I Really Wish Things Could Stay Like This Forever

"This is bad."

"My daughter Xiao Qi is still on the Douluo Continent."

Shock spread across Tang San's face. He paced helplessly through the hall, speaking through gritted teeth.

This was serious. Now he had a serious problem.

The Child of Fortune had disappeared, so there was no point in his daughter staying on the Douluo Continent anymore. By all rights, she ought to return. But the crux of the matter was...

He had sent his daughter down to the Douluo Continent in secret.

He had told no one outside his own inner circle. No one else could know what he had done.

Besides, Destruction had just given him a dressing-down. If he now said he wanted to bring his daughter back from the Douluo Continent, wouldn't that further confirm that he had designs on it?

"What am I supposed to do about Xiao Qi? I can't bring her back..."

Tang San frowned. Bringing her back was out of the question. The damage to his reputation would simply be too great, and it might wipe away the fine image he had painstakingly built in the Divine Realm.

Then his image of being pure as ice and flawless as jade would be gone. The Divine Realm's neutral faction would never lean toward him, much less look favorably on him.

So he absolutely could not bring his daughter back.

"Xiao Qi isn't much use in the Divine Realm anyway. No, I mean she doesn't have much to do..."

"In that case, there's nothing wrong with letting her stay on the Douluo Continent."

Tang San looked thoughtful, but soon relaxed. So what if she stayed on the Douluo Continent?

The Clear Sky Sect was there, after all, with Da Ming and Er Ming as her guardians. She only needed to grow up strong and healthy.

Before long, she could return to the Divine Realm. When that happened, he would simply say that his daughter had secretly run away from the Divine Realm herself. Who in the entire Divine Realm would dare object?

"Xiao Qi should only be on the Douluo Continent for a dozen years or so. Twenty at most. She'll be back soon enough."

"Surely nothing will go wrong?"

A sudden flicker of concern rose in Tang San's heart, but he quickly shook his head with firm conviction. A problem? How could there possibly be a problem?

"When she returns, I'll see which neutral First-Level God has a promising son and marry her off to him. Hmph, the Divine Realm will belong to me, Tang San, in the end..."

Shrek City, Douluo Continent.

"Achoo~"

As she walked down the street, Tang Wutong sneezed for no apparent reason, bewilderment crossing her pretty face.

"Is someone thinking about me, or what?"

She paused briefly, then shook her head dismissively, treating it as nothing more than a stray sneeze.

"Wutong, are you all right?"

Huo Yudie looked at her with concern and asked softly.

"I'm fine."

"That's good, then."

Only after hearing that nothing was wrong did the girl relax, clearly unwilling to see her friendly roommate feeling unwell.

"Master, how did your job application at the academy go?"

Just then, Huo Yudie turned her curious gaze toward Chu Ge and asked with a questioning look.

After that Teacher Zhou had fainted, she had parted ways with her master. She still did not know whether he had achieved what he had set out to do.

"The academy..."

"A job application?"

Those words immediately made Tang Wutong pause. A job application at the academy-surely that could not mean a position as a cleaner or anything like that.

"There wasn't much trouble getting a teaching position at the academy."

"From now on, I can stay at Shrek Academy with Yudie."

Chu Ge smiled and spoke calmly, making it sound utterly effortless. Who would have believed he had nearly been invited to join the Sea God Pavilion?

"Yay!"

Huo Yudie's eyes lit up at his words.

She had been upset at the thought of going a long time without seeing her teacher. But now, she would not have to spend so long apart from her master!

"Big Brother Chu, you became a teacher at the academy!"

Pleasant surprise spread across Tang Wutong's face, and she could not help offering her congratulations.

"I just got lucky."

"I applied for a teaching position at Shrek so I could keep Xiao Yudie company more easily."

Chu Ge smiled gently, indicating that it was nothing worth making a fuss over.

"Wow..."

Hearing that and seeing Huo Yudie's sparkling eyes, Tang Wutong could not help marveling, amazement filling her heart.

Just look at Big Brother Chu. To keep his disciple Yudie company, he had gone straight to work at Shrek.

A shining example of a great teacher!

She was certain Yudie would repay Big Brother Chu well in the future!

Afterward, the three of them walked together along Shrek City's shopping street. Huo Yudie followed obediently beside Chu Ge, small and adorable.

Getting along with them...

Is pretty nice.

Tang Wutong strolled through the city with the two beside her, a faint smile never leaving her face. She carried herself entirely like a well-bred young lady, every expression and smile touched with elegance.

Naturally, this was not something a certain rabbit could have taught her. Rather, under the guidance of the Life God King and the Destruction God King, she had developed this bearing early on, along with a sound outlook on the world, life, and values.

"It's so lively..."

Compared with her, the other girl showed far more visible wonder and joy.

As they wandered through the streets, she took in everything around her, an irrepressible smile on her face.

Her smile was sweet and adorable, even a little silly, giving her the air of someone who had never seen much of the world.

For her, this truly was something she had never experienced before.

She had never gone shopping.

Much less gone shopping like this, with someone guiding her, alongside a friend and her master.

So...

This is what it's like to go shopping with a friend.

Amid her delight, Huo Yudie's spirits sank a little, and she could not help murmuring inwardly.

She had experienced it now, but her brother and mother...

Would never be able to experience it.

"Xiao Yudie."

"You have Boss Chu and me now, and you've even gained a little roommate who'll become a close sister to you. Life will only get better."

Within her spiritual space, the tiny Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged and offered words of comfort.

As the Soul Spirit who had formed a contract with her, he knew everything she had been through. How could he fail to notice her feelings?

All he could do was resent the fact that he had not met her sooner.

But the past was already set in stone, wasn't it? Life still had to go on, and Xiao Yudie's future would only grow better and better.

"I know."

Huo Yudie answered with a smile, but deep down, her feelings had barely improved. How could she possibly let go of everything she had suffered, or of the older brother and mother she had already lost?

She would not forget. She would never forget.

For everything she had suffered, everything their family of three had suffered, she would demand justice.

"Yudie, what are you daydreaming about?"

Just then, a gentle voice rang out.

She instinctively raised her head and saw the gentle man looking at her with a warm smile. Bathed in sunlight, his tall figure seemed especially dazzling at that moment.

"I..."

"I wasn't daydreaming."

Huo Yudie shook her head in a daze, then gave an adorable smile and answered sweetly.

I really wish...

Things could stay like this forever.

(End of chapter)