Tang Ya was not particularly disappointed to hear that. She had been turned down many times over the past few years and had already grown used to it.
Then she turned her sparkling eyes toward the white-haired boy. The meaning behind that gaze was easy to guess.
Yang Lin smiled faintly and politely uttered the cruelest words: "I'm not joining."
Tang Ya pouted and thought, Just wait until Nannan wins you over. Hmph, hmph...
Bei Bei tapped Tang Ya on the head.
"Teacher Xiao Ya, you can't force this sort of thing.
Eat your grilled fish and stop dwelling on it. I promised you I'd restore the Tang Sect to its former glory."
Tang Ya nodded, then took the grilled fish and tucked into it with smiling eyes.
"Mmm, little Yuhao's cooking is still just as good."
Smiling, Huo Yuhao handed the freshly grilled fish to them one by one.
Then he stood before everyone, bowed solemnly, and said:
"Thank you all for looking after me during this time. Without you, I probably wouldn't even know where I'd be right now."
As he spoke, his eyes grew moist.
Had he never met these benefactors in his life,
he would probably have been eaten by a soul beast back in the Star Dou Great Forest, let alone gone on to avenge his mother.
Huo Yuhao spoke again:
"Thank you, Brother Bei and Sister Xiao Ya. If you hadn't invited me to join the Tang Sect, I probably wouldn't have been able to enter Shrek Academy."
He then turned toward Wu Liuqi.
"Thank you, Brother Wu. You helped me find my confidence again and again, and you kept helping me at the academy. Without you, that old hag might have expelled me already."
Finally, his gaze settled on Yang Lin.
"The person