When Qinghe saw that her once-infallible act of playing pitiful had lost its effect, she knew Xie Lingyu was serious this time.
Damn it!
Wasn't he just an old flame? Was she never going to bring him back for a visit?
Who knew how many trips Granny Bai had already made?
Did she really still mind me saying a few extra words?
At the thought, Qinghe silently looked back at Xie Lingyu, whose expression behind her was slightly icy.
Could it be... she still didn't know about this?
Qinghe quickly thought back. It seemed Xie Lingyu really didn't know.
Xie Lingyu never asked where Granny Bai had gone, either. Since returning to the Heavenly Derivation Sect, she had spent all her time cultivating apart from handling necessary affairs.
Even Granny Bai said Xie Lingyu seemed like a different person.
A good idea suddenly occurred to Qinghe. If she traded this information for Xie Lingyu turning a blind eye to her...
Wouldn't her life of slacking off be able to continue?
Wouldn't she still get to eat those meat buns? She had heard there were even tastier things here besides buns.
Deciding this could work, Qinghe spoke in a negotiating tone:
"Martial Uncle Xie, if I tell you a secret, could you..."
Qinghe left her sentence unfinished, but gave her a knowing smile.
Xie Lingyu's tone did not waver. "I'm not interested in other people's secrets."
Qinghe hastily said, "It's not about other people! It's about that old flame of yours!"
"I don't have an old flame."
"It's about your old flame and Granny Bai!"
Xie Lingyu smiled dismissively. "You mean my master went to Yuzhou City to see him? I knew that ages ago."
Qinghe looked at Xie Lingyu in shock and hurriedly asked out of curiosity:
"How did you