“Ohhohohoho!”
“Junior Brother, you’re so rough.”
Gu Qiushui let out an exaggerated, delicate cry.
Chen Yuyang frowned and looked down at Gu Qiushui on the ground.
“Where did these rumors come from? Who said I was leaving the Hehuan Sect?”
Gu Qiushui climbed up from the floor.
She wasn’t angry; instead, she put on a wronged expression and wiped away nonexistent tears.
She approached the bedside and looked at Chen Yuyang tenderly.
“Stop pretending, Junior Brother. I already know everything… You were humiliated by that Yan Luo and forced by Yan Dangmo to marry into their family. Before long, you’ll be forced to join the Yan Family.”
Chen Yuyang was more confused than ever.
“When was I ever humiliated by Yan Luo?”
“Are you still going to deny it?”
Gu Qiushui said anxiously.
“Back then, my Clairvoyance saw everything clearly. In a tower, you were pinned under her, and she tore your clothes to shreds…”
Chen Yuyang paused, realization dawning on him.
‘So it was from that time…’
He shook his head and explained, “While she did indeed pin me down, everything that happened afterward is complete nonsense!”
Gu Qiushui froze for a moment.
“Eh? Nonsense… Wait, Junior Brother, is there something wrong with your… equipment? Is that why…”
“I wasn’t talking about that kind of ‘equipment’!”
Chen Yuyang rolled his eyes at Gu Qiushui and snapped, “Yan Luo was trapped in an illusion, which is why she acted that way toward me. She woke up from it later.”
Gu Qiushui finally understood.
She let out a sigh of relief and patted her chest.
“As long as there isn’t a problem with your body, it’s fine.”
Chen Yuyang was speechless.
He found it a bit absurd—did she really not care if he had actually been violated?
“In any case, things are not as you imagined, Senior Sister. Although Elder Yan intended to recruit me into their family, I have no such intention,” Chen Yuyang clarified.
Gu Qiushui understood, and her face instantly turned bright red.
She had thought her junior brother would be forced to leave soon, so she wanted to give him some beautiful memories before he departed.
As it turned out, the whole thing was a misunderstanding.
Now, she just felt incredibly embarrassed.
“Anyway, Senior Sister… what just happened was just a mistake,” Chen Yuyang said, shaking his head.
Gu Qiushui stood up and gave an embarrassed smile.
She acted coyly and said, “Even if it was a misunderstanding, my heart for you is actually…”
She chuckled and leaned in again, her smile becoming somewhat seductive as she reached for Chen Yuyang’s arm.
“How about we just make the best of this mistake?”
However, Chen Yuyang flipped over, dodged her, and got off the bed as light as a breeze.
He quickly threw on his clothes.
“Anyway, Senior Sister, don’t overthink things. I’m going back to rest now.”
Without waiting to see Gu Qiushui’s reaction or thoughts, Chen Yuyang turned and left.
As she watched the young man’s retreating back, Gu Qiushui felt a bit of regret, but she wasn’t angry at all.
Instead, she seemed to think of something and began to giggle.
Since her junior brother wasn’t leaving the sect, there was no need to be in such a rush.
Opportunities would always arise.
‘Junior Brother, you might escape for a moment, but can you escape for a lifetime? Sooner or later… Senior Sister is going to devour you completely!’
On the other side, Chen Yuyang left Gu Qiushui’s courtyard and flew through the air toward his own home.
He couldn’t help but feel a sense of helplessness.
‘I haven’t even settled things with Master yet, and now Senior Sister Qiushui is causing trouble… Forget it. For now, I don’t have the heart for these romantic entanglements.’
Chen Yuyang shook his head to clear those thoughts.
Right now, there was only one thing that truly mattered—the Qiankun Sect.
Until the matter with the Qiankun Sect was thoroughly resolved, he would never be at peace.
Although the Qiankun Sect would likely stay quiet for a while after the recent incident, what if they didn’t?
In this world, the most dangerous thing was taking things for granted.
Having lived and trained through 100 lifetimes, Chen Yuyang would have perished long ago if he had always relied on wishful thinking.
He had to take the initiative and cause some trouble for the Qiankun Sect.
Even if he didn’t have the power to wipe them out in one go, he had to keep them so overwhelmed that they wouldn’t have the time to deal with the Hehuan Sect.
As Chen Yuyang flew, he mentally calculated his next move.
But at that moment, his eyes narrowed.
He saw a slender figure standing in front of his house not far away.
Chen Yuyang landed steadily in his courtyard and looked at the person.
It was his junior sister, Ling Xi.
Today, Ling Xi was wearing a thin, light yellow dress.
Under the silver moonlight, the translucent fabric outlined her charming and petite figure.
Her face, which usually looked innocent, was currently filled with tension and a slight blush.
“Junior Sister, why aren’t you sleeping? Why have you come to my place so late at night?”
Chen Yuyang asked, raising an eyebrow.
Ling Xi’s eyes lit up.
