The betrothal gifts Ning Xuan had given her.
She passed them on to her lover, Yu Xiaogang, and didn't forget to disparage Ning Xuan.
"Giving an Immortal Herb to that good-for-nothing would be a waste."
"Only someone like you, Xiaogang, deserves it. I can already see the future that awaits you."
Liu Erlong's eyes were full of admiration and anticipation.
Hidden behind the fence, Tang Yuehua heard her words and wore an incomparably complicated expression.
At that moment,
she even felt Ning Xuan wasn't getting what he deserved.
"Fine. I'll hold on to it for you for now."
Yu Xiaogang didn't hesitate. He immediately took the jade box and put it away.
"I won't use it. If you need it, Erlong, just come to me anytime."
"Okay."
Liu Erlong smiled.
"Xiaogang, you're so good to me..."
But before she could finish, Liu Erlong spotted the figure hiding behind the fence, and her voice instantly turned cold.
"Who's there?"
Seeing that she'd been discovered, Tang Yuehua stopped hiding and stepped out openly instead.
"Erlong, it's me."
"Why are you here?"
Liu Erlong asked in surprise.
"I came to see you about something, but when I saw you had a guest, I didn't want to come out and disturb you."
Tang Yuehua's tone was complicated.
Yu Xiaogang looked somewhat embarrassed.
He knew exactly who the "guest" Tang Yuehua meant. He smiled at her, then hurriedly left.
After entering the thatched hut,
Liu Erlong raised an eyebrow and asked first,
"Yuehua, you didn't hear anything, did you?"
But Tang Yuehua looked at her with a complicated expression.
"I heard everything."
"Oh."
Liu Erlong's hand paused. Then she shrugged indifferently.
"So you heard. It's no big deal."
"He's called Yu Xiaogang. He's the one I truly like."
Tang Yuehua spoke wistfully.
"But he's also your cousin."
Liu Erlong's movements paused again.
"So what? True love can cross mountains and seas, and it can defy all ethics."
She fell silent for a moment before speaking softly, her words lacking conviction.
Tang Yuehua was so exasperated by what she said that she laughed.
"But is this fair to Ning Xuan?"
Liu Erlong froze.
"Tang Yuehua, you didn't come here to speak on Ning Xuan's behalf, did you?"
The next moment, she sprang to her feet, eyes wide with disbelief.
"I just think what you're doing is very wrong, Erlong."
Tang Yuehua's expression was calm.
"Tang Yuehua, whose friend are you, anyway?"
"Ning Xuan is a good-for-nothing. The fact that I deigned to marry him was already only because of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"Do you know what he said to me today?"
"He even wants to break off the engagement?"
"I was too good to him before. How dare he bring up breaking off the engagement with me?"
The moment she brought up the broken engagement, Liu Erlong grew furious, her words pouring out like a string of firecrackers.
"He's a good-for-nothing who'll never break through to Soul Douluo in his entire life. What right does he have to ask me to break off the engagement?"
"But he's the young sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
Tang Yuehua spoke softly.
She actually wanted to tell Liu Erlong that Ning Xuan might have already broken through, but she knew Liu Erlong wouldn't believe her.
"So what?"
Liu Erlong said scornfully.
"A good-for-nothing is still a good-for-nothing."
"But that still doesn't give you a reason to pass on the betrothal gifts he gave you to someone else."
For some reason, Tang Yuehua's voice held a trace of anger now.
"I can't use it anyway."
Liu Erlong curled her lip.
"But you also said Ning Xuan wants to break off the engagement and wants the betrothal gifts returned. What will you do if you can't produce the Immortal Herb then?"
Tang Yuehua really was doing everything she could to reason with her.
"He wouldn't dare!"
Liu Erlong glared.
"Would he have the nerve to take back something he already gave me?"
"We can't be sure about the others, but he'll definitely want the Immortal Herb back. It's so precious, after all."
Tang Yuehua warned her.
"Erlong, you should find a way to get it back. Otherwise, if you can't return it later, both families will be in an awkward position."
Liu Erlong gritted her teeth and fell silent. Her expression shifted darkly, and no one could tell what she was thinking.
Just then,
footsteps sounded outside the thatched hut.
"Who is it?"
Liu Erlong asked coldly.
Why were so many people coming to see her tonight?
"Dean, it's Yin Shu."
A man's voice came from outside the thatched hut, full of respect.
"Someone outside the academy is looking for you. They said they're from your family and asked you to go back tonight if possible."
Liu Erlong's expression changed.
She couldn't help looking at Tang Yuehua, and thought of what Ning Xuan had said.
Ning Xuan had already gone to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to ask to break off the engagement.
Now that her family was summoning her,
they definitely wanted to find out what had happened.
Liu Erlong's expression darkened. She raised her head and called out to the person outside.
"Fine, I understand."
"Tell them it's too late tonight. I'll leave first thing tomorrow morning."
Yin Shu left.
Liu Erlong's face turned grim. She gritted her teeth in fury.
"That good-for-nothing actually went to my family."
Tang Yuehua's expression grew incomparably complicated. Hearing this, she sighed softly.
"Then I should be going back, too."
Her friend's attitude was already clear.
Tang Yuehua no longer knew how she could talk her into changing her mind.
Since Liu Erlong had chosen this path herself, she only hoped she wouldn't regret it in the future.
"Mm. I have to pack up too. I'll return to my family tomorrow morning, so I won't see you off."
Liu Erlong was busy stuffing things into her Storage Soul Tool. She didn't even look up as she spoke.
But just as Tang Yuehua was about to leave the thatched hut, she stopped.
She hesitated for a long time.
In the end, she decided to give her friend one more warning.
"Erlong, if Ning Xuan really wants to break off the engagement, go and say something nice to him. If you can avoid breaking it off, then try your best not to."
"Why should I?"
Liu Erlong turned to face her.
"I did nothing wrong. Why should I apologize to him?"
"He's the one being petty. I was only helping Xiaogang and the others hunt Soul Beasts. He agreed to it beforehand, but now he's still clinging to this and wants to break off the engagement?"
"I did nothing wrong. Why should I apologize?"
"But were you really just helping them hunt Soul Beasts?"
Tang Yuehua said.
She even felt that Liu Erlong was being somewhat unreasonable now.
Liu Erlong faltered, then said guiltily,
"But we didn't actually do anything, did we?"
"Besides, he's a good-for-nothing. What right does he have to speak to me like that?"
Unable to argue the facts, Liu Erlong immediately started bringing up Ning Xuan's attitude.
"With the way he spoke to me, there's no way I'm apologizing."
"If anyone should apologize, it's him!"
Tang Yuehua was at a loss.
She sighed.
"You keep calling him a good-for-nothing, but what if he's already broken through?"
"How could that be?"
Liu Erlong immediately let out a mocking laugh.
"I saw him eat that Immortal Herb with my own eyes. What was it called, Aromatic Silk Beauty? It was completely useless after he ate it. What a waste of a treasure."
"Forget it. Do as you please."
Tang Yuehua walked out of the Thatched Hut.
The next day.
Ning Xuan was dressed in immaculate white, looking elegant and dashing as he boarded a luxurious carriage made entirely of golden-thread nanmu, parked outside the property.
"Back to the sect."
Ning Xuan said.
"Young Sect Master, the Sect Master asked you to take Miss Rongrong back with you on the way."
The coachman said.
Ning Xuan paused and frowned.
"Then go to Blue Tyrant Academy."
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