Chapter 199: Ye Bai and Li Qingqing's Mutual Redemption

A day's time, gone in a flash!

This day, Ye Bai and everyone spent it quite fully.

Because apart from Wang Fugui, who often ran business errands, only Xiao Huohuo and Liu Bufan had strolled around Magic City in their spare time, and even they hadn't seen much!

Li Qingqing and Xuanyuan Mu had been nowhere except for Tongtian Tower.

Wang Xiaopang was even more extreme; it is said that before yesterday, other than initially scouting locations for the Treasure Pavilion branch for Wang Fugui, he hadn't even woken up...

During this period, everyone also became thoroughly familiar with Xuanyuan Mu.

They discovered that this former First Genius of Jiangnan Prefecture had absolutely no ulterior motives; he was simply pure.

"Ye Bai, I can't hold on anymore, I'm going back to sleep first..."

After finishing dinner, Wang Xiaopang, who had finally been energetic for a day because Ye Bai came to Magic City, was the first to get sleepy!

"Everyone, Uncle is taking Xiao Pang back now, and Uncle has business later, so I won't be coming back. You all continue having fun!"

Then Wang Fugui took his leave.

"Th-that, Ye Bai, Li Qingqing, our mentors gave us training tasks that we haven't finished yet, so we're heading back first!"

Next were Xiao Huohuo and Liu Bufan.

Ye Bai didn't notice anything wrong at first.

After all, the Martial University in this world was not the university from his previous life.

Once a Martial Artist reaches Martial University, they are only busier than in high school; they are either getting stronger or on the way to getting stronger.

"Old Mu, what are you still standing there for? Let's go!"

"You watched the battle between Ye Bai and Shangguan Yijian today; don't you have even a little insight into Martial Dao Will? Aren't you going to take this chance to go back and organize your thoughts?"

It wasn't until Xiao Huohuo suddenly said to Xuanyuan Mu.

"Ah? No, no insight..."

"I'm not as monstrous as Ye Bai; I don't even have a clue what Martial Dao Will is yet."

Xuanyuan Mu had a numb look on his face, carrying a bit of ignorance.

"No, you do have insight! Think about it carefully after you go back! You can do it!"

Then Liu Bufan quickly framed Xuanyuan Mu with his arm and dragged the latter away.

"Old Mu, you really are a block of wood. The lovebirds are together; do you want to follow them and be a lightbulb?"

"Of course the three of us should go play on our own. Have you ever been to a bar? Let's go broaden our horizons!"

While dragging him, he said this in a very low voice, sounding frustrated that his friend wouldn't live up to expectations.

Ye Bai:...

How could he not realize the truth now?

Liu Bufan's voice was very low, but because of his "extra-long battery life," his "Divine Sense" had never been turned off; the movements within a thousand-meter radius were always under his control!

"Th-that, Qingqing, what shall we do next..."

Looking at Li Qingqing on the side.

His mind had already surfaced what Meigui had said earlier.

For the next month, he might remain in the form of a child, so he needed to accompany Li Qingqing well!

And they hadn't seen each other for over ten days.

He felt that he and Li Qingqing could be like the couples on the short-video app: go watch a movie first, then take a stroll, and finally...

"Dummy."

However, contrary to Ye Bai's expectations.

Upon hearing this, Li Qingqing's face turned visibly red, and she said coquettishly, "Let's go, get a room."

Ye Bai:??

"Shall we, maybe go watch a movie first?"

"Waste of time!"

Arriving at the hotel.

Ye Bai embarrassedly discovered that he had only raided Tongtian Tower today and obtained one Flood-tier Battle Soldier.

His Merit Points were at zero.

His wallet was completely empty.

"It's fine, I'll pay."

"I'll be on top today."

Li Qingqing didn't hesitate at all, taking out money to open a presidential suite!

Feeling the disdainful gaze from the front desk, Ye Bai felt like he could dig out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes.

Li Qingqing's direct approach this time was truly caught him off guard!

He also had to put the matter of earning money on his agenda!

How could a man have no money in his pockets!

And this car maintenance lasted for nearly the entire night.

The roar of the engine almost never stopped.

