Marquis Yongchang froze at those words.
Xiao Yu instinctively looked toward the voice as well.
[See? I told you. No one even had to invite her-she followed the scent here herself.]
[Looks like she really is "deeply in love" with Marquis Yongchang.]
"Ow!"
Marquis Yongchang suddenly felt a sharp pain at his waist.
He glanced at his wife, giving her a wounded look.
My dear...
Our son was the one who attracted her. Why blame me? I don't even like her.
Lady Gongsun thought it over carefully.
That did make sense.
She shielded him behind her and turned her eyes toward their son, a warning flashing in her gaze.
Once again, Gongsun Yun felt the deadly menace radiating from his parents. His shoulders trembled, and his eyelid twitched.
He stepped forward, blocking Zi Ying's sidelong view of his father.
"Zi'er, what brings you here?" he asked.
Zi Ying paused.
"I came to invite..." she replied distractedly.
Then she caught sight of Xiao Yu beside them. She involuntarily shuddered and backed away, a flicker of terror crossing her eyes.
Abruptly, she asked, "...Who is this?"
Xiao Yu stepped forward at her question. "My name is Xiao Yu. Hello, miss."
[Quite a keen nose. She immediately sensed I wasn't an ordinary person. Good thing I concealed my aura in time. It wouldn't be any fun if she ran away.]
Marquis Yongchang and his wife: "..." So you're here to have fun?
Gongsun Yun: "..."
Zi Ying carefully checked Xiao Yu's identity. When she could no longer detect the cultivator's aura she had smelled earlier, she relaxed.
Apparently, she had worried too much.
She looked at Xiao Yu, a flash of delighted surprise darting through her eyes.
He did not seem to have much cultivation, but he was brimming with spiritual energy. A