After several sighs, Tang Hao did not wish to say more on the subject. He turned and instructed Xiao Wu:
"Remember to keep the hairpin on you at all times. Do not take it off. Its range is limited; it only works when it is in contact with its owner's body. If that contact is broken, the Spirit Beast aura on your body will leak out."
"Remember to carry it with you at all times. Do not take chances."
Xiao Wu nodded solemnly.
"Alright, I understand."
Tang Hao continued:
"I hope you keep everything I told you today strictly confidential. Do not let anyone else know."
"Do not tell Xiao San that I am protecting him from the shadows. I do not want him to know of my existence."
"And do not tell him that I am the Clear Sky Douluo. It will not do him any good. When the time comes for him to know certain things, he will naturally be told."
"Alright, that is all. After today, pretend I was never here."
After saying that, Tang Hao did not wait for Xiao Wu to respond. With a flash, he vanished from the room.
Xiao Wu stood frozen in place, eyes wide.
If not for the strange hairpin clutched in her hand, the sour stench of cheap ale lingering in the air, and the creaking of the window shutters as they swung open and shut, all reminding her that Tang Hao had just been here—
She would have almost suspected that everything she had just seen and heard was a dream.
Tang Hao returned to the shadows and concealed himself within them.
Xiao Wu did not reveal his existence to Tang San or the others from Shrek Academy.
After Tang Hao's guidance, and perhaps also because she wanted