Facing the girl's hands that were waving around like kittens, Yu Shiqi didn't dare to get serious with her, so he could only raise his arms in vain to block his face. Fortunately, the girl didn't hit him with any strength, so the slap on his arm didn't hurt.

Not itchy.

"Stop making trouble." Meng Yuzhou came over with a wooden tray containing two plates of side dishes and a jug of wine, "Dong'er, you don't have to be ashamed."

"Mom..." The girl threw herself at Meng Yuzhou and acted coquettishly, "Dong'er doesn't want to get married..."

"Eh? Who are you marrying?"

Meng Yuzhou turned his eyes and immediately thought that Zhong Lingqi must be joking with his daughter again: "Don't listen to your father's nonsense."

"Then, who is Mr. Yu?"

"Don't you just ask him yourself?" Meng Yuzhou stretched out his finger and lightly poked his daughter's forehead, and the latter let out a soft "ouch".

Yu Shiqi couldn't help but laugh, this girl is so cute.

"Mr. Yu." Dong'er became bolder now and leaned over and asked, "Are you my father's subordinate?"

Zhong Lingqi coughed, silently stood up and walked away.

"No, I am a disciple of Head Yu of Tongfeng Sect."

"Eh - my father has never brought outsiders into the house. Could it be that... you are my father's old friend? The kind of sworn brother-in-law?" Dong'er's eyes lit up, and she felt that she was inseparable this time.

Already.

Zhong Lingqi, who hadn't gone far, was shaken and regretted why he didn't walk faster.

"No, no, no." Yu Shiqi waved his hands repeatedly, scratching his hair awkwardly and said, "Well... I'm probably... your brother."

The girl was stunned for a moment, then she blushed quickly, and a glimmer of water gradually appeared in her big, bright eyes.

Before Yu Shiqi understood the mood represented by her reaction, he heard her shouting with joy: "That's great!"

Feeling that she might pounce at any time, Yu Shiqi subconsciously leaned back.

This subtle movement was keenly captured by the girl. She hesitated for a moment, and the expression on her face began to change.

Yu Shiqi's joy slowly faded when he saw her, and instead he felt a slight sense of grievance, which made him panic as if he was at a loss.

"Brother, don't you like me?"

"No, it's not." Yu Shiqi thought that she had misunderstood him. Although she was only a little girl of fourteen or fifteen years old, after all, she looked like her mother and was already tall and graceful. This made him subconsciously resist being

She touches intimately.

Although they are brother and sister by blood, emotionally they are just people who have just met. He cannot cross the threshold of etiquette and morality in his heart, so he wanted to dodge just now.

"I've always wanted to have a brother, and now you show up. If you don't like me, I'd rather you didn't show up." She rubbed her eyes with the back of her hands, and Yu Shiqi didn't know if she was really crying.

He looked at Meng Yuzhou as if asking for help, but found that Meng Yuzhou was also looking at him with pleading eyes.

That was because he hoped that their brother and sister could get along well... Yu Shiqi understood the request in her eyes, and the problem had to be solved by himself in the end. But this question was a bit strange. He obviously didn't hate Dong'er.

The misunderstanding happened.

"Dong'er," Yu Shiqi carefully held her hand that was rubbing her eyes, and at the same time kept hinting that she was just facing a little girl and should be more courageous, "I don't hate you, I will slowly get better.

I will fall in love with you more and more, I promise."

Dong'er thought for a moment, seeming to judge whether his words were sincere. Although the little girl was young, she had already learned to distinguish between perfunctory and sincere words.

Yu Shiqi waited nervously for her reaction. When he saw her smiling and showing two tiger teeth, the stone hanging in his heart finally fell.

Recalling what Zhong Lingqi said to him on the boat, Yu Shiqi suddenly regretted not listening to him. Sure enough, everything was as he expected. Is this the experience of people who have been there?

When he was in Xihuang, Zhong Lingqi seemed to have reminded himself about Xiling Yue. Looking back now, this guy seemed to be more experienced and mature than him in matters of love.

When he was still thinking wildly, he was unprepared for the soft, petite but hot body in front of him and pounced on him. His neck was surrounded by hands, and he felt like a slightly heavy basket was hung on his neck.

.

"As promised, you must like me more and more. As for me, I have liked you very much from the beginning."

"Why? Because Dong'er wants a brother?" Yu Shiqi couldn't help but ask her the reason.

"It's not just anyone." Dong'er pouted, "Brother is brother."

Yu Shiqi thought that this didn't sound reasonable, but he found it very useful.

…

On a suspended and dangerous rope bridge in the Zhenwu Mountains in northern Yuezhou, a woman wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a black long sword, wearing a dark blue cloth, an exquisite white robe and a mink fur cloak, was standing.

Followed closely behind her.

"This is the last suspension bridge. After passing here, not far ahead is the Deserted Villa." Teng Yining said to Bai Lixuan behind him, with an encouraging tone in his tone.

Bai Lixuan glanced at the abyss below the rope bridge. Although she was not as scared as when she first stepped onto the bridge, the darkness at the bottom of the abyss that seemed to swallow people up still gave her some heart palpitations.

"Senior Teng, has Deserted Villa always been so hidden in the mountains?"

"It's been hundreds of years," Teng Yining replied, "I grew up here when I was a child."

"Since the Huangwu Sect considers themselves to be law enforcers, why would they set up their headquarters in such a secluded place? Is it to guard against enemy attacks?" Bai Lixuan found it strange. In her opinion, the so-called law enforcers should look like

It would be right for the Chenlin government to set up government offices in every town in the world.

Teng Yining thought for a while and replied: "Preparing for enemy attacks may be one of the reasons. I am just guessing. After all, the seniors who chose the location of the villa here have long since passed away, and future generations have no way of knowing their thoughts.

."

Bai Lixuan nodded thoughtfully and then said nothing.

Although she never mentioned it in front of Teng Yining, she had a question in her mind, that is, could the Desolate Sect really guarantee her safety? Also, would the price of this protection mean that she would never be able to leave this place again in her life?

A deep mountain surrounded by clouds and fog?

She recalled her original intention of escaping from Bailihou Mansion. Wasn't it just that she wanted to leave that birdcage-like place, take her life seriously, and see the world freely? Now that she has devoted herself to the protection of the Desolate Sect, she

I feel uneasy about the future and don't know if this choice will mean entering another birdcage.

Or...does she still have the right to choose? Looking at Teng Yining's back in front of her, Baili Xuan suddenly had an idea in her heart - since they have all come to the Desolate Sect, why not try to become like Senior Teng?
Chapter completed!