Xiao Wu's Loss of Reason, a Farewell

"Xiao Wu, you..."

Looking at the girl on the sofa wrapped in her little blanket, Tang Wulin couldn't help staring in surprise. Xiao Wu...

Wanted to sleep with him?

Was that something she could say?

"N-no, can't I?"

Already somewhat flustered in front of him, Xiao Wu froze. A pitiful look flashed in her eyes as she gazed at him, her voice carrying a hint of pleading.

"You..."

"All right, you can take the bedroom."

Tang Wulin hesitated, but in the end, as though he had thought of something, he nodded and agreed.

He hadn't planned to rest anyway, so she could have the bedroom. He was only going to cultivate here on the sofa.

"Okay!"

"I knew Wulin was the best!"

Hearing that, Xiao Wu's pent-up emotions finally eased, and a smile blossomed on her face again. Wrapped in her little blanket, she headed for the bedroom.

It was as though the gloomy little girl from a moment ago hadn't been her at all.

"That little girl."

Watching her skip away, Tang Wulin wore a helpless look, but said nothing.

Of course he knew why she had been acting so strangely: it was because of the appearance of Sword Douluo, a Titled Douluo.

"After all, she doesn't know..."

"That I've already concealed her presence."

Tang Wulin couldn't help sighing inwardly. From Xiao Wu's perspective, it really was terrifying.

She was with her friends, yet right beside her was a powerful expert who could discover her identity at any moment, or might even have discovered it already. Who wouldn't be terrified?

"I still need to find a suitable chance to tell her, but for now..."

Tang Wulin's calm face grew thoughtful. Senior Golden Crocodile was usually by his side, protecting him, so he really didn't have many chances like that. He would wait a little longer.

"I'm back in this little bed!"

Xiao Wu entered the blue-themed bedroom and lay sprawled starfish-style under the covers, unable to resist muttering to herself. She had stayed here last time at the Rose Hotel too.

But this time was different. Although she had been with Wulin before, now that the two of them were alone together, a man and a woman in one room, it truly counted as staying at a couples' hotel with him.

And Wulin would be coming in soon.

"I don't mind being with Wulin. Otherwise, I wouldn't have agreed to share a room with him the first time we came here, but..."

"It still feels so embarrassing."

Xiao Wu murmured, a blush spreading across her face. At the thought of sleeping with Wulin soon, she felt the deer in her heart had bumped themselves to death countless times over.

As she thought about it, she obediently prepared the other blanket for him. One blanket each was already her limit; there was no way she could sleep under the same blanket with him!

One, two, three...

Yet as Xiao Wu waited expectantly, time ticked by, and Tang Wulin never appeared in the bedroom. A suspicious look crept onto her face.

Still wondering, she slowly got up and carried the blanket back toward the living room, where she saw Tang Wulin still meditating.

"Wulin, aren't you going to sleep?"

Xiao Wu blinked, walked over, and asked softly.

"Mm, of course not."

"Or does Xiao Wu want me to sleep with you?"

Tang Wulin answered with a smile, then teased Xiao Wu as she stood before him looking doubtful. If he really did sleep with her, wouldn't she blow up?

"H-hey, what are you saying?"

Sure enough, Xiao Wu's face turned red at once, though it wasn't as if she actually minded...

"But this is your room, Wulin. If you don't come in, then I'll have the bedroom all to myself, you know?"

Seeing that he really had no intention of joining her, Xiao Wu looked at him again and spoke softly.

Was Wulin really going to let her have it?

"Mm, go get some rest, Xiao Wu."

"You said you had a nightmare earlier, so you should catch up on your sleep now. Otherwise, how will you have the spirit tomorrow..."

Tang Wulin smiled faintly as he spoke, swallowing the rest of the sentence: "have the spirit to go to Heaven Dou City."

After all, the sight of Xiao Wu's face changing at the mention of Heaven Dou City that afternoon was still fresh in his mind. He had better not bring up the very thing he shouldn't.

"Otherwise, I really will share the room with you."

At the end, he gave a soft chuckle. If Xiao Wu still wouldn't take anything else to heart, he could only use that line.

"Ah, I know! I'll be good and go to sleep. Good luck with your cultivation, Wulin!"

Xiao Wu froze, then immediately nodded obediently, her face red, and fled in a hurry. Clearly, his words about sharing a room with her were still setting her little heart racing.

Besides, whether or not Wulin truly wanted to sleep, it was absolutely true that he had left the room to her because he wanted to take care of her. Even now, he was still mentioning the nightmare she had told him about.

"It's so nice having Wulin here..."

Xiao Wu lay flat on the soft, spacious bed again and couldn't help murmuring. With him caring about her, her formerly anxious heart felt warm.

But even so, it was hard for her mood to truly improve. She had long been weighed down with worries, and simply being in the same room as Wulin wouldn't ensure her survival.

"Just as I thought, I still can't sleep. I hope that Titled Douluo takes longer to catch me, or even fails to notice me..."

Xiao Wu buried herself completely under the covers, not even showing her head, and murmured to herself.

In the end, she huddled under the covers in fear and trepidation, doing her best to suppress her presence, not even daring to breathe deeply.

If she could help it, she still didn't want to die.

