The next day!
The weather was somewhat gloomy today, the sun hidden behind dark clouds, much like Flender's mood.
From early morning, he had been wandering aimlessly around the academy, looking here and there. Every brick, every tile, every blade of grass, every tree—he had poured too much of his heart into this place to ever get enough of it.
He had remained unmarried his entire life for one person. That person was Liu Erlong. Unfortunately, Liu Erlong did not love him; she loved Yu Xiaogang.
It was a terribly clichéd love triangle, like the many such triangles on this continent. Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu, and Bo Saixi, for example, as well as Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and Ah Yin—all were the same sort of two-men-and-one-woman affair.
Flender deeply loved Liu Erlong, but Yu Xiaogang was also his closest brother. To fulfill the two of them, he chose to step aside. After that, Shrek Academy became his emotional anchor.
However, even after he stepped aside, Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang had not truly ended up together. They were cousins. After learning the truth, Yu Xiaogang had fled in madness, while Liu Erlong had waited bitterly ever since.
At that thought, Flender seemed to feel a little better. A sly smile curled across his lips as he muttered in a voice only he could hear:
"Xiaogang, Xiaogang, since you want me to disband the academy, don't blame me for setting you up. Erlong has waited for you for so many years. You have to give her an answer eventually. It is time for our Golden Iron Triangle to reunite."
Although Shrek Academy was also Flender's life's work, Flender was even more of a hopeless simp. At this moment, he had already considered sacrificing the academy in exchange for a chance to