Douluo: I am a biologist, awakening the weapon spirit?

Chapter 125 The past is like smoke

"Erlong, long time no see."

The master looked at the beautiful woman in front of him, his heart filled with melancholy.

"Xiaogang, am I dreaming? Is it really you?" Liu Erlong subconsciously took two steps forward.

"It's me. The three of us brothers and sisters haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's find a place to chat." The master suggested.

"Okay, okay, we need to find a place to have a good chat." Liu Erlong nodded quickly and said, "Boss Fu, Xiaogang, you two come with me."

She turned to Yinshu and the receptionist and said:

"These two are my good friends. I'll go entertain them first. You guys go take care of your own business."

"Yes, Dean." Yinshu and the reception teacher nodded in response.

Liu Erlong took Flanders and the master out of the reception desk. Looking at their departing backs, Yinshu and the teacher at the reception desk looked at each other and saw the gossip in each other's eyes.

"Could it be that the dean looks like this?" The teacher at the reception desk asked with a strong sense of curiosity.

Yinshu coughed lightly and said, "This is not our business."

After saying that, he left.

……

Liu Erlong took Flanders and the master towards her secluded place.

Along the way, she repeatedly looked at the master, wanting to say something but not opening her mouth.

The master noticed her gaze, but said nothing, because he was thinking about what he would say next.

The three of them walked for about ten minutes and arrived at a forest.

The forest is located outside the main campus and is connected to the back of the college by a path.

"Have you been living in seclusion here all the time?" the master couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, I have been living here all these years. The general affairs of the college are handled by the teachers, such as the music teacher just now. Only important matters will be reported to me for me to handle." Liu Erlong explained.

The three of them walked and talked, and soon they saw a big tree with a sign hanging on it. There was a line of words engraved on the sign:

This is a sensitive area of the academy, no entry without permission.

As I walked past this big tree, the scenery in front of me suddenly changed.

A small lake appeared in front of the three people. The diameter of the lake was only fifty meters. A stream about three meters wide quietly injected water from the other side of the woods and flowed out from the other side, keeping this place, which should be considered a pond, always full of running water.

There is a simple hut next to the pond, built with wooden boards and thatch, which blends completely into the surrounding environment.

There is a fence around the hut, and various flowers are planted inside the fence, blooming in a colorful and beautiful manner.

"This is where I usually live. I have taken care of it for many years." Liu Erlong introduced with some emotion.

"It's hard for you, Erlong." The master said in a low voice.

"It's not bitter." Liu Erlong shook her head. Master Liu smiled and said, "It's not bitter to see you and Boss Fu after so many years."

"I'm afraid I'm just here to make up the numbers," Flanders muttered.

"How could that be? Boss Fu, you are the boss of the three of us. I miss you a lot after not seeing you for so long." Liu Erlong said, but her eyes were always looking at the master.

The master hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke:
"Erlong, I came here this time because I want to tell you something."

"I'm listening, Xiaogang, go ahead." Liu Erlong said with a smile.

Flanders turned his head away, unable to bear to watch the scene that followed.

The master had already prepared himself mentally. He looked at Liu Erlong seriously and said:

"Erlong, I was beginning to want to tell you that I won't be with you."

The smile on Liu Erlong's face became forced. "Xiaogang, I don't quite understand what you mean. Didn't you come back this time to reunite with me?"

"No." The master's answer was simple and clear.

Liu Erlong's face paled slightly. "So... you want to confront me?"

"Yes." The master took a deep breath and said firmly:

"Erlong, I've figured it out over the years. I understand that there has always been someone living in my heart. I was with you back then only because I lost her and I accepted you out of the emptiness in my heart.

"If we didn't have that kind of relationship, maybe we could be together smoothly, and then let time erase my feelings. But at this point, it's impossible for us to be together because I can't forget her anymore."

"That's the woman from the Spirit Hall, right?" Liu Erlong said in a trembling voice.

