Thus, Zhang Lexuan saw Wang Dong'er arrive before her with a mighty entourage.
Since there were quite a few people, Wang Dong'er had directly paid to hire several carriages pulled by horned horses with Soul Beast bloodlines.
"Lexuan." Wang Dong'er jumped down from the carriage, greeted Zhang Lexuan, and asked, "Why aren't you returning to Shrek Academy? What are you planning to do?"
Zhang Lexuan looked at Wang Dong'er with a complicated expression, not knowing what to say.
What had happened in her childhood was her secret. Aside from a handful of people, no one knew about it, and she had kept it bottled up for many years.
Back when she had nearly died after encountering a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Star Dou Forest, this was still what Zhang Lexuan had been thinking about.
She had thought that after Mu En destroyed that family, her nightmare would disappear forever. Yet in truth, she had never forgotten it.
"I..." Zhang Lexuan spoke softly, but the barrier between their identities made her afraid to continue.
"If you don't mind, I can give you a ride," Wang Dong'er said.
Zhang Lexuan did not know what she had been thinking. As if possessed, she climbed into the carriage, only coming back to her senses after it started moving again.
Wang Dong'er had hired five carriages in total, with two people in each one. The interiors were spacious enough, and Zhang Lexuan did not feel cramped after getting in.
They did not speak along the way. The carriages left Star Luo City, and after a long journey, they stopped to rest at a waystation outside the Star Dou Forest.
It was then that Zhang Lexuan finally made up her mind.
As the saying went, stones from other hills could polish jade. Having watched the