Shrek·Spirit Soul Department Dean's Office.
Yan Shaozhe stood in front of the window, looking in the direction of the Medical Pavilion in the west of the city. It was calm as usual. But his back had been soaked with cold sweat three times.
He didn't go to the Sea God Pavilion.
It's not that I don't want to go, it's that I don't dare to go.
This thought has been stuck in my chest since last night, like a rusty nail that cannot be pulled out.
The morning light outside the window was getting brighter, but he turned around and drew the curtains tightly.
The energy fluctuation analysis report was spread out on the table - a copy from Xian Lin'er, which Qian Duoduo forwarded to him. He read the dense information three times without reading a single word.
He only saw that face.
A few months ago, Sea God Lake.
The young man was covered in injuries, vomiting blood, and had to be supported even to stand firm. But he Yan Shaozhe had already stepped forward with a smile on his face. Thinking about it now makes his eyes pierce his heart.
"Junior brother, Sea God Pavilion invites you. I have something to discuss with you..."
Negotiate.
He used this word.
But he didn't give the other party any room for negotiation...
The fear started early this morning.
When Tuoba Xi sent someone to deliver that polite note--
"Dean Long is out of danger and is resting in a secret place. Please don't think about it."
Long Jinyu woke up and was fine. The emerald-haired dragon girl was accompanying him.
Then the fear came.
Nine Dragon God Guards is real.
Nine-Colored Dragon Valley Young Master, it's true.
He thought Long Jinyu was just a child with extraordinary talents.
I thought that the "Dragon Valley", "Nine Guards" and "Young Master" he mentioned were a beautiful coat that the young man put on himself.
Even though the "Cinderflame Dragon Might" symbolizing the so-called "Dragon Valley Technology" was placed in front of him, he never really believed that the "home" the child talked about really existed.
Until last night, that "person" came.
With enough power to suppress Di Tian...
It was Elder Mu's decision to accept his disciples.
He could arrange to live with Ma Xiaotao, which was the approval that Yan Shaozhe took Mu En for a whole hour to get.
He remembered that he said a lot of things at the time, "This kid can suppress Evil Fire", "He can resonate with Xiaotao Martial Soul", "Mu En, Xiaotao can't afford to wait"...
In fact, there is only one thing: This is the son-in-law that God sent to the door. Why don't you tie him up quickly and wait for him to fly?
I didn't ask him if he was willing or not, or if he wanted to live there. There wasn't even a formal inquiry.
At that time, he just took it for granted.
That's Xiaotao!
It's the flaming phoenix of Shrek, the first genius in a hundred years!
The future dean of the Spirit Soul Department and even the successor of Lord Sea God Pavilion!
Being able to live in the same pavilion with her is a privilege that many students dream of.
But...Long Jinyu Doesn't he care about this "honor"?
Now the answer is before him.
He is the young master of Dragon Valley and the master of the Medical Pavilion. He is guarded by Jade Dragon Guard who can defeat Di Tian, and he has a soul guide fleet that transcends the times on standby.
A person's "family background" is unfathomable than the entire Shrek put together.
Why should people care about your "gift" Shrek?
What was the boy's expression at that time?
Yan Shaozhe tried his best to recall, but all he could remember was a blur. The other party seemed... not to say anything, but also seemed to have said everything.
He thought that was consent.
Now he knows, it's just that the other party doesn't want to break up on the spot.
For several months, that child went in and out with the object he "arranged" every day, suppressed Evil Fire for him, taught her principles, and even rewritten the entire Shrek's understanding of "Flame Fiend" for her. Everyone thought this was a match made in heaven.
Only he himself knows that this red thread was woven by his own hands.
Yan Shaozhe Slowly clenched the fingers under the sleeves.
If the dragon girl asks--
Who pushed my family master in front of the out-of-control flame Soul Master?!
Who is it that "arranged" my master into a strange woman's boudoir without asking?!
