Crown Prince's Mansion.
Qian Renxue was already feeling that something was off.
How could this possibly be normal?
Bastard!
Wait till you get back—I'll interrogate you properly.
[I Am an Orphan: So you're sure Bibi Dong isn't crazy anymore?]
[I Am a Little Bird: I can guarantee one hundred percent that His Holiness the Supreme Pontiff is perfectly normal.]
[Hu Liena: I can vouch for that too.]
[Yanzi is not a Swallow: Still feels wrong to me—how come?]
[Group Member Number Nine: Tell us more about this 'awakening of conscience' thing?]
[Loves Eating Carrots: Once upon a time there was Snow White… and the prince and princess lived happily ever after.]
[Call Me Her Majesty the Empress: Oh my gosh, little bunny, you can actually tell stories? Keep going—it sounds amazing!]
[Bai Chenxiang: Xiao Wu, what are you trying to say with that story?]
[Zhu Zhuqing: She means Bibi Dong used the prince-wakes-Snow-White method to help Su Yan awaken his conscience.]
[Everyone: 666.]
[Loves Eating Carrots: All my stories were told by Su Yan before. If you want more, ask him—both of his Spirits have incredibly epic backstories.]
[Su Yan: Next up, Flender scolded Ning Rongrong harshly, calling her the most useless student in all of Shrek Academy—no match for Tang San, Oscar, or Dai Mubai. It's the same devalue-PUA joke I cracked earlier with Big Sis Supreme Pontiff.]
[Su Yan: That night Dai Mubai's group returned from the arena. Ning Rongrong mocked Dai Mubai for being rejected by Zhu Zhuqing; Dai Mubai blasted her away and threatened her.]
[Su Yan: Ning Rongrong had never suffered like that. On the spot she offered ten thousand gold coins plus support from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School if Tang San would use a Hidden Weapon to kill Dai Mubai. Tang San refused; she begged Oscar, who also refused, telling her the word 'friend' would forever be out of her reach.]
[Su Yan: Sometimes I find it laughable—she's the Little Princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and you rats think you're worthy of being her friends?]
[Su Yan: Here, attack and ostracism work together. A twelve-year-old princess who'd always been doted on is suddenly hit by loneliness, helplessness, loss, pain—wave after wave.]
[Su Yan: Ning Rongrong starts believing she's the weakest in Shrek, that everything is her fault, that her personality is the problem, that her pride keeps her from fitting in—so she decides to prove herself to everyone.]
[Yanzi is not a Swallow: Why bother proving anything? Just leave.]
[Xiao Xiao is the Cutest: Even if you don't want the steamed bun, you still fight for the steam.]
[Ma Xiaotao: I'm here!]
[Su Yan: Yanzi, if it were you, you probably wouldn't leave either. Ning Rongrong is proud deep down; the more Flender scolds and belittles her, the less willing she is to quit Shrek, the more she wants to prove herself.]
[Su Yan: In the end, to prove herself, she starts to change—becomes gentle, approachable. From a willful Little Princess she turns into a supporting accessory who obeys Tang San.]
[Su Yan: That's the horror of PUA—you accept it without noticing, and there's no solution.]
[Group Member Number Nine: So how exactly did His Holiness PUA you just now?]
[Ma Xiaotao: I just got here—Your Holiness, why did you and Su Yan vanish for a bit?]
[Bibi Dong: Guess.]
[Yanzi is not a Swallow: After thinking, if it were me I'd leave—but not let it go. I'd go home and tell Grandpa: today is the day Shrek Academy is erased.]
[Everyone: 666.]
[Red Dust Dream Dream Dream: Compared with you, the Little Princess suddenly looks kind.]
[Bai Chenxiang: True kindness. She didn't go home to call in backup; with how much the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School dotes on her, Shrek would have been skinned alive.]
[Liu Erlong: Flender's got guts, huh?]
[Su Yan: Guts my foot. He's waving a chicken feather like it's an imperial edict. Ning Fengzhi tipped him off beforehand—otherwise do you really buy his 'a Spirit Master who avoids trouble isn't a real Spirit Master' line?]
[Su Yan: Let me be blunt—Ning Rongrong is a bona-fide princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. She may be a bit proud, but she's had a proper elite education. And you're comparing her to the riffraff at Shrek?]
