"Ah?"
"It has nothing to do with Da Ming and Er Ming?"
"Is it because Gu Yuena is incompetent?"
"Who is Gu Yuena?"
Xiao Wu's eyes were full of confusion.
"Gu Yuena is the Silver Dragon King."
"She is also the co-lord of the Spirit Beast race."
Knowing that Xiao Wu was unclear about these things, Shen Fan also told Xiao Wu about the concepts of fierce beasts and divine beasts, as well as some information about Gu Yuena.
"You...you mean that Da Ming and Er Ming are just gatekeepers...?"
Xiao Wu was incredibly shocked.
"That's right."
Shen Fan nodded.
"How could it be like this?"
"If this is true...then why didn't Da Ming and Er Ming tell me?"
"And why didn't Mother tell me?"
Xiao Wu muttered foolishly to herself for a while, then suddenly looked at Shen Fan and said, "How do you know all this?"
"Basically, any land Spirit Beast with a high bloodline grade and a cultivation of over one hundred thousand years will know something, more or less."
"If you don't believe me, you can go back and ask Da Ming and Er Ming."
Shen Fan's words made Xiao Wu's pretty face alternate between green and black, and finally, she glared fiercely at Shen Fan and said, "You look down on me for being a Soft Bones Rabbit?"
"How could I."
"Soft Bones Rabbit is so cute, I love it too much to look down on it."
"Besides, my girlfriend is also a Soft Bones Rabbit."
Shen Fan quickly shook his head in denial.
"Hmph."
"You have a point."
"Our rabbits are the cutest."
Xiao Wu flexed her small pink fist, but the next second, she realized something belatedly, and the color drained from her face in an instant, her voice trembling with barely concealed anger: "So you're saying that those fierce beasts clearly had the strength to rescue my Mother from the humans, but chose to stand by and do nothing, just because my Mother is a Soft Bones Rabbit, with a low bloodline grade, and not worth their effort to save?"
"I don't know what they were thinking, but it's probably close to what you're guessing."
"In the eyes of those fierce beasts, only Spirit Beasts with very high bloodline grades can catch their eye and be recognized by them."
Anyway, Shen Fan found the actions of those fierce beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest very confusing.
"Bastards."
"How could they be like this?"
"No matter what, my Mother was a one hundred thousand-year-level Spirit Beast. Even if her bloodline grade wasn't high, she was once one of the highest combat powers on the surface of the Star Dou Spirit Beast race!"
"Even if she chose to take human form, as long as she was protected for fifty years, she would definitely be able to become one of the highest combat powers on the surface of the Star Dou Great Forest again."
Xiao Wu started crying as she spoke.
"Sigh."
Seeing Xiao Wu crying so hard, Shen Fan didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only pull her into his arms and give her a warm embrace.
Feeling Shen Fan's actions, Xiao Wu didn't resist, burying her head in Shen Fan's embrace and wailing.
After a long while, perhaps tired from crying, Xiao Wu gradually quieted down. Just as Shen Fan thought Xiao Wu had fallen asleep, Xiao Wu's somewhat choked voice came: "What do you think of Tang San?"
"What do I think of Tang San?"
"Heh."
Shen Fan wanted to say that Tang San was a piece of trash whom all uncivilized words combined couldn't adequately describe, but he considered that Xiao Wu's emotions might still be unstable at the moment and should not be stimulated. After hesitating for a few seconds, he suppressed the urge to speak his mind and chose to remain silent.
However, although Shen Fan said nothing, the disdain and contempt revealed in that inadvertent "heh" still let Xiao Wu know Shen Fan's opinion of Tang San.
"Then do you think Tang San is trustworthy?"
Xiao Wu left Shen Fan's embrace, wiped away her tears, and said.
"Aren't you and Tang San very close?"
"Why are these two questions so...off?"
Shen Fan felt very strange.
"Didn't I tell you earlier? Ever since Tang San's father came to bother you, I've thought a lot when I was alone."
"At first, I wasn't going to talk about these things with you, but...when I was crying just now, you...never mind that. Just tell me directly if you think Tang San is trustworthy. I want to hear your opinion."
Xiao Wu said.
"I see."
"To be honest."
"You and Tang San are so close, I'm afraid that if I tell you my opinion, you'll either think I'm trying to sow discord or be stimulated again."
At this point, Shen Fan stopped Xiao Wu, who was about to say something, and continued.
"Actually, you don't need to ask me what I think of Tang San, because the answer to whether Tang San is trustworthy or not is already in your own heart."
"Let me ask you."
"Have you told Tang San the secret that you are a human-form Spirit Beast?"
Seeing Xiao Wu's expression change slightly as she shook her head, Shen Fan, who already knew the outcome, smiled faintly and said.
"See?"
"Isn't it obvious? The answer is right there."
"You have never truly trusted Tang San in your heart."
"Otherwise, how could you have kept your identity as a human-form Spirit Beast a secret all this time?"
Douluo 4 Xiao Wu in the live stream: "Nonsense."
"I was just...just afraid that Brother San wouldn't be able to accept my identity as a human-form Spirit Beast. It wasn't that I didn't trust Brother San at all."
Xiao Wu in the live stream: "Who exactly is talking nonsense?"
"Do you think you're the only Xiao Wu in the live stream?"
"Are you sure that was the main reason you didn't tell Tang San your true identity?"
"Also, you said you were worried that Tang San wouldn't be able to accept our identity as human-form Spirit Beasts. This itself is questioning Tang San's feelings for us, which is completely a sign of distrust."
Douluo 4 Xiao Wu in the live stream: "..."
As Xiao Wu in the live stream utterly silenced Douluo Four's Xiao Wu, the Xiao Wu in the external task World also recovered from her brief daze and subconsciously said, "I didn't tell Tang San my identity because I was afraid Tang San wouldn't be able to accept my identity as a human-form Spirit Beast."
"Is that really the reason?"
"Or is that just one of the reasons?"
Facing Shen Fan's question, Xiao Wu remained silent. Seeing Xiao Wu like this, Shen Fan didn't force her to give an answer and continued the previous topic.
"Whatever the reason for you not being honest with Tang San about your identity, it's a sign of distrust."
"You said you were afraid Tang San wouldn't be able to accept your identity, which is why you didn't tell him. This is a form of doubt, questioning Tang San's feelings for you, which in itself is a manifestation of distrust."
After speaking, Shen Fan saw Xiao Wu still silent with her head down, so he didn't disturb her further. Instead, he took out his diary.
"I wonder what Xiao Wu was thinking about privately."
"But her brain must have been overloaded; it must have short-circuited and started smoking, otherwise, if I denied her feelings for Tang San like this, she would have already come to attack me in her normal state."
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