Gifting a Soul Tool, Triple Return

"Quit laughing and get started. I still need to go eat later."

Jiang Chen yawned impatiently, not taking Xiao Wu seriously at all.

"There's an opening!"

A crafty gleam flashed through Xiao Wu's eyes. She sprang up as lightly as a rabbit, sending a side kick straight at Jiang Chen's face.

Faced with that nearly underhanded kick, Jiang Chen did not even open his eyes. He simply reached out to the right.

Smack!

His free left hand accurately caught her ankle.

"Your reaction is that fast?"

A trace of surprise flashed through Xiao Wu's eyes. She tightened her core and tried to pull back the ankle Jiang Chen had seized.

"How is this possible?!"

Xiao Wu frowned slightly. She discovered that no matter how hard she tried, she could not pull her trapped foot back.

That hand was like a pair of pincers, locking her ankle firmly in place.

She struggled a few more times and found that his hand had not budged in the slightest. Immediately embarrassed and annoyed, she snapped, "You stinking pervert, let go of Sister Xiao Wu!"

"..."

Jiang Chen was speechless. No wonder her nickname was Rogue Rabbit. She was unreasonable at such a young age.

"Fine, I'm kindhearted, after all."

Jiang Chen chuckled and released her with his left hand.

After landing, Xiao Wu shook her slightly numb ankle and glared at Jiang Chen. "What kind of Support-type Soul Master has that much strength? You're lying!"

"Who says support types can't have a little strength?" Jiang Chen said with a smile.

Xiao Wu narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "Then where's your Soul Ring? Show it to me!"

Jiang Chen shook his head.

"To deal with you, I don't need a Soul Ring."

"Big talk!"

Xiao Wu bent her knees slightly, and the yellow Soul Ring around her flashed.

First Soul Skill: Waist Bow!

Her figure suddenly accelerated. Like a streak of pink light, she circled above Jiang Chen and wrapped her legs around his neck.

With her First Soul Skill combined with her nimble Soft Technique, Soul Masters of the same rank who had been caught by her before would all be thrown flat on their faces.

Unfortunately, Jiang Chen was not one of those people.

Facing the entanglement of Xiao Wu's legs, Jiang Chen merely stood where he was, as steady as a mountain.

"Huh?!"

Xiao Wu, still in midair, quickly realized something was wrong.

No matter how much force she exerted, Jiang Chen's body beneath her did not move even once.

It felt as though she was not standing on a person, but on a heavy mountain.

"This is boring. I'm done playing with you."

Jiang Chen reached out and effortlessly pried apart the two legs locked around his neck, then casually flung her away.

"Ah!"

Xiao Wu cried out as her entire body traced an arc through the air, landing precisely on a bedboard nearby.

The victor had been decided.

"Little rabbit, still want to fight?"

"You, you..."

Xiao Wu got up while holding her waist. Her large eyes were full of defiance, but she did not charge at him again.

She could see it now. This pretty boy in front of her had not been serious at all. He had merely been toying with her.

Their strengths were not even on the same level.

From beginning to end, Jiang Chen had not moved a single step.

"I'm not fighting anymore! What kind of skill is bullying a girl?!"

Seeing that she could not beat Jiang Chen, Xiao Wu activated her hidden Soul Skill: Shamelessness.

Jiang Chen laughed at her antics. "You were the one who wanted to fight. Now that you lost, you say I bullied you? So you get all the benefits in the end?"

"I don't care!" Xiao Wu pouted and pointed at the other empty bed by the window. "I want that bed! As compensation!"

"Compensation?" Jiang Chen laughed. "You challenged me, lost, and still want me to compensate you with a bed?"

"Because you're stronger than me!" Xiao Wu declared righteously. "Shouldn't strong people look after the weak? Besides, I'm a girl!"

Her logic was bizarre, yet impossible to refute.

Jiang Chen looked at the bed, then at Xiao Wu's expression that clearly said if you don't agree, I'm not leaving. In the end, he compromised.

"You can stay here."

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up.

"However."

Jiang Chen added, "You have to follow the dorm rules. The loser is responsible for fetching water and sweeping the floor for a month."

