Dragon Clan: I'm too lazy to talk to you, you're not worthy to listen!

Seeing that all the students of Kassel College had fled.

Ye Jingchen crossed his arms and turned to Vice Principal Flamel. "Principal Flamel, I'll take care of things here. You can direct the students to evacuate safely."

Flamel nodded, picked up his kerosene lamp, and turned to leave, muttering to himself, "Tch, brat, he thinks I'm too old and useless!"

Ye Jingchen looked up at the ceiling again, "Norma."

Norma's holographic projection opened its mouth: "I'm here."

Ye Jingchen: "Disconnect all audiovisual equipment in the Norton Hall. It will be automatically restored in three hours."

Norma: "Okay, setup successful!"

Ye Jingchen looked at Norton, "Can you sense exactly how many embryos are below the ice cellar?"

Norton closed his eyes and began to sense the number of inferior bloodlines in the underground ice cellar. He paused and said, "Not many, just over three hundred."

Ye Jingchen: "Can we let these guys continue to sleep?"

Norton pursed his lips slightly. "In this situation, based on my past experience, I would kill them directly and then cremate the body, without ever appeasing the embryonic bloodline."

Ye Jingchen glanced at Constantine and Fenrir, shook his head, and then turned his gaze to Jormungandr, "Can you do it?"

Jormungandr's eyes darted around in their sockets, and he said somewhat uncertainly, "Um... I only know a little bit, it's just an attempt."

Ye Jingchen frowned slightly. "Hmm, you try it first."

"Word of Power: Slave Command!" Jormungandr's eyes widened, gleaming with a yellow light. An invisible, thread-like network snaked down from the underground elevator shaft, connecting to the embryos in the glass jars that had not yet fully broken open. Jormungandr chanted in dragon language, "Sleep, all of you."

The embryos that had been writhing and thrashing inside the glass jars instantly calmed down at Jormungandr's command.

They lowered their heads, retracted their claws and teeth, curled their tails, and returned to the curled-up state they had been in when they were soaking in the glass jar and light green nutrient solution.

It is like a milk dragon, with a big head and short arms and legs.

Ye Jingchen felt the ground stop shaking slightly and slowly closed the door. Before the door was completely closed, he saw people from the Equipment Department of Kassel College rushing towards Norton Hall in hazmat suits, but they were stopped by Vice Principal Flamel.

Ye Jingchen turned and approached Li Wuyue, placing his left hand on her shoulder. He then turned to look at the four dragon kings: Norton, Constantine, Jormungandr, and Fenrir. "Li Wuyue, none of you asked when you came. Let me introduce you now."

"Logically speaking, you all know each other."

"I won't waste any more words."

As Ye Jingchen spoke, he conjured a parchment contract out of thin air with his right hand, placed it in Li Wuyue's hand, and patted Li Wuyue's shoulder, "Take a look."

Upon hearing this, Li Wuyue quickly unfolded the parchment contract. When she saw the eight large characters at the top—"Heaven and Earth bear witness, we swear an oath of blood"—Li Wuyue instantly realized that something was wrong!

The relationship between a leader and his allies is almost no different from that between a slave owner and his slaves, at least for the Dragon King.

However, when she saw the signatures at the bottom, Li Wuyue was even more shocked. Her phoenix eyes widened as if they couldn't close, and she looked up at the four dragon kings in front of her, "You actually all signed?"

Jormungandr grinned. "Haha, my brother and I did it all voluntarily."

Fenrir chuckled and nodded. "Yes, it was voluntary. My sister signed it for me, so her meaning is my meaning!"

Norton turned his head away, feeling that the past was too painful to recall. "Back then, I hadn't fully recovered my memory and I was fooled."

Constantine shook his head. "I'm not really sure. I was still inside the egg when my brother signed it."

Norton: “…”

Perhaps due to a slight increase in estrogen levels, Li Wuyue appeared somewhat timid. She turned to Ye Jingchen and asked tremblingly, "Your Majesty, may I not sign?"

