Chapter 68: Wang Dong: Lin Qinghan Values Love Over Friendship
"Although this house is very good, the rent is too expensive."
When Huo Yutong arrived at Lin Qinghan's rented house, she saw the luxurious small building, both inside and out, and her eyes lit up. But when she thought of the high rent, she felt uncomfortable.
This house was rented in the center of Shrek City, just a few hundred meters away from Shrek Academy. It could be said that every inch of land here was worth a lot of money, and it was one of the most expensive areas in the Douluo Continent.
Naturally, renting a single-family house here was incredibly expensive.
Although it wasn't Huo Yutong's money, she had already considered herself Lin Qinghan's person. The girl was sensitive to money. Seeing Lin Qinghan spend so lavishly, even though she didn't stop him, it still made her heart ache.
"Alright, don't just stand there. I'll take the master bedroom, and you can choose one of the other rooms."
Lin Qinghan ruffled Huo Yutong's hair and smiled at the distressed expression on her face. "There will be many things to spend on in the future. You'll have to learn to accept it."
Although it was a small building, there were many rooms since there was no yard. Besides the master bedroom, there were five secondary bedrooms on the second floor.
"Then I'll choose the room next to Brother Qinghan's. By the way, Brother Qinghan, aren't you bringing Sister Tang Ya in as well?"
Huo Yutong immediately chose the room next to the master bedroom, but what she said next surprised Lin Qinghan.
"I understand that you know about my relationship with Tang Ya," Lin Qinghan thought. "After all, this news has spread all over the senior grades. But what do you mean by asking if I should bring Tang Ya here?"
Lin Qinghan imagined what it would be like with Tang Ya moving in. With her current enthusiasm for him, she would definitely end up in his bed every day. Before long, Tang Ya might even take maternity leave.
"We'll talk about it later. She's too noisy. Let's keep it a secret for as long as we can."
"Yeah!" Huo Yutong nodded, happy to hear that she could be alone with Brother Qinghan for a while. Then, she happily went to clean up her room.
Lin Qinghan went to the master bedroom, just to unpack a few things. The house had already been renovated and furnished before he rented it. All the bedding and furniture were prepared in advance, so there was no need to clean anything.
"It's alright. It's worth the rent."
Lin Qinghan lay down on the large bed for the first time in a long while. Since arriving at Shrek Academy, he had always slept on a small 1.2-meter bed, and he had never quite gotten used to it.
"Brother Qinghan, let's practice first."
Huo Yutong ran excitedly into his bedroom, eager to merge her martial soul with Lin Qinghan.
The night passed with the two of them practicing together.
"Why didn't you go back to the dormitory yesterday?"
The next day, as soon as Lin Qinghan sat down, Wang Dong, who had been sitting at his desk, couldn't wait to ask. Seeing his slightly darkened eyes, it was clear he had waited for Lin Qinghan for a long time the previous night.
However, Wang Dong was still holding a lunchbox in his hand. It seemed he hadn't forgotten to bring food for Lin Qinghan.
"I rented a house outside and am commuting to school."
Lin Qinghan took the lunchbox from Wang Dong. Even though he had already eaten outside with Huo Yutong, he didn't want to disappoint his younger brother's kindness.
"Are there many rooms? I can pay half the rent. Can I move in and stay with you?"
When Wang Dong heard Lin Qinghan's answer, his eyes lit up. He had long wanted to leave the dormitory, especially since he was dressing as a man. It would obviously be a better choice to live with Lin Qinghan.
He had considered moving out when school started. His family had only told him to dress as a man but didn't specify where he should live. However, Shrek Academy generally didn't allow students to commute to school, so he was curious how Lin Qinghan had managed it.
"This house is full of girls except for me. If nothing goes wrong, they will all be my girlfriends. What would a grown man like you be doing moving in?"
Although Wang Dong had almost completely removed his disguise in front of Lin Qinghan, Lin Qinghan still remembered that Wang Dong was living as a boy for now. So, it wasn't possible to let him move in—at least not until Wang Dong returned to his original identity as a girl.
"Lin Qinghan, you value love over friendship, and I..." Wang Dong began, but seemed to hold back for a moment. After a pause, he could only sit down in depression.
"Qinghan, come out with me."
The class hadn't started yet, but Zhang Lexuan's voice sounded behind Lin Qinghan at an inopportune moment. Since Zhang Lexuan was usually punctual, the class became silent for a moment.
"Ahem, the teacher needs to speak with Qinghan. It's still early for class, so students can study freely for now."
It would have been fine if Zhang Lexuan hadn't said that. But after she spoke, the students in the class looked at Zhang Lexuan and Lin Qinghan with some curiosity.
In the eyes of the first-year students, their teacher Zhang had called Lin Qinghan out of class for no reason for the past two days. At first, they thought there was a legitimate reason, but after a while, she stopped explaining.
In addition, this was the fifteenth time Zhang Lexuan had done this, plus the special treatment she seemed to give Lin Qinghan. At first, the students assumed it was just the teacher showing care for a talented student, but now they couldn't help but think there was more to it.
If anyone said there was no special relationship between Lin Qinghan and Zhang Lexuan, no one would believe it anymore. It wouldn't be long before rumors spread.
However, Lin Qinghan didn't care about the gazes of his classmates and walked directly to her office with Zhang Lexuan.
As soon as he entered Zhang Lexuan's office, Lin Qinghan was surprised to see an unexpected guest—Moon En was there.
"Child, I heard that you want to use the Golden Ancient Tree. Can I know why?"
Moon En looked kindly at Lin Qinghan, as if he were a gentle old man looking at a younger generation.
But Lin Qinghan was shocked. How did Moon En know about his plan to use the Golden Ancient Tree? He hadn't told anyone about it.
It must have been deduced from his current soul compression, or perhaps he had noticed the soul vortex on his brow. Now that Moon En had brought it up, Lin Qinghan decided to tell the truth.
After all, the Golden Ancient Tree was crucial to Shrek Academy. Not only was it a powerful asset, but it was also the place where the soul of every Sea God Pavilion master returned after death. It couldn't just be used recklessly.
"Mr. Mu, you should be able to sense that I am compressing my soul power on purpose. I have already condensed a soul power vortex. You should be able to guess what I want to do with the Golden Ancient Tree's help."
"You want to condense the soul core in advance!?"
The one who exclaimed was Zhang Lexuan. She looked extremely surprised. Although she was at level 87 in soul power and was studying soul cores under Moon En's guidance, she hadn't even tried to condense hers yet!
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