The moment he arrived at Serene Guest Hall, Yue Qianchou dismissed the Wu family disciples who had asked what he needed. He wandered alone through the garden below, even peering into the cracks and crevices of the ornamental rockery, but found nowhere anyone could be hiding. He looked around as he pondered to himself. Wu Sihai had implied that Wu Lixue was often here by herself, hadn't he? Where had she gone? Could she be deliberately avoiding him because she did not want to see him?
It seemed he had not come for so long that the girl was angry! Yue Qianchou chuckled and ran back to his room, vanishing in an instant. When he reappeared, he was already in a remote corner of Utopia, his eyes closed as he reached out to the item he had given Wu Lixue. From what Wu Sihai had said, that girl had still been thinking of him all this time. She ought to have kept what he gave her close at hand.
Before long, he located it and appeared in his room again. Smiling broadly, he headed straight for the back rooms downstairs, only to discover that the target was in a tiny storeroom at the very corner. His brows immediately furrowed. Without another word, he kicked the door with a BANG, sending it flying inward. A piercing scream rang out from inside at once.
Yue Qianchou rushed in with a ball of black fire in each hand, his face brimming with killing intent. When his gaze swept over the person crouched in the dim corner, he quickly scanned the surroundings in vigilance, but found nothing at all. The black flames in his hands withdrew, and the killing intent vanished from his face. Staring at the person in the corner, he said in