"Yes, I can't forget her. After all these years, I have understood that she must have had her reasons for doing that. It was Qian Xunji who belittled me and asked me to leave. After that, Dong'er's attitude towards me quickly became distant. Now I think it was probably Qian Xunji who forced her." The master said the lie he had carefully fabricated, and he almost believed it as he spoke.

That's right, all the words he said at this time were made up by him, because he had to make Liu Erlong give up on him, so he made up such nonsense.

But as the master fabricated this, an idea came to his mind: Is it possible that Bibi Dong was really forced at the beginning?

Were the things Qian Xunji said to him at the beginning the real reality, or was this guy deliberately interfering and trying to break up him and Bibi Dong?
When the master thought back, he found that he seemed to have never confronted Bibi Dong at all, and everything was told to him by Qian Xunji.

Qian Xunji said he was a waste, that he was not worthy of being with Bibi Dong, and that he was trash that everyone in his family looked down upon.

The master was young and full of vigor at the time, so how could he bear such words? Moreover, Bibi Dong had not come to see him for a long time, so he naturally felt that Bibi Dong was distancing herself from him.

So in a fit of anger, he left the Spirit Hall directly.

This can be understood as Bibi Dong looking down on him, so she used her teacher's words to drive the master away.

But on the other hand, this matter can actually be understood as Bibi Dong still having feelings for him, but because of Qianxunji, Bibi Dong had no choice but to choose to break up with the Master.

Thinking of this, the master sighed in his heart. What's the use of thinking about these things now?
So many years have passed. Even if Bibi Dong had no choice at the beginning, she is now the Pope of the Spirit Hall and one of the most powerful people in the world. She and Master are no longer from the same world.

So no matter what the truth was, it is meaningless now. Master and Bibi Dong can no longer go back to the past.

In Liu Erlong's opinion, the way the master recalled the past clearly proved that the master was still obsessed with Bibi Dong.

Originally, Liu Erlong still had some illusions in her heart, thinking that the master was deceiving her. But after seeing the master's expression, the last glimmer of hope in her heart finally disappeared.

"But it's impossible for that woman to be with you, Xiaogang. Have you forgotten the humiliation you suffered in the Spirit Hall?" Liu Erlong was still making her last effort. She wanted to make the master change his mind.

Even if you don't want to be with her, you shouldn't give your feelings to someone with whom there is no possibility of any future relationship.

Therefore, people's temperaments are easy to reconcile and compromise.

If the master said bluntly that he could not be with Liu Erlong, Liu Erlong would definitely not accept it and would try every means to pester the master.

However, the master said that the reason he didn't want to be with Liu Erlong was because he wanted to be Bibi Dong's lapdog. Then Liu Erlong was willing to reconcile and compromise, and could accept not being with the master, as long as the master didn't become a lapdog.

However, the master seemed determined to be Bibi Dong's bootlicker.

He summoned his martial spirit, pointed at the golden horn and said:

"The Spirit Hall humiliated me before because I wasn't good enough back then, but things are different now. Jinjiao, also known as Luo Sanpao, has been reborn. As long as he grows to a certain level, the Spirit Hall will have to take me seriously."

But even so, it is really impossible for Bibi Dong and I to be together, the master thought silently in his heart.

But Liu Erlong didn't know what he was thinking. She looked at Jinjiao, who had changed a lot, and her expression was first happy and then sad.

The joy was because the master's martial soul was finally saved, but the sadness was because now, the master and Bibi Dong really had a chance.

With the two emotions intertwined, Liu Erlong finally burst into tears.

Jinjiao looked at the master in confusion, then at Liu Erlong. He couldn't understand the current situation at all.

Seeing Liu Erlong crying, the master felt very sad, but he knew that he must not be soft-hearted at this time, otherwise everything would be in vain and he would hurt others and himself.

So the master winked at Flanders, who looked over here after hearing the crying, and asked Flanders to go and comfort Liu Erlong, while he himself stood there without moving.

