The moon hung high in the sky.
Everything became extremely abnormal!
The Aquipeia Forest would grow more and more lively!
"Ye Feng!"
Ye Feng!!
Tang Hao shouted at the top of his voice.
Ye Feng failed to respond for quite a while.
Could he really be dead? That would actually be good, exactly what I want.
Tang Hao walked over to Ye Feng, crouched down beside him, and then shook the body a few times with his hand.
Ye Feng showed no reaction, perhaps he really was dead!
For Tang Hao, this was a good thing!
Just half an hour ago, Ye Feng was perfectly fine, and now he lay motionless on the ground.
This perplexed Tang Hao.
"Ye Feng, stop playing dead and get up! If you don't wake up soon, believe it or not, I'll smash you into a meat paste with the Hao Tian Hammer,"
said Tang Hao in a stern manner.
At this moment, he did not feel happy at all because Xiaowu still had not woken up. He had promised Xiaosan to bring Xiaowu back safely, but instead of doing that, she had been injured!
"Boom—"
Indeed, without a second word, he swung the hammer down directly.
Even Tang Hao couldn't believe what he was seeing—Ye Feng's body formed a huge crater upon impact with the ground!
This scene was all too familiar!
Fleeting images reminiscent of the past emerged once again in his mind.
Tang Hao felt that it couldn't possibly be this easy to kill Ye Feng, knowing full well he was not one to be easily dispatched by Tang Hao!
So under normal circumstances, no matter how foolish Ye Feng was, he would not die under the hammer!
"You dead man, trying to fool me again."
At this moment, Tang Hao had an epiphany.
A Substitute!
Ye Feng used a Substitute to deceive his opponent, yet Tang Hao instantly saw through it!
It must be said, the old ginger is spicier!
But how had the cheeky boy managed to slip away right under Tang Hao's watch?
He used a trick to fool Tang Hao!
Of course, it was when Tang Hao retaliated that Ye Feng released a soul skill to confront him, and the Substitute immediately took his place.
"Well done! You've managed to run away again,"
said Tang Hao angrily.
What's the use of getting angry now that the person has slinked away!!
"Xiaowu—!"
Xiaowu.
A familiar voice.
"No good, I almost forgot about Xiaowu."
As the familiar voice drew ever closer to Tang Hao.
Had it not been for that familiar voice, Xiaowu could have been easily forgotten!
When he returned to where he had been previously, he discovered Xiaowu had disappeared.
"What, how can she have vanished, this isn't supposed to happen."
Indeed, an event that shouldn't have occurred had surprisingly happened to him.
"Xiaowu, my Xiaosan, where the hell are you?!"
"I'm searching for you so desperately; if you can hear my voice, please come out quickly!"
Xiaowu didn't hear his voice, but his father heard it very clearly.
"Xiaosan, my Xiaosan, why have you come?"
Tang Hao appeared before him looking utterly disheveled.
His father had clearly been through a horrifying ordeal not long before, but fortunately, he was still alive.
"Father, what has happened to you?"
Tang San's eyes brimmed with tears!!
He did not know who had tormented his father to this state.
At that moment, he was not around to help, able only to watch helplessly as his father was bullied by outsiders.
"Father, just tell me who did this to you, and I will avenge you."
Tang San spoke bluntly.
Tears welled up in his eyes, almost spilling out, but how could he easily let them fall in front of his father!
Otherwise, his father would look down on him, thinking he was a useless man!
"I'm fine. Before you found me, I fought with Ye Feng. It's all my fault for not being careful enough; he slipped away again."
"This Ye Feng is getting craftier by the day. Next time I encounter him, I definitely won't let him off."
Tang Hao cursed angrily.
So it was Ye Feng who treated my father like this behind my back.
Ye Feng, you couldn't find me yourself, could you, so you just had to pick a solo fight with my father?
I shouldn't have shown mercy to you from the start; I should have taken you down there and then.
I really damn well regret it.
Tang San muttered to himself.
"Sigh! My Xiaowu, I have no idea how she's doing now. On my way here, I kept vaguely hearing Xiaowu's voice, but when I followed the direction of the sound, I couldn't find a trace of Xiaowu."
This was the first time seeing the son before him sigh like this.
Just for a girl, he seemed like an old man, vexed over troubles!
Tang Hao frowned as he looked at Tang San.
He then shook his head.
"Xiaosan, there is something I must confess to you."
Tang Hao said with a serious demeanor.
Facing Xiaosan before him, he didn't know whether he should really tell him the truth, that Xiaowu's disappearance was partially his own father's responsibility.
If he did speak out, would Tang San forgive him?
"Father, you don't look well. Are you feeling unwell? How about I find a place for you to sit down and rest? It's getting late; we can continue our journey tomorrow and look for Xiaowu to see where she might be."
Tang San said with an indifferent tone.
His father just nodded.
Feeling that Xiaosan was right, it was time to find a place to have a proper talk.
Mistakes made must be confessed in time—not kept bottled up inside!
"Hiss—!"
Flames ignited on the ground.
The father and son sat by the campfire.
"Xiaosan, is Xiaowu from Shrek Academy really that important to you? Today I saw Xiaowu in the forest, but I didn't stop her in time and then she disappeared in a blink of an eye."
Tang Hao said to him.
At that moment, Tang San's eyes widened as he looked at his father.
Is this some kind of mistake? You actually saw her but didn't stop her even though you know how important she is to me!
Telling me you saw Xiaowu makes no difference from not finding her at all.
"You saw Xiaowu, why didn't you tell me sooner?"
Tang San asked his father.
"If it weren't for Ye Feng causing me trouble, could Xiaowu have gotten lost? I really want to help you find Xiaowu, but an accident happened; it's not that I didn't want to help you, Xiaosan."
"Xiaosan, it's all my fault for being incapable, unable to help you."
Tang Hao said, looking aggrieved.
If he told the truth, even if Xiaowu hadn't shown up, Tang Hao probably wouldn't have intended to bring Xiaowu back anyway!
After all, it was him who had told Xiaowu himself not to appear before his Xiaosan ever again.
This was an irreparable hurt for Xiaosan.
"It's okay; it's not your fault. If there's anyone to blame, it's Ye Feng; he spoiled my plans. Xiaosan's disappearance must be related to him."
Knowing that Xiaowu and he were inseparably linked!
"It seems that Ye Feng must still be in the forest. I'll go find him right away."
Only by finding Ye Feng can I find Xiaowu!
"Have you lost your mind, going alone to find Ye Feng?"
Tang Hao was worried. Now Tang San's emotions were very unstable; pushed to madness, he could do anything!
Mentioning Xiaowu, he looked like a madman!
His love for Xiaowu surpassed the love of a father.
At this moment, Tang Hao's heart felt bitterly cold; it was the very thing he didn't want to hear, yet today, right here, he could feel how important Xiaowu was to Tang San.
"Yes, Father, Xiaowu is also my family. She has had no relatives since she was young; now I'm her only family."
Tang San said to him.
The old father couldn't believe that his son could be so kind to such a degree!
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