"No way!" Xiao Hua said helplessly. "Unless I absolutely cannot avoid seeing her, I'm still afraid to see her!"
"You're running away from it, Fellow Daoist," Wu Daoist said with a bitter smile. "That isn't a way to solve the problem!"
"What else can this Xiao do?" Xiao Hua shrugged. "There was originally Xue Xue, and Fairy Hongxia was already so displeased. Then Xue Xue was gone. On Cangxian Continent, Princess Zixia was added to the mix, and I still don't know how to explain that to Fairy Hongxia! Now, to make matters worse, there is Ziming as well. Back in Million Meng Mountain, Fairy Hongxia reminded this Xiao about it. This Xiao also believed that Ziming and I were merely kindred spirits, with no romantic feelings involved. But fate makes fools of men. The kindred spirit I believed in has now run into trouble as well. Though it was unavoidable... this Xiao still has no way to account for it to Fairy Hongxia!"
At this point, Xiao Hua withdrew his gaze from Li Zongbao, rubbed his nose, and said, "This Xiao feels that I have always kept myself clean, paying attention to my image everywhere and never chasing after flowers or stirring up grass. Yet the road of life is so long; there will always be some flowers and grass that come entangling themselves around you. Why can't this Xiao be like Senior Brother Li and guard only Fairy Hongxia?"
Wu Daoist laughed. "People are different from one another, Fellow Daoist. Didn't you say that yourself? If you were like that, you would be Li Zongbao. You would not be Xiao Hua!"
"This Xiao understands that!" Xiao Hua shook his head. "What I mean is, why can't I be as devoted as Li Zongbao?"
"Is devotion useful?" Wu Daoist