"Just tell the truth. It's not as if I'm some kind of evil ghost." I looked at Wu Yueling in bewilderment, wondering inwardly how she could have been frightened to this extent. In truth, I had no romantic feelings for her. The same went for Hua Ling and Hua Qin—I only regarded them as young, inexperienced little sisters and guided them from the perspective of an elder. I had never expected to cause them such distress.
"I... I..." Wu Yueling became even too afraid to make a sound.
I could only smile helplessly and ask, "Hua Ling, Hua Qin?"
"I'm here!" The two sisters almost answered in unison, squeezing their petite figures out from the crowd.
"You two explain." I smiled helplessly.
Hua Ling thought for a moment before saying, "Martial Uncle... Senior Brother Ye really does like Senior Sister Wu, and Senior Sister Wu feels the same. When you weren't here, the two of them worked together seamlessly... Over time..."
"Senior Brother Ye also knew that we were both your people, Martial Uncle... So they actually treated each other with mutual respect. Senior Brother Ye even said that he would wait until you came and earnestly ask you to give Senior Sister to him... And that's how things ended up like this..." Hua Qin was a clever-tongued young girl as well.
"So you think you're my people, and that's why you didn't dare be with Ye Anquan, is that it?" I couldn't help asking Wu Yueling with a smile. Wu Yueling immediately burst into tears, looking utterly aggrieved. "You rescued us from that pit of fire. I eat your food and use your things... And it was because of you that I came to work here. You gave me a new life... Doesn't that make me your person?"
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