Long Yingqing was stupefied. Her fair face was covered in nori and egg flakes while the soup drenched her entire face, sliding down along it. She blinked her eyes in disbelief, her mouth turning completely round. She couldn't believe what just happened, but the warmth on her face was proof that this person before had really done it.
She fumed like a volcano, pointing towards Jiang Xiu in anger, wishing she could chop him into pieces. "You…"
After creating an uproar, the crowd became silent.
Shit just happened!
Is this guy blind? Goddamn it! How could you splash soup over her face? That's Long Yingqing! The No. 1 campus diva! You've really laid hands on the hot frying pan.
Cheng Lingran was also stunned, her eyes turning entirely round in surprise. Her best friends were also stupefied.
Bang!
Jiang Xiu placed the empty bowl on the table, a cold gleam flashing through his eyes. "If you dare to speak rudely to Cheng Lingran again, it won't be soup but rather boiled water I'll splash on you."
"Y-You…"
Jiang Xiu wasn't that fond of this ice beauty. To him, though a girl's appearance was important, her character was even more important. Moreover, this girl had spoken offensive words targeting Cheng Lingran.
There was no way he would allow that.
"What? You want me to splash your face again?"
Long Yingqing was enraged, "You actually found another flower protection emissary. Cheng Lingran, you're really something. First, you seduced Tang Yimiao then my elder brother, and now you're conning this idiot."
A voice came through from the dining hall's entrance at this moment, "Who dares to bully Yingqing? Do you want to die?"
A youth sprinted over and saw Long Yingqing face which was covered in nori and egg flakes. She appeared pretty bad, and it was no riddle that someone had splashed soup across her face. The youth's expression morphed immediately.
"It's this buffoon!"
The youth's gaze turned murderous as he came over, but Jiang Xiu had already picked up the plate of yuxiang stir-fried pork strips in a lightning fast speed and smashed it on top of that youth's head. Deity Xiu's attack was pretty ruthless, it had made the youth dizzy, causing him to stagger to the ground. Since Jiang Xiu had already acted, he naturally wouldn't stop with that. He went over and gave him a hard kick as a service.
From the moment Jiang Xiu had splashed soup across Long Yingqing's face, Cheng Lingran had realized that this matter will blow up. Since that was the case, she didn't stop him and let him do as he pleased. She was just worried that he would suffer later.
As expected, the youth was only the scout, a few more rushed in after that.
Jiang Xiu looked at them and kicked the youth another two times then pulled Cheng Lingran to run. After all, this was still the campus, so it was sensible to flee the scene after hitting someone to avoid trouble.
The two of them escaped the dining hall and ran far away in a single breath.
"I can't run anymore! I'm on the verge of dying!"
"Can't we stop now? Do you want to run to the other end of the world along with me or what?"
Jiang Xiu saw that Cheng Lingran was out of breath and couldn't run anymore, so he stopped then cursed out. "Fuckers! They think they can bully us just because they win in numbers!"
"You!" Cheng Lingran said helplessly, "Although hitting him would've led to some trouble, it'll blow up now that you hit him that much. This matter could've been solved in a better way."
Jiang Xiu said, "A person needs to take responsibility for their actions. Since I was the one who hit him, I'll take responsibility for it. It's unrelated to you!"
Cheng Lingran glanced at him unhappily, "You think I want to share this tribulation together with you?"
"As if I'll be able to push away the responsibility!"
Though these words seemed like she was complaining, she didn't appear angry at all and instead had a smile on her face. At this moment, she recalled the fights from her childhood time. It was always Jiang Xiu who fought while she and her little sister cheered him from the sidelines.
Jiang Xiu did her best back then for the two little beauties and displayed his spirit as a little man.
Jiang Xiu commented, "If we weren't on campus, I'd have taught them all a lesson. They actually dared to scold you. I definitely can't allow that."
"I won't let myself suffer losses!" Cheng Lingran whispered.
Jiang Xiu replied, "I won't let you suffer losses!"
Cheng Lingran felt her heart warm up, feeling endless joy. Jiang Xiu's words moved her a lot, causing her eyelashes to flicker as she replied in a low voice, "Thank you!"
