"If it hadn't been for you, Young Master, Tang Mei would only have been like everyone else today. How could I have been fortunate enough to enter beneath my master's tutelage..." Tang Mei's bright, sparkling eyes stared straight at Zhang Tie without the slightest trace of shyness, instead carrying a measure of curiosity and scrutiny, as though only now, after knowing Zhang Tie all this time, had she truly come to know him.
By this point, Zhang Tie saw no need to hide anything from Tang Mei. He did not deny her words, merely waved a hand. "You passed the first two trials on your own. As for the third, I only went with the flow. When Uncle Guan came looking for me, I still didn't know how I could help you. Who would have thought such a coincidence would happen today? All I can say is that this is fate..."
"No matter what, if you had not been here today, the outcome would have been entirely different. What you did today would not be an exaggeration to call saving my life..."
"Hehe, you don't need to thank me..." Zhang Tie winked at Tang Mei and said solemnly, "If anyone should thank me, it should be your master. I accidentally found him such a fairy-like, beautiful disciple—this is his good fortune! As long as you stand beside him, merely looking at you will be a feast for the eyes. You're absolutely ten thousand times better than those stinking male disciples of his. From now on, his eyes will be blessed. When your master called me over just now, he was going to thank me, even saying he'd give me an enormous benefit..."
Even though she knew perfectly well that Zhang Tie was joking, Tang Mei's face still flushed crimson from