Chapter 40

"Rongrong, Zhuqing, you're here."

Seeing the ones he missed dearly, Ye Chen couldn't help but smile and walked toward the Shrek group.

But he hadn't taken a few steps when his bath towel snagged on the corner of the sofa, creating an embarrassing scene.

At the same time, six beautiful female disciples from Tianshui Academy stood up from behind the sofa, alerted by the commotion.

"Ah!"

A panicked scream came from the doorway. Xiao Wu's shriek drew a furious comment from Tang San, "Ye Chen, you really need to have more self-respect." With that, he chased after Xiao Wu out of the villa.

Flender and the others also left, covering their eyes and shaking their heads.

In the small doorway, only Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and a bashful Dugu Yan were left standing.

"It's a misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding," Ye Chen quickly picked up the bath towel to cover himself, looking troubled at Rongrong and Zhuqing, feeling as though a thousand curses were galloping through his mind.

"A misunderstanding? Then how do you explain these women?"

Pointing at the six lovely girls from Tianshui Academy, Ning Rongrong's delicate face was flushed with indescribable anger. Even the usually aloof Zhu Zhuqing showed a fierce glint in her eyes.

"What?"

Ye Chen frowned and glanced at the Tianshui Academy girls. Seeing their expressions, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

Feeling awkward, the six girls looked at Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then exchanged disappointed glances before quickly apologizing and leaving the villa.

Swallowing nervously, Ye Chen smiled and said, "See, I told you it was a misunderstanding, right? Haha…"

His explanation was clearly weak, even though it was the truth, it lacked conviction.

Ning Rongrong turned to Dugu Yan and said softly, "Thank you for bringing us here, but you don't need to stay."

After seeing Dugu Yan out and closing the door, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing slowly approached Ye Chen.

"Whether it's true or not, we'll find out ourselves. You can't escape today."

Their imposing aura steadily increased, making Ye Chen nervously retreat step by step.

"Listen to me, it really was just a misunderstanding! Ah…"

Without any suspense, Ye Chen was tackled by Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing and dragged into the bedroom, leaving only two scratch marks on the smooth floor.

"Damn it!"

Clenching his fist tightly, Ye Chen's eyes were filled with the flames of 'revenge.' He vowed that when Rongrong and Zhuqing grew up a bit more, he would make those two naughty girls kneel before him and sing songs of surrender.

With that thought, Ye Chen turned over and fell asleep, exhausted both mentally and physically.

"Captain, it's not good, a lot of people have arrived outside. Come out and take a look."

Urgent shouts from outside startled Ye Chen awake. Rubbing his sore eyes, he opened the door to see Xu Ning eagerly waiting. "Captain, you have to come see this. Our courtyard is surrounded, it's not looking good!"

"What happened? Could it be that Fourth Prince Xue Beng didn't give up and came looking for trouble?"

Yawning, Ye Chen waved dismissively. "If it's him, just deal with it however you see fit. Don't worry about it, I'll take responsibility for any consequences."

Xu Ning shook his head. "It's not Fourth Prince Xue Beng. This is directly related to you, Captain."

"Huh? Related to me?" Ye Chen frowned, walking toward the courtyard. "Explain the situation."

"Captain, brace yourself and don't get too angry…"

Xu Ning hesitated, seeing Ye Chen's brows knit in anticipation of fury.

Seeing this, Xu Ning didn't hesitate further and recounted everything that had happened.

After hearing it all, Ye Chen's expression changed dramatically. He roared in anger, "This is outrageous! I've never been falsely accused like this before, damn it!"

The fury in his eyes almost seemed to burst out, causing Xu Ning to step back in fear, not daring to breathe loudly.

Their captain was known as a god of slaughter from Spirit Hall Academy, having once killed over a thousand academy elites in a fit of rage. Who wouldn't be terrified?

Soon, Ye Chen and Xu Ning arrived at the front yard of the villa, where the entrance was already packed. Roughly counting, there were over a hundred people, and more were gathering.

Xie Yue and Yan were guarding the entrance, confronting the crowd and allowing no one to enter.

"Feeling rested?" Hu Liena approached, staring at Ye Chen with a hint of resentment. "Had a rough night, didn't you?"

Ye Chen coughed lightly, patting her lightly on the hip. "Let's deal with this mess first. I'll explain everything to you tonight."

With that, Ye Chen walked to the gate, glaring coldly at the troublemakers.

"You all are going too far. Make sure you know the facts before causing trouble. Do you really think I'm easy to bully?"

His voice wasn't loud, but everyone present heard it clearly.

A man in white and gold armor stepped forward, pointing at Ye Chen and cursing, "Shameless brat, don't you know what you've done?"

Then, a man in green added, "Ye Chen, if you don't give us an explanation today, the Royal Academy won't let this slide, and neither will the other academies!"

A woman in red followed, "Exactly. Ye Chen is a licentious scoundrel. We demand justice, justice!"

With their words, the uproar outside grew louder. Newcomers from other academies also harbored great hostility toward Ye Chen, turning him into a common enemy.

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