A full half hour later, Ye Guyi and Qian Chaoyun returned.
Shangguan Weir, Zhang Lexuan, and the others were still waiting where they were. Their faces clearly showed displeasure as they secretly wondered what that man and woman had gone off to do.
Ling Luochen raised her eyes at Qian Chaoyun, sniffed, and asked, "Chaoyun, why do you smell like green oranges?"
"Do I?"
Qian Chaoyun sniffed himself, then explained, "Guyi and I were discussing the Evil Spirit Master stronghold and what we should do the next time we go out to kill Evil Spirit Masters. I got bored and ate some green oranges."
Hearing that, Ling Luochen felt that something was off, but she did not ask further.
After all, nothing should have happened in half an hour. She also believed that Chaoyun and Ye Guyi were innocent.
Ma Xiaotao merely felt her teeth ache and said, "Green oranges are sour and astringent. You actually like eating that stuff? I don't like it. I've never eaten one."
Qian Chaoyun gave a dry laugh and said nothing more.
He still could not tell Ling Luochen and Ma Xiaotao what green oranges were really for, or things would explode.
After all, this was an Old Xu Family tradition. He could not let women find out.
Otherwise, he would end up with a Senior Sister who went "Awooo, awooo, awooo," and a Ling Luochen who brewed tea.
At that moment, Shangguan Weir, who was standing nearby, touched Ye Guyi's tender cheeks and teased, "Oh my, Guyi, your face is so hot. Did some little bastard take advantage of you?"
Ye Guyi lowered her head and said nothing.
At a time like this, she could not possibly tell Sister Shangguan that she had called Qian Chaoyun Elder Brother when he was much younger