Chapter 51 Ning Rongrong Who Wants to Marry Rich
Early morning.
Zhou Chen slowly walked out of his room.
Beside Zhou Chen, Zhu Zhuqing held his arm, her gaze cold and clear, only showing a hint of tenderness when looking at Zhou Chen.
The two walked against the cool morning breeze and slowly arrived at the academy's dining hall.
The so-called dining hall was actually just a few nearby villagers hired by Shrek Academy as cooks, so the taste was quite ordinary.
When the two arrived at the dining hall, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong were already there. At the table next to them were two young men.
One of these young men was fair and handsome, looking about fourteen or fifteen years old, exactly the Oscar Zhou Chen had seen yesterday.
The other young man looked even younger, not tall, with a chubby body, short hair, and small eyes, with flesh bulging on his face.
If Zhou Chen guessed correctly, this fatty was the Evil Fire Phoenix Ma Hongjun who often frequented brothels in the original story.
"Brother Chen is here."
"Quick, sit by my side."
As soon as they saw the two enter, Tang San and the others immediately greeted them warmly.
Especially Ning Rongrong, who waved for Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing to sit beside her, with a brilliant smile on her face, revealing two cute dimples.
"So beautiful, she must be the Zhu Zhuqing you mentioned."
Fatty Ma Hongjun stared at the exceptionally cold and beautiful Zhu Zhuqing, unabashedly swallowing a mouthful of saliva.
"Behave yourself, you'd better suppress that evil fire of yours."
Oscar quickly elbowed him, whispering: "Do you have a death wish? Do you know whose girlfriend she is?"
Hearing this, Ma Hongjun narrowed his eyes and said: "Tell me."
"See that young man in purple next to her? His name is Zhou Chen, his martial soul is very mysterious, a golden humanoid martial soul. He was the one who severely injured Teacher Zhao yesterday. You'd better not court death."
Oscar leaned close to Ma Hongjun's ear and whispered.
"How is that possible?"
Ma Hongjun looked at Oscar in disbelief, saying: "Teacher Zhao is a level seventy-six Soul Saint! How old is Zhou Chen? Even if he started cultivating from the womb, he couldn't possibly defeat Teacher Zhao!"
"How is it not possible? You didn't see the magnificent power when he made his move yesterday, it was as if he were an emperor!"
Oscar grew more excited as he spoke, his eyes looking toward Zhou Chen, and coincidentally, Zhou Chen's gaze was also looking toward him.
After all, with the enhancement of the Heaven Sight Earth Listening Technique, although Oscar spoke quietly, it couldn't escape Zhou Chen's ears.
Feeling Zhou Chen's scrutinizing gaze, Oscar shuddered and suddenly stood up, pretending to be enthusiastic: "Hello, I'm Oscar, nickname Sausage Monopoly, we met yesterday. This fatty is Ma Hongjun, his martial soul is grass... oh, it's a phoenix."
Upon hearing the word "phoenix," everyone except Zhu Zhuqing focused their attention on Ma Hongjun.
After all, the phoenix is a top-tier beast martial soul, and its possessors are all exceptionally talented individuals.
Only Tang San and Xiao Wu looked displeased.
They had encountered Ma Hongjun earlier, when he was pestering a girl named Cui Hua, and consequently had a conflict with Tang San, who was upholding justice.
If Oscar hadn't arrived in time, the two sides would have fought brutally.
Seeing the unfriendly looks from Tang San and Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun chuckled twice and said: "I was wrong about this morning's incident. However, Cui Hua is my girlfriend, and I wasn't forcing her. Besides, you know, my martial soul is too special, causing my evil fire to be vigorous..."
"Alright, that's enough."
Zhou Chen somewhat amusingly interrupted Ma Hongjun's words, this kid was just digging himself deeper!
However, with Ma Hongjun's sincere explanation, the atmosphere among the seven became more harmonious. They ate and chatted, and cheerful laughter echoed in the dining hall.
Suddenly, Oscar spoke: "It's a pity that Boss Dai hasn't returned these past few days, otherwise all the students of our Shrek Academy would be here."
Hearing this, Tang San and the others immediately looked strange. After all, they had clashed with Dai Mubai, and Zhou Chen had even beaten Dai Mubai into a hasty retreat.
"Has Dai Mubai not returned at all?"
Zhu Zhuqing looked somewhat sullen. Although she now held Dai Mubai in great contempt and was displeased with him, they had grown up together, so a polite concern was still there.
"No, yesterday Dean Flender and I went out to look for him, but couldn't find him either," Ma Hongjun said in a low voice.
Hearing everyone's words, Zhou Chen knew that if he didn't speak now, he would be exposed.
So he cleared his throat, and after drawing everyone's attention, he said calmly: "He should have returned to the Star Luo Empire."
Then, Zhou Chen emphasized how Zhu Zhuqing had traveled a great distance to Soto City, only to catch Dai Mubai with the pair of beautiful twins at the Rose Hotel, and angrily break off their engagement.
Finally, Zhou Chen concluded: "Dai Mubai probably felt he had no face to see Zhu Qing again, so he returned to the Star Luo Empire."
This lie, with no logical flaws, was extremely convincing to everyone present.
Ma Hongjun even nodded, saying with a look of astonishment: "I always thought Boss Dai was single, so I didn't say anything when I saw him with so many girls. I didn't expect he was actually engaged! That was wrong of him."
"Yes, that evil tiger is better off back in the Star Luo Empire, out of sight, out of mind," Xiao Wu also said indignantly.
The few people nearby, except for Oscar and Ning Rongrong, all nodded in deep agreement.
Oscar felt some affection because he had spent three years with Dai Mubai; while Ning Rongrong stared at Zhou Chen with a strange gaze.
That morning, she had accidentally overheard the conversation between Zhou Chen and Xiao Chenyu.
Therefore, she knew clearly that Dai Mubai was dead, killed by Zhou Chen's hand.
However, she did not expose Zhou Chen. After all, what did Dai Mubai's life or death have to do with her?
Moreover, she had her own small thoughts about Zhou Chen.
She would not expose her Brother Zhou Chen for the sake of a lecherous tiger who had nothing to do with her and was so overbearing and unpleasant.
That's right, Ning Rongrong wanted to pursue Zhou Chen.
After spending these days together, she had already fallen for her incomparably handsome and dashing Brother Zhou Chen.
Furthermore, because the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's direct disciples' martial soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, was a purely auxiliary martial soul with no combat power, the sect's ancestors established a rule to maintain the sect's status: every direct disciple's partner must be a powerful Battle Soul Master.
And Brother Zhou Chen's talent is so high, his strength so great, that it is foreseeable he will become a Title Douluo. He completely fits their sect's rule for recruiting a husband.
If she could land such a rich husband, her father, Grandpa Sword, and Grandpa Bone would surely be very pleased when she returned to the sect.
The only problem was that Zhou Chen already had Zhu Qing.
This somewhat troubled Ning Rongrong.
However, this did not discourage her; instead, it ignited her fighting spirit!
(End of Chapter)
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