Returning from the Tian Shu Alliance to the Small Courtyard, Xiao Yan pushed open the gate and discovered an unfamiliar figure inside.
Besides Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Xun'er, Qing Lin, and Dan Chen, the Small Courtyard now held an aloof figure with long blue hair.
Having met him only recently, Xiao Yan had hardly forgotten him. He recognized him as Yao Ling.
At that moment, Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er were receiving Yao Ling as the ladies of the house.
Yao Ling looked curious, quite surprised that Xun'er, the esteemed young lady of the Ancient Clan, would actually share a man with other women.
Still, he was not so ill-mannered as to ask that to their faces, so he merely chatted with them.
Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er asked about his intentions, but he only said that he would wait until Xiao Yan arrived.
Thus, when Xiao Yan pushed open the courtyard gate, eager to absorb the fire cloud water flame, Yao Ling stepped into his path.
"Alliance Leader Xiao, may I stay by your side?" Yao Ling asked.
Before Xiao Yan could answer, Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er had already stepped between him and Yao Ling, regarding Yao Ling with hostile expressions.
"Yao Ling, if that is what you have in mind, you can leave right now." Xiao Xun'er's voice turned cold.
Xiao Yi Xian also released her aura, causing a slight change in Yao Ling's aloof expression.
Just then, Xiao Yan looked at Yao Ling and frowned slightly. "Why do you keep pestering me?"
Yao Ling answered honestly, "You have something I crave."
Xiao Yan's tone was displeased. "So what? First, even I don't know exactly what it is. Second, even if I did, I wouldn't give it to you. Understand?"
Unwilling to give up,