Chapter 146

"Mei'er..."

Watching his own wife storm off in anger, Yan Shaozhe sighed and turned his gaze to the departing Xian Lin'er, his face tightening with embarrassment.

Everything is the disaster caused by his past philandering! Although saying he has no feelings for the other is also a lie, it's obvious she really doesn't dare to bring both home at once…

"Qian Duoduo, Qian Duoduo…"

"Don't think that with Lin'er protecting you you can act arrogant in front of me; back when Lin'er followed me, you didn't even know where you were, just staring eagerly!"

Remembering how Qian Duoduo had acted smugly in front of him, he couldn't help but feel anger rise, and he snorted coldly.

He has his own grievances against him, so what's wrong with him having grievances against that guy? He's merely a rank-92 Titled Douluo; if it weren't for saving Lin'er's face, he'd really want to give that guy a piece of his mind.

He's merely an eighth-rank Soul Guide Master—even Fan Yu, the husband of the expelled Zhou Yi, is an eighth-rank, and the other party is still only an eighth-rank; how dare he act so important here! How, do you think you're Lin'er! And even if he still regards the other as important, after all this he no longer wants to use him! "Soul Guide Department... but the other elders of the academy simply don't have a Soul Guide Department at all."

"Although Lin'er and this Qian Duoduo aren't ninth-rank Soul Guide Masters, they are already the only ones among Soul Guide Masters who have surpassed eighth-rank or are Titled Douluo; if it were anyone else, they probably couldn't convince everyone."

Yan Shaozhe's face showed a hint of contemplation—could it be that he really needs to go find the clueless Qian Duoduo and ask him to lead the Soul Guide Department again? If he doesn't do this, the academy simply cannot reestablish the Soul Guide Department; as Wu Lin said, without a Soul Guide Department, Shrek Academy might fall behind the times.

Moreover, he might be labeled by those who have opinions about Shrek Academy as "obstinately disregarding" and "unable to adapt," which could greatly affect the academy.

Compared to that situation, asking Qian Duoduo to come back in front of him is nothing at all, even if his teaching ability is low, even if he's just a half-baked talent…

"The more I think about it, the less I want him to come."

Yan Shaozhe furrowed his brows and gritted his teeth.

How annoying! "Is there anyone who can help me come up with a plan…"

"Hey! Got it."

A flicker of thought crossed Yan Shaozhe's eyes, and a person's image instantly appeared in his mind.

"Lin'er, just now I also felt elated—hahaha!"

"This Yan Shaozhe, just by saying 'stop' earlier he halted our academy; this time he wants us to revive the Soul Guide Department, and it's definitely not just empty talk."

On the other side, as he walked away, Qian Duoduo's gaze fell on his own wife, his face breaking into a smile, his heart feeling incredibly gratified.

After all these years, despite being inferior in strength, reputation, and looks, he finally got to feel elated over this Lin'er's former boyfriend!

Although he knows Lin'er still harbors a shadow of that person in her heart, he will surely also be attracted by his own youthful aura.

Even though this is only the first time so far, so what! He's only in his seventies or eighties, he still has plenty of time.

"……"

"Why do you feel that way?"

Xian Lin'er heard this, her brows visibly furrowed, and she retorted.

"Huh?"

"Because Yan Shaozhe has been unkind to us before; now we definitely can't let him get his way."

Qian Duoduo's face showed a moment of blankness, and he hurriedly said.

"Could it be that Lin'er doesn't think that way?"

He couldn't help but add a sentence.

"……"

"As long as you're happy, that's fine."

Upon hearing this, Xian Lin'er merely gave a cold smile, though inside she was utterly speechless.

What exactly is the reason for this matter? Why did she agree to suspend the Soul Guide Department? Does she really have no idea in her heart?

She truly hadn't expected that Fan Yu, with his thick brows and big eyes, would dare to be so stubborn—clearly it was his wife who caused trouble and should be expelled, yet he was still trying to change things.

Firing a teacher who bullies students is completely normal; let alone this being Qian Duoduo's disciple, even if it were her disciple, or even Mu Lao's disciple, they'd still be fired.

As a result, merely because that kid added fuel to the fire with his persuasion, Qian Duoduo angrily went to confront Yan Shaozhe, even shouting that she didn't understand what was happening and wanted to go along, letting her finally act tough in front of this "ex-husband brother.".

Result, result! In the end, it only made her embarrass herself terribly, and instead left an unreasonable impression in front of Yan Shaozhe, making her seem like she was being unreasonable—what the heck is this!