[Su Yan: What a bunch of losers. Flender and Zhao Wuji are outright thugs; Tang San's an ice-cold killer who pretends to be pure. The little rabbit stirs up trouble for fun, Zhuqing's brainless, Dai Mubai's a skirt-chasing coward, Ma Hongjun's a horny pheasant, and Oscar's a sleazy creep. A pack of sneaky rats whose values and upbringing are Worlds apart from hers—they were never going to mix.]
[Zhu Zhuqing:???]
[Loves Eating Carrots:???]
[Yanzi is not a Swallow: Holy crap—he's gone nuclear this time. Xiao Wu and Zhuqing got hit by the fallout!]
[Group Member Number Nine: 666.]
[Liu Erlong: Exactly how you eat melons—Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, still giggling?]
[Tang Yuehua: Not giggling, thanks.]
Dou 1.
Suotuo City.
Out strolling the streets, Dugu Yan and the girls finally burst out laughing.
Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu could only roll their eyes. "Why'd you suddenly blow up like that?"
"Come back first?"
"Let us cool you down before you keep ranting!"
[Loves Eating Carrots: Su Yan, you jerk—when you get back I'm biting you to death!]
[Call Me Her Majesty the Empress: Cornered rabbit's gonna bite, huh?]
[Bibi Dong: Now that you mention it, Ning Rongrong really isn't on the same level as those Shrek people. It's kind of miraculous she ever ran with them.]
[Bo Saixi: From all this you can see Rongrong may have a princess's pride, but her heart's in the right place—otherwise she'd have just gone back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and called in the cavalry.]
[Zhu Zhuyun: Normally, if you offended someone like her, you'd be dead meat.]
[Yanzi is not a Swallow: If it were me, none of those guys would get away. Ning Rongrong, you big dummy.]
Su Yan nodded in agreement. Only Ning Rongrong would put up with it; in a normal Xuanhuan World, Shrek would've been razed by daybreak.
[Su Yan: Next plot beat—Shrek Academy's dead broke, has zero decent gear. Flender drags them toward Heaven Dou City, planning to enroll them at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Xue Xing and Dugu Bo kick them out.]
[Su Yan: Suddenly I want to laugh. Yanzi's a good classmate. If you're waiting for drama with her, I'll tell you right now—there isn't any. Really none.]
[Su Yan: The other girls—Hu Liena, Qian Renxue, Meng Yiran, Huo Wu—go full love brain the moment they meet Tang San. But Yanzi's a normal person: hostile means hostile. When she spots Shrek in Heaven Dou City she tells Dugu Bo about her grudge with Tang San. Dugu Bo learns Tang San can cure their family's Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison and plans to kidnap and silence him.]
[Su Yan: In the end old Dugu Bo screws up—instead of silencing Tang San he becomes his friend, lets Tang San clean out the entire medicinal garden, not a single Immortal Herb left for the two of them.]
[Yanzi is not a Swallow: Hahaha!!]
[Yanzi is not a Swallow: Now tell me—who else?]
[I Am an Orphan: I'm dying here. Your family's herbs got swiped clean, not even a leaf left, and you're still laughing?]
[Group Member Number Nine: Pfft~]
[Red Dust Dream Dream Dream: Hahaha!!]
[Dark Avenger: I can't breathe—Yanzi, still giggling?]
[Tang Yuehua: Not asking "who else" now, are you?]
[Su Yan: Think that's the end? After taking Dugu Bo's goodies, Tang San even warns him: "Tell your granddaughter not to cross me again—or else."]
[Yanzi is not a Swallow: Let's go—to Shrek.]
Suotuo City.
Dugu Yan spun around, grabbed Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing, and headed straight for Shrek Academy.
"What are you doing?"
Ling Yuan asked, puzzled.
[Group Member Number Nine: Aunt Ling Yuan, Yanzi's straight as an arrow—she doesn't hold grudges, so if she's mad she'll settle it right now.]
[Loves Eating Carrots: 666.]
[Bai Chenxiang: I heard Tang San got beaten up yesterday—will he even be healed by today?]
[Yanzi is not a Swallow: No problem. We've got the strongest healing Spirit Master—fix him up first, then beat him again!]
[Everyone: 666.]
(End of Chapter)
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