Yu Tianheng felt as if a stone were pressing down on his heart, leaving him suffocated and unable to catch his breath.
She had clearly seemed upset just moments ago.
She had barely paid any attention to him.
So why had she become so much more enthusiastic than usual the moment she heard that new student, Yu Jian, had arrived?
"Wasn't Yanzi usually rather aloof? Why is she acting so warmly now?"
"No... I have to go take a look!"
Yu Tianheng took a deep breath and quickly followed after Dugu Yan.
He refused to believe it.
Could all the time he had spent by her side really be worth less than some newcomer she had only just met?
As the saying went, companionship was the deepest confession.
Over here.
Dugu Yan had even used Soul Power to speed herself up.
In the end, she found the two of them in less than five minutes.
She glanced around, changed positions, calmed her emotions, and tried her best to look completely casual.
A moment later.
The three of them "happened" to run into each other.
"Oh? Little Brother Su Li, what a coincidence~"
"I can't believe I ran into you here."
Dugu Yan smiled in feigned surprise. Without any hesitation, she walked up and reached out to touch his head.
The corner of Su Li's mouth twitched. With a quick flash, he dodged her hand.
"Sister Yanzi, I told you before. A boy's head can't be touched so casually."
"Oh, come on~ It's fine. What's wrong with letting your big sister pat you?"
The purple-haired girl unwillingly tried to reach out again, only for a small hand beside her to seize her wrist.
Ning Rongrong puffed out her cheeks and said unhappily, "Sister Yanzi, Su Li doesn't like other girls touching him. You should stop making him angry."
As soon as she finished speaking.
Ning Rongrong stretched out her hand and gently patted Su Li's head, then looked smugly at her.
Dugu Yan still wore a smiling face on the surface, but inwardly, she was already cursing up a storm.
Damn it!
Was this little brat provoking her?
Someone who did not even have an engagement with him would, at most, get to push his butt around in the future.
Just wait!
One day, Dugu Yan would bully Su Li mercilessly right in front of her!
"You two are really enough."
Su Li helplessly slapped Ning Rongrong's little hand away and looked at them with frustration.
Why did every one of them want to touch his head?
Could they all have come from Head-Patting Village or something?
"What class are you two in? When I have time, I'll come play with you~"
"And I can give you some guidance in cultivation while I'm at it."
Ning Rongrong pouted. Who needs your guidance in cultivation?
Unsolicited kindness always hides some ulterior motive!
Could she really have taken a liking to my husband?
"No need. Su Li and I naturally have people to teach us."
"Goodbye, Sister Yanzi!"
Ning Rongrong grabbed Su Li's arm and ran off into the distance as though she were fleeing for her life.
Dugu Yan watched their retreating backs without getting angry.
She quietly followed after them.
Today, she had to touch Su Li's head one more time!
To prove whether her guess was right.
If intimate contact with her future little husband could really speed up her cultivation...
Then she could not be blamed.
So what if she was the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?
What did it have to do with Ning Rongrong if she got intimate with her future husband?
As long as she cultivated quickly and became stronger, she could properly claim Su Li for herself and cuddle close to him every day and night.
Squeeze him dry!
"No..." Dugu Yan's pretty face reddened as she bit her lower lip in embarrassment. "Li Li is still young. I can't think like that..."
"Let him grow up a little more..."
Dugu Yan watched the two of them enter the cafeteria. After adjusting her emotions, she followed them inside as well.
Ten seconds later.
Yu Tianheng wore a complicated expression.
He had never expected the girl he liked to have taken a liking to a boy who had only just awakened?!
This... this was not right, was it?
He had not even grown into his looks yet. How could she like him?
With that thought, Yu Tianheng frowned and carefully considered whether Dugu Yan had an engagement.
A moment later.
His eyes lit up, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"So that's how it is... She only seems close to that little boy. In truth, she's trying to curry favor with the Seven Treasure Little Princess."
"I knew it. How could Yanzi possibly be that perverted?"
"So! I still have a chance!"
A smile finally appeared on Yu Tianheng's face. He decided that he should spend more time around Su Li in the future.
That way, he could have Su Li help him pursue Dugu Yan.
Perhaps it would become much easier.
"I really am a genius!"
Su Li rested his chin in his hand with a gloomy expression. Looking at the youthful, beautiful girl across from him, he sighed inwardly. He was just having a meal, so why had he drawn so much attention?
The older sisters at the neighboring table.
Could they stop leaning their heads over? He was genuinely scared.
"Gasp~ This little brother is so handsome! I really want to hold him in my arms and dote on him!"
"Are you trying to get yourself killed? I heard he's a genius from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect! Their little princess is right beside him too..."
"I'm curious. Why is Dugu Yan eating with them?"
Listening to the surrounding chatter.
Dugu Yan coldly swept her gaze over every girl sneaking glances in their direction.
Very quickly.
Those gazes immediately withdrew, and none of them dared act so brazenly again.
As Poison Douluo's granddaughter, quite a few people in the academy knew of her.
Combined with the fact that she was a genius herself, she was naturally very popular.
"Hmph~ Su Li, why do you attract so much attention..."
Ning Rongrong looked at him resentfully, gently pinching the hem of her clothes with her little hand. She looked quite unhappy.
"I... I don't know either."
Su Li had a headache as well. He was still so young, yet these girls were already looking at him like this.
If he grew into his looks, would that not be even worse?
Having too much charm was troublesome too.
"Tch~ Being looked at is a good thing. It proves your little husband is handsome. Ugly people don't get any attention at all."
Ning Rongrong's face flushed faintly red, and she lowered her head shyly. "Don't... don't say nonsense."
"Hehe, was I wrong?"
Dugu Yan could not resist teasing the girl, who was much younger than her.
By now, Ning Rongrong had already grown quite beautiful.
Graceful and slender, with a slim figure.
At nearly 168 centimeters tall, her legs looked especially long for her age.
Children in the Douluo world generally grew quickly, especially noble soul masters. They were already comparable to newly grown adults of seventeen or eighteen in Su Li's previous life.
"So the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is a shy girl after all."
"All right, I won't tease you anymore. This meal is on me."
Dugu Yan said generously.
Without waiting for Ning Rongrong to reply, she went to pay the bill.
Su Li watched her back and silently pondered a few things.
For the time being, he could not figure out this girl's motives.
Did she want to befriend the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, or was it simply because of him?
He would have to stay more vigilant in the future.
At that moment.
Yu Tianheng, seated not far away, was dumbfounded.
All these years.
He had always been the one treating her.
Yet now, Yanzi was rushing to pay?
And she even looked excited?
"Reasonable... She's trying to befriend the Seven Treasure Little Princess. It's only the cost of one meal; it doesn't prove anything."
"Yanzi still has feelings for me. If I work a little harder, I'll definitely win the beauty's heart!"
Yu Tianheng secretly encouraged himself.
Wasn't it just companionship?
He could wait!
To love someone, one had to endure loneliness.
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