Li Yun soon returned to the Qiao Family Residence.
Qiao Meng had prepared a table piled high with food for him, and they talked as they ate.
Li Yun told her he would enter the Beast-Grazing Land again tomorrow. He also briefly recounted how Wang Lifeng had sent men to kill him, only for Li Yun to kill them instead.
It wasn't that Li Yun wanted Qiao Meng or her father, Qiao Tai, to help him deal with Wang Lifeng. In truth, someone of Wang Lifeng's caliber no longer registered as a threat to him.
Wang Lifeng could no longer affect his Martial Dao in the slightest.
He couldn't even stir the faintest ripple in Li Yun's heart.
He was like a speck of dust, too insignificant to matter.
Qiao Meng's expression changed at once. She was furious at that idiot Wang Lifeng's actions, yet reluctant to see Li Yun leave again.
Her spirits sank.
She had no idea when Li Yun would return from the Purple Moon Continent.
Last time, he had been gone for two or three months. This time, wouldn't it be five or six months before he came back?
Li Yun smiled.
He set down his chopsticks, walked around the table, and pulled Qiao Meng into his arms.
Qiao Meng stiffened instantly.
Ever since she had brought Li Yun to Sand City, her feelings for him had been written all over her face.
But they had hardly ever been this close.
Feeling the warmth of Li Yun's embrace, she found her stiff body growing hot, and her pretty face flushed despite herself.
"Wh-what are you doing?"
Li Yun held her, pressing his cheek against hers.
He said softly, "I'll tell you a secret. Don't tell anyone else. Actually... my name isn't Li Fenghua. I made that