But time passed bit by bit, and after a layer of light spread across the sky outside, Xiao Wu noticed the room growing brighter and felt puzzled.

Was dawn already coming?

"Did that person not come looking for me?"

Xiao Wu cautiously poked her head out. Sensing that no one else's presence had appeared nearby, she couldn't help falling into thought.

He hadn't come all night. Had he really forgotten about her?

"He really overlooked me."

As she thought about it, she went to the bathroom twice with light steps. By the end, she couldn't help relaxing, and a glimmer of excitement appeared in her eyes.

Perhaps things weren't as bad as she had imagined?

"What exactly is going on with Sword Douluo?"

Puzzled, Xiao Wu looked at herself in the bathroom mirror. Nothing about her had changed. As a Titled Douluo, Sword Douluo should definitely have been able to tell.

A thoughtful expression appeared on her face, and an answer she herself found hard to believe surfaced in her mind:

Could her constitution somehow have mutated, so that even a Titled Douluo couldn't see her true form?

"If that were really true, that would be wonderful. Then I could stay by Wulin's side, but in theory, that's simply impossible..."

The next moment, however, Xiao Wu couldn't help shaking her head, her expression serious.

"There's no way my Soul Beast presence can be concealed before my cultivation reaches the Soul Saint level. This time, I can only have been lucky and escaped death."

"But my luck can't last forever!"

A chill flashed in her eyes. There was still only one choice before her—

Other than running, she had no choice!

She had no chance to gamble, nor would she gamble. After all, she could return to the Star Dou Great Forest, wait until she broke through to Soul Emperor and Soul Saint, and still return to the human world and stay by Wulin's side.

It was only a few years. She could afford to wait.

"Before I leave..."

"I'll see Wulin one last time."

With that thought, she left the bathroom and looked at Tang Wulin, who was still cultivating on the sofa. She tiptoed over to him.

He was meditating intently, but even so, his charming bearing had not diminished in the slightest.

"When Wulin is cultivating seriously..."

"He's handsome too."

Xiao Wu took a deep breath and couldn't help murmuring. How had she not noticed Wulin was so good-looking when they were little...?

All right, she had noticed a little back then, but more than that, it had been that frightening presence of his?

"Wulin..."

"I'm leaving."

Looking at the young man cultivating on the sofa, Xiao Wu took a deep breath and silently left those words in her heart.

But since this was their last meeting, surely it would be all right to hug her good friend?

With that thought, she held her breath, stepped forward, and gently hugged him, a hint of excitement on her face.

"..."

In the middle of his meditation, Tang Wulin couldn't help forming a question mark in his mind. He frowned slightly in bewilderment. He understood how Xiao Wu felt, but he really was still cultivating.

Who hugged someone at a time like this?

[Congratulations, host, you have successfully hugged Xiao Wu]

[Reward: 70,000-year Extreme Speed Shadow Left Leg Soul Bone]

But hearing the reward in his mind, Tang Wulin paused. Oh well, he would let her hug him this once.

"Phew."

Xiao Wu took a deep breath and reluctantly let him go. Seeing that he hadn't—

If hugging was fine, then what about a kiss...?

Her gaze fell on his attractively glossy lips, and her throat couldn't help moving. She murmured, her face red, as though some invisible magic were drawing her in.

"..."

"Something's wrong. There's something wrong with me..."

"Xiao Wu, you have to be sensible."

Xiao Wu suppressed the little thoughts in her heart. She felt her head wasn't quite right anymore.

As a young girl, she still had to respect herself!

Just then, Tang Wulin opened his eyes and looked at the blushing girl before him. His gaze was calm, yet it also held a trace of something difficult to put into words.

Their eyes met, and the air fell silent.

"..."

"Ah, Wulin, why did you wake up?"

Xiao Wu's face soon turned crimson. She instinctively looked elsewhere and murmured.

"Your hug woke me up."

Tang Wulin looked at her and smiled helplessly. Being hugged while cultivating was bound to interrupt him.

He hadn't wanted to open his eyes at first, because it really would embarrass her. But Xiao Wu had stayed standing in front of him with no intention of leaving, so he couldn't just sit there and ignore her.

After all, she had just hugged him. What would come next...?

"I..."

"Then keep cultivating, Wulin. I'm going back to sleep!"

Her face flushed red, Xiao Wu left those words behind and fled toward the bedroom in an instant, leaving Tang Wulin alone in the living room.

"..."

"That Little Rabbit."

A helpless look crossed Tang Wulin's face. He shook his head, then returned to his cultivation.

"Phew, my face is so hot. I was too bold."

Back in the room, Xiao Wu sat on the bed and couldn't help muttering to herself. After that, she began making her final arrangements.

She took paper and a pen from her Soul Tool and put her entire farewell down in ink. Being unable to say goodbye in person was already her limit; if she simply left like this, everyone would be sad.

After finishing, she tiptoed through the living room, left the envelope by the door, and quickly departed the Rose Hotel.

"Driver, I need a ride."

Carriages came and went frequently on the streets of Suotuo City. Xiao Wu approached one that looked decent and spoke.

"Where to, miss?"

The driver immediately stopped and asked.

"The Star Dou Great Forest."

Xiao Wu took one last look at the Rose Hotel, then slowly spoke those words.

Wulin, I...

Will definitely come back!

"..."