Why Are You Crying, Yuhao?

"Haki Bai, it's good that you understand."

Tang Wutong said no more after that.

Tang Wutong: Is this right? Shouldn't a normal young boy blush bright red and stammer speechlessly after hearing something like that? Why is this different from what Aunt Rongrong said?

Over the next two hours, Bai Ran lost track of exactly how much food he had bought.

In any case, he spent several hundred Gold Soul Coins.

Given that one Gold Soul Coin equaled ten Silver Soul Coins, or one hundred Copper Soul Coins,

that amounted to tens of thousands of Copper Soul Coins.

It was only because the storage rings Da Ming and Er Ming had given him had enough space; otherwise, they would probably have been stuffed full long ago.

Even after buying all that, Bai Ran still went to browse through a snack shop.

After all, with the ridiculous rules of the freshman cafeteria, Bai Ran would not eat there even if they sold dragon meat.

If they really pushed him too far, he would just pull out the Sea God's Trident.

Being able to coexist with a little devil like Tang Wutong meant that Bai Ran was, at his core, a "demonic pill" himself.

Usually, though, he disguised himself with the temperament of a "spirit pearl."

Tang Wutong: Wouldn't that be driving an honest person over the edge?

Shrek Academy, freshman dormitory.

After spending the entire afternoon tidying up the dorm room and even making Bai Ran's bed for him,

Huo Yuhao sat on his own bed, holding the Gold Soul Coin Card with a face value of ten thousand, lost in thought.

If he had possessed those ten thousand Gold Soul Coins back then, could he have taken his mother away from that prison known as the Duke's Estate?

Or perhaps, when his mother had fallen gravely ill, he would not have been unable to afford even the medicine she needed.

Thinking of his mother, who had died young from illness, Huo Yuhao's nose stung. Then he curled into a ball and began to sob quietly.

Back then, even when Dai Huabin and the others bullied him, Huo Yuhao had forced himself not to cry.

But his mother's death had been an immense blow to Huo Yuhao. It meant that he had become an "orphan."

As for that so-called father?

Although his mother had always said that their current circumstances were not his father's fault, Huo Yuhao held no favorable feelings toward the father he had never once met.

In fact, the only thing driving Huo Yuhao to keep living was becoming stronger and, one day, seeking revenge against the White Tiger Duke and the entire White Tiger Duke's Estate.

"Why are you crying, Yuhao?"

Bai Ran had just returned from outside. Before he even entered the room, he heard a strange sound of crying.

If this had been a girls' dormitory, Bai Ran would have turned around and run without a second thought.

Fortunately, this was the boys' dormitory, and this was Douluo Continent. With the extraordinary power he possessed, he would not be afraid even if he really encountered a ghost.

What was more, both the Goddess of Light Butterfly and the Sea God's Trident were the ultimate nemeses of all evil things.

"I..."

"Did someone bully you?"

Bai Ran looked around the clean and tidy dorm room. There were no signs of a fight at all.

Bai Ran: I don't remember Shrek Academy having any tradition of bullying.

Besides, only freshmen were allowed into the freshman dormitory.

In the original story, even Wang Dong was no match for Huo Yuhao. The other freshmen most likely could not defeat him either.

As for Dai Huabin?

While at the Duke's Estate, whenever Dai Huabin saw Huo Yuhao, the urge to bully him would keep rising within him.

But after Huo Yuhao left the White Tiger Duke's Estate, Dai Huabin was not so idle that he would inquire into the whereabouts of a "servant's son."

Moreover, in Dai Huabin's eyes, with Huo Yuhao's "trash talent," he could never enter Shrek Academy in his entire life.

He and Huo Yuhao were destined to belong to different worlds.

That was why, in the original story, after being defeated by the group led by Huo Yuhao, the mentally twisted Dai Huabin developed the extreme idea of making Huo Yuhao disappear from this world entirely.

Bai Ran: Haki Huo, in the original story, you actually managed to forgive someone who wanted to kill you. You really are... sigh.

"No, I'm just a little tired, so I merely yawned."

A big yawn could make someone tear up too.

But that did not explain why Huo Yuhao's eyes were red.

"Oh, Bai Ran, I'm hungry. What delicious food did you bring back? Hurry up and take it out."

Seeing Huo Yuhao change the subject, Bai Ran could not be bothered to ask further and began taking things out of his storage ring.

"Grilled fish?"

Huo Yuhao was somewhat surprised when he saw what Bai Ran had taken out.

"Bai Ran, if you wanted to eat this, you should have told me. I'm really good at grilling fish. Don't waste money buying it outside next time."

A grilled fish from outside had to cost at least three or four Gold Soul Coins, right?

If Huo Yuhao did it himself, a few Copper Soul Coins would be enough.

"Roast meat, desserts, fried skewers..."

"Stop, stop, stop! Bai Ran, don't take any more out. The table is about to run out of space."

Looking at the table, which was nearly piled into a small mountain, Huo Yuhao hurriedly called for him to stop.

"What are you talking about? This isn't even a quarter of it yet."

"Just how much did you buy?"

"Hehe~"

Bai Ran scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.

After shopping all afternoon, he honestly could not remember anymore.

Everything he had taken out now was what Haki Tong wanted to eat.

Huo Yuhao: Mistakenly entering a wealthy household~

Bai Ran: Look at you, singing again.