After confirming with Wang Feng that nothing unexpected had happened, Gu Shi felt much more relaxed. He walked down the street with ease, completely free of his previous anxiety, and his steps were slow.

I don’t know if God couldn’t stand him being so leisurely, but an accident happened on the way Gu Shi returned to the Mage Tower.

Gu Shi was just walking down the street when someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder and greeted him warmly.

"Hi, Qin Shi Huang!"

Hearing this somewhat familiar voice and the name that only one person would call out, Gu Shi felt his whole body stiffen.

At this moment, Gu Shi really hoped that he had heard it wrong.

Li Hui, who had just greeted him, seemed to be completely unaware of Gu Shi's abnormality and continued to talk incessantly. He even took his hand and led him to the side of the road in a very familiar manner.

"I didn't expect to meet you here by chance. We are really destined to be together. I didn't even have time to thank you for what happened last time."

Gu Shi adjusted his facial expression, then turned around and said in a normal tone, "It's you. You scared me just now. I almost thought someone attacked me from behind."

"Sorry, sorry, I'm just too excited."

Li Hui scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "I had agreed to treat you to a meal, but I haven't received any contact from you in the past few days.

Since we've met here, why don't we have dinner together? I happen to know a delicious restaurant nearby."

Gu Shi had just been specifically reminded by Field before, so of course he would not accept Li Hui's invitation now.

He shook his head and refused: "I'm sorry, I have something to do later, I'm afraid I can't have dinner with you."

Li Hui was immediately disappointed, his face full of frustration. "Ah! How could this be such a coincidence? It's just a meal, it won't take long."

Gu Shi also showed a look of regret, "I'm really sorry."

Li Hui sighed, "Well, alright. If you have something to do, I can't force you, but at least tell me where you live. I've been asking around for a long time these past two days, but I haven't found anyone in the academy who knows you."

"I haven't been back to the academy for a long time. I've been studying with my teacher all the time. It's normal that you can't find anyone who knows me in the academy."

Gu Shi deliberately blurred the time so that Li Hui could not tell what grade he was in. Although it might not be of any use, it was at least a little psychological comfort.

Li Hui accepted the reason given by Gu Shi and said with a smile: "So that's how it is. I thought so. But I really can't tell from your appearance. I didn't expect that you, Qin Shi Huang, are actually older than me."

After a few awkward conversations, Gu Shi wanted to end the conversation and get away, but Li Hui kept him stuck with various topics.

In order not to arouse the other party's suspicion, Gu Shi couldn't just turn around and leave. He could only stand there and chat with him for a while. While chatting, he showed an anxious expression from time to time.

After a while, Gu Shi felt that he had laid the groundwork enough and was ready to say goodbye.

Who knew that before he could say it, Li Hui took the initiative to help him speak.

"Hey, look at me, I didn't notice and kept you chatting for so long. I hope I didn't waste your time?" Li Hui's expression was full of guilt, and he looked into Gu Shi's eyes very sincerely.

Gu Shi waved his hand, "It's okay..."

He originally wanted to say something more, but the inexplicable heat in his chest made Gu Shi immediately give up the idea.

There were only two things hanging around Gu Shi's neck, a deep-sea pearl and a small puppet. Without even thinking about it, he knew that the fever was definitely caused by the small puppet that Field had just given him.

Gu Shi didn't expect that this fake Li Hui would attack him so soon. He didn't know what he was thinking. Gu Shi had just said that he had always been with the teacher. Isn't he afraid that the mental imprint would be discovered?

His purpose was also suspicious. If he wanted to do something in the academy, then it was not a good idea to control a student like Gu Shi who had been away for a long time.

At this moment, many thoughts flashed through Gu Shi's mind, but he did not show them. Instead, he said goodbye to Li Hui directly.

"But I really have to go. Let's talk next time if there's anything."

Gu Shi didn't want to stay with Li Hui anymore. It had been less than fifteen minutes since Li Hui called him, and Li Hui had already released his mental imprint on him.

Gu Shi was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would have other plans.

Perhaps because he had completed the task, Li Hui did not interrupt Gu Shi's farewell this time. He smiled and said goodbye to Gu Shi.

After quickly leaving Li Hui, Gu Shi did not slow down. He just wanted to get back to the Mage Tower as soon as possible. It was too easy for accidents to happen outside.

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"Teacher, I'm back."

Hearing Gu Shi's weak voice, Field looked his students up and down. Could it be that something had gone wrong in Gu Shi's tribe? But that didn't seem to be the case.

"What's wrong with you?"

Gu Shi repeated to Field what had just happened as if complaining, and then took the puppet off the pendant.

The little puppet, which originally had only wooden textures on its body, is now covered with dense black lines, which looks creepy.

Field glanced helplessly at his unfortunate student, took the puppet, and handed him a new one. "Here, take good care of it."

"Thank you, teacher."

After Gu Shi put the puppet back on, he couldn't help but complain a few words, "Alas, if it weren't for the fact that I didn't want Li Hui to get suspicious, I would have turned around and left. There was no way he would have caught me."

Field checked Gu Shi's condition again and confirmed that there was nothing wrong. He said, "If you don't want to get into trouble again, don't go out recently."

Gu Shi nodded and said, "I have decided to continue studying magic in seclusion and rest after this matter is over."

"Oh, by the way, teacher, this is something the elders in my tribe asked me to pass on." Gu Shi took out the information from the space ring and handed it to Field.

"I understand. I'll pass it on to the right person."

In addition to writing relevant information on these papers, Wang Feng also wrote an extra paragraph. After Field roughly glanced through it, he understood what he meant.

Gu Shi completed his mission perfectly.

"Then I'll go to rest first. Good night, teacher."

Although Gu Shi did not consume too much physical energy today, he was a little tired mentally. He now just wanted to go back to his room and have a good sleep.

"Well, go ahead."

After returning to the room and quickly washing up, Gu Shi fell asleep.