Unfortunately, he had already found what he was looking for. Glancing at the old videotape on the table, Qingyun calmly got up and walked into the bathroom, showing no concern for Nie Chenyuan's words.
"I remember you went in that direction today too?" Nie Chenyuan unconsciously softened his tone as he mentioned this.
"It's none of your business." The coldness in his tone didn't diminish in the slightest even through the frosted glass door of the bathroom.
Nie Chenyuan's breath hitched, feeling that this person exuded a sense of aloofness from head to toe.
Thinking about what happened that afternoon, Nie Chenyuan gave a wry smile. He opened the bathroom door with a hint of urgency and explained to Qingyun, "I'm sorry, what happened today was my fault, but Lin Yuhao and I didn't..."
The rest of his words got stuck in Nie Chenyuan's throat, hesitant to speak.
He stood there, somewhat stunned, watching Qingyun's white shirt being half-off, hanging loosely on his slender arm.
"Get out!"
Qingyun was also surprised by this person's sudden intrusion. Her eyes widened, and she glared at him with gritted teeth, looking just like a cat with its fur standing on end.
"I'm sorry." Nie Chenyuan, as if burned by fire, immediately lowered his eyes, retreated, and closed the door. He thought Qingyun was just washing her hands, but he hadn't expected…
The sound of dripping water rose up, and the heat steamed up, adding another layer of concealment to the already frosted glass.
Nie Chenyuan ruffled his hair, looking annoyed. The sound of water was like a pair of cat claws, scratching at his mind. He suddenly felt a little irritated and reached out to unbutton two more buttons on his shirt.
He's taking a shower; you should go.
No, no, I need to explain it to him clearly.
Nie Chenyuan was torn between two conflicting thoughts. The soft light from the bathroom and the fleeting glimpse he had just seen kept flashing before his eyes. He subconsciously reached for a cigarette, but just as he was about to light it, he remembered that Qingyun's obsession with cleanliness meant she couldn't tolerate the smell of smoke, so he put it down.
He listened to the changing sounds of water in the bathroom, pacing around the bathroom door like a trapped beast, his dark footprints overlapping on the soft wool carpet.
"Ahem, Qingyun... I went to school today because I was worried about you, and it was an accident that I was with Lin Yuhao..."
"Your relationship with Lin Yuhao doesn't affect my deal with Patriarch Nie." Qingyun's words, accompanied by the sound of water, interrupted Nie Chenyuan.
It would be strange if it didn't have an impact. Qingyun looked at her dark eyes in the mirror. If Nie Chenyuan dared to go back to be Lin Yuhao's underling, she would block his meridians back up again, just like she had cleared them.
"A deal?" Nie Chenyuan asked, puzzled.
"I will heal your injuries and thoroughly strengthen your meridians. The Nie family will provide me with cultivation resources until the Ancient Martial Arts Tournament three years from now, at which time I will leave." After defeating Lin Yuhao in one fell swoop, Qingyun obtained what he needed to leave, and that would be the time for him to depart from this world.
"Leave? You want to leave?" Nie Chenyuan's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but raise his voice. Then he felt that his words were ridiculous. With Qingyun's abilities, there was absolutely no need for her to stay in the Nie family forever.
"You should leave now." Qingyun saw the guest off again, adding at the end, "Have the housekeeper change the carpet in my room."
Nie Chenyuan walked out with a look of bewilderment, but his heart sank because of Qingyun's words.
After Nie Chenyuan left, Qingyun came out wearing a bathrobe. He raised an eyebrow and looked at the circles of footprints in front of the bathroom, and couldn't help but chuckle.
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"Not a single one of them survived?" Lin Yuhao frowned, realizing he had underestimated the Nie family.
“Although Nie Chenyuan has become a cripple in this generation of the Nie family, the foundation of the old family is still there, and Nie Chenyuan was a genius ten years ago.” Zhang Jingguo, the president of the Ancient Martial Arts Association, sat behind his desk and leisurely picked up his teacup.
Then, as if he had thought of something, he said to Lin Yuhao in a serious tone, "That kid named Qingyun has signed up for the Ancient Martial Arts Tournament."
"He actually dared to sign up for the Ancient Martial Arts Tournament?!" Lin Yuhao kicked over the chair next to him, his expression sinister, pacing around the room like a giant beast ready to devour its prey.
“We got in through the Nie family’s connections,” Zhang Jingguo added.
Lin Yuhao said angrily, "No wonder that brat Nie Chenyuan asked me about Qingyun today. All my efforts these past few days have been wasted!"
"You really destroyed Qingyun's dantian? Is she already a cripple?" Zhang Jingguo suddenly frowned and asked suspiciously.
"I'm sure that kid didn't have a chance to survive. He probably only escaped death because the Nie family found him. Even when we met him today, he was unsteady on his feet, and his cultivation was completely destroyed." As he said this, he forgot that people with high cultivation levels can return to their original state.
Lin Yuhao finally sat down, his face grim. "It's good that he dared to sign up; he's just waiting for me to kill him!"
“No, you can’t kill him.” Zhang Jingguo shook his head at him. “If Qing Yun dies after fighting you, following Qing Haolin, many people will probably suspect you.”
"Even if this good-for-nothing participates in the Ancient Martial Arts Tournament, he's no match for me. Forget it, just eliminate him. Don't let this kid say anything more nonsense at the tournament." A hint of impatience flashed in Lin Yuhao's eyes.
"Speaking of which, about your mother..." Zhang Jingguo put down his teacup.
When this topic came up, Lin Yuhao's face slowly darkened: "I said she was forced, and that's it. There's no other possibility."
Three years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Nie Chenyuan closed the car door and walked into the house while making a phone call.
After three years of treatment by Qingyun, Nie Chenyuan's blocked meridians were basically all cleared. Qingyun did not bother to absorb the innate energy in his meridians like Lin Yuhao did, so all of this innate energy was integrated into Nie Chenyuan's body, further enhancing his already powerful physique.
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