God King Tang Was Up to His Tricks Again

Yang Lin and Jiang Nannan also looked in the direction Wang Dong pointed.

Sure enough, they saw a man with long green hair casually munching on an apple.

His inverted-triangle teeth were exposed, and he finished the apple in just a few bites.

"Maybe his martial soul is his teeth."

Yang Lin looked at the clone he had just created and spoke casually.

"But his teeth are blood-red..."

Yang Lin hooked an arm around Wang Dong's neck and said, "Maybe his gums are bleeding. Let's go. It's rude to keep staring at someone."

He then glanced at Red Fang again, who turned to look their way.

Their eyes met, and both gave a meaningful smile.

"Hey, hey, hey, stop dragging me around."

Wang Dong cried out, but she did not remove the arm around her neck.

Instead, she deliberately glanced at Jiang Nannan.

Jiang Nannan secretly rolled her eyes. You damn gay pest!

Then she gave a soft huff, grabbed Yang Lin's other arm, and draped it around her own neck.

The three of them wandered around Shrek in this rather peculiar formation.

Xu Sanshi, who had gone outside Shrek City to buy a few things, happened to witness the scene.

His poor little heart immediately seized with pain. So even an aloof goddess, a flower on a lofty peak, could take this much initiative?

Had the setting been more appropriate, Xu Sanshi would have rushed straight over and told Jiang Nannan:

"You can't be this forward. If you want to keep hold of a man's heart, you have to keep him at arm's length!"

Xu Sanshi understood men all too well. They never cherished what came easily!

If Nannan was too forward and ended up abandoned and heartbroken, he would suffer terribly too!

The three strolled around Shrek City a little longer, then returned to Shrek Academy as dusk approached.

According to Shrek's rules, first-year students generally were not allowed to leave the school grounds.

Only after reaching their second year were they permitted to leave campus.

But Yang Lin was no ordinary first-year student, so naturally, he had no trouble passing through the gates.

Shrek Academy seemed rigid, but in practice, it was not quite so inflexible.

Especially when it came to talented students, its leniency knew no bounds.

On the surface, Jiang Nannan was the only girl among the three, so naturally, they had to escort her back to her dorm first.

"See you tomorrow, Senior Jiang."

Yang Lin and Wang Dong waved together as they spoke.

"See you tomorrow!"

Jiang Nannan skipped toward her dorm, then seemed to remember something,

and jogged back to wrap her arms around Yang Lin's waist under Wang Dong's disdainful gaze.

She said softly, "Junior, I had a wonderful time with you today!"

Of course, I'd have been even happier if that annoying roommate of yours had left.

Jiang Nannan kept those words in her heart.

"Then I hope tomorrow's me can make you even happier than today's me did!"

Yang Lin had a whole repertoire of lines like that.

Jiang Nannan's cheeks warmed, and a faint blush crept over her ears. He was still so young, so how did these sweet nothings roll off his tongue so smoothly?

He was making her feel rather shy.

They embraced for quite a while longer, only separating when Wang Dong reminded them of her presence with a series of tutting noises.

Jiang Nannan waved once more before finally returning to her room.

The moment she entered, Tang Ya pulled her over and peppered her with questions.

"Hey, did you two do it?"

Tang Ya asked with a wicked grin.

Jiang Nannan sat on her bed, looking a little puzzled. "What do you mean, 'do it'?"

Then Tang Ya made a gesture with a mischievous smile,

and Jiang Nannan finally understood what "do it" meant. Her pretty face instantly turned scarlet.

She grabbed a pillow and threw it at Tang Ya in bashful indignation, saying:

"It's only been two days! How could we possibly move that fast!"

Tang Ya looked a little disappointed, then said with the exasperation of someone lamenting that iron would not turn to steel, "Then you've at least kissed, right?"

Jiang Nannan shook her head.

"Then you've at least held hands, right?"

Jiang Nannan thought about it. Having Yang Lin put his arm around her neck today probably did not count as holding hands.

Then she felt a little embarrassed. During the latter half of their stroll around Shrek, after he put his arm around her neck, she had been floating in a daze, as though drunk.

Tang Ya was practically speechless. "What about hugging?"

Jiang Nannan's eyes lit up, and she nodded vigorously. Today had been their first hug.

Tang Ya finally breathed a sigh of relief, only to feel rather helpless again.

Their progress was far too slow. When would her best friend finally be able to whisper in Yang Lin's ear in bed and get him to join the Tang Sect?

Indeed, Tang Ya still had not given up on recruiting Yang Lin into the Tang Sect.

Over the past two days, she had sounded him out indirectly again, but he had shown no interest whatsoever. Her only hope now rested with her best friend.

Of course, if Jiang Nannan learned what Tang Ya was thinking and also knew that Yang Lin had no intention of joining the Tang Sect,

she would certainly reject Tang Ya's suggestion outright.

After all... she could not bring herself to put the man she loved in a difficult position.

"Nannan, come over here. I'll teach you a secret strategy for winning him over!"

Tang Ya still intended to speed things up between the two.

Jiang Nannan hesitated, then sat on Tang Ya's bed.

As Tang Ya continued talking, Jiang Nannan's face grew redder and redder, and her breathing grew faster.

"'Then I hope... I can make you even happier tomorrow.' Ugh~ how disgusting!"

As soon as the two returned to their room, Wang Dong spoke in a mocking tone, clearly quite upset.

All along the way, she had been force-fed enough lovey-dovey sweetness to make her puke.

Yet she could not stay away...

I only tagged along because I was afraid he'd get duped. That's right, that's all!

Wang Dong settled on that excuse for herself.

"Oh? You dare make fun of your big brother?"

In a flash, Yang Lin appeared beside Wang Dong and planted both his large hands on her head.

He ruffled her hair wildly, as though petting a dog.

Before long, Wang Dong's formerly neat pink-and-blue hair had become a complete mess.

"Hey, let go! I said let go! You bastard!"

Wang Dong instantly bristled. Although having her head rubbed like this felt strangely pleasant,

he could not keep doing it forever. He was rubbing her scalp raw.

Then Wang Dong grabbed both of Yang Lin's hands, intending to pull those troublesome hands away,

but almost the instant their hands touched, Wang Dong suddenly felt something strange.

It was as though a wondrous connection existed between them.

If Wang Dong could feel it, there was naturally no way Yang Lin could feel nothing.

His eyes narrowed as he stared at her smooth forehead, where a mark had just lit up.

Although it vanished quickly, Yang Lin still caught it.

Fine, fine, fine! God King Tang, you're up to your tricks again, are you? This time, I really will have to give you a proper working-over!

Yang Lin had already guessed that the wondrous connection between him and Wang Dong was probably God King Tang trying to forcibly cobble together a martial soul fusion skill for the two of them.