The next day.
Good news stays indoors while bad news travels a thousand miles. By last night, Ma Xiaotao's "bold confession" had already spread throughout Shrek Academy... because of this, Huo Yuhao had been labeled with titles like "the pretty boy living off a woman" and "the guy clinging to a rich sugar-mamma sister." The way the boys in class looked at him had become even more disdainful.
Trying his best to ignore the lethal glares from those around him and pretending as if nothing had happened, Huo Yuhao walked into the teaching building with a slightly stiff gait.
What Huo Yuhao didn't expect was to run into two people on the way who caught him completely off guard.
One had weirdly colored pinkish-blue hair, and the other was a black-haired boy with a hairstyle that looked like dog ears. They were blocking the stairwell, staring intently at Huo Yuhao. Especially the one with the dog-ear hair—his gaze was so scorching it felt like he wanted to eat him alive.
Looking at the Huo Yuhao before her—who was undeniably handsome even in a standard school uniform—an even stronger sense of possessiveness welled up for no reason. Wang Dong had to admit, she now regretted things a tiny bit.
Unlike her, he was a genuine, top-tier handsome guy; having him in the dorm to look at every day would have been easy on the eyes...
Looking back, getting into a conflict with him in a moment of heated impulse really was a mistake.
Huo Yuhao's expression was peculiar. It's one thing for a girl to come looking for me, but why is there a guy here too?
"Um..." Wang Dong stepped forward first, smoothing the hair by her ear. Her voice sounded a bit nervous: "I'm sorry, student Huo Yuhao. I was in the wrong that day in the dormitory. I shouldn't have said such... such annoying things. I apologize to you."
Huo Yuhao blinked twice. "You are Dong... Dong-what was it again?"
Heaven be his witness—because his mind at the time was occupied with Electrolux's warning to stay away from this person, and combined with the fact that he'd been angry, he really had forgotten what this cross-dressing girl was called...
Wang Dong's face froze. No way, he actually didn't remember my name?!
"You... I, my name is Wang Dong. Let's have a formal introduction. I'm a student of Freshman Class 1." She then reached out her hand in a friendly gesture, just as Huo Yuhao had done when they first met.
A mocking arc appeared on Huo Yuhao's face as he imperceptibly shifted half a step to the right.
Sorry, men and women shouldn't touch.
"So, student Wang Dong, did you come to find me for a reason?"
Wang Dong lowered her hand with a hint of regret. True, what did I come here for?
To get his forgiveness and move back into the same room?
But Lan Xuanyu was also quite to her taste... Why were Shrek dorms doubles and not triples? If they were triples, couldn't the three of them live together?
To make friends with him?
"Ah, uh, right. Student Huo Yuhao, are you interested in joining our sect?"
"?"
Huo Yuhao hadn't expected Wang Dong to suddenly pivot the conversation in that direction.
"I'm sorry, student Wang... Dong. I have no plans to join any sect for the time being." He then lifted his foot to leave. "If there's nothing else, I'm going back to class."
Lan Xuanyu, who had been watching coldly from the side, struggled with himself for a moment before stepping past Wang Dong to block Huo Yuhao. He stared straight into Huo Yuhao's face.
This face isn't right either!
Huo Yuhao's looks were indeed top-notch, but the genes of the Dai and Huo families ultimately couldn't compete with the god-level lineage of the Tang family. Therefore, in terms of pure appearance, Huo Yuhao should be inferior to Tang Wulin or his own past life self.
But this face Huo Yuhao had now... was actually even better than his own in his previous life!
How was this possible? He had to get to the bottom of this today!
"Hello, student Huo Yuhao. My name is... Lan Xuanyu."
He had always suspected that his uncle-in-law Huo Yuhao—who had escaped before the Great God Circle and Dragon God Realm were destroyed—was a reincarnator like him. However, after observing just now, he found that this Huo Yuhao's behavior was almost entirely different from the one he knew, which left him extremely confused.
Especially his attitude toward Aunt Tang Wutong... Wang Dong.
Even though at the time they lived, Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong were a couple that was drifting apart, they at least maintained the appearance of a loving husband and wife. But now, Huo Yuhao seemed like he didn't know Wang Dong at all.
What was going on?
After thinking it over, rather than guessing and being paranoid, it was better to ask directly.
Even though he no longer had the Dragon God bloodline, Lan Xuanyu still insisted on practicing the god-level technique passed down by his grandfather, the Mysterious Heaven Skill, every day. Especially the Purple Demon Eye; he practiced it daily without the slightest negligence.
Even though growth was still slow, after accumulating day by day, he had made considerable progress, nearly reaching the Spirit Sea Realm.
If there was even a hint of unnatural fluctuation in Huo Yuhao's gaze or mental power, he would see it clearly.
If he really was a reincarnator, then he would have a reason to follow him, or even contact his grandfather in the God Realm to provide help—ideally, to directly obtain the Golden Dragon King bloodline.
Lan Xuanyu had it all planned out: he didn't need the Golden Dragon King's core, just a few drops of essence blood. He could use that as capital to go to the Star Constellation Great Forest to find his mother; that would make his future path much easier.
Although he might end up getting back a father who was younger than himself, for the sake of the Tang family's future, he would just have to endure such a grievance.
"...?"
Huo Yuhao's face contorted.
Rotten Salted Fish? (Lan Xian Yu) No, what kind of parents give their kid a name like that?
Actually, you couldn't blame Huo Yuhao. The reincarnated Lan Xuanyu was born in the Battle Spirit Empire, and the accent there was somewhat different from the Star Net Empire. Plus, Lan Xuanyu himself spoke a bit unclearly, so Huo Yuhao heard "Lan Xuanyu" as "Rotten Salted Fish."
After a pause, Huo Yuhao said with a strange expression: "Hello, student Rot... student Rotten Salted Fish. Is there something you need?"
Huo Yuhao couldn't hear Lan Xuanyu clearly, but Lan Xuanyu could hear Huo Yuhao just fine!
He immediately emphasized: "My name is Lan Xuanyu, not Rotten Salted Fish!"
Huo Yuhao's expression became even stranger. "Blue Salted Fish? (Lan Xian Yu)"
"It's Lan Xuanyu! Not Blue Salted Fish!"
Like a foreigner arguing with a local over an accent, Huo Yuhao and Lan Xuanyu got into a stubborn back-and-forth over the "Salted Fish" issue.
Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched speechlessly. "So, student Blue Salted Fish, what exactly do you want from me?"
Lan Xuanyu was going crazy. He barked: "It's not Blue Salted Fish! It's Lan Xuanyu! Lan Xuanyu!"
"Fine, fine, fine. Student, what exactly do you want?"
Lan Xuanyu asked with a complex look: "Do you... really not know me?"
Who the hell are you?
Huo Yuhao was totally fed up. One girl with a "princess sickness" pretending to be a boy, and one "creepy guy" running over to ask if he recognized him—why were there so many freaks at Shrek Academy? He then asked back crossly: "Should I know you?"
Lan Xuanyu was startled: "Do you really not recognize me?"
Huo Yuhao pushed him aside impatiently. "I said I don't know you! Please don't block my way, I have to go to class."