Tang Yin ran towards her brother and hugged him tightly, enjoying the feel of having him back again and feeling something that had always been under tension inside her somehow relax and return to its proper place. 

"Mhh. I am happy to see you as well, sis." San buried his head in her hair as they stood there for a moment, simply enjoying the physical sensation of being together again. The comfort of being there for each other, and knowing the other was going nowhere. 

"How have you been doing?" She asked him, and he smiled, a dazzling, genuine one, the one he showed so very rarely. 

"Fine. I am catching up, training a lot, kicking some ass. Being awesome, you know. I got a spirit bone now, too, and have a few new hidden weapons forged." He said and then stroked her hair back. "Your hairdo is crooked." 

"Mhh, well, I have a competent brother, no?" She asked with a grin. For a moment, they were in their own small world. 

"Mhh, and that competent brother wants to know what happened with your arm." He said, and she smiled awkwardly. 

"Would you believe me if I say I brawled with a god and lost?" She asked him, and he poked her forehead. 

"Of course. But it would complicate things since it would mean I'd have to kill a god and bcause that would be a lie. You know that I can see when you are lying, you can never look me in the eyes when you do. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but I would like to know who I need to murder." 

"No one?" 

"Mhh. If they caused you to lose your arm, then they will die." His voice was stern. Iron. The hand that gently touched her right shoulder, and she flinched back. 

He stopped. 

"It's fine." She said..."I am just not used to it." 

"I understand." He nodded, and then his gaze turned to Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin. "I suspect you are here to visit Rong Rong?" 

"We are." 

"Thank you for taking my sister along." Tang San bowed and then grabbed her hand. "If you excuse us now, we have to catch up, and I am sure the others want to say hello as well." 

"Sure, if you see...ah, it's not necessary." Rong Rong ran past them and then fell around her father's neck. "Papa." She said, and Tang San and Yin followed him as he led her through the hallway to the quarters where he was staying. 

Dai Mubai froze when he saw her, his jaw sagging, while Xiao Wu jumped up and hugged her. 

Zhu Zhuquing also stepped forward with a hug, and she was pinched on the side by Oscar. 

"Hey." He said that when Rong Rong stormed through the door, she then hugged him from behind as well. 

Ning Feng stood a little aside together with Ma Hongjun. Once everyone had greeted her, Feng hugged her last. 

"Hi Yin." She said and then turned, asking with her arm, like the others. Well, she guessed that everyone would want to know what happened. 

"Would you mind getting the Grandmaster, Flender, and the rest of the teachers?" She asked. "I don't want to explain it a hundred times." 

"Sure. Second." Oscar sprinted out of the room and shortly later returned with Flender and the Grandmaster, followed by an elegant-looking tall woman and a young man she didn't recognize. 

"That is Liu Erlong." Xiao Wu said next to her. "Grandmaster's sweetheart the other is Qin Ming. He is an alumnus of Shrek and now a teacher."  

"It is ma pleasure to meet you Miss Tang." Qin Ming said and she returned the gesture before she stopped where she was the most flabbergasted. 

"Our Grandmaster?" Yin was surprised and stared at the woman, whose eyes were ripped open. Who would guess the icy Grandmaster to have a sweetheart? 

And then such a pretty one too. 

"S-she is very n-nice." Ning Feng added with a blush. 

"More like totally badass." Ma Hongjun added in. "She is a fellow member of the golden iron triangle." 

"Oh. Wow." Yin listened with wide eyes and then bowed slightly to Liu Erlong. "It is nice to meet you." 

"The pleasure is all mine." Liu Erlong said with a bright smile on her lips. "Qin Ming and I finally get to meet the last missing member of Shrek. I have heard quite the wild tales about you. Say, is it true you glued the desk of your elementary school to the toilet?" 

Yin blushed and nodded. "Yeah, I kinda did." 

"Ha, well done." Liu Erlong grinned, and Tang Yin knew that moment she would get along well with the woman. "Now, someone said you have a story to tell. I can guess, though, what I do remember being told there are supposed to be two arms." 

"Well, there was a second arm. I lost it, though. I could tell a long story, but that's a bit too much, and I don't think I'll have the time to do so. The short version is... I had the choice between getting away with my life or facing a slow and uncomfortable demise after my first sea god exam, so I chose my life over my arm." She explained with a smile to Tang San. "But you know what. I won't be losing any more stuff." 

Tang San hugged her again. "That's wonderful," he said, and she laughed as she hugged him back. 

"I know, I know. What is an arm against that? A price I was more than willing to pay." She said and was lifted off her feet. He was still the male version of herself, almost identical even, but he was much, much taller.

"Still, your arm should not have been the price for it." He muttered more silently, much to the confusion of everyone else. 

"I am getting a proposal, though, from Gale." She said. "So hopefully it won't be forever." 

"T-thats good." Ning Feng said.

"You have to tell us all we missed," Oscar said. "We want to know everything." 

"Over Food?" Yin asked him and grinned. "But you pay, I just bled for my hotel room. Prices are sky high." 

"Sure, we pay." Dai Mubai announced, and Rong Rong grinned. 

"I know a perfect place too." Rong Rong said. "They have marvelous food there. Especially their candies."