Douluo Under the Bed

[I'd originally been wondering whether Xue Ke had approached me on her own because she was plotting something against me, like harvesting my kidney or something...]

Soul Land I Xue Ke: "..."

[After all, when had the noble lords of Douluo Continent ever truly regarded commoners as equals?]

[But if it was Xue Ke, then it made sense.]

[After spending an entire night looking for reasons and staring into the mirror all night, it wasn't because dawn had come—it was because I'd been stunned by my own handsomeness...]

Inside the carriage, Xue Ke read the diary's blunt, undisguised analysis, and a faint blush instantly spread across her cheeks as her ears burned.

So she was lovesick too...

No, she was just obsessed with looks! Absolutely, absolutely not lovesick!

In the diary's comment section.

Soul Land I Huo Wu: "That's incredible!"

Soul Land I Ning Rongrong: "So that's how it was. No wonder little sister Xue Ke was so proactive. This was apparently recorded in the original Soul Land story too."

Soul Land I Xue Ke: "..."

Soul Land I Qian Renxue: "Little sister, I never expected you, usually so dignified and composed, to be lovesick too."

Soul Land III Xu Xiaoyan: "Big sister shouldn't be criticizing second sister."

Soul Land I Qian Renxue: "..."

Soul Land III Dai Yuner: "Go for it, little sister Xue Ke! When it comes to a boy you like, you have to be more proactive. Just make your move!"

Soul Land III Gu Yuena: "... Incredible."

Gu Yuena said nothing, merely remaining silent.

She quietly watched Dai Yuner's remarks, her cold eyes trembling slightly as she struggled to remain calm.

She had received professional training. Under normal circumstances, she would not laugh unless she truly could not hold it in.

Soul Land II Xiao Xiao: "Brother Mo Yu has a point. He really is quite handsome."

Soul Land II Xiao Xiao: "Sigh, this is so hard. Wang Dong is handsome too. I don't even know who I should admire."

Soul Land II Wang Dong'er: "... I suggest you admire your Brother Mo Yu instead. Wang Dong isn't right for you."

Soul Land II Xiao Xiao: "Eh, I just remembered—Wang Dong'er is also Huo Yuhao's official pairing."

Soul Land II Xiao Xiao: "Come to think of it, do you know Wang Dong? I think he's a pretty great person. He's handsome, has a good personality, and is super talented..."

Watching Xiao Xiao lavishly praise Wang Dong, Wang Dong'er could not stop the corner of her mouth from twitching.

No wonder Xiao Xiao always touched her unintentionally. Xiao Xiao had even secretly collected the water bottle she had just drunk from.

Wang Dong'er still considered herself a girl at heart, so she had assumed those incidents were accidental. Who would have thought Xiao Xiao had been secretly in love with her all along, while she was disguised as a boy?

"Sigh, what a sin!"

Wang Dong'er let out a deep sigh.

To completely cut off Xiao Xiao's hopes, Wang Dong'er simply unleashed the killing blow...

Soul Land II Wang Dong'er: "Wang Dong is my biological younger brother. He likes men. Anyway, give up..."

Soul Land II Xiao Xiao: "???????"

In the Soul Land II world, inside a classroom at Shrek Academy.

Xiao Xiao stared at the contents on the Diary Copy, and her whole world fell apart.

The girl secretly glanced at Wang Dong, who was attentively listening to the lecture in the distance. Beside him sat the well-behaved little boy Huo Yuhao.

At some point, the two of them had quietly, gradually leaned their shoulders together, interacting with easy intimacy...

A rotten-minded girl saw romance everywhere. The more Xiao Xiao looked, the more she felt that Wang Dong really did seem to like men—especially frail, submissive boys like Huo Yuhao...

What? Why?! Xiao Xiao was utterly devastated at that moment.

What the hell? The male god I stan actually liked men?

Why...

No—nooo!!!

Soul Land II Xiao Xiao: [Uploaded a background image of Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao snuggling in the classroom...]

Soul Land II Xiao Xiao: "Sister, sister! Tell me this is fake, okay? You're joking, right? You definitely lied to me on purpose, didn't you! Boohoo~ How could my male god Wang Dong possibly like men, QAQ? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Soul Land II Wang Dong'er: "..."

Soul Land II Ning Tian: "So Wang Dong likes men. What a shame. I thought he was handsome too, but Huo Yuhao was always following him around..."