Ye Jingchen wrinkled his nose and demanded, "Why won't you sign?"

Li Wuyue, in the most cowardly tone, uttered the most arrogant words, "Too lazy to sign~"

Ye Jingchen's hand, which was on Li Wuyue's shoulder, suddenly gripped Li Wuyue's shoulder, leaving a clear, bright red handprint on his fair skin.

When Ye Jingchen used the Alchemy of Life Creation, he deliberately adjusted Li Wuyue's body sensitivity to ten times the baseline sensitivity of a normal person.

"Ouch, that hurts!" Li Wuyue winced in pain, biting her bright red lower lip with her neat front teeth. She frowned slightly and patted Ye Jingchen's hand. "Stop pinching me, I'll sign, I'll sign!"

Ye Jingchen loosened his grip slightly, took out the pen, and handed it to Li Wuyue.

Li Wuyue held a pen in her hand, looking at the contents of the parchment contract, weighing the pros and cons, and thought to herself: "Norton and the other dragon kings have all signed it, so there shouldn't be any problem if I sign it too."

But what if those guys team up with an outsider to deceive and frame me? Maybe I shouldn't sign!

No, that won't work either. What if those dragon kings turn on me on the spot? If my brother devours me, at least he'll leave me with the Resurrection Egg, so I'll still have a chance to be reborn. But if they divide me up and eat me, then I'll really die.

"This won't do, I feel like signing it is bad, but not signing it is also bad..."

Seeing Li Wuyue's hesitation, Ye Jingchen instantly saw through her concerns. He turned to Norton and the other four dragon kings and said, "You all go back first. I'll talk to Li Wuyue privately. If there are any other things to discuss, we can talk about them another day."

After Norton and the other three Dragon Kings had left the Norton Pavilion, Ye Jingchen pulled Li Wuyue to the front door and lowered the bolt!

He glanced at the watch that Yukichi had given him in Dongying earlier. "Hmm, it'll be another two hours or so before Norton Hall can resume communication."

As Ye Jingchen spoke, he withdrew his hand from Li Wuyue's shoulder, unbuttoned the first white button of his black shirt, and took a step toward Li Wuyue.

Li Wuyue dared not look directly at Ye Jingchen, her inner monologue: "Damn it, how could I, a dignified Dragon King, lose in terms of aura to a mere half-blood!"

Although Li Wuyue thought of herself as very strong, she was actually retreating step by step.

She retreated to the piano, her pert buttocks touching the white keys and producing a "do mi fa" sound!

Ye Jingchen reached out, pulled back his black trench coat, placed it on the piano stand, and pressed Li Wuyue onto the piano, resulting in another series of chaotic piano notes.

"Don't sign?"

"I told you not to sign!"

"I told you not to sign!"

"Are you still going to sign?"

The red wine next to the piano was spilled, and the bright red wine flowed onto the white piano keys and down the black piano table, which was very eye-catching.

About an hour later, Ye Jingchen saw that Li Wuyue was becoming somewhat delirious, so he stood aside, sat down in a chair, and lit a cigarette.

"I'll give you ten minutes to think it over, or continue." Ye Jingchen exhaled a puff of smoke, his inner monologue: "A dragon king like this only learns to behave after being completely destroyed and trampled..."

Li Wuyue thought the nightmare was over, but after hearing Ye Jingchen's words, she instantly raised her head and stood up shakily, "You're coming again?! Didn't you just..."

Ye Jingchen threw away his cigarette butt. "Ten minutes are up!"

Li Wuyue pointed to the clock hanging on the wall, "No, it hasn't been ten minutes yet..."

Before he could finish speaking, Ye Jingchen reached out and grabbed Li Wuyue's chin, saying, "I said we're here, so we're here!"

Li Wuyue: "No, I'll sign! Hmm~"

Li Wuyue: "Didn't I say I'd sign? Why are you still... um~"

Ye Jingchen: "Stop talking nonsense and sign it quickly. I'm watching you from behind!"

