"Boss Flander!"
Liu Erlong gazed at Flender, her red lips parting as she softly called those three words, her voice choked with emotion.
Flender rubbed his fingers lightly against his side, the excitement in his eyes almost overflowing.
He looked at the person before him, his voice carrying the warmth of a reunion after years apart:
"Sister Erlong!"
Before he could finish speaking, Liu Erlong had already strode forward and gently embraced him.
Her gesture was not passionate, but it carried the preciousness of something lost and found again.
"Boss Flander, long time no see."
When she released him, her eyes were slightly reddened, but she forced the corners of her lips upward.
"Where have you been all these years?"
"Me..."
Flender scratched his head, his tone tinged with emotion.
"After the Golden Iron Triangle broke apart back then, I carried a little hope with me and went to Suotuo City. I gathered these old friends and established Shrek Academy."
He pointed at Zhao Wuji and the others behind him. "It also fulfilled my old wish of properly teaching some promising young seedlings."
He paused, his gaze settling on Liu Erlong, and asked curiously:
"What about you, Sister Erlong? How did you end up establishing an academy in Heaven Dou City?"
Liu Erlong turned and walked to the fence, her fingertips brushing over a blooming rose as her voice softened:
"After we parted ways back then, my family helped me out. I thought that I would establish a different kind of academy."
She raised her eyes toward the distance, a gleam in them. "It wouldn't look at status or background. It would only accept commoner children who had talent but no connections."
"That was how Blue Tyrant Academy came to be."
Sunlight filtered through the branches and fell across her