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"The training camp is over. You guys go back to Tsinghua University later, and Hongyuan and I will go back to Shanghai."

"Um."

"Just this one word?" Yin Chen shook his head speechlessly. "I've fought alongside you before, so at least show some farewell sentiment."

Chen Guan glanced at him and said, "Have a safe journey."

"Four words, better than before."

Yin Chen chuckled self-deprecatingly, paused, and lowered his voice: "Seriously, if you need any help when we get back, just send me a message. I can lend a hand with things in Shanghai."

When he said this, there was a momentary pause in his eyes, as if he had thought of something else.

Chen Guan noticed it.

"it is good."

He is indeed going to Shanghai.

Yin Chen waited for a while and, realizing that Chen Guan really didn't want to say anything more, shrugged and turned to leave.

After walking a few steps, he turned back and called out, "By the way, first place, congratulations!"

Chen Guan did not respond.

Yin Chen didn't care and strolled away with the husky.

On the other side, Hong Yuan was standing under a street lamp talking to Su Yuehe.

You could hear Hong Yuan's loud voice from a distance.

"Remember to eat properly when you get back. Don't spend all your time in the library and lose track of time. Last time you said you didn't even have lunch, and that made me really angry."

Su Yuehe smiled and replied, "I know, I know."

"Also, you have to make up for the meal you owe me next time we meet."

"I will definitely make it up."

Hongyuan scratched her hair, as if she wanted to say something, but she opened her mouth and then closed it again.

A few seconds later, she grabbed Su Yuehe's shoulder and patted her hard twice.

"Alright, let's go back now, don't catch a cold."

Su Yuehe stumbled from the slap, but after regaining her balance, she smiled and gently patted Hong Yuan's arm in return.

"You too, be careful on your way back to Shanghai."

Hongyuan strode away, then stopped after a few steps and called out into the distance.

"Dragon Pride!"

Long Ao was carrying his backpack and walking towards the parking area when he heard the shout and paused.

"Next time we meet, I want to fight you." Hong Yuan raised her fist at him. "Don't make excuses to avoid it again."

Long Ao remained as cool as ever, without turning around.

"casual."

Hong Yuan grinned and turned to run towards Yin Chen.

Her short red hair swayed wildly in the wind, making her look like a ball of fire, and even the surrounding gray and white snow scene seemed more vibrant.

An Changqing walked to Chen Guan's side, and the two stood side by side, watching the backs of Yin Chen and Hong Yuan.

"When those two get together, it always feels like they're going to have another argument on the way back," An Changqing said.

Chen Guan nodded in deep agreement. How should one describe the relationship between these two?

Water and fire are incompatible.

Just kidding, it's not that harmonious.

An Changqing turned to look at Chen Guan, a calm smile on his face, and asked, "First place, how does it feel?"

"I don't feel anything."

Chen Guan subconsciously touched his back.

He has even more amazing surprises in store for him in the future.

"That's true, for you it really is just a ranking."

An Changqing didn't think much of it, turned his gaze back to the teleportation array not far away: "Let's go, we can rest for a while when we get back to Huaqing, and school starts a long way off."

The two walked towards the teleportation array, one after the other.

……

After the light from the teleportation array faded, the scenery of Huaqing Academy came into view again.

Unlike the extreme cold of the North, the area where Huaqing is located, although it is also winter, is much milder. There is only a thin layer of snow on the ground, and a few withered leaves that have not yet fallen are still hanging on the branches.

An Changqing stepped out of the teleportation array and stretched his wrists.

"arrive."

Su Yuehe followed behind him, her steps light as she stepped onto the stone path of Huaqing.

She looked around, took a deep breath, and a sense of relief, as if she were finally back on home turf, appeared on her face.

Long Ao walked at the back, and after exiting the teleportation array, he didn't even glance back, heading straight towards the dormitory area.

"Long Ao, aren't you coming with us?" An Changqing asked, turning around.

"Need not."

Long Ao didn't turn his head; his voice, carried by the cold winter wind, was crisp and decisive.

An Changqing didn't press the matter, smiled, and turned to look at Chen Guan.

"What about you? Heading straight back to the dorm?"

"Um."

"Okay, go back and get some rest. Contact me anytime if you need anything."

Su Yuehe waved to Chen Guan.

Goodbye, Chen Guan.

Chen Guan nodded in response.

The three parted ways at the fork in the road in front of the teaching building. An Changqing and Su Yuehe walked side by side toward the student council office building, talking to each other in a very soft voice, which became completely inaudible as the distance increased.

Chen Guan walked alone on the path leading to the boys' dormitory area.

There weren't many people on campus. After the training camp closed, there would still be some time before the official start of the semester, and most ordinary students had not yet returned to school.

The streetlights cast a warm yellow light, and the shadows of the trees swayed on the ground.

He walked slowly, the weight of the coffin on his back pressing down on his feet with each step, making a dull thud.

I'm back at Tsinghua University.

Everything that happened in the North—the ruins, the murals, the voice, the Yin family's stone tablet, and his experience confronting the stone statue in the alternate dimension—was now all stored deep in his memory.

These things won't disappear, but there's no need to dwell on them for now.

What he needs to do right now is very simple.

I went back to my dorm, put the coffin down, and lay down for a while.

The corridors of the boys' dormitory area were empty, with footsteps bouncing back and forth inside. Chen Guan walked to his room door and swiped his card to open it, something he hadn't done in a long time.

The door lock clicked open, and he pushed the door open.

The lights were on inside the room.

On the chair in front of the desk, a man wearing a dark gray casual jacket was sitting with his legs crossed, holding an apple in his hand, which he had half-eaten.

White Tiger.

Chen Guan stood at the door, his gaze meeting Bai Hu's for about two seconds.

Then he stepped back and closed the door again.

There was silence outside the door for three seconds.

White Tiger sat in a chair, took a bite of an apple, and called out towards the door.

Why are you closing the door?

The door reopened.

Chen Guan walked in, leaned the coffin against the corner of the wall, and did so skillfully and in one go.

He glanced at the chair occupied by the white tiger, then looked at his own bed.

The bed was neatly made and hadn't been touched.

However, this is undoubtedly my own room, regardless of how the door is opened.

One or two of them love to trespass on private property.

"When did you arrive?"

"About two hours ago."

The white tiger casually tossed the apple core into the trash can on the table with remarkable precision.

He had been secretly eating fruit from patients every day for a while, which helped him develop a skill for shooting three-pointers.

Chen Guan didn't dwell on the matter of the white tiger trespassing on private property, but instead asked...

"You've been missing from the North for a long time."

"Missing me?"

"no."

Baihu chuckled, put his leg down, placed his hands on his knees, and leaned forward slightly.

"I watched the closing ceremony from a distance. First place, not bad."

Chen Guan walked to the bedside and sat down, unbuttoning his coat, his tone indifferent.

"You didn't come all this way just to congratulate me."

"Of course not."

White Tiger took something out of the inside pocket of his coat and placed it on the table.