Tang San: Xiao Wu? Little Senior Aunt?

"Rest assured, I won't kill you."

Hearing these words, Xiao Wu was so moved she nearly burst into tears!

She rubbed against Xue Bingchen's thigh even more vigorously, acting spoiled in a voice so sweet it was cloying:

"Thank you, Daddy~ Daddy is the best~"

Feeling the soft sensation against his thigh, Xue Bingchen's mouth twitched, and he hurriedly pulled his leg away.

"Alright, alright, enough of that."

Xue Bingchen waved his hand, deciding to drop a bombshell:

"Since you've called me Daddy, I can't be stingy. When the time comes, I'll give you a welcome gift."

"This gift can completely conceal the soul beast aura on your body! As long as you wear it, even a Title Douluo standing right in front of you would absolutely be unable to see through your true soul beast form!"

"What?!"

Hearing this, Xiao Wu was completely stunned!

Conceal her soul beast aura?!

Even a Title Douluo couldn't see through it?!

This was something she had dreamed of, something she hadn't even dared to imagine in her wildest dreams!

One had to know, the thing she feared most after risking her life to come to the human world was being discovered by those Title Douluo hiding in the shadows!

And now, this cheap daddy she had just acknowledged was casually promising her such a heaven-defying treasure?!

Xiao Wu's tears flowed freely; the grievances and fear in her heart vanished in an instant, replaced by endless adoration and gratitude toward Xue Bingchen!

"Wuu wuu wuu... Daddy, you are too good to me! Xiao Wu is so moved she's about to cry!"

Xiao Wu wiped her tears, tilted her small face up, and asked with an expectant look:

"Daddy, may I know your noble name?"

Upon hearing this.

Xue Bingchen glanced at her indifferently and spat out three words:

"Xue Bingchen."

"Wow!"

Xiao Wu immediately chimed in with extreme sycophancy:

"Xue Bingchen! What a wonderful name! Daddy's name is just like you—noble, cold, and handsome..."

Listening to Xiao Wu's bottomless flattery, black lines appeared all over Xue Bingchen's forehead.

"..."

"Alright, shut up." Xue Bingchen interrupted her, speechless.

"Um..."

Xiao Wu's eyes darted around as she suddenly thought of something. She tugged on the corner of Xue Bingchen's clothes and said in an extremely pitiful tone:

"Daddy, can I not go to that dilapidated work-study dormitory tonight? I heard it's full of dirty little brats."

"I want... I want to live with Daddy."

Looking at Xiao Wu's big, watery eyes, Xue Bingchen sighed helplessly.

"Let's go."

Xue Bingchen turned and walked toward the direction of the back mountain.

It wasn't until she followed Xue Bingchen to that luxurious private villa that Xiao Wu realized the place her cheap daddy was currently staying in was actually the Dean's mansion on the back mountain!

Looking at the magnificent, fully-equipped villa before her, Xiao Wu's eyes lit up!

"Wow! So luxurious!"

Xiao Wu cheered in her heart:

"This is definitely ten thousand times better than that crappy work-study dormitory! Following Daddy really pays off!"

The next morning.

The sun was bright, and the birds were singing.

Tang San woke up early. After washing up, he arrived at the back mountain of Notting Academy with an incredibly excited and reverent heart, intending to pay a visit to his god-like master.

However.

Just as Tang San approached the gate of the luxurious villa, the scene before his eyes made his eyes widen in an instant!

He saw a little girl wearing a small pink outfit, sporting iconic rabbit-ear hair accessories, and wearing a long scorpion braid, skipping out of the villa!

Her long scorpion braid swung back and forth with her jumping movements, making her look extremely cute and lively.

"This... is this a girl coming out of Master's house?!"

Tang San's brain short-circuited instantly, a tempest of shock raging within his heart: Could it be... could she be the Master's wife?!

No! That's impossible!

Tang San immediately dismissed this absurd notion:

She clearly looks about the same age as me! Even if Master had those... peculiar tastes, he wouldn't pick someone this young, right?!

Just as Tang San was lost in his wild imaginings.

Xiao Wu, who had just stepped out of the main gate, noticed Tang San standing not far away.

She stopped in her tracks, tilted her head, and sized up the little boy with the simple clothes and buzz cut, suddenly recalling what Xue Bingchen had mentioned to her last night.

"Hey!"

Xiao Wu waved at Tang San with practiced familiarity, calling out in an old-fashioned, authoritative tone:

"You're that Tang San, right? The disciple my dad took in?"

"What?!"

"Dad?!"

Hearing those two words, Tang San felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his entire body freezing in place!

He widened his eyes, staring fixedly at the cute little girl before him, feeling as though his worldview had suffered an unprecedented shock!

She actually calls Master... Dad?!

Doesn't that mean... doesn't that mean it's the same as me?!

Tang San fell into deep contemplation: No! It doesn't seem the same! I'm the disciple, she's the daughter... doesn't that mean I have to call her... Little Martial Aunt?!

Tang San had never imagined that his aloof, mysterious, and immensely powerful Master would have such a cute, perhaps even slightly scatterbrained, daughter!

How did this script feel like it was getting more and more wrong?!

Sunlight spilled over the villa behind Notting Academy, gilding the luxurious building with a golden edge.

Tang San stood rooted to the spot for several seconds, only recovering from the massive psychological gap of shifting from "Master's wife" to "Martial Aunt."

He took a deep breath, adjusted his expression, and then stepped forward, cupping his hands toward Xiao Wu, who was holding a watering can and preparing to water the flowers, and began to chat with great courtesy.

After a brief conversation, Tang San learned that this little girl with rabbit ears and a quirky, mischievous air was named Xiao Wu.

What surprised him even more was that Xiao Wu was not only the same age as him but also a newly recruited work-study student at Notting Academy this year!

So that's how it is...

Upon learning that Xiao Wu was not the Master's biological daughter, but a "god-daughter" recognized only last night, and that she was even slightly older than him, the strange feeling in Tang San's heart eased a little.

Since she is the god-daughter Master took in, she is my elder.

Tang San thought to himself, then nodded at Xiao Wu and said very politely:

"Little Martial Aunt, please continue with your work; I am going in to pay my respects to Master."

With that, Tang San turned and walked toward the villa gate.

Left behind, Xiao Wu gripped the watering can and watched Tang San's retreating back, a glimmer of contemplation flashing in her ruby-like eyes.

"Tang San? Innate Full Soul Power?"

"He looks quite ordinary."