Wait, a Mother-in-Law Is a Mother Too?

Jiang Wu knew what was going on and intended to help the girl over to a tree.

He was halfway through helping her up when she slowly opened her eyes.

Through her daze, the girl saw a person with a very good-looking face, somewhat long hair, and black clothes.

For some reason, when he saw the person, it was as though he were seeing his long-deceased mother.

"Mom..."

The girl spoke to Jiang Wu in a daze.

Jiang Wu: "????"

Wait, he could understand Wang Dong'er calling him Mom.

Why was this person calling him Mom too?

Wang Dong'er: "Pfft."

Once Wang Dong'er started laughing, she couldn't stop. She squatted on the ground, clutching her stomach, her shoulders shaking and her pink hair bobbing along with them.

"Mom... Mom... hahaha, Xiao Wu, did you hear that? He called you Mom too..."

Jiang Nannan stood beside her, one hand over her mouth and the other on Wang Dong'er's shoulder, trying to get her to rein it in. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't keep the corners of her own mouth from turning up.

She cleared her throat, trying to make her voice sound more serious. "Dong'er, stop laughing. She's still dazed."

"I-I can't help it..." Wang Dong'er was laughing so hard she nearly cried. She looked up at Jiang Wu's expressionless face, then couldn't help burying her face again and continuing to laugh.

The girl was fully awake now. Her blurred vision slowly cleared, and the first thing she saw was Jiang Wu's face, right in front of her.

That dazed cry of "Mom" replayed in her head. Her face flushed bright red, from the tips of her ears to the base of her neck. She scrambled out of Jiang Wu's arms and staggered back a step, nearly tripping over a tree root behind her.

"S-sorry!" The girl lowered her head, her voice hurried and embarrassed. "Just now... I couldn't see clearly just now. I didn't mean to, I..."

She got stuck halfway through, unsure how to explain.

She couldn't very well say she'd mistaken a boy for her deceased mother.

Jiang Wu stood up and brushed the dirt from the hem of his clothes. His tone was calm. "It's fine. You fainted by the roadside, and we happened to pass by."

The girl raised her head and looked at Jiang Wu.

From up close, she could see his face more clearly. His features really were excessively delicate, but he was unmistakably a boy.

Yet she couldn't help thinking that the feeling this person gave him... was really strange.

He was clearly a boy, and this was clearly their first meeting. But when he had helped her up, carefully supporting her back and slowly setting her down by the tree, she had suddenly remembered how her mother used to hold her when she was sick as a child.

Warm and safe, making her want to close her eyes and forget about everything.

The girl hurriedly pushed the thought down, the base of her ears growing a little hot.

Jiang Nannan had composed her expression by then and asked curiously, "Little sister, what's your name? What did you come to the Star Dou Great Forest alone for?"

Although she had guessed why the girl had come to the Star Dou Great Forest, she still had to ask.

The girl took a deep breath and said, "My name is Huo Yutong. I came to the Star Dou Great Forest to get a Soul Ring, but I suddenly fainted for some reason."

He didn't mention where he came from, and Jiang Nannan didn't press him. She merely nodded. "You've got some nerve, entering the Star Dou Great Forest alone. You fainted before you'd even made it out of the area where the Ten-Year Soul Beasts gather. If we hadn't happened to pass by, you'd have lost your life here."

Huo Yutong couldn't help lowering her head in embarrassment, unsure how to respond to Jiang Nannan.

Jiang Wu: "????"

Wait, Huo Yutong?

What the hell kind of world was this? Was it the manhua version or the novel version?

Of course he knew who Huo Yutong was.

For a while before he transmigrated, Huo Yutong had been especially popular on Douyin. She could be said to be a must-have on Douyin's Douluo list.

To be fair, Jiang Wu thought that if all the male leads in the Douluo series turned into girls, every one of them would be a top-tier wife.

The female leads of other novels couldn't compare with them at all.

Take Tang San, for instance. If he turned into a girl, looking again at the things Tang San had done, one could only say: good wife.

Plenty of people online criticized Tang San for coveting Xiao Wu's Soul Ring and Soul Bone, but in fact, to let Xiao Wu escape, Tang San had been able to forcibly dig out his Blue Silver Emperor bone and give it to Xiao Wu so she could run.

If their genders were swapped, female Tang San would be number one on the must-have list for Douluo fanfiction.

Grinning, Wang Dong'er patted Huo Yutong on the shoulder. "Huo Yutong, it's no big deal that you called Jiang Wu Mom. His nickname is Mom."

Hearing Wang Dong'er's words, Jiang Wu looked at her, speechless.

He thought to himself, Wang Dong'er, just you wait.

Huo Yuhao looked at Jiang Wu in some surprise. He opened his mouth, but it took him a long moment to squeeze out a response. "A n-nickname?"

He really couldn't understand how a boy who looked about his age could have a nickname like that.

Wang Dong'er looked smug, as though showing off something impressive. "Yep, I've been calling him that since the first day I met him."

Jiang Wu gave her an expressionless look. "Wang Dong'er, say that again. I dare you."

"Mom." Wang Dong'er refused to back down. She tilted her face up to look at him, her eyes curved in a smile.

Jiang Wu took a deep breath and decided not to stoop to this girl's level.

Huo Yuhao stood to the side, at a loss for words. He only felt that the atmosphere between the three was very strange, yet it also held an indescribable closeness.

He was just about to take his leave when he heard footsteps behind him.

"Jiang Nannan?"

A warm male voice came from among the trees.

Jiang Wu looked toward the voice and saw a boy and a girl emerging from the other side of the woods.

The boy was tall and straight, his short dark-blue hair gleaming like gemstones in the sunlight.

Though he was young, he had a refined air about him.

The girl beside him looked about fifteen or sixteen. Her long black hair was tied in a ponytail that hung down her back, and her light-blue fitted outfit traced the youthful curves of her budding figure.

She had large, lively phoenix eyes, a straight, pert nose, and a nearly perfect oval face.

At the sight of the two, something stirred slightly in Jiang Wu's heart.

Tang Ya and Bei Bei.

Tang Ya's gaze swept over the group before settling on Jiang Wu's face, where it suddenly stopped.

She tilted her head, her brows knitting slightly as she stared at Jiang Wu for several seconds. A hint of puzzlement flickered in her eyes.

Tang Ya kept feeling as though she had seen this person somewhere before.

But she couldn't say where. The face was clearly unfamiliar, yet the feeling was strong.

It was like walking down the street and suddenly seeing a stranger who somehow seemed familiar.

For some reason, seeing the person made her think of her mother.

"Xiao Ya, what's wrong?" Bei Bei noticed something was off and asked in a low voice.

Tang Ya shook her head, pushing down the strange feeling. "It's nothing."

Bei Bei looked at Jiang Nannan and said, "What a coincidence. What are you doing here?"

Jiang Nannan nodded in greeting. "Bei Bei. I brought my younger brother here to get a Soul Ring."