Mo Han said, "Please stop. This is my cave abode."
Yan Chihuo knew he could not force the issue, so he had no choice but to stop. Still, he pressed that jade bottle into Mo Han's hands.
Without even turning her head, Mo Han entered the cave abode.
Yan Chihuo opened his mouth, but said nothing. Dejected, he lowered his head and turned to leave.
"Isn't this Young Master Yan?" A sweet, lovely voice called out. It belonged to a charming, ingenuous girl of sixteen or seventeen.
Yan Chihuo did not recognize her and asked, "May I ask...?"
The ingenuous girl first gave him a salute, then said, "My name is Green Pearl. I am Miss Mo's personal maid."
Mo Han's personal attendants had originally been Yu Wuniang and Qingxue. Yu Wuniang had encountered another opportunity and left the Sea Heaven Sect long ago, while Qingxue's aptitude was average and she had grown older, so Mo Han had dismissed her. Green Pearl was someone Mo Han had found in recent years. Since Yan Chihuo had been away from the Sea Heaven Sect for many years, he did not know her.
Green Pearl said, "I have seen Young Master's portrait many times in the sect, so I recognized you at once. Now that you have come all this way, why not go in and sit for a while?"
Yan Chihuo looked embarrassed. "Your young lady seems to be in a bad temper these days. I'd better not court trouble."
Green Pearl smiled. "Young Master, Miss is angry. If you simply leave like this, her anger will only grow worse. Come with me and coax her properly, or you will have even more trouble in the future."
With that, she stepped forward and pulled Yan Chihuo along. He had not truly wanted