The Female Emperor's Reward, Ancient Emperor Secret Realm

Meng Yutong sat at the edge of the bed. The silent room was filled with restless unease. She should have been glad that the rebel disciple had stopped at the right point, so why did her heart feel as though it were jerking in fits and starts?

Those last two words from that show-off had clearly carried emotion. He was complaining that she did not care about him.

"Do I not care about him?"

"..."

She could not say it. When she heard the rebel disciple recklessly taking burdens onto himself, when had she not worried that he would rely on his little cleverness and end up playing himself to death? Yet she had never expressed it directly.

Instead, she had used her status as his Master to scold him, condemning his recklessness rather than simply saying, "I think this will put you in danger."

On the other hand, when he sought Yun Yao's help and even made it clear that there might be danger, Senior Sister Yun Yao's answer had been, "How do you need me to help?"

In the end, a Return to Void Master had done less than a Golden Core Realm Senior Sister.

The former thought he could not do it well; the latter did not care whether he could do it well at all.

When trouble arose, Lin Heng was willing to share it with his Senior Sister, yet he rarely sought Meng Yutong's help. Part of it was because he wanted to prove himself.

Meng Yutong also knew when he was in trouble, but since the rebel disciple had never taken the initiative to ask, she did not want to lower herself and pry.

That was how the master and disciple were: if you would not speak, you were a stubborn mule; if I