Ye Anquan was naturally nervous, but Gu Fei, the person involved, showed no reaction at all. She even revealed a faint smile, which made Ye Anquan breathe a sigh of relief.
Once Junior Sister Ke's mouth was uncovered, she immediately muttered unhappily, "Senior Brother Ye, honestly! What Martial Uncle Gu likes is Martial Uncle Yun. She wouldn't care about this sort of thing."
Ye Anquan wore an utterly speechless expression, while the group of senior and junior disciples began discussing it heatedly again.
After inspecting the construction site, the disciples were temporarily led by Ye Anquan to the inner-sect disciples' station in the marketplace. Meanwhile, I took Gu Fei across from the Sleeping Immortal Tower, to the secret base we had originally rented to keep watch over it.
"Miss Gu, hiding out isn't a solution. Your father is searching the whole world for you. This isn't something to joke about," I said helplessly.
"Then what am I supposed to do? I don't like Lan Zhi, yet he privately agreed to marry me off to Lan Zhi. How could I possibly be willing?" Gu Fei said, biting her lower lip.
"Then don't marry him." I smiled.
"Don't marry him... Are you going to persuade my father?" Gu Fei looked at me expectantly.
"Yes, I can. I'll tell him that you've stopped cultivating the Divine Wrath Heart Scripture and switched to the Heaven-ranked technique Wrath Immortal Art. He should understand why you don't want to marry, especially since in another year, Lan Zhi probably won't even be able to catch up to you on horseback." I smiled.
"That's it?" Gu Fei asked, somewhat dissatisfied.
"What else?" I smiled.
Gu Fei rolled her eyes at me. "Can't you do anything else?"
I could only smile. "What else could there be? You can't expect