Chapter 145 Extra: Childhood Sweethearts - Demon King and Witch
Shen An, the top student at the Imperial Academy, has recently encountered his lifelong nemesis.
Since he became the dominant figure at the Imperial Academy, his life had become incredibly dull. The teachers dared not discipline him, and his classmates dared not provoke him. Every day, apart from eating and sleeping, he would sit on the roof counting clouds, as lonely as a peerless martial arts master.
Until this day, the Imperial College welcomed a special "transfer student".
Because of the open-mindedness of the people of Dagan, coupled with the "goddess" effect of Jiang Mianmian back then, it was no longer uncommon for girls to attend school. But this new female student's style was really... peculiar.
In the elementary school.
Confucius was giving a lecture when suddenly, a cold wind blew by.
A little girl in a black dress, with skin so pale it was almost translucent, walked in. She was about eight or nine years old, with exquisitely beautiful features, like a porcelain doll, but her eyes were as deep as an ancient well, devoid of any childlike innocence, instead revealing a detached indifference that seemed to have seen through life and death.
What's most chilling is that she wasn't carrying a schoolbag, but rather an exquisite mahogany box, with a faint... medicinal smell emanating from the corner of the box.
"This is our new classmate, the daughter of Minister Jiang of the Court of Judicial Review—Jiang Guoguo."
Confucius explained, his voice trembling.
"Jiang Guoguo?"
Tuantuan, who was sleeping in the back row, twitched her ears and suddenly raised her head.
[Guoguo? Isn't that my cousin who likes to play with bones?]
[Oh no! My childhood trauma is back!]
That first meeting when they were children, with Guoguo's eerie skeleton toy, left an indelible psychological scar on young Tuantuan.
Jiang Guoguo stood on the podium, her gaze sweeping across the entire room before finally landing precisely on Tuantuan.
A strange smile curved her lips slightly.
"Cousin, it's been a long time."
"I heard... you're doing quite well here?"
Tuantuan shivered.
...
After class, at the drill ground.
Zhao Tiezhu, the group's top henchman, came over, looking resentful:
"Boss! That new girl is too arrogant! She actually dared to glare at you just now! Should I go and teach her a lesson?"
Tuantuan quickly covered his mouth: "Don't go! You'll die!"
"Huh? She can't possibly beat me?" Zhao Meng was skeptical and rolled up his sleeves to walk towards Jiang Guoguo.
At this moment, Jiang Guoguo was sitting under the shade of a tree, opening the mahogany box.
A group of curious students gathered around.
"Jiang, what's in your box? Are they snacks?"
Jiang Guoguo looked up and gave a sweet smile:
"Yes, it's good stuff."
She reached into the box and took out a piece of... a white, oddly shaped bone.
"This is called the human spine, the third segment."
Jiang Guoguo introduced in a gentle tone, "It's used to practice anatomical skills. Do you want to touch it? It's very smooth."
"ah--!!!"
The students who were watching screamed and scattered like birds and beasts.
As Zhao Menggang approached and saw the bone, his legs went weak and he almost knelt down.
"This...this is real human bone?"
"certainly."
Jiang Guoguo tilted her head. "Do you want to become like this? Your bones look... really suitable for being a specimen."
Zhao Meng: "!!!"
"Boss, help! There's a female ghost!" Zhao Meng scrambled back behind Tuan Tuan.
Tuan Tuan sighed.
I knew it.
This girl inherited her uncle's perversion and her aunt's cruelty; she's practically a dark loli!
As the top student at the Imperial Academy, Tuantuan felt he couldn't back down. After all, this was his territory.
He took a deep breath, picked up the gold brick, and walked over.
"cousin."
Tuantuan tried to intimidate the other person with her imposing manner, "This is a school, and it's forbidden to bring... uh, contraband. Put that bone away, don't scare your classmates."
Jiang Guoguo looked at him, then at the gold brick in his hand.
"Cousin, are you still playing with this brick?"
Her eyes were filled with disdain. "Violence doesn't solve problems. You have to use your brain."
"What's wrong with the brick?"
Tuan Tuan held up a gold brick, exclaiming, "This is pure gold! One blow from this brick can shatter a large rock!"
"Oh? Is that so?"
Jiang Guoguo took out a small blue porcelain bottle from the box and shook it in her hand. "Do you believe that if I just sprinkle a little powder from this bottle on you, you'll be itchy all over, so itchy that you'll want to scratch your skin raw, and in the end you'll have to beg me for the antidote?"
round and round:……
He recalled the fear of being dominated by his mother when he was a child.
"You...you dare!" Tuantuan took a step back.
Why wouldn't I dare?
Jiang Guoguo took a step closer, the chilling medicinal scent emanating from her body assaulting Tuan Tuan's nostrils. "My father is the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, and my mother is the Minister of Justice. I grew up in prison; what kind of tricks haven't I seen?"
"Cousin, if you behave and call me 'boss,' I'll protect you. Otherwise..."
She shook the bottle in her hand. "There might be a little extra 'seasoning' in your meal tonight."
Tuantuan looked at the bottle, then at the gold brick in her hand.
A direct confrontation?
What if I get poisoned?
Admit defeat?
Where would that leave his reputation as the top official of the Imperial Academy?
Just then, Jiang Guoguo suddenly smiled.
"Just kidding."
She put away the bottle, took out a package wrapped in oil paper from another layer of the box, and handed it to Tuantuan.
"This is roast duck from Jufulou. It's fresh out of the oven."
“My father asked me to bring this to you. He said… although you look like that annoying Shen Jin, you are still your aunt’s son and can’t go hungry.”
Tuantuan was stunned.
Roast Duck?
The enticing aroma instantly filled his nose, whetting his appetite.
"For...for me?"
"Eat."
Jiang Guoguo sat down, took out a handkerchief and wiped her hands. "You're so thin, you don't look like your aunt at all."
Tuantuan took the roast duck and took a big bite.
It smells so good!
[Waaaaah, even though my cousin is a weirdo, at least she has roast duck!]
Although my uncle has a sharp tongue, he cares about me!
"Is it delicious?" Jiang Guoguo asked.
"Delicious!" Tuantuan's mouth was dripping with oil.
"That's good."
Jiang Guoguo rested her chin on her hand and looked at him. "After you finish eating, help me with some chores."
"What kind of work?"
"I really don't like that teacher. He just said that girls shouldn't study. I'm thinking... I'll scare him a little."
Jiang Guoguo pointed to Confucius, who was lecturing someone not far away, and said, "You're strong, so tonight you can hang that skeleton on his roof beam for me. I can't reach it."
round and round:……
So this roast duck is considered "employment fee"?
"Can we not go?" Tuantuan tried to struggle.
"There's also a beggar's chicken," Jiang Guoguo added.
"make a deal!"
Tuantuan agreed without hesitation.
[For the sake of beggar's chicken, I'd hang a real person, let alone a skeleton!]
And so, that night, the Imperial College was once again filled with piercing screams.
It is said that Confucius woke up in the middle of the night and saw a white skeleton hanging from the roof beam, smiling at him. He was so frightened that he wet his pants and went home the next day on sick leave.
And the instigator—
A strong young boy and a dark-skinned little girl were sitting on the roof, sharing a beggar's chicken and chuckling at the chaos below.
"Cousin, that's a really underhanded trick."
"Same here. You've probably hit quite a few people with that gold brick too, haven't you?"
Under the moonlight, two small figures nestled together.
Although the art style is a bit off, and the methods are a bit dark.
But that's what it means to be childhood sweethearts.
It is also the prototype of the "Male and Female Duo" that will make countless corrupt officials and enemy generals tremble with fear in the coming decades.
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