As far as he was concerned, Xiao Wu was his wife from his previous life. He could simply go to her room and rest that night. They were an old married couple, after all, so living together was practically the same as living alone.
Fu Qin didn't care in the slightest. He walked into his dormitory by himself.
The room wasn't large. It had only a bed, a table, and a chair.
Seeing this, Fu Qin immediately set about cleaning.
At dusk.
A light knock came from the door.
"Little Brother Fu Qin, it's me."
Xiao Wu's voice came from outside, tinged with urgency and shyness.
Fu Qin opened the door. Xiao Wu stood there in pink pajamas, her cheeks flushed and her eyes shimmering.
"Sister Xiao Wu, it's so late. What brings you here?"
He asked in feigned surprise, wearing just the right expression of timidity and hesitation.
Xiao Wu walked into the room and closed the door behind her. Then she went up to Fu Qin and grabbed his arms with both hands, her voice carrying a hint of pleading. "Little Brother Fu Qin, I want you to stay with me tonight."
Fu Qin furrowed his brow and looked troubled.
"But... Third Brother is still next door. This isn't right, is it? If he finds out, he'll be angry. I can't betray Third Brother."
[God-Level Luck ProMax+ activated. Xiao Wu's protectiveness toward Fu Qin surged.]
[Xiao Wu's thoughts: Little Brother Fu Qin is just too kind. Even now, he's still thinking about Tang San. That scumbag Tang San went off to have fun at the brothel last night. He doesn't deserve to be treated this way by Little Brother Fu Qin! I have to protect Little Brother Fu Qin. I can't let him suffer.]
Xiao Wu rose onto her tiptoes and gently stroked Fu Qin's cheek, her voice turning tender, with a hint of hurt. "Little Brother Fu Qin, don't be silly. Tang San doesn't care about me at all."
"He went to a brothel to find other women last night. Why are you still thinking about him? As long as we keep what happened between us a secret, nobody will ever know."
She leaned closer to Fu Qin, her hot breath brushing against his face.
"Besides, ever since last night, I haven't been able to get you out of my mind. Little Brother Fu Qin, stay with your big sister one more time, okay?"
Looking at Xiao Wu's pitiful expression, Fu Qin pretended to struggle for a moment. In the end, he nodded, his face conflicted.
"All right. But we have to be careful. We can't let Third Brother find out."
Xiao Wu immediately smiled with delight, threw herself into Fu Qin's arms, and offered him a kiss.
Before long.
Inside Xiao Wu's room.
The door was shut tight and the lights were out. All that remained was the sound of slightly hurried breathing.
Whether to keep out thieves or prevent their secret from getting out, Xiao Wu had thoughtfully wedged the door and windows shut with objects.
That way, no one outside could see what was happening in the room.
Just then, a sudden "knock, knock, knock" sounded at the door. Tang San's voice came from outside.
"Xiao Wu, are you asleep? There's something I want to talk to you about."
At that moment.
Fu Qin and Xiao Wu both froze. A flash of panic crossed Xiao Wu's face, but Fu Qin quickly soothed her.
Fu Qin raised an eyebrow at her, a mischievous glint in his eyes, and gently pinched her waist.
Xiao Wu immediately understood what he meant. Keeping her expression as normal as she could, she answered in a slightly hoarse, impatient voice, "Tang San? I'm already asleep. Whatever it is, tell me tomorrow."
[God-Level Luck ProMax+ activated. Tang San concluded that "Xiao Wu's voice sounds strange because she isn't feeling well and is angry with herself."]
[Tang San's thoughts: Xiao Wu must still be mad at me. And from the sound of her voice, she really doesn't seem well. It looks like what I did last night truly hurt her. I have to apologize properly and make it up to her.]
Tang San didn't leave. Instead, he became even more determined to apologize.
"Xiao Wu, I know you're still mad at me. I was wrong about last night. I shouldn't have gone to a place like that. I'm sorry. Open the door and let me in. I want to make it up to you properly."
At the words "make it up to you," Xiao Wu's stomach lurched, and she felt sick.
She fought down the urge to vomit, her voice turning even colder.
"There's no need, Tang San. We can't do those things yet. Besides, I'm not feeling well and want to rest. Go away and stop bothering me."
[Intelligence-Reducing Halo activated. Tang San concluded that "Xiao Wu rejected him because she was in a bad mood and wasn't feeling well."]
[Tang San's thoughts: Xiao Wu is right. This really isn't the right time or place. She isn't feeling well, so I shouldn't bother her. Once she's better, I'll apologize properly.]
Tang San thought it over and decided Xiao Wu made sense, so he stopped insisting.
"Then get some rest. Call me anytime if you need anything." With that, he turned and left.
Only when Tang San's footsteps had gradually faded did Xiao Wu finally let out a breath and go limp against Fu Qin. Fine beads of sweat appeared on her smooth, snow-white neck.
Xiao Wu leaned down with a smile and stroked Fu Qin's lower abdomen, her voice tinged with affection.
"It's all right now. He's gone. With big sister here, he won't find out."
Fu Qin glanced at the panel. Xiao Wu's hatred of Tang San had reached 90 points, while her favorability toward him remained steady at 490. He was secretly delighted.
His three divine-grade buffs really lived up to their reputation. Tang San was like a fool kept in the dark, still thinking Xiao Wu couldn't let go of her old feelings for him, never realizing that her heart had already undergone a complete upheaval.
Nestled in Fu Qin's arms, Xiao Wu felt his warmth and the steady beat of his heart. She felt completely safe.
She secretly vowed that in this life, she would hold on tightly to Fu Qin and never let him leave her again.
As for Tang San, that scumbag who had betrayed her, she still needed to keep him on the hook until she became a god. If she was going to break things off with him, she would do it only after ascending to godhood.
[Fate Arises and Fades buff activated. Xiao Wu's hatred of Tang San +5.]
[Xiao Wu's thoughts: I can't fall out with Tang San just yet. I need to wait until he helps Fu Qin and me become gods before I can cut ties with him for good.]
When Fu Qin slipped quietly back to his dormitory at three in the morning, the fragrance of Xiao Wu's hair still lingered on his fingertips.
He leaned against the door and looked at Xiao Wu's favorability score of 495 on the panel, along with the note that read "completely surrendered, body and soul." A playful smile curled his lips.
After their talk last night, Fu Qin had learned why Xiao Wu was acting this way.
After all, given Tang San's half-minute, slapdash performance in his previous life, any woman would have complaints. No wonder Xiao Wu had been looking at him these past two days with a tenderness that seemed ready to drip from her eyes.
God-Level Luck had helped him avoid every risk of being caught, while the Intelligence-Reducing Halo had kept Tang San from noticing anything unusual about Xiao Wu's room last night. Life was going even more smoothly than he'd imagined.
The morning whistle had barely shattered the quiet at Shrek when Fu Qin, already washed and dressed, arrived at the dining hall.
From a distance, he spotted Xiao Wu standing in line. Her pink skirt fluttered in the breeze, her face glowed with a healthy flush, and her skin was so delicate it looked as if it had been coated in honey. The radiant glow of someone pampered with attention was impossible to hide.