And now Qian Duoduo is talking to her about feeling elated? How dare he! If it weren't for the other party, knowing full well that her disciple was in the wrong, still going to stir up trouble, none of these later problems would have arisen.

"You've disappointed me too much."

As everything about this matter surfaced in her mind, Xian Lin'er became extremely agitated, and after coldly leaving that sentence, she departed without a word.

"Ah?"

Qian Duoduo, who originally had a big-toothed grin, instantly went blank, couldn't smile, his face full of bewilderment. Not... what's happening?

How did she suddenly get angry? What did he do wrong again! "Lin'er, what's wrong with you."

"I'm not laughing, I'm not laughing…"

Qian Duoduo hurriedly chased after her, speaking as he went.

"Lin'er, slow down, I can't keep up……"

Xian Lin'er: "……"

At this moment she felt numb—just how foolish she had been back then, marrying this person just to spite Yan Shaozhe! Now she regrets it; is it still not too late?

"This Inner Court really is different from the outside, hehe—I've also gotten a taste of the treatment of an Inner Court student; I just don't know if I'll be able to get into the Inner Court in the future."

Shrek Academy Inner Court, Ling Luoxue, under her sister's guidance, was touring the scenery of the Inner Court, her face full of appreciative expression.

Compared to the Outer Court, the Inner Court is obviously the holy land that all Soul Masters aspire to.

The only thing is, during her previous visit to Shrek Academy, because her sister hadn't yet entered the Inner Court, she naturally hadn't seen it; now making up for it is also quite nice.

"Wow, sis, this is where you live, right? It looks pretty big—can I also live here?"

Following the other person back to their residence, after she had gotten a full understanding of the environment, she also lay completely on the other person's bed, smiling and saying.

How so? If you can't stay here, am I, your older sister, supposed to let you, my good younger sister, go out and sleep on the streets?

Ling Luochen wanted to speak but stopped; her gaze was as if looking at a fool, and she slowly spoke.

That certainly wouldn't do.

But you can go stay with your brother-in-law, and then I'll stay here alone.

Ling Luoxue pondered for a moment, also very thoughtfully giving the other person an idea, and chuckled said with a smile.

""

Hearing this, Ling Luochen fell silent at once, thinking along with what the other person said, and her breathing also quickened involuntarily.

She didn't dare to think about it.

If I really were to someday live together with Wu Lin, what would that be like?

"And also, older sister..."

"Brother-in-law is also an Inner Court student, right? He should have a place in the academy; why not go rely on him, and by the way introduce me to him."

Ling Luoxue blinked her eyes and said eagerly.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, I'm just thinking about my brother-in-law."

"Instead of thinking about these, you'd better think about what to do if Shrek Academy doesn't accept the Soul Guide Department and you can't transfer in."

Ling Luochen blushed, let out a soft hum, gave the person before her a glance, and said: "My little sister's head is full of brother-in-law, brother-in-law, but clearly, our eight characters don't even have a single stroke yet."

""

"Old Yan, you're looking for me."

Meanwhile, Tang Wulin and Ma Xiaotao came to Yan Shaozhe's residence, the former with a somewhat doubtful expression.

Just now, the other party called me on the Soul Guide Device phone, asking me to come over.

As for Ma Xiaotao, she came to visit because she had been spending time with her lover and hadn't seen her teacher in a vacation.

"Wu Lin, you've finally come."

"Xiao Tao also came, come on, sit, sit."

Yan Shaozhe's gaze fell on the person before him, looking as if he had seen a savior, and he said with a smile.

"Teacher, you called for Wu Lin to come over."

"Is there something?"

Ma Xiaotao sat beside Tang Wulin, her gaze falling on Yan Shaozhe before her, and she said doubtfully.

Based on his understanding, normally, with his teacher's personality, he wouldn't actively seek others; the current situation can only be said to be very problematic.

"And also..."

"I don't know when the teacher noticed my cultivation increased so much, hehe."

Ma Xiaotao's face bore a smile as she thought.

"Wu Lin..."

"The matter of reorganizing the Soul Guide Department that you mentioned earlier, I've thought about it; it's indeed very important to our Shrek Academy, but there are indeed some problems in pushing it forward..."

Yan Shaozhe's face showed a hint of difficulty, and he immediately explained his current idea, not treating the other person as an outsider at all.

And indeed that's the case—right before us is a disciple and a son-in-law; where is there an outsider?

"Are there problems with the construction of the Soul Guide Department?"

"Old Yan, tell me in detail what's going on."

Tang Wulin also didn't expect that the other person sought him out for this; after all, he knows nothing about research on the Soul Guide Department.

