"Teacher... why would she be alone in a room with that guy?"
Rather than actually returning to her room, Hu Liena had hidden in a corner of the corridor to watch carefully. Seeing Lin Yue step into her teacher's bedroom, she felt as though an invisible hand had clenched around her heart. Pain crossed her face, and even breathing became difficult.
Had her teacher meant that reprimand earlier? Did she truly think Hu Liena was inferior to the person raised by the Worship Hall, and had she changed her mind because she wanted a better disciple?
"Nana, what are you doing?"
Passing by, Xie Yue spotted his hiding sister and couldn't help asking curiously.
"Nothing..."
Feeling utterly hollow inside, Hu Liena watched the door close completely, then returned to her room with her head hanging. She was destined for a sleepless night.
Meanwhile, in Bibi Dong's room.
The woman seated on the chaise rested her chin on one hand, her long, fair legs crossed. The skin of her inner thighs was soft as a ripe peach, yet retained its athletic spring and explosive strength...
She seemed to have just washed. Dressed in a nightgown, Bibi Dong still had a few droplets of water in her hair. Though she had already borne a child, her figure remained exquisitely curved, and her bearing was as flawless as a lotus emerging from water.
Had her expression not been so icy, she would have possessed even more of a mature woman's elegant, alluring charm.
"So, where's my gift in return?"
Tapping the table lightly, Bibi Dong flexed the tips of her toes with interest, her gaze fixed on Lin Yue's flustered, helpless eyes.
She kept feeling that this little fellow had come to visit tonight with some ulterior motive, yet she couldn't work out