Liang Yi and his junior sister exchanged puzzled looks, not knowing why the Saintess became so emotional all of a sudden.

"What a strange..."

Wan Tinggui's behavior was somewhat incomprehensible to Liang Yi.

"Could it be that she's just shy?"

As a woman herself, Su Youyi faintly guessed a bit of the truth.

"Ha ha, how cute..."

Recalling how Wan Tinggui's earlobes turned red and how she tried to cover up the panic inside her heart before she left, Su Youyi couldn't help but chuckle at the thought of the usually graceful and mysterious Wan Tinggui getting shy.

Beside them, Yue Bai looked as if she was deeply moved.

From Liang Yi's angle he couldn't see Wan Tinggui's expression when she turned to leave, but she and sister Youyi saw it clearly.

That's why she understood why the Saintess chose to leave in a hurry.

Staying in darkness for too long, encountering a beam of light would instinctively make one step back, just like how Liang Yi initially offered her a helping hand.

"It must be because you scared her away."

Liang Yi had no clue, and lightly placed a hand on his junior sister's head with a chuckle.

Without their master and strangers around, Liang Yi instantly relaxed.

"Not at all!"

Su Youyi retorted with a puffed-up face, thinking how her blockhead senior brother could never understand a woman's heart.

Oh no, that's incorrect. He probably just doesn't understand any woman's heart other than hers.

"Right, I haven't talked to you about the thing from before, have I?"

While Liang Yi was still jesting, he suddenly remembered something. His ruthless hands instantly gently pinched his junior sister's delicate and jade-like ears.

"Ah!"

Caught off guard by the sudden attack, Su Youyi was startled and her flustered eyes met with her senior brother's serious gaze.

Yue Bai hurried to the side where the Mr. Orange was basking in the sun and covered her eyes with her hands, but still peeked through the gaps between her fingers.

Could it be that senior brother Liang Yi is about to do something embarrassing to sister Youyi?

"Heh."

Mr. Orange lifted his eyelids for a glance, then turned around with a disdainful snort, closed his eyes, and covered his ears.

The whole set of actions was so practiced it was heart-wrenching.

"What... what's the matter?"

Although her head was held still, Su Youyi's eyes darted left and right, avoiding looking at her senior brother directly.

"Hmph, facing that ghost, you didn't have to die! Why didn't you use other Sword Intents?"

Liang Yi became angry at the thought. With his junior sister's strength, even if she couldn't beat it, she definitely shouldn't have fallen to her demise. Seeing that she wasn't impaled by a sword through her heart, it felt as if his own heart was being split in two.

Even now, thinking back, Liang Yi felt waves of suffocation rising from the bottom of his heart, his limbs weak, and his heart racing with panic.

Damn it, he was scared into having aftereffects!

"But that's because... that thing would have stolen my Sword Intent, and... I thought, if senior brother came out... it would be simpler to deal with it."

Su Youyi's index fingers touched and twirled, eyes drifting to one side, her voice grew quieter as she explained.

"With the Blood Spirit... It would just leave me a bit injured, that's all..."

"Just a bit injured!?"

Hearing his junior sister's sophistry, Liang Yi's eyes widened, his voice rose by an octave, almost bending his nose with anger.

"What if the Blood Spirit granted by the Blood Book wasn't there? You were already severely injured and on the brink of death!"

Liang Yi's tone was extremely severe, even making Yue Bai beside him tremble a bit, wanting to persuade Liang Yi.

But seeing him in such anger, she became scared.

"Do I care if that ghost is strong? Do I care if I can kill the ghost when I come out!?"

Hearing her senior brother's stern reproach, Su Youyi's fingers slowed their twirling, her grip on the corner of her clothes tightening.

Her eyes, hidden under her lowered eyelids, grew redder, and even a faint choking sound could be heard.

"At that time... I didn't think too much. If I used full force and still couldn't kill the ghost, I don't know how strong it would become. What if... What if it became strong enough to put even senior brother's life in danger!?"

Su Youyi suddenly lifted her head, her eyes trembling, tears glistening in the corners of her eyes.

But her expression was extremely stubborn, holding back the tears from falling, stubbornly believing she wasn't wrong.

Snuffing out a threat to her senior brother in the cradle, even if the cost was her own life, was something she did not hesitate to do!

In Su Youyi's memory, she and her senior brother had never had such a fierce conflict, they usually understood each other.

But this time, Su Youyi's actions truly scared Liang Yi, and Liang Yi's words also hurt Su Youyi.

To ensure the safety of the other, they were both willing to face danger alone, no matter how fatal the risk!

Su Youyi also felt wronged. She clearly chose the safest path, with the Blood Spirit there, she had at least a ninety percent chance of being fine!

"Senior brother, you dummy!"

