Xiao Wu Wants to Move In!

"Little San, back already?"

Yu Xiaogang set down his notes and forced what he thought was a kindly smile onto his stiff face. "Did you meet those two?"

"I did." Tang San nodded glumly.

"Well?"

Tang San fell silent for a moment, gathered his thoughts, and briefly recounted what had happened.

Yu Xiaogang frowned as he listened.

It seemed both Working Students were troublemakers. They would not be easy to handle.

"All right, I understand the situation. Go back and rest. You've been on the move all day."

"I'll speak to them myself in a little while."

Meanwhile, Jiang Hao led Xiao Wu into the Faculty Dormitory Area.

Xiao Wu looked around curiously. The surroundings were far nicer than the Working Student Dormitory.

Trees shaded the clean paths, and a faint floral fragrance drifted through the air.

"Jiang Hao, you live here?" Xiao Wu's eyes lit up.

"Yeah."

"Why didn't you say so sooner!"

Xiao Wu let go of his arm and skipped ahead. "It's so, so, so comfortable here! A thousand times better than that rundown building!"

Jiang Hao watched her go and shook his head helplessly. "You're a girl. Aren't you worried people will gossip if you live with me?"

"Gossip?"

Xiao Wu turned and tilted her head at him. "About what? How old are we put together? Who'd be that bored?"

"You're taking it in stride."

"Of course!"

Xiao Wu puffed out her chest proudly. "Big Sister Xiao Wu has a generous heart. I don't bother with petty people."

As they talked, they reached the dormitory building.

Jiang Hao opened the door to his room, and Xiao Wu darted inside, looking around and touching everything.

"Wow! This bed is so soft!"

She plopped onto it and bounced twice. "So much better than that hard bed in the Working Student Dormitory!"

Jiang Hao said, "You really intend to stay here?"

"Of course!"

Xiao Wu nodded as if it were obvious. "I'm already inside. You still want to kick me out?"

"There's only one bed. Where can you sleep besides the floor?"

Jiang Hao stepped inside and shut the door. "Besides, you're a girl, and you're moving into a boy's dorm room just like that. Aren't you afraid I might be a bad guy?"

Xiao Wu snorted and raised her chin. "Big Sister Xiao Wu is a good judge of character. You're not a bad guy!"

Jiang Hao paused. "You trust me that much?"

They had known each other for less than an hour.

Even someone who made friends quickly would not go this far, would they?

Remembering what Jiang Hao had said earlier, Xiao Wu smiled mysteriously. "That's a secret."

"Anyway, I'm sure you're not a bad guy."

Jiang Hao was speechless.

Of course he knew why Xiao Wu trusted him so much.

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form was highly sensitive to fortune. She must have taken him for one of her own kind, or perhaps the reincarnation of an Auspicious Beast.

The girl probably thought she had found someone powerful to rely on. That was why she was so determined to move into his room.

Then again, Jiang Hao really could not let her go back and live with Tang San.

If Xiao Wu and Tang San got together, what had he crossed into this world for?

Besides, keeping a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast close could hardly be a bad thing.

"Fine, fine. You can sleep on the floor."

Jiang Hao sighed and pointed to the corner. "There's clean bedding over there. Set it up yourself."

"No. I want the bed. It's so big, you can't use it all by yourself!"

Ignoring Jiang Hao's warning look, Xiao Wu grabbed the bedding and expertly spread it across the bed.

Jiang Hao rolled his eyes at her. He could not be bothered to argue and headed out to find something to eat.

The moment he opened the door, he found a middle-aged man standing outside.

The man wore a gray robe and had a crew cut, stubble, and a sour expression, as though the whole world owed him a fortune.

Who else could it be but Yu Xiaogang?

Surprise flashed across Yu Xiaogang's stiff face when he saw Jiang Hao.

So the child he had seen at the entrance earlier was Jiang Hao.

Jiang Hao frowned at the man blocking his doorway. "Move aside. I'm going out."

Yu Xiaogang paused, then forced what he thought was a kindly smile onto his face and got straight to the point.

"Hello, Jiang Hao. I'm Yu Xiaogang, known as Grandmaster. I'm here today to talk to you about your future."

Jiang Hao raised an eyebrow. "Oh? What would you like to discuss, Grandmaster?"

He already had a fair idea.

Yu Xiaogang cleared his throat and assumed the bearing of a sage above worldly concerns. "I've read your file. You have Innate Full Soul Power and a powerful Beast Martial Soul. It would be a terrible waste if talent like yours lacked proper guidance."

"So?"

"So I'd like to take you as my disciple."

Yu Xiaogang even puffed out his chest. "My mastery of Martial Soul theory is unmatched in this age. Become my disciple, and I guarantee you'll grow into a formidable expert."

Before Jiang Hao could answer, Xiao Wu poked her head out of the room and looked him up and down with wide eyes.

"So you're that Grandmaster? You don't look like much."

The smile froze on Yu Xiaogang's face. Then something occurred to him.

Why was there a girl in Jiang Hao's room?!

They were only six, and already living together?

"Wait. Are you Xiao Wu, one of this year's Working Students?"

Xiao Wu gave him a wary look. "How do you know my name?"

"Heh."

Yu Xiaogang gave a stiff smile and once again adopted an inscrutable air. "I've read your file too. Your Martial Soul is the Soft Bone Rabbit, and you have Innate Full Soul Power."

"But never in history has someone with the Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul had Innate Full Soul Power. What's more, the Soft Bone Rabbit is barely stronger than a useless Martial Soul."

"I'd wager you're hiding a secret!"

Xiao Wu's pretty face gradually turned pale.

This Grandmaster really did know a thing or two. He had worked out so much from her Martial Soul alone.

Could he actually guess that she was a Soul Beast in human form?

"Do you have Twin Martial Souls?"

Xiao Wu: "..."

Jiang Hao: "..."

When it came to applying the same theory to everything, Yu Xiaogang was in a class of his own.

Seeing their expressions, Yu Xiaogang decided he had guessed the truth. He clasped his hands behind his back, lifted his gaze to the sky, and waited for them to kneel and ask to become his disciples, just as Tang San had.

With his unbeatable theories, winning over two children would be child's play.

Jiang Hao nearly lost his composure at the sight of Yu Xiaogang's confidence.

"Jiang Hao, is there something wrong with this man's head?" Xiao Wu whispered in his ear.

This Grandmaster had started spouting strange ideas the moment he arrived and was certain she had Twin Martial Souls. There was nothing normal about him.

"It's fine. I'll handle it."

Jiang Hao signaled for her not to worry, then said, "Grandmaster, I'm afraid your guess is... a little off."

Yu Xiaogang frowned. "How so?"

"What makes you think she has Twin Martial Souls? Just because Xiao Wu has Innate Full Soul Power? Or because her Martial Soul is the Soft Bone Rabbit?"

Jiang Hao spread his hands. "The fact is, Xiao Wu doesn't have Twin Martial Souls."

Yu Xiaogang's face darkened. He was about to speak when Jiang Hao added:

"Besides, if you're the foremost authority on theory, you must be strong in a fight too, right? No matter how impressive your theories are, without strength to back them up, they're just empty talk."