The Reunion with Piaoxue
Bi Fan looked at Yun Bing with a solemn expression. He was gradually putting the pieces together.
From Yun Piaoxue's father's attitude, it seemed he had long known that curing the Night Nether Gu required both pills and Yin-Yang harmony. Logically, he should have found Yun Piaoxue a more suitable young master, one whose status matched hers, arranged a marriage between them, and cured her Gu poison—all while joining forces with another powerful family.
But that wasn't what had happened. Instead, they had let a nobody like him, without influence or status, cure Yun Piaoxue's Gu poison.
Bi Fan found it utterly baffling.
After all, the larger the family, the more it valued its interests. Plenty of clan leaders would sacrifice one family member for the sake of the lineage.
In Bi Fan's eyes, a behemoth like the Yun Family should be even more so.
Yet the truth was quite different.
Yun Bing watched Bi Fan for a long while before giving a soft laugh and saying, "Perhaps you misunderstand our Yun Family. Though we are an Aristocratic Clan, we place great importance on family bonds. We would never sacrifice anyone in the family for mere profit. And besides..." Yun Bing's gaze grew complicated as she looked at Bi Fan. "You still don't understand how Piaoxue feels about you?"
"Huh?" Bi Fan stared at Yun Bing in surprise. "You mean Piaoxue... she has feelings for me...?"
Yun Bing shook her head without answering. Instead, she said, "If Piaoxue hadn't stopped them, do you think you could have leisurely made your way here now?"
Bi Fan was speechless. She had a point. With the Yun Family's influence, they could easily have dragged him here to treat Yun Piaoxue's Gu poison...
Wait. Why did it have to be