"Haha... Big Brother Xia went to meet someone, and you actually ran up a tab?" As soon as I returned to the territory, Mao Chuchu burst into laughter at the sight of me, laughing so hard she bent double.
I could only shake my head with a bitter smile. "Bei Hu Yun went too far. Next time I go to meet someone, I have to ask the restaurant owner whether the bill's been paid first, so I don't get cursed at for eating and refusing to pay."
"She definitely did it on purpose. You should do the same to her next time. I knew nothing good would come of her summoning you. By the way, Big Brother Xia, what exactly did she want with you?" Mao Chuchu was naturally dissatisfied with this young woman. After all, Bei Hu Yun had given us plenty of cold looks on the way to Nine Dragons City and had refused to say even one extra word.
If anyone else had asked, I naturally wouldn't have answered so casually, and Mao Chuchu wouldn't have asked either. But this time it was Bei Hu Yun who had invited me, so even she couldn't resist asking.
I smiled. "It's nothing much. It's about going to the Star River Immortal Domain. The girl said it was quite dangerous there, and the Bei Hu Family wanted to discuss cooperation with me. They also wanted to see what I was capable of, so she wanted to come along personally and take a look. Maybe she could even help with something."
"Ah!?" Mao Chuchu was stunned. After a long while, she asked, "But Big Brother Xia said the future was uncertain and that you were going alone..."
"Yes, but that was then and this is now. Bei Hu Yun knows quite