"Senior Sister, we're all friends when we're away from home." Gong Lei scratched his head, looking somewhat embarrassed.
Just then, Fat Monk swaggered in from outside. "Kid, Fat Master is back!"
"Senior Brother?!"
Before Ye Yu could reply, Gong Lei cried out in shock.
Fat Monk froze. Turning to look, he seemed as though he had been struck by lightning, and his expression immediately turned incomparably ugly. "Why are you here?!"
Seeing this, Ye Yu understood. These people seemed to be the characters from Fat Monk's story.
Before Gong Lei could respond, Gong Dongxiang said coldly, "What, you can come here but we can't? That passage doesn't belong to you alone. Do you intend to stop us?"
"Senior Sister, stop it. Senior Brother didn't mean that." Gong Lei tugged at Gong Dongxiang's sleeve.
"What do you mean, he didn't mean that? It would have been bad enough if this dog were merely selfish and self-serving, but last time he nearly got you killed. And you're still speaking up for him." Gong Youxia stared at Fat Monk with an icy expression.
As though Fat Monk had committed some heinous, unforgivable crime.
"I..." Fat Monk had just begun to speak when Gong Lei cut him off.
"Senior Brother, come back. Master and the Senior Disciple Sisters truly miss you. What happened before was all my fault. Don't blame Master or the Senior Disciple Sisters."
Gong Lei looked like a child who had done something wrong.
"Come back? Who wants him back? Look at what he's become—he's utterly beyond reason. I thought that after leaving the sect, you might actually accomplish something great! Yet this is what you turned into!" Gong Youxia covered her nose as she spoke.
"Can't you show a little promise? Can't you learn from Little Lei? Little Lei is