Xiao Wu

Seeing that this fight was unavoidable, Li Ping'an began to make small talk with Tang San.

"Tang San, have you forgotten? I even treated you to a meal before!..."

Tang San felt his scalp tingle; he felt humiliated and didn't want Li Ping'an to continue.

It was just some food and a few copper coins, wasn't it?

If he hadn't been so young back then, and if he hadn't yet recovered the skills from his past life, why would he have accepted Li Ping'an's help?

Now that he had made it, he could easily afford to feed Young Master Li Ping'an a cake.

But with so many classmates in the dormitory watching, he couldn't afford to be seen as an ingrate.

On the contrary, he had to show that he was someone who repaid kindness.

He hurriedly pulled a Gold Soul Coin from his robes and tossed it to Li Ping'an.

"Stop talking. Whatever you helped me with in the past, I'm paying you back double now. Is that enough? If it is, we're square from here on out!"

"A Gold Soul Coin?" Several work-study students couldn't help but look at Tang San.

They hadn't expected that Tang San, who looked so shabbily dressed, could casually pull out a Gold Soul Coin.

Tang San hadn't intended to give away a Gold Soul Coin, but he had lived in poverty with Tang Hao and could rarely save even a little money.

If I had known, I would have found a place to break this Gold Soul Coin first! Tang San felt a pang of regret, but he had no choice.

Li Ping'an didn't stand on ceremony; he knew that even if he didn't accept it, Tang San wouldn't be grateful to him anyway.

"Enough, that's enough!" Li Ping'an tucked the Gold Soul Coin away.

Just as Li Ping'an was dragging things out, the door to Dormitory Seven was pushed open once more.

A delicate, pink-cheeked young girl pushed the door and walked in.

The girl had exquisite features and skin so fair and tender it seemed as if it could drip water.

A scorpion braid hung down to her heels, and despite wearing simple clothes, she couldn't hide her beauty.

"Excuse me, is this the work-study dormitory, Dormitory Seven?" Xiao Wu asked.

The work-study students had never seen such a little beauty; their gazes were drawn to her, their eyes wide and fixed.

Even Li Ping'an couldn't help but take a few extra looks.

However, Li Ping'an didn't hide his gaze; his state of mind was long past the point of being shy like a child.

The girl was dressed simply and clearly didn't have much money; she was holding a Notting Academy uniform, so she must be a work-study student too.

Seeing that Tang San wasn't speaking, Wang Sheng said, "Boss, hurry, go up and give her a show of strength!"

Tang San knew that his responsibility as the boss was to protect the work-study students of Dormitory Seven from being bullied by the children of wealthy families.

But he hadn't expected that just after becoming the boss for no reason, he would have to deal with a newcomer.

Li Ping'an was fine, as he knew him, but this girl...

Tang San saw that the work-study students had all turned their gazes toward him.

Moreover, he hadn't handled the situation with Li Ping'an well earlier, so now he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

"Hello, I am Tang San, the... dormitory head of Dormitory Seven."

"According to the rules of our Dormitory Seven, new work-study students must... demonstrate their strength, so I have to spar with you!"

"By the way, what is your name? What is your martial soul?"

Watching Tang San's demeanor, Li Ping'an couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

The usually mature Tang San was acting like a green youth after meeting Xiao Wu.

"My name is Xiao Wu, 'Wu' as in dancing, and my martial soul is a rabbit—the cute, little white rabbit kind!" Xiao Wu said.

Li Ping'an watched Xiao Wu's performance and couldn't help but chuckle; he knew that Xiao Wu was actually a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, yet she was pretending to be innocent.

"Do you really want to spar with me?"

Tang San nodded, and Xiao Wu said excitedly, "That's great!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Wu tossed her school uniform onto Li Ping'an's bed.

She had looked around earlier and found that Li Ping'an's bed was the cleanest, with a quilt that was new and beautiful, which was why she threw her uniform there.

Before Tang San could react to her tossing the uniform, she had already made her move.

She bent her knees and leaped, the tip of her foot aiming straight for Tang San's chin.

Li Ping'an watched Xiao Wu's technique and thought that if he were the one being kicked, he would probably be knocked unconscious instantly.

Sigh, I am still lacking in too many things!

In his past life, he was just an ordinary young man in society; compared to the children of this world, he only had a bit more experience and knowledge.

It seems I need to find someone to teach me how to fight. If I rely on fumbling through it myself, who knows how long that will take.

Before long, the battle between Tang San and Xiao Wu came to an end.

In the end, Xiao Wu successfully closed the distance, wrapped her legs around Tang San's neck, used her braid to bind his legs, and threw him to the ground.

"You win!"

Although Tang San still had trump cards left and had been slightly distracted just now, he admitted his defeat honestly.

More importantly, he had no desire to be any sort of boss, or rather, he did not want to be the boss of Wang Sheng and the others.

Tang San was just about to ask Xiao Wu what skill she had used.

He had read the introductory knowledge on martial soul theory and knew what soul skills were, so he was somewhat interested in Xiao Wu's ability.

However, the corner of his eye caught Li Ping'an, who was watching the show.

At this very moment, he felt as if he were the child, while Li Ping'an was the one who had lived two lifetimes.

Thinking of this, he gave up on pursuing the question and instead explained the rules of Dormitory Seven to Xiao Wu.

"Xiao Wu, you are now the boss of Dormitory Seven!"

Xiao Wu's eyes lit up: "Boss? I like that title!"

Back in the Star Dou Great Forest, she had gathered a group of lackeys and become their big sister, two of whom were even Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Seeing that Xiao Wu had accepted, Tang San fanned the flames: "His name is Li Ping'an, he is also a new work-study student, and he hasn't sparred with the boss of Dormitory Seven yet!"

"Now that you are the boss of our group, he is yours to deal with!"

After saying this, Tang San stood to the side.

Unknowingly, Tang San had been influenced by Li Ping'an, and he too began to look at Li Ping'an with the eyes of a spectator.

Li Ping'an said helplessly: "Boss Xiao Wu, can we skip the sparring? Can't I just acknowledge you as my boss?"

Xiao Wu glanced at Li Ping'an and saw that although his clothes were simple, he was very clean, just like her.

Her first impression of Li Ping'an was not bad.

However, she had felt Li Ping'an's unrestrained gaze sweeping over her earlier, which made her somewhat unhappy.

"No, rules are rules. I am the boss of Dormitory Seven now, and what I say goes here!"

"What is your martial soul? State it!" Xiao Wu said.

Li Ping'an could only say: "Your martial soul is a rabbit, and my martial soul is Blue Silver Grass; it just so happens to be the food for your martial soul."

"Oh? Then I'll let you make the first move!" Xiao Wu said.

Li Ping'an was already prepared to take a beating, but just at that moment, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have a Sub-System.

Why not see if Xiao Wu can become a host for the Sub-System?

It takes a hundred days to recover from broken bones; if Xiao Wu didn't know her own strength and injured him, wouldn't that delay his cultivation?