In the small courtyard, Ye Qiu, who had already washed up, was sitting in a pavilion within the flower garden, eating the breakfast brought by a servant.
Xiao Lan walked back and forth among the flowers, picking them to make herself a flower wreath.
She put the wreath on her head and spun around happily, her blue, gold-patterned long dress dancing in the wind.
She was truly captivating, with a charming smile and sparkling eyes.
"Brother, am I pretty, Xiao Lan? Haha~"
Looking at Xiao Lan, who was dancing like a colorful butterfly, and hearing her question, some fragmented images seemed to flash through Ye Qiu's mind, but he couldn't recall them.
He opened his mouth, about to answer,
when a figure in green burst into the courtyard.
"Xiao Lan! Let's go, today I'll take you to... Ah! You're awake!?"
"Sister Rongrong~"
Ning Rongrong looked at Ye Qiu, who was sitting in the pavilion, and gasped in surprise halfway through her sentence.
Her face flushed with embarrassment, and she was flustered, wanting to escape the place.
"Hehe~ Thanks to you, I've slept enough after sleeping for a day and two nights!" Ye Qiu looked at her and sneered.
Bang! Ye Qiu stood up, slamming the table, and glared at her.
"Why did you lie to me!"
"What... what lie? Miss clearly took the wrong one! Is that not allowed?" Ning Rongrong suppressed her shyness, stiffened her neck, and put her hands on her hips, refusing to back down in the slightest.
"Took the wrong one? Then what about you forcefully pouring it down my throat!"
Seeing that Ye Qiu dared to point his finger at her and accuse her, she was also unhappy. She was clearly the one who suffered losses, so why should Ning Rongrong endure such a slight?
She stopped pretending and laid it all out!
"What's there to say! What's there to talk about! I'm clearly the one who lost big, you bastard! Scumbag!"
She walked forward, pushed Ye Qiu's hand away, and pointed at him, directly unleashing a torrent of abuse!
"Tsk~ Hehe!" Ye Qiu was so angry he laughed. What had he done to her?
"Brother~ Sister Rongrong~"
"None of your business!" x2
Their voices were surprisingly in unison.
"Oh~" Xiao Lan, who had run over, responded with a wronged sound and then ran away again, her eyes full of innocence.
Ignoring Xiao Lan, Ye Qiu was determined to see how she would twist logic today!
"Miss Rongrong! You say you lost? And I'm a scumbag? How do you figure that!?"
"You don't know?" Ning Rongrong looked at him in surprise.
"Should I know?" Ye Qiu looked at her in confusion, then nodded, "I should indeed know!"
"How could you not know!" Ning Rongrong breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, she was a little angry—no, not a little, she was extremely furious!
"How would I know?" Ye Qiu was starting to not understand what she was saying.
'How could this bastard not know! Is my first kiss just going to be unproven like this?'
Ning Rongrong stared fiercely at Ye Qiu, getting angrier the more she thought about it!
"Then hurry up and let me know!" Ye Qiu urged.
Bang! "Enough!" Ning Rongrong slapped the table.
"You f*cking! This Miss is in a bad mood, so what if I tricked you into accompanying me for a drink! It's your honor to drink with this Miss! What's wrong with tricking you? What's wrong! You couldn't possibly lose out, could you!?"
"You--" Ye Qiu was about to speak, but she cut him off.
She walked in front of Ye Qiu, poking his chest, and kept roaring furiously, forcing Ye Qiu to retreat repeatedly.
"You bastard! You slept for so long after just one cup, Xiao Lan drank a whole bottle and was fine, and you still have the nerve to complain!"
"You big man, you f*cking blacked out, you good-for-nothing~! You piece of trash! Tell me, aren't you a scumbag! Bastard!"
"Scumbag! Bastard!" Ning Rongrong roared the last two words again, her pretty face flushed with anger, and her voice became sharp.
Xiao Lan, a little further away, covered her ears. 'Sister Rongrong is so scary...!'
Ye Qiu stood frozen, startled by Ning Rongrong's intense reaction, his ears even buzzing a little.
"Hmph! You've infuriated this Miss... Xiao Lan! Let's go, today I'll take you to Heaven Dou City to shop and eat delicious food!"
Ignoring Ye Qiu, she called out to Xiao Lan and walked outside.
"Coming, coming!" Xiao Lan ran out from the flower bushes. The world is big, but delicious food is the biggest!
"Did I offend her?" Ye Qiu looked at Xiao Lan, falling into deep self-doubt.
"Xiao Lan doesn't know either! Brother~ I'm going to play, the flower wreath is for you! Hehe~"
Xiao Lan jumped up and put the wreath on Ye Qiu's head, then ran outside.
"Sister Rongrong! Wait for Xiao Lan!"