She hurried over to Chen Yuyang, looked at his face, and said in a soft voice, “I… I couldn’t sleep. You know, Senior Brother, so many things have happened lately. I feel uneasy, and I thought if there was a…”
“Stop, stop, stop!” Chen Yuyang felt his temples throb the moment he heard her start.
He quickly interrupted her.
‘Master, Senior Sister, and now Junior Sister—have you all coordinated your scripts? Why are you all saying the exact same thing?’
True, the unease and fear they mentioned weren’t fake.
But… what was the point of all of them coming to tell him at once?
Chen Yuyang was speechless.
He felt a dull ache in his temples and a deep sense of fatigue washed over him.
He didn’t want to beat around the bush anymore and said directly, “Anyway, Junior Sister, just say what’s on your mind.”
Hearing this, Ling Xi suddenly became nervous, and her cheeks turned deep red.
“Then… actually, it’s nothing special. It’s just… just…”
The girl tightly gripped the hem of her clothes and lowered her head.
“Tonight, can Senior Brother stay with me?”
Ling Xi bit her lower lip, her voice as faint as a mosquito’s buzz.
But as she spoke, she summoned her courage and quickly leaned closer.
Perhaps worried that Chen Yuyang might misunderstand, Ling Xi nervously blinked her eyes and stammered out an explanation.
“Of course, we won’t do anything. It will just be… just a normal senior brother and junior sister sleeping together and chatting…”
Chen Yuyang couldn’t help but complain inwardly.
‘Normal siblings don’t sleep together in the middle of the night.’
“I’m a bit tired and don’t feel like talking,” Chen Yuyang said, shaking his head. He didn’t reject her directly, but his meaning was clear.
“That… that’s fine! We don’t have to talk, as long as I can… can stay with you,” Ling Xi said hurriedly, seemingly unaware of his rejection.
As she spoke, she leaned her body even closer to him.
Looking at his junior sister’s pitiful appearance, the words of rejection Chen Yuyang had prepared died in his throat.
He remembered the helpless scene of Ling Xi in the array, guarding their unconscious master with no one to turn to for help.
His heart simply couldn’t remain hardened.
“Fine…”
With a sigh, Chen Yuyang agreed.
The two of them walked into the room, one after the other.
Ling Xi followed behind him, her head lowered, but the corners of her mouth couldn’t help but curl upward in secret joy.
‘Finally, finally…’
Chen Yuyang didn’t waste any time.
He went to the bed, removed his outer robe, pulled back the covers, and lay down facing the wall.
Ling Xi’s face was flushed as she clumsily removed her outer robe.
She carefully lifted the other side of the covers and lay down on the edge of the bed.
She tried to keep some distance from him, but her body was still trembling slightly from nervousness.
‘I’m finally in Senior Brother’s bed.’
At that thought, a strange, warm current surged through her lower abdomen.
Chen Yuyang took a pillow and placed it horizontally between them, creating a clear boundary line.
Then, he turned away and remained still.
The room fell into silence, save for Ling Xi’s slightly hurried breathing.
“Senior Brother, what was it like in Master’s dream?”
Ling Xi whispered after a long while, biting her lip to break the silence.
“It wasn’t anything special, really. It was just a bigger, stronger Hehuan Sect…”
In truth, Chen Yuyang couldn’t sleep either.
After all, he had only recently woken up from the master’s dream that had lasted for many days.
Since his junior sister was curious, there was no harm in telling her.
Chen Yuyang closed his eyes and began describing it in a flat voice.
Ling Xi immediately became interested.
She propped herself up and listened intently as he spoke about the dream.
When she heard how the Hehuan Sect in the dream was filled with experts and disciples all over the world, a look of longing appeared on her face.
“Is that Master’s dream?” Ling Xi murmured.
Then, she clenched her fist and said with determination, “Master is already very amazing. Our generation of disciples must work hard to make the Hehuan Sect… I mean, to make it flourish!”
Chen Yuyang opened his eyes and glanced at the girl beside him, who was so excited she had almost slipped up.
She was certainly simple-minded.
However, Chen Yuyang did feel a sense of sentimentality.
It was true that the Master couldn’t expand the Hehuan Sect alone.
To realize the prosperity seen in the dream, their generation of disciples really did need to work hard.
“Speaking of which, you were in Master’s dream too, Junior Sister,” Chen Yuyang said suddenly. A playful smile touched his lips.
“Really? What was I like in Master’s dream? Was I powerful?”
The girl became even more curious and pressed for details.
If the Hehuan Sect in the dream was that powerful, she might have become an expert herself—perhaps even an elder of the sect.
Ling Xi secretly anticipated the answer.
Seeing her anticipation, Chen Yuyang felt like teasing her.
“In Master’s dream, you were still her little disciple. As for your strength, it probably wasn’t much different from how you are now. However, the Junior Sister in the dream was quite bold.”
“Bold? How?” Ling Xi was confused.
“In the dream, even though it was the first time you met me, you proactively threw yourself into my arms.”