Lin Chuan casually handed the bedsheet to Xiao Wu and said:
"This sheet is big enough. Even with two beds pushed together, it'll cover them."
Xiao Wu took it and felt it. The instant her fingers touched the fabric, she froze.
As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken human form, she did have some knowledge.
The material was cool and supple, clearly stripped from a Soul Beast.
Fear instantly surged in her heart.
Even the bedsheets are Soul Beast hides. Can I still keep my little life?
No, I have to win his trust.
Xiao Wu snapped out of it, her hands moving as fast as if she were racing to save her life. In a few swift motions, she unfolded the sheet and spread it out.
After spreading the sheet, Xiao Wu turned to Lin Chuan, her eyes sparkling with a touch of deliberate obedience:
"It's ready! Um... can I discuss something with you?"
Seeing how cautious she was, Lin Chuan couldn't help laughing.
This Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken human form wore all her thoughts on her face. He didn't even need to guess.
He sighed somewhat helplessly, his tone carrying a hint of casualness:
"Relax, I'm not interested in your Soul Ring. But since you're staying by my side, you'll have to behave. If you cause any trouble... you should understand what I mean."
At those words, Xiao Wu stiffened slightly, then immediately began nodding like a chick pecking at grain, hastily promising:
"I-I'll definitely behave!"
Seeing her like that, Lin Chuan stopped teasing her. He turned his palm over, and an ice-blue quilt giving off a chill appeared out of thin air. He casually tossed it onto the bed.
Meanwhile, at the other end of the room, Wang Sheng and the others were cleaning, covered in dust and grime.
Catching sight of Lin Chuan producing something out of thin air from the corners of their eyes, they all stopped moving, their eyes instantly going wide.
After a full two seconds of silence, one of the underlings swallowed and couldn't resist asking curiously:
"Boss, th-this wouldn't be one of those legendary Storage Soul Tools, would it? I've heard they're ridiculously expensive. The rarer ones can't even be bought with money."
At those words, the others grew somewhat curious as well.
Hearing this, Lin Chuan wasn't quite sure how to respond for a moment.
How should he put it? This certainly wasn't a Storage Soul Tool, but System Space.
The space was absurdly vast. If he really filled it without restraint, there would be more than enough room to move several mountains inside.
Of course, its sole major flaw was that living things couldn't be put inside.
Apart from that, however, it accepted almost anything.
Thinking it over carefully, it was essentially no different from a Storage Soul Tool. Either way, it was used to store things.
With that thought, Lin Chuan simply stopped dwelling on it. Without a change in expression, he nodded slightly and said casually:
"This isn't a Storage Soul Tool, but you can think of it as one. The functions are pretty much the same. It's used to store things."
At those words, Dorm Seven instantly fell silent for a moment.
Then everyone's gazes toward Lin Chuan changed at once, the worship in their eyes practically impossible to suppress.
As expected of a direct descendant from a great clan. He can even produce a rarity like this, something money can't buy.
Ignoring the fervently worshipful gazes of the people in Dorm Seven, Lin Chuan calmly asked the system in his mind:
"System, is that old fellow Tang Hao still watching this place?"
Indeed, from the moment he had stepped across Dorm Seven's threshold, the system had already warned him.
Tang Hao had long been lurking in the shadows, his gaze firmly locked on this place.
Then why had he dared lay hands on Tang San despite knowing Tang Hao was watching in secret?
The reason was simple: he had solid backing.
For instance, the Spatial Teleportation Talisman he had previously obtained from the lottery.
The talisman's properties could be called utterly heaven-defying. Wherever he wanted to go across the entire Douluo Continent, he could activate it with a thought. He could even bring someone along.
Its only restriction was that he could bring just one person.
Thus, when he first started beating Tang San, Lin Chuan had already worked everything out in his mind.
As long as Tang Hao dared step in to protect his brat, he wouldn't hesitate for even half a second. He would absolutely activate spatial teleportation immediately, grab Xiao Wu, and make a clean getaway.
The system's voice rang out in Lin Chuan's mind.
[When Yu Xiaogang carried Tang San out of Dorm Seven, Tang Hao had already left. First, he went to treat Tang San's injuries. Second, he had a plan in mind and went to coordinate with Yu Xiaogang, to have Tang San spend more time getting close to Xiao Wu. The reason was simple: Tang Hao had already discovered that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken human form.]
After hearing the system's words, Lin Chuan couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth and silently rolling his eyes.
Sure enough, Tang Hao is still the same as ever.
First have Tang San approach Xiao Wu, develop feelings, and max out her trust, then have her sacrifice herself at the critical moment?
This routine couldn't be more familiar.
This way of doing things really is very Tang family.
In all honesty, even though he had read the original novel long ago, certain moves of Tang Hao's still made his brain crash. He simply couldn't understand them using a normal person's logic.
Ah Yin was already pregnant. Where on earth did Tang Hao get the confidence to keep taking her running all over the continent?
Couldn't he have found some out-of-the-way corner to hide in and let her rest through her pregnancy?
Besides, Ah Yin had already fully entered the Maturity Stage back then.
Following that train of thought, Lin Chuan had every reason to suspect that the old bastard Tang Hao had probably factored Ah Yin's Soul Ring into his schemes long ago.
Lin Chuan could no longer be bothered to investigate whether Tang Hao had actually been scheming against Ah Yin or had simply been stupid.
There was no point dwelling on such things at this point in time.
Since he had come here, and since he had decided to torment Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to death, Tang Hao, as the father, naturally couldn't be left out.
Lin Chuan was turning a particularly ruthless plan over in his mind.
Merely turning Ah Yin and Tang Hao into bitter enemies wasn't enough. He wanted Tang Hao to die, and at Ah Yin's hands at that.
Just imagining that scene made Lin Chuan feel... this would be far too entertaining.
As for whether this would be too cruel?
Whether it would seem a little despicable?
Lin Chuan maintained that, compared with God King Tang's actions in Douluo II, his little tricks were practically children's playhouse games.
After all, for the things that man had done, there really was no more fitting word than "beast."
What decent person would split his own daughter into several pieces while she was still alive?
If that isn't beastly behavior, what is?
Forget it. Stop thinking about it.
Even running that rotten business through my mind feels like bad luck.
Lin Chuan shook his head hard, flinging that awful nonsense out of his mind. He turned toward Wang Sheng and the others, who were still sweeping, and cleared his throat:
"It's getting late. You'll definitely be hungry after finishing the work. I'll go out and bring you something to eat. My treat."
At those words, Wang Sheng and the others' eyes instantly lit up. Their exhausted, miserable expressions immediately came alive, and they thanked him repeatedly.
The boss really is the boss. He's so generous.
Just then, Xiao Wu quietly reached out and tugged at the hem of Lin Chuan's clothes, lowering her voice as she said:
"Can I go with you too?"