Everyone Gets Along

Xie Xie stuck out his tongue, completely unconcerned about his image as he collapsed onto the ground from exhaustion.

"You... you bunch of... beasts... you're practically... not human..."

Tang Wulin wiped the fine sweat from her forehead, crouched down, and poked Xie Xie, who was lying on the ground, with a wooden stick.

"Did he collapse from exhaustion?"

Gu Yue looked him over. "Looks like it."

Luo Qing leaned closer. "Wake up. You can't sleep here—and you're treating us to this gathering, right?"

Xie Xie could no longer hold it together. He truly hadn't expected this. By normal athletic logic—those who ran faster should have less endurance.

He was an agility-attack-type Soul Master, yet he had failed to outrun a control-type and two assault-types. They had even lapped him five times in a row.

Just as he collapsed onto the ground, those beasts were acting as if nothing had happened and mocking him right here?

"What kind of joke is this? I can keep going..."

Xie Xie struggled to get up. But after taking one step forward, he crumpled back to the ground. His legs had gone weak. This time, he truly could not run anymore.

"No need to force yourself. Victory and defeat are common in battle. Just try again next time."

Watching his desperate struggle, Luo Qing clearly could not bear it. After all, Xie Xie was the one paying for their meal. He had to help him save a little face.

"Luo Qing, you really are the best..."

Xie Xie's eyes filled with emotion. Compared to Tang Wulin, who only wanted food, and Gu Yue, who was obviously mocking him, Luo Qing was truly considerate!

"Alright—get up!"

"The ground's pretty dirty too. Rest for a bit, then after school, shall we head to the snack street for a meal?"

After recovering a little strength, Xie Xie sprang to his feet with a kip-up.

"Let's go. Young Master Xie is covering tonight's late-night snack bill!"

Tang Wulin nodded wildly, as though she could already see the delicacies of the night market beckoning to her.

Gu Yue did not react much. She had only joined this childish competition, in her eyes, to build a better relationship with the two of them.

She wanted to see what kind of person could make her other half so utterly infatuated.

At first, she had been dismissive, believing he was merely an ordinary foreign dragon.

Yet after watching for so long, she realized that she had subconsciously started to think he looked rather good?

But she was still proud and stubborn, unwilling to admit what she truly thought.

So what if he's good-looking?

The dragon clan has always placed strength above all else. Beauties will ultimately belong to the strong.

Once he recovers his true nature, I'll beat him to his knees and take him as my mate. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

"Hehehe..."

Gu Yue wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth, imagining the scenes to come.

"Gu Yue, mind your image. We know there'll be lots of delicious food tonight, but you don't need to start drooling already..."

Gu Yue abruptly raised her head and discovered that all three of them were staring at her.

Her delicate face immediately flushed crimson, and she hurriedly made an excuse. "I've just been feeling too stifled from cultivation lately, so I'm craving food, alright?"

At this point, it was already difficult to speak of the matter of this noble Dragon King becoming entangled with a foreign dragon.

If word reached her subordinates, what would they think of her, their Dragon King?

Di Tian and the other beasts: "We know nothing!"

"So that's how it is."

Luo Qing found that explanation reasonable. Cultivation was inherently tedious. Not to mention being a little gluttonous, even showing off due to pent-up frustration was perfectly normal.

It seemed that Love-Brain Continent had very likely become this way because of repression.

A strange bit of knowledge had been added.

Time passed quickly, and night gradually fell. As the sky darkened, all the streetlights had already turned on.

Eastsea City's nights were nothing like those in Aolai City. Not only did this place gather a huge population, but many people also worked at night.

Eastsea City was originally a port trade city, so its night markets were naturally thriving. Even at night, the streets remained bustling with voices.

"So lively!"

Tang Wulin glanced around. The snack street was even livelier than it was during the day. Perhaps because students and office workers had all gotten off work, the crowd was more than twice as large as when they had come during daytime.

"Of course! Students like us love strolling through the night market. Look, those people over there and there are all our classmates!"

As one of the few locals on the team, Xie Xie made an excellent guide.

When it came to this snack street, Xie Xie could not exactly be called familiar with every detail—only that he knew it by heart.

Soon, the group was eating to their hearts' content.

Seafood around Eastsea City was extremely cheap. Since it was close to the sea, fishing boats could be found everywhere nearby, and even the seafood at snack stalls had been freshly caught that very day.

Gu Yue skewered several takoyaki balls on a bamboo stick, elegantly swept aside the long hair over her forehead, then gently placed one in her mouth and savored it carefully.

Tang Wulin ate far more ferociously. After asking Luo Qing last time and learning that he did not dislike the sight of her earnestly stuffing herself, she no longer put on airs and instead freely let loose her true nature.

Still, Old Tang's earth-shattering wisdom continued to work its magic. Even while Tang Wulin was feasting, she did not forget to share food with Luo Qing.

Xie Xie was enjoying himself as well. Although he had lost the earlier competition, being able to bring his companions out for a happy meal was nothing much to him.

As for the group's extraordinary appetites, Xie Xie was not surprised in the slightest.

After all, he was educated. He knew about the conservation of energy, and he had even vaguely come to a conclusion: perhaps as long as one ate enough...

Would one become stronger?

But he still did not test it. After all, Xie Xie was an agility-attack-type Soul Master. If he ate himself fat and his agility dropped, the loss would outweigh the gain.

At that moment, a lookout thug reported the group's arrival to his leader, and the leader swiftly relayed the news to Light Dragon.

Just as the group arrived once again at that braised beef pot restaurant, another group of unwelcome visitors appeared.

"Yo, was the lesson last time not harsh enough?"

"How dare you show up here again?"

Luo Qing frowned as he looked at Light Dragon and the others, who had surrounded them once more.

But this time, the leader of the group did not seem to be Light Dragon. Instead, it was another middle-aged man who looked exceptionally muscular.

"May I ask which one of you is Tang Wulin?"

Contrary to what everyone expected, the middle-aged man did not immediately cause trouble. Instead, he asked very politely.

"That's me! What do you want with me?"

Tang Wulin was not afraid of the middle-aged man at all and stepped out from behind the others.

"Oh, you truly do carry yourself remarkably. As expected of a favored daughter of heaven..."

The middle-aged man's flattery left everyone dumbfounded.

"You're not here to cause trouble?"

Luo Qing looked at them suspiciously.

The middle-aged man first appeared rather helpless before finally lowering his head.

"No, fellow students, we came to apologize—"