"Hao-ge, let's stop talking and gather up the little gold grains first. Otherwise, they'll get blown away, and that'll be a problem." Tang San rubbed his hair awkwardly, realizing he'd been a little reckless.
But seeing something so good for the first time, it was hard not to get excited. He just couldn't help himself.
After all, it was his first time seeing a naturally formed Hidden Weapon. Anyone would be curious.
"Fine, I'll let it slide this time." Du Hao rubbed the gold dust on his hand onto Tang San. Then he extended his index finger and used Soul Power to form a vortex in his palm.
In an instant, the golden particles scattered around them seemed to be drawn by a magnet, gathering toward the vortex of Soul Power in Du Hao's hand.
On the other side, Tang San did the same, using Soul Power to create a tiny vortex. Like a vacuum cleaner, it slowly pulled the particles on the floor toward his finger, then deposited them in his palm.
Before long, the two of them had gathered all the golden particles scattered throughout the room.
"How are you supposed to use this thing again?" Du Hao asked, holding a metal particle up before his eyes.
Tang San put away the gold grains and smiled. "Hao-ge, did you forget? You just infuse it with Soul Power."
"Like this?" Du Hao immediately controlled his Soul Power and carefully infused the particle with it.
It wasn't that Du Hao had truly forgotten how to use it. He was just curious about this novel thing he'd seen for the first time, so the question had slipped out.
As the Soul Power flowed in, the golden particle instantly transformed into a needle as fine as a strand of hair.
"It really is just like a hair." Holding the hair-thin golden needle up to the light, Du Hao could make out a faint golden glow shining through it.
"All right, Hao-ge, quit playing with it." As he spoke, Tang San handed over a portion of the Hair Gold.
Tang San held the Hair Gold out in front of Du Hao. "You found it, so I'll just take a small portion."
Du Hao returned the golden particle to its original form and shook his head. "I have no use for this. Keep it for yourself."
Du Hao politely declined Tang San's offer.
It wasn't just politeness. This thing really wasn't of much use to him. In the end, a Hidden Weapon could only reach its full potential in the right person's hands.
"Take these too." He gave all the golden particles in his own hand to Tang San.
Holding a handful of gold grains, Tang San showed no particular reaction. "Hao-ge, you really don't want any?"
"Why are you making such a fuss?" Du Hao brushed his hands together and rolled his eyes. "If I tell you to take them, then take them. Do you think you're Xiao Wu? Keep fussing and I'll beat you up."
"Hehe." Tang San scratched his head. "Then I'll take them. Brothers keep each other in their hearts! Just give me a shout if you need anything."
"All right, I won't keep you. Remember to go to bed early. Don't work yourself to death." After giving him a few words of advice, Du Hao didn't linger any longer and headed straight for the door.
Just as he reached it—
"Knock, knock, knock!" At that moment, someone knocked on the door.
Du Hao opened it, puzzled, and found a hotel employee there to check on what was going on.
"May I—"
"Don't ask. Everything's fine." Du Hao cut the staff member off, then closed the door behind him.
Without looking back, Du Hao headed for his own room.
"Uh..." The staff member stared strangely at Du Hao as he walked away, then glanced at the room. If they remembered correctly, a man was staying in there alone, wasn't he?
Noticing the employee's strange look, Du Hao abruptly turned around. "Are you thinking something weird?"
"No, no! I'm leaving right away!" The staff member jolted and hurriedly waved both hands.
Everyone staying at the hotel was a Soul Master. The likes of them were no one he could afford to offend. He immediately headed toward the stairs.
"Strange..." Du Hao muttered. He didn't think much of it and turned back toward his own room.
When he returned to his room—
The first thing he saw was two beauties sitting on the bed. One was swinging her legs, while the other sat quietly.
"Hao-ge, you're finally back."
The moment Xiao Wu saw Du Hao, she jumped up and ran over barefoot, her little legs swinging. She leaped onto him and wrapped her legs nimbly around his waist.
"Why were you over at Xiao San's for so long?" Xiao Wu hugged him tightly and looked up, making no effort to hide her coquettish gaze.
"What's the matter? You're clinging to me the moment I get back."
Supporting Xiao Wu with one hand, Du Hao felt the weight in his palm and teased with a grin, "Don't tell me the little rabbit's planning to sneak a bite again?"
"No way." Xiao Wu immediately buried her face against Du Hao's chest and relaxed against him, her body going limp.
After spending so much time together,
the little rabbit had long since developed feelings for Du Hao that she shouldn't have. If Zhu Zhuqing hadn't kept stopping her, the rabbit might have achieved her goal long ago.
Fortunately, after all her effort earlier,
Zhu Zhuqing had finally relented a little in response to Xiao Wu's coy pleading and let her get away with a few less outrageous gestures.
The little rabbit was overjoyed.
With a big rabbit in his arms, Du Hao made his way step by step to Zhu Zhuqing's side.
He dropped down beside her.
"Zhuqing, aren't you going to keep her in check?" he said, patting the rabbit, who kept rubbing her head back and forth against his chest.
"Would you rather I didn't like it?" Zhu Zhuqing rested one leg over the other and propped her chin on her hand, turning to look at the scoundrel beside her.
"Don't tell me you're still going to pretend to be proper now." With that, Zhu Zhuqing had won the match outright.
After all these years together,
if Zhu Zhuqing, the one in charge, truly didn't want Xiao Wu stealing a piece of the pie, she would have flatly refused long ago.
The fact that she'd let things go on this long spoke for itself.
Zhu Zhuqing reached out and patted the rabbit's plump rump, still buried against Du Hao's chest. "Let's get one thing straight first: I'm the big sister."
"I'm not taking what's yours, and you're not allowed to bite. Otherwise, I'll pluck you bald, every last bit of your rabbit fur. Got it?"
Xiao Wu had still been keeping her head down, but when she felt the soft flesh behind her pinched, she immediately looked up and acknowledged her big sister.
"Sister Zhuqing, haven't you always been the big sister...?" Her little eyes were full of grievance, and she looked just like a bullied little tagalong.
Du Hao had watched the whole scene. When the two of them finished talking, he chuckled. "Since you've both agreed, can I sleep in the middle tonight?"
He'd wanted to have one woman in each arm for ages.
He'd never had the chance before, but now Zhu Zhuqing had finally given him the go-ahead.
How could he not seize the opportunity?
"Do as you like. Just don't go too far." Zhu Zhuqing's cool voice rang out. She didn't seem to object.
Xiao Wu was even simpler.
She rubbed her face hard against his chest, clearly agreeing too.
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