Tang Chen was a little breathless from being hugged by Wang Yanzhou, so he patted his back and said, "No, I'm fine. I called you over because I have something important to tell you. You, you let go first. I'm fine now, but I'm afraid I'll be strangled to death later."
Upon hearing this, Wang Yanzhou quickly released his hand and carefully looked Tang Chen up and down. His complexion was rosy, his pulse was strong, his breathing was smooth, and his body was warm. Fortunately, he was alive and not dreaming.
After making sure Tang Chen was okay, Wang Yanzhou leaned his head on her shoulder and almost cried out: "...You, do you want to scare me to death!"
Seeing Wang Yanzhou like this, Tang Chen suddenly felt guilty. If she had known earlier, she would not have let Hong Yu say that. Seeing how scared he was, she felt heartbroken: "Yes, I'm sorry."
Wang Yanzhou slowly turned his head, raised his head and looked at Tang Chen with soft eyes, and said with a smile: "...Huh, I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay."
Tang Chen smiled and pointed at the person on the bed and said, "I'm fine now, but if something happens to Wang Ruo, I might be in trouble too."
Wang Yanzhou looked at Wang Ruo's face and was also shocked. Although she had looked old before, the difference in just a few days was huge, as if several years had passed. "Why does she look so much older than before..."
Hua Wuxin looked at Wang Ruo with pity and said, "She looks much older, doesn't she? Let's say this now. Don't be afraid when she wakes up. She doesn't like people saying she's not pretty."
Seeing Hua Wuxin's lifeless appearance, Wang Yanzhou turned to Tang Chen and asked, "Why did you call me here? What do you want to tell me?"
Tang Chen scratched his head awkwardly and said, "It's not something particularly important, but I think you need to know."
Wang Yanzhou nodded and said, "You talk, I'll listen."
Tang Chen saw that Wang Yanzhou had also arrived, and the others were not in a hurry. Now that everyone was present, it was time to clear their throats and start the lecture. He didn't know if he could explain this complicated matter in simple terms.
"Ahem, this is a very long story. To save everyone's time, I won't elaborate on the premise. My hometown actually takes place a thousand years after you all cease to exist. I, Queen Wang Zhen, Wang Ruo, Xinzhai, and Nanyue's Grand Tutor Shi Zairong do not belong to this era."
While the others were still pondering the meaning of Tang Chen's words, Hong Yu had already grasped the key point he wanted to hear: "Shi Zairong? Ah Chen, are you kidding?"
Although she and Shi Zairong didn't grow up together as childhood sweethearts, they didn't spend a lot of time together. She had been involved in almost every important moment in Shi Zairong's life over the past twenty years. Shi Zairong couldn't have come from somewhere else, as Tang Chen said.
Seeing Hong Yu's doubts about what he said, Tang Chen thought for a moment and could only try to explain: "Hong Yu, didn't you say before that you didn't believe in the existence of ghosts and gods unless you saw them with your own eyes? Maybe we are not gods or ghosts, but our experiences are inexplicable."
Tang Chen looked at Hong Yu, as if he was recalling something, and continued, "Shi Zairong can be considered a 'resurrection'. Have you ever heard of him suddenly losing his memory or having a drastic change in his personality? Or, perhaps, he was originally ordinary, but then suddenly understood a lot and kept saying strange and confusing things."
“…Yes, I have heard of it.”
I have to say that what Tang Chen said really matched Shi Zairong's experience a year or two ago. The only strange thing was that he was seriously injured at the time, and after waking up he was only confused for a day or two. He said that he had some amnesia, but within a few days, he remembered everyone again.
Speaking of nonsense, Shi Zairong has always liked some strange things since he was a child, but he can also fully understand what he says. Now there is indeed a time when he will mutter some irrelevant words to himself, and that is somewhat similar to Tang Chen's stupid behavior.
Under the gaze of the other ninjas, Tang Chen finally got to the point: "The speculation I told you about earlier, if Wang Ruo is really like this, then when we are about the same age as her, we may also suddenly experience similar things. After all, our bodies were originally in completely different times. Our appearance was originally unplanned. Perhaps this is similar to the 'divine punishment' everyone talks about."
Wang Yanzhou stood up with a twitching expression on his face, took Tang Chen's hand and asked with a twinkling look in his eyes, "Achen, can you please say it again? I, I'm a little overwhelmed. Are you saying that you will become like this too, and then suddenly leave me?"
"I don't know, I really don't know..." In fact, Tang Chen himself was not sure whether he could live to Wang Ruo's age. As long as something happened to Wang Ruo, Hua Wuxin would definitely not live for long.
Wang Yanzhou flipped the table and stood up, startling everyone in the room: "What do you mean by 'I don't know'? What do you mean by 'I shouldn't'? You're just standing here now!"
"I..." Tang Chen lowered her head, not knowing what to say. She actually still hoped that Wang Yanzhou would know about this and try to accept it. After all, she could come here inexplicably, and maybe one day she would leave without a trace.
Wang Yanzhou, who was still going crazy a second ago, changed his expression and quickly hugged Tang Chen and begged, "Don't say such nonsense again, okay? If you say such nonsense again to anger me, I will be really angry."
After Tang Chen let out a long sigh, he hugged Wang Yanzhou and said, "Well, no more, no more."
Wang Yanzhou didn't care about Wang Ruo's condition and just said, "You must be too tired from taking care of Wang Ruo these past few days. How about this, can you come with me to the military camp for the next two days? After Chen Xin left, I need your help as well. If I'm busy, I won't think about those things."
Tang Chen asked back, "Haha, I'll go to the military camp and do hard labor for you. What about your son and niece? Will they be taken care of by a grown man like Qiu Liang?"
Wang Yanzhou said seriously, "If he can't even take care of two children, he has no right to be a Qilin Guard anymore."
"Okay, then, let's go."
After saying that, the couple really just threw away their clothes and acted as if nothing had happened. They walked away, talking and laughing, holding hands as if nothing had happened. Only Hua Wuxin and the other two were left, staring at the table that Wang Yanzhou had just overturned.
"...They, are leaving now?"
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