"Junior Brother Lu."
The moment Lu Ming opened the door, he saw Liu Qingqing rushing toward him with red-rimmed eyes and tears streaking her face like rain on pear blossoms, seeming wronged to the extreme and unable to resist seeking comfort.
Lu Ming immediately took half a step back, leaving Liu Qingqing to lunge at empty air.
"Junior Brother Lu—" Liu Qingqing staggered in place, her eyes brimming with resentment as she looked at Lu Ming. "My mother wants to marry me off to someone else, but I don't like him at all."
Lu Ming said, "Oh, and then?"
He sneered inwardly. Within the Myriad Manifestations Sect, there was only one person Liu Qingqing would find difficult to refuse, one who could prevent her from making her own decisions: Qin Huaiyuan!
Thinking of Liu Qiushui's high regard for Qin Huaiyuan, it was clearly him.
This woman was deeply scheming. She had deliberately refused to name him, wanting Lu Ming to draw the wrong conclusion.
Qin Huaiyuan was a Grade A genius, his cultivation nearly at the peak of the Organ-Tempering Realm. He was also a Dao Lineage Candidate with voting rights. Against someone this powerful, Lu Ming currently had no chance of contending.
This woman was selfish to the extreme. She wanted to use him as a shield against this danger, without caring in the slightest whether he lived or died.
"Ah~" Liu Qingqing suddenly moaned as if she had twisted her ankle. The sound was exceptionally easy to misunderstand.
At once, sounds came from several nearby courtyards of core disciples. Many people even opened their doors to observe the situation.
"Eh? Isn't that Eldest Senior Sister? Coming to see Junior Brother Lu so late at night—oh, no, Senior Brother Lu?"
"That sound just now really leaves much to the