"Oh." Flanders sighed, walked to Liu Erlong and whispered to comfort her.

When Liu Erlong's emotions stabilized a little, the master said:

"Erlong, will you be my sister?"

"Be...a sister?" Liu Erlong raised her head with tears on her face.

"Yes." The master nodded. "We are cousins. Would you like to call me cousin?"

Liu Erlong was silent. She knew that once she called the master "cousin", her relationship with him would be completely determined and they would never be together again.

A tragically thick barrier will appear between the two of them. This thick barrier will not affect their feelings, but it will block their further possibilities.

But if she didn't call him cousin, Liu Erlong knew that the master would most likely leave again, and she would never see him again.

So, she was silent for a while, and finally spoke softly:

"Cousin."

Liu Erlong finally chose to reconcile and compromise. Compared to the situation where she couldn't even see her family, she felt that becoming cousins was not that difficult to accept.

Let them be cousins, at least this way Liu Erlong can still see people, and it will also be convenient for her to persuade the master not to be infatuated with that woman, because she is now the master's cousin and has a certain say in the selection of her cousin's wife.

Hearing Liu Erlong's address, the master smiled, "Cousin."

Their status has been determined, and there is no possibility for him and Liu Erlong to be together in the future.

Flanders on the side sighed in his heart. He felt extremely complicated at the moment.

They were happy about the reunion of the three of them, because after the master and Liu Erlong regarded each other as cousins, the three of them should not be separated like before.

At the same time, Flanders was also sad because of Liu Erlong's appearance at this time. He knew very well how deep Liu Erlong's feelings for the master were, and now this feeling was completely cut off by the master. It is conceivable how heartbroken Liu Erlong was at this time.

In addition, Flanders couldn't help but feel happy because he had always been in love with Liu Erlong.

But because Liu Erlong only likes the Master, Flanders can only hide this feeling in his heart.

However, after what happened today, the relationship between the Master and Liu Erlong has been completely confirmed. As time goes by, the feelings in Liu Erlong's heart, who has given up the idea, should gradually fade away, and then Flanders will become a possibility.

But maybe it is possible after all. Flanders will not force Liu Erlong, and will not force her to do things she doesn't like.

It would be best if Liu Erlong really fell in love with him in the future, but if Liu Erlong decided to be alone for the rest of her life because of this emotional injury, then Flanders would also accept this reality.

In his eyes, Master and Liu Erlong are his younger brothers and sisters, and Flanders is willing to protect them both forever.

After the relationship matter was made clear, the atmosphere between the three of them became harmonious.

They strolled in the forest, chatting about the interesting things they had experienced together in the past. No one mentioned the relationship between the master and Liu Erlong, as if this relationship had dissipated like smoke.

But whether it has dissipated or is hidden deep in the heart, waiting for time to wear it away, only the person involved knows.

The three of them chatted as they walked, and gradually the topic turned to college.

"Boss Fu, have you also opened an academy in recent years?" Liu Erlong asked curiously.

"Yes, we have recruited a lot of good talents, all of whom are excellent talents." Flanders nodded.

Then he talked about the development of Shrek over the years and the students he had taught over the years.

"...Among the students who graduated in the past few years, the one I value most is Xiao Qin. If nothing unexpected happens, he should have a great chance of becoming a Titled Douluo."

"Qin Ming... I seem to have heard of this person." Liu Erlong's face showed a look of reminiscence.

"Oh? Have you heard about this brat?" Flanders asked in surprise.

Liu Erlong nodded and said:
"In the last Soul Master Competition, our Blue Tyrant Academy team made it to the top eight and eliminated the second team from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Our performance was only slightly worse than their first team. I think their team leader at the time was named Qin Ming."

"My goodness, it's really like family members don't recognize each other." Flanders said with a strange expression.

Liu Erlong looked at him and said:

"Boss Fu, I have an idea."

(End of this chapter)