"Brother Liu, you shouldn't have..." Li Yunmei hesitated, stopping short.
Li Qingyuan smiled. "Shouldn't have done what?"
"Shouldn't have been late? Shouldn't have relied on my talent and looked down on others?" Li Qingyuan asked her. "Was I supposed to bow and scrape, fawning over that father and son?"
Li Yunmei hurriedly said, "Brother Liu, you misunderstand. I was worried about you."
"As the saying goes, endure for a moment and the winds calm, take a step back and the sea and sky open wide."
She added, "That Lei Xing has pestered me several times in recent years. It is clear that he is narrow-minded, and with a Fake Core True Person father to rely on, he often bullies ordinary Rogue Cultivators."
"As the saying goes, like father, like son."
"Since Lei Xing has such a temperament, True Person Lei, as his father, is likely not much better."
Li Yunmei voiced her guess. "It is only that True Person Lei is rather calculating and does not let his joy or anger show on his face."
"But for him to cultivate from a Rogue Cultivator to the False Core Realm, his hands must be stained with no small number of lives."
Li Qingyuan looked at Li Yunmei with appreciation and smiled. "Not bad. Wise and discerning, able to see into people's hearts."
"Looking across Three Joys Immortal City, there are probably few Foundation Establishment female cultivators with your insight."
"You flatter me, Brother Liu." Li Yunmei's eyes smiled, and her cheeks flushed faintly.
"You are right." Li Qingyuan said to her, "However, a mere Fake Core True Person is not worth my bowing and scraping."
Hearing this, Li Yunmei looked at Li Qingyuan's confident expression. Thinking of his cautious nature and steady way of handling matters, she guessed that he was