Set Up by Capital?

"Big Brother Liu, Yuhao, I'll be leaving first."

"Alright. Come find us if you run into any trouble."

After bidding Xiao Xiao farewell, Liu Yuan and Huo Yuhao headed for their own dormitories. However, they were not in the same room.

"Huh? Why are our dorm numbers so far apart?"

Glancing at the key to Dormitory 181 in Huo Yuhao's hand, Liu Yuan felt not confusion, but another thought rising in his heart:

There was definitely something wrong with his Dormitory 108!

"Big Brother, do you want me to go with you?"

"Why would I need someone to accompany me? You, on the other hand..." Liu Yuan paused slightly and looked toward the dormitory that was practically at the other end of the area, too far away to see clearly. "Do you need me to accompany you to your dorm?"

His teasing tone immediately struck back hard.

"No! I don't need that either!"

His face flushing slightly with embarrassment, Huo Yuhao hurriedly waved his hands. After leaving behind a "Big Brother, let's go eat together later," he turned and ran off without looking back.

"This kid..."

Watching that "panicked escape" of a back, Liu Yuan spun the key around his finger and leisurely arrived before Dormitory 108.

The moment he pushed open the door,

a refreshing fragrance drifted into Liu Yuan's nose.

He looked the room over. The entire dormitory had been tidied spotlessly, and one of the beds had even already been made. Judging from the materials alone, this roommate clearly was not short on money.

"That saves me quite a bit of effort."

Liu Yuan nodded in satisfaction. This roommate made a good first impression—someone hardworking, clean, and easy to get along with.

He walked straight to his own bed and took out his daily necessities from his Storage Soul Tool. Just as he finished putting everything in order,

"Yo—another newcomer?"

A proud voice suddenly rang out from the doorway.

Liu Yuan, who had yet to turn around: "..."

Wait? Why did this scene feel so familiar? It was like something from one of those third-rate novels in his previous life. So the usual routine should be...

Slowly turning around,

Liu Yuan got a clear look at the speaker.

It was a handsome young man with delicate features and fair skin. His looks were no less outstanding than Liu Yuan's, though they leaned somewhat feminine. But none of that was the important part!

When Liu Yuan's gaze fell upon the young man's hair...

his pupils instantly contracted!

Good heavens!

Pink-blue!

This guy was Wang Dong!

Why was he sharing a dorm with Wang Dong?!

Had he been set up by capital—Buddha Ancestor Tang?

No!

The moment that thought appeared, Liu Yuan cut it off.

Tang San was in the God Realm, where one day was equivalent to a year on Douluo Continent. He had neither the time nor the ability for such precise manipulation.

Most likely, Huo Yuhao had appeared late, causing Wang Dong's previous roommates to be unable to tolerate the rules she had set. Either they chose to avoid trouble and leave directly, or they fought her and lost.

That was why the key had kept being returned.

Until it ultimately ended up in Liu Yuan's hands.

Having figured out the key point, a strange expression flashed across his face.

Living together with a girl?

Maybe he should find an opportunity to expose her disguise as a man.

However, just then, "Hey—"

Seeing that Liu Yuan had remained silent for so long, Wang Dong, who had initially found him more pleasing to the eye than her previous roommates, immediately felt ignored. With her arrogant personality, she demanded at once:

"Are you deaf!?"

"Oh, no, I'm not."

Coming back to his senses, Liu Yuan gave her an apologetic smile.

"Starting today, we're roommates."

"Roommates? Hmph—"

Wang Dong adopted a lofty posture. "You are not qualified to be my roommate unless you follow my five rules."

"First..."

Without giving Liu Yuan a chance to speak, Wang Dong began listing her demands at length. The smile on Liu Yuan's lips gradually faded.

Just because you're a girl,

you think you can treat men like turtles in a wishing well?

"So those are your conditions?"

"That's right."

"Fine."

Liu Yuan's gaze was calm as an ancient well, yet there was a hint of amusement beneath it.

"Since you have demands, I have demands too."

"You have demands too?"

Wang Dong was first surprised that this guy had actually agreed. But upon hearing that he had demands of his own, she could not help but freeze.

On second thought,

since she had made demands, it was only reasonable for him to make some as well.

So she raised her chin. "Let's hear them."

"Very simple."

Liu Yuan crossed his arms and dropped a bomb with his very first sentence.

"First, you have to wash my socks. Second..."

Unexpectedly, Wang Dong had already caught on before he could finish. Unable to hold back any longer, she snapped in fury, "Are you messing with me!?"

"Yes," Liu Yuan admitted decisively.

"But you started it first, didn't you?"

"You..."

Wang Dong was instantly filled with indignation.

No one had ever messed with her like this since she was little!

So she chose the most effective method.

"Do you believe I can beat you so badly that you won't be able to stay here!?"

"I don't."

With that, he turned and walked outside. "But since you put it that way, come out and try if you've got the guts." The trace of disdain at the corner of his lips fell directly into Wang Dong's eyes.

"You..."

Wang Dong's furious expression stiffened.

Those were clearly supposed to be my lines!

"Hmph! Fine! Who's afraid of who!"

When they arrived at the open space outside the dormitory building,

the two had barely taken their positions when Wang Dong spoke harshly.

"Remember this—the one beating you up is Wang Dong!"

The instant she finished speaking, Wang Dong tapped the ground with the tip of her left foot and shot toward Liu Yuan like an arrow. She was not only fast, but exceptionally nimble. In the blink of an eye, she was before him, lifting her long right leg and stomping toward his chest.

Yet Liu Yuan merely sidestepped lightly,

evading the fierce attack.

Then, with a casual kick—smack—

he struck Wang Dong in the lower back, sending her sprawling face-first onto the ground.

Since she was disguising herself as a man, he would treat her like one.

If she deserved a beating, he would not hold back!

If she switched back to being a girl...

Just kidding. Even if she were a girl, he still would not hold back.

"You bastard!"

Feeling a burning pain in her lower back, Wang Dong's face reddened with anger. But this time, her eyes had changed.

The person before her was definitely not easy to deal with.

With her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul Possession activated, a pair of blue butterfly wings spread open. Surrounded by one yellow and one purple Soul Ring, Wang Dong was framed in beauty that was peerless and flawless.

"Let's go again!"

Wang Dong spoke stubbornly.

Yet she did not attack. Instead, she waited for Liu Yuan to summon his Martial Soul.

To her surprise, Liu Yuan acted as though nothing had happened. He slowly straightened his sleeves and casually rolled them up.

"Ha!"

Seeing how little he regarded her,

Wang Dong bristled!

With a sharp exhale, she activated her Flying Spine form!

"Are you looking down on me?!"

Yet Liu Yuan only crooked a finger at her.

"Come."