Chapter Eighteen: The Legacy of Dreams (End of Volume)

  In the afternoon at four o'clock, in the "Soul Reaper" group, everyone was celebrating our triumphant return.

  Duck Egg General: You don't know how heroic and refreshing Shu Ling was at that time, facing the sword of that ancient general without even blinking her eyes.

  Soul Bell: Did I miss something?

  Girl's fingers: No no, duck eggs are live streaming on site.

  Soul Bell: But at that time, we three people were scattered...

  Meow: Meow's, duck egg is telling stories again.

  Girl's fingers: hang up duck eggs and beat them.

  Duck Egg General: Shu Ling, you are too ungrateful.

  Soul Bell: Hehe, by the way, where's the pretty boy?

  Meow: Not made, haven't seen him show up.

  Director, please instruct: Not bad, Shu Lian, well done.

  I'm watching the lively group, but my heart is a bit nervous. Although I was the most thrilling person last night, Jiang Zhun was the one who consumed the most energy. This afternoon, when chatting in the group, Jiang Zhun didn't show up, and it's hard not to make me worried.

  I thought about it and then walked onto the balcony and gave Jiang Zhun a call.

  The phone was picked up unexpectedly quickly: "Hello?"

  "Uh..." I heard a female voice, and I subconsciously hesitated, suddenly forgetting what I wanted to say. After a moment of silence, I immediately said, "I'm looking for Jiang Zhun, is he here?"

  "Oh, okay, wait a minute, he's gone to pick up takeout."

  I hung up the phone, and I couldn't help but think, could it be Jiang Zhun's girlfriend? Oh no, now that I've received a call from an unfamiliar woman, won't there be a misunderstanding? Just as I was thinking wildly, the phone rang again.

  Jiang Zhen smiled and said: "What's wrong, just said goodbye yesterday, and you miss me?"

  "Don't flirt with others." I thought to myself, your girlfriend is still by your side, and you have the nerve to joke around with another girl. I paused for a moment, then said: "I saw that you haven't shown up in the group chat, I thought you were still recovering. How are you feeling now?"

  "With Brother Cheng's Zhīyáng Shuǐ, I just slept for a bit and I'm fine now." Jiang Zhun's voice was indeed full of energy, not like someone who was weak from illness.

  I'm relieved now, I smiled and said: "Alright, take good care of your girlfriend then, I'll hang up, bye."

  He looked at his phone in confusion: "What girlfriend?"

  "Pffft, Teacher Jiang, was there a misunderstanding?" The female high school student who was doing her homework looked up and teased, "The phone call I just answered."

  Jiang patted his head and threw away his phone: "What nonsense are you talking about? Hurry up and do your homework. Is there anything else you don't understand?"

  "It's all gone."

  "Okay, I'll come back on Wednesday afternoon. By the way, learn to cook in the future, even if it's just noodles, don't always eat takeout." Jiang Zhun tidied up his things and said with concern before leaving.

  When he walked out of the compound, Jiang Zhun suddenly felt particularly good.

  At night, I was reading a book when I suddenly received a WeChat message from Wu Fan.

  "I went this afternoon and everything has been taken care of."

  I was about to respond, but I stopped myself and threw the phone aside, thinking you can go if you want, what's there for you to report to me anyway, it's all your own business.

  "Could it be news about Wu Fan?"

  I inexplicably turned back: "How did you know?"

  "Alas, it's just a matter of meeting him again, and you'll become so unsettled." Shi Qin pointed out with a hint of blood, "You've been broken up for several months, how can you be so lacking in dignity?"

  I touched my face and said with a sense of grievance: "Isn't it obvious?"

  "Obviously, obviously, too obvious." Zhu Tingting interrupted.

  I glanced at the phone lying not far away and felt a slight sense of melancholy. It shouldn't be like this, he and Shang Jin were so obvious, why couldn't I let go?

  "If I must say, it's all Shang Jin's problem." Zhu Tingting couldn't help but say, "Shu Lian, you used to confide in her so much, telling her about your relationship with Wu Fan before anyone else. Now that you and Wu Fan have broken up, she's the one who's benefited from it."

  I furrowed my brow, shook my head and shook off the miscellaneous thoughts in my mind: "Alright, don't mention it again, let's just leave this matter alone."

  However, when I looked at the book again, I couldn't read a single word. I scratched my head, put down the book, took a bath, and lay down on the bed.

  I had a dream tonight.

  The battlefield in the dream is vast, with golden spears and iron horses, and distant mountains like a dark eyebrow. In the midst of flying yellow sand, there is one person who turns his head far away among the tens of thousands of iron cavalry. A large flag waves in the wind, and the sound of golden horns echoes.

  In the dream, a man in armor, Liu Quan, led his horse to me and bowed with his fist: "Thank you, miss, for your righteous rescue. Otherwise, we would not know how long we would have been trapped."

  And behind him, a hundred guards stood up in unison, clasped their fists and shouted: "Thank you, Miss!"

  In my dream, I was dressed as a knight-errant, carefree and unrestrained, laughing loudly three times, then galloping away on horseback.