"In your dreams!" Ye Xing refused outright.
"Oh my, Young Master Ye Xing, that wasn't how you treated me just now!" Chu Lianxi's voice brimmed with teasing.
"This is the Acacia Sect's territory, after all. We can't let her keep us here. Let's leave first!" Ye Xing secretly transmitted his voice to Ye Chen.
Ye Chen nodded slightly, and the two turned and flew away.
Chu Lianxi watched with interest, making no move to stop them.
Her alluring eyes followed their receding figures until they vanished from sight, and only then did she give a soft laugh.
Her laughter was light, like a breeze brushing a bell.
"Holy Maiden, should we have someone watch them?" A figure suddenly appeared behind Chu Lianxi. It was the Alluring Woman who had hosted the auction.
"Tell me where they're staying. I'll go myself tomorrow!" Chu Lianxi said with interest, one arm folded across her chest and the other hand supporting her cheek.
"Yes," the Alluring Woman behind her replied respectfully, then vanished into the night with a flicker.
Meanwhile, Ye Xing and Ye Chen flew straight back to Cloudrest Lodge without stopping.
The night wind roared past his ears. Ye Xing said nothing along the way, his face drawn tight.
"Big brother! Big brother!" Ye Xing hurried to Lin Yi's door and knocked anxiously as he called out. Bang, bang, bang! His knocks were loud and urgent.
Lin Yi had been immersed in cultivation. Hearing Ye Xing's voice, he stopped cultivating and opened the door.
"What the hell are you up to?" Lin Yi looked speechlessly at the anxious Ye Xing.
But on second thought, what damned urgent business could he possibly have?
"Can't pay off your brothel tab?" Before Lin Yi finished teasing him, he noticed Ye Chen beside him.
"And this