These were the thoughts that had surfaced in Na'er's mind.
She didn't know why she'd suddenly thought of a husband earning money to support the family. It was a little strange.
After puzzling over it for a few seconds, Na'er stopped dwelling on it.
They had to support her brother, after all.
As for how the thought had come about, that didn't matter.
After the two of them finished dinner,
Li Luo prepared to wash the dishes.
Na'er rushed to wash them instead.
Watching Na'er busily working by the sink, Li Luo felt that having a younger sister seemed pretty nice.
But before long, Li Luo's nightmare arrived.
After washing the dishes, Na'er had gotten a little dirty.
Large patches of water stained her clothes.
She linked her arm with Li Luo's and said, "Brother, Na'er got dirty and needs to take a bath."
"Can you help Na'er?"
"Na'er doesn't know how to bathe."
Li Luo froze. Just listen to what she was saying! Na'er could even wash dishes, yet she claimed she didn't know how to bathe.
She wanted him to help her bathe.
Li Luo felt utterly helpless. "I..."
Na'er held his hand and shook it, pleading, "Please, Brother? Na'er's begging you."
"No!" Li Luo refused without hesitation.
He wasn't about to become one of those men who rose from the ashes thirty years later.
Sorry, but he couldn't help with that.
Still, Li Luo helped Na'er adjust the water temperature.
She'd only just arrived in human society, so she probably didn't know how to use a Soul Guidance Water Heater.
He explained, "Turn it to the left for hot water, and to the right for cold. If you want the water a little hotter, turn it a bit farther to the left..."
"Brother, I'll remember. Na'er is very smart," Na'er replied, blinking.
She was also holding one of Li Luo's outfits.
She didn't have any spare clothes of her own, so she could only wear his for now.
Li Luo nodded. "Call me if you need anything. I'll be right outside."
"Mm-hmm." Na'er was very obedient.
Only after Li Luo had left did a resentful look appear on Na'er's face. She grumbled, "Hmph, stupid brother. Once Na'er has had a nice, fragrant bath, I won't let you smell me..."
Splash, splash!
Water sounded inside the bathroom.
Steam billowed.
A hazy mist shrouded the entire bathroom.
Then, through the gaps,
it drifted out,
carrying a hint of fragrance.
The scent slipped into Li Luo's nose.
Li Luo sat cross-legged, as still as an old monk in meditation. No matter how the sound of the water washed over him, he remained unmoved.
He was carefully sensing the changes within himself.
After Na'er had kissed him that day, the Rainbow Dragon King Martial Soul had been activated, and Soul Power had awakened within his body.
As for his Soul Power level, Li Luo wasn't sure.
But one thing he knew was that his Innate Soul Power level wasn't very high.
It was an intuition he couldn't quite explain.
As for the exact level, it was simple enough to find out. He could ask Master Su to test his Soul Power again, or ask a teacher to check it when he enrolled at Red Mountain Academy.
"The Douluo II original mentioned that the Rainbow Dragon Martial Soul can have at most seven Soul Rings. I wonder how many the Rainbow Dragon King Martial Soul can have."
"If it can only have seven too, that'd be pretty lousy."
"If that's the case, then I'll have to visit the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang, a must-visit spot on the foodie list."
"Better not get ahead of myself."
"One step at a time."
"First, I'll go to school."
Li Luo made a rough calculation in his mind. "I'll have to live frugally from now on. The compensation money from the Federation will dwindle with every bit I spend."
"And I have Na'er to support, too."
"I'll need to budget carefully."
"Or maybe I could try to find a way to bring in more money."
When it came to making money in Douluo III,
it was definitely related to Battle Armor.
In every generation of the Douluo series, the protagonist had to learn blacksmithing.
"Do I have to be like those guys and learn to swing a hammer, taking up forging to make money?"
Thinking about it, Li Luo couldn't help finding it a little amusing.
Just then, he felt someone wrap their arms around him. A moment later, he caught a sweet, distinctly girlish fragrance.
Na'er's voice rang out. "Brother, you're smiling so happily. What are you thinking about?"
As she spoke, she leaned her head against his face.
Her damp hair brushed against Li Luo's heartstrings.
It tickled.
Li Luo gently gathered Na'er's hair. "Brother's happy because he has a little sister now."
"I'm not alone anymore."
Hearing Li Luo's words, Na'er felt an inexplicable pang in her heart. She hugged him tightly.
"Na'er is happy too. Na'er isn't alone anymore. Na'er will stay with Brother forever."
The night grew deeper.
The lights went out.
Li Luo lay on his bed with his eyes half closed.
His bed.
Only he was in it.
As for Na'er, she was in the room next door.
He had no intention of becoming Xiao Huohuo, and he was determined to put a stop to the bad habit of Douluo boys and girls sleeping together.
Alas!
I'd given my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shone on a ditch.
In the darkness came a rustling sound, followed by the door opening.
Then a small shadow darted past.
Onto his bed
climbed a Na'er.
Li Luo shuddered. "Na'er, what are you doing?"
"Na'er wants to stay with you forever," Na'er said. "Just like we said before bed. Together."
Li Luo felt Na'er pressing herself against him, and could also feel her trembling slightly.
He said helplessly, "Are you sure you're not just afraid of the dark?"
Na'er's movements paused. If they hadn't been in the dark, they would have seen how red her face had become.
"Hmph, Brother's mean. You're picking on Na'er."
She lightly pounded Li Luo a few times.
Li Luo understood the truth.
He brought in the little bed from next door and said to Na'er, "Be good, Na'er. Go to sleep."
"Good night, Brother," Na'er said sweetly.
And so, Na'er and Li Luo began living together. Li Luo also managed to enroll at Red Mountain Academy, where he went to school during the day and returned in the afternoon.
Na'er could only see him after he got home from school.
Li Luo worried that Na'er might get lonely. "Na'er, will you be bored when Brother goes to school?"
"No!" Na'er's eyes gleamed. "Na'er has lots of things to do. I won't be bored."
"Really?" Li Luo asked, somewhat doubtful.
His home didn't even have a Soul Guidance TV. What could Na'er do besides stare into space?
Li Luo asked, "What do you do, Na'er?"
Na'er bared her pearly teeth. "It's a secret."
"Ugh, so mysterious. Like I care," Li Luo said with a pout.
Na'er didn't get mad. Instead, she pushed Li Luo out the door. "Come on, Brother. Hurry off to school. If you don't go now, you'll be late."
This girl was definitely hiding something from him.
But Na'er kept her lips sealed.
Li Luo left home, full of suspicion.
Yet not long after Li Luo had left, Na'er wheeled the Soul Guidance Bicycle out of the house.
Then, with practiced ease, she tied a neat, square box to the bicycle's rear seat.
She rode the Soul Guidance Bicycle out of the house...
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