Chapter 48 – On Top of the Tree (1/2)

While the stars were twinkling in the night sky, Chen Chang Sheng and Luo Luo were sitting on the floor enjoying their late night snack. It contained a few types of delightful desserts and two bowls of herb gruel with a side of salted meat. It delicious so the master and apprentice enjoyed themselves and didn’t speak a word during the meal.

After finishing the gruel and dessert, Luo Luo finally took a break and spoke. Thinking back to the carriage she saw near the side door of the Heavenly Academy, she couldn’t resist butask while chewing her salted meat. “Master, what kind of relationship do you have with the Dong Yu General’s Mansion?”

Chen Chang Sheng knew curiosity couldn’t be oppressed for a long time and was mentally prepared for her question. He casually answered a few sentences and wanted to switch the topic – his preparation was to fool her and use his status as the master to skip the questioning. It seemed like an easy task.

But tonight’s view was too beautiful and Luo Luo couldn’t resist her curiosity. She knew he didn’t want to answer and her black pupils started to move from one side to the other. She tried a few different possibilities, such as the trivial plots of a son of a friend or family feuds.

Chen Chang Sheng never knew her imagination was so rich and didn’t know how to answer. Therefore he kept his silence.

Luo Luo stared at the night sky full of stars above the Tradition Academy and thought. She picked up a small green orange that she previously got from the woods and chewed it. Suddenly, she let out a voice.

Chen Chang Sheng thought she was surprised by the sourness of the fruit and shook his head, “I told you it was too sour and inedible. Plus it is not good for the stomach.”

Luo Luo swallowed the green orange and she didn’t seem to be bothered by the sourness. She looked at Chen Chang Sheng surprisingly and said, “Master, are you vowed to marry to Xu You Rong when you were an infant?”

Chen Chang Sheng opened his mouth slightly and didn’t know what to say. On the side of respecting her imagination, he couldn’t help but to admit to the fact.

“Ah…..”

Before he made an response, Luo Luo waved her hands and embarrassment filled her face. “Silly me, how could I even think of such nonsense. How could it be possible? It’s that Xu You Rong we talking about.”

Chen Chang Sheng grew even more silent because he didn’t know what he should say. His mouth was closed bitterly and thought to himself ‘this marriage vow was way too ridiculous.’Even Luo Luo, who had nothing but utmost respect for him, would think like this too? Why is it impossible between him and Xu You Rong?

“Go back to sleep,” He thought for a second and told Luo Luo, “I have some business to take care of tomorrow, don’t come here too early.”

Luo Luo was nervous and said insecurely, “Master, are you angry?”

Chen Chang Sheng said, “Did you do anything today that would make me angry?’

Luo Luo thought hard and found she didn’t do anything that would anger her master. Previously on the Ivy Festival her actions are arrogant and not nice as usual, but since her master said he wouldn’t blame her, then of course he wouldn’t blame her.

Never did she realize that a causal word of her had hurt Chen Chang Sheng’s self-pride.

Since she said it causally, therefore he was hurt deeply.

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After Luo Luo left, Chen Chang Sheng cleaned out the lunch box on the floor and organized the books back onto the bookshelves and dimmed the light. He walked back to the library and glanced around, then left in the night as if he was saying goodbye.

After returning to the small building, he started packing his luggage and collected everything necessary into a box and drew out his short sword from his waist and started to meditate on his bed. He wasn’t absorbing the starlight and trying to Purify himself. He was waiting for people to show up.

Tonight’s Ivy Festival Luo Luo handicapped Tian Hai Ya Er. For sure she started a big trouble. That trouble would target her, target him, and mostly importantly target the Tradition Academy. He doesn’t know who would come for vengeance, but he knew that those people would be powerful.

He knew that Luo Luo’s background is mysterious and extraordinary. Or else the principle of Heavenly Academy, Mao Qiu Yu, wouldn’t protect her on the Ivy Festival. But the little monster she handicapped is the nephew of the Divine Queen, he was one of the Family of Tian Hai – the most terrifying Family in the entire continent.

From the beginning Chen Chang Sheng thought Luo Luo’s background would stop the people to not make trouble on the surface. But after Xu Shi JI said that the Heavenly Academy professor would commit suicide tonight, he didn’t have much hope in Luo Luo’s background anymore.

Nowadays even the Royal Chen Family is under the influence of Family of Tian Hai. Even the professor of Heavenly Academy would die due to the handicap of Tian Hai Ya Er. Then what should be expected for him and Luo Luo who directly caused the handicap of him? plus they around want to ruin the Tradition Academy.

He waited for the enemy’s arrival and was ready to leave. Although he would miss the Tradition Academy and next year’s Great Trail, but is done cannot be undone. Then at least he should leave a complete ending for this event.

In his plan, the entire Tradition Academy would turn into an ocean of flame later.

He had a plan to escape.

Tradition Academy would pay for the handicap of Tian Hai Ya Er and Luo Luo isn’t an ordinary character. For sure the enemy would be satisfied by this ending.

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This entire night.

Chen Chang Sheng sat alone in the room.

Only a old worn-out luggage sat near his feet.

He waited silently for another turning point in his life.

He waited with a patience unseen of peers his age.

No one knew that he waited in the Tradition Academy for an entire night. Even until countless years afterward no one knew. Only himself knew how long this night was and how hard did he struggle to stay and how much effort he put in.

Even until the sunlight shined on the school, nothing had happened.

This night, many people also paid attention to the Tradition Academy in silent.

Those people were just like him, they thought that the ruthless officials of the Department of Investigation would rush into the Tradition Academy at night and bring Chen Chang Sheng into the terrifying Jail of Zhou, or the xiuxingists of Li Palace would arrive at night and start slaughtering and fire in this place to burn the academy that Divine Queen hated into the ground.

But the above didn’t happen.

The sunlight was just like usual and the gong in the royal palace was stroke.

Chen Chang Sheng opened his eyes and walked to the window and glanced at the quiet sight of morning of the capital. He didn’t understand, then he realized.

Due to his request from last night, Luo Luo didn’t enter the Tradition Academy until noon. Of course, she didn’t forget to bring the heavy lunch box.

Chen Chang Sheng asked her to search for some information.

Before they finished their lunch, a message arrive from the other side of the wall. Luo Luo lowered her head and listened quietly for a while.

“No one saw the professor from the Heavenly Academy.”

She raised her head and looked at Chen Chang Sheng, “The vice principal receive a report, it should be the letter of resignation.”