Nuoding Academy was destined never to be peaceful again.
By the time they finished tidying the dormitory, it was already very late.
Su Ling and the others simply decided not to check whether the cafeteria was still open, taking some dry rations from the bundles they carried to fill their stomachs instead.
"Xiao Wu, are you a rabbit? Why are you eating nothing but carrots?"
"Hmph! Better than gnawing on bricks!"
Xiao Wu ignored Tang Xiaosan, turned away, and continued tearing into her carrot with her two front teeth.
Su Ling put down the steamed flatbread and dried meat in his hands and looked toward Xiao Wu and Tang Xiaosan.
One was eating carrots with dried carrots, while the other was eating a cornmeal bun as hard as a brick.
Su Ling really wanted to curse Tang Hao out. He was a Titled Douluo, for heaven's sake, and this was what he fed his child?
He was a Titled Douluo, after all. Even without Gold Soul Coins, surely he could hunt. Even catching a couple of Soft Bone Rabbits every day would have kept Tang Xiaosan from being so skinny and short now.
Su Ling took some more steamed flatbread, dry bread, and dried meat from his bundle, then walked over to Xiao Wu and Tang Xiaosan and shared it with them.
Looking at the food Su Ling brought over, Tang Xiaosan couldn't help swallowing, but she still couldn't swallow her pride.
Xiao Wu, on the other hand, immediately picked up the bread and dried meat and started eating.
They were no delicacies from the mountains and seas, but to someone who gnawed on carrots and ate Blue Silver Grass every day, they were already quite delicious.
Su Ling couldn't quite understand why Tang Xiaosan remained unmoved.
The bread was a little dry, but it surely tasted better than the cornmeal bun in Tang Xiaosan's hands.
"Xiaosan, don't you like these?"
Su Ling asked with concern.
By now, Tang Xiaosan's eyes were brimming with tears. She stood up, turned, and hugged Su Ling.
For the first time, Tang Xiaosan felt what it was like to be cared for by someone else. Even at New Year, Tang Hao-
Su Ling didn't resist, gently stroking Tang Xiaosan's hair with his right hand.
"Hurry up and eat, or Xiao Wu will eat everything herself."
Only then did Tang Xiaosan wipe away her tears, discovering that Xiao Wu really did fight dirty.
"You! Su Ling brought that for both of us! How could you eat it all yourself!"
Xiao Wu's mouth was already stuffed full, but she still picked up another slice of bread and a piece of dried meat.
"Well, I thought... mmph, mmph... you didn't like this stuff. I, Xiao Wu, am famous for never wasting food."
Seeing how shameless Xiao Wu was, Tang Xiaosan couldn't quite contain her anger.
"By the way, Su Ling, what animal is this dried meat from? It's pretty tasty."
"Soft Bone Rabbit, of course."
At that, Xiao Wu stopped chewing and turned to stare at Su Ling, her face stiff.
"What are you staring at? What's wrong with Soft Bone Rabbit? You're not really a rabbit, are you?"
"Just kidding. It's only air-dried beef."
Seeing Xiao Wu's reaction, Su Ling hurried to explain.
"Boo-hoo, bunnies are so cute! Why would you eat bunnies?"
After the lights went out, snores soon began rising and falling throughout the dormitory.
Wang Sheng slept like a dead pig, and his snores were astonishingly loud. Xiao Wu really couldn't stand it, so she secretly stuffed Tang Xiaosan's sock into Wang Sheng's mouth.
Only then did things quiet down a little, and Xiao Wu fell asleep, satisfied.
Moonlight slanted through the window, spreading a layer of cold white light across the floor.
But Su Ling still couldn't sleep.
Three beds had been pushed together. Tang Xiaosan and Xiao Wu each occupied one side, with Su Ling sandwiched in the middle.
This was the result after Su Ling's vehement protests, but his protests had failed.
