"This fellow..." Zhang Qingxiao smiled bitterly, yet his heart was brimming with sweetness.
"Cough, cough..." Xiao Hua's cough came from afar. Like a startled little bird, Xiao Xianrui hurriedly turned her head and hid her face against Zhang Qingxiao's side. Where was the bearing of a woman who had already become a mother?
"How embarrassing!" Zhang Qingxiao said helplessly as he watched Xiao Hua float over.
Yet Xiao Hua did not laugh. Instead, he said solemnly, "Second Senior Brother, Senior Sister, time is bitterly short, and the days left to us are few. Nine times out of ten, misunderstandings and unfulfilled wishes in this world arise because words were never spoken plainly. Though this act of mine was exceedingly reckless, I truly had no choice. I ask Senior Sister to forgive me!"
Xiao Xianrui tried hard to turn her head, but in the end, she could not manage it. Zhang Qingxiao waved his hand irritably. "Get up. You are forgiven!"
"Thank you, Second Senior Brother!" Xiao Hua rose, glanced around, and said, "Senior Sister, rest assured. Heaven knows of today's matter, earth knows, and the three of us know! My disciple has already been taken into the Kunlun Immortal Realm. He cannot possibly know either!"
Xiao Xianrui froze, turning her head halfway in confusion. "Little Junior Brother, what do you mean?"
"It is simple!" Xiao Hua replied. "Second Senior Brother... truly does not have much time left. He will soon enter demonhood! Once he does, he... absolutely will not let you see him, and I advise you not to see him again either! Just pretend he is already dead!"
Xiao Xianrui bit her lip tightly. The hand she had released because of Xiao Hua's arrival once again gripped Zhang Qingxiao's hand, though his palm was icy cold.
"Once Second Senior