A brand-new day began. Wu Changkong sat up in bed and stretched luxuriously.
It was winter break. Aside from a handful of staff taking turns watching over the campus, Eastsea Academy was practically deserted.
In previous years, Wu Changkong would already have left for Heaven Dou City by this time to visit his late wife's grave. They had never actually married, but Long Bing was the only woman he would ever acknowledge as his wife.
He stepped out of his room.
To better teach his students, he had deliberately moved into Tang Wulin's dormitory building, right next door to Xie Xie's room.
The children had all cultivated late into the night yesterday. Wu Changkong was not unreasonable, so he decided to let them sleep a little longer and wake them at eight.
After quickly washing up, he left the dormitory building, planning to buy some breakfast to bring back for the children.
But the moment he stepped outside, he froze.
An asphalt road ran past the dormitory entrance. On a bench across the road sat a rugged-looking old man with short red hair.
Beside the old man stood a silver-haired man. The moment he saw Wu Changkong, he reached out, excitement written across his face.
Wu Changkong instinctively stepped back, wanting to flee. After an internal struggle, however, he finally walked toward the two of them.
When he had handed his identification card to Jiang Mingyuan, he had already considered that someone from Shrek Academy might use it to track down his current location.
His beloved's death had dealt him such a devastating blow that he had left without a word. Nearly ten years had passed since he left Shrek Academy, and he had come to terms with things. Some things could not be avoided. Yet after so much time,