Chapter 37: Ning Rongrong, Who Bears a Grudge, Has Such Gall

Although Luo Ye didn't stay there like Tang San to watch Flandre's teaching method, as a transmigrator he knew what Flandre intended to do.

To deepen the trust of Shilaike Academy's Three Beauties in him, Luo Ye decisively wrote in the Diary.

【Flandre's suppression still began, and just like in his previous life, he chose Ning Rongrong as his target, trying to give her a show of force.】

【After all, with others unaware of Tang San's identity, Ning Rongrong, the young lady of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, has the strongest known background.】

【If we can first make Ning Rongrong bow her head, then we students without any great background naturally cannot resist his 'teaching'.】

【First crush the students' arrogance, make us obey him, and eventually become Flandre's loyal dogs—this is the teaching method of Flandre, Yu Xiaogang, and others.】

【As an academy, Shilaike's practices are simply more outrageous than some sects.】

【In his previous life, it was the same: as auxiliary-system soul masters, Ning Rongrong and Oscar were told by Flandre that their stamina must not fall behind, and they had to run twenty laps around the village before noon, or they wouldn't be allowed lunch.】

【As the pampered young lady of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, beloved by the Sword Battle Lord and Bone Battle Lord, Ning Rongrong had never suffered hardship since childhood, so halfway through she thought of cheating.】

【But she didn't know that Flandre was sly, always secretly following her, just to catch her cheating as an excuse to suppress her, make her obey, or else expel her from Shilaike Academy.】

【You should know that Ning Rongrong chose to come to Shilaike Academy instead of the Tian Dou Royal Academy, crossing half the continent, just to get farther from home and be freer.】

【She had just enrolled; if expelled, she would lose all face, and even to save her pride she could only endure.】

【It was from this moment that Ning Rongrong began to suffer Flandre's suppression one after another.】

【Later I could find a chance to remind Ning Rongrong, thereby getting closer to her while thwarting Flandre's scheme.】

After seeing this diary entry, Ning Rongrong narrowed her long eyes slightly, and a flame of anger welled up inside her.

Just as Luo Ye said, as the young lady of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, protected by the Sword Bone Battle Lord, when has she ever suffered such treatment?

Not to mention a mere Soul Saint, even a Title Battle Lord of the Tian Dou Empire would dare not suppress her arbitrarily.

Ning Rongrong did not doubt Luo Ye's words.

Because she also knew that, if such a thing really happened and she had to choose, she would absolutely not simply quit Shilaike Academy.

At that moment, Ning Rongrong indeed heard Flandre order her and Oscar to run twenty laps around the village.

Ning Rongrong gave Flandre a deep look and thought silently.

【Well done, Flandre, I've noted it, Miss—do you really think crushing my pride and making me obey you shows such gall?】

【One day, I will surely make you pay the price!】

After Flandre left with Tang San, Oscar looked at Ning Rongrong's constantly changing expression and comforted her.

「You don't need to worry; although these twenty laps are tough for us auxiliary-system soul masters, I'll accompany and help you the whole way. 」

Ning Rongrong glanced at him upon hearing that and replied lightly.

「No need to trouble yourself; just focus on your own affairs. 」

After saying that, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda floated out, and with the boost of her first soul skill, Ning Rongrong's speed surged as she dashed off.

As she passed Luo Ye, Ning Rongrong deliberately slowed her steps.

Luo Ye noticed, and in a place unseen by others, he curled the corner of his mouth slightly and then spoke to Ning Rongrong.

「Ning Rongrong, I think Dean Flandre's purpose in having you run laps around the village isn't that simple; try to persist and finish, which might avoid some trouble. 」

To avoid revealing anything unusual, Ning Rongrong deliberately acted surprised and asked.

「Really? Could he still be following me to see whether I've completed twenty laps? 」

Before Luo Ye could answer, Oscar, who had caught up, interjected.

「The dean is still sly; he might be tailing us. 」

「Miss is speaking with Luo Ye—what are you butting in for? 」

Ning Rongrong gave Oscar a white-eye look and coldly laughed.

「Then why didn't you say that just now? 」

「He didn't step up to remind me earlier, but now that Luo Ye told me, he's saying this. 」

「Either he genuinely wants to see me embarrassed, or he's cooperating with Flandre to suppress me. 」

「Anyway, regardless of the reason, that guy named Oscar is no good. 」

「Indeed, as Luo Ye wrote in the Diary, Shilaike Academy is utterly a den of scoundrels, with all sorts of riffraff gathered together. 」

Oscar, choked by her words, forced a bitter laugh and tried to explain.

「Didn't you just not think of that earlier? 」

Ning Rongrong ignored him, instead looking seriously at Luo Ye and saying.

「Thank you, Luo Ye. 」

Watching Ning Rongrong shake him off and run off alone, Oscar's heart filled with bewilderment.

「He had never met Ning Rongrong before—why does she seem to dislike and despise him? 」

Oscar, doubting his life, began to follow Ning Rongrong as she ran.

After the two figures disappeared, Zhu Zhuqing sidled up to Luo Ye and muttered.

「Luo Ye, I'm increasingly feeling that Shilaike Academy is terrible. 」

Xiao Wu also nodded in agreement.

「First it was Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, now Flandre as dean—I always feel Shilaike is off, and I even doubt whether choosing to come here with Third Brother was right. 」

Luo Ye understood why Xiao Wu said that, but he still contracted his pupils slightly, feigned great surprise, and probed.

「Let's wait and see; if Shilaike Academy is truly unreliable, leaving might actually be a good choice. 」

Zhu Zhuqing glanced at Xiao Wu without changing expression and said.

「No problem, just as Rongrong said before—with our talent, even if we miss other colleges' admissions, we'll surely be specially recruited. 」

Xiao Wu immediately followed up.

「If you plan to leave, please give me a heads‑up; if I also feel Shilaike isn't right for me, I might join you. 」

Luo Ye's gaze lingered on Xiao Wu as he fell into silence.

His silence made Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu unconsciously hold their breath, making them especially tense.

(End of chapter)