"Zhuqing! Save me!"
Dai Mubai's roar cracked like a dying beast.
Every gaze in Feng Ran Pavilion turned toward the quiet young woman in the corner.
Zhu Zhuqing… continued eating.
She did not raise her head.
She did not pause.
She did not even give him a spare glance.
Her brows merely tightened slightly—
as though the pathetic noise had interrupted the enjoyment of her meal.
She lifted golden dragon-beard noodles with elegant precision, placing them into her mouth.
Calm.
Slow.
Unbothered.
To her, Dai Mubai's desperate wailing was no more relevant than a stray dog outside being kicked.
This complete disregard shattered the last remaining strand of sanity in him.
He snapped.
"Zhuqing!!"
He scraped and clawed at the floor with his remaining left hand and half-ruined right leg, dragging himself forward like a worm smeared across the ground.
The trail he left was gruesome—
a mixture of blood, mud, torn flesh, and drool.
"Zhuqing! Look at me! It's me! Dai Mubai!"
"We have an engagement! I'm your fiancé!!"
He shouted the word "fiancé" like it was a sacred decree bestowed by the heavens—
something that should command respect, mercy, and authority.
As if that meaningless scrap of paper from a collapsing empire held any weight in this place.
"I was wrong! I was really wrong! I shouldn't have abandoned you! I shouldn't have left you alone in Star Luo!"
His tears and mucus poured down his disfigured face.
No dignity remained.
No pride.
Just humiliation and the pathetic desperation of a cornered rat.
"Please—please ask that senior to spare me! If you say something, he will listen to you! I swear I'll change! No more women! I'll only be good to you! I swear—!"
His promises were absurd, cheap, and laughably hollow.
This was a place where one sentence could kill a sect.
Yet he dared ramble here?
"Pft—"
Chrysanthemum Douluo sprayed his tea, immediately covering his face with a handkerchief as his shoulders shook with suppressed laughter.
Qian Daoliu didn't bother hiding his disdain.
"Tsk. What do these youngsters have for brains nowadays?"
He sipped his tea and muttered to Golden Crocodile Douluo,
"Using a dead-end Empire's engagement to beg mercy from the senior? What logic is this? This is even sadder than losing my second-egg-fried-rice privilege."
Golden Crocodile Douluo nodded solemnly.
"Big Brother is right. This IQ… painful. Truly painful."
Bibi Dong elegantly crossed her legs, black stockings brushing softly.
Fiancé?
This fool from Star Luo still didn't understand—
Even at the gates of death—
that an engagement was not worth even a scrap of toilet paper before the identity of "employee personally appointed by Senior."
But Dai Mubai crawled closer and closer to Zhu Zhuqing—
hope flickering in his eyes.
Three steps away.
Just three steps.
Zhu Zhuqing finally moved.
Dai Mubai froze.
His eyes lit up—hope exploding within him.
"Zhuqing! I knew it! I knew you still—!"
His voice cut off like a strangled duck.
Zhu Zhuqing had stood up.
Not to help him.
She walked to the corner…
Picked up a mop.
And walked back to him.
Dai Mubai stared blankly up at her.
Zhu Zhuqing moved.
One kick.
Not angry.
Not forceful.
Just casual—
like nudging aside a pebble in her way.
Thud.
He rolled across the floor and landed exactly back where he had crawled from.
Silence.
His mind went blank.
Zhu Zhuqing didn't look at him.
Didn't acknowledge him.
Her gaze fell instead on the disgusting trail of blood and filth he had smeared across her freshly cleaned floor.
Her brows tightened in real offense.
"…Disgusting."
She muttered the words like a perfectionist suddenly discovering a stain on her favorite dress.
Then, ignoring Dai Mubai entirely, she dipped the mop into clean water—
And began cleaning.
Swish.
Swish.
Slow.
Methodical.
Efficient.
Mopping away the trail—
as if erasing a meaningless stain from the world.
As if he, along with every bit of filth he dragged behind him, was nothing more than garbage needing to be removed.
Dai Mubai lay in place like a broken sack of meat.
Stunned.
Numb.
Not even remembering to feel pain anymore.
Then—
Click.
A high-heeled shoe—black-soled with red lacquer—landed on the back of his left hand.
A moment later—
The pressure increased.
Pfft!
The thin heel sank straight through flesh and bone, pinning his hand to the floor.
"Uggghh—!!"
A choked, animalistic groan escaped him as his spine arched sharply off the ground before collapsing again.
His eyes rolled back.
Foam spilled from his lips.
He nearly fainted for the fourth time.
Only then did the owner of the heel—
Zhu Zhuyun—
let out a delicate gasp, covering her lips.
"Oh my! Mubai, why are you still lying here?"
Her smile was sugar-sweet.
To Dai Mubai, it was the voice of a demon whispering in Hell.
"Look at that—I accidentally stepped on your hand."
"I'm so sorry."
As she apologized, she twisted her heel lightly—
Grinding bone against tile.
Creak…
Creak…
The sound made every man in the room reflexively clench their legs.
After a few grinding rotations, Zhu Zhuyun lifted her heel.
She frowned faintly at the blood staining it.
Then—
She wiped the heel clean on Dai Mubai's trembling back like he was nothing more than a living rag.
Only after her heel was spotless did she speak again.
Her voice no longer sweet—
but sharp, cold, dripping with contempt.
"Even now, you still think you are the Star Luo Empire's Third Prince?"
"Do you still believe that worthless engagement contract can save your dog life?"
Her smile twisted with vengeful satisfaction.
"If Senior hadn't spoken yet…"
Her voice dipped, chillingly soft.
"I would've chopped you into pieces and fed you to the dogs already."
She didn't spare him a final look.
Zhu Zhuyun turned and faced Lin Feng.
And instantly—
All her malice, cruelty, and hatred evaporated.
Her eyes softened.
Her smile turned sweet—
obedient—
like a cat seeking praise after a mischievous act.
"Senior~"
"This trash dirtied the floor."
Her voice dripped with sugary devotion.
"May I kill him?"
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