Pope's Hall.
Bibi Dong froze completely.
Su Chen.
A transmigrator.
He really knew everything—even the things that had happened to her personally, the pain she had buried deep in her heart. He even knew that!
He understood her far too well.
But—
What Bibi Dong now feared wasn't Su Chen exposing her past.
It was his final sentence that made her once-unshakable heart of revenge begin to waver.
What if...
If Su Chen didn't have the mysterious diary, and was just a Rank 15 Soul Master who happened to be good-looking—would she have agreed to let him be with Na Na?
No!
She would never have agreed!
She was grooming Na Na to be her successor—how could she possibly allow a useless man to touch her?
Then what would she have done?
Bibi Dong's face contorted in pain, torn inside.
If that were the case...
She would have locked Na Na up by force. If she couldn't make her give up, she would have arranged a forced marriage for her... She would have...
Then what's the difference between her and him?
No!
It's not like that!
It can't be!
Bibi Dong's mind descended into chaos, a war waging between her conscience and emotions.
"That's right, I'm not wrong. He destroyed me. He ruined my life. I was right to kill him—absolutely right!"
As she spiraled into madness, murderous intent filled the Pope's Hall, the temperature dropping to a chilling cold.
Suddenly—
A warm current from the diary copy flowed into Bibi Dong's body. The torment in her mind shattered, and she awakened from the endless darkness.
It was the first time Hu Liena had seen her teacher in such a disheveled state. The surrounding cold intent almost made her collapse.
Seeing Bibi Dong regain some clarity, Hu Liena quickly rushed to the platform, held her hand, and softly called:
"Teacher."
At that moment, two burning tears fell from Bibi Dong's eyes.
"Na Na, promise me."
"If you ever fall in love with someone, make sure to tell Teacher first. Make sure to listen to Teacher's opinion, okay?"
Hu Liena threw herself into Bibi Dong's arms and gently replied:
"Teacher, I promise."
Though she didn't know what had happened to Bibi Dong, she could sense it was an extremely painful memory.
At that moment, the diary updated again.
[Heh. You think it's over just like that? This guy was barely a scumbag so far, but what really makes him a piece of garbage is what happened after he and Qian Xunji were torn apart—he went and got with his cousin.]
[Liu Erlong—Yu Xiaogang's real cousin, by blood! Even I, a certified degenerate, think that's beyond messed up!]
[First, we had Tang Yuehua getting the hots for her brother Tang Dachui. Now we've got Yu Xiaogang and his cousin Liu Erlong in love. Truly, this continent is Romance Gone Wild™.]
Moon Pavilion.
Thud!
Tang Yuehua, who had just been enjoying the gossip, suddenly dropped the book in her hands in shock.
Her expression was like someone had torn open a wound buried deep in her soul.
"Eating melon only to choke on yourself?"
A noble student nearby asked with concern:
"Teacher, are you alright?"
Tang Yuehua, like a startled little rabbit, quickly composed herself and said calmly:
"I'm feeling unwell. I'm going to rest for a bit."
Terrifying.
How the hell does Su Chen know all this?!
Crown Prince's Mansion.
Qian Renxue had just returned and was stunned stiff after reading the latest diary entry.
My god!
She couldn't believe it.
Teacher Yuehua actually… actually…
A dark cave.
A quiet, unnoticed Blue Silver Grass.
Within the tiny plant was a dim and empty space, where a stunningly beautiful woman with long blue hair sat.
A Yin.
She, too, was in complete shock.
She was also one of the people suddenly dragged into this "melodrama of the day."
She knew about Tang Yuehua of course—and her brother Tang Dachui… wasn't that Tang Hao or Tang Xiao?
This… this was absolutely outrageous.
Yet—
In her heart, A Yin was secretly praying that one day, the diary would write something about her son.
Tang San: Sweating bullets.
Holy Soul Village.
Tang San and Xiao Wu had already graduated and were getting ready to head to Shrek Academy.
At the moment, Xiao Wu was munching on carrots while watching Tang San forge metal, feeling extremely relieved—
At least she wasn't related to him by blood!
"San-ge, do you think… do you think someone could ever fall in love with their own brother or cousin?"
"I mean, like, romantically fall in love."
Tang San was taken aback and pondered for a moment before replying:
"If there's no blood relation, then I guess it's acceptable—as long as they don't care about what others think."
"But if there is a blood relation, then that's a serious violation of ethics and morals."
Xiao Wu nodded hard, but her expression quickly turned complicated.
San-ge...
Do you even realize that that guy is your teacher?!
Xiao Wu didn't say anything. Truthfully, she never really liked Yu Xiaogang all that much—it was only because he was Tang San's teacher that she respected him.
Now, after reading all this in the diary?
She just felt helpless.
She had wanted to tell Tang San about the diary's magic yesterday, but she got electrocuted the moment she tried—almost got turned into roasted rabbit!
The diary kept updating.
[Anyway, back to Yu Xiaogang. Here's the real soul-crusher: did he know Liu Erlong was his cousin before they got together?]
[He was called "Master" for a reason—born with a mutated martial spirit, endured years of humiliation, kicked out of his clan. He developed the entire martial spirit theory, including mutation and bloodline studies.]
[I mean, sure, I call him trash—but the guy definitely read a lot of books. And Liu Erlong was his second uncle's real daughter. Even if she was illegitimate, her martial spirit was mutated. You think that wasn't in the clan records?]
[Fine. Let's pretend Yu Xiaogang didn't know. But he and Liu Erlong, along with Flender, created a Martial Spirit Fusion Technique together. You think they were really that unfamiliar with each other?]
[That fusion technique was the Golden Holy Dragon—isn't that obvious enough?!]
[Come on. Fire Dragon, Golden Holy Dragon—both mutated from Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. They came up with a fusion technique and never once talked about their family histories??]
[Yeah, right.]
[Then on their wedding day, his second uncle shows up—and boom! The guy vanishes off the face of the Earth. No responsibility. No spine!]
[Just imagine it: A woman finds out on her wedding day that her beloved is her cousin. Then that cousin disappears, leaving her alone to face public shame, family humiliation, the pain of losing her lover... Hard to believe Liu Erlong didn't take her own life.]
[Just like Bibi Dong back then, trapped in a dark chamber of despair, wishing for death. If not for wanting to protect Yu Xiaogang, she might have ended it all.]
[These two women, haunted all their lives by trauma—all because of that spineless piece of garbage Yu Xiaogang. If that's not scum, what is?]
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