How Could You Skip Barbecue for a Late-Night Snack?!

(The chapter that was blocked yesterday has been restored with the editor's help. The content is important, so go take a look—there's a surprise.)

Night.

The moment Mo Lang opened his eyes, he saw a pair of pale, slender thighs. Turning his head, he realized he had once again fallen asleep with his head on Xiao Wu's lap. Xiao Wu had also dozed off against the wall. When she saw him wake up, she opened her eyes as well and said lovingly, "You're awake, A Lang?"

"Mm. Next time I fall asleep, just put me on the bed. Aren't your legs numb?" Mo Lang asked tenderly, his heart warming at the sight of obedient Xiao Wu.

"They're not numb. I'm just a little hungry."

Xiao Wu shook her head, puffed out her pink lips, rubbed her belly, and spoke coquettishly.

"Then rest for a while. I'll go to the cafeteria and get you something to eat. After you're done, I'll show you a treasure."

Mo Lang rubbed Xiao Wu's head and spoke mysteriously.

"Is it the kind that gets bigger and thicker again?" Xiao Wu raised her brows and teased Mo Lang.

"Cough, cough." Mo Lang had not expected Xiao Wu's dirty jokes to still come so fast. He coughed awkwardly and said, "If you want to see it, I wouldn't mind."

"You filthy pervert! Who wants to see that?!"

Xiao Wu's face immediately turned red. She rolled her eyes, grabbed a pillow, and hurled it at Mo Lang. He chuckled and walked out.

The moment he stepped outside, Mo Lang noticed that Shrek Academy had changed quite a bit. What had originally been nothing more than a small village had now been mostly renovated. Only the dormitories remained untouched.

It was starting to feel a little like a noble academy.

"Dean, you're awake? Are you satisfied with the academy's renovations?"

After only a few steps, Flender approached with a flattering grin and asked respectfully.

"Not bad. Where's the cafeteria? I'm going to prepare something for Xiao Wu to eat." Mo Lang offered a compliment, only to realize that he could no longer find the cafeteria.

"Dean, I've been busy until now and haven't eaten either. Do you think I could share in the good fortune?" When Flender heard that Mo Lang was going to cook, his eyes lit up. He immediately put on a pitiful act.

In truth, he had already eaten. But the moment he thought of Mo Lang's cooking, he was hungry again.

"Sure. Then come have some too."

Mo Lang did not mind preparing food for one more person. Besides, Flender had indeed done a good job. It was only one meal, something he could make casually.

"Boss, me too! I've been hungry all day! You have no idea how exhausting it was looking after those little brats. I was so busy I didn't even have time to eat, and I even got injured. If you don't mind, Boss, how about beating me up again?"

Zhao Wuji appeared from nowhere, wearing a pitiful expression.

"Zhao Wuji, look at you, walking as briskly as ever. Where do you look injured? If anyone's getting beaten by the Dean this time, it has to be me first!"

When Flender saw Zhao Wuji trying to get beaten ahead of him again, he found it utterly outrageous!

"What do you mean, Flender? Don't you know we ran into the Titan Giant Ape this time? If Boss hadn't arrived in time, you wouldn't even be seeing me now!"

Zhao Wuji shouted at the top of his lungs, "If Boss beats me up again and I break through to the Soul Douluo realm, won't I be able to protect the academy's students even better?!"

"Pah! You're shameless! You obviously just want to break through, yet you're using protecting the students as an excuse. Besides, I'm about to break through to Soul Douluo too. Why shouldn't I be the one getting beaten?" Flender said.

"Pah! You're the shameless one!"

Their argument alerted all the students and teachers of Shrek Academy.

"I really don't get it. What has gotten into the former Dean and Vice-Dean? They're actually arguing over who gets beaten first."

Oscar watched Flender and Zhao Wuji argue until their faces were red, utterly baffled.

He felt that the world had changed.

It had become even more perverse.

"Xiao San, do you know what's going on? Does Lang-ge have some special ability that gradually turns people perverted?" Dai Mubai asked Tang San beside him.

