Bang...
Two days later, He Pingsheng unfolded a paper crane on Bamboo Peak.
Then he jumped onto its back and, with a stir of his divine sense, sent it flying high into the sky.
His destination was a cultivation lineage: the Hou Household.
But after flying for less than an incense stick's worth of time, He Pingsheng landed on a certain mountaintop.
He waited there for about half an incense stick's worth of time before another paper crane appeared on the horizon and landed beside him.
A beautiful woman with a dignified appearance jumped off the paper crane. She was He Pingsheng's third senior sister, Cheng Siyu.
Cheng Siyu's eyes were red and slightly swollen around the edges.
One glance was enough to tell that she had just been crying.
"Third Senior Sister, Master didn't notice, did she?" He Pingsheng asked.
Somehow, word that He Pingsheng would be representing their master at Hou Muxian's household had reached Cheng Siyu.
Cheng Siyu had secretly approached He Pingsheng, asking to accompany him to the Hou Household under cover of his status.
He Pingsheng had not asked her exact reason.
But he could guess a thing or two.
Judging by Cheng Siyu's expression and her tear-reddened eyes, this was probably another tale of a man seducing a woman only to abandon her.
"Don't worry!" Cheng Siyu said. "Master didn't notice. If she had, she wouldn't have let me go!"
"Let's go!" He Pingsheng summoned his flying crane again.
This time, he summoned an ordinary flying crane, one that had not been enhanced.
The two rode the same flying crane toward the Hou Household.
"Junior Brother... do you know why?" Cheng Siyu asked.
He Pingsheng had not been interested, but since she was willing to talk, listening to it as a story would not