A Beast-Eared Maid Acquired

"What?"

"Weren't you just saying you were the boss? Giving up so soon?"

Lin Yan couldn't help finding it a little funny to see Xiao Wu begging for mercy.

Sure enough, no matter what a cute creature did, it was hard to feel any desire to attack it.

If Gangzi had been in her place, Lin Yan would have run him through with his sword long ago!

"Wuwuwu~"

"I know I was wrong. I won't dare do it again!"

"Someone, please save me~"

Xiao Wu was still muttering to herself.

But to be honest, even if Xiao Wu hadn't begged him, Lin Yan wouldn't really have killed her.

After all, there was still the Divine Trial!

If Lin Yan had been on his own, he could have killed Xiao Wu just like that. At worst, he would have wasted a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, but he could have obtained a Soul Bone with teleportation and maxed out his abilities early on.

But the situation was...

The God of Love hated Tang San to the bone, wishing she could devour his flesh and drink his blood.

Now that she had a chance for revenge, how could the God of Love simply kill Xiao Wu and leave it at that, making him lose a "roommate" he'd only known for a few days?

She wanted the two of them to fall apart and turn into bitter enemies!

Better yet, Tang San would fall in love with Xiao Wu, only to be killed by her own hand!

"Ai~"

"All right, get up!"

"I never said I was going to kill you!"

Lin Yan gave Xiao Wu's rabbit ears a few careless rubs. He couldn't tell whether they were decorations or real. They felt warm!

Xiao Wu looked up, utterly bewildered.

"???"

"You're not going to kill me? Really?"

"Yeah! Get up. If I wanted to kill you, I'd have done it already. You wouldn't have had the chance to sit here crying and spouting nonsense."

Lin Yan rolled his eyes, then stepped past Xiao Wu and plopped down on the sofa.

The air fell quiet for a moment. Xiao Wu remained on the floor in a daze, still sitting in a "loli sit" pose.

Only after a long while did she wipe away her tears and ask tentatively.

"Um..."

"Why?"

"You're a human Soul Master. Don't you need a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone?"

"Why are you letting me go?"

Lin Yan nodded. "You're right. I've changed my mind a little. Sorry for the trouble, but please sacrifice yourself to me now."

"Uh, never mind, then~"

Xiao Wu sheepishly turned her head away.

Having survived by the skin of her teeth, she didn't dare say anything more to Lin Yan.

But just because she kept quiet didn't mean Lin Yan would stay silent.

Looking at the pink rabbit-eared loli kneeling on the floor, Lin Yan cleared his throat and asked.

"Let me ask you something. How does Tang San treat you now?"

"Tang San?"

"The one with Innate Full Soul Power and Blue Silver Grass?"

Xiao Wu raised her eyes and thought for a moment before explaining.

"I feel like he kind of likes me. He asks after me every day, and he even said he'd buy me carrots when he got his Soul Master stipend."

"And I took his brand-new bedding before, but he still said he wanted to share a bed with me!"

"He wanted to share a bed with you?"

Lin Yan was a little surprised!

The reason people teased Xiao Wu by calling her the "Rogue Rabbit" was the part of the original story where she took the initiative to sleep with Tang San.

But now, how had it become Tang San who asked? Wasn't this plot a little off?

"Yeah!"

"But I didn't agree!"

"Huh? You didn't agree? Why not?"

Lin Yan was even more confused!

And Xiao Wu's next answer left him unsure whether to laugh or cry.

"Of course I wouldn't agree when he asked me to share a bed with him!"

"He smells like shit. It's disgusting!"

"And I used to think his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul felt really familiar. It had such a rich life presence, just like Sister Ah Yin!"

"But after he came back from Soul Hunting this time, his Blue Silver Grass had a Mandala Snake Soul Ring added to it, and I found it a little disgusting!"

As she spoke, Xiao Wu showed a look of disgust for Tang San, then turned to Ah Yin's soul, which was floating nearby.

Only then did she notice that, at some point, Ah Yin had bitten her lower lip tightly, an expression of distress on her face.

Lin Yan explained to Ah Yin.

"Your guess is right. That's the child from back then."

"Wh... what?"

Ah Yin was deeply shocked.

When she heard Xiao Wu mention Tang San just now, she'd thought it was only a coincidence. She hadn't expected that the child the two people before her were discussing really was her child from back then.

"Don't get worked up!"

"In a sense, he isn't your child anymore."

"Because there's a soul from another world living in his body."

At those words, Ah Yin was even more confused. "A soul from another world?"

"Yes!"

"Your child was killed by the shock waves during that great battle. A soul from another world took the opportunity to occupy your child's body."

"That's how the present Tang San came to be!"

Over the next while, Lin Yan explained Tang San's origins to Ah Yin and Xiao Wu.

He included how Tang San had jumped off a cliff to prove his resolve in the Tang Sect in his previous life, as well as his unusual maturity before the age of six in this life, and so on...

Though utterly shocked, Ah Yin and Xiao Wu managed to accept reality.

Finally, Lin Yan spoke slowly.

"I know it's hard for you to accept, but that's the truth."

"Because I also came from another world..."

At those words, the air fell silent.

Xiao Wu was all right. She wasn't very mature, and her attention was entirely on Tang San's identity.

But Ah Yin already had fully developed human emotions. She had just wanted to ask how Lin Yan knew so much and why she should believe what he said.

And now that Lin Yan had revealed the secret himself, she couldn't think for a moment.

"I'm telling you such an important secret because I hope..."

"From now on, neither of you will hide anything from me either!"

"Ah Yin, you've already acknowledged me as your master, so I trust you more."

"As for Xiao Wu..."

Lin Yan fixed his gaze on Xiao Wu's pink eyes and spoke word by word.

"I'll give you two choices:"

"1, move in with me, but you have to bring me water to wash my feet every day and become my maid."

"2, keep living in the work-study dormitory."

Meeting the Sharingan's gaze, Xiao Wu swallowed involuntarily, an inexplicable nervousness welling up in her heart.

"J-just bringing you water to wash your feet? Do I have to do anything else..."

"Of course!" Lin Yan explained as though it went without saying.

"I told you, you'll be my maid. You'll have to wait on me!"

"Mm, in return, I can also protect you from being discovered by other Titled Douluo."

"What? Really?"

Hearing that last sentence, Xiao Wu immediately sprang to her feet in excitement.

Stamping her little feet, she spoke to Lin Yan impatiently.

"Then I want to be your maid!"

Lin Yan nodded, the corners of his mouth curling up.

"Good, that's a wise choice."

"Now go back to the work-study dormitory and pack. Whatever else there is, we can take our time talking when you come back."

"This is also a good chance for you to say a proper goodbye to Tang San..."

"Goodbye?"

"What do I have to say goodbye to him for? We're not even close!"

Seeing the puzzled look on Xiao Wu's face, Lin Yan glared at her.

"If I tell you to go, then go. Starting now, you're my maid!"

Lin Yan's dead-serious expression made Xiao Wu sheepishly shut her mouth.

After an "Oh," she was about to turn and leave the room to pack her things as Lin Yan had told her.

At that moment, Ah Yin, who had remained silent nearby, suddenly spoke.

"Master, I... I want to see what that child looks like now."

Hearing this, Lin Yan thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Go on!"

"But don't reveal your identity."

"Xiao Wu, carry Sister Ah Yin with you."