"No, what could I have to worry about?" Wu Bai smiled dryly.

"Don't I know you? You're clearly not normal. Tell me, what's wrong?" Yan Ying thought Wu Bai had been wronged again.

Wu Bai has a somewhat weak personality and has suffered many setbacks in the sect over the years.

She always stood up for him, but Wu Bai didn't want to trouble her, so if she didn't ask, Wu Bai would not tell him anything.

"It's really nothing..." Wu Bai frowned.

How should he tell her? Should he tell her that he was being threatened, that his life was worth hers to buy? "I know I'm useless. I haven't made any progress in all these years."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Yan Ying opened her eyes and stopped practicing. "Who said you're useless?"

"Wubai, just think about it, if you weren't there, my sister and I would be so bored every day."

"Your cultivation is not low either. You are considered top-notch among disciples of the same level."

"Besides, we have known each other for so many years, and you are my first friend in the sect. How can my vision be bad?" Yan Ying refuted Wu Bai's words.

Wu Bai looked at Yan Ying with a smile.

Did she really think so...

"So, why did you help me enter the inner gate? I was useless at that time... and I always liked to cry." Wu Bai said with a chuckle.

"Didn't I say it's because you look cute?" Yan Ying replied with a smile.

Wu Bai doesn't know the plot of the original book, and Yan Ying won't tell him.

At that time, she actually thought that Wu Bai would be valued by Cen Ji, so she helped him...

In the original book, Wu Bai was loyal to Cen Ji. Now Wu Bai is still the loyal Wu Bai, but the person he follows has become Yan Ying.

"Am I still cute now?" Wu Bai asked with a smile.

"Well...it's still cute." Yan Ying nodded without thinking.

No matter how tall Wu Bai grows, his round face is still full of smiles, and his round eyes make him look very down-to-earth.

Wu Bai looked at Yan Ying's little face. She seemed to have not changed much in these seven years, but also seemed to have changed a lot.

She was still the same as when we first met, with eyes full of sincerity and frankness.

"Auntie, if someone gave me two choices, one against my will and the other according to my heart...how would I choose?"

"Naturally, I choose what I want." Yan Ying said without hesitation. "Wu Bai, what's wrong with you?"

Wu Bai shook his head.

He already knew the answer he wanted.

"Thank you."

"What?" Yan Ying didn't hear clearly what Wu Bai was whispering.

"Thank you for helping me enter the inner sect back then, and thank you for letting me become your friend." Wu Bai smiled, revealing her white teeth. "I'm truly grateful for these past seven years. Thank you for allowing me to experience a life I've never experienced before..."

"Wu Bai..." Yan Ying didn't know why, but she always felt a little reluctant in her heart.

She didn't know what had happened to Wu Bai, but she could see that there was no happiness in Wu Bai's eyes.

"I'll go back first." Wu Bai looked at the sunset outside the door and stood up.

He had been sitting in her room for two hours.

Glad to see she's alright.

"Grandma, please remember that water spirit roots are dangerous," Wu Bai said softly. "If you're bored again in the future and have no one to accompany you, practice more and become stronger... so that you can protect yourself."

Yan Ying watched Wu Bai walk out the door. She suddenly felt uneasy and followed him out.

When Yan Ying ran out of the door, Wu Bai was gone.

"Where are the people?"

Wu Bai couldn't possibly be that fast. He had just walked out the door, and in the blink of an eye, he was gone...

"Wu Bai!" Yan Ying shouted.

It was quiet all around, without any movement.