Luo Taozhi looked at him with a strange expression before appearing to have a sudden realization.
“Oh? You haven’t gone and fallen for your bro, have you? Showing off your muscles and waiting for me to praise you?”
“It’s fine, your daddy doesn’t blame you. I know this face is just too tempting for someone like Xiao the Virgin. Don’t worry, your old man will be patient with you. I won’t beat you to death like I would anyone else.”
Luo Taozhi wore an ‘I understand’ expression as she reached out to pat Xiao Nanchu’s shoulder with a look of maternal kindness.
“Get lost, thanks. I wouldn’t fall for you even if I were starving to death! Don’t be so narcissistic.”
Xiao Nanchu unceremoniously slapped the hand away from his shoulder.
“Do I need to remind you why I had to lift my shirt to check in the first place?”
He then pointed toward the ceiling above the sofa.
“When do you plan to compensate me? The landlord is going to kill me over this.”
“Ehehe~”
Hearing this, Luo Taozhi playfully stuck out her tongue and tilted her head cutely at Xiao Nanchu.
“Since I’m so cute, why don’t we just call it even?”
“Cut the crap. I don’t have much money left this month. I’m putting every cent of the repair costs on your tab!”
“Noooo!”
Luo Taozhi lunged forward, pouncing in front of Xiao Nanchu. Her tiny hands pitifully gripped his sleeve.
Her exquisite face was tilted up slightly, looking frail and shy. Her bright, large eyes were clouded with faint tears, and her rosy lips were curled into a pout.
The face of a Fairy who shouldn’t be bothered by worldly affairs now looked like that of a stray kitten.
It had to be said. This scene was far too tempting for Xiao Nanchu.
Having been single for all twenty years of his life, how could he handle a beautiful girl getting so close while looking at him with such a pitiful expression?
For a moment, an impulse to say, “It’s fine, I don’t blame you, let’s just forget about it,” surged in his heart. The words were on the tip of his tongue.
Fortunately, at the very last second, he reminded himself that the girl in front of him was Luo Taozhi — the culprit who had just kicked him into the wall…
He repeatedly reminded himself of that fact, finally breaking free from the girl’s charm. Adopting a cold expression, he spoke to her in an icy voice.
“It’s useless. You’re average at best.”
“Tch!” Her face changed instantly.
The pitiful, kitten-like expression vanished as she let out a dissatisfied click of her tongue. “Xiao the Virgin has this much willpower? That shouldn’t be right…” she muttered incessantly.
She looked Xiao Nanchu up and down, hesitating as if trying to confirm something before slowly asking, “Do you have an online girlfriend? Or did you just finish jerk — “
Before Luo Taozhi could finish, Xiao Nanchu raised his hand and gave her a sharp flick to the forehead.
“What are you even saying, you idiot! More importantly, what’s going on with your gender and appearance?”
“And what about that weird strength, that Spiritual Elixir, and why you fell from the sky? Don’t you plan on explaining any of this to me?”
Xiao Nanchu looked down at her, his gaze locked onto hers. A sense of pressure weighed down on her.
Luo Taozhi noticed that Xiao Nanchu’s tone had changed. His voice wasn’t just questioning her; there was a hint of underlying concern.
“Why are you being so mean…” she grumbled under her breath.
Unfortunately for her, Xiao Nanchu heard it clearly.
“Cut the crap! I just want to know what happened during the three months you were missing. After all, you’re currently…”
“I’m fine now… It was just a bit of a hassle using the bathroom at first…”
Although Luo Taozhi and Xiao Nanchu usually interacted with a reckless abandon, with her constantly calling herself his ‘daddy’ as if she held a higher status, the truth was that Xiao Nanchu simply didn’t care.
In reality, the only reason Luo Taozhi could live comfortably in college was entirely due to Xiao Nanchu’s support.
He was the one who introduced her to her job, which only required two days of work every weekend but paid more than the exhausting month she had spent working at a hotel. It was enough for her daily expenses and even allowed her to send some money back to the orphanage so the director could buy snacks for the younger children.
Furthermore, whenever they were in the dorms, Xiao Nanchu would cover all her meal costs under the pretext of being too lazy to go downstairs.
Therefore, if one were to truly rank them, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration for Luo Taozhi to call Xiao Nanchu her ‘godfather.’ So, while she was usually playful, the moment Xiao Nanchu turned serious, she would immediately become well-behaved.
“So, were you taken by some mysterious overseas organization for human experiments? Did they change your gender while they were at it?”
“No… I transmigrated…”
“You transmigrated?”
“Yes.”
“So when you said you were a Fairy, you weren’t joking?!”
“Yes.”
“Then how did you get back?”
“During my Crossing Tribulation, the Heavenly Dao seemed to realize I wasn’t a local, so it expelled me…”
Xiao Nanchu was excited. Based on his personal experience from yesterday and the miraculous Spiritual Elixir he had just consumed, he was almost 100% certain that what Luo Taozhi was saying was true. There was no way she was lying to him!
He immediately asked a crucial question. “Can you use any Daoist Arts right now?!”
“Of course!”
As she spoke, Luo Taozhi floated up right in front of him.
“Well? Am I amazing or what?”
Luo Taozhi floated in a circle around Xiao Nanchu.
“Do you want to cultivate, young man?”
“Can I?!”
“Of course not!”
Seeing that Xiao Nanchu was no longer serious, Luo Taozhi became lively again. She abandoned her timid act and flew above his head, wearing the mischievous expression of a brat who had successfully pulled a prank.
“Too bad, this world has no Spiritual Energy. You can’t achieve Qi Drawing, so you can’t cultivate~”
Xiao Nanchu felt a bit dejected. However, he suddenly remembered something and looked at Luo Taozhi with confusion.
“Then isn’t the Spiritual Power currently in your body just a one-time thing?”
“Of course not. I can convert other forms of energy into Spiritual Power within my body. So, I can still use some minor spells~”
“And don’t even think about using my Spiritual Power. Only the Spiritual Energy produced by heaven and earth is attribute-less and can be freely absorbed. The power in my body carries my personal imprint. If you tried to use my Spiritual Power, you’d probably explode on the spot.”
“I see…”
Xiao Nanchu slumped back onto the sofa, drained of energy. He had felt a surge of excitement when he heard she could convert energy, and the idea of using her Spiritual Power to cultivate had immediately crossed his mind. Unfortunately, that idea was crushed as soon as it appeared.
Staring at the ceiling above him, Xiao Nanchu finally remembered something. He bolted upright and yelled at Luo Taozhi, “You damn cultivator, hurry up and compensate me for my ceiling!”
“Ehehe~”
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