"See? I'm the one who had the last laugh!"
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When Shui Qiudie heard Lin Bai say this, her eyes suddenly sharpened, a strange look surfacing in them. Her disappointment vanished as she sprang to her feet and said firmly, "I understand!"
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With that, Shui Qiudie turned and left the cliff.
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Lin Bai had thought that after Shui Qiudie left, he could stand atop the cliff and gaze from afar at the Dragon Court world.
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"What are you still standing around here for? Hurry back and rest. I still have to go to the Dust Courtyard to cultivate tomorrow! Don't hold me back, or I'll break your legs!" Seeing that Lin Bai had not left, Shui Qiudie said displeasedly, "Before long, I'll show everyone in the Dust Courtyard just how strong the daughter of the Iron Sword Marquis is!"
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Hearing her voice, Lin Bai turned back in surprise to look at Shui Qiudie's departing figure, a trace of a smile curling at the corners of his mouth.
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"Do you like eavesdropping on people this much?" Lin Bai asked with a faint smile after Shui Qiudie had gone far away.
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"Not at all, not at all! I simply couldn't sleep and came out for a stroll. I didn't expect to run into you!" Lu Yin emerged from the darkness with a smile and said, "I have to say, what you did just now was truly painstaking! You deliberately followed the Little Princess here, deliberately said you had merely strolled over, deliberately provoked the Little Princess, and then deliberately pointed out the road ahead of her!"
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Lin Bai stood atop the cliff. After a long silence, he said, "Since you already know, I won't hide it from you. I came to the Dragon Court because