"What level was Teacher Zhao before?" Tang San did not answer Dai Mubai's question. Instead, he asked one of his own.

"A level 76 Soul Sage. Why?"

"Then how much power did he display when he faced the Titan Giant Ape before?" Tang San seemed to have noticed something.

"Level 78... Wait, are you saying that after Lang-ge beat him up, Teacher Zhao gained two levels of Soul Power?!" Dai Mubai quickly caught on, his face filled with shock.

"That's right. Didn't you hear him? If Lang-ge beats them up again, they'll be able to break through to the Soul Douluo realm."

Tang San spoke calmly, his clear eyes fixed on Mo Lang's figure. He had discovered that the longer he spent with Mo Lang, the more mysterious the man became.

Even more mysterious than himself.

But whenever Tang San recalled Mo Lang patting him on the shoulder, wearing that domineering, confident smile, and telling him, "I'm your Lang-ge. With me here, no one can hurt you," he felt incomparably warm inside.

"Doesn't that mean that if Lang-ge beats us up too, we can also improve our strength?" Ma Hongjun said, his eyes shining.

"He's a Titled Douluo. If you're not afraid of dying, go tell him that."

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Mo Lang, then glanced at Dai Mubai beside her. The more she looked at him, the more displeased she became.

One was powerful and devoted, while the other was weak and fickle. How had she ended up engaged to someone like this?

"Haha, I don't care! Lang-ge is cooking, and I'm going to eat too!"

Ning Rongrong could not be bothered to think so much. Once I win Mo Lang over, he'll be mine entirely!

Some of Shrek Academy's teachers had also been awakened by the noise. They looked curiously at Flender and Zhao Wuji, but more importantly, they scrutinized the handsome young man surrounded by the two.

Since many teachers had been away when the new term began a few days ago, they had not met Mo Lang. However, that did not mean they had not heard the legends about him.

A thirteen-year-old peak Titled Douluo!

He had taken down Soul Emperor Li Yusong with a single strike of his staff!

He had even beaten the Immovable Bright King Zhao Wuji into submission that very day!

Even Flender had willingly given up his position as Dean!

Nearly every one of those stories sounded like exaggeration, yet Flender and Li Yusong had both personally confirmed them. That only made them more curious about what kind of person he truly was.

"Since everyone's here, let's have a late-night snack together. I'll introduce you to the new Dean, and I'll also introduce the academy's teaching staff to the Dean."

When he mentioned the teaching staff, a flash of pride appeared in Flender's eyes. After all, Shrek Academy's faculty was stronger than that of some noble academies.

"In that case, I'll trouble myself and make another meal for you all."

At that moment, Shao Xin, whose level 71 Food System Martial Soul Sugar Bean had approached, spoke.

Shao Xin was both a teacher at Shrek Academy and Shrek Academy's cook.

"No, no, no. The Dean is preparing to cook personally, so just stay off to the side." Flender immediately stopped Shao Xin. It had not been easy to get another chance to eat Mo Lang's cooking.

"Flender, even if the Dean is a Titled Douluo, you don't need to flatter him like this, do you? What I hate most are people who ruin food!"

Shao Xin had never tasted Mo Lang's cooking and assumed Flender was merely currying favor with him. He immediately became displeased.

Those who stayed behind to teach at Shrek generally had some real skill, and people with real skill naturally had a few eccentricities.

As a food-system Soul Master, Shao Xin could not stand seeing food wasted.

"What a coincidence. I hate people who waste food too."

Mo Lang had not wanted to make so much food in the first place, but Shao Xin's words made him feel that his title as New Oriental's number one genius had been challenged.

Even though he was now on the Douluo Continent and had no intention of becoming a chef, no one could insult his cooking!

He looked at Shao Xin and said, "Since you look down on me, I'll broaden your horizons today and show you what the evergreen classic of the culinary world is—barbecue!"

That was right. Mo Lang had decided to make a barbecue feast.

After all, he had not had any in a long time.

Besides, if you were having a late-night snack without barbecue, what the hell were you even eating?