Wen Rou was delighted by Wang Yue's sweet talk, and her smile grew even brighter. But after laughing for a while, she suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said, "Oh no, I forgot! I got separated from Little Stone and the others. They might still be looking for me."
Wang Yue was speechless. So she hadn't come specifically to see him after all; she'd only dropped by on her way somewhere, perhaps hoping he would help her find the others.
He said helplessly, "Then why aren't you hurrying off? They don't know the place. If they wander somewhere they shouldn't, they could be in real trouble."
Wen Rou had also forgotten that she'd originally wanted Wang Yue to cast a divination and help her find Bai Chou Fei and Wang Xiao Shi that way.
She nodded quickly and dashed outside. Halfway there, she ran back, took the tea leaves from Wang Yue, then hurried off again.
Watching her rush about, Wang Yue shook his head and went back to savoring his tea.
Half of what he'd said earlier was true. The person he was waiting for wasn't Wen Rou, and certainly not Lei Chun. He was waiting for the person in charge of Six and a Half Hall.
After the nighttime ambush a few days ago, he and Six and a Half Hall had become enemies, in a sense.
Until they were sure Wang Yue wouldn't turn against Six and a Half Hall, Lei Chun wouldn't be allowed to come see him, even if she wanted to.
Still, Wang Yue wasn't sure who would come to meet him.
Unfortunately, his guess was wrong. Perhaps it was the nature of the martial world: though Lei Chun was a woman without martial arts, she had a certain amount of courage. Or perhaps Lei