Tang San's limpid, autumn-water black eyes brimmed with sweetness and attachment.
Every so often, she lifted her delicate little face and beamed foolishly up at Lin Wu around her neck, the heart-shaped bubbles in her eyes practically overflowing.
"Brother Xiao Wu, do you want some candied hawthorn?"
"Should Little San bite the hawthorn pits out for you?"
"Brother Xiao Wu, isn't the view especially nice from Dad's shoulders?"
Tang San's soft, cutesy voice circled around his ears.
Every time she called out "Brother Xiao Wu," the muscles all over Tang Hao's body twitched violently beneath him.
Tang Hao felt as though what sat on his neck was not a person at all, but a heavy Five-Finger Mountain.
He was the great Haotian Douluo. Back then, he had fought three Titled Douluo alone without yielding a single step.
Yet now, not only did he have to serve as a human mount for this blond brat, he also had to watch his precious daughter fuss over the boy like a little maid.
"Kid... don't push your luck."
Tang Hao's voice was squeezed out through clenched teeth, one word at a time, veins bulging at his temples.
"You want me to carry you into the city... Do you really think I won't summon the Haotian Hammer and smash you into a meat patty?!"
Faced with the furious voice-transmitted threat of a Titled Douluo, Lin Wu did not even raise an eyelid.
He merely tapped Tang Hao's shoulder lightly with his toes, then squeezed Tang San's soft little hand as he spoke lazily.
"Little San, I think your dad dislikes me."
"His footsteps were so heavy just now that they made my butt go numb. Does he think I'm too heavy?"
Before Tang Hao could react, Tang San, who was holding Lin Wu's hand, whipped her head around.
With her clear, wide eyes glaring and her brows furrowed, she sweetly threatened her own father.
"Dad! How can you act like that?!"
"Having Brother Xiao Wu ride on your neck is giving you face!"
"Your shoulders are so broad. What's wrong with carrying him?!"
"If you dare be rude to Brother Xiao Wu again, believe it or not, I'll never speak to you again from today on. I won't even call you Dad anymore!"
The sound of an old father's heart shattering echoed through his mind.
Tang Hao felt a sharp pain in his chest. The words, "I'm a Titled Douluo," which had been stuck in his throat, were forcibly shoved back down by his daughter's heart-piercing retort.
The corners of his mouth twitched fiercely. A trace of humiliated old-man tears flashed in his eyes, and in the end, he could only lower his head and silently swallow his bitterness.
"Fine... good girl. Dad doesn't dislike him. Dad is very happy to carry him."
Tang Hao gritted his teeth and forced out a smile uglier than crying.
With incredibly heavy steps, he continued carrying Lin Wu.
Under the strange and shocked gazes of countless passersby, he walked step by step into Soto City.
The crowds lining the streets all looked over in surprise.
A weathered middle-aged man who looked ferocious and radiated killing intent everywhere.
He was actually willing to serve as a mount for a handsome youth, while a breathtakingly beautiful little girl beside them fawned over the youth in every possible way.
No matter how one looked at it, the group gave off an indescribably strange yet domineering air.
Sitting high atop Tang Hao's neck, Lin Wu basked in the attention of the surrounding crowd, inwardly delighted beyond measure.
With these two "Demon King protectors" by his side, not only was his grandeur maxed out, his sense of security was overflowing as well.
He rubbed his chin and gazed leisurely toward Shrek Academy outside Soto City.
"Soto City is here. Shrek... I'm here too."
A meaningful, wicked smile curved Lin Wu's lips.
"Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing... your future master has come personally to train you, bringing great bonds and the strongest bodyguard with him!"
The bustle and prosperity of Soto City flowed freely beneath the afternoon sun.
Lin Wu rode atop Tang Hao's broad shoulders, enjoying the incomparably prestigious "Haotian Premium Ride."
Leading Tang San, who wore a pure and delicate little dress, he stopped directly before a hotel with an outrageously flamboyant architectural style.
Rose Hotel.
The entire hotel was sculpted in the shape of enormous rose petals.
Its surface glowed with an ambiguous, romantic pink sheen, while the air was filled with an intensely rich, almost pungent scent of rose perfume.
"We're here. This is the place."
Lin Wu patted Tang Hao's bald head from above and said casually, "We've traveled a long way today, so let's rest here."
Grinding his teeth, Tang Hao "unloaded" Lin Wu from his neck.
His face, dark as the bottom of a pot, twitched without end, yet under his own daughter's cold gaze, he did not dare make a scene.
The moment the three stepped into the resplendent lobby of the Rose Hotel, an exceptionally eye-catching group approached them.
A burly young man nearly six feet tall, with long golden hair and a pair of mismatched eyes.
He had an arm around each of two voluptuous twin beauties dressed in revealing clothes.
The youth was rather handsome, but an undisguised air of dissipation and frivolity hung between his brows and eyes.
His hands roamed wantonly over the soft bodies of the beauties in his arms.
This man was Shrek Academy's "future boss"—Dai Mubai.
Seeing Dai Mubai with a woman on each arm, looking so debauched and uninhibited, Lin Wu's lips curled into an amused, cold smile.
In the original story, Zhu Zhuqing had traveled thousands of miles to Soto City for this guy.
And this ladybug had the nerve to use the ridiculous excuse of "escaping reality and enjoying life while he could."
He spent every day at the Rose Hotel bedding two women at once. He was nothing but rotten trash to the bone.
Tsk tsk, what on earth did Zhu Zhuqing see in him in the original story?
Lin Wu could not help complaining inwardly.
You could even stomach this kind of trash. Then someday, I'll personally train you.
Saving you from your sea of suffering would be perfectly natural—a good deed, even.
As Lin Wu made his calculations, Dai Mubai, who was walking toward them, also noticed this strange group of three that had just entered.
When Dai Mubai's gaze swept over Tang Hao, dressed in coarse cloth with an unkempt beard.
Then passed over Lin Wu, who looked fair-skinned and tender.
A trace of undisguised contempt flashed through his eyes.
A poor pretty boy and a scruffy old man?
However, when his mismatched eyes finally landed on Tang San beside Lin Wu.
Dai Mubai froze on the spot, his breathing suddenly growing heavier.
Though Tang San was plainly dressed at the moment, after the long-term nourishment of top-grade whale glue and the sacred cleansing of the Love God Contract.
Her little face had long since been utterly transformed, as exquisite as Heaven's most perfect creation.
Her limpid black eyes were innocent and enchanting, while her tender skin was fair with a rosy glow.
Her petite body exuded an indescribably sweet, fresh aura.
She was simply worlds apart from the two vulgar women in his arms, who had been piled up with thick makeup!
Dai Mubai felt heat course through his body, his lust flaring wildly.
Without the slightest courtesy, he pushed the twin sisters from his arms away and tossed his golden hair.
Wearing what he believed to be a handsome, dashing, wicked smile, he strode straight up to Tang San.
"Yo, little sister, this is your first time in Soto City, isn't it?"
Dai Mubai looked Tang San up and down from above, extending a hand in an attempt to lift her slender, delicate chin as he smiled frivolously.
"The Rose Hotel isn't a place just any stray cat or dog can stay."
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