They had run all the way to the Sciences Block, and since it was lunchtime, there wasn't a single person here, so the two of them sat down on the lawn. The lawns of Imperial University were pretty clean, so many students liked to sit here and study or play guitar during noon time. Cheng Lingran was really tired after running, and the physical abilities of girls were pretty bad inherently. Moreover, Cheng Lingran had low blood sugar and missed a meal, so she just leaned against Jiang Xiu's back.
"Why did that woman come to annoy you?" Jiang Xiu asked.
Cheng Lingran turned her face to the side, "I have a rough idea, but I'm not clear about the reason as well. It might be because she didn't like the campus diva voting result. Someone said that the reason she won was that she hired people to vote for her. Moreover, her brother comes to pester me a lot, so I don't have a good relationship with him too."
"Little Xiu, do I attract that much hate?"
Jiang Xiu shook his head. Since the ancient times, many battles were fought for beauties. Those who hold power viewed beauties as spoils of war. The prettier the woman, the harder they tried to vie for her. This was natural. Even a woman couldn't stop this from happening.
In the Heaven Trading Sect, there was a girl with beauty unmatched in her generation. When Jiang Xiu had run into her, she was still a tender, cute newbie to cultivation. The person who she loved had weak strength, but the expert who coveted her was overwhelmingly strong and had forced her to the brink. But this beauty was an eccentric as well. She finally chose to scar her pretty face with a dagger using her own hands and destroyed that mien which had shocked her entire generation.
The expert felt deeply regretful after seeing that she lost her mien and lost interest in her. In this way, that beauty was able to get together with her lover.
Everyone believed that they would stay together to their last days, but one day, she found her beloved having a tryst with another person. He betrayed her. She couldn't believe it, but the facts were right before her eyes. When she asked for the reason, the man didn't say anything. She looked at her lover's tryst partner's pretty appearance and immediately realized that her lover was the same as the person who coveted her peerless beauty. But since she had already lost her good looks, what else could she use to move her beloved man's heart? She was left all alone after the man abandoned her.
It was a pretty ironical story yet it had happened right nearby to Jiang Xiu. Since then, her nature began to change. Her cultivation speed soared up due to the rancor and hate in her heart, allowing her to become an Immortal Monarch.
This person was Immortal Martial Continent's well-known Empress of White Moon Domain, Nuya.
"I understand!" Jiang Xiu said.
Cheng Lingran looked at him with astonishment, "You don't think I'm a bad woman?"
Jiang Xiu laughed instinctively, "If you're a bad woman, there wouldn't be a good woman in this world…" His gaze fell on Cheng Lingran's pretty face and discovered the helplessness in her eyes.
Cheng Lingran said, "Actually, I would've preferred to look ordinary…"
"I don't wish to create so much trouble!"
Jiang Xiu said, "If you looked ordinary, then whenever you look at those pretty campus divas, you'd feel that it would've been nice if you were prettier like them."
Such was human nature!
Cheng Lingran was just about to retort when her phone began to ring. She took it out and discovered that it was an unfamiliar number, so she hesitated a bit before picking it up.
"Hello?"
A somewhat unfamiliar voice came through from the other end of the call, "Cheng Lingran, where are you? Who is that boy with you? He splashed soup on Yingqing and even hit people."
"Long Yingqing humiliated me first." Cheng Lingran replied.
"No matter what, this matter must be settled. Anyone who has offended my little sister hasn't had a good end. I don't care what your relationship is with that boy. Tell him to come to the gym or else it won't end well for him."
Cheng Lingran still wanted to say something, but Jiang Xiu took the phone from her hands, "The gym, right? At 1:30? I'll be there on time."
After hearing Jiang Xiu's voice, the other side paused for a moment then said, "Okay!"
He didn't say any superfluous words to Jiang Xiu and hung the call right after that.
Cheng Lingran was worried, "Why did you agree? They are all children of rich families who act recklessly. It's dangerous for you to go."
"Believe me, it'll be fine." Jiang Xiu consoled her.
"Isn't it just a fight? Not like I've never done it before."
Cheng Lingran gritted her teeth with a solemn expression on her face, "Let's go together. I'll accompany you. If they really do something to you, we'll stake it all with them."
Jiang Xiu said, "Alright, we'll stake it all with them, but before that, how about we go have lunch lest we won't have any strength to fight when the moment arrives."
"You still have the mood to joke."