Oscar's shining peach-blossom eyes drooped slightly, looking like a dejected, abandoned puppy, quite pitiable.
Just as Oscar was about to lament being disliked again, a voice with unclear pronunciation came from not far away—
"Othca, come here. Give me one of the ham and one of the sausage."
Zhao Wuji, clutching his abdomen smashed into a bruise, spoke indistinctly.
His entire half-face was swollen high, and every word he spoke pulled at the wound, causing waves of pain.
Hearing the voice, Oscar looked up, took a step, and approached to examine Zhao Wuji's bruised and swollen face. He stroked his chin and questioned, "Uncle, who are you? You look too old to be one of this year's examinees, but I don't think I've seen you around the academy."
Zhao Wuji's brow twitched fiercely, as if suppressing something: "......"
The further he went, the more Oscar felt his analysis was correct. He put on a stern face, his stubbled chin set, and demanded aggressively, "Speak! Who are you! How did you appear at our Shrek Academy! Are you trying to sneak into our academy to do bad things?!"
Seeing Oscar's words getting more and more outrageous, Zhao Wuji almost couldn't catch his breath. He roared at Oscar, "Scoundrel! Do you want to die! I am Zhao Wuji!"
A terrifying aura instantly pressed down on Oscar.
Oscar trembled like a startled rabbit, his eyes wide with disbelief as he looked at Zhao Wuji's battered state. He quickly conjured two sausages for Zhao Wuji.
Tang Sui watched the dramatic scene unfold from the side. She slowly closed her eyes, tilted her head, and leaned her entire weight onto Xiao Wu.
Feeling the increased weight on her shoulder, Xiao Wu turned her head. Upon seeing Tang Sui, who had fallen asleep, she instinctively softened her smile and lowered her voice, interrupting the commotion. "Teacher Zhao, if we passed, can we check into the dormitory first?"
If she slept like this, Sui Sui's neck would be uncomfortable.
Zhao Wuji, who had just given Oscar two more sausages to accelerate his recovery, looked over. Seeing Tang Sui asleep from exhaustion, he frowned and instructed Dai Mubai, "Mubai, you're in charge of settling these five new students. School starts tomorrow."
With that, Zhao Wuji clutched his abdomen and limped away.
His knees had also been hit by the fox mask before, but thankfully, his Soul Sage physique was there, preventing him from disgracefully breaking his leg.
The sleeping Tang Sui did not hear the system's prompt that suddenly sounded when she collapsed—
[Ding—Detected Tang Hao has entered the system's detection range.]
......
As the sky gradually darkened, Shrek Academy, nestled against the mountains, was bathed in the tranquility of the forest. The entire village fell silent.
The bright white moon hung in the night sky, casting a serene moonlight that seemed to drape a thin veil over the forest, concealing the dangers hidden beneath the stillness.
In his room, applying swelling reduction ointment, Zhao Wuji winced in pain from the lingering aftereffects.
Although Oscar's sausages had helped accelerate his recovery, he was still heavily impacted by Tang Sui's fox mask.
"Damn it, even Old Fu didn't hit me this hard!"
Zhao Wuji finished applying the last bruise, hissed in pain, and began to grumble indignantly about Tang Sui's "outrageous behavior."
---Aside---
Zhao Wuji: Muttering grumpily.jpg
Someone stared at the burly Zhao, the corner of their mouth tugging up slightly: Hmph.
PS: The father has been watching from a distance, just outside the system's scanning range. He only moved closer after Sui Sui fell asleep, which is why the system detected him.