"Actually... Xiao Wu and I are only planning to compete in the Soul Fight Arena here for a while, just to train and improve ourselves."
Tang Yin thought it over before explaining.
As for his plans after that, he felt there was no need to tell Ning Rongrong just yet.
Ning Rongrong nodded thoughtfully, then suddenly smiled. "If you don't mind, why not let me join you? We can enter the two-on-two Soul Fight matches together. I may only be a Soul Grandmaster, but I can still be of some help."
Tang Yin thought for a moment, then smiled. "Then you can take turns teaming up with Xiao Wu and me in the two-on-two matches. That way, you can fight twice every day, too."
Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up. "Sounds great!"
Tang Yin considered it. "In a couple of days, we'll go to the Soul Fight Arena and have some fun. I shouldn't keep bothering you here—it wouldn't be appropriate. I'll head back first."
"It's all right. Stay a little longer," Ning Rongrong urged.
"Xiao Wu's waiting for me to come back." Tang Yin smiled awkwardly and declined.
There wasn't much to do besides drink tea.
"Then I'll walk you out."
Ning Rongrong bit her lower lip lightly, looking heartbreakingly lovely as she walked Tang Yin to the door.
"Tang Yin, actually... I'm still pretty scared living here alone. There's no one to talk to, either. It gets pretty boring."
"Could you let me stay with you?"
Ning Rongrong gazed at Tang Yin with her beautiful eyes, looking utterly earnest.
"Well, I suppose that's fine..."
After a moment's thought, Tang Yin agreed.
"Wonderful!"
"Thank you!"
Ning Rongrong suddenly moved closer, rose onto her tiptoes, and gave Tang Yin a light kiss on the cheek.
Then, blushing, she hurried off toward Rose Heaven, abandoning her room altogether.
Tang Yin raised a hand and lightly touched the spot Ning Rongrong had just kissed. He stared blankly after her, thinking, Was she always this forward?
He glanced at the now-empty room and scratched his head. "So all that money I spent was for nothing?"
After thinking it over, he still decided not to cancel the room.
Even though Ning Rongrong had moved into Rose Heaven to live with them, if he and Xiao Wu wanted to be intimate later, they couldn't exactly do that in front of Ning Rongrong.
They still needed a private place.
Tang Yin pocketed the key to the empty room, locked the door, and headed downstairs.
He needed a table full of delicious food to replenish his energy.
After arranging everything, he finally returned to the room.
As soon as he stepped inside, he saw Ning Rongrong sitting on the sofa with Xiao Wu, chatting away.
Thankfully.
The mess he and Xiao Wu had made while fooling around earlier had already been cleaned up.
Otherwise...
Just imagining the scene made Tang Yin feel awkward.
"Tang Yin!"
Xiao Wu waved, her gaze brimming with affection as it settled on him.
"What are you two talking about? You look like you're having fun!" Tang Yin pulled up a chair and sat across from them.
"Tang Yin, Rongrong wants to team up with us for the two-on-two Soul Fight matches. What do you think?" Xiao Wu reached out, pulled Tang Yin over from his chair, and plopped herself into his lap, her eyes full of fondness for him.
Seeing this, Ning Rongrong's gaze shifted slightly, and a deep trace of envy flashed in her eyes.
Tang Yin wrapped an arm around the slender waist of the girl in his lap and smiled at Ning Rongrong. "In a couple of days, we'll go to the Soul Fight Arena and register new identities. Then we can compete and make a killing off the arena!"
At the mention of money, Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, and she looked like a little miser. "We have Rongrong to thank for the twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins we made last time!"
"I only provided the funds. Tang Yin's the one with the real strength~" Ning Rongrong raised her delicate hand, tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, and gazed at Tang Yin tenderly.
Ning Rongrong's look made Tang Yin's heart skip a beat. He thought,
She's way too good at this!
She dares to act like this even with Xiao Wu here. What would she do if Xiao Wu weren't around?
Tang Yin couldn't help thinking of how Ning Rongrong had kissed him on the cheek outside just moments ago. His throat bobbed.
Xiao Wu sensed something unusual about Tang Yin. She blinked, her cheeks turning red as she thought, How has Tang Yin become a successful candidate for the imperial examinations again~
A little while later.
The dishes Tang Yin had specially ordered from the hotel began arriving, one after another.
"That smells so good!"
Xiao Wu went over to the table and breathed in the delicious aroma.
"Tang Yin, you've worked hard."
"Have some more."
Xiao Wu led Tang Yin to his seat, then fed him herself, smiling from ear to ear.
Ning Rongrong's thoughts stirred.
She began serving Tang Yin food, too, but didn't forget to put some on Xiao Wu's plate as well.
For a while.
Xiao Wu didn't notice anything amiss. Instead, she said with concern, "Rongrong, don't just keep serving us. You should eat, too!"
"Okay~" Ning Rongrong smiled. Her tender gaze quietly swept across Tang Yin's face as, beneath the table, she gently lifted her jade foot and brushed the heel of her shoe along his calf.
Tang Yin felt uncomfortable all over, but he couldn't exactly kick Ning Rongrong out.
Meanwhile.
Ning Rongrong's gaze quietly dropped. Noticing Tang Yin's reaction, her pretty face instantly flushed red.
Her little tricks were constant, but she never made a bold move.
A full half an hour passed before Tang Yin was about eighty percent full.
"Xiao Wu, now that we're done eating, how about we go shopping?"
"We can walk off the food while we're at it."
Ning Rongrong smiled as she made the suggestion.
"Sounds great!"
Xiao Wu's eyes lit up.
She loved shopping, too.
And although Tang Yin would accompany her, having another girl along meant they could chat about things girls talked about.
"Tang Yin, would you mind carrying things for Xiao Wu and me?" Ning Rongrong asked with a smile.
"Carry things? Is that really necessary?" Tang Yin was stunned. "Xiao Wu has a Storage Soul Tool, and I'm sure you do, too, right?"
Ning Rongrong smiled and waved her hand. "That's not how it works. If you put everything in a Storage Soul Tool, you lose half the fun of shopping."
"That makes perfect sense! Absolutely perfect sense!" Xiao Wu clapped her hands in approval, wholeheartedly agreeing with Ning Rongrong.
Tang Yin didn't understand, but he respected it.
After the three of them left, the staff came into the room to clean up, replace the items, and restore everything to its original state.
By dusk.
Tang Yin was carrying bags big and small.
In the end, he had underestimated Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong's appetite for shopping.
He didn't get it.
Ning Rongrong had everything she could want in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so why had she bought so much? She had even filled Xiao Wu's Storage Soul Tool.
Still, what comforted him was that some of the things were for him, too.
Before they knew it, the three of them had arrived at the Soto Great Soul Arena.
At the Soto Great Soul Arena, Tang Yin and Xiao Wu each registered for a new Soul Fighting Badge and chose new nicknames. Ning Rongrong registered as well.
Tang Yin and Xiao Wu each teamed up with Ning Rongrong in turn to enter the two-person matches.
"Tang Yin, this is my first time competing. Why don't you take me along to get used to it first?" Ning Rongrong suggested, her head lowered slightly and her expression shy.