The Tables Turned

"Hmph! Get off you?! If I actually did that, you'd probably vanish again the very next second!"

Wang Dong straddled Gao Ren's waist, watching him warily.

"I came back specifically to clear up the misunderstanding. Get off me first, and we can talk properly."

"Clear up the misunderstanding?" Wang Dong sounded as though she had heard the biggest joke in the world. "Do you take me for an idiot? I heard you loud and clear just now. You noticed I wasn't here from outside the door, then breathed a sigh of relief.

"You were obviously glad I wasn't here! And you expect me to just get off you? Dream on!"

Gao Ren: Seriously, buddy, how did you even interpret it that way?

What do you mean, I was glad you weren't here?

We're living in the same dorm room. We're bound to run into each other sooner or later. Why would I bother being glad you weren't here?

Besides, I came here this time specifically to clear up our misunderstanding!

"Aren't you being way too unreasonable?" Gao Ren was somewhat speechless. "You managed to read all that into one sigh of relief?"

"I'm unreasonable?" Furious, Wang Dong bounced down hard on his waist. "Then explain this: what did you mean by opening the door, taking one look, then quietly closing it and running away?

"You acted like I was something filthy! This young master is clearly so handsome!"

Gao Ren answered with the truth as it appeared on the surface. "Wasn't that because your expression was so scary? You were wiping the window and grinding your teeth like you wanted to eat someone alive. Who wouldn't run away from that?"

"You-!" Wang Dong was momentarily at a loss for words. She knew her expression back then had not been particularly friendly.

Gao Ren seized the opportunity. "Anyway, I apologize. My dear roommate, can you forgive me now? Can you get off me?"

"Of course-"

Gao Ren: (＾∀＾)

"Of course not!" Wang Dong raised her head and declared haughtily, "Your apology doesn't have a shred of sincerity. If you want me to forgive you, you have to agree to a few conditions."

Gao Ren: ｡ﾟ･(>﹏<)･ﾟ｡

I knew it!

"Fine, go ahead." Gao Ren nodded. As long as the conditions were reasonable, he would accept them.

"First, don't bring people back to the dorm without permission.

"Second, don't disturb me.

"Third, don't snore at night.

"Fourth, don't walk around naked in the dorm and annoy me.

"Fifth, from now on, you're responsible for cleaning the dorm, but don't touch my bed."

Gao Ren: These conditions sound awfully familiar. Aren't these the rules ol' Dong laid down for ol' Huo at the start?

I can accept the first four, but I don't really agree with the fifth.

Shouldn't we take turns cleaning the dorm?

"If you have any other rules, feel free to list them all. Without a compass and square, you can't draw circles and squares."

Wang Dong: So you're actually this easy to talk to!

In that case, I'll add a few more!

"Once classes start, remember to wake me up every morning. I might oversleep sometimes."

"Sure."

"Bring me three meals a day from the cafeteria."

"Sure."

"Help me..."

Gao Ren remained expressionless throughout.

He wanted to see just how far Wang Dong's tyrannical will had developed.

As he listened to Wang Dong's ever-growing list of demands, Gao Ren felt that she seemed to have taken him for her free nanny, without feeling the slightest embarrassment.

With Wang Dong getting so carried away, Gao Ren decided to put her in her place.

Gao Ren's sudden burst of movement caught Wang Dong off guard.

After the world spun around her, she discovered that Gao Ren had actually turned the tables and pinned her beneath him.

With just one hand, he held both of hers captive, leaving her completely unable to move.

"You-!" Wang Dong's eyes widened. You horrible jerk! Everything just now was an act!

Wang Dong: I thought I was the hunter waiting by the stump for a rabbit to come along, but I was actually the prey!

"Aren't you supposed to be an Agility Attack System Soul Master?! Why are you so strong?!" Wang Dong struggled desperately, only to discover that she could not break free at all.

"When did I ever say I was an Agility Attack System Soul Master?" Gao Ren countered, then asked with a smile, "Well? Do you submit?"

"Submit, my foot! Let me go!" Wang Dong felt both humiliated and furious.

"Nope." Gao Ren smiled and shook his head. "Just now, I asked you three times to get off me.

"Not getting off was bad enough, but you just kept laying down one condition after another. Even a clay figure has a spark of temper, let alone me.

"At the very least, you'll have to beg me three times, just like I did."

"Beg you three times? In your dreams!"

Looking at Wang Dong grinding her teeth like that, Gao Ren inexplicably felt a secret thrill of satisfaction.

"If you won't, we can just stay like this and see who gives out first."

"You-!"

They stayed in that position, staring each other down for a while, before Wang Dong was the first to surrender.

"Please, let me go..."

"Two more times."

"Please, let me go."

"Please, let me go!"

Hearing her voice grow louder each time, Gao Ren nodded in satisfaction.

"Very good! That's the spirit!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Ren released her and stepped aside.

Wang Dong sat up and rubbed her reddened wrists, glaring resentfully at Gao Ren, but she did not make another rash move.

"What exactly is your martial soul?" she could not help asking. "Why are you so strong?"

"The Overlord Drumstick."

"The Overlord what?" Wang Dong froze for a moment, suspecting she had misheard.

"Drumstick. The Overlord Drumstick." Gao Ren pointed his thumb at himself. "I, Gao Ren, am a Food System Soul Master."

"A Food System Soul Master?! That's impossible!" Wang Dong would not believe, even if beaten to death, that a Food System Soul Master had subdued her with one hand.

"Here, this is my martial soul." Gao Ren conjured an Overlord Drumstick and held it out to Wang Dong. "Once you've tasted it, you'll know why I'm so much stronger than you."

Faced with the food Gao Ren suddenly offered her, Wang Dong had originally intended to refuse. After all, some unpleasant things had just happened...

Wang Dong: (º﹃º)

What kind of drumstick is this?! How can it smell this good!

Wang Dong considered herself someone who had eaten plenty of fine food, yet at the sight of the Overlord Drumstick, she was like a raw recruit who had only just set foot in the world of gourmet cuisine!

She simply could not resist the aroma of the Overlord Drumstick!

Wang Dong: (๑♡⌓♡๑)

This drumstick is soooo delicious! After eating it, I can even feel my vitality increasing!

After finishing her first Overlord Drumstick, Wang Dong still seemed to crave more.

"Um, your name is Gao Ren, right?"

"Yes, I'm Gao Ren." Gao Ren asked a question he already knew the answer to. "And you, my dear roommate? What's your name?"

"My name is Wang Dong!" Wang Dong insisted that she absolutely had not been won over by the Overlord Drumstick. "Gao Ren, let's be friends!"