A spur-of-the-moment trip

"That's good." Hearing Electrolux's reassurance, Lin Xuanchen couldn't help breathing a sigh of relief.

He really had been careless this time, forgetting the existence of Mu En, a Limit Douluo.

"Dong'er, have you still not recovered?" Lin Xuanchen turned to look at Wang Dong'er, who sat silently on the bed.

Ever since they returned to the dorm, Wang Dong'er had sat rigidly on the bed without saying a word, as though she still hadn't recovered.

"I'm a little better." Wang Dong'er lifted her pinkish-blue eyes to Lin Xuanchen and gently shook her head as she spoke.

"Never mind. Get some rest. I'll take you out for a walk later." Lin Xuanchen could only sigh helplessly at the sight. This girl's ability to handle things really was poor.

Only after Wang Dong'er recovered did Lin Xuanchen take out the food he had bought at the cafeteria earlier.

After breakfast, Lin Xuanchen stopped a random student along the way and gave him a hundred Gold Soul Coins, asking him to tell Freshman Class One that he and Wang Dong'er were taking leave. Then he took Wang Dong'er strolling around Shrek City.

Wang Dong'er didn't hold back at all, buying whatever caught her eye. Naturally, Lin Xuanchen wasn't short of money either, and he put everything they bought into his Storage Ring.

Time flew, and noon soon arrived.

"A-Chen, I'm hungry." A whole morning of shopping had left Wang Dong'er a little tired, and she turned to Lin Xuanchen as she spoke.

"Let's go. I'll buy you something to eat." Without hesitating, Lin Xuanchen immediately took Wang Dong'er toward the snack street on East Gate Avenue in Shrek City.

Soon, Lin Xuanchen brought Wang Dong'er to East Gate Avenue in Shrek City. Vendors crowded the area as far as the eye could see, selling a dazzling array of goods, though food stalls were the most numerous.

"Wow! So much delicious food!" Wang Dong'er's eyes lit up the moment she saw the vendors.

"A-Chen, I want this!"

"This one, and this one too. Ooh, this looks delicious as well!"

At that moment, Wang Dong'er was like a little greedy kitten, asking for anything she wanted to eat.

Lin Xuanchen wasn't stingy and simply bought it all. After all, he had taken plenty of liberties with Wang Dong'er during their morning of shopping, stealing both kisses and caresses.

Wang Dong'er had even changed the way she addressed Lin Xuanchen. It seemed the two of them were only one final step away.

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, three months had flowed away like water.

During those three months, Lin Xuanchen's Soul Power had reached rank forty early on, but he kept suppressing it to wait for Wang Dong'er rather than acquiring a Soul Ring.

And Lin Xuanchen had completely won Wang Dong'er over, successfully getting his feast!

Naturally, Lin Xuanchen had succeeded because he used the one chance the system had given him to break a restriction, directly removing the safeguard Tang San had left on Wang Dong'er without alerting Tang San in the process.

Without that restraint, Lin Xuanchen had easily enjoyed his feast. Now, Wang Dong'er had moved out of the dorm entirely and was living with Lin Xuanchen in a hotel outside the academy.

As for her strength, Wang Dong'er, whose rank had originally been in the twenties, had risen straight to rank thirty thanks to the pills Lin Xuanchen fed her.

After acquiring her third Soul Ring, her Soul Power had even reached the peak of rank thirty-nine, leaving her just one step short of rank forty.

As for their homeroom teacher, Du Weilun had replaced Zhou Yi with Wang Yan, the theory teacher from the original story.

Wang Yan was a very good choice for homeroom teacher. His teaching methods were gentle, countless times better than Zhou Yi's.

As for Lin Xuanchen severing Ma Xiaotao's arm, Yan Shaozhe had been furious afterward, but he couldn't find the culprit. With timely treatment allowing Ma Xiaotao's arm to be reattached, the matter was ultimately dropped.

"A-Chen, I've broken through to rank forty!" Inside their hotel room, Wang Dong'er threw herself into Lin Xuanchen's arms and exclaimed excitedly.

"So soon? My Dong'er really is amazing!" Lin Xuanchen rubbed Wang Dong'er's head and smiled dotingly.

"A-Chen, now I can go hunting for my fourth Soul Ring with you!" Wang Dong'er looked up at Lin Xuanchen, her pretty face brimming with excitement.

Previously, Wang Dong'er had worried that constantly taking pills might harm her foundation, but after her first pill, she was completely hooked. The feeling of raising her Soul Power without having to cultivate utterly captivated her.

After all, Wang Dong'er's innate talent wasn't poor. In fact, her talent could be considered among the very best on the Douluo Continent.

Wang Dong'er simply disliked cultivating. Otherwise, with her talent, she could certainly have reached rank thirty by the age of twelve.

"Hehe." Lin Xuanchen chuckled. "Dong'er, there's no rush. Before we go hunting for Soul Rings, I'll take you to do something first."

"Hmm? What is it?" Wang Dong'er blinked her pinkish-blue eyes and asked curiously.

"I can't tell you yet. You'll know when the time comes." Lin Xuanchen smiled faintly.

"Ooh..." Wang Dong'er pouted in displeasure and muttered, "Fine~"

Seeing Wang Dong'er pouting unhappily in his arms, Lin Xuanchen couldn't help giving a wicked little smile. Then he lowered his head and kissed her soft red lips.

"Mmph!"

Wang Dong'er froze briefly, and a lovely blush spread across her pretty face. But she didn't pull away, merely closing her eyes obediently and letting Lin Xuanchen take what he wanted.

A long while later, their lips parted.

"Dong'er, will you come with me? Let's take a spur-of-the-moment trip. What do you say?" A sly curve rose at the corner of Lin Xuanchen's mouth as he spoke softly.

"A spur-of-the-moment trip?" Wang Dong'er asked in confusion. "A-Chen, isn't Shrek's freshman assessment about to begin? Is it really okay for us to leave like this?"

Wang Dong'er wasn't opposed to Lin Xuanchen taking her away. She was merely worried that running off like this might not be proper. Over those three months, her heart had long since been molded into Lin Xuanchen's image, so naturally, she wouldn't refuse.

"Who cares?" Lin Xuanchen smiled. "We'll just come back when the time comes. With our talent, Shrek's higher-ups will only keep one eye open and the other shut."

"Besides, even if Shrek Academy doesn't want us, does that mean we have nowhere else to go? There are plenty of academies in the world," Lin Xuanchen said nonchalantly.

"Mm-hmm." Wang Dong'er nodded gently. "You're right, A-Chen. I remember something you said before. What was it again... hmm... let me think..."

"I remember!" After pondering briefly, Wang Dong'er said, "If this place won't have me, another place will!"