"Me?" The moment Zhong Haoran heard Zhong Peihan mention a marriage alliance, his scalp seemed ready to explode. He nearly stumbled over his words. "I... I don't want to marry someone else. I... I only want to see Senior Sister every day... that would be enough!"
"Alas!" Zhong Peihan knew it was impossible to get any sweet words from Zhong Haoran. This sentence was already the limit of what he could say.
"Haoran, do you know... that I've now become a cripple?" Zhong Peihan gritted her teeth, tears nearly falling.
"I know!" Zhong Haoran immediately said. "I know that Senior Sister failed to establish her foundation that day and forcibly took a second Foundation Establishment Pill. Because her meridians couldn't contain any more true qi, they burst apart. If her meridians cannot be repaired, she won't be able to cultivate again in the future! She'll be just like an ordinary mortal!"
"You damned Haoran, can't you put it a little more tactfully?" Zhong Peihan snapped angrily. "With words like yours, you'll anger me to death!"
"Yes, yes, I won't say it anymore, I won't say it anymore!" Zhong Haoran hastily replied.
"Alas, since you know, then you should understand what is at stake!" Zhong Peihan said faintly. "Even the family head, a Golden Core cultivator, was helpless after examining me. Xiao Hua has only just established his foundation. What could he possibly do?"
"Senior Sister~" Zhong Haoran shook his head. "You can't put it that way. Although Xiao Hua's cultivation isn't as high as the family head's, he... he is a disciple of the Thunder Control Sect. The Thunder Control Sect can't possibly lack pills that repair meridians, can it?"
"Alas, Haoran, my condition isn't simply damaged meridians. Every meridian in my body has been severed! I've heard that there