Weaver Girl and Cowherd returned to the bar after cleaning up the battlefield.
According to Cowherd, he had temporarily left An Lushan's territory in Zhi Er's care. There would likely be plenty of troublesome matters to resolve later.
Du Yu explained his situation to them: he needed to return to Mount Unreturning as soon as possible.
After exchanging a few words, Du Yu and Cowherd swapped phone numbers. Then Du Yu went to bid Meng Po farewell and left the Inner Yellow Springs.
On the way back, the group flew at high speed on Weaver Girl's shawl. The Shame and Guilt Brothers kept surveying the scenery of the Underworld, as though everything were new to them.
Du Yu, however, remained preoccupied, sitting in silence with his head bowed.
"Du Yu, aren't you going to talk about it?" Weaver Girl asked softly.
"Talk... about what?"
"You've been acting strange ever since you killed An Lushan. Did something happen? Was An Lushan your biological father?"
"Shit!" Du Yu nearly fell off the flying shawl. "What the hell? Wasn't An Lushan the instigator of the An Lushan Rebellion? How could we even be from the same dynasty?"
"Hehe!" Weaver Girl covered her mouth and chuckled. Seeing that Du Yu could still joke eased her worries a little. "So? What is it, then?"
"I..." Du Yu truly had no idea where to begin. The Shame and Guilt Brothers were sitting right behind him. If he said they had tried to assassinate him, what would they think?
Noticing how Du Yu kept glancing toward the brothers, Weaver Girl seemed to realize something.
"Did you... run into those two assassins again?" she asked.
"Uh..." Du Yu frowned. "Weaver Girl, are you a fortune-teller? You know even when I don't say anything?"
Hearing their conversation, the Shame