"Huh? Are you sure?" Wen Xiancheng glanced around, feeling a little sheepish. "To be honest, my place is pretty shabby. There aren't any decent apartments around here, either."
"As long as there aren't any mice or bugs, it's fine," Cui Qianqian said.
Wen Xiancheng looked at the Mouse Clone lying on the table, cultivating.
Although mice really did run rampant around here, with the Mouse Clone around, they probably wouldn't be a problem.
"All right, I'll come get you now and help you move your things," Wen Xiancheng said.
After hanging up, Wen Xiancheng intended to leave the little girl at home while he went to the Royal Academy.
Although the little girl had said that the head of Iceheart Hall had told it to follow him,
Wen Xiancheng still felt awkward ordering it around.
To his surprise, the little girl followed him every step of the way.
Only when Wen Xiancheng looked over did it utter a single word: "Go."
"Oh, you can talk?" Only then did Wen Xiancheng close the door and head outside.
The little girl crouched down and wrote on the ground: "Yes, but I don't want to write."
Wen Xiancheng: "..."
Could a Machine Puppet suffer from terminal laziness, too?
The little girl continued writing: "I forgot to mention, my name is Xiao Xiao. Just call me Baby Xiao Xiao."
Wen Xiancheng: "..."
Baby Xiao Xiao?
What an embarrassing name to say!
The little girl tilted its head up and stared blankly at Wen Xiancheng.
Wen Xiancheng finally snapped out of his daze. "Is something wrong?"
Xiao Xiao wrote: "Let me hear you say it."
Wen Xiancheng: "..."
There's something wrong with this programming!
Was it supposed to be this unpredictable?
Xiao Xiao wrote again: "Say it already!"
Wen Xiancheng awkwardly glanced around.
Even knowing this was merely a lifeless Machine Puppet, he still found it terribly hard to say.
Only after making sure no one was around did Wen Xiancheng say, his face flushing, "Baby Xiao Xiao."
Only then did Xiao Xiao stand up and say, "Go."
Walking ahead, Wen Xiancheng let out a long breath, stealing glances at Xiao Xiao behind him as he went.
By now, it had returned to its lifeless appearance, looking like a dull-eyed little girl of low intelligence.
Zhang Lu's face surfaced in his mind, and Wen Xiancheng couldn't help feeling admiration.
That old woman could actually create a Machine Puppet of this caliber. She really was amazing.
He had landed a tremendous bargain, getting her to leave Xiao Xiao with him until the end of the year.
It seemed he needed to work even harder on practicing the material in her notebook.
Otherwise, he would truly be letting down her kindness.
Wen Xiancheng and Xiao Xiao arrived at the Royal Academy and were about to go inside.
Just then, two young men and two young women came walking out toward them.
Wen Xiancheng's brows furrowed slightly.
Gao Shiqi!
Ever since moving here, he hadn't seen Gao Shiqi again.
He hadn't expected to run into her here.
Still, considering this was the Royal Academy, and he had come and gone countless times, running into her once or twice was hardly surprising.
Wen Xiancheng intended to walk past and ignore Gao Shiqi.
What he hadn't expected was that, after spotting him, Gao Shiqi had no intention of letting him pass so easily.
Pointing at Wen Xiancheng, Gao Shiqi said to the two young men beside her with undisguised disgust, "Brother Qing, Xu Junfeng, this is Orange, Little Cake's useless fiancé. The only reason Little Cake won't accept anyone else is that she feels too embarrassed to dump this piece of trash."
Brother Qing and Xu Junfeng exchanged a glance, and Xu Junfeng nodded to Brother Qing.
Brother Qing blocked Wen Xiancheng's path and sneered. "So you're the ugly guy who's ruining Xue Ruigao's life?"
Wen Xiancheng looked expressionlessly at the two young men and two young women before him.
What a fucking joke!
A fake-innocent bitch and two spoiled rich brats!
His gaze swept over Brother Qing and the mocking Gao Shiqi beside him, but Wen Xiancheng didn't back down.