"Why?!" Xiao Wu protested.

"Because you lost."

Jiang Chen pointed at Wang Sheng. "If you don't believe me, ask him. Isn't that the rule in Dorm Seven?"

Wang Sheng hurriedly nodded. "Right, right, right! Newcomers all have to work!"

Xiao Wu glared at Jiang Chen furiously for a long while before finally turning her head away. "Fine, I'll sweep! Sister Xiao Wu won't lower herself to your level!"

Just then, Tang San came trudging upstairs with two bundles of bedding in his arms. As soon as he entered, he saw Xiao Wu's puffed-up profile and froze. "Y-you... why are you here?"

Hearing him, Xiao Wu turned around. Seeing that it was the "weirdo" from downstairs, she wrinkled her nose. "None of your business! I live here now too!"

Tang San looked at Jiang Chen in confusion.

Jiang Chen took the bedding and tossed it onto an empty bed. "No choice. This girl latched onto me, and I can't get rid of her no matter what."

"Sister Xiao Wu did not latch onto you."

Tang San: "..."

Why did he feel as though he had missed a lot?

"Alright, alright. It's almost time to eat. Everyone, get going."

"If that Xiao Huohuo dares bully you again, come upstairs and find my little brother Tang San. He'll stand up for you."

With the matter settled, Jiang Chen began sending everyone away.

Since Jiang Chen had spoken, the others from Dorm Seven dispersed as well.

"Little San, tidy up the room. I'm going to see if there's anything good to eat."

Jiang Chen patted Tang San on the shoulder and headed for the door.

"Wait, I'm coming too!"

At the mention of food, Xiao Wu immediately jogged over to Jiang Chen's side.

Jiang Chen said irritably, "What are you going for? Aren't you going to unpack?"

"Uh... well..."

Xiao Wu's eyes darted around. Then she turned to Tang San, who was holding the bedding, and gave him a sweet smile. "Your name is Tang San, right? Since we'll be living in the same room from now on, help me bring my luggage over. Otherwise, how am I supposed to stay here?"

How could a virgin across two lifetimes withstand Xiao Wu's move? Tang San's little face instantly turned bright red, and he could only resign himself to putting down the bedding. "Then... where is your luggage?"

"On the bed closest to the door in Dorm Seven downstairs! It's just a small bundle!"

Xiao Wu immediately beamed. She even gave him a push in the back. "Go quickly and come back quickly. Sister Xiao Wu believes in you!"

Jiang Chen smiled helplessly from the side. "You're certainly quick to order my little brother around."

"Bleh, bleh, bleh. What's it to you?"

Xiao Wu made a face at him. "Tang San doesn't mind, so why should you?"

"Brother Chen, it's fine. It's just a small matter." Tang San smiled and prepared to go downstairs to get Xiao Wu's luggage.

"Wait."

Jiang Chen suddenly called out to him.

"Brother Chen?" Tang San turned back in confusion.

"Catch."

Jiang Chen picked up the Soul Tool Belt he had won from Yu Xiaogang from the windowsill and casually tossed it over.

"Brother Chen, this is..."

Tang San caught the belt on instinct, not immediately understanding.

"It's a storage Soul Tool. It's for you. You have a lot of things, and running back and forth is troublesome, so use this to carry them," Jiang Chen said casually.

In truth, it was for the Triple Return.

Besides, this Soul Tool had belonged to Tang San in the first place. There was no need for him to keep it.

But Tang San did not know any of that. Looking down at the exquisite belt in his hands, warmth welled up in his heart.

Brother Chen clearly doesn't even have a storage tool himself, yet he thought of me first...

"Brother Chen, this is too valuable."

Tang San held the belt back out to him. "I can't accept it."

"Quit talking nonsense. If I give it to you, take it."

Without looking back, Jiang Chen walked toward the door. "Hurry up and finish cleaning. If I come back and see the room still isn't tidied up, you know the consequences."

Xiao Wu blinked beside him, looking from the glittering belt in Tang San's hands to Jiang Chen's retreating back.

"Who would've thought this pretty boy is actually pretty generous..."