"I..."
Nie Yun glanced at Miss Wan'er before him, feeling somewhat torn and unsure how to handle this.
"Don't say I'm here..."
Seeing his expression, Wan'er feared he might say something and hurriedly lowered her voice, her face full of pleading.
No wonder she was afraid. As the chieftain's only granddaughter, although she was usually carefree and boisterous, she was in truth the most beautiful flower in the tribe. She had never had anything to do with any man. If the tribespeople discovered that she had appeared in a strange man's courtyard in the dead of night... even if she had a hundred mouths, she could not explain herself!
"Uh..."
Nie Yun was no fool and immediately understood what she meant. At the same time, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Her saying this meant that she had not come here under Guan Ling's or the chieftain's orders. If so, Guan Ling's sudden appearance might truly have been nothing more than a coincidence.
Although he had not known the people of the Qing Shan Tribe for long, they had been warm as fire. No matter what, he could not believe they would take action against him.
"I'll tidy up and come over..."
Having understood this, Nie Yun said no more and called out.
"Alright, at the entrance to the mountain hollow where you came before. Hurry over—if you're late, you'll miss the best part..."
Guan Ling laughed. Then his footsteps receded farther and farther away until they vanished.
Once he was certain the man had truly gone far away, Nie Yun looked at the girl before him.
"You came here in the middle of the night... What were you planning to do?"
Though he did not wish to fall out with the Qing Shan Tribe, if she truly harbored