Arriving at the staff room, Shibasaki Makoto quickly noticed him and was stunned for a moment. After two or three seconds, he asked: "Sotani?"

"Shibasaki-sensei." Soya walked over.

Shibasaki Cheng looked at him for a while.

"We haven't seen each other for half a month, and I feel like Zong Gu is much younger. Is it my imagination?"

Zonggu pursed his lower lip.

"I'm here to tell you about Asagiri Suzu's withdrawal from school."

"What……"

Arriving at the classroom and looking at the two empty seats in front of her, Hongzi was stunned.

When he came to his senses, Soya returned to the classroom with Shibazaki Makoto.

"Soya."

"I just went to tell Cheng about Ling dropping out of school."

"That's it..."

He sat down, looked back at her, and touched her face: "Don't show this expression. I have already said that I must be determined to start over and live a good life."

"Are you going to forget the bell?"

"I will not forget her. I will continue to live in this world with my share of Ling until the day my life ends."

Hongzi's eyes turned red, "You are dead, what should we do?"

"I don't know now..."

Zong Gu turned to look out the window, "When I die and go to Huangquan, I will work with Ling to find a way. She is a god now, and she still has such a long time, she will definitely find a way..."

Hongzi didn't say anything, she held his hand tightly and lay down on the table.

After a while, when everyone in the classroom had arrived, Shibasaki Makoto announced to the students that Asagiri Suzu had dropped out of school.

"Eh?"

"Why……"

"Drop out of school at this time..."

The reason Soya gave him was a family incident, but Shibasaki Makoto didn't ask in detail and relayed it in his exact words.

"...That's it. Ah, it's almost time. Let's go to the auditorium for the opening ceremony. It's still snowing outside. If you feel cold, remember to bring your coat."

It’s already the third semester, and at the opening ceremony, the acting principal’s speech focused more on the graduating third-year students. Even the first-year students listened absentmindedly.

Almost twenty minutes later, the opening ceremony ended.

“It’s so cold in the auditorium, and it’s so cold outside!”

"I told you to wear your coat."

Soya took off his coat to Anko and braved the cold wind to return to the classroom. Shibasaki Makoto said a few more words, reminding him not to be late tomorrow morning, and announced that school was over.

"Sogu, let's go and have fun together. Everyone is very concerned about your sudden youthfulness...especially those girls."

Fushimi came over again and asked him to play with him. Several girls also looked at him expectantly. Hongzi shrugged and expressed his casualness, but she and Akane wanted to go with them.

It seems that everything is the same as before, nothing has changed.

"OK."

Zonggu agreed.

Fushimi went to call for friends again, calling people everywhere.

When I left school and went to the station to wait for the tram, almost half the platform was full of people who wanted to play together.

"Where are you going?" Kirino Akane asked.

"I don't know where I'm going, so you just follow me."

She held his arm and said, "Because my husband is going."

Zonggu shook his head, "I don't know either, let's see what Fushimi arranges."

After waiting for a while, the tram finally pulled into the station.

Soya stood in the back. School was out at this time and there was no one on the tram, so he could always squeeze in.

There is still snow falling in the sky.

Inadvertently, he glanced back, and his eyes immediately froze.

"..."

There is a figure standing by the lake, with its back facing this way.

"Soya?"

Walking into the car, she found that he was still standing there. Akane Kirino greeted him, "What are you looking at? If you don't get in the car, the door will be closed."

"You guys go over there first."

"Eh?"

She was stunned for a moment, but the beep sounded and the car door quickly closed.

"Why didn't Zonggu get in the car..." Hongzi squeezed over from the side.

"He said let us go there first..."

"Eh?"

The two of them looked at Zong Gu on the platform, and then saw him turn around and walk towards the guardrail, support himself with his arms, and roll over.

"ah!"

Kirino Akane closed the window, but the train had already started.

Watching the tram leave the platform, Soya walked down the stairs, crossed the road, and stepped onto the snowy lake shore.

The two sides of the bank are vast, except for the deep lake water.

"haven't seen you for a long time……"

Soya stepped on the snow and stopped beside the man, "Tsukuyomi-sama."

Tsukuyomi turned his head and looked at him for a while.

"Long time no see. How are you lately?"

"Not very good."

"I think so." He smiled and quickly stopped, "Sorry, I kept it secret from you for so long."

Zonggu shook his head.

"I've heard this sentence once."

Tsukuyomi pursed his lips and didn't ask who told him.

"A lot of things happened."

"Um."

The surface of the lake is blue, and the Cangshan Mountain is covered with snow. Zonggu looks at the other side of the lake, which is completely white.

"Master Tsukuyomi must have been in the underworld at that time, I think I saw you."

Tsukuyomi nodded.

"I want to see the results with my own eyes... whatever they are."

"Did Tsukuyomi-sama leave after me?"

Tsukuyomi turned to look at him, "You want to know about her situation."

"Um."

"She's probably okay."

"Is it just 'probably'?"

"When Huangquan is completely restarted, I have to come back here."

"Yeah."

Zong Gu took a deep breath and exhaled a cloud of white mist, which filled and spread in front of him.

Buzz——

Akane: What are you doing?

"..."

Before replying to her, Soya turned to look at Tsukuyomi: "Will Tsukuyomi-sama come back this time and stay?"

He shook his head.

Soya: I want to walk by the lake for a while.

Qian: Why didn’t you say just now that Hongzi and I can accompany you?

Soya: Sudden interest.

Akane:Okay.

Putting away his phone, Soya spoke again: "Is Tsukuyomi-sama's trip over?"

"Absolutely." Tsukuyomi smiled, "There aren't many places I want to go."

"Then where has Tsukuyomi-sama been during this time?"
To be continued...