53: Tianyaqiong

Gu Yue just nodded like a chick pecking rice, her silver pigtails swaying on both sides.

Ever since Gu Yue sealed herself at a deeper level, she could no longer hide her original delicate appearance and hair color.

"Then do you still remember your name?" Shen Guyan asked, looking at her with a scrutinizing gaze.

Gu Yue immediately shook her head.

"Is that so..." Shen Guyan immediately had a plan in mind and said, "Because I, your brother, am called Tianya, your name is... Zhuo Tianqiong, Qiong."

"Qiong..." Gu Yue blinked her big black eyes, seemingly savoring the name.

"Yes, Qiong." Shen Guyan reached out and stroked Gu Yue's head, then took out two black hair ties he usually used from his pocket and tied them into butterfly shapes on Gu Yue's pigtails.

"Wow, so pretty." Gu Yue skipped to a mirror, looking at herself in the reflection: long, straight silver hair, black pupils, black bows, and fair skin.

Watching Gu Yue's happy expression, a hint of undetectable coldness flickered in the depths of Shen Guyan's eyes.

Now, he absolutely could not bring this person back to the Shen Family.

At least not until the Shen Family had the power to contend with the Beast God Di Tian and those Vicious Beasts, he absolutely could not return to the Shen Family! Once he appeared in the Shen Family, having offended the Vicious Beasts, he would become a death warrant for the Shen Family.

Whether Gu Yue was truly suffering from amnesia or faking it, she was in his hands, a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Vicious Beasts.

"Qiong, come here." Shen Guyan thought, waving to Gu Yue.

"What is it, Brother?" Gu Yue came closer. For some reason, she found that she only felt completely at ease in front of Shen Guyan.

Shen Guyan stared into her eyes: "Qiong, how many days have we been at Sea and Land Academy?"

"Hmm..." Gu Yue scratched her chin, "About... a week."

That long? Shen Guyan's expression changed. With him gone for so long, the entire Shen Family must be frantic.

He had to quickly report his safety to Old Master Shen and tell the Shen Family not to look for him for a short period.

Also, he couldn't use his own soul tool communicator number. Heaven knows where these Spirit Beasts, led by the Silver Dragon King, had extended their reach... Moreover, his legs seemed inconvenient for going out... Shen Guyan thought, then turned his gaze to Gu Yue beside him.

"Can you help Brother find a soul tool communicator, okay?" Shen Guyan pretended to dotingly rub her small head and slipped a stack of Federation Coin into her hand.

"Wow, Brother has so much money!" Gu Yue's big eyes sparkled, and she kept fumbling with the stack of banknotes Shen Guyan gave her.

"Be careful when you go out, don't get abducted by bad people." Shen Guyan couldn't help but tease.

Gu Yue shook her pigtails: "No way, Sea and Land Academy is very big, and the surrounding area has good public order."

"Okay, don't let anyone see all this money. Buy whatever you like with the rest." Shen Guyan instructed again, then patted her back reassuringly.

"Brother, I'm going out now!" Gu Yue excitedly stuffed the Federation Coin into her pocket and darted out.

Watching Gu Yue's disappearing figure, Shen Guyan finally sighed in relief and slowly lay down—

...Aolai City commoner district.

A living room of over ten square meters, a small kitchen, a bathroom, and two rooms less than ten square meters each—this was the entirety of a small home.

The young man collapsed onto his bed, and within moments, his breathing became even.

Beside him, a silver-haired girl stared blankly at him, trying hard to recall something.

She tightly hugged the new but very coarse cloth doll in her arms.

The young man had just bought it for her with his first month's wages. The doll's eyes were also purple, just like hers, and its hair was dyed silver by the young man himself after he bought dye.

In her mind, everything about him constantly echoed.

Only when she was with him, he was always full of smiles, trying every way to make her happy.

When someone tried to bully her, he would always stand in front of her first. No matter how strong the bad person was, his eyes only held stubbornness.

However, for some reason, her mind seemed to be filled with other memory fragments.

"What happened to the other me...?" The girl murmured, just staring blankly at the sleeping young man in front of her... Not long after, Gu Yue returned.

"That was fast." Shen Guyan sat up and saw that she had changed into a white dress and was holding a cute black bunny plushie, looking very adorable.

Clearly, the little girl had spent the remaining money on her own outfit.

Shen Guyan didn't care what Gu Yue bought with the money; he just needed an errand runner.

"Brother, here you go." Gu Yue obediently handed him a brand new soul tool communicator from her pocket.

"Good girl." Shen Guyan chuckled and casually glanced at the soul tool communicator. Although it wasn't as advanced as his own, it was enough as long as he could call Old Master Shen remotely.

"Brother, I also bought you candy!" Gu Yue remembered something, pulled out the last remaining candy from her pocket, peeled off the wrapper, and brought it to Shen Guyan's mouth.

soul tool communicators were not cheap, so this candy was clearly one of the things she could buy with the remaining money.

She only had this one candy left, but she offered it to her 'brother' who was injured in bed.

"Uh, you eat it yourself." Shen Guyan was stunned, immediately shaking off the strange emotion in his mind, and laughed.

"Brother, eat it." Gu Yue giggled and forcibly put the candy into Shen Guyan's mouth.

Shen Guyan, helpless, could only hold the candy in his mouth and rub Gu Yue's head, "You don't need to think about Brother. Next time I give you money, just buy what you like."

Unexpectedly, Gu Yue stubbornly shook her head: "Brother said that we depend on each other, so Brother is my only family. If there's anything good, I naturally have to think of Brother."

"You..." Shen Guyan was helpless.

At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and three girls entered one after another.

Judging solely by their clothing, the three girls were all students. The girl walking at the front had long, light golden hair, a slender but tall figure. She appeared very upright, with very bright eyes that easily drew attention.

Besides this golden-haired girl, he had seen the other two girls before; they were the twin sisters Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tianer.

"Wow, Little Brother, you're awake? How do you feel?" The lively Zhou Tianer immediately showed a surprised expression.

"Hello, my name is Wang Dongqi, twenty-first rank, Spirit Flash Thunder Sword." The golden-haired girl leading them looked at Shen Guyan and the other with curiosity and introduced herself.