Soul Land II Meng Hongchen: "Just looking at Wang Dong's back makes one curious, but it's a pity he likes men..."

Soul Land II Xiao Xiao: "Boohoo~ I'll never like male gods in real life again. As expected, only online male gods are perfect. Brother Mo Yu is the perfect male god I stan..."

Night had fallen deep.

Traveling at night was far too dangerous, so after discussing it, Qin Moyu and Xue Ke found an inn in a nearby village to rest for the night.

This small village was especially lively at night. Many households had lit charcoal fires, and the scent of barbecue drifted through the evening breeze.

There happened to be an unused stone platform in the small inn's backyard. Firewood was piled in one corner, while freshly caught river fish from the villagers were being sold on consignment nearby.

Leaning against the wooden doorway, Xue Ke smiled and beckoned. "Brother Mo Yu, the stalls outside smell so good. Shall we buy some barbecue to fill our stomachs?"

Qin Moyu's gaze fell on the lively river fish nearby instead. "Perfect. I know a little about grilling. Want to try my cooking?"

Xue Ke's eyes instantly lit up, curiosity filling them. "Brother Mo Yu can cook grilled fish too?"

"Just a skill I picked up when I had nothing better to do."

Qin Moyu smiled, found the innkeeper, paid up (So you had to pay when buying things, OWO?), and bought all the fresh river fish in the wooden bucket.

He skillfully lit the charcoal fire and waited for the temperature to rise.

Once everything was ready, he reached for his storage ring but came up empty. Only then did he remember that the knife he often used for preparing ingredients had been left at home.

"Boss, could I borrow a..."

Before he could finish, a girl's gentle voice sounded beside him.

"Brother Mo Yu, use my Swan Dagger."

Xue Ke spoke softly, offering him a short blade engraved with delicate patterns in her fair little hand.

This Swan Dagger was exquisitely crafted. It was precisely the suicide weapon issued by the Heaven Dou Imperial Family to its princesses.

The principle was similar to the self-defense hairpins carried by noble young ladies in ancient times. Women were naturally physically weaker, and if they encountered vicious bandits, it was impossible to fight back with a dagger. However, it was enough to take their own lives and preserve their purity and honor...

And the fact that Xue Ke was willing to hand Qin Moyu this Swan Dagger, which carried special meaning and had always remained close to her person, represented her trust—and hinted at a few hidden feelings...

[So names like White Tiger Dagger were actually normal naming conventions on Douluo Continent...]

Qin Moyu reached out and accepted the dagger, completely failing to understand the girl's hidden feelings.

Soul Land I Xue Ke: "..."

Soul Land III Dai Yuner: "Little sister Xue Ke, that move wasn't good enough. Your hint wasn't obvious enough."

Soul Land III Dai Yuner: "Let me teach you. First, you do this, then this, and finally, give him this..."

Watching Dai Yuner endlessly impart forbidden knowledge, Xue Ke's cheeks instantly heated up, and her ears turned bright red.

What kind of techniques were those? Skipping the getting-to-know-each-other stage and going straight to aphrodisiacs?

Dai Yuner truly deserved to be a princess of the Star Luo Empire. Her way of handling things was really fierce...

Meanwhile, Qin Moyu's short blade danced through the air as he scaled the fish, removed their gills, cleaned their bellies, and neatly prepared the entire river fish with precise knife work.

Afterward, he took out Perilla Leaf from his storage ring. It was an herb recorded in the Compendium of Herbal Sayings, mainly used to remove fishiness and enhance fragrance. Huo Yuhao had used this very seasoning when grilling fish.

Once the river fish had been placed over the grill to roast slowly, he touched his storage Soul Tool, and a snow-white jar of salt appeared.

Most edible salt native to Douluo Continent was coarse salt, filled with impurities and carrying the bitter taste of mud and sand. Even the refined salt supplied exclusively to nobles still had a faint off-flavor.

But the salt in Qin Moyu's hand was entirely different. Using modern distillation and purification methods, he had personally extracted this high-purity refined salt.

The salt was flawlessly white, with fine grains, so clean that it was almost entirely free of impurities.

Qin Moyu chuckled to himself.

If not for refined salt being far too white, his salt-making technique alone would have been enough for him to monopolize Suotuo City's market.

Of course, that was assuming he was willing to curry favor with the powerful.

After all, selling salt privately without official permission was a serious crime...

As the charcoal continued roasting, the surface of the fish gradually changed from pale white to an enticing golden color, while its fat slowly seeped out...