Mubai. She was now Xu Ran's fiancée, and had nothing to do with Dai Mubai. She certainly didn't want Dai Mubai to go around proclaiming their relationship.
...
Oscar looked at Dai Mubai, who was sprawling on the ground, looking insane, opened his mouth but couldn't say anything. He discerned a lot from Dai Mubai's words, apparently Dai Mubai was a Prince of the Xingluo Empire.
So Dai Mubai's status was not ordinary, a Prince, which was a supremely exalted position. However, he still didn't understand the exact relationship between Dai Mubai, Xu Ran, and Zhu Zhuqing.
From Dai Mubai's behavior, it probably was that he intended to use his status as a Prince to pressurize Xu Ran and take Xu Ran's woman.
Of course, this was just Oscar's speculation. He was still confused, but combining it with Dai Mubai's previous character, this was the only reasonable explanation he could think of.
"Mubai, I'll take my leave first," Oscar said, and left directly.
He didn't want to get involved in the grudges between Dai Mubai and Xu Ran.
He felt good about Xu Ran, at least as far as he could tell, both Xu Ran and Zhu Zhuqing seemed like decent people. Wasn't Dai Mubai the one who got thrashed by Xu Ran last time for harassing Xiaowu? And now he wants to make a move on Xu Ran's other woman, Zhu Zhuqing?
Even with the status of a Prince, he couldn't do whatever he wanted.
After Oscar left, Dai Mubai continued to roar furiously on the ground for a long time before he slowly got up, his eyes filled with a cold and merciless light, "Wait until I go to the dean to reveal your disgraceful act, and we'll see if you still have the face to linger in the academy."
Dai Mubai walked away slowly, a plan forming in his heart. That was to call all the academy's teachers to preside over his case. By then, even if Flander and others were biased, they couldn't turn a dead issue into a living one.
He had an engagement with Zhu Qing, and at that time, he wanted to see how this pair of shameless dogs, Xu Ran and Zhu Zhuqing, would have the face to stay here. As a woman, being so intimate with a man other than her fiancé, he only found it laughable.
Before, he had thought Zhu Zhuqing was a paragon of chastity, but it turned out to be nothing more. Her chastity wasn't given to her own fiancé but to an outsider, so what kind of good woman was she?