A whole afternoon passed before Jiu Yi finally left with Xueli.
Actually, Bai Jiu Yi did not want to leave. It had taken her so much effort to come out, and even more effort to be with him. She wished she could cling to him all day long—how could she bear to leave?
But Bai Jiu Yi also knew that if she stubbornly refused to go, Xiao Xueli definitely would not leave either.
Besides, although Bai Jiu Yi had awakened, her cultivation had not returned to its peak. She was currently only in the Jade Purity Realm and needed to go beside that Luo River, using it to cultivate.
For Bai Jiu Yi, however, falling to this realm was nothing. As long as her Dao heart had not been clouded, she would soon be able to rise again.
So rather than bicker with Xiao Xueli here until neither of them gained possession of Little Lin, it would be better to properly restore her cultivation.
Besides—
Who said she had given up?
Bai Jiu Yi and Xiao Xueli left together. Thus, only Jiang Lin, a "lonely man," remained in the courtyard.
Sitting in the courtyard, Jiang Lin recalled that he had been at the Cold Snow Sect for nearly a month.
Originally, Jiang Lin had only wanted to awaken Jiu Yi, then see how Miss Xueli was doing and reminisce with her.
But he had never expected that while he regarded Xueli as a friend, Xueli had wanted to ride him.
Still, Jiang Lin did not deny that he truly had feelings for Xueli in his heart. Especially after they had pierced through that thin sheet of paper between them, those feelings had overflowed even more.
In the end, the feelings he and Xueli had confessed to each other had been