Chapter 96: The Same Old Thing

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"Dai Weisi ran away?"

Nan Feng looked at Hu Liena with a strange expression.

"How did he run?"

"Uh..." Hu Liena looked at Zhu Zhuyun, whom she had brought over.

"She helped him escape."

During these few months in Wuhun City, Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing were under her care, while her original work had been taken over by Nan Feng to handle.

Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai, on the other hand, were being reformed by Xie Yue and Yan.

Her side was going quite smoothly, but there were some problems on Xie Yue and the others' side; of course, this was easy to understand, as after all, Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai were royalty, the highest ruling class of Star Luo, and the class concepts instilled in them since birth could not be changed in just these few months.

Just like those Elders of the Spirit Hall, most of whom Nan Feng had spent several years gradually succeeding in reforming, it would be strange if Xie Yue and Yan had succeeded in such a short time.

And just yesterday afternoon, after Nan Feng announced that the first phase of this exchange activity had been successfully completed and that the visiting princes could leave Wuhun City with confidence, Dai Weisi immediately came to Zhu Zhuyun, crying and begging her to help him cover his escape from Wuhun City.

Because he did not believe that the Spirit Hall would really let them leave, and that they would likely manufacture an accident to keep them.

Therefore, in order to survive, Dai Weisi chose to flee Wuhun City overnight.

"And you?" Nan Feng looked at Zhu Zhuyun, who was keeping her head down to the side.

"What is your situation?"

Zhu Zhuyun did not speak; she could not speak either.

"Soft-hearted?" Nan Feng asked.

"Have you forgotten that he tried to kill you before?"

Zhu Zhuyun had gotten along well with Hu Liena over these few months and had performed decently; when Zhu Zhuqing needed to obtain her first Spirit Ring and left Wuhun City last month, Hu Liena had conveniently gotten a pass for both of them.

Dai Weisi must have found out about this, which is why he thought to exert influence through Zhu Zhuyun.

"Nan Feng Elder, I am willing to accept death." Zhu Zhuyun buried her head deeply.

"Accept what death?" Nan Feng looked puzzled, and handed the pass he had prepared early on to Zhu Zhuyun.

Looking at the Special Pass in her hand, Zhu Zhuyun was stunned.

"I already said you can leave if you want to, I don't force it; I really don't know what you are panicking about." Nan Feng shook his head and turned to return to his large sofa.

For this exchange activity, these princes were merely a front; the only purpose was to allow Qian Renxue to stay in Wuhun City in a legitimate manner. As for the issue of ideological reform for these people, it would be best if it succeeded, but it didn't matter if it didn't; he did not expect to change the deeply rooted concepts they had held for so many years in just these few months.

When it comes down to it, they are the vested interest group.

The things he spoke of were most impactful to the vested interest class; how could they possibly accept it so easily?

"If you want to go back and take a look, then go back and take a look; just come back when the time is up," Nan Feng said.

"My arrangement here has two holidays a year: a summer break in July and a winter break in January, three months each time. The time you need to stay in Wuhun City is less than half a year, and during these six months, you can all study at the Spirit Hall Academy, so your cultivation as Spirit Masters will not be delayed."

"Anyway, Dai Tianfeng has already paid the tuition for you, a study-abroad fee of 100,000 Gold Spirit Coins per person per year. The food, accommodation, teaching, safety, and Spirit Rings during this period are all clearly priced in the announcement; don't say I took the money and didn't deliver."

"By the way, Dai Weisi ran away on his own; you have to testify to this for me. If anything happens to him on the road, don't blame me."

Zhu Zhuyun raised her head, looking somewhat dazed, "You... really intend to let us go back?"

"If you don't want to leave, that's fine too; anyway, my tuition is collected annually, and as long as you are in Wuhun City, I will solve all problems," Nan Feng said. "Including situations like the previous short departures from Wuhun City to hunt for Spirit Rings, I will arrange for dedicated personnel to escort you; safety issues will absolutely be taken care of. I will even arrange for escorts along the way when you return to Star Luo; these are all clearly written in the agreement."

"In addition, the supplementary clause also states that if one leaves Wuhun City without permission or maliciously violates the regulations of the Spirit Hall, they are not covered by the protection treaty."

"You didn't read it?"

"……"

Zhu Zhuyun was stunned.

She had thought that piece of junk was just a scrap of paper!

After all, since people were already brought to the Spirit Hall's territory, wasn't the specific implementation decided by the Spirit Hall?

"You people..." Nan Feng shook his head.

"You just like to judge others by your own standards; in the eyes of a petty person, there are no gentlemen; in the eyes of a prostitute, there are no chaste women; if one's family runs a brothel, they think the whole world is full of prostitutes; if one's family sells themselves, they think everyone can be sold..."

"……"

Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuyun looked at Nan Feng, who was cursing more and more filthily, with strange expressions.

No, could you hold back a little? "But I didn't quite understand you," Nan Feng looked at Zhu Zhuyun.

"Why did you help him?"

Zhu Zhuyun lowered her head with a complex look in her eyes, "I... I don't know."

"Watching Dai Weisi cast aside his dignity in front of you, kneeling on the ground crying and wailing, apologizing for previous matters, swearing oaths—you couldn't bear it?" Nan Feng asked.

Zhu Zhuyun was startled, "How did you know?"

"Yo, yo, yo! And 'how did I know'?" Nan Feng looked speechless.

"I thought Dai Weisi might have some new tricks, but it turns out they are all the same damn thing!"

"Which person doesn't use this routine after committing a mistake?"

"Let me guess, you thought of his former high spirits, compared it to the way he was kneeling in front of you without any dignity at that time, and you felt he was pitiful, right?"

Zhu Zhuyun nodded with a complex expression, "Mm..."

"Pitiful my foot!" Nan Feng sat up.

"Do you think he was really repenting at that time? Or do you really think he regretted it? Or do you believe that if he had another chance, he definitely wouldn't repeat the same mistakes?"

"Girl! How old are you? Over thirteen, almost fourteen, how can you still believe such nonsense?"

"I'm telling you, don't look at how pitiful he looked kneeling in front of you crying and wailing; when he was kneeling on the ground, what the tears covered wasn't his sincerity, but the resentment buried deep in his heart!"

"The repentance you heard—once he finds an opportunity, he will absolutely return the humiliation he felt at that time to you a thousand times over!"

"The harder he cries, the harder he curses, and the more pitiful he acts, the deeper the resentment he has for you in his heart!"

"You think you helped him? You think you saved him? You think he will be grateful to you?"

"You're wrong! Let me tell you, not only will he not be grateful to you, but he will resent you for the rest of his life! Because in his eyes, all the humiliation he suffered when he knelt and begged for mercy was brought upon him by you!"

"The mercy you think you have will one day be ruthlessly stabbed into your own body!"

(End of this chapter)