Yan, the One Everyone Loathed

Xiao Xiao secretly chuckled again, but casually asked on the surface, "Liena, how's your cultivation going?"

Hu Liena composed herself and replied, "Mm, I think I've improved quite a bit!"

Xiao Xiao joked, "How about sparring with me?"

Hu Liena hurriedly waved her hands. "Forget it, I can't beat you!"

Hearing that, Xiao Xiao merely smiled softly.

Then Yan popped out from who knew where again, sounding somewhat helpless. "Liena! Why are you with this guy again?"

"Who I'm with is none of your business!" Hu Liena glared at Yan, folding her arms across her chest in anger.

This guy was seriously annoying. She had finally gotten a chance to spend some time alone with Xiao Xiao, yet he had followed them here! Was he seriously not going to let them have a moment together?

Yan pursed his lips, then jogged over to Hu Liena's side and said with a fawning smile, "Liena, that's not what I meant. Don't be angry..."

Xiao Xiao cast a slightly disdainful sideways glance at Yan, who had instantly turned into a bootlicker, then silently rolled his eyes. He took a few steps back, thinking, Go on, Yan, keep groveling. By the time someone steals her away, you won't even know it.

A bootlicker ends up with nothing in the end!

When Hu Liena saw Xiao Xiao's series of actions, she thought Yan's previous provocation had left him with a bad impression. Too lazy to care about what Yan was saying to her, she walked over to Xiao Xiao. Only after seeing no displeasure on his face did she slowly say, "Xiao Xiao, don't mind him... Yan has always been like this..."

If this lowered Xiao Xiao's opinion of her, it would really be more loss than gain, wouldn't it?

Looking at Hu Liena, Xiao Xiao immediately realized that she had misunderstood his actions. He simply disliked bootlickers; there was no other meaning behind it.

He then patiently explained, "Liena, you misunderstood. I don't have any bad impression of Yan. I just don't really like certain aspects of him."

For example, how much he groveled.

That was no good thing. It might have a huge impact later on because of that.

Only then did Hu Liena nod lightly and whisper, "That's good... I thought Yan might lower your opinion of me..."

If Xiao Xiao, a Limit Douluo, couldn't hear that, something would truly be wrong! The corners of his mouth twitched...

Huh??

But he pretended not to have heard clearly and asked with slight confusion, "Hm? Liena, what did you just say?"

Hu Liena seemed as though she had been electrocuted and immediately said, "Ah, I-I didn't say anything!"

A faint blush then appeared on her face.

What had she just done?!

Xiao Xiao covered his mouth and chuckled as he looked at Hu Liena.

Meanwhile, Yan, standing a short distance away from the two of them, had a face so gloomy it was almost frightening.

If he could beat Xiao Xiao, Yan would definitely make him have a proper taste of his strength!

"Hey, hey, don't ignore me!" Yan said, slightly angered.

Hu Liena merely glanced at Yan and snapped, "Fix your temper! Being ignored is already good enough for you!"

Bad temper, not enough brains, no strengths anywhere—apart from a little talent. But what use was talent without a brain!

And then there was Xiao Xiao... Forget comparing him. He still hadn't said anything, only kept that smiling face on.

Yan: No love anymore...

Hu Liena: Dog, there was never any love to begin with!

Yan blinked. In the eyes of his goddess, was he really that unworthy of attention?

Xiao Xiao raised his chin slightly, holding back a laugh as he said blandly, "If your IQ were even a little higher, you'd know what to do."

But that was about all the IQ he had. It couldn't increase. That was the original setting—without anyone helping him, it couldn't be changed~