Meeting Bibi Dong and Returning

Seeing Lu Yuan avert his gaze and avoid meeting her eyes, Bibi Dong felt a little stifled for some reason, an intensely uncomfortable feeling welling up within her.

Moreover, she felt that this disciple of hers was deliberately avoiding her. Already highly sensitive emotionally, she immediately began to overthink things.

Was even her most beloved disciple avoiding her now?

Bibi Dong mocked herself inwardly.

"Xiao Yuan, do even you despise your teacher now?" Bibi Dong asked softly. Her tone was calm, but upon closer listening, one could detect a faint tremor beneath that calmness, revealing that she was far less composed than she appeared.

Instead, turbulent undercurrents surged beneath the surface, as though something was being suppressed, waiting to erupt completely the moment it could no longer be held back.

Lu Yuan's senses were the sharpest. Hearing Bibi Dong's words, despite the turmoil in his own heart, he immediately perceived her current state.

It was dangerous. One wrong move could very likely cause Bibi Dong to fall further into darkness even faster.

And it was all because of him.

Although Yu Xiaogang's presence had not yet been completely driven from Bibi Dong's heart, it had gradually faded, and Lu Yuan had become the most important person in her heart.

After all, he was the person in this world who understood Bibi Dong best, who knew her pain most deeply. Bibi Dong had long since developed an unusual dependence on him.

And what Lu Yuan did not know was that, on the day he had held Bibi Dong in his arms, he had overthought things. Likewise, Bibi Dong had developed some unusual emotions of her own.

Without even Bibi Dong herself realizing it, her feelings for him had already strayed beyond those of an ordinary teacher and disciple.

Thus, Lu Yuan's