Gu Shaohuai: There Must Be a Shadowy Hand Behind This!

Shi Tiexin looked up in shock at the person across from him. "Big Sister, you..."

Sister Mengmeng rose to her feet. "It's only right. I'm your instructor, after all."

Shi Tiexin abruptly stood up, a bad premonition stirring within him. "You're leaving?"

Sister Mengmeng asked blankly, "Why wouldn't I leave? We're done eating."

"Uh..."

All right, perhaps I really was overthinking it.

Yet this immediately reminded Shi Tiexin of Sister Mengmeng's strange condition. Looking at Big Sister before him, he truly did not know whether he should tell her everything. He was not sure what consequences would result from telling the person involved—whether it would be good or bad, or whether his good intentions would end up doing harm.

The only thing he could do now was take out a Martial Heart Zen Seed and offer it to the Big Sister who had helped him so much. "Sister Mengmeng, this one is—"

But in the next instant, Sister Mengmeng pushed the Zen Seed back.

"Enough, put it away. I know what this is. I appreciate the thought, but I don't need it." Sister Mengmeng smiled, confident and radiant. "Things like training wheels should be left for little children learning to walk. All right, I'm leaving first. There are other little children I need to visit. Think carefully about your breakthrough into Sharpness. In short, be careful in all things. Safety first!"

Sister Mengmeng left.

Shi Tiexin chased out of the restaurant, but she was already nowhere to be found. It was as though she had blended into the sea of people, yet also as though she had quietly departed long ago, leaving not a trace behind.

At Shi Yuhui's home.

"Little girl, I actually noticed long ago that Lin Shuilian was from the Wailing Heaven Sect, but I deliberately didn't