Wang Dong was still deeply wary of Cao Yu's strange ability, but he could only put it down to Cao Yu's Martial Soul being too unusual. He had never considered that it might be an ability outside the Soul Master system.
Seeing Cao Yu lounging lazily on his bed, comfortably eating fruit, his gaze wandering over him now and then, so brazen and utterly unrestrained.
He felt as though he had been laid out stark... naked before the other boy, without a single secret left.
Although he wanted to tell him off, he ultimately held back out of consideration for the other boy's strength.
He kept repeating to himself, Just you wait. Once my Soul Power improves, you'll get what's coming to you.
Yet the other boy spoke teasingly, as though he knew what he was thinking.
"You're pretty bold, huh? Looking at your Brother Yu like that? How dare you?"
"Do you really want to say, 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river'?"
"I'd advise you to stop dreaming. And hurry up and sort out your luggage. It's blocking the way out of the room. Isn't it an eyesore?"
Wang Dong rolled his eyes at him and began tidying up in a sulk. But the sight of that enormous pile of luggage gave him a headache. He was even starting to regret bringing so much.
Wang Dong was truly ridiculous. Coming to school was like moving house for him, even more impressive than Master Kong moving house. His luggage was practically piled into a little hill. Anyone who came in without knowing better would have thought this was a recycling center.
Over the next few days, the two stayed in the same dorm room. Apart from going to the cafeteria for meals, most of their remaining time went into cultivation.
Since enrollment for the semester had yet to end, Cao Yu happily enjoyed several days of leisure.
Seeing him slacking off every day, never spending a single day cultivating seriously, Wang Dong's lips curled upward slightly as he thought smugly.
That's right. Just keep this up. One day, I'll trample you underfoot. Hmph!
The more Cao Yu behaved like this, the happier she became.
As she imagined trampling him underfoot and the look on his face as he begged for mercy, Wang Dong smiled even more smugly.
In Cao Yu's eyes, however, this person had simply lost her mind, sitting there grinning foolishly all day.
He silently opened his Storage Soul Tool and rummaged through it, looking for a remedy for epilepsy.
In the end, Cao Yu could only shake his head.
"She's seriously ill!"
"No saving her. Just wait for death!"
After resting and gathering his strength, the first day of classes finally arrived. Cao Yu abandoned his previous laziness and got up early to wash up.
Wang Dong had yet to wake up and was sleeping soundly in bed, his lips pursed. Cao Yu could not resist walking over and gently poking his cheek with a finger.
It was soft and chubby, looking very cute.
He let out a "geigei" giggle.
"Hey! Sweet thing, you're just adorable."
Seeing that he still had not woken, Cao Yu left him alone and returned to his own bed.
Cao Yu first struck vain poses in front of the mirror, saying with a smile, "Hey! Good morning, Eddie Peng."
Another day in perfect form.
He left the dorm room, picked up Huo Yuhao, and got ready to head to the cafeteria for breakfast.
The old man was already reclining in his chair early that morning, and the two greeted him.
"Good morning, Grandpa."
The old man answered with a smile, "Mm, good morning."
The morning sunlight spilled across the paving stones, filling the new day with warmth.
By the time they returned from breakfast, Wang Dong had woken up too. Sitting on the edge of his bed tying his shoelaces, he heard the noise and glanced up.
He asked, "Why were you up so early today?"
"What? Can't I get up a little early?"
Wang Dong said with an odd look, "This is very abnormal."
The other boy must have gotten up so early to sneak outside and cultivate behind his back. This was a dangerous sign.
Couldn't he just keep being a salted fish?
Cao Yu glanced at Wang Dong. "What the hell does it have to do with you?"
"Here! I brought this for you. It's still hot."
In fact, taking food out of the cafeteria was perfectly doable. As long as no one saw, they would not say anything.
Wang Dong froze for a moment and examined him closely, as though this was something that could never happen.
What the hell! Why do I feel all warm inside?
Yet he still said haughtily, "Hmph! I didn't ask you to bring me anything."
Cao Yu's gaze turned fierce. "Eat it or don't."
Just as he was about to toss the food into the trash, a pair of fair hands snatched it from him.
Wang Dong's lips curled upward slightly as he said, "Who would hold a grudge against food?"
Hey! What a fake tsundere.
Cao Yu paid him no further attention. Once Wang Dong finished breakfast, the two headed to the first-year building together.
A different sight awaited outside the building now. Everyone wore white school uniforms, like bucket after bucket of milk being poured into the building. Every face brimmed with fighting spirit, and they scrambled to enter their classrooms, afraid of falling even a few steps behind others.
As for the green Little Monster emblem on the left breast, Cao Yu really wanted to complain. Wouldn't blue or red look better than green?
They just had to choose a color with such inauspicious associations. Shrek's aesthetic sense really needed further improvement!
Looking at the sign above the door, Cao Yu said, "This must be Class One, right? The classroom's pretty big."
"Let's go in and have some fun."
Cao Yu and Wang Dong were among the first new students to reach the classroom, so there were still plenty of seats for them to choose from.
But the moment he sat down, he noticed something was off.
The pretty girls all turned their gazes toward him, then abandoned their original seats to fight over the places around him.
The girls who came in afterward also found empty seats near him and sat down.
Sitting at the desk in front, Wang Dong was dumbfounded. He had thought all these girls were coming for him.
He was just about to put on a cool, aloof act when he saw that they had already started chatting with Cao Yu.
Wang Dong wondered, Are they really this practical? Isn't this guy only a tiny bit more handsome than me?
Thanks to Cao Yu's handsome, Eddie Peng-like face, pretty girls surrounded him in front and behind, left and right, above and below.
Cao Yu's deskmate was also a pretty girl, with a heavy... chest resting on the desk.
She was so well developed, yet had the face of a little girl. It made Cao Yu think of the expression "baby face..."
But before Cao Yu even had time to ask her name, the girls around him were already eager to chat with him.
Cao Yu grew interested too and said, "Come on, watch closely. I'll show you a magic trick. It's really amazing~"
After a friendly exchange of magic tricks, Cao Yu also gained the sincere friendship these girls offered him.
The girls were all full of affection for him, as though he held an inexhaustible treasure trove that left them deeply captivated.
"Wow! How did you do that?"
"Do it again?"
"Teach me, teach me!"
"Brother Yu, I want to learn this one!"
Rubbing those little hands, he thought that going to school really was wonderful, letting him meet so many pretty girls.
With gains naturally came missed opportunities. Since all the girls were sitting beside him, many of the boys in class were left without a beauty for company.
Every one of them glared at Cao Yu like a resentful wife. If looks could kill, he would have died more times than he could count.
Cao Yu could only mourn silently to himself.
Sorry, brothers. Don't blame me.
It wasn't your bro who stole your love. Love abandoned every one of you.
More tonight~
(End of chapter)