Chapter 54

Chapter 54: Xie Chenzhou: So Shen Mingchao is so cunning, how despicable

Seeing him look so pitiful, Sang Nian couldn’t say anything.

She pushed the plate back, looking like she couldn’t do anything about him:

“Eat, eat, I won’t charge you.”

Xie Chenzhou subtly curled his lips, glanced at Shen Mingchao, and picked up his chopsticks to eat.

Shen Mingchao: “?”

“No, why?”

He roared:

“Xie Chenzhou gets to eat for free, but I have to pay two million? Sang Nian, do you have any conscience? You really think I’m a sucker?!”

Sang Nian: “Yeah.”

Shen Mingchao: “…”

He stood up and tried to flip the table.

It was too heavy, he couldn’t move it.

He sat back down.

“Sang Nian, you can’t do this.”

Shen Mingchao looked at her, and without warning, his eyes turned red.

Sang Nian: ?!

The young man’s still-youthful face was filled with grievance, and he said word by word:

“You can’t treat me and Xie Chenzhou differently. You have to treat us both fairly.”

Sang Nian: Terrified.jpg

She quickly pushed all the dishes on the table in front of him:

“No, I was joking, don’t take it seriously. How could I really charge you? Here, it’s all yours.”

Xie Chenzhou, whose chopsticks were halfway to his mouth: “.”

He looked at Shen Mingchao with a faint sigh, his face expressionless.

Shen Mingchao immediately complained to Sang Nian:

“Look at him, he’s getting the benefit and still acting innocent. He’s actually glaring at me!”

Sang Nian had no choice but to say:

“Xie Chenzhou, don’t look at him.”

Xie Chenzhou’s hand holding the chopsticks tightened suddenly.

Pretending to be pitiful?

This guy is so cunning.

It seems I can’t keep him around.

Shen Mingchao on the other side shivered inexplicably.

He didn’t care, he wiped his eyes with his sleeve and said to Sang Nian:

“This time, Your Highness will be magnanimous and forgive your petty behavior. You can’t do this again. Whatever Xie Chenzhou has, I must have too, and I want to have what he doesn’t have.”

Xie Chenzhou slammed down his chopsticks and gritted his teeth:

“Why?”

Shen Mingchao grabbed his and Sang Nian’s hands and said seriously:

“We three are friends. If we favor one over the other, someone will definitely feel unbalanced. Only absolute fairness can maintain our friendship forever.”

Xie Chenzhou recoiled his hand in disgust and said coldly:

“Who’s friends with you, you’re delusional.”

Shen Mingchao stiffened his neck and said:

“It’s your honor to be friends with Your Highness.”

Xie Chenzhou’s eyes narrowed, full of murderous intent:

“What did you say?”

Shen Mingchao stubbornly repeated:

“I said, it’s your honor to be friends with Your Highness – mm!”

Sang Nian, afraid that Xie Chenzhou would really chop this silly boy up, quickly covered Shen Mingchao’s mouth, manually muting him.

“Stop it,” she said, “Eat.”

Shen Mingchao pried her hand away, straightened his clothes, snorted, and stopped talking.

Xie Chenzhou remained sullen.

Sang Nian’s head buzzed.

She woke up from her nap and, feeling unusually inspired, cooked a meal. These two uninvited guests showed up at the same time.

And they very self-consciously prepared a set of chopsticks.

She was stunned when she came back after serving the rice.

“What are you two here for?” Sang Nian rubbed her temples and asked them.

Shen Mingchao said:

“Oh, I smelled the aroma of food when I passed by, and I hadn’t eaten yet, so I decided to come up and reluctantly have a bite.”

“What about you?” Sang Nian looked at Xie Chenzhou, “Are you also here to have a bite?”

Xie Chenzhou nodded: “No.”

Sang Nian’s heart tightened, and she said seriously:

“Did something big happen?”

Xie Chenzhou said: “Spirit Stone.”

Sang Nian nervously said: “Yeah, what’s wrong?”

Xie Chenzhou: “You didn’t reply to me.”

Sang Nian, who was on high alert: “…”

“Bang!”

The door slammed shut.

Shen Mingchao, still holding a bowl of rice, stood at the door, completely bewildered.

