"After today, we can be friends, but only as friends." Ling Ruoxi didn't know when she woke up, lying in Tang Yan's arms and whispering softly, or recalling the absurdity just now, or feeling that Tang Yan
After strong kneading, a slight blush appeared on the cold cheeks, but the eyes were full of complexity, satisfaction, warmth, and a little bit of self-blame and confusion.
Just like...like a girl having an affair...
"You haven't figured it out yet? Love between a man and a woman is human nature, what's so shameful about it?" Tang Yan smoothed her slightly messy long hair and said comfortingly: "I will personally communicate with Niya, she is not unreasonable.
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Ling Ruoxi shook her head and interrupted: "I just want to be alone in peace."
"I've tried to unblock you four times, but you haven't figured it out yet??"
"You..." Ling Ruoxi pinched him hard.
"Don't worry, it's okay."
But Ling Ruoxi still shook her head: "I want to stay with my sister, and I want to stay in Yuhua Palace."
"I respect your decision, but I am a friend in front of others and a lover in others. I can't let you down anymore. When you think about it again and are willing to be honest, we will make it public. Everything will be up to you."
Tang Yan hugged Ling Ruoxi tightly and stopped forcing her, but he began to think silently in his heart, do you want to accompany your sister? Then if you conquer Zhaoyi again, won't everything be smooth?
"It's time for me to go back." Ling Ruoxi stood up and tidied her clothes.
"I'll go back with you and see the Grand Palace Master."
"You can't go." Ling Ruoxi refused as if she was startled.
"Why? I'm not going to steal, so why can't I go?"
A slight panic flashed through Ling Ruoxi's eyes, and she secretly thought that Tang Yan would never be allowed to see Nian'er again. "We have been away for too long, and we can't explain clearly."
"You can't explain it even more clearly when you go back by yourself. When I went over to explain, I just said... um..." Tang Yan pursed his lips and thought for a moment, snapped his fingers, and said with a smile: "Just say that I came here to lend it to you!
You should know that the Nalan Tu brothers and sisters are looking for hidden restrictions recently? Your martial arts skills are familiar with yin and yang, and you may be able to help them, so the purpose of my visit to Yuhua Palace today is to ask for your help."
Ling Ruoxi was about to insist, but suddenly she seemed to have figured out something. She remained silent for a moment, bit her teeth lightly, and actually acquiesced to Tang Yan's decision.
"I'll help you get dressed." Tang Yan ignored Ling Ruoxi's objection and quickly helped her get dressed. He took the opportunity to continuously mop her up and sneak up on her, making the iceberg beauty in his arms feel embarrassed and annoyed, and he almost reacted again.
The taste of it is not enough for outsiders to understand.
"Where are my shoes?" At the end of wearing them, Ling Ruoxi suddenly found that everything was there except for one shoe.
"Maybe I fell on the road. I was walking too fast." Tang Yan deliberately gave him a bad look.
Being reminded of the scene in the valley, Ling Ruoxi's pretty face suddenly turned red. She quickly took out new shoes from her space ring and put them on. They both arranged and dressed them carefully and checked repeatedly, like a boy and girl having an affair, everything was confirmed to be fine.
Then, they returned to Yuhua Palace one after another.
The main hall of Yuhua Palace.
The disciples who received the news immediately went to the main hall to report.
"Second sister is back? Did she bring Tang Yan back with her?" Yin Xiyue stood up with a cry, a look of anger on her brows.
"I am asking for an audience in front of the palace." The next female disciple responded respectfully, but she was confused in her heart. The third palace master seemed very angry. Isn't Tang Yan the closest friend of Yuhua Palace? He is also the only one who is allowed to go directly to the mountain.
Man, why do you get so angry for no reason?
"Second sister, what are you thinking about? How can you bring Tang Yan back! Didn't we agree..." Yin Xiyue immediately stopped mid-sentence and waved away the disciple in a cold voice: "You retreat first, then I'll tell you about the palace."
The Lord is not feeling well and asked them to come in later."
The disciple respectfully retreated and left. Luo Xiu's face was calm, but his eyes were strange. He remained silent and did not say anything. Yin Xiyue was impatient and had an arrogant temper. At this moment, she was inexplicably angry and very irritable.
"There may be something important. Since Ruoxi brought her back, there must be a reason." Zhaoyi chose to believe her closest sister and handed Nian'er, who had finally been coaxed to sleep, to Luo Xiu: "You and Xiyue brought
Please go to the back mountain garden to stay for a while, and you will come back after Tang Yan leaves."
"I'm staying!!" Yin Xiyue insisted stubbornly.
"Let Third Sister stay with you, I will take Nian'er myself." Luo Xiu was already very entangled in the turbulent relationship in the room, so he simply left alone with Nian'er without any further interference.
Zhaoyi signaled Yin Xiyue with her eyes, but she stubbornly stayed and refused to leave.
Not long after, Tang Yan and Ling Ruoxi walked into the main hall together under Yin Xiyue's piercing gaze.
Tang Yan abided by the agreement and behaved very normally, showing no intimate behavior. Ling Ruoxi remained indifferent, even seeming not to notice the strange atmosphere in the room, and walked to the seat next to him to sit down.
"Grand Palace Master, recently..."
Just when Tang Yan was about to speak, Yin Xiyue took out an embroidered shoe first, looked directly at Ling Ruoxi, who had her eyebrows lowered and said nothing, and said tepidly: "Where did the second sister just go? We sisters searched for a long time and only found a pair of shoes.
It looked like he was leaving in a hurry."
Ling Ruoxi's eyes flickered slightly, but only for a moment. She naturally regained her composure and glanced lightly: "You admitted your mistake, that's not mine."
