Xiao Qinghe frowned at his weakened expression. "Are you really all right?"
"It's just a minor injury, nothing worth mentioning." Yan Yunhe smiled faintly. "But with these injuries, I'm afraid I won't be able to beat him tonight."
Xiao Qinghe: "???"
You're injured this badly, and you still want to fight?
Why insist on fighting at night, too?
Xie Jun delayed no further.
She feared that if she lingered even a few more seconds, she would no longer bear to let her senior brother return.
So she hugged Xiao Qinghe tightly. "Senior brother, I'm only giving you back to him for now. Once he's recovered, you have to come find me."
"Of course." Xiao Qinghe patted her head.
At first, Xiao Qinghe had only wanted to ride her coattails. Now, he truly regarded Xie Jun as his junior sister.
His thoughts were written all over his face.
Xie Jun let out a long sigh.
Her senior brother still hadn't understood what she meant.
Never mind. They had plenty of time ahead.
One day, he would understand her feelings.
"Senior brother, I..." She leaned close to Xiao Qinghe's ear and whispered something very, very softly.
Before Xiao Qinghe could make it out, she turned resolutely, grabbed Yan Yunhe, and disappeared from his sight.
Just then, the system's rigid electronic voice rang out.
[Mission to find Little Lou complete! New mission! Care for Bai Yuqing until he recovers!]
Clutching the jade pendant he had pulled off Bai Yulou, Xiao Qinghe raised his eyes and gazed intently in the direction Xie Jun had gone.
Then he suppressed that strange, faint ache in his heart, mounted his flying sword, and hurried back to the sect.
The Demon-Slaying Sect.
Inside the hall on Thirteenth Peak.
"Get out."
A sect disciple brought over another