Wang Dong counted the points with his fingers as he walked. "You are one hundred and twenty-five, I am one hundred and two, and my eldest brother is one hundred and fifty, which adds up to three hundred and ninety-five. Dai Huabin They are only three hundred and sixty-five, which is a full thirty points short. Tsk, tsk, thirty points!"
Huo Yuhao smiled and nodded, "Yes, thirty minutes."
"What are you laughing at?"
"It's nothing, I just feel like it's great to win."
Wang Dong rolled her eyes at him, but she couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth. She walked a few steps quickly, caught up with Mu Chen's back, reached out and patted him on the shoulder. "Hey, let's celebrate tonight, go to Snack Street, you treat me."
"Why should I please?"
"Because you got full marks." Wang Dong said confidently, "It is unforgivable to not treat guests at 150 points."
Mu Chen glanced at her, then looked at Huo Yuhao's expectant eyes, and was silent for a second.
"Okay."
Wang Dong cheered, grabbed Huo Yuhao's sleeve and ran in the direction of Snack Street. Mu Chen was a few steps behind, looking at the backs of the two, and followed behind slowly.
Beast Fighting Arena The sun is just right on the stone road outside.
Mu Chen was a few steps behind Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, walking slowly and leisurely.
The two people in front were arguing about what to eat at night. Wang Dong said barbecue, Huo Yuhao said grilled fish, Wang Dong said you were tired of eating grilled fish, Huo Yuhao said I grilled you and you won't be tired, Wang Dong said that's not okay, and the voice floated over.
Mu Chen Listening, the corners of his mouth curved in a very shallow arc.
In Sea of Consciousness, Ice Empress's voice rang again. "These two brats are quite happy."
"Of course I'm happy if I win." Electrolux added.
"Hmph, does a thousand-year-old wolf cub deserve to be so happy? This emperor back then..."
"Ice Empress," Mu Chen interrupted her in her mind, "You talked too much today, didn't you?"
Sea of Consciousness was quiet for two seconds, and then Ice Empress exploded. "What do you mean? Are you tired of me talking to you? Who was Far North back then..."
"Snow Empress asked me to tell you that she has expanded the icy area in Half-Plane by thirty miles. I want you to go in and have a look."
Ice Empress's roar stopped abruptly. After a moment, she muttered awkwardly, "She... she really said that?"
"Fake."
"Mu Chen!!!"
Electrolux let out a long sigh, which contained a sense of seeing through the vicissitudes of the world, as if saying, "Can you two just rest for a day?"
The golden light and shadow of Old Tang has always been sitting in the deepest part of Sea of Consciousness, and the faint smile on the corner of the mouth has not disappeared since returning from Far North.
Mu Chen recovered his mind and looked up at Wang Dong who was walking in front.
Her blue-pink gradient hair was dyed with a golden edge by the sun, and she was making some gestures with Huo Yuhao, probably describing how thick the barbecue she wanted to eat should be cut.
Huo Yuhao listened attentively and nodded from time to time. His expression was exactly the same as when he listened to Fan Yu's lecture.
After passing through the long corridor of the teaching area, turning around the outer wall of Martial Arts Arena, and about to walk in the direction of Snack Street, Mu Chen suddenly paused in his footsteps.
Wang Dong stopped almost at the same time. After fighting and living with Mu Chen for a whole year, she was sensitive to every subtle change in him to an almost instinctive level. She followed Mu Chen's gaze and was stunned.
Martial Arts Arena At the corner of the outer wall, under the shade of an old locust tree, a person was sitting.
Bei Bei.
He sat on the rocky ledge where the roots of the tree protruded, with his hands on his knees and his head lowered, as if his whole body had been hollowed out of his shell.
The washed-out blue gown was stained with dust, and there was a cut on the cuff that had been scratched at some point, and there was a thread hanging from the edge.
His hair was messy, with a few strands of hair hanging down to block his eyes, exposing the lower half of his face, with chapped lips and a layer of blue stubble on his chin.
The sun shines through the branches and leaves of the locust tree, casting mottled light and shadow on him. When the wind blows, the light and shadow sway, but he remains motionless, like an abandoned stone under the tree.
Wang Dong has never seen Bei Bei like this.
In her impression, Bei Bei will always be the high-spirited deputy leader of the Tang Sect, gentle but yet energetic, polite to everyone, and standing on the ring like an unbreakable Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
But the man sitting under the tree now has a hunched back and slumped shoulders, and his whole figure looks like a broken flag.
"Senior Bei Bei?" Wang Dong called tentatively.
Bei Bei didn't look up.
Huo Yuhao walked forward quickly, squatted in front of Bei Bei, reached out and gently pushed his shoulder. "Brother Bei Bei? What's wrong with you?"
Bei Bei's shoulders moved, as if he had just been awakened from a long dream. He slowly raised his head, revealing a pair of bloodshot eyes.
The eye sockets were red, but it was not the moist red color from just crying, but a dark red mark left after drying, as if it had been left open for too long. The bloodshot eyes on the whites were densely intertwined, and the pupils were dilated. It took several seconds to slowly focus on Huo Yuhao's face.
"Yuhao..." His voice was so hoarse that it was almost inaudible, and his throat seemed to be blocked by something. He had to use a lot of effort to spit out every word, "Have you finished the exam?"
"The exam is over." Huo Yuhao squatted in front of him without moving, his voice was very soft, "Brother Bei Bei, what happened?"
Bei Bei did not answer immediately. His eyes moved away from Huo Yuhao's face, slowly swept over Wang Dong, and finally landed on Mu Chen.
He looked at Mu Chen, and his lips moved a few times, as if he was organizing words, and as if he was trying to suppress something that was about to come up. Then he lowered his head, reached into his arms with his right hand, and took out something.
A letter.
The letter paper is ordinary rice paper, neatly folded, but there is no signature on the envelope. There are several water stains on the paper, and the ink is slightly smudged in those places, as if someone is writing while water drops are falling on the paper.
"Tang Ya is gone."
Four words, as light as a fallen leaf hitting the water.
Wang Dong was stunned. Huo Yuhao's hand was frozen on Bei Bei's shoulder, and the expression on his face was as if someone had punched him. Only Mu Chen did not speak. He stood there, his eyes moving from the letter in Bei Bei's hand to Bei Bei's face, and the light in the depths of his blue eyes condensed slightly.
Of course he knew that Tang Ya would leave. In the original book, Tang Ya left Shrek alone in order to avenge his parents. This departure lasted a long time, and the return date was uncertain.
But he knew that when he saw Bei Bei's appearance, he still felt a real weight on his chest.
"When did it happen?" Mu Chen asked.
"This morning." Bei Bei's voice was like a cracked drum, so muffled that it made people uncomfortable, "When I woke up... she was not there. There was this letter on the pillow." He unfolded the letter, his fingers trembling slightly, and the paper made a tiny sound in his hand.
The handwriting on it is crooked, some strokes are so hard that they almost break the paper, and some are so light that they are almost invisible. It is the word Tang Ya.