thefictionvixens Chapter 234 The Arrival of the Shrek Academy
Chapter 234 The Arrival of the Shrek Academy
Chapter 234 The Arrival of the Shrek Academy
Outside the laboratory, a girl with a side ponytail was humming an unknown tune. Her half-length ponytail swayed gently with the music, clearly indicating that she was in a good mood.
Looking at the large lock on the laboratory, the girl gently tapped a password on the panel, then took out a token from her bosom and stuck it on.
A faint sound came from inside the door, and then the door opened silently.
The girl strode into the laboratory, her bright, large eyes constantly moving, searching for her target.
At this moment, only two slightly older girls were chatting in the laboratory.
Upon seeing the laboratory door open, Orange immediately looked towards the entrance.
Upon seeing the girl with the side ponytail, a hint of doubt flashed in Ju Zi's eyes, and she asked, "Meng Hongchen? Are you here to see Ye Nanxiao?"
Upon hearing this, Keke, who was sitting opposite the orange, immediately became curious.
Her eyes darted around, then she focused her gaze on Meng Hongchen, quietly pricking up her ears to await Meng Hongchen's next answer.
When Meng Hongchen saw that Ye Nanxiao was not in the laboratory, a look of disappointment immediately appeared in her eyes.
"Yes, I came to find Nanxiao. Sister Orange, do you know where Nanxiao went?" Meng Hongchen asked.
Orange shook her head slightly and smiled, "I don't know. Maybe that fox is somewhere preparing for a friendly trade of rare metals again."
Upon hearing Ju Zi's reply, Meng Hongchen touched the small box in her pocket, thought for a moment, placed the box on a soul-guided experiment table, and asked Ju Zi, "Sister Ju Zi, when Nan Xiao comes back, could you please give this small box to him for me? My grandfather is leading a team to Shrek Academy today."
Orange's gaze fell on the exquisite little box as she pondered whether or not to grant Meng Hongchen's request.
She and Meng Hongchen weren't very close, and they didn't communicate much. Their interactions were limited to occasional meetings at Mingde Hall, where Ju Zi, as Xuan Ziwen's assistant, would handle some research tasks.
After thinking for a moment, Ju Zi agreed to Meng Hongchen's request.
Anyway, it's just helping to pass on something. If Ye Nanxiao doesn't accept it, that's his business and has nothing to do with me.
Moreover, judging from the information gathered earlier, Meng Hongchen was probably infatuated with the fox, which was essentially a small gift for the person she secretly loved.
Upon hearing that Ju Zi had agreed to her request, Meng Hongchen smiled sweetly. After thanking Ju Zi a couple of times, she waited a while longer, but when Ye Nanxiao did not return, she left first.
Watching the laboratory door close, Keke finally couldn't contain her curiosity and pulled Ju Zi's hand, asking, "Hey Ju Zi, isn't Meng Hongchen the young lady of Mingde Hall? Why is she back looking for Ye Nanxiao? Could it be that even the young lady of Mingde Hall can't resist Ye Nanxiao's charm? Is a story of a rich heiress wooing a man?"
Keke's eyes shone with a golden light called Bagua, so dazzling that even Ju Zi had to temporarily avoid its brilliance.
He reached out and gently tapped Keke's little head, mimicking Ye Nanxiao's gesture, and flicked Keke's forehead with his finger.
"Can you slow down a bit? Why are you so interested in gossip? Don't you know the saying 'curiosity killed the cat'?" Orange said irritably.
Clutching the spot on her forehead where she'd been flicked, Keke pouted and said, "What kind of logic is this, 'curious about cats'? I've never heard of that before! Besides, a little gossip satisfies your curiosity, right? Aren't you curious about the relationship between Meng Hongchen and Ye Nanxiao?"
Orange was about to say that she wasn't curious at all, but the words wouldn't come out.
She didn't even realize that she had started to care about Ye Nanxiao's affairs.
Pinch Keke's little face, Orange said, "As for the reasoning, it's naturally something a shameless fox made up. Gossip is gossip! Meng Hongchen is indeed interested in Ye Nanxiao, but I don't know what that fox is thinking."
"Oh, I thought I was going to witness a real-life version of a rich girl's courtship!" Keke sighed in disappointment.
"I really don't know what's going on in your little brain?" Orange said, rubbing Keke's little face.
Keke struggled for a while, but realized she couldn't escape the clutches of the orange, so she simply gave up.
"Speaking of which, it's one thing that Ye Nanxiao isn't around, but where is the teacher? I remember having class today, right?"
As soon as Keke finished speaking, the laboratory door opened again.
Xuan Ziwen walked in with messy hair, and seemed to be dragging something heavy in his left hand.
When Ju Zi and Ke Ke went up to take a look, they found that Xuan Ziwen was holding a rope with a large block of ice tied to it, and inside the ice was Ye Nanxiao.
"Teacher, did you... teach Ye Nanxiao a lesson?" Keke asked in confusion.
Xuan Ziwen threw the rope aside, tidied his messy hair, took out a wrench from his lab coat, and tapped it hard on the ice block wrapped around Ye Nanxiao.
Feeling the knock, Ye Nanxiao slowly opened his eyes and found that Ju Zi and Ke Ke were staring at him, with the former looking disgusted.
After removing the ice, Ye Nanxiao rubbed his neck and stood up.
Sleeping inside an ice shell is really uncomfortable!
"Good morning, you two." Ye Nanxiao took out a light pink hair ribbon from his pocket and tied his hair into a ponytail.
