Three days later.
Yu Mingxiao and Bi Ji finished packing and set out to leave the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Shui Xiwei from Skywater Academy was traveling with them as well. They did not expect her to be of much help; she was merely accompanying them on their journey, pleasing to the eye.
"Is she the companion you mentioned?"
Inside the clan, Bi Ji watched the approaching girl, her delicate brows knitting slightly as she gently shook Yu Mingxiao's arm.
A few days earlier, she had heard that someone else would be traveling with them.
She had not wanted to add another person, but since Yu Mingxiao had invited her, she could only suppress her reluctance.
She had not expected the newcomer to be a girl—and such a beautiful one at that.
It gave her a sense of crisis.
"Yes. Is there a problem?" Yu Mingxiao asked with a smile.
Bi Ji said, "Why is it a girl?"
"Why can't it be a girl?" Yu Mingxiao countered.
"No, that's not what I meant." Afraid that he would be displeased, Bi Ji hurriedly explained, "I'm just worried that having her along will make things inconvenient for us."
Yu Mingxiao said, "It's fine. If anything becomes inconvenient, I'll find a way to send her away."
"Alright, then." Seeing that he insisted on bringing the girl, Bi Ji could not say much more. Still, concern lingered in her expression.
She had come under orders to seduce Yu Mingxiao, yet before she had made any progress, another human girl had suddenly appeared.
"Mingxiao, it's been years. Did you miss me?"
Shui Xiwei slowly approached, still carrying that same mischievous, impish air.
"I missed you," Yu Mingxiao said casually.
"Hmph, I can tell you're just brushing me off." Shui Xiwei pouted, then looked at