Li Wuyue: "Don't move, or I won't be able to exert any strength."

Ye Jingchen: "Mm."

Ye Jingchen waited until Li Wuyue finished writing the last stroke of her name, then snatched the parchment contract from her hand like lightning, without the slightest hesitation.

If one has to be careful when signing contracts with humans, one can hardly imagine signing contracts with these high and mighty dragon kings.

Our main principles are: stability, accuracy, and ruthlessness!

Li Wuyue turned her head and looked coldly at Ye Jingchen, tears still glistening in the corners of her eyes. "Is it okay now?"

Ye Jingchen draped a black trench coat over Li Wuyue's shoulders and reached out to touch her gray hair. "Of course you can. A good child is one who listens!"

Li Wuyue: "Then why don't you let me go right now!"

Ye Jingchen: "There are still more than forty minutes left, we can't waste them."

Li Wuyue: "I already signed it, but you still... um~"

Ye Jingchen: "When did I say I'd let you off the hook after you signed your name? Remember, this is punishment for your disobedience!"

……

Happy times are always fleeting. Li Wuyue was experiencing both pain and joy, perhaps joy, because she was no longer making a fuss over nothing, or perhaps her voice had become hoarse and she had run out of energy.

"Word of Power: Sword Control!" Ye Jingchen glanced at his watch and, a minute early, manipulated the monitor in the Norton Pavilion to rotate it thirty degrees, avoiding the view at this moment.

At that moment, Norma's voice rang out again in the hall: "The audiovisual equipment in the Norton Hall has now been restored to normal!"

Ye Jingchen said, "Norma, give me more time... no, give me another eight hours, the same plan as before."

Norma: "Okay, all arranged."

Norma's icy reply pierced Li Wuyue's eardrums like a sharp blade. Despair filled Li Wuyue's eyes, and her body trembled...

the next day.

The morning light slanted in through the stained-glass windows of the Norton Building, as if dyeing Li Wuyue's shadow curled up on the sofa into mottled iris patterns.

She was wrapped in Ye Jingchen's black trench coat, poking at the melting chocolate-filled cream at the bottom of her glass with a straw, each poke creating a spiral galaxy of cream on the glass's surface.

Ye Jingchen patted Li Wuyue, "Let's go back to the dormitory while it's still early. I just saw Xia Mi's message, and a few of us were granted permission to use an entire floor of the student dormitory."

Li Wuyue no longer dared to resist Ye Jingchen. With her head down and face flushed, she whispered, "Mm."

Ye Jingchen put his arm around Li Wuyue, looked down at the map Norma had sent on his phone, and walked into the academy apartment. Their student apartments were on the second floor.

"Enter the door lock password..." Ye Jingchen muttered, pressing the button on the door lock and recording his fingerprint.

Ye Jingchen turned to look at Li Wuyue, who was looking down at her toes, and held out his hand. "Give me your hand."

Upon hearing this, Li Wuyue gently placed her three slender, fair fingers on Ye Jingchen's palm.

Ye Jingchen held Li Wuyue's finger and pressed it a few times on the fingerprint recognition point of the door lock to register her fingerprint. "This is a fingerprint recognition lock. From now on, when you come in and out, just press here, and the door will open or close. Got it?"

Li Wuyue nodded sweetly, "Yes, I will remember."

Inside the room.

Xia Mi had just taken off her apron when she heard the doorbell ring. She turned to look at Fenrir and said, "Brother, I'll go open the door. You watch the pot so it doesn't burn."

"Oh, the fried eggs should be runny." Fenrir, who had been squatting at the kitchen doorway, now stood next to the gas stove, staring longingly at the frying pan.

Constantine, standing on a small stool to Fenrir's left, tiptoed and flipped the sizzling bacon. His apron bore the Chicago Cubs logo. "Brother, this is the sixth piece of bacon today."

With a slight flick of his wrist, the egg yolk traced a perfect parabola in mid-air before landing precisely on the porcelain plate Norton was holding.

