"We may find it difficult to appear before you all in the future. After all, we still have our own matters to attend to. We should withdraw while we're ahead." I smiled.
"Why does that sound like a final farewell...? Immortal Venerable Xia Shen, I'm a little reluctant to part with you." This girl Xingyao was quite sentimental.
Ling Xian immediately grew jealous and said, "If he wants to leave, then let him leave. No one can stop him. Xingyao, haven't you noticed that he and Senior Lu Yu are a better match? Of course they want to enjoy a world of two!"
Xingyao nodded through her tears and said, "I like them. Now that they're leaving, what's wrong with me crying for a while?"
Ling Xian was rendered speechless. After a long while, he said, "I didn't even say anything. Do you think I wouldn't be sad if they left?"
"You wouldn't be! You've never been nice to Immortal Venerable Xia Shen. Senior Lu Yu has helped you several times, but you still haven't exactly treated her kindly..." Xingyao said angrily.
Ling Xian frowned, then said, "Who can blame me when they're still deceiving me even now?"
"What have they deceived you about?" Xingyao cried.
Ling Xian glanced at me and Li Guxian, took a deep breath, and said, "One of them is my father, and the other is my mother, yet they insist on pretending to be my friends. They've been testing me all along, thinking I'd never find out. In reality, they're the only ones who still think I'm being kept in the dark!"
"Huh?" Xingyao froze, then stared at us in shock.
Li Guxian and I exchanged a smile. We were not particularly surprised.
Although we had deliberately concealed it throughout the journey, it was ultimately