Douluo V: Taking advantage of Xiao Wu's naivety, I tricked her into becoming my wife.

Zhu Zhuqing bit her lip and turned her head away.

After a long silence, she finally spoke in a low voice.

"It wasn't entirely for her."

"But who is that for?"

"For myself!"

Zhu Zhuqing took a deep breath. "I don't want to benefit Dai Mubai, or rather, I don't want to be dragged down by him!"

Her usually cold eyes were now churning with indescribable emotions.

"Once the marriage agreement between the royal family and the Zhu family is established, it will never be changed unless the woman does something that would damage the reputation of the royal family."

"I thought that unless one is a Title Douluo, joining forces with him to fight against my sister and Davis would ultimately be unable to escape our fate."

"Even if you escape to the ends of the earth, you will still be hunted down relentlessly!"

"The solution is right in front of us. Instead of me working myself to the bone while he reaps the benefits, I'd rather entrust myself to you!"

Ye Hua laughed out loud, sat up against the headboard, and reached out to hold her lower back.

Zhu Zhuqing's breathing suddenly became rapid, but she did not flinch.

"Do you know what this means?" Ye Hua lowered his head, the delicate fragrance of bamboo wafting from his nose.

Zhu Zhuqing reached out and loosened her hair, letting her long, dark hair spread out on the pillow. "I know, but I'm willing!"

Ye Hua didn't say anything more, but simply stroked her cheek.

【Ding--】

[Zhu Zhuqing's rescue rate +15%]

Current rescue status: 95%

[A qualitative change has been detected in the relationship between the host and Zhu Zhuqing, triggering a stage reward: a life-and-death bond with Zhu Zhuqing (same effect as Xiao Wu)]

The next stage of rewards will be unlocked when the rescue progress reaches 100%.

[System notification: You've already outmaneuvered the first and third hypocrites. Keep up the good work and achieve even greater success!]

The next day, early morning.

Sunlight streamed in through the cracks in the window frames, drawing golden lines on the floor.

When Ye Hua opened his eyes, Zhu Zhuqing was still fast asleep in his arms.

Her breathing was light and steady, her long eyelashes cast a faint shadow on her cheeks, and a smile still lingered at the corner of her mouth, as if she had had a good dream all night.

Perhaps last night was a bit crazy, Zhu Zhuqing is still fast asleep, and even though Ye Hua quietly pulled his arm away, Zhu Zhuqing was not awakened.

Ye Hua went downstairs to the restaurant and found that Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong had already started eating, while Oscar was also drinking porridge next to them.

"Good morning, brother—" Xiao Wu's smile froze on her face as soon as she raised her head.

Her bright eyes swept over Ye Hua, then looked behind him, "Where's Sister Zhu Qing?"

Ye Hua remained calm and composed, saying, "Oh, she's still resting. She was too tired from fighting spirits last night."

Xiao Wu, however, wouldn't let him off the hook. She jumped up from her chair and sniffled in front of Ye Hua.

He sniffed from shoulders to chest, from chest to abs, one by one, his face growing darker with each sniff.

Ye Hua wanted to reach out and rub her, but before his hand could land, Xiao Wu slapped it away.

"Hmph!" Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips. "Brother, you really did something bad last night!"

"You've absorbed all of Zhu Qing's scent!"

Ye Hua awkwardly withdrew his hand, touched his nose, and felt unusually guilty.

Xiao Wu got even angrier when she saw his guilty look.

"You, you, you! I knew it! Why did you take Sister Zhuqing back to her room last night? So that's what you were planning!"

"You jerk! I'm ignoring you! Even a rabbit won't eat the grass near its burrow!"

Xiao Wu jumped onto Ye Hua's body, pinned him down on the sofa, and bit his shoulder.

The liquid stockings grazed Ye Hua's bare waist, their smooth and silky feel making it hard for him to resist.

If Ning Rongrong and Oscar weren't still around, he probably would have taken advantage of his morning exercise mood to drag Xiao Wu along for some morning exercise.

Xiao Wu noticed Ye Hua's reaction, jumped off him, and hid to the side, saying, "Don't even think about touching me this month!"