The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved Su Youyi felt, her tears scattering like pearls from a broken necklace.

With a strong flick of her wrist, she broke free from Liang Yi's grip, sprinted over to Yue Bai's side, and scooped up the indifferent Mr. Orange into her arms, burying her tear-streaked face into his fur and sobbing softly.

"??????"

Mr. Orange's mental state exploded, his immaculately groomed fur ruined in an instant.

But he dare not move, reluctantly acting as a pillow.

Mr. Orange·A Sad Sight

"Liang Yi bro, that was too harsh!"

Yue Bai frowned and rebuked Liang Yi before hurrying to Su Youyi's side to comfort her in a low voice.

Liang Yi stared blankly at his junior sister, who had lost control of her emotions to such an extent, his expression somewhat dazed.

"Sigh..."

Liang Yi steadied his emotions and tried to empathize; if he were in his junior sister's shoes, he probably couldn't have handled it any better.

The once angry Liang Yi now felt a trace of amusement. Su Youyi, clinging to Mr. Orange and weeping, resembled an indignant little hamster hiding in a corner.

The great Seventh Realm Great Cultivator, a renowned genius Sword Cultivator, was also crying like any ordinary young girl.

His anger gone, Liang Yi collected himself and strolled over.

He gently rubbed Yue Bai's little head in front of her concerned eyes, signaling that everything was okay.

Yue Bai reluctantly made room for Liang Yi but didn't leave; she stayed to ensure that big brother Liang Yi wouldn't make Youyi cry again.

If he really did make Youyi cry again, then she would... she would ignore him for a whole week.

Liang Yi casually tossed aside the immobilized Mr. Orange, who was scared even to breathe too loud, fearing his belly would rise and fall.

"You heartless cat..."

While Mr. Orange complained, he sighed in relief and quickly made his escape.

Lovers' tiffs are swiftly mended, and the bystander gets dog food; that little fox thinks she can just watch, wait till I get you!

Glancing at Yue Bai, who was unaware, Mr. Orange snorted again and slipped further away.

Even though her makeshift pillow, Mr. Orange, was taken away, Su Youyi showed no signs of lifting her head, only burying it deeper and adjusting her sitting posture, turning her back to Liang Yi completely.

"As for me, brother, I truly don't care about anything else; my only concern is you…"

Liang Yi reached out and gently embraced the curled up Su Youyi from behind, speaking sincerely.

Though Su Youyi didn't speak, she didn't resist her senior brother's gesture and just silently snuggled deeper into Liang Yi's embrace.

"So what if that ghost is strong? Even if it's so powerful that I can't beat it alone, don't I still have you?"

Liang Yi's tone was exceptionally soothing, gentle as a spring breeze.

"What if neither of us can beat it?"

Su Youyi's muffled voice came from in front of Liang Yi. Although still slightly upset, she took in Liang Yi's words.

"Win together, live together; lose together, die together. It's that simple. Don't always think about bearing it alone."

"Have you not understood after all these years we've depended on each other? Our lives are intertwined; without one, there's something missing."

Liang Yi sighed, frustrated that his junior sister treated her life so recklessly and chose to face everything alone.

"I understand..."

After a long silence, Su Youyi grudgingly whispered.

Liang Yi could feel his junior sister relax at that moment, her slim, soft body completely buried in his embrace.

"Good, good, I still maintain a bit of my senior brother's dignity..."

Liang Yi breathed a sigh of relief. If his junior sister continued her tantrum, he wouldn't be able to resist any longer and would be forced to beg for forgiveness.

In front of his junior sister's tears, he could never be tough.

But just when Liang Yi was slightly proud, thinking he still had his dignity, in the place he couldn't see, Su Youyi, who continued to bury her head and suppress her laughter, covertly gave Yue Bai a thumbs-up, and Yue Bai also secretly gestured that everything was going according to plan.

Mr. Orange, hiding in the shadows, witnessed this and realized:

So, Liang Yi was the one being played all along!

Do beautiful girls really deceive more? He hadn't expected even Yue Bai and Su Youyi, the well-behaved girls, to turn mischievous.

While Liang Yi was lost in thought, he suddenly felt his junior sister move in his arms. Her frail body, unbeknownst to him, had silently turned to face him.

Her eyes, still slightly red, no longer held the stubborn look but were replaced by tender, starry eyes as serene as autumn waters.

What struck Liang Yi's heart even more was that these tender eyes reflected only his image; the slightly raised face of Su Youyi could not have been more explicit.

At this moment, Liang Yi understood!

Moved by affection, a kiss sealed their love.

Watching the two deeply entwined in their kiss, Yue Bai finally hid to one side with a "Standing Lonely" posture, her face flushed with shyness.

"This wasn't part of the plan..."

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