Xiao Wu leaned close to Tang Qinghe and whispered, "Wang... go tell him the rules of the Seventh House..."
"Okay, Sister Xiao Wu!"
In a corner, a boy around ten years old, with a build as thin as a bean sprout, was covered in dirt. He looked at Tang Qinghe and walked over, speaking with a hint of superiority: "New guy?"
Tang Qinghe knew Wang Jun had become Xiao Wu's little brother. He had come to pick a fight, and since he was bold enough to provoke him, Tang Qinghe simply grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up. The boy, who was about a head shorter than him, flailed his arms and legs: "What are you doing? What are you picking a fight for?"
After cultivating for so long and mastering the right method for controlling his spirit power, Tang Qinghe could lift a half-grown boy like Wang Jun with ease. There was no need to humor him.
"Let... let go..."
Wang Jun's legs flailed wildly. Once Tang Qinghe released him, he hurried back to his bed, not daring to stir up trouble again. Xiao Wu's face darkened.
The other children were also intimidated by Tang Qinghe's imposing aura.
No one dared make a sound.
But soon, the tense atmosphere was broken.
Under the watchful eyes of the other children, Xiao Wu stood up and walked over to Tang Qinghe. "Hey, new guy. I'm Xiao Wu, the dancing Xiao Wu, the Martial Soul Rabbit, the adorable little white rabbit. What's your name, and what's your Martial Soul?"
"Tang Qinghe. Martial Soul: Battle Tiger." Tang Qinghe glanced at the bed Xiao Wu had just been sitting on, the one Han San had shared with her, and answered calmly.
At that moment, he had no thoughts of taking advantage of Xiao Wu. Even if he had wanted to, he couldn't have.
He was only afraid that if he took advantage of her, Han San would come back tomorrow and beat him up for it.
Besides, why would he take advantage of a little rabbit?
Some things were just fate, like affection, love, and obsession. A trance was a trance, even if it was a splendid one.
As for Tang Qinghe, Xiao Wu was already like a home he had found.
"Battle Tiger? It's actually the same Martial Soul as Wang Jun!" Xiao Wu studied Tang Qinghe from head to toe, then grinned mischievously. "Great! Then I'll call you Little Tang. I'm the boss of the Seventh House, so from today on, you're my little brother. You have to be just like Wang Jun and the others and call me Sister Xiao Wu."
The others didn't show any surprise. Battle Tiger was an ordinary Martial Soul, and it was fairly common among those of Spirit Body Rank.
"Okay, Flowing Rabbit," Tang Qinghe replied with a perfectly straight face.
"Flowing Rabbit?" Xiao Wu's eyes widened. She immediately clenched her fists and puffed out her cheeks. "What did you say?"
[ Xiao Wu's resentment +888 ]
[ Xiao Wu's favorability -29 ]
Tang Qinghe's mouth curled up. He added fuel to the fire. "Did I say anything wrong? You're just a little girl, and you're already sharing a bed with a boy. If you're not a Flowing Rabbit, then what are you?"
As he spoke, he pointed at Xiao Wu and Han San's bed.
"Say that again!" Xiao Wu clenched her fists, so angry that she trembled all over.
Tang Qinghe taunted, "Little girl, you don't know when to stop. You're so young, and already so shameless. People call you the boss... I think you'd better go back to being a rabbit."
Xiao Wu seemed to have been touched on a sore spot. Her whole body suddenly blazed with anger.
"Ah! Tang Qinghe, you bastard! I'm going to kill you!"
Before her words had even fallen, her right leg bent at the knee and shot up. Her toes extended, and she kicked toward Tang Qinghe's chin. The speed was astonishing.
Wang Jun and the others, watching the scene unfold, couldn't help but widen their eyes. They seemed to have already pictured Xiao Wu kicking Tang Qinghe so hard he'd be sent flying.
But the next moment, an unexpected scene unfolded.
Just as Xiao Wu's toes were about to hit Tang Qinghe's chin, he suddenly raised his right hand and caught her toes. He said calmly, "Your speed is good, but you don't have enough strength."
"Then I'll hit harder." Xiao Wu twisted as she kicked. Her leg, which Tang Qinghe had caught, suddenly slid around toward his neck. At the same time, her other leg came up and kicked toward his chest.
If that kick landed, even a grown man would be sent flying.
But at that moment, in Tang Qinghe's eyes, which had cultivated the Heaven's Net and could see through autumn waters, the attack had countless openings.
Taking advantage of the opening between Xiao Wu's legs, he curled into a ball and immediately kicked her right in the butt.
That kick was vicious.
"Ahhh..."
With a pained cry, Xiao Wu was sent flying. She crashed into a bed frame several yards away and landed on another bed, her small body rolling straight off the other side. She fell onto the floor, sprawled out like a dog eating dirt.
Luckily, Xiao Wu was flexible enough. Otherwise, someone else might have broken a bone from that fall.
Even so, Xiao Wu was left seeing stars. She struggled to get up a few times before finally managing to climb to her feet.
Just then, Han San, who had finished his "Cleaning and Tidying" assignment, returned to the Seventh House. Seeing the scene, he felt both impressed by Tang Qinghe's strength and fired up himself.
"Boss Tang, you're amazing. Even Sister Xiao Wu isn't your match."
"Boss Tang, from today on, you're the new boss of the Seventh House."
But Wang Jun and the others didn't know what to do. Seeing Tang Qinghe beat Xiao Wu, they all rushed over and called out, "Boss Tang!" Their shouts were full of enthusiasm.
"You... you..." Xiao Wu saw this and was so angry her lungs nearly burst.
At that moment, her butt hurt so much she could barely speak. Even standing up slightly made it ache as if her rear were splitting apart.
The more it hurt, the angrier she became at Tang Qinghe.
[ Xiao Wu's resentment +888 ]
[ Xiao Wu's resentment +1888 ]
[ Xiao Wu's resentment +2888 ]
[ Xiao Wu's resentment +3888 ]
[ Xiao Wu's resentment +4888 ]
[ Xiao Wu's favorability -60 ] [ Current favorability -30 ]
[ Ding! Congratulations, host. The Antagonist's favorability with Xiao Wu has fallen to -30. You have earned three resentment draws. ]
Watching Xiao Wu's angry face, which was brimming with resentment, and seeing that he had earned three resentment draws, Tang Qinghe felt as if he'd struck gold. He didn't know what good things awaited him.
At that moment, Han San spoke up. He walked over to Tang Qinghe and said sincerely, "Tang Qinghe, Xiao Wu's just a girl. Wasn't it a bit too much to hit her?"
"What, so just because she's a girl, she gets special treatment? If I'd been the one she kicked, I'd have been in even worse shape than her. Would you have stood up for her then? And if she's allowed to hit me while I'm not allowed to hit her back, does that make me wrong? Han San, whose side are you on? I'm from the same place as you, after all. I'm a good friend of the village head of Holy Soul Village. He always looked after you, sending you rice and noodles now and then. If he hadn't, you would've starved to death long ago... Before he left, the village head told us to help one another. And now you're turning around and helping an outsider like Flowing Rabbit. Aren't you letting people down? Could it be that you, Han San, are the kind of person who forgets kindness and betrays what's right?"
Tang Qinghe's expression immediately turned cold.
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