"I told you, he isn't my boyfriend..." Zhu Qing's voice gradually faded.
At some point, the window behind Ning Rongrong had opened.
A figure dressed in black, his face covered and a Veiled Hat on his head, drifted lightly down behind Ning Rongrong.
It was none other than Lin Yuan.
Ning Rongrong instinctively looked back, her eyes lighting up. Then, seemingly remembering something, she curled her lips into a smile. "I'll go keep watch outside for you two. Remember to leave the immortal herb you promised me before you go."
As she spoke, Ning Rongrong walked out of the room.
When she passed Zhu Qing, she paused and whispered, "Zhu Qing, don't you like him?"
"If you like him, be brave and go after him. Don't wait until he's truly gone before you learn what regret feels like."
Those words were as much a warning to herself as they were advice to Zhu Qing.
Next time-the next time she saw "Gu Yuan," she would never let him go again.
At her words, Zhu Qing seemed to make a momentous decision. She hurried over to Lin Yuan, hesitating before she spoke. "Thank you for saving me twice before."
Lin Yuan corrected her. "Strictly speaking, I only saved you once. The person who saved you last time, on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, wasn't me. It was someone else."
"That person slaughtered your sister's guards and drove her away. I happened to be cultivating in seclusion in the cave where you were left."
"When I saw your sister and her guards surrounding you and trying to kill you, I had no intention of intervening at first."
"But after the person who saved you discovered me, he tried to kill me to silence me. We fought a fierce battle."
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