"What did you two do last night?" Orange glanced at Keke beside her.
"I went to cultivate immortality last night, and as a result, someone's alarm clock didn't work this morning." Ye Nanxiao rolled his eyes at Xuan Ziwen.
Remembering his alarm clock that had frozen solid, Xuan Ziwen glared at Ye Nanxiao, then took out today's case study on metal and began the lesson.
"What did you do to the teacher last night?" Orange asked telepathically using her soul power.
"I was dragged along by Lao Xuan to study this all night. I was already busy during the day, and now I was forced to cultivate immortality at night," Ye Nanxiao said through soul power transmission.
Even this fox has busy times? Orange's face was full of disbelief.
The three of them sat around Xuan Ziwen, and Ye Nanxiao, who was sitting to the right of Ju Zi, naturally saw Ju Zi's expression.
Seeing Xuan Ziwen's murderous gaze, Ye Nanxiao decided to let Ju Zi off the hook for now and not argue with her.
I've been busy lately getting rid of Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan, those two clingy pests.
Ever since Ji Juechen signed Ye Nanxiao's employment contract, he has been dragging Ye Nanxiao into duels every day with his sword.
Even after Ye Nanxiao brought up Huo Yuhao, saying that the upcoming young man was the best sparring partner, Ji Juechen still clung to Ye Nanxiao.
While Xuan Ziwen was preparing for his next assignment, Ju Zi tossed the small box left by Meng Hongchen to Ye Nanxiao.
"It was given to you by Meng Hongchen. You weren't here when she came before," Orange said.
Ye Nanxiao took the small box, put it aside, and rubbed his throbbing temples.
"What's wrong? Judging from your expression, it seems you're not worthy of such a beauty's favor?" Orange said, resting her chin on her hand.
Ye Nanxiao nodded upon hearing this.
Meng Hongchen's identity is unusual; perhaps Jing Hongchen has already remembered him.
To avoid being caught by Ji Juechen, who was searching for him with a sword, as soon as he stepped out of the lab, Ye Nanxiao was unusually quiet today and stayed in the lab obediently to conduct research with Xuan Ziwen.
Only after Xuan Ziwen finished explaining today's topic did he look at Ye Nanxiao with surprise, wondering why this kid was being so well-behaved today.
"The Shrek Academy delegation is arriving soon. Do you want to go and be their welcoming ambassador?" Xuan Ziwen asked.
Ye Nanxiao blinked, first shook his head, then nodded.
"Talking to you is such a hassle, just tell me straight!" Xuan Ziwen said helplessly.
If he could, he would even have Ju Zi take his place in class so he could face Ye Nanxiao, this oddball.
Feeling Xuan Ziwen's gaze fall on her, Ju Zi widened her eyes and immediately shook her head.
Having been Xuan Ziwen's student for so long, she knew all too well what Xuan Ziwen was thinking. She herself didn't have much time to slack off, and she didn't want to give up her precious time to slack off again.
Xuan Ziwen sighed again, hoping that the Shrek students who came later wouldn't be problem teenagers like Ye Nanxiao.
If Xuan Ziwen were to express his current wish, Ye Nanxiao would give him a thumbs up and encourage him, saying, "Your wish has come true."
Compared to Ye Nanxiao, Huo Yuhao was naturally much more obedient, even though Huo Yuhao had now turned into a little fox.
Seeing Ye Nanxiao's malicious smile, Xuan Ziwen silently took the research papers from Ju Zi and Ke Ke and slapped them into Ye Nanxiao's hands.
Ignoring Ye Nanxiao's grinning expression, Xuan Ziwen gave a cold smile.
Don't sleep tonight, get back to researching!
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As agreed, the teams from Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy and Shrek Academy would meet in Maple Leaf City, a border city on the western border of the Heavenly Soul Empire.
After exchanging the pass tokens, Shrek's team will travel all the way to Mingdu.
Because Elder Mu attached great importance to this matter, he directly dispatched Elder Xuan and Yan Shaozhe to lead the team, which also included Fan Yu and two other teachers.
The leader of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy is none other than Jing Hongchen.
After resting for a day, Jing Hongchen led the team to the central square of Maple Leaf City at the agreed time.
The central square of Maple Leaf City had already been surrounded by squads of soldiers.
Squads of soldiers stood in their respective positions, with the outermost squads carrying a soul-guided device on their backs, their minds highly focused to prevent any accidents from happening.
Upon reaching the plaza where tents had been erected, Jing Hongchen immediately sensed two undisguised and powerful auras.
"That old madman is here too?" Jing Hongchen's face was somewhat gloomy, and some unpleasant memories immediately surfaced in his mind.
Yan Shaozhe, dressed in the robes of the dean of Shrek Academy, walked at the head of the group with a gentle smile on his face and his hands behind his back.
Old Master Xuan still looked disheveled, his eyes hidden beneath a head of messy hair, but the wine gourd at his waist was gleaming and spotless.
Because of his age, Huo Yuhao walked at the front of the group and immediately spotted the Hongchen siblings in the opposite group: Meng Hongchen with a faint smile and Xiao Hongchen with her eyes closed in meditation.
Jing Hongchen quickly suppressed his emotions. On this important day, he didn't want to anger Shrek Academy's drunken madman, lest he lose face in front of the younger generation.
With a fake smile, Jing Hongchen said, "Hello, Dean Yan. I didn't expect it would be you leading the team personally. It seems that Shrek Academy attaches great importance to this exchange."
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