"Admiring younger brother!"

  Several disciples from the inner courtyard walked out, laughing and chatting, just in time to see Mu Junwu, who immediately called out to him. However, Mu Junwu seemed not to have heard and silently passed by them without a word, leaving the crowd of disciples extremely embarrassed.

  "He doesn't care about people anymore."

  "Isn't this normal too? He often doesn't even bother with his master."

  Everyone deliberately spoke loudly, wanting Mu Junwu to react, but at this moment, Mu Junwu was really deaf to it. At this moment, his heart was like a stormy sea!

  No cure? She actually said this poison is incurable?

  I racked my brains to replicate the same poison, just wanting to ask for a way out, but... even she couldn't solve it!

  Mo Jun's face gradually turned pale, he felt that everything in front of him was losing color...

  ……

  At noon, Huahua returned to the poison room and handed over the medicinal herbs she had picked in the morning to Ziqi and the others.

  "This is for today." Zi Hua handed a new list of medicinal herbs to Hua Rou while handing her the small painting.

  "Still want to adopt?"

  Hua Rou was somewhat surprised, as she had deliberately avoided Tang Xiao for the past few days, and indeed nothing unexpected happened. She had also become familiar with the herbs during this time, so it only took her one morning to collect a day's worth of them.

  "Our scores are temporarily lagging behind, if there's no problem later on, we should be able to keep our second-class ranking, but in the future, we're going to learn the peerless poison technique, I heard that this poison technique requires a huge amount of materials, so we must rush to first-class."

  Zi Qi picked out the herbs she needed and gave an answer without even lifting her head.

  "I understand. I'll go to the house exchange and redeem my points, then head over," said Hua Rou as she opened the box and counted its contents in front of Zi Hua and Zi Qi before leaving for the house exchange.

  After she left, Zi Hua took out a porcelain bottle from his bosom.

  "Changed?" Ziqi looked at Zihua with anticipation in her eyes.

  "Hmm, when I went to collect the poison, I took advantage of Linlin's carelessness and secretly swapped one out." Zi Hua handed the porcelain bottle to Zi Qi with a sly smile all over his face.

  Zi Qi grabbed it and opened it for a sniff, also laughing: "You're really something, this 'ten drops of water' was Lin Lin's responsibility to make, naturally she took the blame when things went wrong."

  Zi Hua smiled and took back the porcelain bottle, immediately rushing to the west wing house across from her, where she dripped a few drops of poison into Hua Rong's teapot before hastily leaving.

  ……

  Hua Rou had just finished exchanging her points in the House of Industry and was about to leave after confirming that everything was correct, when she ran into Tang Liu'er, whom she hadn't seen for many days.

  "These days I've been busy in the darkroom making camera parts, unaware of what's going on outside. As soon as I came out, people told me you were bullied? Who bullied you? Let me help you take care of them!"

  "It's all in the past now, no one bullies me anymore."

  It's all in the past, no need to stir up trouble again. Hua Rou is grateful for Tang Liu'er's concern and doesn't want him to be at odds with his family or Tang Feiyan. "Is that so? Well, from now on, if anyone dares to bully you, just mention my name, Tang Liu'er, and they'll keep their distance!"

  "It sounds like you're probably the most formidable in the Tang Sect?"

  "Of course, at Tangmen, apart from being unable to beat Brother Jian, who else can I lose to?"

  "Brother Mu!" Hua Rou said without hesitation: "You seem to have never won against him before?"

  Tang Liu's smile on his face immediately fell, and he sighed: "Alas, who said it wasn't? I look for him to challenge every day, but lose every day. I don't know if someone as formidable as him would lose to Qi Wang."

  "Brother Mu will definitely not lose!" Hua Rou immediately transformed into a supporter of Mu Junwu, cheering him on.

  Tang Liu's eyes slanted as he looked at Hua Rou: "You really believe him?"

  "Exactly! Just like you believe in Brother Tang Ji!"

  Tang Liu raised an eyebrow: "But to be honest, I think Mu Junwu is still a bit afraid of me."

  "How is that possible?"

  Tang Liu rubbed his chin with a pleased expression: "You don't know, I went to find him for a match as soon as I came out today. He wasn't in the institute's building, and when I asked other disciples, they said he had left early in the morning. I waited in the institute until noon before coming out! Think about it, he didn't show up all morning, he must be afraid of losing to me and hiding from me!"

  "Brother Mo is not afraid of you!" Hua Rou stuck out her tongue at Tang Liu and said, "I won't talk to you anymore, you can just stay here and daydream, I'm going to pick some herbs, see you later!"

  Mojunwu reminded her that she couldn't tell anyone about his affairs, so Huajou didn't dare mention it even though she knew Mojunwu was busy with the Five Directions Array.

  She hurried to the medicine field to prepare for picking herbs, but unexpectedly saw Mu Junwu sitting in the medicine field with his head raised and looking into the distance.

  "Missing big brother?"

  Hua Rou was very surprised, wasn't he busy with the Five Directions Formation? How did he end up here?

  Hua Rou quickly ran over, just about to speak with Mu Junwu, when she caught a whiff of strong alcohol, and at the same time, she also saw two small wine jars lying on the ground beside Mu Junwu's feet.

  "Brother Mo, why...are you drinking?"

  Admiring you, I slowly turned my head to look at Hua Rou, his eyes were dazed and his smiling expression made Hua Rou very uncomfortable.

  "Brother Mo... it's me, Hua Rou." She suspected he was already drunk and didn't recognize her.

  "What do you think is most important in this life?"

  "What's most important?"

  "Right, what's most important in your life?"

  "To live, to live well."

  The smile on your face faded away, and then he turned his head to look into the distance.

  "Even if I leave my hometown and parents far behind, and become just another face in the crowd, does it really matter?"

  Your voice is melancholic and desolate, like a solitary wild goose in the freezing cold of the ninth day of winter, exceptionally lonely.

  Hua Rou's eyes reddened and she bit her lip, suppressing the sourness that surged up from her nose as she heavily nodded.

  "Doesn't it hurt? Don't you feel that everything in sight is dull and grey?"

  "I don't want to leave my hometown, nor do I want to leave... my parents, but when some things happen, all I can do is live well, even if..."

  Even if I have nightmares at night, even if everything around me is dark and gloomy, I will still stand up straight, live on with all my might!

  I stared at Hua Rouyan's stubbornness in her eyes, without making a sound.

  "I must live a good life, to be worthy of my parents, myself and the hardships I've endured." Hua Rou said with tears streaming down her face: "In any case, I will never give up! Absolutely not!"

  "You..." Mu Jun stared at the tears on her cheek, momentarily speechless, while Hua Rou wiped away the tears on her face.

  "Brother Mo, actually I know you're also suffering in your heart. Your two brothers... are no longer here, and as for me, my parents... are also gone. Here, I have no relatives to turn to, and you've lost your companions too, but..."

  "We have each other!"