Caught in the Act

My name is Zhu Zhuqing. I grew up in a "happy" family. Although my father was strict, I knew he still loved me. My mother was kind, and my sister treated me well. I was supposed to be a joyful little princess.

When I was six years old, I awakened my family's inherited martial spirit, the Hell Spirit Cat, and my innate soul power was quite good. This should have been something to be happy about.

But instead, it brought me endless suffering.

I was forced into an arranged marriage with someone I had never met. My sister's personality changed drastically, and she started bullying me, even trying to kill me. My father watched coldly, and although my mother wanted to save me, she was strictly forbidden from doing so.

At that moment, my faith in everything collapsed.

What was wrong with this world? Was it sick?

Later, my mother told me the truth, and I finally understood why my sister wanted to kill me.

Only one of us could survive.

This was the fate that the Zhu family had to bear.

But I didn't want to die. I wanted to live. So, I trained desperately to stay alive.

The person I was engaged to probably had the same thought, right? After all, we were in the same boat.

However, he ran away. He fled the Star Luo Empire, choosing to fall into depravity and indulge in fleeting pleasures.

I was left isolated and abandoned. My sister's desire to kill me grew more blatant, and she sent people to assassinate me repeatedly.

Around the age of ten, after hard training, I finally reached level 20 and obtained my second spirit ring. Who would have thought that my sister would also appear at that time? I thought I was doomed.

Just then, a very handsome blue-haired boy appeared. He saved me, healed my wounds, made me delicious food, and told me stories.

That was the happiest time of my life.

Before we parted, I somehow blurted out, "One day, you have to come and save me."

I was flustered.

To my surprise, he agreed.

At that moment, tears blurred my eyes. They were tears of joy. For the next two years, I thought of him constantly, missing our life in the cave.

So, I decided to find him.

After many twists and turns, I finally met him again.

However, at first, he didn't recognize me, and there were two beautiful girls by his side. I was furious.

After clearing up the misunderstanding, we confirmed our feelings for each other.

My happiness was coming.

But unexpectedly...

—This is the self-narration of the protagonist's first girlfriend.

Watching the man she loved getting close to other girls, Zhu Zhuqing frowned slightly. But she quickly regained her composure and said coldly, "Can I join you?"

Zhu Zhuqing's expression was calm, extremely calm, like a serene sea. Her deep black eyes were fixed on him. She was not happy. That morning, she was "persecuted" by Ning Rongrong. Later, in class, she was forced to eat that disgusting sausage made by the uncle from Shrek Academy. She finally got some free time to find him, only to find him being intimate with other girls.

A breeze blew, ruffling everyone's hair. Under Zhu Zhuqing's icy aura, the street had already cleared out, and there was silence.

Cold sweat appeared on his forehead. Just yesterday, he had sworn to protect Zhu Zhuqing for the rest of her life. And now, he was being hugged by another woman, even if she was just a rabbit. If he couldn't explain this today, there would be no peace in the future.

He awkwardly smiled, releasing Xiao Wu's arm. "Zhuqing, what brings you here? I thought you were in class! Let me introduce you..."

"No need. You introduced them last time," Zhu Zhuqing interrupted.

Women are sensitive creatures, and even a 100,000-year-old rabbit is no exception. Xiao Wu sensed the crisis. She put her hands on her hips and said to Zhu Zhuqing, "Your name is Zhuqing, right? Hello, I'm Xiao Wu, as in 'dancing.' I'm..."

She paused, thinking.

If she said she was his girlfriend, she couldn't bring herself to do it. After all, he hadn't admitted it.

If she said she was his sister, she had accepted Old Tom as her grandfather, but calling herself a sister would put her below the other woman. That wouldn't do.

Ah, got it!

"I'm his childhood friend."

Zhu Zhuqing glanced at Xiao Wu and then at Ye Lingling, who was standing nearby. She was sure that Ye Lingling was just a regular friend. But this Xiao Wu obviously had her eyes on her beloved. This was unacceptable.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded briefly to Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling, as a greeting.

"I need to talk to you." With that, she grabbed his arm and led him toward a tea shop.

He gave Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling a wry smile as he was dragged into the tea house.

"Ugh." Xiao Wu pouted, her fair face turning red with anger. She had been ignored, and he had been taken away without any resistance.

"Ugh..." She couldn't hold back her tears and threw herself into Ye Lingling's arms, crying, "Lingling, what should I do? He's been taken by another woman."

Ye Lingling had a black line on her forehead. "Another woman?" That was an odd way to put it, but at least it was better than "old lady." She gently patted Xiao Wu's back, comforting her. "Alright, stop crying. I don't know if there's anything between them, but I know he's not someone who gets close to others easily. Maybe they've known each other for a long time."

"Known each other for a long time?" Xiao Wu stopped crying and began to think.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up. "Zhuqing? Zhu Zhuqing? Could it be..."

While saying this, she grabbed Ye Lingling's hand and followed them. Ye Lingling shook her head helplessly but let Xiao Wu pull her along.

Inside the tea shop, they ordered a pot of fine jasmine tea.

He poured Zhu Zhuqing a cup with a smile. "Zhuqing, try it. It's a specialty of Suotuo City, jasmine tea. It has a cooling effect, perfect for such hot weather."

While speaking, he pulled out a paper fan from his right hand and fanned Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing shot him a sideways glance. "Being overly attentive means you have an ulterior motive. Tell me, what's your relationship with that Xiao Wu?"

He nodded. From the moment he confirmed his relationship with Zhu Zhuqing, he had been thinking about Xiao Wu's position in his heart.

When he first awakened his martial spirit, he saw Xiao Wu as a 100,000-year-old spirit ring and spirit bone.

When they first met, he didn't act because he couldn't yet absorb a 100,000-year spirit ring, and she was just a little girl.

As they spent more time together, he abandoned the idea of using her for his gain. But he still hadn't opened his heart to her. He only took pleasure in snatching her away from Tang San.

Even after spending a year together, he kept reminding himself, "She's a rabbit, she's a rabbit."

Until the holiday at Nuoding Academy, when Xiao Wu recognized Old Tom as her grandfather, this gave him a reason to treat her as family. It was the reason he had been searching for but had not found. His heart had long begun to accept this girl named Xiao Wu. That's why he gave her the "Body Transformation Pill."

Six years had passed. It was impossible for him not to have feelings for Xiao Wu.

In hindsight, he realised how arrogant he was to impose faults on Xiao Wu that she hadn't yet committed.

Unlike Tang San, who was steeped in feudal ideology and the ruthless doctrines of the Tang Sect, Xiao Wu was different. She was no longer likely to make the same mistakes as in the original story because now, he was the one beside her, not Tang San.

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