Concealment, the World's Malice Toward This Person

Xiao Wu nodded. Looking at Zhou Liang, who was still holding her, she lifted his arm and bit down on it.

"Ah! Why did you bite me?"

Zhou Liang sucked in a breath, his face showing a hint of pain as he spoke.

"Hmph! Who told you to take advantage of me?"

Xiao Wu released Zhou Liang's arm, snorted softly, and said.

Then she got up from Zhou Er's body. Looking at Zhou Liang, who was still lying on the ground, she shouted.

"Get up! Teacher Wang Hu told us to pack our things."

Zhou Liang raised his left hand toward Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu did not think much of it and reached out to take Zhou Liang's hand. Without using much strength, Zhou Liang got to his feet on his own.

"Come on, I'll help you pack first!"

As Xiao Wu watched Zhou Liang pull her hand and run forward, she recalled the scene of their first meeting a few months ago.

Curious, she asked, "Xiao Liang, why did you approach me back then?"

"You mean when I met you on the road four months ago?"

Zhou Liang did not turn around and simply kept walking forward.

"Yes. You even used dried radish to tempt me. I thought you were a terrible bad guy!"

Thinking of that especially delicious dried radish, Xiao Wu frowned and said.

"Xiao Wu, I've never asked about your background, have I?"

Zhou Liang turned around and looked at Xiao Wu as he asked.

"Mm!"

Xiao Wu looked slightly nervous when the subject was suddenly brought up, but she still nodded.

"You should have been alone, right?"

Zhou Liang reached out and patted Xiao Wu's head as he spoke slowly.

This time, Xiao Wu did not react too strongly. Instead, she hurriedly said.

"No, I still have Da Ming and Er Ming."

"Then why weren't they by your side? Why did they let you walk alone on that road?"

Feeling the palm resting on her head, Xiao Wu spoke with a trace of panic in her eyes.

"I wanted to practice being brave on my own, so I didn't let them see me off."

Zhou Liang nodded and did not continue questioning her. Instead, he said.

"Then you were alone on that road, right?"

"Mm!"

"If you kept walking down that road, you might meet good people, or you might meet bad people. You might meet the love of your life, or you might fall into an abyss."

"But before that, I met you."

"Before then, you were alone, and after that road, the unknown was waiting for you."

"Since that's the case, why not walk down another path with me!"

"No matter what happens afterward, from the moment you stepped onto that carriage, you were no longer alone!"

Looking at Zhou Liang, who was holding her left hand and standing face-to-face with her, Xiao Wu thought of her mother.

Before that day, Xiao Wu had not been alone. After that day, all that remained in her heart were sorrow and loneliness.

"After all, I was alone a year ago too. That feeling is truly awful!"

Zhou Liang's expression was unusually calm. He thought of his childhood, of the years after his parents divorced. He would never forget that sense of loneliness for the rest of his life.

"You're an orphan?"

Zhou Liang hesitated for a second, then nodded and answered firmly, "Yes!"

"Then have you never wondered why I was alone? I'm not an orphan. If you're with me, you might have to face dangers beyond anything you can imagine."

Xiao Wu looked at Zhou Liang before her and unconsciously tightened her grip on his hand.

"That isn't important. What's important is, will you be with me?"

Zhou Liang arrived at the door to Xiao Wu's room, pushed it open, and led her inside.

"But what if one day, many people want to kill me, and you're no match for them?" Xiao Wu looked at Zhou Liang with a trace of nervousness in her eyes.

"Xiao Wu, someone is hunting you down?"

Zhou Liang looked at the somewhat nervous Xiao Wu and extended his left hand before him, half-closing his eyes.

Captain, can the power of the authority be materialized?

The moment he raised the question in his heart, Zhou Liang naturally received an answer.

"Detecting Information Concealment Authority. Conceal the Soul Beast aura of the person before you."

"**Ding!**"

"Permission request detected. Beginning assessment!"

"The target is this world's female protagonist. Difficulty increased by one. The information to be concealed is an important factor in driving the plot. Difficulty increased by three..."

"After calculation, the Soul Beast aura of the person before you can be concealed for fifteen years!"

"Materialize!"

Seeing Zhou Liang fall silent before her, Xiao Wu's heart filled with a sense of loss, even a little pain.

This was the first boy she had taken a liking to since entering human society, and also the boy who had stirred her feelings.

Yet his silence made sorrow arise in her heart. But at that moment, an alluring glow began to appear.

A shining point of light appeared in Zhou Liang's left palm.

"Xiao Wu, this is a treasure. It can conceal all information according to its owner's wishes, but its only flaw is that it can only be used once."

After Zhou Liang finished speaking, Xiao Wu's expression went blank. Looking at him across from her, she had just opened her mouth to say something.

But Zhou Liang pressed the ball of light toward Xiao Wu and said at the same time.

"I want to conceal all malice in this world toward this person."

Hearing those words, Xiao Wu's eyes reddened. As the light merged into her body, she could no longer hold back her tears.

Because Xiao Wu could feel that the Soul Beast aura on her body had completely vanished, while an invisible force enveloped her.

The force surrounding her possessed an extremely lofty nature. Even with the spiritual power of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, she could not probe its mysteries.

This meant that Titled Douluo would be unable to see through her true form. Xiao Wu could now sense that this power would only last fifteen years, but a treasure capable of concealing her from the senses of Titled Douluo for fifteen years was incomparably precious!

Thinking of this, Xiao Wu took the initiative for the first time and stepped forward to hug Zhou Liang, burying her head against his shoulder.

Her tears flowed uncontrollably. So there really were people who were full of kindness toward her, people who would protect her, people who cared about her.

Humans were not only evil. Kind humans did exist.

The emotions suppressed in her heart were completely released. Beneath that tear-streaked face was a smile, a smile filled with gratitude.

Zhou Liang stood there, holding Xiao Wu as he gently patted her shoulder.

"Before this power disappears, I will grow stronger as quickly as possible, until no one in the world can defeat me."

"When that day comes, no one in this world will dare to even think of killing you!"

Listening to the words by her ear, Xiao Wu nodded and held Zhou Liang tightly.