Zhong Yunkun made it clear that if Qiao Ranran wanted it too, he would never fight her for it. After all, he owed her for her guidance!
When they reached a stretch of rubble outside Returnless Valley, Wei Huai said with a smile, "This is where I met Miss Qiao and Daoist Pei. If they hadn't helped me, grass would probably be growing on my grave by now."
Wei Huai had never made a point of mentioning that the two of them had saved him. Their cultivation had not been high at the time, so even if he had told anyone, they might not have believed him. His junior brothers and sisters had simply assumed he had been lucky enough for his master to rescue him.
As for why he knew Qiao Ranran and the others, perhaps they thought Wei Huai had friends everywhere?
Yu Mingxuan stared at Qiao Ranran in surprise. She already knew exactly how skilled Qiao Ranran was at medicine, but she had not known Qiao Ranran had saved Wei Huai too. She had once felt uncomfortable when Wei Huai treated Qiao Ranran differently. Now that she knew how they had met, and saw that even Zhong Yunkun seemed to hold Qiao Ranran in high regard, she felt worse.
It was as though Qiao Ranran existed to thwart her. Since getting to know Wen Ziheng, she had heard him mention Qiao Ranran more than once. Sometimes he made a casual remark when something reminded him of her; other times he brought her up as a joke to needle Feng Changdong.
Once they entered Returnless Valley, Chen Zhongjie pointed out the direction, and Wei Huai volunteered to lead the way. Yu Mingxuan followed close behind him, with Chen Zhongjie and Zhong Yunkun in the middle and Qiao Ranran