Carrot Feast?

Xiao Wu took a few steps forward, then, realizing Wang Xiao had not followed, looked back.

Sure enough, he was still standing there in a daze.

With a beaming smile, she said, "Hey! Brother Xiao Xiao, come sit at my place. I'll make you something tasty."

"Coming!" Wang Xiao answered, quickly catching up.

He was quite curious about what delicious food she could make.

Carrots?

Very possible!

"Ding, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao..."

The System's loli voice suddenly spoke.

"I say, System, can't you speak properly? Do you have to go around giving people random nicknames?" Wang Xiao was a little surprised to hear the System speak so suddenly.

Then he seemed to recall something. "System? I thought you were mute. Before, you only said one sentence at a time. Why are you suddenly striking up a conversation with me now, and calling me so affectionately?"

"Ding, this System was bored. What's wrong with talking to you?"

Wang Xiao laughed. "A cold-blooded, heartless System like you knows how to get bored too?"

"Ding, what's wrong with Systems? Who says Systems can't be bored, have to be cold-blooded and heartless, and can't chat?"

"Mm." Wang Xiao nodded, feeling that the System had a point. "Then, Miss System, what do you want to talk about?"

"Men and women? Or some greasy little stories? How about I tell you an interesting story?"

"..." The Loli Voice System was speechless.

"Hey, little System sister, do you want to hear it?"

"..." The Loli Voice System remained silent.

Sigh~

Wang Xiao sighed. "Forget it if you don't want to listen. I can't be bothered wasting my breath on you."

"You're really not giving me any face! You were the one who said you were bored and wanted to chat. Why did you suddenly go silent? Are you messing with me, System?"

"..." The Loli Voice System simply refused to speak.

Wang Xiao was furious!

But there was nothing he could do about the System, so he could only let it go.

He then turned his attention to Xiao Wu. "Xiao Wu, have you always lived in Taoshan Village?"

Wang Xiao was asking despite already knowing the answer. He had clearly read the plot of the original Douluo Dalu book and knew Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit.

She had previously lived in the Star Dou Great Forest with her rabbit mother and had only recently entered human society.

Naturally, Xiao Wu could not reveal her secret to him, so she merely smiled without saying anything.

"Xiao Wu, you're back."

Just then, a burly farmer passing by Xiao Wu greeted her warmly.

"Mm, Uncle Niu, are you going to pick vegetables?" Xiao Wu smiled at the man before responding.

Seeing this, Wang Xiao thought to himself that Xiao Wu was so familiar with the villagers that she must have lived in Taoshan Village for quite some time.

"Yeah, I'm picking some vegetables so I can hurry into town tomorrow morning and sell them for some money."

Xiao Wu squinted as she smiled. "Mm-hmm, then keep it up, Uncle!"

The farmer also smiled. "Xiao Wu, let's both keep it up!"

"Mm!" Xiao Wu made an adorably cute hand gesture.

The reason Xiao Wu was so familiar with the villagers was that after transforming from a rabbit into a human, she had come to live in Taoshan Village.

Just as Wang Xiao had guessed.

At the same time, after soul beasts transformed into human form, they needed to interact and live with humans in order to refine their cultivation.

It would lay the foundation for their future lives as humans and also count as a form of training for them.

"Here, Brother Xiao Xiao, this is my home!" Xiao Wu led him to a small wooden house and pointed at it.

Wang Xiao nodded and followed her inside.

The interior was tiny, with only one room, a small storage room, and a small kitchen.

The whole place was only around sixty or seventy square meters.

For one person, it was neither particularly large nor particularly small.

"Brother Xiao Xiao, sit wherever you like. I'll go show off my cooking skills. I guarantee you'll eat happily."

Wang Xiao nodded. "Sure!"

Let's see what kind of delicacies a rabbit can make.

As long as it's not nothing but carrots.

Xiao Wu did not say much. She immediately ran into the kitchen, humming, "La la la... la la la."

She planned to show Wang Xiao her cooking skills properly and treat him like an honored guest.

Wang Xiao was somewhat tired as well, so he lay down on Xiao Wu's little bed.

He intended to take a short nap and restore his energy.

Although Xiao Wu was a rabbit, she was extremely clean.

Wang Xiao could tell from how spotless she had made the bed and how neatly she had folded the blanket.

He could even smell a floral fragrance, like perfume, yet not quite.

Perhaps it came from Xiao Wu herself.

Or perhaps it was the scent of perfume she had made from wildflowers and grasses she had gathered.

"Brother Xiao Xiao, Brother Xiao Xiao..."

In his daze, Wang Xiao heard someone calling him.

He slowly opened his eyes and saw that it was Xiao Wu. So he had actually fallen asleep!

Wang Xiao immediately sat up, collected himself, and looked at Xiao Wu. "Xiao Wu, sorry. I fell asleep just like that."

"It's okay!" Xiao Wu smiled generously. "Brother Xiao Xiao, I've already finished cooking. Shall we go eat?"

Wang Xiao gave an "Mm," washed his face outside, then headed toward the kitchen with Xiao Wu.

This...

The moment he saw the food on the table, he froze. How could he possibly have any appetite left?

The table was filled with nothing but carrots. Other than carrots, there was still carrots—nothing else.

Wang Xiao thought, If I keep eating like this, will I immediately turn into a rabbit that loves carrots?

That would be far too miserable!

He had no desire to become a rabbit.

Xiao Wu immediately walked to the table and introduced the dishes to him, pointing at them one by one. "Brother Xiao Xiao, this is the feast I prepared for you: plain sliced carrots, cold dressed carrots, boiled carrots, whole carrots, carrot soup, carrot leaves, carrot juice, shredded carrots, carrot slices, carrot hearts, carrots covered in carrots..."

"These are all my favorites, and I specially prepared them for you. Do you like them?"

"Um..." Wang Xiao was completely dumbfounded. He truly did not know what to say.

If he said he did not like them, he would be letting down Xiao Wu's heartfelt effort in preparing such a tableful of carrot dishes for him.

If he said they were delicious, he would be forcing himself too much.

Even if he reluctantly ate them, he would not be full.

More importantly, he simply did not want to eat carrots right now.

Of course, Wang Xiao knew that rabbits loved carrots.

But he had not expected her to prepare an entire carrot feast for him. Did she not realize that she herself was a rabbit, so it was perfectly normal for her to love carrots?

Xiao Wu had never considered that other people were not rabbits!

Who could stand eating carrots like this?

It seemed he needed to give her a hint, so she would not make the same mistake again in the future and let others see through her true identity.

After all, when Soul Masters encountered Soul Beasts, their first thought was to hunt them down and take their soul rings. This was no joke.

If things went badly, she could end up in a dangerous situation, unable to protect herself and becoming someone else's prey.

"Brother Xiao Xiao, do you really like the food I prepared for you? Are you touched?" Xiao Wu asked happily.

She thought he liked it.

Wang Xiao gave a bitter smile. "Well... Xiao Wu, I actually don't like carrots."

The moment Xiao Wu heard that, she became dejected. She had carefully prepared a whole table of carrot dishes for him, so how could he not like them?

"What a waste of good intentions! You took my kindness for granted!"

"By the way, do you have any flour at home?" Wang Xiao suddenly asked.

He planned to make himself a bowl of noodles.

Shredded carrots, noodles, and a fried egg—wouldn't that be much better?

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