Chapter 2908: Remorse and Reparation

Ye Liuyun heard that Qin Mengxi was indeed looking for him, not knowing her true intention, so he pretended to inquire about the situation and continued to probe her.

"Who is he to you, and what do you want from him?"

Qin Mengxi said somewhat dejectedly: "He's a friend of mine who promised to take me out to broaden my horizons, but he secretly ran off on his own. I think he might have misunderstood me, thinking I wanted to surveil him."

Upon hearing this, Ye Liuyun's heart stirred; he felt he had been a bit excessive, casually brushed her off with a remark, not expecting her to take it seriously and actually dare to follow him here.

Still, he wanted to persuade Qin Mengxi to go back.

"I don't think Miss Qin is the type with much wandering experience. Running around outside like this is still dangerous. You'd be safer going home to wait for him."

Qin Mengxi shook her head sorrowfully: "He misunderstood me, so he won't come back to look for me. If I can't find him, I might never see him again."

"But waiting here isn't a solution either—what if he never returns? Since he abandoned you, why do you insist on seeing him?" Ye Liuyun retorted.

Qin Mengxi looked bewildered, somewhat dazed, and said: "I don't know what to do either. It's all my fault; I should have scared him off at first. Actually, I just wanted to go out with him, afraid he wouldn't want to bring me along."

Then she added somewhat embarrassedly: "Moreover, my spirit stones are almost spent; even if I wanted to go home, I can't now. On the way here I encountered some trouble, was chased, and used up many extra spirit stones taking a detour to get here. After arriving, I have hardly any spirit stones left."

Hearing this, Ye Liuyun felt even more guilty; he immediately took out a storage ring, filled it with spirit stones, and gave them to her: "Take these spirit stones, hurry home—don't stay here. It's too dangerous for you out there."

"The person you're waiting for might have something to do. Perhaps after finishing his business he'll come to your house to find you. If you wait here, he might not find you instead. As for the misunderstanding between you, I think as a man he wouldn't take it to heart."

Qin Mengxi hurriedly refused: "Thank you for your kindness, but I can't take this money. We're strangers; how could I accept your money? I've already found a sales job at the chamber of commerce; I should be able to earn money."

Ye Liuyun felt bad hearing that; he hadn't expected to have left Qin Mengxi in such a dire situation. He then said to her: "Sales jobs are for slick, worldly people to make money. I don't think Miss Qin's personality suits that. Moreover, even if sales earn money, saving enough for the trip home would take a long time."

"It's so dangerous out there; you'd better head home soon! I'm not short on spirit stones either—consider these a loan; you can repay me when you have the chance."

Qin Mengxi shook her head repeatedly: "I still want to earn some money myself, wait here a while longer to see if he might show up again soon."

Ye Liuyun, feeling helpless at her stubbornness, couldn't help asking: "He abandoned you and doesn't care—why do you still insist on waiting for him?"

Qin Mengxi earnestly replied: "It's because he misunderstood me. Otherwise he wouldn't have left me behind!"

Ye Liuyun, hearing this, could only continue to prompt Qin Mengxi: "Could it be because you two don't really know each other well, or because your cultivation level is relatively low?"

Qin Mengxi immediately countered: "No, I know him well—he's actually a good person, very smart, and strong. Although my cultivation isn't high, he should be able to protect me fine."

Ye Liuyun was also speechless, letting others protect him while speaking so righteously.

He could only say: "Maybe what he needs to do is dangerous, inconvenient to bring you along, or he fears implicating you."

Qin Mengxi this time nodded and said: "I want to find him just to clear up the misunderstanding, then tell him I'm not afraid of being implicated and will work hard to raise my cultivation to help him."

"Hey bro, you seem to have stirred up trouble again!" Lei Ming transmitted this to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun was then completely rendered speechless by Qin Mengxi. Lei Ming's teasing didn't interest him; he just pondered how to handle the Qin Mengxi situation.

Seeing him silent, Qin Mengxi pushed his storage ring back: "Thank you for your kindness, Young Master Tang, but I really can't accept this!"

"All right then!" Ye Liuyun also put away the storage ring, stood up, and bade her farewell: "I should head back too. If I see that person, I'll let you know!"

"Then thank you first!" Qin Mengxi politely thanked him.

Ye Liuyun clasped his hands in salute and walked out of the tavern.

Afterwards, as he walked, he chatted with Lei Ming: "Qin Mengxi can talk this much to a total stranger—she's like a fool. It's already a miracle nothing happened; letting her go back on her own, I really can't relax."

"Then just take her in!" Lei Ming said carelessly: "She risked so much to come find you—that alone shows she cares about you!"

Ye Liuyun shook his head helplessly: "We're from completely different worlds! Still, I will compensate her later and see her safely back to her family."

"But I'm about to encounter the Blood Spirit Pool soon, so I can't leave just yet; let her stay here for now. Once I obtain the Blood Spirit Pool, I'll bring her along."

Ye Liuyun went to a secluded spot, confirmed no divine sense was monitoring him, then immediately released two Seventh Layer Martial Cultivators to hide and protect Qin Mengxi.

He also prepared ample spirit stones, flying boats, and transmission talismans for them, in case Qin Mengxi suddenly left.

Afterwards he wandered around with Lei Ming, grabbed a bite, estimated his courtyard gate was about repaired, then returned to his residence in the inner gate of the Tang family.

Lei Ming then returned to the Space World and recounted to Liang Xue, Wu Qingcheng, and the other women how Ye Liuyun had peeked at Tang Qianyu and Tang Xinyao, made her take the blame, and then encountered Qin Mengxi.

Liang Xue and Wu Qingcheng, etc., didn't care much, and knowing Ye Liuyun truly had no feelings for Qin Mengxi, they just teased him a bit and let him go.

Ye Liuyun immediately returned to cultivation, not thinking about these matters anymore.

But at this moment, among the inner gate disciples, word had spread that Ye Liuyun had taken out those Wan family strongmen.

Tang Qianyu and Tang Xinyao had been training in the Grand Hall, organizing disciples to take on this mission, but the roster wasn't full yet when they received news that the mission had already been completed.

They also found it somewhat unbelievable.

Tang Qianyu and Tang Xinyao affirmed: "Is it really that disciple opposite me who completed this mission? He's only at the Sevenfold Sovereign level!"

Tang Xinyao's information was a bit more informed than Tang Qianyu's: "It's him, no doubt. But someone asked the Mission Hall steward, and those people weren't killed by him alone—he had helpers!"