"Sorry, I'm afraid I'm not really interested—"
Lu Cheng was about to shake his head, but then he heard the second half of the sentence.
"But then again—I've always been one to speak up for justice and punish evil. How dare that old hag Zhou Yi act like that? She's practically dancing in my minefield. Don't worry, I'm definitely taking care of this!"
Wang Dong'er: "—"
Her pretty face flushed slightly, and she gave Lu Cheng's shin a light, annoyed kick.
"That doesn't count—" Lu Cheng said seriously.
"…"
"By the way, did you wash your feet?"
Lu Cheng lay on the dormitory bed, turning his head to glance at the pretty young girl beside him who was taking off her shoes and socks.
"I did!!" Wang Dong'er snorted in bashful anger.
Taking off her shoes and socks, she revealed a fair and slender little foot. Seeing Lu Cheng's teasing gaze, she gritted her silver teeth. The moment her sole stepped onto Lu Cheng's back, a light blue dress carrying a hint of body fragrance also happened to block Lu Cheng's view.
A soft, lingering sensation surged across his back.
But in reality, even with his vision blocked, Lu Cheng could clearly perceive the scene behind him. The girl's face was flushed, and she was wearing a light blue dress. A pair of straight, beautiful legs was stepping on his back. Veins could be seen on her fair insteps as if she were taking tiny steps, lightly treading on his back.
"Did you really wash them?" Lu Cheng suddenly asked.
"Believe it or not, I'll stuff it in your mouth!" The girl was full of shame and indignation.
…
"Is it enough yet?"
A few minutes later, Wang Dong'er spoke up with a groan.
"It's only been a few minutes—it doesn't count."
An hour later.
Wang Dong'er stopped, panting. She simply sat on Lu Cheng's back in a duck sit, punching him with some embarrassment and anger.
"Hey, my feet are numb. Does it still not count?"
But Lu Cheng beneath her didn't react.
It wasn't until the girl heard a low, steady sound of breathing in dazed astonishment that she realized Lu Cheng had fallen asleep at some point—her beautiful face gradually turned beet red, and her roar pierced through the entire dormitory building.
"Lu Cheng!!!"
Lu Cheng's facial features scrunched together as he scratched his ear.
A ringing sound echoed in his ears.
Meanwhile, Wang Dong'er (male version) was currently hanging his head, submissively accepting a lecture from the dormitory supervisor, bowing and apologizing repeatedly.
"Why did I hear—a girl's voice?" The dormitory auntie's suspicious gaze bypassed Wang Dong'er and looked at Lu Cheng inside.
"You must have misheard." Wang Dong'er bit his lip and said humbly.
"In the future, don't shout loudly after lights out. It affects the other students' rest—" The dormitory supervisor was half-convinced, grumbling as she left with a single tool flashlight.
Clack~
As the door was closed again.
Wang Dong'er stomped back in his slippers, staring at Lu Cheng indignantly.
"You guy—you actually fell asleep comfortably!"
Lu Cheng scratched his head awkwardly.
"It was indeed comfortable."
Seeing the girl huffing in anger, Lu Cheng hurriedly changed the subject.
"If you want to help Xiao Xiao, you have to ask clearly what that child is thinking, right?"
"You're not trying to back out, are you?" Wang Dong'er's expression became dangerous.
"It's not that I won't help, but I'll help slowly, help deliberately, help excellently, help with a rhythm, and help according to the specific situation. It's not blind help; we need to grasp the key points and strike the pain points directly." Lu Cheng said leisurely as he took a sip of tea.
Wang Dong'er: (｡•̀ ⤙ •́ ｡ꐦ) !!!
Take this!
New Student Assessment.
Every year at Shrek Academy, in the third month, the new students undergo an extremely strict and harsh assessment that almost weeds out half of the disciples.
And right now, in the New Class 1 classroom.
A white-haired old woman squinted her eyes, her dangerous gaze scanning the room. The entire class was eerily quiet, with all the students hanging their heads. If one observed closely, they would notice that the number of people sitting in the classroom was far fewer than in other classes.
Tap, tap, tap~
The sound of high heels echoed on the steps.
In the eyes of many students, it sounded as terrifying and shocking as a demon.
"How did I end up with a bunch of trash like you?" Zhou Yi's sharp and mean voice spat out from her throat, heavily crashing down on the heads of these eleven and twelve-year-old children.
At the same time, many students' faces turned pale, and they buried their heads even lower.
It wasn't that she wasn't anxious.
Now that the elimination rounds were nearing their end, out of a total of three hundred and thirty groups, only the top one hundred and sixty-five would advance. But currently, in the entire New Class 1, only eleven groups, thirty-three people, representing half of the class, had advanced. This meant her teacher evaluation score for this year would be extremely ugly.
Even though she had already eliminated over thirty people before the New Student Assessment, this advancement ratio was still shockingly low.
This was what made her so furious.
"In the entire New Class 1, only two teams made it into the top ten. You shameless bunch might not care about face, but I do! How am I supposed to hold my head up in front of all the other teachers?" Zhou Yi's saliva flew as she angrily vented the fury from being mocked by Mu Jin's Powder Shooting Shadow earlier that morning.
Huo Yuhao was trembling. His team had barely made the cut, stepping over the shoulders of the next team to avoid being eliminated.
But he was also becoming increasingly depressed.
For some reason, Teacher Zhou Yi was obsessed with running. Whether it was raining, windy, cloudy, or sunny, they had to run several kilometers in heavy armor without using soul power. This greatly delayed their time for cultivation and tactical training.
As a result, by the time the New Student Assessment began, the soul power of the disciples in New Class 1 was a large chunk behind the other classes. Their combat techniques were even more of a last-minute effort. That half of them could even stay was truly because the students struggled out of a desire not to be eliminated.
It had absolutely nothing to do with that tiny bit of physical strength improved from training with Teacher Zhou Yi for countless days.
But in his eyes, Shrek Academy was the highest-level institution, like something gilded with gold. He didn't have the confidence to stand up and question it.
Not far away, Xiao Xiao kept picking at her fingers, her pretty face pale. She knew that Teacher Zhou Yi was using Powder Shooting Shadow—among the only two teams to enter the top ten, her team was one of them.
Relying on her twin spirits, she cooperated extremely well with a rank 24 power attack system and a rank 21 agility attack system teammate.
But Zhou Yi was not satisfied at all.
When she was called to the office a few days ago, she had been all smiles, thinking Zhou Yi would praise her. She hadn't expected to be met with a barrage of verbal abuse, being scolded for why she was so selfish when she could clearly add a soul ring to her second martial soul to lead the team to a higher rank, perhaps even the top three.
Xiao Xiao was instantly stunned.
A second martial soul should clearly wait until reaching the Titled Douluo level before adding soul rings. At that time, one could add ten thousand-year or even hundred-thousand-year spirit rings! Adding a soul ring now—at most, it would be several hundred years old. Isn't that just a pure waste?
But Zhou Yi's assertiveness and absolute authority forced her to hang her head.
Afterward, she hesitated for a long time, hoping Zhou Yi would forget about it.
But clearly, at least half of the other woman's anger today was directed at her.
It was almost explicitly stated—she wanted her to quickly add a soul ring to her second martial soul to increase her combat power.
After all, the New Student Assessment wasn't over yet. After the elimination rounds, there were still the round-robin matches with rich rewards.
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