"Could it be... I mistook this guy for Mom yesterday?"
Miroku's face instantly turned as red as a monkey's bottom.
"It's over, it's over! Not only did I hug this guy yesterday, I even acted spoiled in front of him. Ah~~ how embarrassing!"
At that moment, Miroku wished she could crawl into a crack in the ground and never see Ye Feng again.
Seeing her reaction, Ye Feng did not prolong their embarrassment. He got up on his own and went outside to wash up.
He had actually anticipated this situation today, but the sight of Miroku looking so bashful really was irresistible!
When Ye Feng returned after washing up, he found Miroku still muttering to herself:
"This must all be a dream. Let me wake up! Wake up!"
Ye Feng thought Miroku looked adorably silly just then, so he called out to her:
"If you don't wash up now, it'll be noon soon. Are we leaving or not?"
Hearing Ye Feng's voice, Miroku involuntarily shuddered. She stood up stiffly and said in an extremely quiet voice:
"I'll go right away!"
Had Ye Feng's hearing not been extraordinary, he would barely have heard what she said.
Keeping her back to Ye Feng, Miroku inched toward the cave entrance step by step. Once outside, she sprinted toward the stream. Anyone who did not know better would have thought some terrifying beast was chasing her.
Not long afterward, Ye Feng and Miroku ate breakfast and set off on their return journey.
Fortunately, Ye Feng could still control the wind and ride it back, though they traveled much more slowly than on the way there. After all, he no longer had true qi to bolster him.
As they set off back, the previously lively Miroku gradually grew quiet and kept spacing out. Sometimes,