Another Fool Wants to Harm Me?

"What's going on? Why do I feel so uneasy...?"

"Could that old man, my dad, be bored at home and missing me?"

Outside the detached villa, Tang San suddenly ran a hand through his hair, unsure what was wrong.

He just felt empty inside, as if something were off, the way it felt every day at noon when he practiced his eye exercises...

"Xiao San? What brings you here? I was just about to go find you." Du Hao's voice suddenly rang out from inside the villa.

"Huh?" Tang San instantly shook off the jumble of thoughts in his head.

He quickly came to his senses and smiled. "I've finished taking care of things on my end, so I thought I'd come find you all and go eat at the cafeteria together."

Truthfully, Tang San was still a little worried about his good big brother, who had been by his side for so long.

After all, they were all friends from the same village, and it made sense for them to look out for one another while away at school.

But then he saw this scene. It was downright heart-wrenching—and enviable beyond belief...

"Oh, it's already noon?" Du Hao came over beside Tang San and looked up at the blazing sun. "I didn't realize the time had gone by so fast. I thought there was still a while to go."

"All right, ready to head out together?" Tang San smiled and waved to Du Hao and the others.

"Sure, sure. Don't rush us." Du Hao hurriedly took both girls by the hand and headed for the door.

"Yay, time to eat! I want carrots!" Xiao Wu swung Du Hao's hand, and a few green onions had just whetted her appetite.

She felt ravenous now, ready to polish off three bowls of rice in one sitting.

"Third Brother, are you going to the cafeteria?

"Our Work-Study Students are going too. I'll go call my underlings right away..." Wang Sheng, who had been following behind Tang San, immediately ran toward the Work-Study Student dormitory.

"Hey, we can go by ourselves..." Tang San reached out, his lips twitching.

He didn't have much money, after all. What if he had to pay for all his underlings' meals...?

"Haha, it's fine, it's fine." Seeing this, Du Hao burst out laughing. Holding one lovely girl's hand in each of his, he headed toward the cafeteria. "It's my treat today!"

Since Tang San called him Brother, and he seemed to have his head on straight, Du Hao quite liked him...

"Oh, right?" Xiao Wu, who had been holding Du Hao's hand, suddenly stopped.

With a slightly dazed look, she turned to Du Hao. "By the way, do we have to pay Gold Soul Coins to eat? Do we have enough money?"

"We definitely have enough. Hey! Just come along and eat..." Du Hao gently squeezed Xiao Wu's little hand.

He couldn't expect too much of a rabbit who had only just arrived in the human world. She would have to learn about it all little by little.

"Oh? I didn't quite understand, but thank you, Du Hao~" Xiao Wu beamed sweetly, and her affection for him shot up.

After all, she was a hundred-thousand-year-old rabbit, even if she wasn't actually that old.

But thanks to her mother's constant guidance, Xiao Wu had learned a thing or two about the human world.

And as a Soul Beast Transformation, Xiao Wu had been exceptionally perceptive since childhood.

She could tell who treated her well and who treated her badly!

"Xiao Wu, don't let this big jerk fool you. Be careful he doesn't make you wear..." Zhu Zhuqing, who had been watching from the side, couldn't take it anymore.

A little sourly, she complained, "He keeps making me wear all sorts of weird clothes and call him things like..."

Seeing the two girls acting like sisters, Du Hao was happy to let them have their moment. He simply fell one step behind and joined Tang San, and the two headed toward the cafeteria together.

"Aren't those Wang Sheng and the other poor guys?" The moment they entered the cafeteria, as if some NPC trigger had been activated, someone blurted out his classic line!

They looked up.

A group of upperclassmen stood on the stairs between the first and second floors.

They stared down at them from on high.

The speaker was a male student around eleven or twelve. He leaned over the railing.

Pointing down at them, he said, "Look at them. Poor is as poor does. They'll probably never know what the food on the second floor tastes like."

On the way to the cafeteria,

Wang Sheng, who had brought along a crowd of underlings and followers, had already reported the situation there to Tang San, Du Hao, and the others in detail.

Xiao Wu, who was a Work-Study Student herself, grew irritated as she listened.

And now they were being provoked on top of that. Xiao Wu, whose temper ran hot, immediately stepped forward. "Hey, up there! Watch your mouth! What's so great about the second floor?"

At Xiao Wu's bold show of defiance,

the male students upstairs, who had been watching the scene, all straightened up in unison! Their mouths instantly filled with drool. "Whoa! Are this year's Work-Study Students bringing in such a top-notch little girl...?"

Even the male student who'd been mouthing off about the food was now staring at her with shining eyes.

He couldn't help teasing her. "Well, well! What a cute little girl. Interested in being my pet?"

"Pet this, you banana-cantaloupe!" Du Hao grabbed a green onion and looked ready to throw it right into the guy's face.

If he hadn't yet obtained a Soul Ring, he'd have shoved a few garlic cloves up that bastard's nose today, no matter what!

Seeing Du Hao make his move, a fierce glint appeared in Xiao Wu's eyes too. She wasn't completely stupid.

Of course she understood what he meant by "pet."

But at that moment, her good friend Tang San came up beside Du Hao too.

With an evil grin, he said, "Brother Rat, want to give him one?"

"Hey! What are you two muttering about?" Xiao Wu, who had just been threatening them, saw them whispering together and immediately stepped over to ask.

Tang San fell silent at once.

The Hidden Weapons in his mind had earned high praise from his father!

And his father had warned him never to reveal them casually.

Something about... catching people off guard?

"Forget it. We'll put up with them for now! We'll deal with them once we get our Soul Rings!" Du Hao's lips curled into a cruel smile. A gentleman would take revenge, and leave no 'roots' behind!

He'd pay them back for today... just you wait.

"Is that so..." Xiao Wu's rabbit ears drooped at once. She looked up at the empty railing, then indignantly shook her little fists. "Hmph! Then I'll listen to Brother Hao. Next time, we'll teach them to beg for mercy!"

"Hey, Xiao San, isn't that your teacher behind you?" When Du Hao turned around, he happened to see a familiar figure entering the cafeteria.

At those words, Tang San immediately turned around.

"Teacher?" He turned and saw Yu Xiaogang approaching, so he bowed respectfully. "Teacher, good afternoon!"

"Mm." A rare smile appeared on Grandmaster's stiff face as he looked at his student with satisfaction.

"Did you get your new bedding?" Grandmaster asked.

"That teacher already delivered it."

"Since that's settled, come upstairs and eat with me. I have something else to discuss with you afterward..." Grandmaster said.