Chapter 16: Identity Exposed

Walking out of the World Martial Arts Association, Youruo was like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, wanting to eat everything and buy everything.

Duan Fengyun, who was already famished, was in a state of utter misery, but he dared not speak his mind to this young miss; who told him to have such a loose tongue, insisting on calling her to come out with him?

Walking to the entrance of a restaurant and smelling the fragrance wafting from within, Duan Fengyun could truly hold back no longer and pulled at this young miss who could not stop.

"My dear young miss, can we please eat first? I haven't eaten anything all morning; I'm about to starve to death."

Duan Fengyun said to Youruo with a look of impending death.

Only then did Youruo remember that the two of them hadn't eaten yet, and her own stomach was also rumbling. Thus, she paused her shopping spree and followed Duan Fengyun into the restaurant.

Under the waiter's greeting, the two chose a quiet spot.

Before Duan Fengyun could even look at the menu, Youruo called out directly: "Waiter, bring all the delicious food you have here to this young miss."

Seeing that two big spenders had arrived, the waiter hurriedly instructed the kitchen to prepare the food as quickly as possible.

Looking at the young miss's unrefined way of eating before him, Duan Fengyun didn't even think before teasing: "I never expected that Youruo, the young miss of the World Martial Arts Association, would have such an unrefined way of eating. If Master saw this, he would probably be very distressed."

At this moment, Youruo, who was stuffing her face, dropped her chopsticks, unable to even close her mouth, and looked at Duan Fengyun with an expression of disbelief.

Youruo then swallowed the food in her mouth as fast as she could and asked in shock: "How did you know my identity? Did my father tell you?"

Before Duan Fengyun could answer, Youruo muttered to herself: "My father is truly shameless; he already exposed my identity and yet still made a bet with me."

"Don't guess wildly; no one told me anything," Duan Fengyun interrupted Youruo's muttering.

He then feigned a profound and mysterious air and said: "When I was searching for Ni Pusa, he saw that I was gifted and intelligent, so he took me as his closing disciple. The moment I saw your face, I felt you were no ordinary woman. Through my continuous deductions, I finally deduced your identity: the Master's daughter, the young miss of the World Martial Arts Association."

Youruo looked at the person before her, half-believing and half-doubting. Now that her identity had been exposed, how could she complete the bet?

Moreover, the most important thing right now was that, through these few days of brief interaction, she felt she couldn't bring herself to strike at this scoundrel.

Burdened with heavy thoughts, Youruo suddenly lost her appetite. Duan Fengyun mocked inwardly: "A girl like you wants to kill me? Go back and practice some more first."

Seeing that Youruo had stopped eating, and upholding the principle of not wasting food, he called the manager to settle the bill after sweeping the table clean.

Looking at the Sorrowful Clouds Miserable Pale Youruo, he comforted her: "Young miss, you finally managed to come out, why are you so unhappy? You're going to be grounded again when you go back anyway, so why not have a good time now?"

Youruo, who had been deeply worried, felt her heart's knot instantly untied after hearing this.

That was true; her identity had been exposed anyway, she had definitely lost the bet, and she would just be locked up again upon returning. Since that was the case, she might as well have her fill of fun before going back.

With her identity exposed, she now had no reservations and pointed at Duan Fengyun: "Duan the scoundrel, this young miss now orders you to accompany me to have a good time, and then carry everything I bought back to the World Martial Arts Association for me."

Duan Fengyun regretted exposing this girl's identity very much at this moment.

He, the dignified Tianwen Hall Master of the World Martial Arts Association, had now been reduced to a tool for paying and carrying things.

Truly, a loose tongue leads to no good end, and accompanying a woman shopping is truly torture.

After shopping for an entire afternoon, Youruo finally felt tired. Looking at Duan Fengyun now, he was like a human coat rack, covered in all sorts of things.

Youruo looked at the fruits of her afternoon with satisfaction, then happily returned to the World Martial Arts Association with her human coat rack.

After returning to the World Martial Arts Association, Duan Fengyun, this human coat rack, also followed Youruo's request and brought everything Youruo had bought to Huxin Xiaozhu.

After putting the things down, Duan Fengyun left in a hurry, fearing that this young miss would call him to do something else.

At this time, Xiongba, who had been hiding in the shadows, also slowly walked out and looked at Youruo before him.

The Youruo before him was smiling so happily; Xiongba hadn't seen Youruo this happy for a long time.

He didn't ask why Youruo was so happy, but instead asked her directly: "Youruo, in these few days of contact with this Duan Fengyun, have you found an opportunity to strike? Don't get so caught up in having fun that you forget the bet between you and me."

Youruo, who had been in high spirits, saw her expression sink instantly after hearing Xiongba's words, and she said angrily to Xiongba:

"Strike? He already knows my identity, how am I supposed to strike? Did you secretly leak my information to him and then deliberately make me lose the bet?"

"What? How could Duan Fengyun know your identity?"

Xiongba looked at Youruo in astonishment and disbelief, saying:

Youruo continued: "Duan Fengyun said that Ni Pusa saw he was gifted and intelligent, so he took him as his closing disciple. He thought my face didn't look like that of a commoner's daughter, so he deduced my identity."

"Ni Pusa took him as his closing disciple? That's impossible; I have never heard of Ni Pusa taking on disciples."

Xiongba said righteously. He had never heard of Ni Pusa taking on disciples, and the four of them had spent such a short time with Ni Pusa, with Qin Shuang and the others present, so how could Ni Pusa have taken him as a disciple?

While Xiongba was still thinking about the matter of Duan Fengyun and Ni Pusa in his mind, Youruo pulled on Xiongba's hand and said coaxingly:

"Father, this Huxin Xiaozhu is isolated from the world; I don't even have anyone to talk to. Just let me go out. The World Martial Arts Association is already the number one sect in the world now, is there anyone who would dare to bully your daughter? At worst, I'll just move around within the sect. If I really have to go out, Father, you can arrange for people to go out with me. Please, my good father."

Xiongba could not be stubborn against this daughter. He thought about what she said, and it was true; the World Martial Arts Association was already the number one sect in the world, so who would be so bold as to dare touch Xiongba's daughter?

"Fine, Father allows you to enter and leave Huxin Xiaozhu freely, but you can only move within the sect. If you want to go out, you must notify me first."

Xiongba said to Youruo, feigning helplessness.

Hearing this, Youruo jumped up with joy, hugged Xiongba and said: "Thank you, Father, thank you, Father. I knew you loved me the most."

Xiongba hugged his daughter before him, filled with emotion. He looked at the sky and said to Youruo: "It's getting late, go and rest. You will be free tomorrow."

Thinking that she would be free tomorrow, Youruo left in high spirits, leaving Xiongba, burdened with heavy thoughts, standing alone in the pavilion.