But it was Li Qingqing's request, and Ye Bai couldn't refuse...

In the second half of the night, Ye Bai indicated he wanted to take back his dignity!

Of course, the main reason was that Li Qingqing had become stronger, already at Rank Four Mid Stage, not like when they first started.

Having not seen each other for over ten days, there really was a feeling of newlyweds reuniting after a short separation!

And it is worth mentioning.

The maintenance concluded.

Ye Bai had no intention of resting; it would be dawn soon anyway.

Possessing 【Reset】 is just that fierce!

He only gently held Li Qingqing.

Looking at the young girl's slightly flushed face, her eyes squinted, and her adorable, sleepy appearance.

His heart was nearly melting.

He couldn't help but whisper: "Qingqing, do you know? Actually, every time I look back on it, I still feel like I'm dreaming."

"Even though we didn't have much interaction during our three years of high school, and even though for the half-year after I awakened my talent, I was as humble as dust, it turns out you had liked me all along and even helped me so much."

"I am truly so lucky."

However, contrary to Ye Bai's expectations.

"Mm, the lucky one is me..." Li Qingqing, in a daze, actually said.

"If not for that time you saved me, and the things you said to me, I would have completely disappeared from this world long ago, and I never would have seen the letter my mother left for me..."

She spoke a secret she had never told anyone.

She did not continue speaking.

Because the young girl had already fallen asleep.

Ye Bai's heart, however, was already shaken.

In his mind, the image of a girl wearing a dirty, floral-patterned dress and holding a toy bear had already emerged!

It was twelve years ago.

The year Ye Bai's parents had just gone missing!

And it was not long after Ye Shanhe and his wife went missing.

Come to think of it, he had been a bit self-reproachful at that time, feeling that he was a jinx.

Because in his previous life, he was an orphan.

In this life, the disappearance of Ye Shanhe and his wife might have been his fault.

Then, he encountered a little girl who was being bullied by a few other children.

As a good youth of the new era, of course, the aunt could endure it, but the uncle could not; he went up on the spot and beat those few children away.

The price was that he, still young, ended up covered in bruises.

"Stop crying, the people who bullied you have already been beaten away by me!"

"I, I'm not crying because they bullied me, it's because I'm so useless; I didn't dare to jump down from the building nearby, and I also dragged you into getting hurt."

"Why would you want to jump down from the building nearby?"

"Because my mom and dad were soldiers of the Military Department; they died yesterday because of an Alien Beast attack.

Then many people said I was a jinx, including my grandpa and grandma.

They said if they had just aborted me back then, my mom and dad wouldn't have been so unlucky..."

"So I thought, I should just jump down myself; maybe if I were gone, my mom and dad could come back to life."

"No! If your mom and dad knew, they would be very sad!"

"Wh, why?"

"Because my mom and dad are gone too, but my aunt is still here, and she told me that the thing they were happiest about was having me.

Your mom and dad must be just like my parents, loving you very much, and they would be even less willing to see you sad and blaming yourself because of them!"

"Really?"

"I swear!"

"Th, then okay..."

The young Li Qingqing believed what Ye Bai said.

Then, because Ye Bai was worried, he sent her back home.

And he helped find the letter Li Qingqing's mother left behind because she knew in advance that a Dimensional Gate had appeared in Jiangcheng and they might not be able to return.

Just as Ye Bai said, Li Qingqing's parents were very happy to have Li Qingqing.

The girl regained the hope to live on.

Ye Bai also resolved his own inner knot because of that letter.

Because in his memories, Ye Shanhe and Qiguan Xiuxiu were truly happy to have him...

"It wasn't me who saved you."

"That was our mutual salvation..."

Only then did Ye Bai remember that he had been to Li Qingqing's residence in Jiangcheng a long time ago.

And the young girl had always kept strangers at a distance.

It seemed that was also because that day, before little Ye Bai left, he thought he couldn't come to protect the little girl every day, so he said:

"In the future, remember to be cold, pretend to be aloof, and don't give anyone a good look! Then others will think you aren't easy to bully!"

"What is aloof? It means having no expression on your face, looking at everyone like they owe you five million...

No, like they owe you five yuan!"