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The Spirit Hall was filled with a rare sense of amusement as Bibi Dong smiled while looking at the screen. She felt a strange sense of satisfaction seeing the current situation. It seemed that the little bastard was actually being fair for once. Bibi Dong sent a message to the group chat telling him to please begin his performance.
Liu Erlong quickly followed up by saying that he had already given enough face to everyone and it was time to start. Bo Saixi added that they all had very high demands and truly hoped he would perform well.
Tang Yuehua felt a bit uneasy and asked if that was a bit inappropriate for them to say. A user named I Am a Little Bird joked that Bo Saixi needed to clarify if she meant demands or needs. The rest of the group chat erupted with 666 to show their amusement.
Far away on Sea God Island, Bo Saixi was left completely speechless. She could not believe what she was reading. She wondered why everyone was suddenly making dirty jokes out of nowhere. Meanwhile, inside the carriage, Zhu Zhuqing was also feeling quite speechless at this moment. She looked at the chat and wondered if she also had something in her past that they would mock.
Su Yan began to explain the original plot to the group. He explained that after Dai Mubai ran away, Zhu Zhuqing was left alone in the Zhu Family. She faced constant nightmares because failing in the competition meant losing her freedom.
She would have become nothing more than a resource for the Star Luo Imperial Family. Su Yan praised her for being decisive and daring to love and hate. She had charged for love alone and fled all the way to Soto City just to find Dai Mubai.
Su Yan then anticipated a question from the crowd. He knew someone would ask how Zhu Zhuqing, who was only a low-level Spirit Master, could escape from Star Luo City to Soto City. Dugu Yan quickly replied, asking exactly how she managed it. Another user joked that without Su Yan's heroic rescue, there was no way she could have escaped.
Qian Renxue, using the name Call Me Her Majesty the Empress, laughed at the idea of charging for love. Ma Xiaotao joined in, saying she was dying of laughter because Dai Mubai had abandoned her, yet she was still chasing after him. A user named Dark Avenger joked that the circus should arrange a job for Old Ancestor Zhuqing.
Liu Erlong teased Bibi Dong, asking if this behavior counted as being a Blind Douluo. Bibi Dong simply replied that they needed to investigate further. Su Yan admitted he didn't even know how to comment on the situation. He decided that the next big reveal should be handled by Zhu Zhuyun.
Zhu Zhuyun was completely bewildered when she saw her name mentioned. she wondered what she was supposed to say and how she would know the answer. Su Yan told her to wait and then explained the normal plot. He told her that in the original timeline, she let Zhu Zhuqing escape.
Zhu Zhuqing then went to find Dai Mubai, and in the end, they defeated her. He asked her what she wanted to say about that. Zhu Zhuyun was speechless. She realized that her sister had really played her like that.
Zhu Zhuyun explained to the group that Zhuqing was only able to escape from Star Luo City because she couldn't bear to see her sister lose her freedom. She had hoped her younger sister could find a place to live happily under a fake name.
Because she had always been very firm and even cruel toward her sisters, Dai Weisi believed she would actually kill Zhu Zhuqing. This was why he didn't interfere and let her handle it.
She pointed out the logic of the situation. How could Zhuqing, a mere Spirit Grandmaster around level twenty, escape from a group of Spirit Masters at level forty or fifty? It would have been impossible to pass Dai Weisi without help.
She called Zhu Zhuqing a little bastard, complaining that she had chased her out of the empire with a knife while holding back just to give her freedom. She was frustrated that after all that effort, Zhu Zhuqing chose to find that little bastard Dai Mubai again.
Inside the carriage, Zhu Zhuqing remained silent. She knew her dark spot had finally arrived. She assumed that the phrase charging for love would make everyone laugh at her until they died. Dugu Yan expressed her speechlessness, wondering how Zhuqing could ever forgive a scumbag like Dai Mubai.
