Pu's second brother spoke the matter slowly and deliberately, and the cruel truth was laid out before him. Even if Pu Tianyi didn't want to believe it, he had no choice but to accept it. Ji Yuanchi, who was standing to the side, looked at her second brother with some surprise. She had never known that Pu Tianyi liked Xu Yuehuai.
Pu Tianyi remained silent, lowering his eyelids. What could he say? Everything his second brother said was true, and all he could do was accept it.
...
Shangguan Xi could clearly sense that Xu Yuehuai's mood was not good after meeting Pu Tianyi, and could even be described as rather bad. She rolled her eyes and asked, "Senior Sister, who was that man just now? Could it be your sweetheart, making you so obsessed?"
Shangguan Xi's words were tentative, as if she had misunderstood her earlier words, which was why she was in a bad mood.
Xu Yuehuai shook her head, "He's just someone I knew before."
That's what they said, but Shangguan Xi could tell that she was in a bad mood. The two of them didn't stay out for long before starting their return journey. On the way back, Shangguan Xi subtly probed Xu Yuehuai's intentions, "The weather is so nice, Senior Sister. If you're not interested in that man, how about you introduce him to me? I think he's quite good-looking."
Xu Yuehuai thought for a moment and said, "Didn't you already get to know each other just now? It's better to work on these things yourself; I shouldn't interfere."
The two walked back together, but no matter what Shangguan Xi said, she couldn't get any useful information out of Xu Yuehuai. She was so frustrated that she became depressed.
"Mulberry wine! Delicious mulberry wine for sale!" The shouts from the roadside caught Shangguan Xi's attention. She turned her head and looked at the vendor.
The shopkeeper, seeing someone turn around, smiled and looked at Shangguan Xi, "Miss, would you like to buy some to try? This wine tastes amazing; you can't find it anywhere else!"
Upon hearing that there were none available elsewhere, Shangguan Xi released Xu Yuehuai's arms and walked up to the shopkeeper, ordering, "Give me ten jars!"
Shangguan Xi started off with a big spree. Now that he can't get anything out of Xu Yuehuai, he'll get her drunk. Is he still worried about not being able to get anything out of her?!
Upon hearing this, Xu Yuehuai stepped forward, her brow furrowed slightly, and said, "You've bought so much; you won't be able to finish it all."
"Oh my, the two of us, let's drink until we drop! The competition is the day after tomorrow, if we don't relax now, we'll be on edge every day for the rest of the time, and then it'll be hard to relax!" Shangguan Xi said with a mysterious look on his face, as if he were talking about the same old thing.
In the end, worried that ten jars wouldn't be enough to get Xu Yuehuai drunk, she bought a few more. On the way back, Xu Yuehuai looked at so much wine and didn't know what to say.
Shangguan Xi put these toys into his spatial storage, then happily pulled her back, as if he couldn't wait to teleport back to the house.
Xu Yuehuai remained calm and walked at a steady pace, with a good rhythm.
Upon arriving at the inn, they immediately returned to their room. Shangguan Xi placed all the wine from his spatial storage on the table, as if preparing for a final showdown with Xu Yuehuai. "A small drink is enough. Drinking so much is not appropriate."
Xu Yuehuai politely declined Shangguan Xi's suggestion to drink directly from the wine pot.
Shangguan Xi pouted and said in a spoiled tone, "Oh, senior sister, good senior sister, just drink a little with me. Anyway, there are still two days until the competition. At worst, we can get drunk today and continue training tomorrow. Even if we don't want to move tomorrow, there's always the day after tomorrow. We'll recover, so don't worry!"
Xu Yuehuai still looked somewhat disapproving, but somehow she ended up drinking one cup after another. After the first cup, it was as if she couldn't stop, and she was forced to drink the second cup.
After drinking several bowls of mulberry wine, Xu Yuehuai stopped asking Shangguan Xi to pour him wine and started pouring it for himself.
Shangguan Xi hadn't drunk much; his eyes were clear, and he was even planning when would be the best time to start getting information out of her.
Seeing that Xu Yuehuai was drinking more and more, Shangguan Xi asked, "Senior Sister, were you and Ji Yuanchi and the others very close before? Why did you separate later?"
Guan Xi had asked this question before, but she was not satisfied with the answer she received at the time. So she asked it again today, as if she wanted to get to the bottom of it, with a hint of persistence in her eyes.
Upon hearing this, Xu Yuehuai became lost in her own memories. Actually...
Ji Yuanchi wasn't being unreasonable. While knocking Ji Yuanchi unconscious, she injected a spiritual force into her mind, making her believe that she had abandoned her and that the incident was an act of abandonment, leaving her heartbroken.
Even Pu Erge's repeated attempts to dissuade her and explain that Xu Yuehuai had no such intentions at the time were to no avail. Ji Yuanchi felt as if she had fallen into a dead end, knowing that she had abandoned her, and her heart ached terribly.
"Yes, later... later we went our separate ways. We were never on the same path. My goal was never like this. She had no reason to take risks with me. What I was doing was dangerous." Xu Yuehuai vaguely revealed this matter. Perhaps due to the recent pressure, she had drunk quite a bit of alcohol, her mind was relaxed, and there were no outsiders around.
Shangguan Xi was still patiently and persuasively coaxing her, making it hard for her not to fall for his trap.
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Xi secretly labeled the story as one of abandoning everything for love.
Xu Yuehuai had no idea what the person in front of her was thinking. She continued, "So things are fine as they are now, aren't they? She can live her life well, and I can move forward without any worries."
As Shangguan Xi listened, she sensed something was amiss. She felt indignant for Xu Yuehuai, "So she ran away after hearing all this? Then she's not a very good person!"
Xu Yuehuai had no intention of leaving her words unfinished. She had already started speaking, but not finishing would seem pretentious. "No, I didn't tell her that I tampered with her memories."
Shangguan Xi was the first person to know about this. Putting aside Bai Ze and Yuan Shui in her space, Shangguan Xi was truly the only one who knew about it.
Shangguan Xi was surprised. She had a vague recollection of when Xu Yuehuai and Ji Yuanchi broke up, all from what people in the sect had told her. It was probably around the time Wei Shengliu first went out, so early.
Xu Yuehuai had only been on the second floor for a short time, yet she had already learned such advanced techniques.
Shangguan Xi was amazed. "As expected of Senior Sister, she has her own way of doing things."
She didn't intend to meddle in other people's business and tell others about it. She wanted to know purely out of curiosity, and also because she considered Xu Yuehuai a friend and wanted to help her when she saw her looking down.
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