Fortunately, the quilt Su Yuntao had given him was big enough, or another fight would have been unavoidable.
Although both girls smelled sweet, and their little hands were soft,
Su Ling still couldn't fight off the heavy drowsiness and fell into a deep sleep.
He really was exhausted.
After an unknown amount of time, Su Ling's awareness began to blur. Just as he was about to sink into sleep, he suddenly sensed the faintest sound of something cutting through the air.
Holy shit, an assassin!
Su Ling instinctively tried to sit up, but it was already too late.
He vaguely made out a tiny Sleeve Arrow lodged in his shoulder.
The arrowhead had probably been coated in an anesthetic. It worked extremely fast, and within a few breaths, Su Ling lost all feeling in his limbs.
What was going on? Tang Xiaosan had stuck him with a tiny Sleeve Arrow?
Could he still be the original Tang San, only with a different sex?
He tried to open his mouth and call out, but it was already too late.
Although Ah Yin witnessed everything with her own eyes, she didn't intervene. She wanted to see just what her daughter intended to do.
If she truly bore Su Ling any hostility, then she would kill her.
She had little affection for Tang Xiaosan, not to mention that the girl had thrown stones at her before.
Now, she was one hundred percent loyal to Su Ling.
Su Ling could still barely move his head.
He turned and saw that Tang Xiaosan had already sat up.
In the moonlight, the little girl wore an expression Su Ling had never seen before, the corners of her lips slightly raised.
A sickly look shone in her eyes.
"Su Ling, I'm sorry."
Holy crap, was Tang Xiaosan a yandere? She wasn't going to drag him away and eat him, was she?
Ah Yin, save me!
She pulled a small cloth pouch from inside her clothes and shook out a strip of blue cloth.
Su Ling shook his head hard, trying to awaken Tang Xiaosan's conscience.
But to Tang Xiaosan, everything Su Ling did looked more like flirting.
Tang Xiaosan didn't answer.
She glanced at Xiao Wu on the bed to the right.
Xiao Wu was sleeping soundly, breathing evenly, her hair spread over the pillow. She looked completely defenseless.
Tang Xiaosan reached out and waved her hand in front of Xiao Wu's nose. Xiao Wu didn't react.
"I extracted this poison from snake-type Soul Beasts. It only causes paralysis."
Tang Xiaosan whispered, "Don't be scared, Su Ling. It'll be over soon."
Tang Xiaosan lay on top of Su Ling, greedily breathing in his scent, then kissed him on the lips.
"Don't you like this?" She remembered that this was how Xiao Wu had kissed Su Ling.
Tang Xiaosan slipped out of bed, moving as lightly as a cat.
For the first time, Su Ling discovered that this little girl was much stronger than he had imagined. She supported his back with one hand and slipped the other beneath his knees, actually lifting him right off the bed.
Su Ling's weight posed no problem for her.
"Mmph-"
"Don't make a sound. You'll wake the others."
Seeing that the anesthetic wasn't working well enough, Tang Xiaosan feared Su Ling would wake Xiao Wu.
She also stuffed Omen, the arcana she often used when playing Honor of Kings, into Su Ling's mouth.
Tang Xiaosan carried him toward the door, her footsteps almost silent.
Feeling her arms suddenly empty, Xiao Wu simply grabbed Su Ling's pillow and hugged it instead.
Before long, silence returned to Dorm Seven.
Tang Xiaosan pushed open the dormitory door, squeezed through sideways, and pulled it shut with the tip of her foot, making not a sound throughout.
The academy was pitch-black. No lights were lit there at night, and she left Nuoding Academy in the dark.
Held in her arms, Su Ling could smell a faint milky fragrance, but this wasn't the time to think about that.
Before long, Tang Xiaosan found a small cave while carrying Su Ling.
She bound Su Ling's hands with rope.
This was imprisonment!
As the anesthetic wore off, Su Ling regained his senses.
Tang Xiaosan was going to lock him up!
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