Noon.
Chen Baiqing sat at the table where they had drunk the night before, holding a book and reading it closely.
She did not wait long.
Cui Hao was the first to push open his door. After greeting Chen Baiqing, he naturally took the chair beside her, then stretched rather languidly.
"Senior Sister... what are you reading?"
A faint smile curved Chen Baiqing's lips as she said:
"A hundred thousand words someone wrote."
The words struck Cui Hao like a thunderbolt, instantly clearing his slightly foggy head-the hundred-thousand-word essay he had previously written criticizing Eldest Senior Sister's poor command was already known throughout the sect.
Only the new hundred thousand words were something he, Cui Hao, had promised Eldest Senior Sister he would write.
Those hundred thousand words were flattering to the utmost. Cui Hao had written them while fighting down his nausea.
He had been determined to make them so sycophantic that even Eldest Senior Sister would be too embarrassed to show anyone.
That day, Eldest Senior Sister had read one page without turning to the second, merely casting him a look that said-no one could be as disgusting as you.
Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that Eldest Senior Sister would actually show this thing to Third Senior Sister.
If this thing circulated, was Eldest Senior Sister not afraid her reputation would plummet a thousand fathoms?
Cui Hao opened his mouth to speak...
Seeing Cui Hao's expression, Chen Baiqing looked satisfied, then gently set the book on the table.
Cui Hao's gaze naturally followed it, only to discover that its contents were not his hundred thousand words of flattery, but what appeared to be an extremely obscure exposition on Heaven's Way.
He asked quietly, "Senior Sister, you know?"
Chen Baiqing did not answer. Instead, she picked