Tang San's Selfishness

"How could that be?"

Hearing Xiao Wu say that she did not like the All-Radish Feast, Tang San's face filled with disbelief.

"Didn't you used to enjoy eating it?"

After standing there in a daze for quite a while, Tang San finally spoke again.

"Tang San."

"Don't tell me you've always treated that All-Radish Feast as some kind of grand meal for Xiao Wu?"

At this moment, Ning Rongrong, who had long harbored many grievances against Tang San, spoke up.

"What's wrong with that?"

Tang San gave Ning Rongrong a faint glance.

"Heh."

"You still have the nerve to ask what's wrong with it."

"Of course there's something wrong with it."

"And it's a big problem."

"How much could carrots possibly cost per pound?"

"Even if they were made into that so-called All-Radish Feast, how much could it be worth?"

"I heard that you've been keeping all of Xiao Wu's Spirit Hall subsidies for her since she was little."

"That money would have been enough to take Xiao Wu out for a real feast once a year."

"But you? You just used an All-Radish Feast to fob Xiao Wu off."

"Don't tell me you treated Xiao Wu's money as your own?"

Having finally found a reasonable opportunity to tear into Tang San, Ning Rongrong naturally would not let it go. Her little mouth kept rattling on without pause.

"Nonsense."

"I've always been saving Xiao Wu's Gold Soul Coins for her. I'm Xiao Wu's brother—how could I possibly steal her Gold Soul Coins?"

"As for the matter of a feast..."

"Xiao Wu's martial soul is a rabbit, so I subconsciously assumed that she liked carrots."

Tang San did not want Xiao Wu to misunderstand him, so he hurriedly explained.

"Then what about Xiao Wu's clothes?"

"Xiao Wu is so cute and pretty. At the very least, you should have bought her a few nice outfits."

"But what about you?"

"All the clothes you bought for Xiao Wu were the most ordinary kind."

"When you had no money before, I didn't say anything."

"But after selling your hidden weapons, you earned a full Five Million Gold Soul Coins from our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Why couldn't you take out one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to dress Xiao Wu up properly from head to toe?"

Ning Rongrong had no intention of letting Tang San off so easily.

"This..."

If Tang San still had an excuse when it came to food, then when it came to clothes, he truly could not find any excuse at all.

"Rongrong."

"Little San probably put all his thoughts into cultivation and simply never considered such things."

"Besides, Little San has only known Xiao Wu as a girl since childhood. He's extremely simple-minded and doesn't know any tricks for pleasing girls."

"And to put it bluntly..."

"If Little San really knew all sorts of ways to please girls, that would instead mean he was far too experienced. Then we'd have to seriously consider whether he was worth being with."

Seeing Tang San rendered speechless, Oscar hurriedly stepped in to smooth things over.

"Is that so?"

"Tang San himself has nothing to say, yet you're impressive enough to find excuses for him."

"Looks like you have plenty of experience yourself."

Ning Rongrong swept Oscar with a cold glance and sneered.

"I'm not. I don't."

"Rongrong, listen to my explanation."

Oscar was dumbfounded. He had merely come out to say a few good words for Tang San, yet Ning Rongrong had immediately turned her sights on him.

"Enough."

"An explanation is just an excuse."

"I was only saying a few fair words for Xiao Wu."

"Even if there was an explanation, it should be Tang San explaining it to Xiao Wu."

Under Zhu Zhuqing's discreet tugging, Ning Rongrong knew when to stop. After firing off a few final retorts, she turned to whisper with Xiao Wu and the others.

"Xiao Wu."

"Can we get off the carriage and talk?"

Ning Rongrong could stop at the right time, but Tang San could not simply say nothing.

Otherwise, it would definitely affect his image in Xiao Wu's eyes.

"Fine."

Xiao Wu wanted to see what kind of story Tang San could come up with.

Just as Xiao Wu and Tang San stepped down from the carriage, Shen Fan, who had been watching the show from the side for quite some time, took out his diary again and began writing.

How strange.

If I remembered correctly, the Shrek Seven Devils at this point should have already had a very good relationship. So why were Ning Rongrong and Tang San arguing?

And she even said she was just speaking up for Xiao Wu.

All I wanted to say was, with the relationship between Xiao Wu and Tang San, did she need Ning Rongrong to speak up for her?

No, wait.

Could speaking up for Xiao Wu just be Ning Rongrong's excuse? Was she actually trying to drive a wedge between them?

No, that wasn't right either.

Ning Rongrong was only a little bit of a Little Demon Girl, but she was absolutely kind-hearted. She would never do something like that.

Douluo 1 Ning Rongrong: "At least you have good judgment."

Come to think of it.

Ning Rongrong wasn't the only one acting strange today. Even Xiao Wu was acting a little off.

She had actually refused Tang San's All-Radish Feast.

The sun really had risen in the west.

After all, for Xiao Wu, even if Tang San gave her nothing but plain rice without a single dish, she would still smile and say it was delicious.

Douluo 1 Xiao Wu: "Am I really that easy?"

"A bowl of plain rice is all it takes to win me over?"

Xiao Wu absentmindedly responded to Tang San beside her, while secretly grumbling to herself.

Forget it, I won't dwell on it.

Maybe this was the butterfly effect.

Because of my appearance, the plot had deviated a little.

Still, while I won't think about those two things anymore, I do agree with some of Ning Rongrong's views.

After Tang San received the Five Million Gold Soul Coins that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had used to purchase hidden weapons, he truly never once considered spending even a little of it to improve Xiao Wu's clothes and meals.

If I were Tang San—

The very first thing I would do after receiving those Five Million Gold Soul Coins would be to take Xiao Wu to an auction house and buy her a Storage Soul Tool. Then I would give her a large sum of Gold Soul Coins, so she could buy whatever she wanted.

That was wrong.

I should say, if I were Tang San—

I would have removed half the gems from my Twenty-Four Bridges, Moonlit Night and given them to Xiao Wu long ago.

But what about Tang San?

Before he had money, he never considered Xiao Wu's feelings. After he had money, he still never considered Xiao Wu's feelings.

Had Tang San never considered that Xiao Wu was a living, breathing person too, and that she needed money as well?

Most of the time, Tang San was either forging or cultivating. It was impossible for him to stay by Xiao Wu's side every second of every day.

What if one day, one of Xiao Wu's girlfriends invited her out shopping? All the other girls would be buying this and that, while Xiao Wu alone had not a single coin on her. Even if she saw something she truly liked, she would not be able to buy it and could only stand there awkwardly.

Had Tang San never thought about how humiliated Xiao Wu would feel then?

Like I said, the little things reveal a person's character.

Everything Tang San had shown in how he treated Xiao Wu was enough to prove that he was a selfish, self-serving petty man who only cared about himself and never about others.