Brother, I was wrong.

"You mean I'm ugly?"

Tang Xiaoyu shuddered and turned around with an apologetic smile: "You're just too cute, I can't bear to defile you."

"Is that so?"

Tang Xiaoyu raised his hand: "I swear everything I said is true."

Seeing Tang Xiaoyu swear, Wang Ziyan was too shy to say anything.

"I'm not as good as you say."

Tang Xiaoyu thought to himself: 【Can't make out sincere and polite words at all.】

While thinking this to himself, he said out loud: "You are, if anyone dares say otherwise, I'll argue with them."

Wang Ziyan shyly scolded: "Oh you!" After speaking she ran away.

Hearing this, Tang Xiaoyu got goosebumps all over.

He turned to Chu Yanran and the two other women, "Although I can't beat you, please still keep a certain distance from me."

After speaking, Tang Xiaoyu even took two steps back.

Lin Qingying walked two steps forward stubbornly: "What if I don't keep my distance from you?"

Tang Xiaoyu was angered too: "Then just give me a quick end, save me from being tortured to death."

"Let's see who dares!" Lin Qingying said domineeringly.

Speak of the devil, and he doth appear. Tang Xiaoyu feared whatever came his way.

Wu Hao was bored, so he called some fellow apprentice brothers out to relax. Passing by the square, they saw their sect leader and senior martial sister.

Originally wanting to secretly leave, they saw Tang Xiaoyu backing away, and Lin Qingying walking forward.

Because of the distance, Wu Hao didn't hear clearly what the sect leader said, but could ascertain that the sect leader was very angry.

Wu Hao and his group were usually tolerant, but absolutely could not tolerate this. They charged over aggressively.

Seeing a group of people come over murderously, Tang Xiaoyu thought things had taken a bad turn, but was helpless.

"Sect leader, senior martial sister."

Lin Qingying and the others simply nodded, and didn't pay them any more attention.

Wu Hao thought this was a chance to show off. He stepped forward, pointing at Tang Xiaoyu and shouted: "Brat, you actually dare speak rudely to our sect leader!"

The others echoed agreement, surrounding Tang Xiaoyu directly, wanting to teach him a lesson.

Tang Xiaoyu had a million grass mud horses run through his mind: 【Are you all fantasy sect leaders? What the hell did I do? Is speaking now a sin?】

But for the sake of his little life, Tang Xiaoyu still put on a flattering expression: "Brothers, this is all a misunderstanding."

"A misunderstanding? Doesn't seem that way to me!"

What could Tang Xiaoyu say? He could only plead guilty!

"Brothers, I was wrong, I truly was wrong. Treat me like a fart, and let me go!"

The group of people laughed loudly, but they didn't know that Lin Qingying behind them was already extremely angry.

Wu Hao asked with a smile: "What were you wrong about then?"

"I shouldn't have spoken."

"What else?"

"I shouldn't have raised my head."

Not far away, Wang Ziyan didn't have any thoughts of going to help Tang Xiaoyu, she just lamented silently for these people in her heart.

【Wu Hao martial brother, don't blame me for not stopping you. You only have yourself to blame for being so arrogant.】

Hearing Tang Xiaoyu speak this way, Wu Hao didn't feel good about pressing him further either. He turned his head and asked: "Sect leader, how should we deal with this kid?"

Lin Qingying's face was black, she was already on the verge of erupting: "You did very well, extremely well."

"Yanran, remember down their names. When we get back I want to properly reward them."

"Yes!"

The group was extremely excited and quickly paid their respects: "Thank you sect leader!"

Chu Yanran looked at Wu Hao and the others, lamenting for her cute junior martial brothers in her heart. 【Oh! My cute martial younger brothers, you can laugh now, but later there won't be a chance to laugh.】

Wu Hao even asked to seal his fate: "Sect leader, leave this kid to me to deal with. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

Hearing this, Tang Xiaoyu's heart thumped wildly: 【Damn, do you have to be so cruel? I already admitted wrong, and you still won't let me off? What happened to righteous sects?】

Just then, an angry voice came from behind: "Who dares touch my younger martial brother?"

