Notification Issued

It took a long while before Huo Yutong's emotions finally settled down.

Now, blushing furiously, she was feeding Tang Wulin.

She opened the lunchbox Qian Duoduo had sent over and spooned food into Tang Wulin's mouth one bite at a time.

Tang Wulin said helplessly, "Yutong, I already told you, there's really nothing wrong with me. I can eat by myself."

Let alone feeling unwell, now that he had completely broken through the Second Seal, he felt more energetic and alert than ever before.

He was already this old, yet he still needed someone to feed him. It was rather embarrassing.

However, Huo Yutong decisively rejected his suggestion.

"You fainted, so stop trying to act tough. Injured people should rest properly. Come on, ah—"

You're an injured person too... Looking at Huo Yutong's Patient's Gown, Tang Wulin ate the food she fed him while grumbling inwardly.

What he did not know was that Huo Yutong had long since learned from the doctor that he was fine. The doctor had even told her that compared to Tang Wulin, she was the one who had suffered severe backlash and needed rest more.

The reason she insisted on feeding him now was mostly to hide her embarrassment.

She was clearly older than him. By all rights, he could even call her Sister, yet just now, she had thrown herself into Tang Wulin's arms and cried like a child.

The slightest recollection of it filled her with unbearable shame. She only wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

And besides...

Watching Tang Wulin obediently open his mouth to accept the food, a faint smile appeared on Huo Yutong's face.

Taking care of him like this filled her heart with a powerful sense of satisfaction and made her feel deeply happy.

If only moments like this could last forever... She even found herself thinking that.

Unfortunately, the pleasant moment did not last long. Soon, a voice carried by Spiritual Power came from outside the door.

"Wulin, Yutong, are you awake?"

Without waiting for Huo Yutong and Tang Wulin to respond, the owner of the voice casually pushed the door open after asking. A youth with blue-and-pink hair walked in.

The moment this person entered and saw Huo Yutong feeding Tang Wulin, his body abruptly stiffened.

"Uh... did I interrupt something?"

As she spoke, she quietly backed away, preparing to leave the room.

Tang Wulin said irritably, "Come in. There's something I want to ask you."

"Alrighty."

Only after receiving Tang Wulin's permission did Wang Dong grin and eagerly run inside.

She pulled over a chair and sat beside Tang Wulin's bed with Huo Yutong, then asked, "What do you want to ask?"

"Of course, what happened after I fainted."

"That's what I figured." Wang Dong thought back before saying, "Not long after you fainted, the people who came to rescue us arrived. After examining you, they were about to take you away. Yutong went up and asked a couple of questions, then she fainted too, so they took her away with you."

"..."

Tang Wulin had not expected Wang Dong's first few sentences to already contradict what Huo Yutong had told him.

When he had just asked Huo Yutong why she was here too, she had said that she had exhausted too much Spiritual Power and the doctor wanted her to recuperate here for a while. She had not mentioned fainting at all.

He looked reproachfully at Huo Yutong. She could only guiltily look away, not daring to meet his eyes.

She just did not want him to worry. Why was he being so fierce?

Wang Dong continued, "After that, Big Brother He and I were taken to give statements. At the same time, those people who attacked us were taken away for interrogation. I'm not sure about the results, but I think I heard someone coming out of the interrogation room muttering a name. It seemed to be Dai something?"

"Dai..."

Upon hearing that word, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong asked in unison, "Dai Huabin?"

"Yes, yes, that's the name! What, do you know him?"

"..."

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong did not answer immediately. They looked at each other, each seeing a trace of surprise in the other's eyes.

Though they had suspected it before, neither of them had expected Dai Huabin to truly do something like this.

Why? Had he discovered Huo Yutong's identity?

Even now, neither of them considered that Dai Huabin might simply have been unable to accept defeat.

After all, the second young master of the Duke's Mansion hiring assassins to kill people just because he could not accept losing was far too absurd. No one would believe it.

In the end, Tang Wulin nodded to Wang Dong.

"Yes. He's our classmate. We had some minor conflicts with him before."

"Minor conflicts... Would minor conflicts make someone send people to assassinate you? This guy's a lunatic."

Wang Dong's eyelids twitched. She was also the Young Master of the Clear Sky Sect, yet she had never even dreamed of sending people to assassinate her classmates.

She sighed, propped up her chin, and said helplessly, "This experience was really dangerous. If we hadn't happened to run into Big Brother He, we'd all have died out there. I wonder how the Academy will deal with this."

"At the very least, they should expel Dai Huabin."

As Tang Wulin said this, Wang Yan's gentle smiling face flashed through his mind.

However, Wang Dong merely smiled.

"That's hard to say."

As she said this, Zhou Yi's school motto—"Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre"—echoed in her mind.

"What do you mea—"

Just as Tang Wulin was about to ask what she meant, the door to the infirmary opened again. A Middle-aged Man walked in from outside.

He came before Tang Wulin and the others and introduced himself. "Hello. I'm Du Weilun, the Dean of Students of the Martial Soul Department. Are you three Tang Wulin, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong?"

"Yes."

Tang Wulin and the others immediately tensed up.

They knew the Academy's decision regarding this matter was about to be announced.

Du Weilun said flatly, "After our investigation, this incident was caused by Dai Huabin, the second son of Duke White Tiger and a student of Class Seven, First Year. We have issued him a serious warning. You are not to bring up this matter again In the Academy."

"Wha..."

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's expressions changed at once.

Wang Dong, on the other hand, wore an unsurprised expression and accepted it immediately.

Tang Wulin hurriedly said, "But Teacher, if we hadn't been lucky this time, we would all have died outside the city. Isn't a mere warning far too light a punishment?"

"But no matter what, you did not actually come to any harm, did you?"

"..."

Tang Wulin was left speechless.

Looking at Du Weilun's stern expression, he felt the good impression he had built up of Shrek Academy slowly shattering.

Thinking of Wang Dong's complaints from the past few days and looking at her accepting attitude, Tang Wulin suddenly realized that perhaps not all the Teachers in the Academy were as outstanding as he had imagined.

Seeing Tang Wulin's disappointed expression, Du Weilun also realized that he might have gone too far. He coughed and added, "Of course, as compensation for the danger you encountered, the Academy will give each of you a Soul Ascension Pill and a Mystic Water Pill. This is the Academy's sincerity. I hope you can understand."

"Really?!"

At Du Weilun's words, Wang Dong's eyes immediately lit up.

"I understand. I've already forgotten about what happened yesterday. I definitely won't say anything!"

"Good."

Du Weilun nodded in satisfaction.

First Year children had not seen much of the world yet. They were the easiest to placate.

He did not notice the unprecedentedly gloomy expression on Tang Wulin's face beside the jubilant Wang Dong.

Author's Note

Those who understand Shrek's problems understand. Tang Wulin would definitely have his illusions shattered several times.

This was the first time. There would be more afterward.