Tao Dingfu stayed in Mei Yiyao's precious garden for two days before leaving. Aboard the flying vessel, he pondered: Kuai Jing had not come here, so where would he go? Would he come looking for him?
He was not afraid of that. Like Nie Xinying, he did not reject progress in cultivation. But with Mei Yiyao ruled out, there was actually one other person Kuai Jing might seek...
Just as he was thinking, he felt his Daoist robe being tugged. Looking down, he saw two little creatures, half rabbit and half cat, pressed against either side of his legs and staring up at him with wide eyes.
These were the "Brocade Ball Rabbits" Mei Yiyao had given him, two in all. She said one was for him and one for his senior sister, Nie Xinying.
In truth, he felt that his was merely incidental, while the real purpose had been to give one to Nie Xinying. He remembered that Nie Xinying had a forceful temperament. When faced with clingy little creatures like these, she wanted to get close to them, yet did not wish to show that she liked them, often becoming terribly conflicted inside. Mei Yiyao presumably understood this, which was why she had done so deliberately.
Thinking of this, he gave a laugh. Back when Mei Yiyao had cultivated the Dao, she and Nie Xinying had counted as rivals. One was unyielding, the other gentle; the contest between them had been rather interesting.
He fed the two Brocade Ball Rabbits a little something and sent them away, then returned to his interrupted train of thought. As for Kuai Jing's next target, if it was as he suspected, then there was no need for him to worry too much. That person should be able to deal with Kuai Jing