Norton reached out and patted Constantine's head, smiling as he said, "You fried the bacon perfectly, crispy but not burnt."

"Really?" Constantine smiled brightly, revealing a set of small, neat teeth.

“Of course it’s true!” Norton said, only showing such cheerfulness when he was with Constantine.

Xia Mi was walking to the door, but hadn't even had a chance to grasp the doorknob yet.

Ye Jingchen pushed open the door and heard the sizzling sound of frying oil. "Oh, making breakfast? I haven't eaten yet. Did you make some for me?"

Xia Mi was only stunned for a moment when she saw Ye Jingchen embracing Li Wuyue before quickly turning around and saying, "Boss, come in quickly, I'll go make it for you right away!"

Just as Li Wuyue smelled the aroma of caramel, she saw Norton place the alchemy notes under his coffee cup and put a plate of bacon on the table.

The King of Bronze and Fire was wrinkling his nose, studying the fully automatic coffee machine, when his metal bracelet accidentally pressed the wrong button, and espresso mixed with milk foam sprayed all over his face.

"Pfft—" Li Wuyue chuckled, then quickly covered her mouth with her trench coat sleeve, her gray hair falling down to cover her reddened ear tips.

When Ye Jingchen walked into the living room, he saw Jormungandr holding up his phone to take pictures of Norton's embarrassing situation, while Norton was blocking Jormungandr's camera. "Don't take pictures, aren't you going to make breakfast for Li Wuyue and the other one?"

The girl was wearing a light purple knit sweater today, and a strawberry hair clip she bought from the vending machine at Kassel College yesterday was tucked into her hair. "Good morning, boss~ Would you like to try the secret-recipe fried egg from the King of Earth and Mountains?"

"Are you sure you didn't use the Word of Power: Earthquake to shatter the yolk?" Ye Jingchen took the last half-slice of bacon from Fenrir's plate and dipped it in maple syrup under the other's aggrieved gaze.

His shirt collar still had red wine stains from last night, but his cufflinks were brand new bronze ouroboros.

Li Wuyue suddenly discovered a note in the bottom of her pocket.

When unfolded, the dragon's blood stained the white paper, creating dark patterns.

"There seems to be your revival egg in the petri dish in the seventh section of the ice cellar. If you don't want to be made into a specimen by the equipment department, you'd better behave yourself. I can take you to see it later."

She looked up abruptly and met Ye Jingchen's profile as he held a porcelain plate against the sunlight. He sat down on the stool next to Norton.

"Chen Motong just sent me a text message suggesting we go to the Port of Chicago today to see a cargo ship. Apparently, that ship came from Chenjia Port in China." Ye Jingchen suddenly tapped his glass with his fork.

Norton ate his fried egg with a knife and fork with an air of elegance. If it weren't for his mage robes, he would have looked like a returnee from an American gentleman's training program. "What exactly are we going there for?"

Ye Jingchen: "We'll work in groups of three. Constantine will be in charge of buying the hot pot ingredients, and Jormungandr will take Fenrir to Walmart to buy us daily necessities and clothes."

Norton: "And what about me?"

Ye Jingchen turned to Norton, who was wiping his glasses with a tissue, and said, "You stay at the academy and keep an eye on the ice cellar."

“You want me to be a shut-in? Why?” Sparks flew from Norton’s golden eyes.

"Because your alchemical matrix can shield you from the Vice Principal's Word of Power: Commandments, you might be able to get Chen Motong and Shudeya to cooperate with you in your actions," Ye Jingchen said, tossing the car keys to Li Wuyue.

His fingertips traced the purplish-red contract mark on the inside of her wrist. "Li Wuyue, do you... drive a Maserati?"

Li Wuyue looked at the car keys in her hand and shook her head. "No."

Ye Jingchen nodded. "It's okay, you can sit in the passenger seat later, I'll drive."

"By the way, let me borrow a coat from Xia Mi for you. It's not good for you to keep wearing my black trench coat."

Li Wuyue turned away shyly and went into the kitchen to find Jormungandr...