Ning Rongrong, the Nine Treasures Little Princess, tried to defend her by saying it just showed that Zhuqing was kind and soft-hearted. Bo Saixi was less kind, suggesting it was a case of having a big chest but no brain. Another group member suggested that Zhuqing was simply helpless after she escaped and felt she had no choice but to follow Dai Mubai.
Tang Yuehua agreed, noting that living under an assumed name to start a new life is very difficult. One user told Zhu Zhuyun she made a huge mistake because being soft-hearted in a royal struggle is dangerous.
Liu Erlong laughed loudly in the chat. She was genuinely happy to see Zhu Zhuqing being mocked for charging for love. Inside the Moon Pavilion, Tang Yuehua wondered aloud if Zhu Zhuqing really didn't know that Zhu Zhuyun had deliberately let her go.
Liu Erlong repeated the question in the group chat. Bibi Dong snapped back, asking if Liu Erlong had been kicked in the head by a donkey. She said Zhu Zhuqing wasn't a little rabbit or a silly empress, so of course she could feel the truth.
Xiao Wu and Qian Renxue both reacted with question marks. Liu Erlong argued back with Bibi Dong. Then, she looked at Tang Yuehua with a speechless expression. She told Tang Yuehua to ask her own questions in the group chat next time so she wouldn't get mocked by that old woman again.
Bo Saixi commented that calling Zhu Zhuqing ungrateful wasn't an exaggeration. She asked where Zhu Zhuyun was and said they would all be happier if she could go beat Zhu Zhuqing up right now. Many people in the chat agreed. Qian Renxue even asked if she needed tools to do the job. Zhu Zhuqing didn't know what to say.
Dugu Yan and the others looked at her with knowing smiles. Dugu Yan teased her, saying she thought Zhuqing was perfect without any dark spots. Ning Rongrong felt numb, worried that since even Zhuqing had dark spots, she would be next.
Xiao Wu looked at Su Yan with a strange gaze, wondering how she could make him be a bit gentler when it was her turn. Ah Yin thought to herself that as a Spirit Beast disgrace and a hooligan rabbit, Xiao Wu's stories would probably be the most outrageous of all.
Suddenly, Su Yan pressed Zhu Zhuqing onto his lap and slapped her bottom. The sound of the slap was clear. Zhu Zhuqing looked at Su Yan with a faint, intense gaze that made him feel a bit overwhelmed. Su Yan posted a five-second video to the group and announced that he was done with the beating.
He then tried to be honest, saying that the entire Zhu Family were basically just accessories to the Star Luo Imperial Dai Family. He claimed that compared to Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, Hu Liena, and the little rabbit, Zhu Zhuqing was actually a breath of fresh air.
In the Supreme Pontiff Palace, Bibi Dong was furious. She wondered why Su Yan was dragging all of them into this just to insult them. She called him a hateful little bastard but then she remembered something. Now that the truth about Zhu Zhuqing's escape was clear, she wondered why Su Yan had claimed to perform a heroic rescue.
She realized that Zhu Zhuqing wouldn't have been in real danger anyway because her sister was protecting her. Bibi Dong sent a message saying she finally understood his mischief. Hu Liena asked her teacher what she understood. Dugu Yan and another member started joking about whether the Supreme Pontiff would rather eat spit or leftovers.
Bibi Dong threatened them, saying that after they finished dealing with the Little Princess and the little rabbit, they would move on to their secrets. She wanted to see if they still loved watching the drama then.
In the Crown Prince's Mansion, Qian Renxue was also speechless. She realized Su Yan wasn't performing a heroic rescue at all. She thought he was a scoundrel who clearly just wanted Zhu Zhuqing for himself. She called him a scumbag in the chat.
Back at the Moon Pavilion, Liu Erlong was curious about what the old woman and the orphan had figured out. Tang Yuehua didn't know either and suggested they just ask. Liu Erlong then asked the group chat what they had discovered.