Being Human Means Multiplying by Ten! Did We Just Get Scammed?

"Slow down!"

"Anyone watching would think your master never feeds you!"

Leng Yaozhu watched, dumbfounded, then reached out with an amused smile to wipe the grease from the corner of Su Xun's mouth.

Catching her off guard, Su Xun stuffed a crispy grilled sausage between her red lips, then took to his heels.

Leng Yaozhu froze, then chased after him in embarrassed indignation.

A dignified Level 98 peak Super Douluo and Four-Word Battle Armor Master actually failed to catch Su Xun.

It wasn't because Su Xun was particularly formidable.

It was because Leng Yaozhu had let an entire Eastern Sea's worth of slack slide.

Watching Su Xun sprint away, Leng Yaozhu chewed the sausage he had forcibly stuffed into her mouth, savoring the burst of fat and spice across her tongue.

It was such an ordinary flavor, yet she felt that even the finest delicacies in the world couldn't compare.

Only then-

Did Leng Yaozhu become certain that Su Xun, who had grown up in an orphanage and carried a measure of sensitivity, inferiority, and a sense of unworthiness, had truly taken her words to heart.

And at that very moment-

She felt that even if she sent Su Xun to train his spiritual power with Han Tianyi, no amount of coaxing from Han Tianyi could ever make him leave her.

In that instant, Leng Yaozhu discovered, to her astonishment, that the barrier which had held her back for years was actually loosening!

"How is this possible?!"

Leng Yaozhu found it unbelievable.

How many heroes under heaven had been stopped by the threshold to Limit Douluo!

Yet now, simply because Su Xun had spent half a month with her, because he had "accepted" her-

That formidable threshold had suddenly begun to waver before her.

For a moment, Leng Yaozhu stood utterly stunned.

Through the interconnected perception of his six senses, Su Xun sensed the colors within his awareness suddenly go blank for an instant.

Startled, he turned around and saw Leng Yaozhu standing motionless.

Not knowing what had happened, he hurriedly stopped.

Thump-!

"Ow! What are you doing...?"

"Don't you watch where you're going?!"

The little girl was sent flying over two meters by the Iron Mountain Lean Su Xun had unconsciously unleashed when he turned around.

Now clutching her bottom, she glared at Su Xun with tear-filled eyes and a face full of resentment.

Su Xun was bewildered too.

He had been so focused on turning to look at Leng Yaozhu-

That he hadn't noticed a little girl darting out in front of him at all...

Wait, hold on.

Waist-length silver hair.

Eyes like two clear amethysts.

Even from some distance away, Su Xun could see his own reflection in her eyes.

Those features...

Could she be that one?

But if she really is that girl, why would she be here?

Su Xun was full of questions.

"What are you staring at?!"

"You owe me for my skewers!"

"I played pitiful to help the owner trick... bring in customers all day, and only then did he give them to me!"

The girl's big eyes brimmed with tears, and those little pearls began dropping one after another despite her best efforts.

Every one landed squarely on Su Xun's conscience.

Even his train of thought was broken.

For a moment, he had no idea what to do.

It was as though he had become an unforgivable villain in the blink of an eye.

Only then did he notice the grilled skewers scattered across the ground.

He realized it really was his fault.

So he hurried forward.

He took tissues from his storage bracelet to wipe the little girl's tears-

While frantically trying to comfort her.

"I'll pay you back! I'll pay you back, okay?!"

"Tenfold... no, no, no, a hundredfold! Will that do?"

"Just stop crying first..."

Unexpectedly-

The next instant, the great pearls spilling from the little girl's eyes vanished without a trace.

She grabbed Su Xun's hand, as though afraid he would break his promise and run away the very next moment.

"You have to keep your word!"

"All these people are watching!"

The little girl gestured for Su Xun to look around.

Only then did he notice dozens of pairs of eyes fixed on them along the bustling snack street.

Su Xun was speechless.

He couldn't shake the feeling that he had walked into a honey trap.

But he had no proof.

Bonk-

"Ow!"

Pain shot through Su Xun's head, and he hurriedly covered it with his hand.

He turned to look.

Leng Yaozhu was glaring darkly at him... or rather, at the little girl clinging tightly to his hand.

Finally, her gaze returned to him.

She laughed in exasperation.

"Well, well!"

"You've really grown capable, haven't you!"

"One moment, you're saying I rank first in your heart."

"The next, you abandon me to go flirting with someone else's little girl?!"

"It's only been half a month!"

"Half a month!"

"If another ten years or so go by, will you kick me out of the master bedroom and let someone else move in?!"

Jealousy practically overflowed.

For a moment, Su Xun had no idea how to explain and began to stammer.

"Ah, well, this, this... that, uh..."

The little girl holding Su Xun's hand wasn't intimidated in the slightest.

It was as though she hadn't understood a word Leng Yaozhu had said.

She simply clung stubbornly to Su Xun's hand and tugged hard on his arm.

She wanted to drag him to the barbecue stall.

"Come with me!"

"You promised, so you can't take it back."

"A hundred... no, a thousand times as many skewers!"

"Look, count them yourself! There were sixteen skewers just now!"

"Ten thousand times! You owe me one million six hundred thousand skewers!"

"No backing out!"

Using every ounce of strength she had, the little girl dragged Su Xun away from Leng Yaozhu.

Leng Yaozhu's little combo had already left Su Xun reeling.

Now the little girl followed up with another silky-smooth combo...

A hundredfold became ten thousandfold, and a hundred and sixty skewers became one million six hundred thousand.

Hold on!

Little beauty, even a honey trap can't jump that far!

So being human means "multiplying by ten," huh!

Keep jumping like that, and another couple of sentences will have me handing you all of Shrek City!

Su Xun's head instantly felt twice its normal size.

Leng Yaozhu watched as this little silver-haired girl, who was barely out of diapers, actually stole him right from under her nose.

She laughed in exasperation.

Reaching out, she lifted them both, one in each hand.

She forcibly separated their joined hands.

First, she glared at the guilty-looking Su Xun.

"I'll settle your account when we get home!"

Then she looked at the little girl and deliberately tried to frighten her:

"Whose child are you? How dare you swindle people on Spirit Pagoda territory?"

"Do you believe I'll throw you in prison?"

"For a hundred years, with no food or water! You'll starve to death!"

The little girl had been studying Leng Yaozhu curiously with her purple eyes.

This auntie is so pretty, she thought.

But then she heard "no food or water" and "starve to death."

Her lips immediately puckered, and great pearls began falling from her big eyes again.

"Bad woman! Old woman! And I even thought you were pretty! You actually want to starve me to death!"

"Waaah!"

"Let me go! I don't want him to pay me back for my skewers anymore!"

"Can't I just go play pitiful and help the owner bring in customers for another day?!"

Leng Yaozhu had only intended to scare her a little and find out whose child she was.

Seeing the girl burst straight into tears-

And with passing onlookers constantly glancing their way, she suddenly became flustered.

Seeing things take a bad turn, Su Xun hurriedly called out:

"Stop crying! We'll take you to buy skewers!"

"As many as you want!"

The little girl immediately stopped crying, her purple eyes widening enormously.

"Really?!"

"You have to keep your word!"

Su Xun and Leng Yaozhu both fell silent for a moment.

Leng Yaozhu transmitted her voice to her beloved disciple: "Disciple, did we just get caught in a honey trap?"

Su Xun hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

A moment later, master and disciple sighed in unison.

"Sigh..."