Douluo Continent: Getting Stronger After Heartbreak

"Bang!"

Just as Qin Jian was struggling, a golden light suddenly descended from the sky.

It kicked away the darkness surrounding him in an instant.

"elder brother!"

Xiao Wu's figure instantly appeared in front of Qin Jian, and then her long legs swept across, scattering the dark hands around him.

"Xiao Wu?"

Qin Jian stared in disbelief: "You...you're not an illusion!"

"Of course not, you silly brother!"

Xiao Wu kept teleporting around him, erasing the darkness that surged up one by one.

"Then why did you pretend not to know me during the day?" Qin Jian asked.

"I wasn't pretending. I really didn't have my own consciousness back then," Xiao Wu said. "The nine of us only had consciousness in the dark; we didn't have it in the light."

"nine?!"

Qin Jian was shocked: "You've all gotten in? Does that mean we're all trapped here?"

"Trapped here? Why?"

As Xiao Wu dispelled the darkness, she asked, "Isn't this the world you created yourself, brother?"

"To immerse myself in this realistic illusion, I need to set rules to bind me," Qin Jian said, shaking his head. "And the rules I set are to find Na'er and Gu Yue."

"Has brother found them yet? Isn't Gu Yuena a combination of them?" Xiao Wu asked with concern.

Qin Jian shook his head and said, "That's Na'er's consciousness, not Gu Yuena. Gu Yuena is still nowhere to be found."

Xiao Wu comforted him, "At least we found Na'er, brother, don't worry."

Qin Jian nodded.

"By the way, brother, why don't you let Na'er stay in the school dormitory? Sister Poseidon is the dormitory supervisor," Xiao Wu suddenly said. "That way, she can get timely rescue if there is any danger, because we don't just appear randomly. We can only come over if we are near you."

"What do you mean?" Qin Jian didn't understand.

Xiao Wu explained, "My character realized she forgot something after school, so she walked back through the school gate and into the darkness, which is why I was able to appear. If it weren't for that, no one could have saved you now."

"So, Na'er and I have to stay near the characters you're playing," Qin Jian said.

"Um."

Xiao Wu nodded: "The darkness has been dispelled, and my consciousness will be taken away with it. Good luck, brother!"

As she spoke, she gradually disappeared into the darkness.

"Bang."

As if the mirror of space had been shattered, Qin Jian returned to the school gate, while Xiao Wu walked past him into the school.

"I'm caught in this siege, but what about Na'er? Will she suffer the same fate?"

Qin Jian suddenly frowned: "Xiao Wu and the others joined the guardians later, so they have power, but originally, my consciousness, Na'er's consciousness, and Gu Yue's consciousness were all trapped here, and we don't have any special abilities..."

"Where can I find her... how can I find her safely..."

He hesitated in front of the school gate.

"Huh? Qin Jian? You're not home yet?"

Just then, a very familiar voice came from behind.

Qin Jian turned around in surprise: "Principal Dong... uh..."

Hearing Bibi Dong's voice was like a godsend, but seeing her sitting in a sleek, wine-red supercar momentarily disrupted his train of thought.

You, the school principal, drive a sports car? Are you rich?

"What's wrong, Qin Jian?"

The Pope Principal looked amiable: "Do you seem to be waiting for someone, Gu Yuena?"

She had expected such teasing to make the boy blush, but Qin Jian immediately adopted an anxious expression: "Principal, do you know where Gu Yuena lives? She left something very important with me!"

"Something very important?"

Bibi Dong smiled and said, "Of course I know her family. After all, I've visited the homes of promising students like you. But aren't you afraid of being kicked out by her parents for coming here like this?"

Clearly, she believed that Qin Jian was just using this as an excuse to see Gu Yuena.

"Young people, don't get caught up in romance. You all have bright futures ahead of you. Don't let your future selves regret it," she advised.

Qin Jian: "..."

"Principal, I really have something very important to tell her." He adopted a sincere demeanor.

"You said you had something to give me a moment ago, but now it's like you have something to say?"

Bibi Dong looked like she saw right through him: "Alright, alright, go home now. It's not like we won't see each other tomorrow."

Qin Jian's mind raced, and a brilliant idea struck him: "Principal, I promise that what I say to her won't affect my studies, and it will even help me. I want to make a promise with her to get into Tsinghua or Peking University together."

"Hmm? Is that so? The promise we made about the future back in our student days..."

Bibi Dong chuckled softly, then waved her hand: "Come on, get in the car, I'll go with you."

Qin Jian was overjoyed.

As it turns out, even a sports car can't reach speeds of over 50 mph in the city, and you also have to avoid all sorts of bumpy roads, so the speed isn't very fast.

Along the way, Qin Jian didn't have time to talk to Bibi Dong; he kept looking around, hoping to catch a glimpse of Gu Yuena.

"Hmm? What's that over there..."

Ten minutes later, Bibi Dong suddenly stopped the car at an alley entrance.

"You slut! All you do is seduce men!"

"I warned you before, don't you dare get close to Qin Jian, didn't you hear me?!"

"..."

Several high school girls grabbed one girl by the long hair, and another girl slapped her across the face.

Qin Jian glanced at it, and a surge of heat rushed to his mind, instantly engulfing him in a violent rage.

He practically jumped out of the car and rushed forward, yelling, "You...get out!"

The afternoon practice of Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) did have an effect; I could easily take down several high school girls, knocking them all down in seconds.

"Na'er, are you alright?"

Qin Jian knelt down in front of the girl, but she just covered her face and shook her head repeatedly, saying, "I...I'm fine..."

"Let me see if your face is injured."

Qin Jian tried to pull her hand away, but she held it tightly, her voice trembling with tears: "I... I must look really ugly right now, please... please don't look at me, okay..."

Qin Jian then understood why she was covering her face.

"Na'er..."

His voice softened slightly: "No matter what you are like, you are the most beautiful Na'er in my heart."

"Really...really...?"

Gu Yuena looked up in a daze.

"Um!"

Qin Jian nodded firmly.

"Whoa!"

She suddenly burst into tears, loosening her grip on him and sobbing, "They...they're so awful! I'm too afraid to be close to you, and they even tried to hit me!"

Qin Jian clenched his fist, then slowly relaxed it, gently patting her back: "It's alright...it's alright..."

"My school has bullying too?"

Bibi Dong walked over at this moment, her beautiful eyes filled with a cold glint: "Trying to lay a hand on the promising talents I've set my sights on? Hmph! I'll make sure they drop out of school tomorrow!"

Qin Jian suddenly looked up and asked, "Won't they hold a grudge and keep an eye on Na'er every day?"

Bibi Dong frowned: "We can't just worry about this and not punish anyone."

"Principal, for this last month, could we all stay at the school? It's just a temporary arrangement," Qin Jian suggested.

Bibi Dong's eyes lit up: "That's a good idea. Come on, I'll take you to discuss it with your parents."