Only when she ran to the courtyard gate did Ye Qiu finally come back to his senses.
"Xiao Lan! No more drinking!"
"Got it~ Brother!"
"Don't listen to that bastard!" Ning Rongrong's voice also came from outside.
"..." Ye Qiu silently sat down, recalling carefully, where exactly did he offend her? Shouldn't he be the victim?
Sitting quietly in the pavilion, he replayed the memories from the night before last, sorting through the fragments.
'She poured me a big gulp of wine, and then... then I saw Xiao Wu? No, no, it seemed to be Zhuqing?'
"No! She poured me two gulps of wine!"
"Ah ya ya!" Ye Qiu scratched his head, "That's right! I think I said I hated her! Is that why?"
Just as Ye Qiu was meticulously piecing together his memories, a servant walked in through the door, interrupting his thoughts.
"Young Master Ye Qiu! Sect Master wishes to meet you in the council hall!"
"Hmm? Got it, I'll be right there!"
Temporarily casting aside those distracting thoughts, Ye Qiu straightened his clothes, took off the flower wreath Xiao Lan had put on him, and followed the servant to the hall.
Ye Qiu guessed that it was probably related to the matter he asked Ning Fengzhi to help with.
Following the guidance, it didn't take too long, and Ye Qiu quickly arrived at the entrance of the hall.
At this moment, there were only two people in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's council hall.
One was naturally Ning Fengzhi, the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and behind him stood Sword Douluo.
"Ye Qiu, you're finally here!"
Before Ye Qiu even entered the door, Ning Fengzhi called out to him.
"School Master Ning!" As soon as he entered the hall, Ye Qiu bowed to him.
"No need for formalities, please sit down first." Ning Fengzhi extended his hand, gesturing for him to sit down.
"Kid, your spirit power has broken through again!" Sensing Ye Qiu's aura, Sword Douluo's voice suddenly rang out.
"Hehe... Just a lucky breakthrough!"
"Hmph! Strength is strength, why be modest!" In his view, strong is strong, no need for pretense.
"Uh, hehe!" Ye Qiu chuckled dryly, obediently sitting to the side.
"Haha... You truly are a genius. It seems that introducing you to the Crown Prince is indeed very necessary!"
Hearing that Ye Qiu had broken through again, Ning Fengzhi was only slightly surprised, and took the opportunity to state the purpose of calling him over.
"Crown Prince?"
No sooner had Ye Qiu's words fallen than footsteps sounded outside the hall.
Thump-thump!
"What a coincidence!" Ning Fengzhi exclaimed.
Ye Qiu's expression was a bit strange; he hadn't expected Ning Fengzhi to arrange a meeting between him and Xue Qinghe.
He knew very well that the real Xue Qinghe had long since perished, and the current Xue Qinghe was disguised by Qian Renxue.
Following Ning Fengzhi's gaze, he looked towards the door, also curious about what kind of appearance Qian Renxue's portrayal of Xue Qinghe would have, to the point where even her own father couldn't recognize her.
Thump-thump! As the footsteps approached,
Ye Qiu suddenly felt something different; his eyes actually felt a bit hot, and the three tomoe in his eyes were faintly discernible.
'What's going on! This feeling... it's somewhat familiar!'
Suppressing the fluctuations on his body, he felt a little strange in his heart. This feeling had only appeared when he first arrived in Heaven Dou City.
Outside, a young man was steadily approaching the hall.
He looked about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with golden hair.
Although his appearance wasn't exceptionally handsome, he had bright eyes and white teeth, and a neat golden robe gave him a noble and gentle feeling. He also wore a pair of black gloves on his hands.
At this moment, the humble expression on his face was somewhat stiff, and a surge of emotion appeared in his heart. His spirit power began to boil, becoming increasingly intense.
'How could this be!? This feeling... it's appeared again! Who exactly is it?'
'Could it be related to the person Master introduced?'
Adjusting his breathing, he suppressed the spirit power fluctuations on his body and slowly walked into the hall.
It was as if there was a mysterious attraction!
As soon as he entered the hall, his gaze was drawn to a handsome young man dressed in blue close-fitting attire.
Ye Qiu also felt something and looked in his direction.
The two unconsciously met each other's gaze~ An unprecedented feeling of wanting to get closer swept over them!
Buzz~!
'Not good!'
Xue Qinghe exclaimed in his heart, a look of shock flashing in his eyes. He felt his heartbeat suddenly accelerate, and his hands quickly clenched tightly into fists.
He tried his best to control his Spirit, which was on the verge of manifesting, and quickly averted his gaze.
Ye Qiu also suddenly gripped the armrest of his chair, shifted his gaze, and his breathing became somewhat erratic.
'What exactly is going on!?' x2