(Third Update)
"This...!" Liu Xian'er's expression changed at his words, and she seemed about to speak.
"Yes! These are the terms we agreed on yesterday with Martial Uncle Daoling and Martial Aunt Qingxia!" Zhang Hong hurriedly interrupted Liu Xian'er. When Li Xiaoya looked over, she continued somewhat awkwardly, "Martial Aunt Qingxia would only agree to this if we accepted those terms!"
"Ah! Why didn't you tell me yesterday?" Li Xiaoya complained. If Zhang Hong had told him yesterday, he would not have ended up in such a sorry state today. Still, he did not blame either of them. They must have agreed because they had no other choice.
"...!" Liu Xian'er looked toward Zhang Hong, who signaled for her to remain silent and said dejectedly, "We promised Martial Aunt Qingxia we wouldn't tell you! We also had to cooperate with them. That was another of the conditions!"
"Ah!" Li Xiaoya was speechless. He had never imagined that his happy days would end after so short a time. Indignant, he said, "Does that mean we really can't see each other anymore? We're just going to let them pull our strings?"
"No! Ya! You're wrong!" Liu Xian'er's expression shifted before she suddenly spoke. "Master and the others are doing this for our own good!"
"What do you mean, for our own good? They...!" Li Xiaoya began angrily, but the earnest look on Liu Xian'er's face suddenly brought him up short. He realized that Xian'er had always been an ascetic cultivator, devoted wholly to the Dao. Without that cultivation method, even if she liked him, she might never have expressed her feelings to him, much less been together with him. With her temperament, cultivation had always been her lifelong goal. Acting this way would only harm her. Besides, she would never betray her