The venue for the college recruitnt event was bustling with people, lively and noisy.
Bai Mo looked at Zhang Jian in the crowd, and the back of his father Zhang Qiunian, feeling peculiar in his heart.
"Zhang Qiunian is Giant Food Mountain Liang Hong?"
"These two nas, they don’t seem connected, right?"
"Things like real nas, pseudonyms, stage nas, shouldn’t they have so connection or implication?"
But on second thought, no one really said there had to be?
Not having a connection might actually make it more hidden and clever?
Bai Mo twitched the corners of his mouth, simply finding the nearest bench, sitting near a pillar, spreading his Divine Sense like an invisible breeze to listen to the conversation between Zhang Jian and Zhang Qiunian.
Amidst the crowd, Zhang Jian’s voice was choked with emotion.
"...Dad, are you leaving today?"
"Why don’t you wait until I get the admission letter, or wait until I report to college, you can send off and then leave?"
Zhang Qiunian was busy looking at his phone, sending ssages, and was slightly stunned at this mont.
"Ah?
"Is there any need for that?"
"I’ve committed murder, and soon they will co for . I must escape quickly, there’s not enough ti to play around with you.
"Don’t be unreasonable."
Zhang Jian frowned, his expression twisting, not understanding his father’s reaction.
"I understand too.
"You indeed need to run quickly.
"But isn’t going to college the most important event of my life?
"I always thought that a father sending his son to college had a sense of ceremony..."
Zhang Qiunian put down his phone and snickered.
"What kind of ceremony?
"Do you think going to college will change anything? Will it make you successful?
"Back in my day, my grades were two levels better than yours. I attended the best geology university.
"But now? Isn’t this where I’ve ended up?
"That stuff is limited in utility.
"The college you qualify for with your scores is even more useless.
"Looking at you reminds of myself back then, going to college with such youthful ambition... Damn, so naïve. Heh heh heh.
"I’ve been pondering, why did I end up like this?
"Where did it go wrong?
"Was it my fault? Society’s fault? Or soone else’s fault?
"Later, I figured everyone was a bit wrong, maybe.
"Now, an opportunity has co!
"Maybe the world can change, maybe at this table, we can reshuffle the cards.
"I must seize this chance!"
Zhang Jian furrowed his brow.
"Dad, what do you an?"
Zhang Qiunian shook his head.
"You don’t need to understand.
"Anyway, it has nothing to do with you.
"Today your father, upon leaving, will no longer be that exploited worker bullied by foolish executives.
"In the future, there will be a new identity and new things to do."
Saying this, Zhang Qiunian even smiled, looking relieved.
Then he glanced over the crowd at the event hall, a greedy and manic light even emitting from his eyes!
Zhang Jian’s expression twisted further, feeling increasingly uncomfortable.
"Dad, will you co back to see Mom?
"Will you co back to see ?"
Zhang Qiunian pursed his lips.
"Actually... your mom and you... how do I say this.
"Marrying your mom was the biggest mistake I made over these years.
"Raising you was the most miserable failure I’ve experienced over these years.
"If one day I return just to take a distant look at you... um... that would be reminiscing about bitter tis.
"Um, no, I probably won’t see you.
"Alright, enough pointless talk, it’s ti for to go.
"Son, goodbye, never to et again."
This disheveled middle-aged man turned and left, with the corners of his mouth slightly upturned and steps carrying a hint of lightness.
He indeed would never see Zhang Jian again... because from his mouth and nose, Fire Toad Immortal Qi was ceaselessly spewing.
He took out his phone, quickly sending a ssage to Mu Tianren.
[Senior Brother Mu, co to the convention center in fifteen minutes, collect the living ashes]
[The future of the brothers is in your hands!]
He grinned, pocketing his phone.
The Fire Toad Immortal Qi spewing from his mouth and nose was colorless, odorless, shapeless, and formless, spreading throughout the venue, engulfing the entire hall, infiltrating the body of each parent, and the body of each student, seeping into the body of his son squatting behind him, face buried in his knees, trembling slightly.
He saw the convention center bustling with people, lively and noisy.
Parents and students were discussing majors with teachers, discussing aspirations.
"Student, with this score, you can apply to our school, but I suggest choosing a backup major..."
"Ah, this way, I guarantee you will match your top three majors!"
"Teacher, can I file with this score?"
...so were joyful, others anxious. But everyone was inhaling the sa Fire Toad Immortal Qi, accumulating the sa fire poison within their bodies.
Zhang Qiunian walked further and further, suddenly feeling Zhang Jian’s gaze follow again, causing him frustration, gritting his teeth, baring his mouth, turning to walk towards the most crowded place, wanting to conceal his figure with the dense crowd, blocking his son’s gaze.
He walked all the way, unknowingly arriving beside a secluded bench.
Unknowingly, he sat on this bench, near the pillar.
"Huh?"
He suddenly sensed sothing abnormal!
Isn’t he supposed to leave the convention center imdiately?
How did he inexplicably, as if possessed, co to sit on this bench?
He was about to stand up... but found his legs already numb!
He wanted to shout... but found his mouth already numb!
Sitting on this bench, leaning his shoulder against the adjacent pillar, his posture relaxed, but his entire body had shockingly lost control.
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