Ye Jing carefully observed the expression on Liu Huizhou's face, and after noticing the seriousness in his eyes, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised. But his heart sank.
He knew Liu Huizhou's personality somewhat; although he was somewhat close to his daughter, it wasn't romantic love.
Why would he say such a thing at this time?
"What happened?" Ye Jing asked, though he was deep in thought.
Before meeting Liu Huizhou, Ye Jing always thought that the head of the Xie family took his daughter away just to force him to show his face.
Otherwise, Ye Jing couldn't understand why that person would want to kidnap his daughter. Liu Huizhou had only recently entered the martial arts world; how could he possibly have offended the Xie family?
But after hearing Liu Huizhou's words, Ye Jing suddenly had some other guesses in his mind.
"It's nothing," Liu Huizhou shook his head, avoiding the question.
He thought that this matter concerned his junior sister's reputation, and he shouldn't say it like that. Xie Nanzhou must have taken her away because he coveted her beauty.
However, Liu Huizhou dared not tell Ye Jing about this. After all, it was he who had failed to protect his junior sister back then.
Seeing Liu Huizhou's reluctance to talk, Ye Jing guessed there was more to the story. However, at this moment, he didn't want to think about it too much.
"At the fastest speed, we should be able to reach Yuncheng in a few days." Thinking of his daughter, Ye Jing regretted not sending someone to find her sooner.
She has always been physically weak, and now that this has happened, she must have been quite frightened.
But if she returns safely, this incident can teach her a lesson: it's one thing to come out casually, but to come out without any guards is quite another.
"Two more days," Liu Huizhou replied.
However, when this time came up, Liu Huizhou couldn't help but think of Ning Shuyue, who had been gone for two days.
Although it was he who first advised Ning Shuyue to leave temporarily to avoid running into his master.
However, Liu Huizhou did not reveal his feelings to her directly at the time, which led to some misunderstandings between them, and Ning Shuyue left in a huff.
Ye Jing glanced at Liu Huizhou, who seemed lost in thought, and said coldly, "Let's continue on our journey today."
To be honest, he hadn't seen this apprentice for two months, and he felt that Liu Huizhou seemed to have changed and was somewhat unfamiliar to him.
Upon hearing this, Liu Huizhou snapped out of his daze and hurriedly replied, "Yes."
Little did he know that his actions only made Ye Jing more dissatisfied.
People have varying degrees of closeness and distance. Now that his daughter has been taken away, Liu Huizhou's attitude seems more like guilt than concern.
But his guilt was also inappropriate; to wait here so comfortably for him to go find Liuyin together seemed to lack the youthful vigor of a boy.
Ye Jing then realized that he had misjudged the situation in previous years.
However, there was nothing he could do. Of all the disciples in Wuchen Palace, only Liu Huizhou caught his daughter's eye.
Noticing Ye Jing's gaze, Liu Huizhou didn't dare to breathe loudly, lowering her eyelashes and pretending to be worried.
He naturally respected Ye Jing, but he also felt a sense of fear.
Knowing Ye Jing's love for his daughter, Liu Huizhou made no mention of Ning Shuyue being arrested along with Liu Yin in the letter, only saying that Xie Nanzhou had taken his junior sister away.
In fact, he didn't dare mention Ning Shuyue in front of Ye Jing at all.
If Ye Jing finds out that he neglected his junior sister to save another woman, his master will definitely expel him from Wuchen Palace.
He grew up in the Dustless Palace and had long regarded it as his home.
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