The images on the sky screen continued.
Perhaps because of their earlier unpleasant conversation, Ah Yin and Qian Xunji had suddenly grown much more distant.
Ah Yin, in particular, instinctively avoided Qian Xunji whenever she saw him.
Ah Yin did not know why she was like this. She only felt that every time she saw the boy, her heart could not help wanting to draw a little closer to him.
This involuntary feeling made Ah Yin terribly uncomfortable.
And terribly flustered!
She had never felt this way before, so all she could do was run away!
In her heart, she prayed that once the boy left, things would go back to normal.
Day after day passed.
The town's epidemic was brought under control, and the patients began recovering one after another.
At last, the final patient regained her health.
"Thank you, Miss Ah Yin!"
The elderly woman handed the bowl she had drunk her medicinal decoction from to the girl before her.
"I already feel completely fine."
Hearing this, Ah Yin froze for a moment before a gentle smile appeared on her face.
"Congratulations on your recovery, Granny!"
With the epidemic gone, the town held a bonfire celebration.
In the town square, the townspeople happily sang and danced around the bonfire.
Ah Yin sat on the outskirts, watching the singing and dancing people, a happy smile lighting up her face as well.
Just then, a figure sat down beside her.
"Why aren't you joining them for a dance?"
The blond boy asked softly.
Ah Yin lowered her head, pinching the edge of her skirt as she answered gently.
"I... I can't dance."
"You can't dance?"
Surprised, the boy turned to look at her.
Ah Yin kept her head lowered in self-consciousness. She was Blue Silver Grass. Even though she had lived for a hundred thousand years, she had never left the Blue Silver Forest before, so how could she know how to dance?
"Come on, I'll teach you!"
Just then, a voice rang out, and Ah Yin looked up.
The boy stood before her, bending slightly at the waist and holding out his hand.
The firelight shone on his face, making it look incomparably handsome.
The boy's smile was reflected in Ah Yin's blue eyes, which were like frozen lakes.
"Stop spacing out. Come on, let's dance!"
While Ah Yin was still dazed, the boy caught her wrist and pulled her to her feet.
The boy led the girl into the crowd, and she looked around awkwardly.
"B-but I don't know how!"
"Don't be afraid. I'll teach you!"
"Here, put your hand in mine!"
The girl looked at his raised hand, hesitated for a moment, then placed her small, fair hand in his palm.
"Put your other hand on my shoulder!"
The boy took her other hand and placed it on his shoulder, then wrapped his own hand around her slender waist.
Ah Yin's body instantly stiffened. This was the first time she had ever been so close to someone of the opposite sex!
Outside, blood trickled from the corner of Tang Hao's mouth. At the sight, his hatred and jealousy made him bite his teeth to pieces.
That was his beloved Ah Yin!
Why!
Why did he have to see this!
Tang Hao wished he could gouge out his eyes, yet he could not bear to give up the sight of Ah Yin on the sky screen.
Since that day, he had not seen Ah Yin for twenty years!
For those twenty years, he had lived every day in endless longing for her.
Watching the person he loved being intimate with another man felt like knives twisting in his heart.
In Spirit City, Tang San watched Ah Yin smiling so happily on the screen and could not help clenching his fists.
Mom!
You'd better not let anything happen between you and that great devil Qian Xunji!
"Hmph! This girl must be blind, getting mixed up with Qian Xunji!"
Just then, a cold snort came from beside him.
Hearing this, anger instantly surged through Tang San. He whipped his head around, only to freeze when he discovered that the speaker was his own teacher, Yu Xiaogang.
Yu Xiaogang was watching the two people on the screen with contempt and disdain written across his face.
"Doesn't this girl know that men and women shouldn't touch?"
"It's barely been any time at all, and she's already hugging Qian Xunji. She has absolutely no upbringing. I really don't know how her elders raised her."
"Teacher!"
A voice filled with anger rang out. Yu Xiaogang turned and saw his student Tang San looking at him with a cold, rigid expression, and he could not help asking curiously.
"What's wrong, Little San?"
"N-nothing!"
In the end, Tang San suppressed his anger. He could hardly tell Yu Xiaogang that the girl on the sky screen was his mother.
Wouldn't that make him, Tang San, the laughingstock of the entire Douluo Continent?
Still, Tang San silently took note of Yu Xiaogang mocking his mother.
When I get the chance, I'll definitely vent Mom's anger for her.
"Third Brother, I'm so envious of them!"
Beside him, Xiao Wu looked up at the sky screen, her face full of envy.
"Their meeting feels so fated!"
Tang San turned toward Xiao Wu beside him and reached out to take her hand.
"Xiao Wu, wasn't our meeting destined by fate too?"
Hearing this, Xiao Wu's face immediately lit up with a happy smile.
"Yes, Third Brother. Our meeting must have been destined too."
"Fate destined us to stay together forever."
They looked into each other's eyes, the love in their gazes flowing out without the slightest concealment.
Meanwhile, on the sky screen, the boy and girl held hands, spinning around and around before the bonfire.
"Hehehe!"
Laughter as sweet as a flowing stream filled the entire image.
The background around them kept spinning and blurring. At this moment, the boy and girl had eyes only for each other.
Happy times always passed quickly!
The moment of parting had to come eventually.
In the town, the boy sought out the girl.
"Are you really unwilling to come with me? If you come with me, I can take you to eat lots of delicious food, do lots of fun things, and see lots of things you've never seen before."
"I promise I'll make you happy every day."
The boy solemnly made his promise.
But the girl before him kept her head lowered, her fingers tangled together.
"S-sorry. I can't go with you."
"Why? If you want to go somewhere else, I can go with you too!"
The boy asked, his face full of confusion.
"I... I have my reasons. I really can't go with you!"
The girl lowered her head and refused again.
"All right, then!"
The joy in the boy's eyes instantly vanished, leaving only overwhelming disappointment!
Suddenly, something was pressed into the girl's hand. It was a jade ring with a gap.
"This is for you. If you miss me, take out this jade ring and look at it."
The boy spoke gently.
The girl lowered her head to look at the jade ring in her hand. Tears were already welling in her eyes, but she did not want him to see, so she kept her head down.
"Young master, it's time for us to leave!"
Just then, Yue Guan walked over from the side and spoke.
"All right, I know!"
Looking at the boy and girl who could not bear to part, Yue Guan walked back to the carriage with an inscrutable smile on his lips. Beside the carriage, Gui Mei leaned against one of its posts.
"I never imagined the young master had this side to him!"
Yue Guan said with a soft laugh.
"Hehe! I used to worry that the young master was too mature and composed. Now it seems he's still only a boy after all!"
Gui Mei, beside him, also joined in with a smile.
Not far away, the girl held the jade ring in her hand, but still did not raise her head.
"D-don't you have anything you want to give me?"
Hearing the boy's words, Ah Yin thought for a moment, then shook her head.
Apart from herself, she had nothing of any value on her. Looking at the jade ring in her hand, she did not know what she could give the boy.
Having undergone Soul Beast Transformation, she also did not know what exchanging gifts between a boy and a girl meant.
She simply thought she had nothing to give him that matched the jade ring.
Seeing her shake her head, a trace of sadness appeared on the boy's face again.
"Then... all right. I'm leaving!"
After those forlorn words rang out, the boy walked toward the carriage.