The Difference Between People, and Tang San's Dark Thoughts

Ning Rongrong planted her hands on her hips, her face full of anger.

She had been having a perfectly good chat with Lin Xiao, only for some random ugly guy to ruin it.

Now she had a bellyful of resentment and desperately needed to let it out.

Oscar turned to stone.

Uncle?

He was a young man in the prime of his youth, yet this adorable girl had called him uncle?

"D-do I look that old?"

Oscar pointed at his face, his finger trembling.

"What else?"

Ning Rongrong snorted. Did this man have no self-awareness?

With that huge beard, he had to be at least fifty, right?

What was wrong with calling him uncle?

There was nothing wrong with it!

Oscar's lips trembled. Ning Rongrong's words were like knives, stabbing deep into his fragile heart.

"And stop blocking the way. We're going in to eat!"

"Lin Xiao, what would you like?"

When she spoke to Lin Xiao, her tone softened completely, sweet and delicate, almost coaxing.

Oscar's eyes went wide.

Hold on. Why was she so nasty to me, but so sweet and soft with that pretty boy?

How could the difference between people be so huge?

He took a closer look at Lin Xiao.

Fine. He had to admit Lin Xiao was better-looking than him.

If his own looks scored ninety-five, Lin Xiao's definitely scored a hundred.

Not because Lin Xiao could only score a hundred, but because a hundred was the highest score.

For the first time, he felt a powerful sense of crisis over his looks.

The moment the two of them had entered the cafeteria, his heart had started pounding.

A cute girl with an air of nobility!

She seemed like the girl fate had destined for him. He simply couldn't stop himself from approaching her.

But he had never imagined she would reject him before they had even exchanged more than a few words.

Shave the beard!

I'll shave it as soon as I get back to the dorm!

Tomorrow, I'll show that girl my godlike looks. I'm definitely no worse than that pretty boy.

"Lin Xiao, you're here? Rongrong too! Come eat."

Xiao Wu waved from the other side.

The Shrek students had already gathered around the long dining table.

Even Dai Mubai was there.

Seeing Dai Mubai left Lin Xiao a little wistful.

Perhaps because of his arrival, Dai Mubai's fight with Tang San yesterday had gone a little differently.

So Dai Mubai had not been at the academy gates to welcome the new students today.

Lin Xiao had not seen him even when they chose their dorms.

Now, though, everyone had made it to the academy.

Classes officially began tomorrow, so Dai Mubai had to return instead of continuing to fool around in Suotuo City.

"Rongrong, let's go sit with Xiao Wu."

Lin Xiao said it quietly, then headed toward Xiao Wu.

Ning Rongrong hurried after him, ignoring Oscar completely.

Oscar stood frozen in place.

At that moment, he felt as though the whole world had abandoned him.

He had finally met a girl who truly made his heart race.

And just like that, she had slipped away.

For an instant, he felt as though he had lost something precious.

Lin Xiao, was it? I won't give up. Rongrong will be mine!

Oscar clenched his fists and swore it to himself.

Tang San had been rather pleased when he had not seen Lin Xiao in the cafeteria.

When Lin Xiao arrived with Ning Rongrong, Tang San was irritated.

But he was secretly relieved too.

After all, Lin Xiao had come with Ning Rongrong.

That meant something might have developed between them.

For Tang San, that was good news.

As long as Lin Xiao stopped hanging around Xiao Wu.

Judging by Xiao Wu's reactions since yesterday, Tang San was genuinely afraid that if she spent too much time with Lin Xiao, he would steal her away.

Though he relaxed a little for now, he still needed to find a chance to drive Lin Xiao out of the academy.

He would not tolerate any unstable factor near him, nor anyone whose talent surpassed his own.

Lin Xiao's level-twenty Innate Soul Power had put him under tremendous pressure.

And with a stroke of fortune like the Heaven-Bestowed Soul Ring, Lin Xiao's future achievements seemed bound to be terrifying.

So he had to get rid of Lin Xiao!

But when Xiao Wu called out, Tang San went rigid. His expression nearly crumbled.

Xiao Wu! Why? Why?

Damn Lin Xiao. What kind of spell has he put on her?

Xiao Wu, you can only be mine. You'll always be mine!

Your body, your Soul Ring, your Soul Bone—all of them can only be mine!

Tang San gritted his teeth in silence.

He had practiced the Purple Demon Eye since childhood and had actually seen through Xiao Wu's identity long ago.

Certain things about Xiao Wu set her apart from everyone else.

Especially her Soul Rings!

She was hardly diligent in her cultivation, yet her strength rose remarkably fast.

By the time they graduated from Nording Academy, she had reached level twenty-nine, just like him.

He had the Mysterious Heaven Skill as an advantage and trained hard, yet that was all he had managed to reach.

Xiao Wu spent most of her days playing and still kept improving.

That was what made her different.

So he had asked his teacher about it.

In the end, he had reached one conclusion: a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast!

Last year, once his Purple Demon Eye had advanced far enough, he had confirmed it beyond doubt.

The thought of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone did excite him.

But he needed to find a way to make Xiao Wu sacrifice herself.

If he killed her instead, his body was nowhere near capable of absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Lin Xiao caught the flash of killing intent in Tang San's eyes.

For now, he did not know whether it was aimed at him or someone else.

But having noticed it, he needed to be careful.

Tang San was calculating and not easy to deal with.

Dirty tricks behind people's backs were as ordinary as eating and drinking to him.

"Lin Xiao, I'm going to order some dishes."

Ning Rongrong glanced over the table. There did not seem to be much food.

Most of the dishes were vegetables, and she could hardly see any meat dishes at all.

How could so little food feed this many people?

"Lin Xiao, you and Rongrong...?"

Xiao Wu tilted her head, smiling slyly.

Lin Xiao picked up his cup, took a sip of water, and said, "Friends."

"Oh, friends?"

Xiao Wu clearly did not believe him.

She had seen Ning Rongrong holding Lin Xiao's arm just before they entered the cafeteria.

That was hardly something ordinary friends did, was it?

Even she and Tang San, who were like brother and sister, did not do anything that intimate.

Lin Xiao nodded earnestly.

"Yes. Friends!"

Tang San ground his teeth at that answer.

Damn it!

He already has such a cute girl. Why does he still have to come after my Xiao Wu?

While they waited for Ning Rongrong to order, Lin Xiao decided to check how much the three goddesses liked their destined partners.

Xiao Wu's favorability toward Tang San had fallen to seventy; the system had already told him that.

What about Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing?

He opened the Goddess Codex and quickly found the favorability section.

Ning Rongrong's favorability toward Oscar: -20.

Zhu Zhuqing's favorability toward Dai Mubai: -100.

Lin Xiao was stunned by those numbers.

Favorability could even go below zero?

"System, what's with negative favorability?"