Yan Shaozhe was deeply worried about Shrek Academy's safety, and about Huo Yuhao.
So, he chose to seek wisdom elsewhere. He returned to Sea God Island and gently stroked the Golden Ancient Tree, hoping that Elder Mu, who had already Returned to the Tree, could offer him some help in dealing with Ye Xishui.
Yet Yan Shaozhe had not expected that Elder Mu, having been disconnected from the Golden Ancient Tree for too long, would let his guard down and spill everything, whether he should have said it or not.
Although Yan Shaozhe wanted to ask more, Elder Mu had come back to his senses and ignored him completely.
But that was enough. From those scattered words, as well as the fact that Ye Xishui had yet to make a move and was merely stationed in the Ming Dou Mountain Range, Yan Shaozhe could already infer many answers, so long as he was not an idiot.
Elder Mu knew very well what Ye Xishui was thinking and what she was doing. He simply could not be bothered to argue with her, nor was he willing to sever his bond with Long Xiaoyao.
From beginning to end, the only person who had truly been kept in the dark and truly hurt by those two emotions was Long Xiaoyao alone.
As for Ye Xishui, she had told the lie for so long that even she herself had come to believe it.
When the lie she had painstakingly woven for so long was exposed by Yan Shaozhe, Ye Xishui's hand trembled involuntarily. Yes, no matter whether a lie was repeated a thousand times or ten thousand times, it could never become the truth.
Taking advantage of Ye Xishui's momentary lapse, Yan Shaozhe broke free with a fierce struggle and retreated again.
Ye Xishui