vncnus Chapter 164 Xiao Yan's Reply
Chapter 164 Xiao Yan's Reply
Chapter 164 Xiao Yan's Answer
"Ah ...
How come the other party still feels indebted to me now?
Ning Rongrong kept her head down, not daring to even look up at Xiao Yan, her face flushed red all the way to her ears.
As soon as she blurted out those words, she began to regret it. How could she have blurted out such an important matter so hastily? She should have consulted her father no matter what.
However, at this moment, what was even harder to bear than regretting the question that had already been asked was the silence between the two people in the room.
Xiao Yan was somewhat at a loss. He was still wondering if his dormitory door was soundproof, and whether the person and beast outside might be eavesdropping on what was happening inside.
Looking at the silent girl with her head down, Xiao Yan sighed and slowly walked towards Ning Rongrong.
Sensing the approaching person, Ning Rongrong immediately tensed up. Although they weren't going through a formal marriage, weren't the steps a bit too fast?
She instinctively felt a little scared and stepped back, bumping into the chair she had placed there. Ning Rongrong staggered and was about to fall.
Fortunately, Xiao Yan reached out his left hand in time and supported her arm.
"Be careful. If you stumble or fall here, your father might think I did something to you." Xiao Yan's tone was somewhat helpless.
However, he still did not answer Ning Rongrong's question, which made the girl want to say something, but she was afraid that he would miss the opportunity to start the conversation.
Xiao Yan reached out his right hand and patted Ning Rongrong's head, which made Ning Rongrong blush even more, but Xiao Yan didn't care.
"Getting married is too early. We're still just children. You should focus on cultivating your soul power. Now that the Seven Treasures have opened up to the Nine Treasures, you should work even harder to prove yourself and not let Sect Master Ning down," Xiao Yan instructed.
"So you mean—" Ning Rongrong didn't understand why Xiao Yan suddenly said these things to her.
"Sigh." Xiao Yan had already let go of her hand and slowly walked to the door.
"You're just that stubborn, aren't you? You've always only believed in your own decisions, otherwise you wouldn't have run away to Shrek Academy. Now that things have come to this, you should follow your heart—"
"But that's what I thought, and that's how I made the decision. I didn't even ask my father," the girl argued.
"This isn't a decision you should make. Whether it's a momentary impulse or a feeling of indebtedness, I'm afraid I can't agree to it." Xiao Yan smiled to avoid giving the other party any reason to overthink.
"But Xiao Yan—" Ning Rongrong was anxious. This was the third time someone had defied her. From childhood to adulthood, everyone had always gone along with her and indulged her. But when she went to Shrek Academy, people gave her attitude. Now, Xiao Yan had also rejected her idea. Although Ning Rongrong knew that the other party meant well, she still felt that what she said was not very practical.
"If you don't mind, just call me brother. Anyway, I've never had a sister growing up, only a younger brother named Xiao San." Xiao Yan saw that the other party was unwilling to give up.
"But doesn't Xiaowu call you Big Brother?"
"Um—this is a bit complicated. You can think of it as me being the older brother of Xiao San, and Xiao San being Xiao Wu's older brother, so Xiao Wu calls me 'Big Brother,' but I also call her 'Sister Xiao Wu' in private." Xiao Yan thought that Ning Rongrong, being as clever as she was, should understand this roundabout explanation. Although he always called Xiao Wu in front of others, when the three of them were alone, he sometimes couldn't resist Xiao Wu's desire to be the leader.
"Okay, bro."
Ning Rongrong let out a long sigh of relief, her expression somewhat unreadable. It was hard to tell whether she felt relieved or disappointed that Xiao Yan hadn't agreed to her request, or perhaps it was as if the answer she had been waiting for for many years had finally come to fruition.
Although I had expected this result, I was already somewhat indifferent to it.
Hearing that the other party had finally relented, Xiao Yan felt relieved. Regardless of what Ning Rongrong was thinking, at least she could restrain her loud and boisterous thoughts for a while.
Although being a Master Ma of the Glazed Tile School isn't bad, I don't think I'll be that free anymore. Besides, being bound by a sect makes me feel a bit uncomfortable. Perhaps I'm just used to being a free person.
In addition, he was not Dugu Bo, who was "powerful" but lonely.
A group of like-minded friends have already gathered around me, both tangibly and intangibly.
"Let's go, sister. There are guests waiting outside. Let's not give them reason to gossip if we've been inside for so long." Xiao Yan placed his hand on the doorknob and extended his hand to Ning Rongrong.
The girl hesitated for a moment, then nodded, savoring Xiao Yan's words, and immediately lowered her head shyly.
"Hurry, hurry, they're coming out!" Xiaowu and Koromon pressed their faces against the wooden door of the dormitory, meticulously eavesdropping on the conversation inside.
Xue'er, standing to the side, watched the scene unfold with amusement, seemingly speechless at the human tendency to gossip.
But Xue'er herself didn't realize that the dry book in her hand had been worn out by her more than ten minutes ago, and now it was just for decoration.
Her own mind had long been drawn to Xiao Wu's live broadcast.
Especially after hearing Xiao Wu say that Xiao Yan had rejected Ning Rongrong's request, she breathed a sigh of relief. Even she herself was surprised that she felt relieved about this matter.
Xiao Yan slowly pushed open the wooden door. In front of him, besides the pile of books, there was also Xiao Wu flipping through them. He wondered when she had arrived, perhaps because she hadn't seen him today.
Behind him followed Ning Rongrong, her face flushed with embarrassment, as Xiao Yan led her out slowly.
"Xiao Wu, you're holding your book upside down," Xiao Yan said with a hint of helplessness, but his tone was more one of doting affection as he looked at his spoiled daughter who was growing up and becoming somewhat uneducated.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu pretended to be awakened from her reverie by someone in the book and looked at Xiao Yan.
"Big brother, you're finally out!" The little girl's bright eyes weren't looking at Xiao Yan, but instead she looked Ning Rongrong up and down. She sensed the change in Ning Rongrong's aura and asked in surprise.
"Rongrong, you've broken through to the Soul Master level?"
"Um—it was my brother who helped me." Ning Rongrong's hand had already been put down by Xiao Yan, but she became shy when she noticed that there were two other people outside the door.
"Tsk tsk tsk, Brother Xiao, I've been calling you 'Big Brother' for so many years, can you help me improve a bit?" Xiao Wu turned sideways and stood next to Xiao Yan.
"Come on, Xiao Wu, the Acacia Heartbreak Red you took is much more precious than the one I gave Rongrong. I don't need to explain its effects; you know them yourself." Xiao Yan said, winking.
Although he never revealed Xiao Wu's identity, Xiao Wu herself could feel that after consuming the immortal herb, her soul beast aura was completely isolated. Even when she was in such close contact with Dugu Bo, he was not able to discover her identity.