Chapter 40 Doubts

Liu Rujing and the others exchanged bewildered glances. Their eyes met, and they seemed to see the same question in each other's eyes: Who was this girl in green?

“The girl in green…” Liu Rujing suddenly remembered something, a hint of uncertainty in his voice. “Do you remember the girl who saved us?”

"Yes, that girl was wearing a blue dress, and she disappeared in a flash. There's probably no one else in the world like her," Xu An exclaimed, slapping his thigh in sudden realization. The others also remembered.

"What do we do now? We know nothing about where that girl lives!" someone asked anxiously, a hint of helplessness in their voice.

Liu Rujing pondered for a moment and said, "With that young lady here, the sect leader should be fine. Let's go back first and keep an eye on the Si Gu Sect for the sect leader. We'll also send someone to look for him." The Si Gu Sect is currently disunited, and without someone watching over them, they're afraid something might go wrong. Everyone nodded, agreeing with Liu Rujing's reasoning. Those few bastards still in the Si Gu Sect; they had to go back and keep an eye on things until the sect leader returned.

At night, Li Lianhua sat on the rooftop, gazing at the sky in a daze. Qing'er came out of the room, carrying two bottles of wine. She flew to Li Lianhua's side and handed him one bottle, saying, "Here you go."

Li Lianhua turned to look at Qing'er, and when he saw the worry in her eyes, his heart softened. He took the wine, drank a sip, and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome," Qing'er smiled, sat down next to him, opened the wine in her hand, and took a sip.

They drank in silence. After a while, Li Lianhua said in a somber voice, "Back then, I was too young and impetuous. I always thought that Si Gu Men could do without anyone else, but not without Li Xiangyi. It was because I was too proud and arrogant that I caused the deaths of so many of my brothers." Thinking of those brothers, he couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.

“But the facts prove that Si Gu Sect is indeed no good without Li Xiangyi. You don’t think just anyone can do what Li Xiangyi did, do you? Think about what the martial arts world was like without Li Xiangyi. Si Gu Sect only came together because of Li Xiangyi. Without him, Si Gu Sect would have fallen apart. The number one in the world at the age of 15, isn’t that something to be proud of? What did he do wrong?” Hearing his words, Qing’er couldn’t help but retort, looking at him with firm eyes.

Li Lianhua was slightly shaken; Qing'er's words struck his heart like a heavy hammer. He remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "But it was all because he was too confident that so many of his disciples died in the battle of the East Sea."

Qing'er looked puzzled. "Huh? Didn't she save those people?" she asked. "Who told you they died?"

Li Lianhua was also puzzled as to why Qing'er asked such a question, but he still told her what he had heard after returning from the East Sea.

Qing'er fell silent. It was such a coincidence. She had thought she was mistaken. She had clearly saved the person, so how could they have died? It turned out to be a misunderstanding.

Qing'er put her words together, glanced at Li Lianhua, and said, "They didn't die. I happened to be passing by and saved them."

Li Lianhua couldn't believe it. He excitedly grabbed Qing'er's hand and asked, "Really...really?"

Qing'er nodded and said, "Someone planted a lot of explosives in the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance, probably intending to blow everyone up. I think there are traitors on both sides who led people there, so you should go back and investigate."

"Thank you, thank you for saving them." Tears streamed down Li Lianhua's face, as if she had finally released all the pent-up emotions in her heart.

Looking at Li Lianhua, Qing'er felt a pang of sadness. She jokingly said, "Alright, if you want to thank me, let go of my hand first. You're about to break it." Li Lianhua was indeed very strong because she was excited, but it didn't hurt Qing'er at all.

Li Lianhua looked at the hand holding Qing'er, then suddenly let go. Her ears turned red instantly, and she stammered, "Um... Miss Qing'er... I... I'm sorry."