Woman, Are You Trying to Catch My Attention?

"Tang Hao!"

Qian Renxue parted her lips and spoke the name slowly, each syllable icy and steeped in hatred.

Tang Hao was the man who had killed her father. She would never forgive him!

If not for Tang Hao, her father would never have suffered the wounds that eventually claimed his life.

That was why Qian Renxue also despised Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who had taken part in that battle.

They had all fought Tang Hao. Why had her father died while those two survived?

Qian Renxue did not know that Tang Hao had never truly been the one who killed Qian Xunji. It had been her mother, Bibi Dong.

Tang Hao had merely taken the blame.

Qian Xunji had been a level 95 assault-type Titled Douluo, after all.

How could he have been so frail?

As long as Qian Xunji made it back to Spirit Hall with a breath left in him,

Spirit Hall's resources would have offered countless ways to heal him.

Yet after Qian Xunji returned, word spread that his wounds were beyond treatment and he had died.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had been even more badly wounded than Qian Xunji, but both survived.

Anyone who knew even a little of what had happened would have had their suspicions.

But Qian Daoliu, an Ultimate Douluo who had just lost his son, forcibly suppressed them.

After that, Bibi Dong became Pope.

The blame for Qian Xunji's death naturally fell on Tang Hao.

The next moment,

her voice vanished into thin air.

As before, Ning Wen did not give it much thought.

It was as though some mysterious, irresistible force kept him from looking deeper.

Even if he had doubts, he would find a way to explain them away.

After her burst of rage, Qian Renxue gradually calmed down and swiftly went over every detail.

Only then did she notice something important.

That fellow had said that when she ascended to godhood, Tang San and his father Tang Hao would join forces to ambush her and kill her.

He had also said earlier that she was currently hiding her identity.

But those mortifying, cheesy pickup lines had made Qian Renxue overlook that point.

It meant he had known who she really was from the very beginning.

The more she considered it, the more frightening it became!

Fortunately, the voice in her head had not revealed her true identity outright.

Otherwise, all her years of effort, along with Spirit Hall's thousand-year plan, would have come to nothing.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was unlike other powers.

It was not that Spirit Hall lacked the strength to destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

The problem was that it could not guarantee every last member would be wiped out.

If Spirit Hall attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the powers of the world would surely rise against them.

Could he have been reborn? Were he and my future self lovers?

Qian Renxue looked at Ning Wen, her expression turning peculiar.

She could not imagine her future self falling for this little brat.

For Spirit Hall's thousand-year plan, she had been sent to the Heaven Dou Empire's palace as a child. Disguised as its eldest prince, Xue Qinghe, she was there to seize the empire. How could she possibly become obsessed with romance?

No. That definitely can't be it.

If Ning Wen had known what Qian Renxue was thinking, he would probably have burst out laughing.

Qian Renxue knew Tang San was the son of the man who had killed her father, yet she repeatedly tried to recruit him and repeatedly went soft on him.

Even when she held an overwhelming advantage, she let Tang San go time and again.

After becoming a god, she still could not bring herself to kill him, despite the threat he posed.

If that was not being blinded by love, what was?

She had certainly inherited Bibi Dong's genes.

At first, she had been a brilliant, calculating, ruthless genius. Then she met Tang San and suddenly started acting like an ordinary girl in love.

In his previous life, plenty of people had complained that Qian Renxue's character had fallen apart.

"Little one, this is the first time we've met, isn't it?" Qian Renxue asked with a smile.

She intended to use the opportunity to see whether she could draw anything out of him.

The first time we've met?

Yes! In this life, this truly is our first meeting!

In our past lives, you were of noble standing, while I was merely an outcast of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

When I was destitute and broken, you reached out to me and helped me find my feet again.

But alas... even the best-laid plans cannot defy fate!

In the end, neither of us escaped our destiny. Death parted us forever!

Ning Wen: "..."

Why has it gone back to lovesick devotion?

Did you forget about your four wives in the Great Star Dou Forest?

Now it's talking about an inescapable destiny, too!

That would make more sense if you were talking about Soul Beasts.

Come to think of it, across the four books of the Douluo Continent series, it seemed that every Soul Beast who chose to take human form ended up sacrificing herself, apart from the Silver Dragon King.

Ah Yin sacrificed herself. Xiao Wu sacrificed herself. Qiu'er sacrificed herself. Bai Xiuxiu sacrificed herself...

The Auspicious Beast had it worst of all.

At least the other women were eventually brought back to life.

When all was said and done, it was Tang San's fault!

Qian Renxue was speechless.

Destitute and broken?

Reached out to him?

Death parted us forever?

That's not what I wanted to hear!

What on earth goes on in this little brat's head?

"That's right!" Ning Wen nodded. "Is there a problem?"

Qian Renxue's face darkened.

In his head, he poured out passionate declarations of love. On the outside, he wore an innocent expression and acted as though he knew nothing.

You're playing dumb on purpose, aren't you?

Woman, are you trying to catch my attention?

"Pfft—!!!"

Ning Wen could not hold it in. He nearly spat blood!

What the hell? I'm dying. Is this Voice Pack here to make people laugh?

One moment it's going on about defying fate for love, being parted by death, and tragic romance.

The next, it switches straight to cheesy domineering-CEO lines?!

Whatever state its mind is in, it's terrifying!

Woman???

Ning Fengzhi and the others were utterly baffled.

Xue Qinghe might have been approachable, but he was unquestionably a man.

And no one was more shaken than Qian Renxue herself!

Her body went rigid, and her mind blanked on the spot.

Woman?

Catch your attention?

Why is it doing this again?

"Nothing. I was just asking," Qian Renxue said, a vein throbbing at her temple. The composure she had spent over a decade cultivating had been thoroughly shredded by this six-year-old brat today!

Woman, put away those little schemes of yours. All your attempts to test me are futile.

Did you really think I wouldn't see through such a petty trick?

You're still far too green!

Qian Renxue's expression stiffened slightly.

This little brat saw through my intentions?

Damn it, and he says I'm too green?!!

Qian Renxue could not have been less pleased with that judgment.

She had spent decades lying low and was on the verge of accomplishing the extraordinary feat of stealing an entire empire single-handedly!

I have witnessed the rise and fall of ages and the schemes of countless worlds. Your little plots are child's play.

Ning Wen: "..."

All right. It's showing off again.

Still, compared with the cheesy pickup lines and domineering-CEO talk, he felt this was not so bad.

At least it was easier for him to stomach.