"National Preceptor! Aren't you really worried that she'll leave and never come back?!"
Jing Ni, seated beside Qing Mo, looked at him with curiosity written all over her face.
"There's no need to worry!"
"She was merely talking big just now. When the time comes, she'll come back on her own!"
"Besides, she was only talking big, but I wasn't. Before long, she'll definitely come begging me again!"
Qing Mo slowly set down his chopsticks, leaned back in his chair, and took out a Huazi to light for himself.
"May I know why Sister Yan Lingji will come begging you again so soon?!"
"Could it be that you did something to her...?!"
Jing Ni's eyes were filled with curiosity as she looked at Qing Mo, though her expression carried a hint of teasing.
"I didn't do anything!"
"Ever since she started following me, I haven't even touched a single strand of her hair!"
"For a woman like her, those so-called methods are completely unnecessary!"
"If you want a woman to follow you sincerely, the best way is to win her heart—or let her win over her own heart!"
"There's no need to do anything extra. When the time comes, her heart will naturally lean toward you, just like... yours did!"
Hearing Qing Mo's final words, Jing Ni's pretty face flushed slightly. A trace of bashfulness appeared between her brows, and she nodded very gently.
Just as Qing Mo and Jing Ni continued to leisurely enjoy life in the room together, while also working even harder to discuss and explore the origins of life—
Yan Lingji, who had deliberately been allowed to leave, quickly found Tian Ze and the others' current hiding place within Xinzheng City by following the special marks left behind by Poison King.
"Master!"
The moment she arrived