Chapter 50 A merciless night_1
In the wee hours, Ning Rongrong woke and rubbed her eyes. She cautiously got up and glanced at the man sleeping soundly beside her…
A wicked smile played at the corners of Ning Rongrong's mouth as her curious eyes brazenly surveyed Xu Sheng's handsome face…
Playfully, she touched her enticing, rosy lips with her index finger and chuckled, "Although you're a bit cold, you're quite cute when you're asleep."
Why not stealthily test how he feels? After all, this man had previously claimed he wasn't interested in her!
Ning Rongrong extended her jade-like, pristine hand and carefully touched Xu Sheng's cheek…
The comfortable feeling made her reluctant to stop. She pouted and complained, "You're actually a man, yet your skin is even softer than mine."
Then she heaved a helpless shrug, draped herself in a bathrobe, revealing tempting shoulders. "Forget it, in light of the huge favor you've done for this lady, I'll forgive you."
Ning Rongrong quickly walked to the basin, shed her bathrobe, and changed into the now dry clothes…
She then took out a bag of golden soul coins from her storage soul tool and wrote a note on hotel stationery…
After placing the two items gently by the window, Ning Rongrong slowly pushed the door open, gave Xu Sheng a knowing smile, and then walked away…
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A ray of sunlight streamed onto the lovebird's large bed, filled with a hint of ambiguity, and Xu Sheng squinted his eyes as he began to wake up…
As Xu Sheng's consciousness gradually returned, he instinctively looked to his side, only to find it empty, with no one else in the broad room…
On closer inspection, he saw no sign of Ning Rongrong beside the bed, but a hefty bag of golden soul coins lay there peacefully…
Not only that, but there was also a note…
Xu Sheng picked it up and slowly unfolded it. As he read the contents, his face suddenly darkened…
His hand clenched the note tightly…
The words that escaped his lips grew colder, "Ning Rongrong!!"
The content of the note read: "Thanks for last night. I slept very well on this bed. These golden soul coins are payment according to our agreement from last night. If there's a next time, we shall meet again by fate. Also, my name is Ning Rongrong…"
Leaving the golden soul coins alone, Xu Sheng wouldn't have thought much of it…
But what wolfish phrases were in her letter?
She had slept comfortably? According to last night's agreement?
Leaving a bag of golden soul coins wasn't that just blatantly treating him as a…
Taking a deep breath, Xu Sheng calmed the turmoil in his heart…
True to the Seven Treasures Glaze Sect's little witch, when did he become so confident that she'd become gentle and elegant from hearing just one conversation from him?
Putting these thoughts out of his mind, a thoughtful look crossed his eyes, "However, Shrek Academy should be starting enrollment."
Based on his observations from yesterday, within Soto City, there was only one place beside Shrek Academy that was dreadfully pitiful and bordered other villages…
With that said, Xu Sheng quickly got up and dressed himself in the two precious items sent by Hulena…
Afterward, standing in front of the mirror, Xu Sheng looked at his disheveled reflection and silently made a vow, "Xu Sheng swears that once I find Shrek, I must scatter the ashes of these two items!"
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In a very narrow corner filled with rustic charm, there was a dilapidated thatched cottage where an unkempt old man with an unrestrained air lay in a chair…
The old man lounging in the chair lazily picked up his fan and waved it, looking at the tall figure in white standing beside him and said indifferently, "Mubai, how many students do you think we'll successfully recruit this year?"
Indeed, the man in white standing beside the elderly man was none other than the captain of the Shrek Seven Monsters in the original story, the Evil Eye White Tiger, Dai Mubai!
True to his title, Dai Mubai's stature was extremely robust, and his white suit added a few touches of neatness and sharpness...
His handsome face radiated righteousness, but it was those purple eyes, full of a wicked aura, that made him appear somewhat contradictory...
Dai Mubai shook his head with a wry smile, "I think it'll be tough to even recruit one student this year, after all, our academy's conditions are far too poor, that alone will turn many away."
"Not to mention the entrance standards set by Headmaster Flender... only true monsters would be able to meet them!"
The elder sighed quietly, "Yes, Headmaster Flender always refuses to lower the standards, insisting on quality over quantity. If it continues like this, these may well be the last Shrek students."
Dai Mubai said with a serious face, "I'll go and talk to the headmaster again in a few days. As long as he accepts my sponsorship, Shrek Academy can still continue to grow..."
Though he had left the Xingluo Empire, the vast wealth he possessed was enough to make anyone envious...
The elder gave a bitter smile, "We'll see. You know what Flender is like, as if he would accept the sponsorship! Although he's a bit greedy for money, he's also an extremely principled man!"
Dai Mubai silently nodded, "Hmm..."
It seemed that Shrek Academy really wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer...
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Before long, figures started trickling in front of the small thatched cottage...
They surveyed the surroundings, their first thought being that they had gone to the wrong place!
How could a prestigious academy possibly be situated in such a remote, backward location...
Until they saw the words "Shrek Academy Recruitment Office" attached to the cottage...
"This is Shrek Academy? You're joking, right?"
"Looks more like a sham school to me, it's in such a shabby state. Let's go, my son, we're not studying at this academy."
"The registration fee is even five golden soul coins, are you robbing us?"
"Mom, I don't want to study here! I'll definitely be looked down upon!" a child around fourteen years old said to his mother beside him, his face flushing red.
The woman beside him tried to console him, "Child, we've come all this way; let's just take a look and see. Maybe this is just a test by the academy. If it's really not good, we'll leave immediately."
The boy hesitated for a long time but eventually relented, "All right..."
At this moment, the elder inside the cottage scanned the people who had arrived with a cold glance, stood up, and said indifferently, "Those who want to register should line up first. Wait your turn to pay five golden soul coins and then come to me to test if you're qualified to join!"
As his words fell, the newcomers formed a long queue...
The elder glanced at the boy in the front, and said coldly, "You're up first! Pay the five golden soul coins, and then come in front of me and stretch out your arm."
The boy was taken aback and quickly paid the five golden soul coins into the black box, then approached the elder and extended his arm...
The elder closed his eyes, placing two fingers gently on the boy's arm...
After a while, he opened his eyes and said with disdain, "Bone age exceeds the enrollment standard, and Soul Power is also below par. Next."
This kind of fourteen-year-old trash that had barely reached the teens in Soul Power wanted to register?
Shrek is looking for monsters, not garbage!
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