"Show-Off!! What are you doing?! Let go of this Phoenix right now!!"
Little Nine roared and struggled, but he could not loosen Guang Ling's grip in the slightest.
Holding Little Nine, Guang Ling headed straight for the door.
Only then did Little Nine realize what Guang Ling intended to do. He hurriedly cried to Qian Renyue for help. "Master! Master! Save me! Show-Off is going to throw me out!!"
Hearing Little Nine's cries, Qian Renyue felt rather helpless, but she had no intention of meddling in the business between Dead Phoenix and Show-Off. Those two people without a lick of sense could fight and fool around all they liked. As the one who had some sense, she would stay out of it, lest she fail to settle things and end up with their stink clinging to her instead.
"Enough, you two. Don't disturb my cultivation."
Qian Renyue reminded them.
"I know. Don't worry, Yue'er. I definitely won't let this Dead Phoenix disturb you."
Guang Ling glanced back with a smile. Qian Renyue nodded and cautioned him, "Don't bully him too much, either. He's just a child."
"Mm, understood."
Guang Ling answered Qian Renyue with a warm smile, but the instant he turned around, his expression changed. He looked at Little Nine with an utterly chilling grin. "Dead Phoenix, do you remember what I told you before?"
Little Nine's eyes went wide. He stared at Guang Ling, his body trembling, and could not help screaming wildly, "Aaaaah! Master, save me! Show-Off is going to roast me-"
"..."
Bang-
Once the door shut, Qian Renyue could no longer hear Little Nine.
She shook her head and left the two of them to their own devices.
A few months earlier, Zhu Zhuqing, who was far away at Shrek Academy, had sent her a