People came and went in Shrek City, and the coachman kept turning the reins, but the journey was still slow, and the Shrek school uniforms disappeared into the distance.
The coachman could only apologize to the woman in the carriage behind him, saying, "Miss, there are too many people, I lost them, what do you think...?"
The woman reached out and pulled back the carriage curtain, looking around. Apart from the passing crowds, she didn't see Shrek's conspicuous school uniform.
She had no choice but to wave her hand and lower the carriage curtain, sighing helplessly, "Let's go to the hotel. I'll be checking in tomorrow. After you drop me off, you can go back on your own."
The coachman nodded respectfully as before. "Yes, Miss."
"Shelf!"
The driver pulled the reins, turned the cart around, and headed towards the hotel.
After a satisfying meal, Huo Yuhao was forced to accompany the five women shopping at their insistence.
After all, Shrek City has a large number of merchants. Outside of Shrek's strictly divided residential areas, you can find many shops every few steps, selling different items. It is a large commercial area with almost everything, including restaurants, clothing stores, herbal medicine shops, etc.
Such scenery constantly stimulated the girls' senses and assaulted their bright eyes, causing their legs to unconsciously start walking.
As the western sun completely sets at dusk, and the last ray of light fades, the city lights come on one by one, illuminating every corner.
Under the dazzling lights, the girls' natural and relaxed smiles shone through the lights of Shrek at night. This scene was just like the bustling, sleepless city.
Although Shrek has a curfew, it was still early, and Xiao Xiao and the others' enthusiasm for shopping showed no signs of waning.
" Yuhao, let's go take a look over there!"
Xiao Xiao pointed to a classical music instrument shop, where many instruments were displayed at the entrance. A light and elegant piece of music was playing on the voice Soul Tool at the entrance, making it stand out from the bustling commercial street.
Huo Yuhao glanced at the shop's signboard. Below the words " Tianyi Music Shop " on the plaque was a small but unique symbol, a symbol used exclusively by the Shadow Garden.
Huo Yuhao immediately waved his hand and said, "Why don't you go in and take a look first? I'll come over later."
Xiao Xiao looked at him with some confusion, then glanced reluctantly in the direction of the music store and asked, " Yuhao, do you not like this store?"
Cui Yajie immediately poked her head out and said, "This music store looks quite interesting. I think the owner is a real beauty. Yuhao, are you sure you don't want to go check it out?"
Huo Yuhao smiled and declined, his eyes sweeping over the group of women before pointing to a burger joint and saying, "I want to buy a burger. You guys go ahead, I'll come back later."
As he spoke, Huo Yuhao bypassed the wall of women surrounding him, quickly ran to the hamburger shop in front of him, joined the queue, and waved to them, indicating that they should go in and have a look.
For a moment, Wu Feng lost interest in visiting the music store. Huo Yuhao didn't want to go, and she didn't feel any particular urge to go either.
Wang Dong'er frowned, looking at Huo Yuhao in the distance, and asked suspiciously, " Yuhao, didn't he eat enough?"
Xiao Xiao was also a little confused, but she still answered for Huo Yuhao, " Yuhao really likes hamburgers. He's probably just craving them because he hasn't had them in a while."
Wang Dong'er could only nod in agreement.
Ning Tian, standing to the side, listened to the music playing at the entrance of the music store, his toes tapping the ground occasionally in time with the melody, feeling quite happy.
"Why don't we go in and take a look?"
As the eldest daughter of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, she had some knowledge of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and she enjoyed them very much, so she took the initiative to make the suggestion.
Xiao Xiao nodded in agreement, "It'll be good to take a look and buy some gifts for Mom and Dad. They'll definitely like some of the new musical instruments here."
Without hesitation, the women waved to Huo Yuhao in the distance and then walked into the music store.
Shrek Grand Hotel.
As the revolving doors at the hotel entrance spun, a beautiful woman stepped out.
It was the same mysterious woman who had entered the city that afternoon. She had changed her clothes; her pale yellow casual wear shone faintly under the streetlights.
"My dear Miss Vina, that's the Shrek's commercial area. If you'd like to take a stroll, that's a good option," the beautiful hotel waitress said with a smile, pointing in a direction.
Thank you, I understand.
Vina reached out and slightly lifted the hem of her skirt to nod in thanks, displaying her courtly etiquette and exuding excellent manners in every gesture.
Vina walked with graceful steps in the direction the waitress had pointed out.
As Vina walked down the street, her ethereal beauty unknowingly attracted the attention of many passersby, with some men even becoming so captivated by her presence that they bumped into a lamppost.
Seeing the increasing number of stares around her, Vina took out a veil she had prepared beforehand, and the situation lessened considerably after she put it on.
However, even though her face was covered by a veil, her perfectly proportioned figure still attracted the attention of some men from time to time.
Vina ignored all of this and quietly walked forward, an invisible mental wave emanating from her brain, sweeping across the surrounding streets.
As an elegant melody drifted over, Vina stopped in her tracks by a small fountain not far from the music store where the music was playing.
Looking at the crowds around her, Vina remembered what her fiancé, Long Aotian, had said to her before she came.
" Vina, our sect leader was attacked by Xuan Zi of Shrek Academy. He escaped by chance, but he was seriously injured. Shrek will definitely not let our Body Sect off easily."
"During this period, the Body Sect will inevitably have to lie low, but that means we won't be able to know Shrek's movements."
So what should I do?
"It's simple. Go to Shrek, Shrek Academy, and send messages to our Body Sect." Long Aotian said with worry and helplessness in his eyes.
Ultimately, after much persuasion from Long Aotian, Vina finally decided to come to the Shrek Academy, though she didn't know how Long Aotian managed to get her father to give her a letter of introduction.
She had never heard of the Shrek Academy before, as it was a transfer student.
However, as things stand, at least her actions are still quite discreet and haven't attracted anyone's attention.
Just as she was thinking this, a familiar school uniform flashed before her eyes, and then she sat down on the bench next to it.
Vina subconsciously turned her head and saw that it was the same Shrek male student she had seen at the city gate.
Huo Yuhao was sitting on a bench in front of the fountain. He took out a hamburger from a paper bag in his arms. As if he noticed other people's gazes, he looked up and met Vina's eyes.
"You want one too? We bought too many."
Huo Yuhao noticed Vina staring at him and assumed she was looking at the hamburger in his hand, since he had just seen the veiled woman staring at the hamburger shop across the street.
He subconsciously assumed that the woman hadn't joined the queue because it was too long.
Vina was startled when she saw Huo Yuhao's harmless smile; she hadn't even noticed when this male student from Shrek had appeared.
My heart was pounding nervously.
What's this person doing here? Did he discover my purpose?