Miao Wangqing, who had been somewhat sorrowful, shuddered at those words. Starting from her earlobes, her pretty face flushed pink.
Miao Wangqing had never expected Gong Chenying, who had always disliked speaking, to say something like that. At once, much of her sorrow at parting faded.
Although everyone here except Gong Chenying's father knew about the matter between her, Li Wuyi, and Li Changting—
No one had ever spoken of it in front of outsiders. In an instant, she was both embarrassed and annoyed.
The smile on Li Wuyi's face stiffened, and he became somewhat awkward as well.
Instead, Gong Chenying broke into a smile then, like plum blossoms blooming in the depths of winter, instantly lightening the somewhat stifling atmosphere.
When Yun Chunqu saw Gong Chenying suddenly smile, he froze completely. They had been fellow disciples for decades, yet how many had ever seen Gong Chenying smile?
"Sixth Senior Sister is absolutely right. Senior Sister Li has pestered Eldest Senior Brother for so many years and still couldn't get her way. We'll be rooting for Fourth Senior Sister.
"When Eldest Senior Brother and Fourth Senior Sister become Dao companions, the eight of us martial siblings must all gather at Little... Little... Bamboo... Peak!"
Long-limbed Lin Daqiao looked at Li Wuyi's tongue-tied expression and, for no reason at all, felt exhilarated. ??
Whenever this Eldest Senior Brother suffered a setback at Miao Wangqing's or Li Changting's hands, he would give the few of them "lectures on the Dao and discuss the law."
Every time, after he deliberately explained scriptures over and over like a cartwheel, they would be talked into wishing they were dead, yet they dared not even fall asleep. Only then would Li Wuyi leave in high spirits, swaggering away.
If any of them showed even the slightest