Chapter 86: Zhu Zhuqing's Cautious Gaze
"This... How is this possible!"
"Those two... they were killed by this kid with one move."
"Ah... Ah!"
Bu Le's legs gave out as he collapsed to the ground, his face filled with disbelief, his eyes showing immense fear and panic. He quickly knelt and begged for mercy, "Little brother, little brother, please spare me! I beg you, spare my life! I'll leave right now! I'll leave right now!"
"I already gave you a chance." Ye Wen said coldly, continuing to walk toward Bu Le while holding his hammer.
Seeing this, Bu Le immediately stood up, attempting to take Zhu Zhuqing hostage in order to save himself, but just as he moved, Ye Wen's hammer came crashing down.
"No! Don't!!"
Boom!!!
"Ahhh!!"
Ye Wen's second soul skill, the Deep Sea Magic Hammer, had an explosive effect. With one swing of the hammer, Bu Le's body was shattered to pieces.
"Umm... Ahh~" Zhu Zhuqing also let out a painful cry as she was knocked back by the shockwave of the explosion.
Just as she was about to fall to the ground, a hand suddenly reached around her waist and caught her.
"Are you okay?" Ye Wen's body pressed tightly against Zhu Zhuqing's.
He could clearly feel the warmth of Zhu Zhuqing's body pressed against his, and the cool, delicate fragrance emanating from her, which smelled pleasant.
The two of them were face-to-face, so close that they could both feel each other's faint breath. This made Zhu Zhuqing's face blush slightly. "I... I'm fine, let go of me."
"Oh." Ye Wen replied indifferently, releasing Zhu Zhuqing.
"Thank you, you saved me. I don't know how to repay you," Zhu Zhuqing said sincerely, feeling immense gratitude.
If Ye Wen and Xie Hu hadn't shown up, she would have truly been done for today. To be defiled by such a disgusting man would have been more despairing and painful than death for her.
"Don't know how to repay me? Well, you can just offer yourself to me," Ye Wen said with a smile.
"Huh? What?" Zhu Zhuqing was taken aback.
"I'm just joking. No need to repay me. It was just a small favor," Ye Wen waved it off.
Zhu Zhuqing, however, was very serious, "I... I'm already betrothed, and the marriage cannot be undone. I cannot offer myself. But I will definitely repay the kindness you've shown me today. What was a small favor to you, but to me, it's like saving a life."
"Hehe, it's up to you. Whether you repay me or not doesn't matter," Ye Wen shrugged and started walking forward, Xie Hu following behind.
Zhu Zhuqing watched Ye Wen's retreating back, and for some reason, she felt a certain fondness for this young man. Of course, this fondness wasn't the same as the kind of affection one would feel for someone they liked.
"What are you standing there for? Come on, keep up. Right now, you're in a very weak state. If you encounter a few more men trying to take advantage of your beauty, you won't even have the ability to resist," Ye Wen stopped and glanced back at Zhu Zhuqing.
A woman with such a fiery figure and beauty—honestly, without some strength, walking alone outside was truly dangerous. The world's security wasn't as ideal or safe as people imagined.
"Thank you, thank you." Zhu Zhuqing's heart brightened, and she quickly jogged to catch up with Ye Wen and Xie Hu.
She had also been worried about this. After her fight with the Lecherous Three Swordsmen, she was injured, and in such a weakened state, even if she encountered a Great Soul Master, she would have no ability to resist.
Zhu Zhuqing quietly followed behind Ye Wen, like a well-behaved kitten, closely trailing.
Although Tang San was Ye Wen's destined rival, that didn't mean he hated everyone from Shrek Academy. Not everyone there would necessarily be his enemy. After all, he could change the course of the original events.
Among the Shrek Seven Monsters, besides Tang San, he didn't really like Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong—those three.
Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing, on the other hand, were fine in his eyes.
To Ye Wen, aside from Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, whose personalities weren't particularly likable, Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai weren't particularly good either.
This time, when he went to Shrek Academy to find Xiao Wu, if these two dared to get in his way, Ye Wen wouldn't hesitate to beat them up.
Ye Wen looked at Zhu Zhuqing and directly asked, "You're planning to go to Shrek Academy, right?"
Zhu Zhuqing was startled. She looked at Ye Wen suspiciously. "How do you know?"
"Hehe, I not only know you're going to Shrek Academy to enroll, but I also know you're from the Yin Ming Spirit Cat family, right? Your name is Zhu Zhuqing, and you're here looking for your betrothed, Dai Mubai, from the royal family," Ye Wen said with a slight smile.
"How do you know all this? How do you know my name and his name?" Zhu Zhuqing's face immediately darkened, and she looked at Ye Wen with suspicion, wariness in her eyes.
"What are you doing?" Ye Wen looked at Zhu Zhuqing.
"How do you know all of this? Who are you really?" Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ye Wen with suspicion.
Suddenly, it hit her. She was robbed by bandits, and just as conveniently, someone saved her. Now, this person seemed to know everything about her!
He knew her identity, her name, and even her betrothed. Was this just a coincidence?
Coming from the Yin Ming Spirit Cat family, how could she not overthink? She even started to doubt that the whole thing had been orchestrated by Ye Wen himself.
Ye Wen hesitated for a moment, then cautiously asked, "You don't think that I planned all this, do you? That I orchestrated this whole thing?"
"Couldn't that be possible?" Zhu Zhuqing was still wary.
Ye Wen was speechless for a moment. "What would I gain from doing that? Capturing you, killing you? Or taking you back to your family? I could've just attacked directly, why go through all this trouble, even involving three Soul Masters?"
"Or do you think I staged a heroic rescue to gain your favor and make you fall for me, just because you're beautiful?"
"Stop being so narcissistic. I don't lack women like you, and I'm not interested in playing games."
"Then how do you know so much about me?"
"Sigh." Ye Wen sighed. It was true that saying so much information all at once might raise suspicion.
But even if he didn't know the plot, from what Zhu Zhuqing had revealed earlier, it was enough for people from this continent to guess her identity. So he explained, "When you released your cat-type beast martial soul during the fight, it was the Yin Ming Spirit Cat martial soul of the Zhu family from the Star Luo Empire. From that, I could deduce that you are from the Zhu family."
"Also, you mentioned earlier that you have a marriage engagement, one that cannot be undone. That means you are from the main branch of the Zhu family, and only the direct descendants have the right to be betrothed to the Star Luo Empire's royal family, the Dai family."
(END CHAPTER)
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