"This..." Feeling the soft jade in his embrace, her familiar scent rushing into his nose and mouth, Cui Hongshen hesitated intensely, his arms even somewhat stiff. Although Dui Qimeng had once been his lover, now she... should have been Tu Hong's dual-cultivation partner, right? Why had she suddenly come here?
While Cui Hongshen was utterly bewildered, he suddenly recalled Snowy Realm True Person's fury last night. An unparalleled terror drowned him like crashing ocean waves. "Xiao Hua... that bastard... he couldn't have killed Tu Hong, could he???"
"Cui... Cui Lang..." Dui Qimeng hid joyfully in Cui Hongshen's arms, tears like pear blossoms in the rain, already faintly sensing that something was wrong with him.
With a thud, Cui Hongshen's heart jolted, like a thunderclap amid a raging tempest!
"How could I possibly know so much right now? I have to pretend I know nothing!!" Cui Hongshen screamed desperately within, but... his expression had already caught Gan Mo's attention as he followed behind Dui Qimeng.
"Nephew Cui, your complexion... does not look very good! What is the matter?" Gan Mo asked with a frown.
Cui Hongshen's eyes were somewhat panicked, and he forced a smile onto his lips as he replied ingratiatingly, "Uncle-Master Gan, what... what is going on? Wasn't Qi Meng at Qiong Lei Peak? How did she suddenly appear in Xuntian City? It... it truly startled this disciple! This disciple had longed day and night to see her. When she suddenly appeared, this disciple thought he was dreaming!"
As he spoke, Cui Hongshen raised his stiff arm, stretched out a finger, and viciously pinched his other arm.
"Ow!" Even Cui Hongshen himself cried out.
"Fool! Of course this is not a dream!" Dui Qimeng said resentfully, her heart aching as she stroked the bruise on Cui Hongshen's arm.
"Mm!