Who is it, blessed by his blood, but one step too late at the critical moment of life and death?!
--How should he answer?
Mu En said that the dragon girl did not criticize anyone, she just took Long Jinyu away and left silently.
But Yan Shaozhe knows that some things don't need to be said.
Silence itself is the most serious question.
What he is afraid of is not death. He has lived for nearly a hundred years and has no regrets in life. Beings like Di Tian couldn't take Long Jinyu away. What does his cultivation mean in front of that emerald-haired dragon girl?
What he was really afraid of was that his own life would not be enough to extinguish her anger.
If the dragon girl believes that her young master and a "mortal woman" are in the same room, it is a blasphemy against the Dragon Valley bloodline and "tarnished" the young master's innocence. If he really wants to liquidate and vent his anger, who can stop him? What can he do to protect the disciple he has raised since childhood?
He didn't even dare to think deeply--
What if the child never liked Xiaotao?
What if in the past few months, every smile, every companionship, every time he whispered "It's okay" when suppressing Evil Fire, were just completing a "mission"? A "mission" that he did not refuse the opportunity.
What if Xiaotao is sincere and the other party is just being polite?
If - one day the child leaves and Xiaotao asks him, "Teacher, Jin Yu has he... never liked me?", how will he answer?
Communication Soul Tool lights up again.
Still Qian Duoduo: Laoyan, the meeting is about to start, where are you?
He didn't reply.
He knew that Mu En didn't urge him.
If the Pavilion Master wants him to be present, all he needs to do is say a word. Mu En said nothing.
--That is to give him tacit permission to do other things.
Yan Shaozhe stood up suddenly.
The chair slid backwards with a harsh sound. He ignored it.
The moment he opened the door, the morning breeze rushed in, causing the report on the table to turn pages.
His steps paused - not in the direction of the Sea God Pavilion.
--But toward the inner courtyard, Phoenix Perch Pavilion.
No matter what kind of meeting is going to be held or what decision is made, the child must first know that there is really someone behind Long Jinyu, someone who can force Di Tian to retreat. She can no longer run into other people's rooms as a matter of course and take advantage of their tenderness as she did before, thinking that it is "the little senior sister is nice".
He walked by the Sea God Lake. The morning fog had not dispersed, and the light blue sky reflected on the lake surface.
The steps suddenly stopped.
Yan Shaozhe looked at the small building hidden behind the willow shades, with warm yellow lights shining through the window lattice.
--Phoenix Perch Pavilion's light stayed on all night.
He suddenly couldn't move forward.
More than ten years ago, he personally sent the little girl covered in flames and with stubborn eyes into this small building and told her, "From now on, this is your home."
At that time, Ma Xiaotao couldn't control his emotions, and when Evil Fire attacked, it could burn half the yard to scorched earth. He stayed with her for three days and three nights, using Soul Power to bear the burns, and comforted the violent little phoenix over and over again.
He remembered that after she successfully suppressed Evil Fire for the first time, she raised her face and asked him, "Teacher, can I be like a normal person in the future?"
He touched her head and said, "I can. And I will be better than anyone else."
At that time, he thought that this was the master's promise to his disciples.
Now he was walking on the road leading to the Phoenix Perch Pavilion, suddenly unsure.
Is that a promise, or... He put his guilt, responsibility, and expectations for the Spirit Soul Department's future on this girl's shoulders, and then told her: This is your way.
And she really went on.
I walked away with wounds all over my body, and I walked away so hard that even "I like someone" I am not sure whether the other person really likes me.
--Because she has never been taught what "being liked with respect" means.
Yan Shaozhe stopped at the door of the Phoenix Perch Pavilion.
The door is ajar.
A ray of morning light leaked in through the crack in the door, and shone thinly on the floor of the entrance hall.
He didn't knock on the door immediately.
Because he heard it.
--It's not sound, it's silence.
Phoenix Perch Pavilion It has never been so silent.