"Junior Sister Lian, how could you treat me like this? I've always..." The young man surnamed Xue's expression changed drastically, disbelief written all over his face.
"I've always been this way. If you can't stand it, get as far away as you can. You're no longer welcome at Emerald Jade Cave. Xiao Lian, see our guest out." Before the young man could finish, the young woman's cold, blunt voice sounded from inside the cave abode again.
"Young Master Xue, this way, please. Please don't make things difficult for me." Looking troubled, the young maid gestured for him to leave.
"Fine. Very well! I've truly learned how heartless you are, Junior Sister Lian. Even if you beg me to come in the future, don't expect me to ever set foot in Emerald Jade Cave again." Unable to contain his anger any longer, the young man surnamed Xue clenched his fists and growled. Then he swept his sleeve, transformed into a ball of red light, and shot through the air, vanishing without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Only after the red light had disappeared completely from sight did the maid stick out her tongue. She patted her slightly budding chest with a small hand, then turned and returned to the cave abode.
The main doors soon closed again.
Inside the cave abode, in a lavishly furnished bedroom.
A young woman in white who looked no more than seventeen or eighteen reclined on a lounge chair, reading an ancient book with yellowed pages.
She had willow-leaf brows, phoenix eyes, and a cherry-like mouth. Her slender, graceful figure curved in all the right places and was exceptionally alluring.
Before long, footsteps sounded outside the bedroom, but stopped just beyond the door.
"Come in," the girl in white said without even raising