Chapter 32 Giving Her a Sharp Edge (Please add to your favorites and vote for this chapter)
Qiao Mei stared blankly at the black dragon scale that Ao Cang had suddenly put in his mouth, and asked him, "What are you doing?"
“This is my Achilles’ heel. If you hold it, you can always sense my condition.”
Qiao Mei, who grew up in China, knew how important the dragon's reverse scale was to them. She had heard the saying, "Touching the dragon's reverse scale means certain death."
But now, this Achilles' heel has been willingly handed over to her...
Seeing that Qiao Mei didn't move and was just staring blankly at the dragon scale, Ao Cang thought for a moment, then lowered his dragon head and handed the reverse scale to her, forcing her to hold it.
"Keep going, just do your best."
The Dragon God's gentle, deep voice awakened the girl's thoughts. She raised her red eyes to look at the little black dragon that had been taken away by the staff, and moved her red lips a few times, clearly having a lot to say.
But in the end, she swallowed all her words and simply replied with an "Mm," while her right hand, which had been loosely gripping her Achilles' heel, tightened its grip.
It was as if what she held in her hand at that moment was not just a dragon scale, but also carried a deeper meaning.
"Ding-dong... There are ten minutes left before the start of the first written exam at the Federal Academy. Please take your seats as soon as possible to confirm your attendance. If you need to go to the restroom, please do so quickly, as this will be the last chance to leave the exam room before the exam begins."
As Qiao Mei listened to the mechanical reminder in her ear, she took a deep breath. While feeling the throbbing of Ao Cang's heart caused by the Reverse Scale in her hand, she also prayed in her heart that the questions on this exam would not be too different from the real questions that Xu Hui and Xu Heyu had given her.
Soon, the exam bell rang, and electronic exam papers were sent to each candidate's electronic exam desk. Electronic pens, which could not be seen by other candidates after writing, were also distributed to each candidate.
Qiao Mei had only seen this in a book; this was indeed the first time she had actually held it in her hands.
Once she actually started writing, the handwriting was just normal black ink. She curiously turned her head to look at the candidate who was closer to her, but found that from her angle, she could only see that the candidate was writing a blank space.
"Attention candidates: During the official start of the exam, you must not shake your head or look around, so as not to affect other candidates. If you are reminded more than three times, you will be given a score of zero."
As the examiner spoke, he glanced at Qiao Mei, making her feel a little embarrassed, and she quickly looked away.
About a minute later, the final exam bell rang, and the previously blank electronic exam paper was instantly filled with writing.
Qiao Mei glanced at the first question—Please write down the restraint relationships between the five major familiar beasts.
It was exactly the same bet Xu Heyu had given her before, almost word for word.
Looking down, she saw that about half of the questions were ones she had memorized before. This meant that if she could get these right and then get ten out of the unfamiliar questions right, she would be fine.
Having figured this out, Qiao Mei took another deep breath and began to answer the questions with full concentration.
At the same time, the Imperial Star Court.
Xu Hui watched as the gray-eyed middle-aged man in front of her readily signed his name, without a trace of regret or sadness in his eyes. She felt as if the sincerity she had once given to him had been fed to an interstellar monster.
She suppressed the mockery in her red eyes, gripped the electronic pen, and signed her name. Looking at her interstellar identity ID, which had changed from married to divorced and she had also lost her royal status, she didn't feel a single regret.
Instead, it gave me a sense of relief, like escaping from a cage.
"Go back and pack your things and move out as soon as possible. I have just taken in a new concubine, and she will be placed in the seventh palace."
Xu Hui didn't look at the man who was both familiar and unfamiliar to her again, and nodded to indicate that she understood.
Before getting up to leave, she took out the bright red lipstick he never liked her wearing from her bag, and finally, without any burden, she truly applied it to herself according to her own preferences.
In her youth, she was the most beautiful woman in the Federal Academy and even in the entire interstellar space. Even now, though she has aged, she is still the most outstanding among women of her age. Not to mention, her face is naturally suited to heavy makeup.
The bright red lipstick on her lips, combined with the charm that time has bestowed upon her, created a unique and captivating look.
Looking at Xu Hui like this, the Crown Prince suddenly felt a pang of regret.
But it's only a little bit.
After all, he didn't need a burden who he had already grown tired of, who was riddled with illnesses, whose offspring were of no outstanding quality, and who could not bring him any real benefit.
The two left the Imperial Star Court in different directions. Xu Hui boarded her own spacecraft, took all the resources she had received from the royal family, and went to the main hall of the palace to return them. After that, she went to contact the residence she had rented for a whole year and transferred her and Qiao Mei's luggage there one by one.
The moment the key to the Seventh Palace was officially returned, the last shackle binding Xu Hui was also removed. Her steps became much lighter, and her spirits, which had been affected by long-term medication for depression, became unusually excited today.
The road ahead seemed to her like a path to rebirth.
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At exactly 10:30 a.m., Qiao Mei turned her gaze away from checking the answers when the bell rang to collect the papers. She stretched her slightly stiff body and used the scale in her hand to sense Ao Cang's condition.
I was surprised to find that he was also a little nervous. After that, I followed the group that went to draw lots for the exam room and left the exam room. When I took Ao Cang from the staff, I asked him about it.
"Are you afraid I'll fail the exam, Cangcang?"
Ao Cang skillfully wrapped his arms around Qiao Mei's neck, his dragon body tinged with a faint red. He honestly tapped the dragon's head and said, "Yes, but what I'm more afraid of is that you will be sad and upset because of this."
He didn't know when it started, but his emotions began to unconsciously change along with those of his believer.
Qiao Mei had always known that he was honest, but she never expected him to be this honest. The look in her eyes, which had been puzzled and surprised, changed again and turned into teasing.
"Huh? Why is Cangcang acting like this? Is it because she cares about me a lot?"
As she spoke, the girl lowered her voice and deliberately leaned close to his dragon head, speaking to him as if she were whispering to a lover, which caused the temperature of Ao Canglong's body to rise several degrees again.
Realizing belatedly that Qiao Mei was teasing him, he trembled his long eyelashes and simply closed his dragon eyes, ignoring this shameless woman.
Qiao Mei smiled and nuzzled his head with her nose, then said, "It's too late to mend the fence after the sheep have escaped."
"Okay, I was just kidding. We'll rest for another fifteen minutes, and then we'll start drawing lots to determine which exam room to take the attack power rating test. We'll be separated for more than an hour then. Are you sure you want to keep ignoring me?"
"I'm really curious, why would you be willing to give me your Achilles' heel?"
Qiao Mei: Today is another day of teasing the innocent little black dragon. If you all enjoy watching me do this, please give this shameless person a like and a recommendation vote. I will increase the "teasing" intensity later.
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