Treating Xiao Wu to Roast Rabbit Meat

"I? I don't need one. I'll walk my own path."

Lu Chen spoke calmly. Yu Xiaogang could only fool a foolish kid like Tang San, yet he still wanted Lu Chen to take him as his master? He really ought to take a good look at himself.

"It's good to have your own ideas, but the path of a soul master is full of detours. Don't waste your talent. If there's anything you don't understand in the future, you can come ask me."

Grandmaster nodded and did not force the matter. There were still six years ahead. Once the Tang San he taught far surpassed Lu Chen, Lu Chen would naturally come and take him as his master.

After entering the academy, Grandmaster quickly helped Tang San and Lu Chen complete all the formalities, assigning them dormitories and classes.

"This is Dorm 7, right?" Tang San said as he looked at the wooden sign on the door.

"Yeah. Compared to the other dorms, the conditions here are pretty shabby."

Lu Chen recalled Gu Yuena's dormitory. It was a four-person room, but it had luxurious furnishings.

"There's nothing to be done about that. The academy isn't a charity. Just make do with it."

"If anyone has to make do, it'll be you. I'm switching dorms later." Lu Chen curled his lip. There was no way he was going to squeeze in here with them. Wouldn't it be much better to live with Na'er?

Tang San shook his head. Dormitories were not something one could change whenever one wanted. While inwardly mocking Lu Chen for being too naive, he pushed open the door to Dorm 7.

The moment he entered, Tang San heard the noisy commotion inside.

A larger student was grabbing another student and beating him with fists and kicks.

The sudden opening of the door immediately caught the big student's attention.

He released the beaten student's collar and strode toward Tang San with an imposing air.

"New work-study students?"

Tang San nodded. "My name is Tang San. The one beside me is Lu Chen. We're new students."

"Good! I'm the boss of this dorm. We have a rule here: whoever can beat me becomes the boss of the dorm. If you don't accept that, you can challenge me to a duel. If you lose, you call me Boss."

Wang Sheng looked displeased. Seeing Tang San's scrawny frame and patch-covered clothes, his face was full of disdain. Another weakling.

"Uh, I don't want to be the boss. You should challenge my boss, Lu Chen." Tang San pointed at Lu Chen, who was still standing outside the door, then walked into the dorm to find an empty bed and make it.

Hearing that, Wang Sheng turned toward Lu Chen and stalked over with a fierce expression. "So you're fucking Lu Chen? You're pretty damn arrogant!"

Lu Chen shot Tang San a look. Little San really had been led astray by me. He'd even learned to dump the blame on someone else. Later, I need to block him at the bathroom and teach him how to write the word 'big brother.'

"I'm talking to you. Did you hear me? Did you hear me? Did you hear me? Did you hear me?"

"Bullshit! Smack!"

Lu Chen slapped him across the face. He found that slapping people in the face was quite satisfying. Poor Wang Sheng, though—he spun in circles on the spot from that slap, stars swimming before his eyes.

"Who was it that said whoever won could become the boss?"

A clear, pleasant voice rang out. At some point, a very pretty little girl had appeared at the doorway.

She stood prettily in the doorway, her chubby pink face wearing a confident smile. The rabbit-ear hair accessory on her head and the carrot-shaped shoulder bag on her shoulder made her look utterly adorable.

"Huh, it's you? Why are you here?" Xiao Wu looked at Lu Chen in surprise, recognizing him at once.

"Then why are you here?" Lu Chen asked in return. He was quite happy to see Xiao Wu again. After all, this little rabbit was rather fun.

"I'm a new work-study student, of course I'm here."

"Then I'm a work-study student here too. We'll be classmates from now on." Lu Chen stepped forward and extended his hand, wanting to shake hands with Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu's eyes darted as she saw this, and she extended her hand as well. The instant she touched Lu Chen's hand, her body flipped. She planted one hand on the ground and locked her legs around Lu Chen's neck, intending to throw him out.

But the result was obvious. No matter how hard Xiao Wu exerted herself, Lu Chen did not budge an inch.

"Why isn't my soft skill working?" Xiao Wu was puzzled. There was not the slightest Soul Power Wave coming from this guy. By all rights, he should not have been a match for her.

"Maybe you're hungry and don't have any strength," Lu Chen casually explained. The carrots she had brought needed to be eaten right away, or they would no longer be fresh in a few days.

"Brother Chen, do you know this little girl?" After making his bed, Tang San walked over. His eyes lit up when he saw Xiao Wu.

"Hey! Do you have anything to eat? I'm hungry."

"Food?" Tang San was clearly stunned for a moment, then immediately remembered the package of roast rabbit meat his father had prepared for him. It was just the right time to use it.

"Yes, yes. My dad prepared lots of delicious food for me. Everyone in Dorm 7 gets a share."

Tang San hurried back to his bed and took out the roast rabbit meat his father had made. He gave every student in Dorm 7 a little, and when it was Xiao Wu's turn, he gave her the largest, tastiest hind leg.

Lu Chen watched with a smile in his heart. Eating rabbit meat in front of Xiao Wu—he would soon find out whether Tang San could take a beating.

"Brother Chen, this is yours." Tang San handed him a hind leg as well.

"No, no. You should eat it yourself. I'm not hungry."

Lu Chen hurriedly refused, even putting on a disgusted expression.

Seeing Lu Chen act like that, Xiao Wu held up the roast rabbit leg and asked Tang San, "What kind of meat is this?"

"It's roast rabbit meat. My dad made it. These past few days, all I've been eating is rabbit—braised rabbit, steamed rabbit, yellow-braised rabbit..."

Seeing Tang San endlessly praise how delicious his father's rabbit dishes were, Lu Chen immediately moved far away.

He could see that Xiao Wu's little fists had long since clenched tight. She had lowered her head, looking ready to explode at any moment.

"Eat your damn head! No one is allowed to eat rabbit meat!!"

Xiao Wu exploded. She threw the roast rabbit leg into Tang San's face, then gave him a vicious beating.

Just like in the original story, Xiao Wu and Tang San fought fiercely, stunning all the students of Dorm 7. But in the end, Tang San's carelessness let Xiao Wu seize an opening and throw him out.

Afterward, Xiao Wu snatched the roast rabbit meat from every student in Dorm 7 one by one, warning them as she did so that none of them were allowed to eat rabbit meat in the future.

"What's your name?" Xiao Wu came before Tang San, her expression unfriendly.

"My name is Tang San." Tang San rubbed his head and looked regretfully at the roast rabbit meat in the trash bin, unable to understand why this little girl had suddenly become angry.

"Good. My name is Xiao Wu. I'll remember you. If I see you eating rabbit meat again, I'll break every bone in your body."

"Little San, that was really your fault. Just look at how Xiao Wu is dressed—you can tell she likes rabbits. How could you give Xiao Wu rabbit meat?"

Lu Chen stepped forward, criticizing Little San while taking out a carrot he had prepared beforehand from his bag and holding it out before Xiao Wu.