Chapter 35: Before the Husband, Fireflies and the Bright Moon

Everyone will be classmates from now on; there's no need to become enemies over a minor disagreement.

For Dai Mubai, Tang San is a target he must win over.

Once he has brought Tang San over to his side, he can start to exclude and isolate Luo Ye, even directly drive him out of Shilaike Academy.

At that point, without Luo Ye as a stumbling block, the difficulty of winning back Zhu Zhuqing will greatly decrease.

That is why he absolutely does not want to see Tang San and Ma Hongjun become enemies.

Hearing Dai Mubai's words, Luo Ye couldn't help but give him a strange look.

"Is Ning also a Face Fruit ability user?"

Although Dai Mubai has never eaten a Face Fruit, both Tang San and Ma Hongjun are willing to give him face.

No matter how you say it, since we'll all be classmates in the future, completely losing face really isn't a good look.

Ma Hongjun snorted.

"Dai Eldest Brother, I've been framed into this state; you can let me stop, but you must treat us."

Dai Mubai heard this, let out a slight sigh of relief, and generously waved his hand.

"No problem. After today's training ends, I'll take you all to Suotuo City; feel free to eat as much as you want."

Ma Hongjun rolled his eyes hard and gave two humphs.

"I'm not talking about you treating me to a meal. Without Cuihua, I can't even vent my evil fire now; I don't want to stop cultivating."

Ma Hongjun didn't beat around the bush to hide his intention.

Anyway, Luo Ye, Tang San and the others have already seen him entangled with Cuihua, so there's nothing he can't admit; he might as well take the opportunity to demand greater benefits.

Unlike Dai Mubai, who was born into the Star Luo Royal Family, aside from seeking commoner girls, Ma Hongjun usually can only go to low-class brothels.

He doesn't have enough funds to enjoy high-end club services.

Having finally gotten the chance to have Dai Mubai treat them, Ma Hongjun naturally won't let anything slip.

However, exposing his true nature doesn't affect the already laid-back Ma Hongjun much, but this sentence really screwed Dai Mubai over.

After understanding the meaning in Ma Hongjun's words, everyone present looked at them with even stranger and more contemptuous eyes.

Even though Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong had already learned their true nature through Luo Ye's diary in advance, hearing this still made them look down on them from the heart.

At such a young age, just going in and out of pleasure establishments—what kind of good person could he be?

Don't say it's because of a martial soul defect; isn't there a better way to counter the evil fire?

At the bottom line, isn't it just because they themselves want to go have fun at those places?

Feeling everyone's contemptuous gaze, Dai Mubai's face instantly twisted horribly; he wanted to slap Ma Hongjun's mouth to pieces.

Dai Mubai tried every means to restore his image in front of Zhu Zhuqing, but Ma Hongjun ruined it with just one sentence.

Dai Mubai can be certain that his image in Zhu Zhuqing's heart has already hit rock bottom; it can't get much worse.

After realizing this, Dai Mubai also gave up on treatment, pointed at Ma Hongjun with his finger, then looked at the crowd and said.

"Things have come to this; let's eat first."

While eating, Dai Mubai deliberately guided to draw closer to Tang San.

Since Tang San also wanted to recruit these talents from Shilaike Academy into his future Tang Sect, he didn't resist either, and instead had a very pleasant discussion with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.

However, sometimes when Tang San tried to steer the topic toward Luo Ye, Dai Mubai would subtly change the subject, not wanting Luo Ye to participate.

Luo Ye saw through his thoughts clearly, snorted coldly inside, and directly began writing in his diary.

"Isolating me, right?"

"Watch how I, with my own power, isolate the four of you."

"【Heh, really just child's play.】"

"【Because in my previous life, after I sensed the foul miasma of Shilaike Academy, I left here early, causing Dai Mubai to dislike me but also unable to ally with others against me.】"

"【But this time, because I want to take Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong away together, I can only stay here temporarily, which leads me to experience the means Dai Mubai couldn't use in his past life.】"

"【It's obvious this guy wants to pull Tang San into his camp, join others to exclude and isolate me, and preferably drive me out of Shilaike Academy.】"

"【That way, he could use the engagement to force Zhu Zhuqing.】"

"【Frankly, it's rather interesting; even if he didn't do that, due to our past-life connection, I couldn't mix with them anyway, which actually suits my wishes.】"

"【After all, I don't have that much time to waste scheming with them; better to save time and figure out how to persuade Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.】"

"【Since Zhu Zhuqing has already seen Dai Mubai's true nature with my help, all his actions are destined to be futile.】"

"【Even if Zhu Zhuqing now doesn't feel the same deep affection for me as in her past life, since she already said the engagement with Dai Mubai is a thing of the past, she must have already given up on him as her fiancé.】"

"【That is, he refuses to accept reality, still hoping Zhu Zhuqing will change her heart.】"

After seeing this content, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong both looked at Zhu Zhuqing.

They found she seemed completely unaffected, eating breakfast while chatting and laughing with Luo Ye.

Furthermore, Zhu Zhuqing's attitude during last night's night talk already proves Luo Ye was right: this fiancé Dai Mubai holds no weight in her heart, utterly inferior to Luo Ye.

However, they were pleased to see this.

Especially after experiencing the recent incident, they concluded Dai Mubai is no good either, and abandoning such a fiancé is absolutely a wise choice.

After finishing breakfast, Dai Mubai led everyone to the training ground to assemble.

Although he had succeeded in getting closer to Tang San, he still put on a grim face, his mood sinking to the extreme.

Compared to talking with Tang San, he would rather chat and laugh with Zhu Zhuqing like Luo Ye does.

As a result, Zhu Zhuqing completely ignored him, her nominal fiancé, except for occasionally chatting a few sentences with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong; otherwise her attention remained fixed on Luo Ye.

What's the difference between this and being in front of one's husband?

After the furious Dai Mubai brought everyone to the training ground, Oscar was already waiting here.

At this point, he had already shaved off his luxuriant beard, revealing his true appearance.

Strictly speaking, both Oscar and Dai Mubai are undeniably handsome.

Then, after standing alongside Luo Ye, who was like a banished immortal, it was like a firefly beside the bright moon—utterly incomparable.

(End of chapter)