"No? Why do I feel so similar?" Yin Xiyue stared closely at Ling Ruoxi's eyes, as if she wanted to see through her surface.
Ling Ruoxi was calm and indifferent: "What do you want to say?"
"I just want to ask what made the second sister in such a hurry that she even lost one of her shoes."
"I'll say it again, you admitted your mistake."
"Really? Then the second sister stretched out..."
"Xiyue, stop making trouble!!" Zhaoyi interrupted their argument, ignored the shoes, and smiled gently at Tang Yan: "Is there anything important that Tang Village Master is here for today?"
Tang Yan was calm and composed, with a hearty smile: "I invited the second palace master to help me with something. After the matter was completed, I naturally had to send it back and pay a visit to the first palace master. The meeting at Taiping Mountain that day was in a hurry, and I didn't have time.
I want to ask if you are used to living in the Star Battlefield."
"I'm sorry to trouble you, Lord Tang, but we all like the environment here."
Before Zhaoyi finished speaking, Yin Xiyue asked bluntly: "What do you have to do for my second sister to go there in person? It lasted three hours and half a day!"
Tang Yan looked at her with a half-smile: "Xiaosan'er, you seem to be very emotional."
"Little San'er? You..." Yin Xiyue's delicate body trembled with anger, her eyes widened. If she hadn't been unable to defeat him, she would have rushed up to fight him.
"I went out to do things with the Lord of the Second Palace, are you jealous? Or are you feeling unbalanced? Why are you so excited?"
"What a beautiful thought! I can be jealous of all the men in the world, but I won't be jealous of you either!!"
"Hey, I have a big appetite. The men in the world have tens of billions. Can you handle it?"
"My surname is Tang, I..."
"Third sister! Stop making trouble!" Zhaoyi quickly stopped Yin Xiyue, who was about to go berserk, and told her to control her emotions. She was just asking for trouble by arguing with Tang Yan.
Tang Yan gave her an evil look and explained naturally: "Nalantu encountered some troubles and thought of trying the martial arts of the second palace master, but after working for a long time, there was no result, so I sent the second palace master back.
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"Oh, so, it's nothing. Master Tang, please come back. If you have anything to do in the future, just ask the disciples to come over and ask for instructions. There is no need for Master Tang to come in person." Zhaoyi stood up and saw off the guests.
"I still have some personal matters I want to talk to you about." The purpose of Tang Yan's visit was to resolve conflicts, so how could he leave just as he said so?
"What personal matters do you have?" Yin Xiyue suddenly became alert.
Tang Yan glanced at her helplessly: "Sister Xiaosaner, do you have a grudge against me?? I provoked you?? I don't understand. Could it be that I brought trouble to you in my previous life, and you come here with grudges in this life?
Are you looking for me? Do you have such a big opinion against me? You should leave quickly, I really have something to discuss with the Grand Palace Master, and I don’t want outsiders to disturb me."
"Don't even think about it!!" Yin Xiyue glared at him bitterly, unable to argue, but you can't throw me out.
"Grand Palace Master?" Tang Yan could only ask Zhaoyi for instructions.
"Third sister is not an outsider. If you have anything to say, just tell me."
"Then I'll come to visit another day." Tang Yan stood up pretending to be helpless.
"You are so bullying!!" Yin Xiyue was furious.
Tang Yan summoned several exquisite little gifts: "I heard from the Second Palace Master that you adopted a child. I brought her a few gifts. Can you give them to her personally?"
Zhaoyi glanced at Ling Ruoxi quietly, but Ling Ruoxi lowered her eyebrows and ignored her, as if she no longer interfered with anything.
"Thank you for your kindness. Nian'er has already fallen asleep, so I took it for her."
Tang Yan didn't think too much and handed the gift to Zhaoyi and said with a smile: "I feel that I am quite destined to Nian'er. How about... let me recognize her as my father some other time? A child can't have only a mother and no father, right?"
Yin Xiyue hummed: "Are you planning too loudly to take four of our offsets?"
"We just want to give her a quiet life. I think our four sisters can do enough for her. There is no need to give her other relatives." Zhaoyi declined politely, but avoided Tang Yan's eyes intentionally or unintentionally, and accepted the gift.
Then he returned directly to his seat.
Tang Yan felt that the atmosphere was strange, and he could also feel Zhaoyi's resistance, as if he wished he could leave now, so he quietly looked at her, and tried again to insist: "Can I invite the Grand Palace Master to go out for a walk?
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"Let's wait another day. I'm preparing for retreat."
"Oh... let's say goodbye first." Tang Yan was about to leave when he suddenly noticed Ling Ruoxi's faint cough, as if to remind him. It was a little strange, and he couldn't help but think of what Ling Ruoxi had told him on the way here.
The only sentence - I want to find a nominal father for Nian'er.
He had just made a request to Zhaoyi, but was rejected outright. But when he thought about it carefully and looked at the special and weird behavior of Zhaoyi and Ling Ruoxi, he felt more and more strange. Could there be something wrong?
Yin Xiyue hummed: "Still not leaving? Do you want me to ask you to leave?"
Tang Yan ignored her, closed his eyes, and calmed down. When he opened his eyes again, his eyes had quietly opened. His sight penetrated the curtains and cast into the bedroom behind him. He searched for a while, but did not find Nian'er.
The figure continued to expand outside, and finally saw Nian'er being held by Luo Xiu in the garden at the back of the mountain.
The little girl slept soundly, curled up quietly in the quilt in Luo Xiu's arms.
Luo Xiu carefully swayed his body and whispered softly to coax her to sleep.
The picture is very warm, but...looking at it...
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