Chapter 938 — No Banquet in This World Lasts Forever: "But remember, you must leave in secret, and you must leave quickly, before the Xiao family, the Yu family, and Zhao Qibing come looking for you! Once they come knocking, I fear you will not be able to leave even if you want to!" Old Master Chu reminded him.

"I understand, Father!" Gu Pengzhan nodded. "Xiaoyi should have left by now. I will go back and pack at once, and take Yaoyao with me to follow him tonight!"

The Gu family villa.

Wei Zhao had no real luggage, only a small bundle holding the few sets of clothes the young miss had given him, the Ten-Thousand-Year Spring wooden box he had won at the auction, and those two fragmentary maps whose purpose he still did not know...

These past two days, Wei Zhao had done his utmost to avoid running into Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. Who could be heartless when flesh and blood feel? Wei Zhao had feelings for the young miss and for Xiaoshu as well! One might even say they were much the same as what he felt for Tang Yun.

After all, day after day in each other's company, he had come to like both girls—one cold on the outside but warm within, the other silly on the outside but not silly at all inside.

Yet whether Wei Zhao was willing to face it or not, the day of parting had come at last.

In the living room, Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu sat silently on the sofa, watching Wei Zhao pack in his room, a quiet sorrow settling over them.

"Yaoyao, is Brother Shield really leaving?" Shen Yushu's eyes reddened again. This time she spoke unlike her usual self—the playful tone was gone, replaced by something dull and heavy...

"Yes, he's leaving!" Gu Mengyao nodded.

"So it's true... this day really has come..." Shen Yushu sighed.

"Yes, it's true..." Gu Mengyao nodded again.

"Yaoyao, I want to go with him," Shen Yushu said suddenly.

"What nonsense are you talking? How could you possibly go with him?" Gu Mengyao shook her head with a smile. "The college entrance exam is almost upon us. Are you going to skip it? Are you going to quit school?"

"Oh." Shen Yushu nodded.

"Come on, let's go see Wei Zhao and ask whether he needs any help." Gu Mengyao rose to her feet and walked toward Wei Zhao's bedroom.

Once, Gu Mengyao had loathed this bedroom; wherever Wei Zhao was, she would keep her distance. She did not know when it had begun, but that feeling had changed without her noticing. She had grown used to Wei Zhao's presence, used to the fact that this room belonged to Wei Zhao.

Gu Mengyao had come to regard Wei Zhao as part of the villa, used to that small happiness that came with having him there...

"Wei Zhao, do you need our help?" Gu Mengyao walked in and stood at the doorway, staring blankly at Wei Zhao's back as she asked.

"Heh..." Wei Zhao smiled. "No need. I don't have much luggage—just the few sets of clothes you gave me. I've packed them..."

Gu Mengyao's nose suddenly stung, and she felt an urge to cry. Wei Zhao was leaving, yet he had not forgotten to take the clothes she had given him. She was deeply moved...

"Will you think of me and Xiaoshu, then?" Gu Mengyao asked.

"Of course I will..." Wei Zhao nodded. "These memories will be beautiful. I will treasure them all my life."

"I... will too!" Gu Mengyao summoned her courage and said softly.

"And me!" Shen Yushu said. "Brother Shield, you can't forget me either!"

"I could forget Yaoyao, but never you," Wei Zhao said with a laugh.

"Hmph!" Hearing this, the young miss did not know whether to laugh or cry.

"All right, I'm off." Wei Zhao picked up the bundle on the bed, turned around, and walked toward the door.

But the young miss and Shen Yushu stood in the doorway and did not step aside as Wei Zhao came over.

"There is no banquet in this world that does not end, is there?" Wei Zhao said with a smile. "My duty is finished. When the new bodyguard arrives, don't be so unguarded. It is actually quite easy for me to go upstairs—be careful he doesn't steal the young miss."

"How hateful!" Gu Mengyao's face flushed red. She glared at Wei Zhao, wanting to say, Then why don't you come upstairs? But she could not get the words out... This was no joke. Wei Zhao was leaving—how could she laugh?

"Heh, take care of yourself. General Weiwu can be trusted—he is very formidable. He can handle ordinary enemies!" Wei Zhao nodded to the young miss and said.

"Mm..." Gu Mengyao knew that what Wei Zhao said was true. She could hardly keep blocking the doorway and stop him from leaving, so she could only pull Xiaoshu aside. But in her heart, she was so very sad!

Wei Zhao slung the pack onto his back, left his room, and strode to the villa's front door—yet his steps paused for a moment...

He, too, felt a pang of sorrow. This was the mission he had been most reluctant to leave, and also his greatest failure.

"Brother Shield!" Shen Yushu suddenly called out to Wei Zhao.

"Hm?" Wei Zhao turned his head and looked at Shen Yushu. "What is it, Xiaoshu?"

"After your strength recovers, will you come back? Come back to the villa?" Shen Yushu asked.

"If my strength recovers to a level higher than before, I will come back!" Wei Zhao nodded and said.

But Wei Zhao knew this would be very hard. He said it only to comfort Shen Yushu. External martial arts and internal martial arts were not the same: once external skill reached a certain level, it struck a limit—a bottleneck a hundred times harder to break through than the bottleneck of the internal school.

To train the external school to a level surpassing his former strength, he would need at least the strength of the mid Mystic rank.

"Mm!" Shen Yushu nodded. "Then it's a promise! If your strength recovers to higher than before, you have to stay in the villa forever and ever, with me and Yaoyao!"

"It's a promise!" Wei Zhao nodded with a smile.

"I want to pinky-swear!" Shen Yushu ran over and held out her little finger.

"Heh, all right!" Somewhat helplessly, Wei Zhao hooked fingers with Shen Yushu and even sealed it with a thumbprint...

"Pinky swear, hang and die, a hundred years no change—whoever breaks it is General Weiwu!" Shen Yushu said.

Wei Zhao nodded. It really was time for him to go.

Goodbye, Songshan City. Goodbye, villa... Goodbye, all the people he knew so well.

"Woof, woof..." General Weiwu seemed to sense the sorrowful mood as well, and barked at Wei Zhao, unwilling to let him go.

"Heh, General Weiwu, protect Yaoyao and Xiaoshu well!" Wei Zhao had great confidence in this highly intelligent, high-level Yellow-rank dog. Its intelligence was remarkable; he guessed it could understand the conversations between him and Yaoyao and Xiaoshu.

Otherwise, it would not have reacted so strongly every day when Wei Zhao left the house.

"Woof, woof!" General Weiwu ran swiftly to Wei Zhao, leaped up, and flung itself into his arms.

"All right, a hug. Goodbye, General Weiwu..." But Wei Zhao stopped halfway through his words. His expression abruptly turned strange; his mouth fell open, and he was too astonished to speak.

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