Rewarding You with Helping Me Up

Zhang Xiaohu's eyes lit up. "Does Martial Uncle Lu have some good idea?"

"Just have Changge come over and stay with you, wouldn't that do?" Lu Yueming said casually.

"This..." Zhang Xiaohu frowned. It was indeed a good idea. Changge was a female disciple, and Zhang Xiaohu's... hehe... junior sister. With her by his side, Xue Qing would naturally be at ease. But Zhang Xiaohu had other thoughts. Since he had already told his master that only he himself knew this secret, if Changge stayed nearby, it would mean Changge knew as well. If Changge could know while Wen Wenhai could not, that would plainly draw a line between insider and outsider. How could Wen Wenhai not have other thoughts?

Although Wen Wenhai was the master who had taught him, Zhang Xiaohu was unwilling to use such needless things to test his master's trust in him! Trust between master and disciple was something to cherish, not something to test. Such tests might be well-intentioned, but over time, after enough of them, that trust would inevitably fade.

Zhang Xiaohu looked helplessly at Lu Yueming, then at Wen Wenhai, and said with a bitter smile, "If Changge could stay nearby, I would naturally let Master and Martial Uncle go over. It's just that we truly must be careful."

"Mm." Wen Wenhai explained as well, "Xiaohu bears a heavy responsibility now. We should still be a little more cautious."

"Then this is difficult." Lu Yueming knitted his brows fiercely, though it was unclear whether it was because the matter was thorny or because his leg injury hurt. "That girl Xue has always been stubborn. If you ask her to be immobilized and stay in a room alone with Zhang Xiaohu, she definitely won't agree."

Zhang Xiaohu looked to Wen Wenhai for help. "Master,