Young Master Qing'er

"If you have the will to follow me, then take my hand."

That determined gaze, those words filled with strength, seemed to carry an invisible power that encouraged Qing Lin.

Qing Lin looked at the hand the young man before her extended, as though she saw in it a brand-new future, a future where she would not be discriminated against, a future where she could stand behind this heavenly young man before her.

The scene of the young man descending like an exiled immortal, along with his pity and kindness toward her, lit Qing Lin's heart like a ball of fire. Her burning emotions urged the young girl to stretch out her hand and reach forward. Although they had spent only a short time together, so short that she did not even know the young man's name, her inner heart was telling her that she wanted to stand behind the young man before her. She wanted the future he spoke of.

At last, Qing Lin mustered her courage and placed her hand into Lin Yuan's palm.

Lin Yuan applied a little strength, held Qing Lin's small hand, and shook it up and down. Under Qing Lin's somewhat puzzled gaze, Lin Yuan's clear voice, carrying a smile, entered her ears.

"Then, Qing Lin, I am Lin Yuan. From now on, let us walk the road ahead together!"

"Yes, Lord Lin Yuan!" Hearing this, as though infected by him, Qing Lin's face revealed a bright smile from the bottom of her heart.

"Lord, huh? It's better not to call me that. Qing Lin, you need to know one thing. I asked you to follow me not so you could become my servant. We are companions and comrades on the road ahead, so you don't need to call me lord. Just call me Lin Yuan or Big Brother Lin." Hearing the way Qing Lin addressed him, Lin Yuan corrected her.

"How could that be allowed? A lord is a lord." Qing Lin said in a fluster.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yuan ultimately failed to convince Qing Lin on this matter. Qing Lin was unusually stubborn when it came to titles.

"Fine, then. But don't call me lord. It sounds too old. Call me 'Young Master'! And from now on, I'll call you Qing'er." Lin Yuan said helplessly, also giving Qing Lin a nickname of his own.

"Yes, Young Master!" Qing Lin sweetly called out Young Master.

"Give me the medicine, Qing'er." Lin Yuan smiled brightly and said to Qing Lin.

Hearing this, Qing Lin quickly handed over the jade bottle Lin Yuan had just given her. Holding something so precious made her feel rather uneasy.

Lin Yuan took the jade bottle and waved his hand. Under Qing Lin's astonished gaze, azure Dou Qi condensed into a small bed, as though he were creating something from the void. It was precisely the Dou Qi Materialization that could only be used after reaching Dou Ling, and for Lin Yuan, whose soul power and Dou Qi control were extremely strong, this move could be considered effortless. He also often used it to practice his Dou Qi control.

Under Qing Lin's shy gaze, Lin Yuan picked her up and placed her on the small bed. Then he sat by Qing Lin's feet, rested her injured foot on his own leg, and prepared to apply medicine for her.

"Young Master, you mustn't. How can I let you do this kind of serving work?" Seeing that Lin Yuan was preparing to apply medicine for her, Qing Lin grew a little panicked and tried to pull her foot back.

"Qing'er, the fact that I let you call me Young Master doesn't mean our relationship is that of master and servant. Young Master and Qing'er are just special titles between us. I believe our relationship is that of relatives and friends, and isn't it very normal for relatives and friends to help apply medicine for each other? Or is it that Qing'er is unwilling to acknowledge me as a relative and friend?" Lin Yuan stopped Qing Lin's struggling.

"No, no, Qing Lin doesn't mean that." Qing Lin hurriedly said.

"That's good!" Saying this, Lin Yuan gave Qing Lin no chance to speak and directly took out the ointment to apply medicine for her.

Qing Lin watched Lin Yuan, who had lowered his head to apply medicine for her, with a flushed little face. Lin Yuan's movements were very familiar and did not make Qing Lin feel any extra pain. The cool ointment was smeared onto the injured spot, icy and soothing, and the pain weakened greatly at once.

"Young Master's technique is very skilled!" Qing Lin muttered softly.

"I got used to applying medicine for that girl Zi Yan before. Oh, right, Zi Yan is the magical beast transformation younger sister I told you about. If there's a chance, I'll introduce you to each other. I believe you two will definitely become good friends." Hearing Qing Lin's mutter, Lin Yuan chuckled.

When speaking of Zi Yan, Lin Yuan's gaze also became much gentler. Although his acquaintance with Zi Yan had begun with his schemes, and he indeed had some thoughts and schemes regarding Zi Yan, his feelings toward Zi Yan were without a doubt real. He truly regarded Zi Yan as a little sister.

"To be able to become Young Master's younger sister, Young Lady Zi Yan must be very happy." As though sensing the change in Lin Yuan's mood, Qing Lin murmured.

"Qing'er, you're the same! I also want a little sister like you." Hearing this, Lin Yuan turned around. His gaze gained a bit more profound meaning as he looked meaningfully at Qing Lin, and the words he spoke made Qing Lin so happy that she was a little dazed.

That was right. On Qing Lin's side, it was the same.

Today's encounter between the two of them had not been accidental. It was the same as with Zi Yan, an inevitable result of Lin Yuan's own planning.

As early as when he was at Jia Nan Academy, Lin Yuan had set subduing Qing Lin as one of his greatest goals in coming to the Jia Ma Empire.

As the owner of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, the Number One Strange Pupil Under Heaven, Qing Lin had Dou Venerate Potential as a guaranteed baseline. In the original timeline, Qing Lin had indeed broken through to Dou Venerate in merely ten years. High potential, a weak and gentle personality, and absolute loyalty—Lin Yuan naturally could not possibly miss her.

Lin Yuan had already been in Shimo City for several days. Aside from investigating matters concerning the Heavenly Flames, he had been arranging today's script, this script of a hero saving a beauty under the moonlight.

In order to complete the hero-saving-the-beauty script, he had secretly made quite a few preparations. Qing Lin running into slavers had his interference behind it. In fact, from the moment Qing Lin went out today until now, she had been within his sensory range the entire time. It was for the sake of perfectly acting out this old-fashioned yet extremely effective script of a hero saving a beauty. For this, Lin Yuan had even deliberately removed his disguise and intentionally used an even more memorable way to appear and fight, all for the sake of winning Qing Lin's heart and making her willingly become his companion.

Compared to waiting for a fated encounter, Lin Yuan preferred taking the initiative to create opportunities and grasping the initiative firmly in his own hands. Valuing others and making plans for them was also a display of his respect. As a transmigrator, Lin Yuan's foreknowledge naturally gave him a very high initial favorable impression toward certain people on this Dou Qi Continent, and Zi Yan and Qing Lin were among those at the very front. Therefore, Lin Yuan used schemes to express the importance and respect he placed on the two of them.

The beginning between Lin Yuan, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin was not pure, but his feelings were not false. His favorable impression of Zi Yan and Qing Lin was undoubtedly real, and he also had the confidence to make this friendship bloom into beautiful flowers and bear beautiful fruit.

After the ointment was applied, not long after, the injury on Qing Lin's foot was completely healed.

"Let's go, Qing'er."

"Yes, Young Master."

Under the night sky, Lin Yuan wrapped an arm around Qing Lin's soft waist, spread his Dou Qi Wings, and flew in the direction of Shimo City.

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