He asked Xie Chenzhou beside him:

“Why were we thrown out—hey, are you going to eat the chicken wings in your bowl? If not, give them to me.”

Xie Chenzhou gnashed his teeth, poured all the chicken wings in his bowl into Xiaohong’s food bowl, and sneered:

“Even if I were feeding it to a dog, I wouldn’t give it to you.”

Xiaohong, who was about to eat:

“Meow???”

Shen Mingchao also got angry, kicked over Xiaohong’s food bowl, and said viciously:

“Fine, then I’ll make sure even the dog can’t eat it!”

Xiaohong: “Meow!!!”

The two of them stared at each other, as if there were sparks flying in the air between them.

A few seconds later, they snorted coldly and turned to leave in opposite directions.

Only Xiaohong circled its overturned food bowl again and again, howling mournfully towards the sky.

After yesterday’s experience, Sang Nian didn’t even wait for dawn the next day, she went to the academy in the dark.

She arrived too early, the door was still locked.

She obediently squatted at the entrance of the academy, waiting for someone to open the door.

“Please let me not meet Fourth Elder today.”

She prayed devoutly to the wall:

“If I can avoid meeting Fourth Elder, I’m willing to live in a mansion and drive a luxury car.”

As soon as she finished speaking, two figures appeared one after the other.

One of them didn’t see her and tripped over her, almost stumbling two miles away.

“Who is it?!” He roared.

Hearing the familiar voice, Sang Nian felt a chill run down her spine.

She lit a candle for herself in her heart, stood up with a stiff smile, and mumbled:

“Greetings, Fourth Elder.”

Fourth Elder raised his lantern and saw, “Sang Nian?”

He raised his eyebrows:

“What are you doing squatting here?”

Sang Nian whispered:

“I was afraid I would be late again, so I thought I’d come early today. I didn’t expect the academy to be closed.”

Fourth Elder was stunned for a moment.

“Enough of this, you dragged me out this early just to watch me scold someone?”

The other figure walked forward, it was Bi Ke, who was full of the scent of alcohol.

She yawned and advised Fourth Elder:

“Besides, our Nian Nian is so diligent, don’t scold her. Open the door quickly, otherwise, I’ll forget I have to teach class again and go drinking.”

Fourth Elder snorted heavily and asked Sang Nian:

“Your Master said you were in the library all day yesterday?”

Sang Nian quickly nodded:

“Yes, Elder Bi Ke can also vouch for me.”

Bi Ke lazily raised her hand:

“Yes, I can vouch for Nian Nian.”

Fourth Elder took the lantern from Bi Ke and continued to ask Sang Nian with a stern face:

“Then tell me, what did you read and learn in the library yesterday.”

Sang Nian didn’t mention the book, and replied:

“Reporting to Elder, this disciple learned 1,200 spells to unlock various restrictions.”

Fourth Elder scoffed:

“You’re a big talker.”

Sang Nian shrugged: “If you don’t believe me, there’s nothing I can do.”

Fourth Elder started to fume again.

He waved his sleeve towards the lock of the academy door, setting up a restriction:

“I’ll believe you if you unlock it.”

Sang Nian refused to move:

“Fourth Elder, if I unlock it, can I ask you for something?”

“You have quite the nerve,” Fourth Elder snorted, “Unlock it first, and if you can’t, I will definitely punish you today.”

Sang Nian rolled her eyes and walked to the door to examine the restriction.

She pondered for a moment, raised her finger and made a complex hand gesture.

Soft, light green light flowed like water, gently enveloping the lock.

Fourth Elder stood with his hands behind his back, nodding slightly, a hint of amusement in his eyes.

“Click—”

The restriction and the lock were unlocked together.

Sang Nian clapped her hands, raised her chin, and said with a hint of pride:

“Elder, I did it.”

Fourth Elder withdrew his smile, put on a stern face again, and scolded:

“What a waste of effort. Who told you to unlock the lock too? You only know how to be clever, what great things can you achieve in the future?”

Sang Nian shrunk her shoulders.

Oh no.

Now, Fourth Elder is going to settle old scores with new ones.

She closed her eyes, ready to be scolded.

Fourth Elder: “What request?”

Sang Nian opened her eyes: “Huh?”

Fourth Elder glared at her.

Sang Nian realized, her eyes instantly lit up:

“You agreed?”