Seeing Qian Renxue cry with emotion, Ye Chen reached out and gently stroked her head, comforting her.
The current Qian Renxue was still a little angel, pure and kindhearted within, not the cold-hearted Xue Qinghe she would become after enduring the royal family's schemes and intrigues.
"Mm, I understand."
"From now on, Little Xue will stay with Teacher every day, so neither of us will be lonely."
Qian Renxue wiped away her tears and spoke earnestly to Ye Chen.
"Alright. Teacher will stay with you every day too."
Ye Chen smiled and made a promise to Qian Renxue as well.
Fate had brought the two of them together. Ye Chen had come to this era, utterly alone, without a single friend or relative.
Everything he had was in the era ten thousand years later.
Who could understand the loneliness of arriving in this world? To leave this era, he would need to recover at least ten percent of his peak strength.
Only then could he reverse time and space and ignore karma. His very existence in this era was altering the course of history.
And Qian Renxue was lonely as well.
Her father, Qian Xunji, had died. Her mother, Bibi Dong, hated her. Although her grandfather, Qian Daoliu, cared deeply for her, he could not give her that unique sense of affection.
Perhaps their meeting was an encounter arranged by fate.
As the two made their promises to each other, Qian Renxue no longer hesitated. Her heart became incomparably firm.
She would use everything Teacher Ye Chen gave her. If she could not repay him in the future, then at worst, she would spend the rest of her life by Ye Chen's side.
Having figured it out, Qian Renxue picked up the blood-red bead Ye Chen had given her and