Just as they stepped through the academy gates, the two people approaching them made them all stop in their tracks.
"Yu Tianheng?"
Dugu Yan blurted out.
The two opposite them noticed them at the same time.
One of the boys widened his eyes slightly, his gaze sweeping over the three of them in turn. A trace of surprise crossed his face. "Lin Yang? Dugu Yan? Xiao Wu?"
Dugu Yan raised her eyebrows, looking equally surprised. "Yu Tianheng, what are you doing here?"
Yu Tianheng fell silent for a moment, then his lips curved into a bitter smile. "I'm studying here at Shrek now."
At those words, Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan exchanged glances, each seeing surprise in the other's eyes.
Although Yu Tianheng had withdrawn not long after Xiao Wu joined Heaven Dou Academy, she knew he was a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
She had never expected him to come to Shrek.
Meanwhile, the boy beside Yu Tianheng had his gaze fixed firmly on Lin Yang.
Lin Yang was silent for a moment, unable to help sighing inwardly.
It seemed his presence had caused a butterfly effect after all, even changing Tang San's course and bringing him to Shrek ahead of time.
Not that he cared.
Then Lin Yang gave a faint smile. "Long time no see, Tang San, Yu Tianheng!"
Tang San?
Little Rabbit's heart jolted at the name, and her gaze fell on the plain-looking boy.
He was Tang San?
She had never forgotten where the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone in her body had come from.
Tang San nodded slightly. "Long time no see!"
His tone was calm, yet carried something indefinable, with complicated feelings hidden in his eyes.
But more than anything, there was that intense unwillingness to accept it.
He and