Bai Suxian understood the same logic. She was merely sulking a little. After soothing the sulking Bai Suxian and exchanging a few words with Bai Runcheng, Zhang Tie turned and boarded the airship.
"Though green hills may change, green waters flow on. Take care, everyone. When we meet again someday, I'll drink and make merry with you all once more..." Zhang Tie cupped his fists toward the crowd. His final gaze passed over Bai Suxian's and Guo Hongyi's faces, but in the end, he said nothing more.
Even at a time like this, women's unimaginable sensitivity allowed both Bai Suxian and Guo Hongyi to sense Zhang Tie's final glance at them. The two women looked at each other, then turned their faces away together. It was only because of the occasion that they held back; otherwise, each would surely have given a cold snort.
Zhang Tie was helpless. Bai Suxian and Guo Hongyi seemed born rivals, their auras utterly incompatible. There was still nothing between him and Guo Hongyi now, but if he married them both in the future, neither of them would be easy to deal with. If two female knights started fighting, wouldn't the house be turned upside down?
Forget it. He would deal with the future when it came!
Casting that thought from his mind, Zhang Tie boarded the airship. Its door closed, and it slowly began to move, flying eastward. Through the crystal window in the door, Zhang Tie saw the people who had come to see him off departing one after another—Guo Hongyi returning to Blackwater Base, while Bai Suxian returned to Prince of Guangnan's Mansion's airship.
Zhang Tie also let out a breath of relief.
"General, where are we going now?" a respectful captain asked. He was over forty, with a purplish-red complexion and