Yu Sui rarely shared her honest feelings with him, and Mei Chengyu was moved by what he heard. The tender ache in his heart reached its peak at her final words—"If I liked you"—and left him utterly captivated.
Mei Chengyu did not deny that he liked Yu Sui a little.
Maybe he would like her even more in the future.
Then he remembered her saying "if," which meant that his Junior Martial Sister did not like him yet.
Mei Chengyu kept walking. After thinking for a moment, he couldn't help laughing.
The Five Elements Qi swirling around Mei Chengyu gradually dwindled. He held Yu Sui close and asked in a low voice, "Has the bleeding stopped?"
Yu Sui answered, "It's stopped."
"Does it still hurt?" Mei Chengyu asked.
Yu Sui answered honestly, "Yes."
Mei Chengyu pressed her head against his chest, and Yu Sui added, "It doesn't hurt as much as before."
Her soft words brushed against Mei Chengyu's heart, gentle as a breeze.
Yu Sui lifted her head to look at Wen Yanghui behind them. Her dark eyes were clear and bright, as though she were checking on something. Resting her chin on Mei Chengyu's shoulder, she rolled her eyes and asked, "Senior Martial Brother, why do I feel like I'm always getting hurt since I came to Taiyi?"
"It's all other people's fault," Mei Chengyu said.
Yu Sui added, "You're always getting hurt too."
"I have too many enemies," Mei Chengyu replied.
Yu Sui stared at Wen Yanghui and fell silent for a while.
Mei Chengyu glanced over, exasperated and amused. "Why do you keep looking at him? What's so interesting about him?"
Yu Sui explained, "I'm worried that if we keep dragging Wen Yanghui along, he'll die before we notice. If he dies in our hands, it'll