Two days later, everything settled down. The deceased are put to rest. Sitting inside a small pavilion on the hillside, Kuo Lok and Bazar Batu listened to the sound of water rushing downstream.
Kuo Lok asked, "Batu, are you not having fun?"
Bazar Batu frowned, "I feel sorry for Ma ge."
Kuo Lok, "How so?"
Bazar Batu, "Many years ago, I met with Ma ge. After listening to his story, he loves Mu Dishi a lot." He looked at Kuo Lok and asked, "Lok ge ge, can two men really love each other? I mean the kind of love that he would rather die than living with his partner?"
Kuo Lok gently rubbed Bazar Batu's head and said, "You are smarter than me. If you don't know the answer to the question, how would I know?"
Bazar Batu looked at Kuo Lok and asked, "Lok ge ge, if one day I can no longer play with you, eat with you, travel the martial arts world freely with you, will you miss me and feel sad?"
Kuo Lok nodded, "Mm…"
Bazar Batu sighed and walked out of the pavilion. He looked at the waterfall and said, "If someone loves me like Ma ge love Mu Dishi, I don't care if they are a man or a woman. I will devote myself completely to him."
Kuo Lok walked to Bazar Batu, "Do you really mean it?"
Bazar Batu turned around, but eventually bumped into Kuo Lok's large chest. He frowned, "Lok ge ge, you don't have to stand that close to me."
Kuo Lok, "Oh, I'm sorry." He took three steps back. "Is this far enough?"
Bazar Batu burst out laughing.
Kuo Lok looked at Bazar Batu and smiled, "Batu, I…I…"
Bazar Batu, "What about you?"
Kuo Lok, "I like you."
Bazar Batu, "I already know." He turned and looked at the waterfall.
Kuo Lok said slowly, "I like you, like Ma-xiong like Mu Dishi."
Bazar Batu smiled and looked at the pond. He turned around looked at Kuo Lok and teased, "When? How come I don't have a clue."
Kuo Lok said shyly, "Since I kissed you for the first time."
Bazar Batu gasped and asked, "Really?"
Kuo Lok looked at Bazar Batu then down at his feet, "You…do you like me?"
Bazar Batu continued teasing Kuo Lok, "I don't know. Maybe it's because Ma ge love Mu Dishi too much, so I think someone should loves me like that. I am going to ask Ma ge to love me."
Kuo Lok's expression changed, but then he said, "Well, let's go and ask him together."
Bazar Batu smiled and approached. He asked, "Lok ge ge, are you angry?"
Kuo Lok, "No." He turned away.
Bazar Batu smiled and jumped onto Kuo Lok's back. He said, "Should we go back?"
Kuo Lok, "If you want."
Bazar Batu, "Let's go back." Kuo Lok began to walk, carrying Bazar Batu back to Shaolin Temple. "Lok ge ge, I was joking a moment ago. I only regard him as my good brother." He gently kissed Kuo Lok's right cheek and whispered in Kuo Lok's ear. "Lok ge ge, I like you too."
When Kuo Lok and Bazar Batu arrived at Shaolin Gate, Yan Zhanjin and Chen Dandan were waiting for them.
Bazar Batu joked, "I didn't know you two would come out to greet us in person."
Yan Zhanjin, "Joke on you. Your brother and your two sister-in-laws are here."
Bazar Batu was taken aback, "What?" He looked around searching for his brother and sisters in law. "This is not good." He grabbed Kuo Lok's hand. "Look ge ge, let's get out of here before my brother see me."
Bazar Bataar walked out of the side door with Lee Jia and Lee Jie. He yelled, "Batu! Stop right there."
Bazar Batu, "Ge, I thought you were dead."
Lee Jia, "Batu, joking about death is not funny. Mother sent a letter state that father had fallen ill, he might not make it."
Bazar Batu heart dropped, "Really?"
Lee Jie, "Yes, we are going back home."
The next morning, on the pier of Tian Dingfeng, Bazar Bataar and his two wives were waiting for Bazar Batu, to said goodbye to Kuo Lok, Yan Zhanjin, and Chen Dandan.
Chen Dandan smiled at Bazar Batu, "Batu, you have a safe journey home."
Bazar Batu said, "Yan-xiong please keep an eye on Ma ge."
Yan Zhanjin, "Don't worry about us. We decided to join Jinfeng Sect, and I promise I will look after him."
Chen Dandan, "We may be too old to be good martial artists, but Wenqian jie jie said that we can learn a lot to protect ourselves in dangerous situations."
Bazar Batu said, "Good enough as far as I see it. Good luck to both of you."
Chen Dandan looked at Kuo Look and said, "We will wait for you."
Yan Zhanjin and Chen Dandan walked away.
Bazar Batu said sadly, "When I know that my father is doing good, I will come back and visit you."
Kuo Lok, "I understand."
Bazar Batu said, "Lok ge ge, don't be sad. I promised." He looked at him. "Lower down your head." Kuo Lok lowered his head, and Bazar Batu kissed his forehead. "Even if my father is in poor health, if he forces me to marry again, I will run back to you." He smiled and stepped into the boat.
Kuo Lok watched Bazar Batu wave to him and smiled. He watched the boat sail further and further away from the dock. Then he walked alongside the riverbank and looked at Bazar Batu until the boat drifted far away.
When they sailed far away and he could only see the small figure of Kuo Lok, Bazar Batu shouted out, "Lok ge ge. I like you!"
Kuo Lok murmured softly, "Batu, I love you." He waited there until he could no longer see the boat before he decided to leave.
When Kuo Lok returned to the street, he saw Yan Zhanjin and Chen Dandan sitting at a table. He sat next to Yan Zhanjin.
Yan Zhanjin smiled disgustingly, "How can anyone eat these things?" He pushed the stinky tofu away.
Chen Dandan, "Don't you remember that Batu said he is smart because he ate stinky tofu. You tell me you have to be smart, well, then you have to eat these stinky tofu."
Yan Zhanjin, "No, I refuse to eat it. It stinks so much, take it away from me."
Kuo Lok looked at Yan Zhanjin and Chen Dandan, then he began to smile. Before he came to Central Plains, he thought he would go back to see his mother stays for a few weeks, then go back to stay with his brother, but he didn't know that his journey to Central Plains would bring him to meet many new people. He smiled at Yan Zhanjin and Chen Dandan and took the stinky tofu from Yan Zhanjin.
Kuo Lok smiled and said, "I will eat it."
Yan Zhanjin pulled the stinky tofu back and said, "No way, you can't be smart. Right now, I am currently the smarter person between the three of us."
The three friends sitting on the street happily eating their stinky tofu.