“Ahem,” Ning Rongrong put down her porridge bowl and teased, “Sister Xiaowu, you just don’t understand.”

"Which capable man doesn't have three wives and four concubines? My father, as the sect leader, was chaste and still found me four stepmothers!"

Xiao Wu suddenly turned her head, her murderous gaze fixed on Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong pretended not to see it, "Besides, how many powerful forces would be vying to marry off a genius like Teacher Ye to? Sister Zhuqing has excellent taste; it's better to strike first!"

"Ning! Rong! Rong!"

Xiao Wu was furious. She grabbed the soup bowl on the table, ran to the corner of the table, turned her back to everyone, and slurped down the soup.

With its perky bunny ears, its silhouette looks just like a rabbit that has suffered a great injustice!

Ye Hua looked at Xiao Wu's retreating figure with a sense of helplessness.

Fortunately, Ning Rongrong came to the rescue, saying, "By the way, Teacher Ye, there's something important I need to tell you."

"Hmm?" Ye Hua gestured for her to hurry up.

"Early this morning, Yu Xiaogang, along with Tang San and the others, arrived in Soto City."

"Xiao Ao went out to buy breakfast porridge and happened to run into them."

Ye Hua raised an eyebrow, picked up a piece of pickled vegetable and put it in his mouth, "Weren't Tang San and Dai Mubai seriously injured the day before yesterday? How come they can get up today?"

Ning Rongrong pouted, "It's all because of Dean Flander. He invited a healing-type Soul Master, and although he claims to be stingy, he actually spends all the money on them. He's so biased!"

Ye Hua nodded thoughtfully, but didn't respond.

Flander and Yu Xiaogang were old acquaintances of the Golden Iron Triangle. If Yu Xiaogang persisted in his pursuit and made the stingy Flander lose money, it would be understandable.

As long as it doesn't interfere with his grand cause of saving the nation, he can't be bothered with these trivial matters.

"Never mind, let's eat." Ye Hua picked up a steamed bun and broke it in half.

Just as I was about to put it in my mouth, there was a knock on the door.

Ye Hua's hand, holding the steamed bun, froze in mid-air. He frowned and muttered, "Who is it? Not even letting me eat a bite of food so early in the morning!"

"I'll go open the door!" Oscar jogged over.

But when the doorknob was turned and the wooden door swung open, everyone present instantly turned cold.

Even Xiao Wu, who was sulking, couldn't help but glance at it out of the corner of her eye out of curiosity and click her tongue in disgust.

"Tang San? What are you doing here! You're not welcome here!"

Without saying a word, she was about to slam the door, but a hand held her down.

Flander gave a wry smile. "Little Wu, don't be in such a hurry to close the door."

"I brought them here today because I have something important to discuss with you. It's just that I really have no other choice."

"If we don't handle this well today, none of us will be able to participate in the [All-Continent Elite Tournament of Advanced Soul Master Academies]!"

At this point, Ye Hua became slightly interested, as he still needed this to win over Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er!

There can be no mistakes!

"Dean, what exactly is going on?"

Chapter 55 The abacus beads all hit my face

Flander's face was bitter as he stepped aside. "Mistress, you should speak!"

"Okay," Tang San said, his mind momentarily blank when he saw Xiao Wu, but he quickly regained his senses. "Xiao Wu, I'm not here to cause trouble today."

"We are all students of Shrek Academy, there's no need to be on edge the moment we meet."

Xiao Wu snapped, "Get to the point! What are you even here for?!"

Tang San was speechless, so he had no choice but to get straight to the point: "I'm here to invite you to team up."

"No team up!" Xiao Wu refused decisively. "We already have partners for our two-on-two matches!"

Tang San shook his head, "It's not two against two, it's seven against seven."

"Xiao Wu, Ye Hua, Rong Rong, you should all understand."

"To participate in the Seven vs. Seven Soul Battle, you must have seven regular players."

"Our Shrek Academy only has a few students. Without cooperation, no one can put together a team."

"Besides, the Soul Master Competition is a seven-on-seven contest. Unless you don't want to participate, you have to team up with us."

The restaurant fell silent instantly.

Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu exchanged a glance, both seeing the disgust in each other's eyes.