In front of the wooden cabin.
Liu Erlong frowned at Yu Xiaogang as he approached her and snapped, "Stop."
"Erlong!"
"What are you saying?"
Yu Xiaogang froze.
Still, he obediently stopped where he was.
"Yu Xiaogang, what do you take me for?"
Liu Erlong demanded coldly, "A pet you can summon and dismiss at will?"
"Of course not!"
Yu Xiaogang shook his head and said affectionately, "You're the most important person to me. Erlong, I've made up my mind. From now on, I won't care about society's prejudices. I'll devote myself to being with you."
"Hmph."
Before Liu Erlong could speak, Flender snorted.
He was deeply displeased.
Yu Xiaogang had only thought of finding someone to lean on after realizing his days were numbered.
In other words, he wanted Liu Erlong to care for him in his old age and see him to his grave.
He was shameless to the extreme.
If not for Liu Erlong's distress, Flender would have thrown Yu Xiaogang out of Blue Tyrant Academy long ago.
"Heh. Yu Xiaogang, oh, Yu Xiaogang, do you take me for a fool?"
"I'm afraid you have no one left to rely on besides me, do you?"
Having known Yu Xiaogang for so many years, she understood him to some extent.
"Yu Xiaogang, do you know how happy I would have been if you'd said those words to me before all this happened?"
"But now..."
"I don't feel a ripple in my heart. I even feel like laughing."
"Hahaha."
As Liu Erlong spoke, she really did laugh aloud.
Her laughter was full of mockery.
She mocked her own naivety.
And Yu Xiaogang's as well.
"Then... what do you mean by this?"
Yu Xiaogang froze. His expression had already changed as he asked that question.
It looked terrible.
"What I mean