"Alright, Flender, stop struggling. Have you eaten yet?"
Liu Erlong asked.
Flender shook his head slightly and replied, "Not yet. I ran into some trouble and rushed over here to find you without stopping."
"Huh?"
Liu Erlong's expression suddenly turned awkward; she seemed to have thought of something.
"Well... let's go eat together, and after that, you should just head back!"
"Ah, this?"
Flender was a bit dazed and said, "But I haven't told you what the matter is yet?"
Liu Erlong replied impatiently:
"What the hell is there to say!"
"Do you think I don't know... Never mind, let's go eat first!"
"I also have some things I need to tell you."
Blue Tyrant Academy cafeteria.
Liu Erlong felt weary. Just a moment ago, she was wondering why Flender had come to find her so suddenly. Once he mentioned having "something" to discuss... it must be to borrow money!
Flender looked at Liu Erlong and thought for a moment before saying, "He, he went to find me, at my Shrek Academy."
"Pfft!"
Liu Erlong spat a mouthful of millet porridge onto the floor and glared at Flender, fuming: "Flender, if you dare mention that waste again and ruin my good mood for the day, I'll beat you to death!"
"???"
Flender was completely stunned.
Wait, what?
What did I just hear? Why did Erlong refer to him as that waste?
She doesn't know who I'm talking about, does she?
"Erlong..."
"Shut up!"
Liu Erlong snapped, "Just get to the point. If it weren't for the friendship we've shared for so many years, I would have kicked you out already."
Flender was genuinely bewildered.
What is going on?
"It's like this... I'm still short eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins to pay off the debt. Erlong, can you lend me some?"
After hearing Flender's explanation, Liu Erlong was speechless.
When you guys were making that bet, I watched the whole thing on the livestream. You, a profiteer like Flender, actually thought you could win money from Leon?
"Flender, it's not that I want to criticize you... but sometimes I think your judgment is even worse than that guy Zhao Wuji's."
Flender looked at Liu Erlong with a blank expression. He remembered that Liu Erlong had only met Zhao Wuji once, right?
They didn't even know each other, did they?
Liu Erlong looked at Flender and said with some resignation, "Tell me, Flender, do you think I have the ability to come up with eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins?"
"Although Blue Tyrant Academy is stronger than your Shrek Academy, it's still a civilian academy. Eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins is not a small amount!"
Flender nodded and said helplessly, "I know, but I have no other options. I had to come to you."
"You know, he doesn't want to go home, and he's been out there all these years..."
"Shut up right now!"
Liu Erlong was really annoyed now. She had been in a good mood today... but he kept bringing up that waste and scumbag. How was he any different from those bastards in the group chat?
"Huh?"
Liu Erlong suddenly had a bold idea and looked at Flender with a smile:
"Flender, we've been like brothers for so long. How about this! You can't pay back these eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and I can't come up with that much money either. Why don't you just use me as collateral to pay off the debt to Leon?"
Leon: You really are a clever little thing!
Flender was furious.
"Impossible!"
"Absolutely impossible!"
"Erlong, you know that even if I, Flender, were to die, I would never do anything to betray you. Absolutely not!"
"Tch!"
Liu Erlong was speechless. If you actually tried to hand me over to him, that Little Bastard might not even want me.
[Liu Erlong: Leon, this guy Flender actually came to borrow money from me. How about I offer myself as payment to settle Flender's debt to you?]
[Everyone:???]
[Loves Eating Carrots: Bad woman! We don't even want to say what kind of scheme you're plotting!]
[Hu Liena: Yu Erlong, your abacus beads are practically bouncing off my face. How can you be so delusional?]
[Number Nine: I think this is the same trick Hu Liena tried last time, right?]
[Ning Rongrong: Eighty thousand Gold Soul Coin debt, and you want to come be a maid for us? I'll give you an extra one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, come over right now!]
[Tang Yuehua: Erlong, are you going to help Flender and the others pay off their debt?]
[Liu Erlong: If it were anyone else, given my friendship with Flender, I would definitely try to help him. But since the creditor is Leon, and I know Leon's intentions, I don't think I can help him!]
[Bo Saixi: It's good that you know. Otherwise, you really would have been dragged off to be a maid by Leon.]
[Call Me Her Majesty: Liu Erlong, are you and Flender good friends?]
[Ma Xiaotao: [Image] (Statues of Flender and Liu Erlong in the distance)]
[Ma Xiaotao: The Golden Triangle, look at our Shrek statues... Oh wait, I forgot, the statue of that waste Yu Xiaogang was smashed by Leon last time.]
[Liu Erlong: Leon, why don't you say something?]
[Ning Rongrong: I just went to check, Brother Leon and the others are asleep.]
[I am an Orphan: What?]
Crown Prince's Mansion.
Qian Renxue was absolutely furious.
She felt like she had punched a ball of cotton. These two scumbags were actually asleep?
How could they have the nerve to sleep?
Pfft!
They didn't sleep all night yesterday, and now they're sleeping?
[I am an Orphan: Scumbags!]
[I am an Orphan: I really want to kill you!]
[Ling Luochen: Huh? We were just about to head over.]
[Zhang Lexuan: It's fine, we can wait downstairs at the hotel until Leon wakes up. They aren't leaving today, and we can go out to eat together tonight.]
[Ma Xiaotao: Zhang Lexuan, you are truly annoying.]
[Zhang Lexuan: I know, you haven't just started hating me today.]
[Dark Avenger: Hahaha!!]
Over here.
Seeing that she couldn't contact Leon, Liu Erlong simply refused directly: "Flender, I can't help you with this matter. I'm sorry!"
"But what I wanted to tell you earlier is that you shouldn't provoke Leon. I know you didn't provoke him on purpose, but you need to cut ties with that waste as soon as you go back."
Flender was truly dumbfounded.
When he was recounting the events earlier, he had mentioned both Yu Xiaogang and Tang San. Now, Liu Erlong was really calling Yu Xiaogang a waste!
"Good heavens!"
"Erlong, what exactly are you talking about?"
"How did you become like this? What exactly happened to you?"
Liu Erlong retorted directly:
"What the hell is wrong with you!"
Flender paused and said, "You are definitely having some issues; you are the only sister I have."
"Hah!"
Liu Erlong was so angry she laughed.
[Zhu Zhuqing: Senior Erlong must be in a difficult position right now, right?]
[Zhu Zhuqing: I actually have a solution. Everyone was curious before, right? Whether Flender likes you more or Yu Xiaogang more?]
[Zhu Zhuqing: You can agree to help Flender, but on the condition that after he goes back, he expels Yu Xiaogang—preferably cutting ties with him completely!]
[Ning Rongrong: Oh?]
[Number Nine: Zhuqing really is a clever little thing. If you help Flender under these conditions, Leon probably won't blame you.]
[Number Nine: Furthermore! If Flender can cut ties with Yu Xiaogang, it would be a good thing for you too. You wouldn't have to watch Flender suffer while following that scumbag Yu Xiaogang anymore.]
[Yan Yan: The sisters have come up with such a perfect solution for you, it wouldn't be too much to ask for you to livestream it for us, right?]