"Master Mama!"
The moment she saw Nangong Lingxiang, Yu Youwei became exceptionally affectionate. Her eyes lit up, and she made to fling herself into her master's warm, broad embrace, utterly unconcerned by her master's cold words.
Sadly, ideals were plump, while reality was bony.
Before Yu Youwei could get close to Nangong Lingxiang, an invisible Gang Qi barrier condensed a foot away and sent her sprawling onto her backside.
"Ow, ow, ow! That hurts!"
Yu Youwei scrunched up her little face and blinked her watery eyes pitifully at her master. Not a trace of her usual fierceness remained as she tried to awaken the maternal affection and protective instinct of the cool beauty before her.
"Tell me. What happened?"
"Why did you beat Lin Yi into this state?"
Nangong Lingxiang had clearly long grown used to her youngest disciple's tricks. She did not buy it at all and coldly pressed for an answer.
"Hmph, isn't it because Lin Yi stole my Blue and White Bowl?!"
"Master Mama, let me tell you, Lin Yi is a perverted bottom-feeder! A disgusting lolicon!"
Yu Youwei got to her feet and began grumbling as she listed her junior brother's many crimes.
"Blue and White Bowl? What is that?"
Nangong Lingxiang was puzzled. She never watched anime or cartoons and rarely used her phone, focusing wholeheartedly on cultivation. Naturally, she did not understand such internet slang.
As for the way Yu Youwei addressed her, Nangong Lingxiang could not be bothered correcting it. She simply assumed her youngest disciple lacked motherly affection and let her be.
"Master, it's just..."
Yu Youwei drifted lightly to her master's side, rose onto her tiptoes, leaned close to her ear, and whispered a few explanations.
"Do you have evidence?"
Nangong Lingxiang's expression did not change as she asked calmly.
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