If it were a problem with Soul Master geniuses, I could go hold down the fort, or go fight a challenge against the top genius, etc., but it's just the Soul Guide Device...

It seems I should also make a trip to the Sun Moon Empire later, to find that brother and sister of the Red Dust family, which should give me some good gains.

"Teacher, you..."

Listening to the two's conversation, Ma Xiaotao wanted to speak but held back, her heart inevitably sinking into contemplation.

She had thought the teacher was looking for Wu Lin to ask about some personal matters, but she didn't expect...

For such a major matter concerning the academy's construction, normally wouldn't the teacher call a Sea God Pavilion meeting? Why come ask Wu Lin instead?

"When will our Wu Lin..."

"become so authoritative?"

Ma Xiaotao couldn't help muttering in her heart, then also perked up her ears and listened carefully from the side.

"Wu Lin, you know why the Soul Guide Department was previously suspended, right? This includes the unclear personnel choices of the Soul Guide Department's vice dean, and also the fact that the entire Soul Guide Department, whether student level or top-tier teaching quality, is actually not very good."

Yan Shaozhe said slowly.

"Like that dean Xianlin'er, who was once my fellow student of the teacher, her ability is still not bad; if I ask her to rebuild the Soul Guide Department, she surely would have no objection."

"As for the Soul Guide Department, up to now, besides those two, the only eighth-rank Soul Guide Master is the husband of that flawed teacher Zhou Yi; given the past events, his character is hard to guarantee."

"Besides that, the number of seventh-rank Soul Guide Masters is also small; the number of these high-level Soul Guide Masters can almost be counted on two hands, making it really hard to develop the Soul Guide Department..."

Yan Shaozhe said helplessly, but his words obviously didn't end there.

"Moreover, that vice dean Qian Duoduo, not only are his personnel choices for his disciples unclear, but he also isn't willing to launch the plan to revive the Soul Guide Department, sigh..."

"......"

How come you're still mixing in personal interests? Hearing this to the end, Tang Wulin's gaze at the person before him also became a bit strange.

He also isn't unaware of the other person's and Qian Duoduo's and Xianlin'er's deeds; this Qian Duoduo probably really disagrees, which must be true, otherwise the other person wouldn't have sought him out.

But similarly, mixing in personal interests is also true; this is the legendary brave ex-husband brother battling the pathetic turtle man, right?

"Old Yan's meaning is, we want to retain the top-level Soul Guide Department members while reopening teaching."

"Afraid others won't be convinced, right?"

Tang Wulin's face bore a hint of calm, and he smiled.

"Wu Lin is indeed clever."

Yan Shaozhe smiled and nodded, waiting for the other's reply.

"Actually, putting it bluntly, Dean Xianlin'er is already the face of the Soul Guide Department; having her is enough."

"Just keeping Dean Xianlin'er is enough; as for Qian Duoduo himself, he's merely a dispensable vice dean, and moreover, his disciple previously caused such an incident—if he stays, it would rather easily provoke dissatisfaction."

Tang Wulin had a smile on his face, and he spoke slowly.

This solution is too simple; Qian Duo Duo isn't unwilling, is he? Then let him be unwilling.

Having Xian Lin'er as dean is enough; after all, her mother is still a Super Douluo, who also has status in the Sea God Pavilion, whereas Qian Duo Duo is nothing.

As for whether Qian Duo Duo can tolerate his wife being with his unforgettable ex-boyfriend, he doesn't care; after all, the one refusing is him, so this is just fulfilling his wish.

Although Zhou Yi and Fan Yu indeed came looking for him earlier, causing him to bear a grudge against Qian Duo Duo, in reality, regarding this matter, he is simply being objective.

After all, if students knew the vice dean was someone who lets disciples' wives bully students and even covers for them, would they really want to study here?

He's merely considering the future of the Soul Tool Department.

"Ah~"

"Kick Qian Duo Duo out?"

"Makes sense."

Yan Shaozhe heard this and his eyes lit up instantly.

He really hit the nail on the head; Qian Duo Duo is just a fart—without him, wouldn't it be better?

This isn't settling personal scores; it's just a precaution, fearing that a single Shi would spoil the pot of porridge—nothing more.

He is the most upright.

Moreover, as Wu Lin said, it's not that Qian Duo Duo can't speak up, nor is it that Yan Shaozhe is settling personal scores.

I have the right to invite them, and they have the right not to come—so…

Then let's not come!

He wants to see Qian Duo Duo's impatient appearance when the time comes.

(End of chapter)