Xu Changqing was taken aback. "Huh?"
Mu Beiyun's willow-leaf brows furrowed slightly. "You wanted the handkerchief—wasn't it because you wanted to date me?"
Xu Changqing came back to his senses and immediately shook his head. "Sorry, you may have misunderstood."
Mu Beiyun asked in confusion, "Misunderstood what?"
Xu Changqing told the truth. "I don't know you at all, and I'm not interested in you."
His words instead left Mu Beiyun thoroughly astonished. "Huh?!"
The people pursuing her lined up all the way from Profound Heart City to the Moon-Inviting Immortal Sect.
No matter where she went, she was always the center of attention.
Yet now, not only had someone rejected her to her face, he had even said he was not interested.
It was the first time she had encountered such a situation. It was simply unbelievable.
Xu Changqing explained, "The person who's truly interested in you—or rather, in that handkerchief—is actually one of my senior brothers. His name is Chu Qiu."
Mu Beiyun had some recollection of him. "The one who won first place in the Thousand-Sail Crossing Competition with you?"
Xu Changqing nodded. "That's right, him. My senior brother is handsome and dashing, and he has Water-Wood Dual Spiritual Roots. He has now joined an Immortal Peak and become a core disciple. His future potential is boundless..."
Mu Beiyun waved a hand, seemingly uninterested in hearing more. "Who it is doesn't matter. You may leave."
Xu Changqing opened his mouth, but the rest of his praise never came out. Seeing that she was no longer looking at him, he knew there was no point continuing the conversation, so he turned and left.
But just as he reached the door, with his hand ready to open it—
Mu Beiyun's somewhat cool voice rang out behind him again, asking as