Meeting Tang Wu Lin Again

But the officials who had been rescued did not spread the news, not wanting to cause too much panic.

Moreover, Gu Yue had explained things to them. There was nothing suspicious about two children like them—if anything, one of them had even been injured.

(There would be an explanation around Chapter 44, explaining how Gu Yue had accounted for it, but the explanation I wrote was not very good. After all, this is my first time writing a novel, so please forgive me.)

Still, as had been said before, the matter was finally considered resolved. Of course, Wu Yang Jin himself was unconscious.

When he woke up, he saw Tang Wu Lin walking in, carrying food, fruit, and other things for him.

"Yang Jin! You're awake!" Tang Wu Lin shouted.

Tang Wu Lin rushed over, set down the things, and hugged him—but he used a little too much strength.

"Stop, stop, stop! That hurts!"

"Ah, ah, ah, sorry."

"Wulin, I know you were worried, but you nearly finished me off again."

"Ahahaha, sorry, sorry." Tang Wu Lin said sheepishly.

Then Tang Wu Lin remembered something. He took out a letter and hurriedly handed it to Wu Yang Jin.

After hearing Tang Wu Lin's explanation, Wu Yang Jin understood what had happened. After the personnel found Gu Yue and Wu Yang Jin, Gu Yue had given them an explanation.

After accompanying them to the hospital and helping them complete the procedures, they left Wu Yang Jin's belongings, Compensation Money, and a letter behind. They watched over him for a while before leaving.

In explaining things to the Eastsea City personnel, Gu Yue's account could be summarized as follows: That man had suddenly appeared in the carriage and released a mist beforehand. I promptly used my soul skill, and because of the special nature of my Martial Soul, we did not fall unconscious. But he noticed that we were awake. In order to protect me, he was sent flying. Fortunately, that man forgot I was there because he was focused on attacking him. He also seemed to have gone mad and drank some kind of potion. Afterward, he appeared to go crazy because of it, which was why I was able to freeze him in time and restrict his movements. Then, with the combined strength of the two of us, we used all our power to freeze him. That was why I am exhausted now, while he was injured.

When the relevant personnel arrived, they felt that, given the circumstances, could it possibly be fake? Besides, this child had been hurt so badly. It was not something an ordinary child would have the courage to do—protecting someone without regard for the consequences.

Furthermore, the man who had been frozen was a repeat offender. Compared to other Evil Soul Masters, he might not have been a major figure, but there were records on him. This time, he had fallen into their hands.

Unexpectedly, although he had merely been frozen and had not died, after they thawed him and used someone's special soul skill to temporarily wake him up, they discovered that he was already dead.

"Dead?" Gu Yue asked in confusion.

But then she thought that someone like him surely had some means of committing suicide directly.

After examining him, those who had arrived found that it was indeed more or less as Gu Yue had expected. At least that saved them the trouble of him revealing that he had seen her and Wu Yang Jin.

"So that means everything in this letter was written by her?" Wu Yang Jin asked.

"Yeah, Yang Jin. By the time I got there, no one else was around." (Tang Wu Lin did not ask and did not know the other person was a girl, nor did he know her name.)

"I see. Then I understand. I'll be fine after resting for a day."

"Huh? Are you really okay, Yang Jin?"

"I'm fine. By the way, Wulin, weren't we supposed to start school now?"

"Ah, that's right, but word of that incident still got out. They're afraid something might happen here, and the place where your train was hijacked was quite close to here."

"Oh, so they're planning to postpone the start of school for safety reasons?" Wu Yang Jin asked.

"Mm... I think that's probably it, but I'm not too sure," Tang Wu Lin replied.

Next, Wu Yang Jin asked Tang Wu Lin to buy some food. The two of them—yes, Tang Wu Lin started eating again too, and somehow he could still fit it all in.

Afterward, Wu Yang Jin had originally wanted Tang Wu Lin to find a good place to stay for the time being, but Tang Wu Lin was somewhat afraid of such places, especially going alone to an unfamiliar place.

"By the way, Wulin, nothing happened on your end, right?" Wu Yang Jin asked.

"No. Everything went smoothly along the way. There were just too many people!" Tang Wu Lin gestured as he spoke.

"That's good."

As for the start of school, it was decided the day after the incident that it would be delayed by three days. By later that second day, Wu Yang Jin had mostly recovered. It was related to his bloodline, so he recovered quickly.

And while he had been unconscious...

"Hey! Yang Jin, how could you do that?!" Ice Empress suddenly grabbed Wu Yang Jin and questioned him.

"Huh? Wh-what happened?" Wu Yang Jin asked.

"You clearly didn't need to get hurt! Even though he was stronger than you, if you really couldn't beat him, you should have called us! You can't face something like that alone," Ice Empress continued.

"But... didn't Old Long say possession wasn't a good idea?"

"You idiot, Yang Jin. That depends on what kind of situation you're in," Ice Empress replied.

"Sigh, little Yang Jin, little sister Ice Empress was worried about you too. Still, although the matter was resolved, there were indeed some things you did wrong," Ice Empress said.

"Mm... I didn't expect that man to drink something... This old man actually failed to consider it at first," Old Long said.

"I don't think that was necessarily something you could have anticipated. It's understandable," Ice Empress said.

"Still, Yang Jin, you need to remember that when you truly can't resolve something, you can rely on us. Just like... mm..." Before Ice Empress could finish, she suddenly fell silent.

"Is... is she okay?" Seeing that, Wu Yang Jin asked worriedly.

"It's fine, little Yang Jin. Little sister Ice Empress is merely... remembering the past," Snow Empress said.

"Still, this attack itself was truly unexpected," Old Long said.

"Indeed. But Old Long, do you think those Evil Soul Masters might have targeted me because of my bloodline?"

"No. This old man believes it was merely a coincidence," Old Long said. (It truly was a coincidence.)

"Right, Yang Jin, I won't say anything else, but I have something to ask you," Ice Empress said after recovering.

"What is it?"

"That girl—had you met her before?"

"That girl? Ah, you mean Gu Yue?"

"Mm. Do you have any impression of her? Or do you think she resembles someone?" Ice Empress asked.

"No, not really. But... in that instant, when I blocked that man for her, for just a moment, I felt as though Na'er had appeared."

"Na'er... I see," Ice Empress said.

"Ah... but it was only for an instant. It must have been an illusion. Na'er and Gu Yue can't possibly be the same person, right?" Wu Yang Jin said.

"Mm, that's true. But Yang Jin, that child has a high degree of resonance with you. She's also your classmate, right?" Old Long asked.

"Yes."

"Mm. You'll meet again in the future."