Xu Yi was feeling terribly awkward when he suddenly sensed someone approaching from the west. He laughed. "Go ahead and enjoy yourself. I'll hide for a bit—your Brother Tao is here."
With that, Xu Yi's figure blurred and vanished from sight.
"Bold of you!"
Xuan Lengyan stamped her foot and cried out angrily, about to chase after him, when sure enough, a figure came speeding over from the western horizon.
Her heart jolted. Well, well. Just how many tricks have you been secretly keeping up your sleeve, you little rascal?
"Sister Xuan!"
The newcomer was Tao Jingsheng. He cupped his hands in greeting from afar, then landed beside Xuan Lengyan. He had changed into a new sapphire-blue robe and looked peerlessly graceful, seemingly outshining even the bright moon in the sky.
Standing together, Xuan Lengyan and Tao Jingsheng truly made a match without equal.
"Why aren't you keeping Sister Su company, Brother Tao? What brings you to seek me out?"
Xuan Lengyan raised a hand in return and asked calmly.
Tao Jingsheng gazed at Xuan Lengyan with deep affection. "Sister Xuan, I know you blame me—blame me for taking Su Xingchun's side. Truthfully, I didn't want to come at all. But I bear the weighty responsibilities of my Lineage, so I had no choice but to obey. Surely you know what kind of person I am?"
"Brother Tao, you're making too much of it," Xuan Lengyan said. "You don't need to explain your actions to me. Besides, I don't resent you for anything."
The successive clashes at the birthday banquet had completely shattered the fine image Tao Jingsheng had once held in Xuan Lengyan's heart.
When she had been at her most helpless, Tao Jingsheng had stood by and watched. When she was about to strike back at Su Xingchun,