"Oh, oh, sure." Oscar snapped back to his senses, took two sausages from his cart, and handed them to Tang San with a smile. "Junior, my sausages aren't just delicious-their recovery effects are impressive too. And they're only five Copper Soul Coins each."
"Then give him a few more." Liu Hao suppressed a laugh, took out a Gold Soul Coin, and tossed it to Oscar. "Keep the change. Let him eat his fill. Make sure he recovers quickly."
"You got it~" Oscar's eyes lit up at the sight of the Gold Soul Coin. He looked at Liu Hao as though he had found a long-lost relative.
This left Tang San rather puzzled. Why was this guy being so generous to me? Was he plotting something?
One Gold Soul Coin was no small sum.
No, perhaps one Gold Soul Coin was nothing to a Titled Douluo.
Although Tang San had his doubts, his trust in Zhao Wuji as an academy teacher ultimately led him to eat the sausages.
They really did taste pretty good.
After eating several sausages in a row, Tang San felt some of his Soul Power return, and the pain in his body eased considerably. Looking at the next sausage Oscar offered him, he said, "I'm full, and my injuries have mostly healed. Give the rest to them."
Tang San pointed toward Liu Hao, seemingly hinting that Oscar should give him the sausages.
Clearly, Tang San was trying to be clever again. He wanted to see whether Liu Hao would eat them. If he did, that would mean there was nothing wrong with the sausages.
"I'm not eating them, and none of you should either." Liu Hao's voice rang out, instantly turning Tang San to stone.
"Why not? I thought they tasted pretty good." Desperate for an answer, Tang San swallowed his irritation and asked with a smile.
Zhu Zhuqing, Rongrong, and Xiao Wu all looked at Liu Hao in confusion too.
After all, Tang San had seemed to relish them just now. Was there something wrong with the sausages?
Even Oscar froze, wondering whether Liu Hao knew the secret behind his sausages.
"We aren't injured, so why eat Recovery Sausages? This is prepared food. It isn't fresh, and it isn't healthy. Get it?" Liu Hao explained.
"Prepared food? What's that supposed to mean?" Ning Rongrong looked baffled. Clearly, this was her first time hearing the term.
Everyone else was equally lost and turned to Liu Hao.
"Prepared food means food that's made beforehand, then stored for sale, rather than made on the spot. Understand?"
"Oh~ So that's what it means." Understanding dawned on Ning Rongrong. "Then just have him make a few more on the spot. Wouldn't that make them fine to eat?"
"Exactly! I'm a little hungry too," Xiao Wu chimed in.
Before Liu Hao could respond, however, Oscar spoke up. "I'm out of ingredients, so I can't make any. Next time, haha. I'll treat you all next time. I've got to find Mu Bai. Bye, everyone~"
Laughing awkwardly, Oscar tried to push his cart away and make a run for it.
After all, he didn't want to expose such a filthy Soul Skill incantation in front of several beautiful girls. It would ruin his image.
"Wait." Liu Hao reached out and stopped the cart. "Slow down. Take us to the dorms while you're at it."
"Ah, oh, sure. Juniors, follow me~" Oscar wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and smiled.
Just as in the original story, Rongrong and Xiao Wu shared a room, Zhu Zhuqing stayed next door to them, and Tang San roomed with Oscar.
Liu Hao, however, wouldn't be staying in the dorms. A trip to Suotuo City took him only a second or two, so there was naturally no need to put up with living here.
Besides, he didn't genuinely want to join Shrek Academy. He had come here purely for the three girls.
Once he maxed out their affection, he would take them and leave.
The only reason he wasn't leaving now was that Xiao Wu's feelings for Tang San still far outweighed her affection for him.
To avoid another sudden plunge in affection like what had happened with Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, Liu Hao could only stay for now and work toward his goal slowly.
"Little Rabbit, come out for a chat."
Outside the girls' dorms, Liu Hao sent a private voice transmission to Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu was chatting with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing inside the dorm when she heard his transmission. Her body stiffened, but she obediently said goodbye to the two girls and went outside.
"What exactly do you want?" Xiao Wu asked coldly as she came up to Liu Hao.
"Heh, Little Rabbit, do you know who Tang San really is? Yet you're so close to him?" Liu Hao gave a teasing smile and began his grand art of deception.
"Third Brother's identity? What identity?" The moment he mentioned someone she cared about, she grew nervous.
"Heh, his father's name is Tang Hao. He's from the Clear Sky Sect-a rank ninety-five Super Douluo."
"What?!" Xiao Wu cried out, her face filled with shock. "A rank ninety-five Super Douluo? How is that possible?"
"Heh, what's impossible about it? Tang San's father has known your identity for ages. Why else do you think he left Tang San? It was so Tang San could develop his relationship with you more easily~"
Xiao Wu's pupils contracted sharply, but her deep bond with Tang San soon reasserted itself.
"You're only saying that to drive a wedge between us. I won't fall for it."
"Don't believe me? Then come with me."
Liu Hao raised an eyebrow, turned, and headed toward the woods outside the academy.
Xiao Wu hesitated for a moment, but eventually followed.
Liu Hao could actually have used his spatial ability to teleport Xiao Wu straight into the woods, but he didn't.
Naturally, that was because he wanted a certain person to see them-and preferably follow.
Time turned back to when Tang San and the others had just arrived at Shrek Academy's entrance to register.
In a patch of woods outside Shrek Academy, a burly figure dressed in a tattered gray robe lay on a tree branch with his eyes closed, resting while using his powerful perception to monitor every stir within the academy.
Hmm?
Suddenly, the gray-robed man opened his eyes.
"A Titled Douluo?! And four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings? Damn it, he must have discovered that rabbit's identity."
But just as the gray-robed man was about to reveal himself-
"Tang San, Xiao Wu, come register. Don't waste time waiting in line."
The young Titled Douluo's words froze the gray-robed man in place.
"He knows my son? And he knows that rabbit?" Shock and uncertainty flashed through the gray-robed man's eyes.
Indeed, this man was Tang San's father, the Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao.
Since Liu Hao had yet to show any hostility toward Tang San or Xiao Wu, Tang Hao suppressed the urge to act and chose to keep watching.
When he heard Liu Hao claim to be twelve years old and rank ninety-nine, Tang Hao dismissed it with contempt, convinced he was boasting.
He believed neither the age nor the rank. At most, the man merely looked a little young.
Still, this was a Titled Douluo with four red Soul Rings. Tang Hao didn't dare let his guard down and remained ready to act at any moment, lest the man harm the most gifted disciple in the Clear Sky Sect's entire history-Tang Hao's future pride.
When he saw Liu Hao immobilize Zhao Wuji with nothing but the pressure of his Soul Power, Tang Hao's expression grew grave.
Even he couldn't accomplish such a feat.
When he saw Zhao Wuji beat Tang San brutally, Tang Hao flew into a rage. Had he not noticed how carefully Zhao Wuji controlled his blows, he would have almost failed to stop himself from charging out.
Even so, Tang Hao firmly recorded this debt in his heart and decided to settle accounts with Zhao Wuji properly that night.
Daring to beat Tang Hao's son like that-he truly didn't know how high the heavens were or how deep the earth ran.
And when he saw Liu Hao call Xiao Wu out alone and tell her his identity, Tang Hao grew even more apprehensive. The young man's identity became ever more mysterious to him.
Finally, when he saw Liu Hao actually walking toward him, Tang Hao's face changed dramatically.
Was this a coincidence, or deliberate?
What exactly was this brat trying to do?
Just as he was about to flee, however, a voice rang out inside his head.
"Tang Hao, if you dare run, I'll go back and kill Tang San immediately."
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