I, Who Hate Marine So Much, Have Become A Future Nika?

Chapter 35: If You're a Man, Hold On for Three Minutes

Cheers, shouts, and battles filled the scene as Zhong Yingying made it extremely lively. These young members of the families were not stingy with their spirit stones.

In just a few hours, Zhong Yingying had received as many as ten spirit stones.

However, Zhong Yingying, who had put in so much effort, was also drenched in sweat.

After a long time, she finally found some free time to take a short break.

But as she turned her head, her mood instantly turned extremely bad.

—While she was working hard, Zhong Cang was actually sleeping soundly as if nothing had happened.

This scene made Zhong Yingying feel extremely wronged.

And her gritted teeth did not escape the notice of Hong Yu beside her.

To be honest, this group of companions of Zhong Yingying might be a bit lazy, not fully dedicated to cultivation. Hong Yu, in particular, was a bit arrogant.

But their nature was still good, especially when it came to friends.

However, this temperament also brought trouble to Zhong Cang.

Seeing Zhong Yingying constantly busy while Zhong Cang was lazily sleeping, Hong Yu felt that Zhong Yingying was being treated unfairly.

Her hot-tempered nature couldn't tolerate it, so she immediately voiced her thoughts.

"Yingying, I've told you before, don't be too accommodating to this ungrateful person. You've already helped him too much."

After saying this, Hong Yu stood up, ready to confront Zhong Cang.

Seeing this, Zhong Yingying quickly grabbed her, pleading, "No, Sister Hong Yu, please don't."

"You... make me so angry."

Hong Yu was furious, and Zhong Yingying felt wronged. However, she still defended Zhong Cang, saying, "We owe him. If it weren't for Uncle and Aunt, it would be me and Xiaodie who would be orphans now."

"..."

Being pulled and begged by Zhong Yingying, Hong Yu, despite her anger, was helpless.

However, she couldn't act, but there were plenty of people willing to act for her.

As for whether this would make Zhong Yingying angry... these people didn't care too much.

As Zhong Cang had said before, Zhong Yingying was like a green leaf that set off the red flowers in this small group.

If they could make Hong Yu happy, then if Zhong Yingying was unhappy, she would be unhappy too.

The only thing these cultivators needed to consider was whether this would make Hong Yu unhappy.

Some hesitated, while others decisively took action.

"Smack!"

A burst of spiritual power was shot towards Zhong Cang's forehead.

Naturally, it didn't hit him. Before the attack reached him, Zhong Cang's Maple Flower instinctively unsheathed and blocked it in front of his forehead.

However, the Maple Flower of Astral Projection disturbed Zhong Cang's calm state of mind and caused his cultivation this time to be in vain.

Being disturbed during cultivation naturally made Zhong Cang angry.

After opening his eyes, Zhong Cang's gaze fell on the man who had shot the spiritual power.

"..."

Meeting Zhong Cang's chilling gaze, the man's mind instantly froze. It felt as if a sword had pierced his soul, making his whole body stiff, unable to say anything.

This anomaly was not noticed by others—they didn't meet Zhong Cang's gaze.

Moreover, many people were regretful that they had missed the opportunity to strike first after being snatched away by Zhu Yu.

Zhong Cang, who was initially angry, then realized that the person in front of him was even angrier and venting their anger at him.

At first, he thought it was slander, but after listening to what these people said, Zhong Cang awkwardly realized that he had abandoned everything and let Zhong Yingying be busy, which was indeed inappropriate.

With a clear Sword Heart, Zhong Cang didn't stubbornly deny his wrongdoing, but instead said to Zhong Yingying, "I was indeed wrong this time. As compensation, you can take all the income today."

"Also, come to my courtyard tonight. I will be your sparring partner and help you in your cultivation."

"Uh..."

When Zhong Cang apologized, the challengers from the Zhong family were dumbfounded.

Now, if they insisted on challenging and causing trouble, it would backfire on them.

However, they stood up to challenge Zhong Cang not for justice or for Zhong Yingying, but to please Hongyu.

On the other hand, Hongyu did not let go of her thoughts about Zhong Cang.

This was not because she was willful.

After interacting with Zhong Yingying for a long time, although she had a bit of pride, she always treated Zhong Yingying as her little sister.

But she was not the kind of person who only took benefits without giving back.

She had her own sense of chivalry and felt that as the big sister, she should stand up for her little sisters and protect them from being bullied.

And because of her resentment, Zhong Cang had bullied Zhong Yingying several times, which she remembered.

She had wanted to confront Zhong Cang several times, but Zhong Yingying had always stopped her.

This time, although Zhong Cang apologized, Hongyu, who didn't know that he had changed internally, believed that a leopard couldn't change its spots.

"If I don't teach him a lesson, this guy will never change."

Thinking this way, she naturally didn't want to let Zhong Cang off easily.

However, Zhong Cang had already apologized, so it was indeed unreasonable to beat him up for this reason.

Fortunately, she was quite clever.

With a turn of her eyes, she came up with a solution.

"Little Ying has been busy all day and deserves these spirit stones. However, this is your place after all, and we can't let you suffer. If you spend a day here and don't receive a single spirit stone, it would make us look stingy."

Saying this, the group of family members who came with her were all stunned.

Even Zhong Yingying was the same.

Obviously, they didn't expect that the previously hot-tempered Hongyu would be so reasonable.

Fortunately, they soon realized that Hongyu was still the same Hongyu.

After saying the above words, Hongyu's tone suddenly changed.

"But, according to what Little Ying said, you have already changed. I guess even if I give you the spirit stones for free, you wouldn't accept them."

"In that case, let me take care of your job."

"Come up and spar with me. As long as you satisfy me, I won't be stingy with the spirit stones."

"Uh..."

The girl's challenge left Zhong Cang speechless.

With the Sword Heart, Zhong Cang could feel that the girl wanted to beat him up by asking him to come up.

And he could also feel that the girl's hostility towards him came from her desire to seek justice for Zhong Yingying.

Zhong Cang was quite pleased with this.

After all, he really liked his gentle, kind, and capable cousin.

If someone stood up for her, as her older brother, he would naturally be happy.

But it was frustrating when it was directed at him.

...

In his frustration, the conflicted expression on Zhong Cang's face made Hongyu mistakenly think that he was afraid.

Feeling this, she looked down on him in her heart, but didn't show it on her face. Instead, she said lightly, "Hmph, don't say that I'm making things difficult for you. I don't require you to win or draw, just hold on for five... three minutes, and I will give you three spirit stones."

(End of this chapter)