Chapter 11: Little Feiliu

Ning Feiliu really hadn't expected that his unintentional act of kindness would refresh another quest.

And by the time he came back to his senses, that mother had already left the medical clinic with her child.

Now, only Dugu Yan and Ning Feiliu remained.

Ning Feiliu subconsciously looked at Dugu Yan, only to discover that Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes were also fixed directly on him.

"You... are really strange," Dugu Yan said with a peculiar look on her pretty face. "If I say you're kind-hearted, you still made that woman, who was so poor she only had three Copper Soul Coins, pay."

"But if I say you aren't a bleeding heart who goes around doing good deeds, you still meddled in other people's business to bring them to see a doctor, and even stingily scraped together two Copper Soul Coins... Aren't disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect always wealthy and generous?"

Hearing these words from Dugu Yan, Ning Feiliu shook his head immediately. "I only help in emergencies, not with poverty. I am not some bleeding heart; I have no intention of spending money for nothing."

"Help in emergencies, not with poverty?" Dugu Yan muttered this phrase, suddenly finding Ning Feiliu all the more interesting.

"Then, was that the reason you came out to help me just now?"

To put it bluntly, his personality did indeed have some elements of a bleeding heart.

"If you had let your anger get the better of you and done that, later on... you would never have been able to turn back, which is why I came out to help you clear up the misunderstandings others had about you."

Moreover, there was no risk in him doing so, and Dugu Yan shouldn't hold a grudge against him just because of this.

"I didn't want to watch a perfectly good person end up becoming a demon or a villain because of this."

Of course, there was also the reason that the Tang God King had destroyed Slaughter City, that place of refuge and prison for the Fallen Ones.

"I just saw that... you were very angry at the time, and you really wanted to do as those people thought... hurt that lady and that child."

Ning Feiliu did not want Dugu Yan to become a villain who killed according to her whims just because of this reason.

Just like the Scorpion Tiger Douluo, one of the elders of the Holy Spirit Cult in Peerless Tang Sect; although he needed to constantly devour Spirits and blood to improve himself due to his martial soul,

Ning Feiliu hesitated for a moment, looked at Dugu Yan, and said earnestly, "But you are not that kind of person. You don't want to hurt any innocent people; it was just that you were very angry at the time and might have done something you didn't want to do."

She asked with some curiosity, "Help me in an emergency? Why did you want to help me? And you still say you aren't a bleeding heart?"

He looked at Dugu Yan seriously and said softly, "If you treat a person as a demon from the very beginning, then they will truly become a demon in the end."

Yet, he had never killed a single person before.

How many Evil Soul Masters in the Peerless Tang Sect era were forced into it? This is what led to the Holy Spirit Cult, which was not even a threat during the first Spirit Douluo era, growing and expanding during the Peerless Tang Sect era.

"Your grandfather is not you."

In Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes, a strange smile rippled like spring water, reflecting Ning Feiliu's indifferent yet delicate handsome face.

But it was precisely because of the characteristics of his martial soul that he was labeled an Evil Soul Master, and in the end, he could only truly fall into becoming an Evil Soul Master.

Ning Feiliu shook his head and said, "And I think this is a stereotype. But if a stereotype is bad, it is very likely to cause a malicious result."

Clearly, she also knew that her grandfather, Dugu Bo, did not have a very good reputation and was indeed someone who would kill the innocent.

This was simply not a good thing.

Then, with a strange light in her beautiful eyes, she looked at Ning Feiliu. "Aren't you afraid that I will take my anger out on you? And how can you be sure that I don't want to hurt innocent people? My grandfather is exactly that kind of person."

Dugu Yan couldn't help but be stunned when she heard these words.

It was just that he also knew that being a bleeding heart had no good ending, so most of the time he would choose to protect his own interests.

Only when he was certain that he would not be in mortal danger or suffer losses would he choose to be a bleeding heart for once.

And these few words from Ning Feiliu made Dugu Yan pause in surprise.

Looking at Ning Feiliu's earnest gaze, she knew that Ning Feiliu was not lying.

So...

This kind of person really does exist...

Someone who can ignore the criticism of the outside world and act according to what is in their own heart...

It really is... too interesting.

"Heh..."

Ning Feiliu heard a crisp laugh; it came from the young girl before him.

Then, before he could react, the young girl before him let out an even crisper and more unbridled laugh.

"Hahahaha..."

Dugu Yan laughed out loud, the corners of her eyes even tearing up from the laughter.

She clutched her stomach, as if she were laughing until she couldn't catch her breath. "You really are... and you still say you aren't a bleeding heart?"

"Just because of such a helpless reason, you really are... Hahahaha—"

Ning Feiliu felt a bit awkward. He covered his lips with his fist and coughed with a wandering gaze. "Ahem... Miss Dugu, I really am not a bleeding heart."

"Still being stubborn... you hahahaha—you're killing me!"

Dugu Yan was still having a great time, saying, "You even helped that mother and child just now; you really are... a total, total, total, total bleeding heart!"

She mocked Ning Feiliu wantonly, as if she had seen something very amusing.

Ning Feiliu couldn't quite understand her. Was he... really that funny?

"Miss Dugu... Alright, if there is nothing else, then I shall take my leave." Ning Feiliu felt somewhat helpless and immediately had the thought of leaving.

"You're really interesting, you. Your name is Ning Feiliu, right?"

Dugu Yan finally stopped laughing at this moment and looked at Ning Feiliu, though the corners of her mouth still held a smile.

"... Yes, my name is Ning Feiliu."

Ning Feiliu couldn't quite understand this girl's way of thinking, but he said it anyway.

"Then let's get to know each other again. My name is Dugu Yan, the 'Yan' from 'wild geese flying south'." Dugu Yan looked at him, her beautiful eyes smiling, and said, "Don't call me Miss Dugu in the future; it feels so strange... How old are you this year?"

"Twelve," Ning Feiliu said, though he was confused.

"Twelve, huh? I'm thirteen this year, almost fourteen." Dugu Yan tilted her head and said with a smile, "Then you should call me Sister Yan, little Feiliu~"

"Little Feiliu?" Ning Feiliu's mouth twitched.

In his previous life, he was an adult in his twenties; now he was being called "little Feiliu" by a young girl?

It was truly somewhat hard for him to accept.

"It seems you really like this form of address~ Little Feiliu~"

However, looking at the expression on Ning Feiliu's face, Dugu Yan continued to say with a smile, as if deliberately teasing him.

"Fine..."

Ning Feiliu took a deep breath and said helplessly.

At this moment, it was impossible to argue with Dugu Yan about this...

Moreover, in this lifetime, he was indeed a bit younger than Dugu Yan.

So, Little Feiliu it is then...

(End of chapter)