Xiao Wu was embarrassed too. Puffing out her cheeks, she chimed in, "That's enough, Tang San. Can you stop making a scene? Let's eat first."
Once Xiao Wu spoke up,
Tang San could only grit his teeth and force down his anger. "Fine."
But his sinister eyes fixed on the faces of the people who had mocked him. He would remember every one of them.
"You've already earned yourselves a path to death!"
With Li Yuan's keen powers of observation, he naturally noticed Tang San's little reaction.
He could already imagine what a miserable state those people would be in tonight, and sighed inwardly.
Of all the people you could offend...
You dared offend Tang Buddha?
Then Tang San looked at the table full of fragrant dishes and swallowed. He had grown up poor, scrimping and saving. How could he resist?
He immediately began wolfing down the food, eating as though he had been starving for days.
"Oh, this is good. So good! Xiao Wu, try this one too."
"This one's good too. This beef is so tender!"
Tang San was enjoying himself, but Li Yuan and Xiao Wu, seated beside him, suffered for it.
Between his gluttonous eating and the smacking of his lips, both of them lost much of their appetite.
The other diners cast openly disdainful looks his way.
"Tang San, can you eat a little more politely?"
Xiao Wu covered her face and lowered her voice, unable to bear it any longer.
Tang San froze. Only then did he realize he had embarrassed himself again. He gave an awkward smile. "Huh? Oh, right. Sorry, sorry. It won't happen again."
Xiao Wu rolled her eyes at him, then tore a plump drumstick from the glistening roast chicken and placed it in Li Yuan's bowl. "Xiao Yuan, ignore him. Let's eat."
Li Yuan really was hungry. He thanked her, picked up the drumstick, and took a big bite.
The freshly roasted chicken was crisp on the outside and tender within, its aroma mouthwatering. It was also scalding hot.
When he bit into it, hot juices ran down the corner of his mouth.
Tang San's eyes lit up. As if he had finally found his chance, he pointed at Li Yuan and scolded him with an expression of deep dismay. "Li Yuan! Can't you eat a little more politely? Look at you. There's grease running down your mouth. Where are your manners?"
Xiao Wu immediately pulled a faintly scented tissue from the little bag she carried and gently handed it to Li Yuan. At the same time, she rolled her eyes at Tang San.
"What does it matter? A boy eating heartily—that's what I call manly!"
It's better than eating like a starving ghost reborn!
Tang San's eyes flew wide. "..."
That's not what you said just now.
Why do the rules change when it's Li Yuan?!
Li Yuan took the tissue, wiped the corner of his mouth, and smiled at Xiao Wu. "Thanks."
"Oh, you don't have to be so polite with me~"
Xiao Wu smiled sweetly and picked up another bite of food for Li Yuan.
Tang San watched the two exchange glances and dote on each other.
He was so jealous he nearly ground his back teeth to dust.
Meanwhile, outside the window,
a burly, unshaven middle-aged man in a tattered cloak hid in the shadow of a street corner, his eyes fixed on the table by the second-floor window of the restaurant.
It was Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao.
His expression was frighteningly dark, and his clenched fists creaked.
More than five years had passed. Nearly six.
He had thought that his son Tang San, with Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, was even more gifted than he had been back then.
Surely he should have won Xiao Wu's heart, just as Tang Hao had won Ah Yin's.
At the very least... surely he shouldn't have lost to that brat Li Yuan?
But after more than five years, things were nothing like he had imagined!
That girl Xiao Wu was clearly closer to Li Yuan. The two laughed and talked together, their gestures intimate.
Meanwhile, his foolish son Tang San had not made the slightest headway. Instead, he looked like an outsider—even a little irritating.
That would never do.
Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, just like Ah Yin.
How could he let some other brat whisk her away?!
"No. This can't go on..."
A cold gleam flashed in Tang Hao's eyes as impatience surged through him.
An idea struck him: a "brilliant plan."
In a flash, Tang Hao vanished from the street corner like a specter.
A few minutes later,
he appeared without a sound outside Yu Xiaogang's office at Notting Academy.
Tang Hao raised his hand and knocked.
Knock, knock, knock!
Inside the office, Yu Xiaogang was bent over a pile of "theoretical" manuscripts. Hearing the knock, he raised his head impatiently. "Who is it? The door's unlocked. Come in."
The door opened, and Tang Hao walked in.
"Clear... Clear Sky Douluo?!"
The moment Yu Xiaogang saw who it was, he sprang from his chair, trembling with excitement and stumbling over his words. "What brings you here? To see you again after six years... it's truly, truly an honor for me, Yu Xiaogang!"
Even after six years,
even with Tang Hao now down on his luck and looking utterly unkempt,
in Yu Xiaogang's eyes, this man was still the Clear Sky Douluo who had looked down upon the world and smashed the former Pope Qian Xunji with his hammer!
He was the god Yu Xiaogang would worship forever!
Yet Tang Hao merely gave Yu Xiaogang's fawning welcome a cool glance. "Grandmaster, don't you think Li Yuan and Xiao Wu have grown too close lately?"
Yu Xiaogang paused. "Clear Sky Douluo, you mean..."
He knew perfectly well that Tang San liked Xiao Wu.
But capable as he was, he could hardly interfere directly in his students' relationships, could he?
That would throw everything into chaos.
A hint of nostalgia flashed through Tang Hao's eyes, but his tone brooked no argument. "Xiao Wu... is much like her mother. I hope Xiao San can find a woman like her one day."
Yu Xiaogang understood at once.
So Tang Hao had already picked out Xiao Wu as his future daughter-in-law!
Yu Xiaogang felt some disdain for this sort of arranged marriage, but far more excitement.
Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power. He was a Peerless Genius.
Xiao Wu also had Innate Full Soul Power, and judging by Tang Hao's attitude, her background was probably extraordinary.
If those two came together, what heaven-defying talent might their future children possess?!
Then, as Tang San's only teacher, wouldn't he, the "master of theory," have every right to go on teaching that "Peerless Genius"?
His theories would go down in history!
And he, Yu Xiaogang, would become the greatest master of theory the Soul Master World had ever known!
He could even enjoy the good life alongside Tang San. Surely his fine disciple wouldn't abandon his teacher?
At the thought, Yu Xiaogang trembled with excitement and thumped his chest. "I understand, Clear Sky Douluo. Don't worry. Leave this to me."
"How about this? This afternoon, I'll arrange a graduation Soul Fighting match between the students! Girls that age all admire the strong."
"As long as Xiao San defeats Li Yuan without mercy in front of everyone, Xiao Wu will surely see what makes him shine and secretly fall for him!"
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