His strength was indeed lacking at present, but that was no reason to swallow every humiliation.
Glancing at the security booth nearby, Wen Xiancheng made his decision.
If they actually dared to attack, he would turn to the guards for help for now.
Then he would find a way to screw them over until they were dead!
He was just about to snap back when Xiao Xiao suddenly rushed out from beside him and smashed a fist into Brother Qing's face!
Brother Qing grunted, his tall body flying straight backward before slamming heavily into the ground with a dull thud.
Silence!
An eerie silence fell over their surroundings.
Wen Xiancheng stared in astonishment at Xiao Xiao's back as it stood in front of him.
It had never occurred to him that Xiao Xiao would strike at a moment like this!
Across from him, Gao Shiqi and Xu Junfeng were even more horrified.
After all, Brother Qing was an advanced Martial Master!
In this world, those who cultivated shared an elegant designation-martial artists.
By cultivation level, martial artists were ranked from lowest to highest as Martial Apprentice, Martial Warrior, Martial Master, Martial Grandmaster, Martial Venerable, Martial King, Martial Emperor, Martial Saint, and Martial God.
Among the Royal Academy's students, an advanced Martial Master was slightly above average in strength.
Yet the dull-eyed little girl before them clearly gave off no spiritual energy at all.
In other words, she was an ordinary person.
And yet she had rushed forward and knocked Brother Qing down with one punch before any of them could react!
What kind of freak was she?
Especially when they looked at Brother Qing, his nose caved in and his face covered in blood, they felt their very souls tremble.
How could this little girl be so strong?
Lying on the ground, Brother Qing touched his face. Seeing his hand covered in blood and feeling the sharp, burning pain in his nose, he immediately howled like a pig being slaughtered. "My nose is broken! She broke my nose!"
Only then did Gao Shiqi and Xu Junfeng come to their senses and hurry over to Brother Qing.
Xu Junfeng took several pill bottles out of his storage ring, frantically poured out a few pills, and fed them into Brother Qing's mouth.
Seeing Brother Qing's miserable state, Gao Shiqi abruptly stood up and glared at Wen Xiancheng as though she wanted to devour him alive. "You're dead! You piece of trash, how dare you break Brother Qing's nose! I'm reporting you to the Academy Enforcement Department today! If I don't get you killed, I'm not-"
Before Gao Shiqi could finish, Xiao Xiao darted forward and smashed a fist into her face!
Gao Shiqi immediately fell backward onto the ground, clutching her face with both hands and writhing in pain.
Still holding a pill bottle, Xu Junfeng froze with his hand in midair, his pupils contracting sharply as he stared blankly at Gao Shiqi, who was in such agony on the ground that she didn't even dare make a sound.
The other girl shuddered from head to toe. Looking at Xiao Xiao in terror, she backed away, putting more distance between them.
Brother Qing, who had been taking pills, looked at Xiao Xiao in horror and swallowed, not daring to utter another word.
Wen Xiancheng looked at Xiao Xiao: "..."
Without even looking at Xu Junfeng, Gao Shiqi, or the others, Xiao Xiao said to Wen Xiancheng, "Go."
Wen Xiancheng glanced at Gao Shiqi and Brother Qing on the ground, at something of a loss.
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao took Wen Xiancheng's hand and pulled him into the Royal Academy.
They walked a long, long way before Wen Xiancheng finally freed his hand from Xiao Xiao's grip and looked back worriedly.
Xiao Xiao stopped, crouched down, and wrote on the ground: "Don't be scared. I did it all. Even if they want to make trouble, they'll only go after my master. My master can handle it."
"I don't want to cause trouble for your master," Wen Xiancheng said.
Xiao Xiao wrote: "Master said not to think about avoiding trouble, but about solving it. It doesn't matter who solves it. What matters is that the trouble must not remain. If they dare come back, I'll break both their legs next time."
Wen Xiancheng shuddered.
Just then, his phone rang again. It was a text from Cui Qianqian: "Where are you? I've already packed everything."
(End of chapter)
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