Tang Xiaoqin had just returned from home for a bit. She had only arrived at Qingyun Sword Sect with people from her sect yesterday to participate in the exchange conference.

Today, she went out with fellow apprentices to get familiar with Qingyun Sword Sect. Passing by the square, they had originally just wanted to watch the liveliness. But as soon as they walked over, she saw her cousin being surrounded by people from Sky Demon Sect.

Tang Xiaoqin brought over a group of people. Wu Hao saw they were from Thousand Shadow Sect, and sneered coldly: "What, you still dare interfere in our Sky Demon Sect's affairs?"

Tang Xiaoqin pulled Tang Xiaoyu over, and coldly said: "I can't interfere in other matters, but I must interfere in matters related to my younger martial brother!"

"Enough, you can all go back now."

Lin Qingying's voice came over. Wu Hao and the others shuddered in fright: "Disciples take our leave!"

Seeing Lin Qingying, Tang Xiaoqin and the others hurriedly paid their respects: "Greetings to Sect Leader Lin."

"Mm. You guys should head back too! I want to have a chat with your martial brother."

"Yes." Tang Xiaoqin didn't dare refute her, and could only leave.

With Tang Xiaoyu alone now, he quickly lowered his head, afraid that even raising his head was a sin.

Tang Xiaoyu lowered his head without saying a word.

"Can we get acquainted now?" Lin Qingying said.

"Can I say no?"

"No."

"Then why'd you even ask me?"

Lin Qingying laughed: "What's your name?"

"Tang Xiaoyu."

"Good, then we're acquainted now."

"If that makes you happy."

"From now on, I'll watch over you."

"Big sister, please allow me to pay you respects. If you need anything, tell me and I won't hesitate, even if it means climbing a mountain of blades or jumping into a sea of flames." Hearing she would watch over him, Tang Xiaoyu hurried to declare his loyalty.

"Not bad, more foresighted than those under me."

"Big sister teaches well."

"Not bad, lots of potential."

"All thanks to big sister's nurturing."

Wang Ziyan, Chu Yanran, and Lu Changchun all got black lines on their foreheads.

Wang Ziyan: 【You two really know how to play, each more shameless than the last.】

Chu Yanran: 【Auntie, doesn't your conscience hurt?】

Lu Changchun: 【Able to bend and stretch, a true man indeed.】

Xiao Lian was still worried for her Tang brother, hoping nothing bad would happen to him.

Lin Qingying was in a very good mood right now. Don't ask why. Just know that whenever she spends time with Tang Xiaoyu, she's happy.

Patting Tang Xiaoyu's shoulder, she said: "Keep up the good work. I'm heading back first."

Tang Xiaoyu patted his chest and guaranteed: "I definitely won't fail to live up to big sister's expectations."

"Good. I'm leaving first then."

"Big sister, please walk slowly and watch your step."

Tang Xiaoyu brought his fawning behavior to new heights.

Wiping the cold sweat from his brow: "She finally left, scared me to death."

The closer Lin Qingying got to her residence, the scarier her expression became. Chu Yanran who was one step behind grew increasingly careful.

"Bring Wu Hao and his group to my room."

"Yes, Master."

Wu Hao and the others were still chatting about what happened earlier. One of them flattered: "Wu martial brother really is wise and resourceful. Otherwise we wouldn't have gotten the sect leader's reward either."

"That's right. We're grateful to Wu martial brother for this."

While Wu Hao was being extolled, Chu Yanran appeared behind them.

"Save your energy. I'm afraid later you won't even have strength left to beg for mercy."

"Greetings senior martial sister."

Wu Hao asked: "Senior martial sister, what do you mean?"

Chu Yanran smiled wickedly: "You'll know when you get there."

The group shuddered: "Senior martial sister, where are you taking us?"

"The sect leader called for you, she wants to properly reward you."

"Really? How wonderful." The group still didn't notice anything amiss.

Wu Hao however felt something was off, but he didn't take it to heart.

The group was brought to Lin Qingying's room. Lin Qingying had her back facing them.

"Yanran, shut the door tightly."

"Yes, Master."

Lin Qingying turned around and calmly said: "My newly sworn little brother was bullied today. How embarrassing for me as his big sister!"