Tang Xiaotang walked along the embankment to the wooden stack.
After being exposed by Sangsang, even though Ning Que and Chen Pipi stood awkwardly together, he could not help but fly into a rage out of humiliation. He asked her to accompany Tang Xiaotang with the reason that he was worried.
Only the three of them were left under the willow embankment.
Chen Pipi looked at Tang Xiaotang walking away and shouted helplessly, "Are you angry because of this?"
Tang Xiaotang did not turn around. Her clear and bright voice echoed on the lake.
"I'm not angry because of this. I'm angry because you ran away when you saw her. I'm not afraid of her. You are already in the Knowing destiny State. How can you be so afraid of her? It's really embarrassing."
The little girl grew up fighting with Snowfield Direwolves and Hot Sea Ferocious Fish. From the shoes on her feet to the black braids behind her, every detail was full of optimistic fighting spirit. It was hard for her to understand where Chen Pipi's fear came from.
Chen Pipi lowered his head to look at his toes that were exposed from the front of his robe, but he could only see his round belly. He couldn't help but feel sad. After a long silence, he said in a low voice, "Ever since I was young, my state has always been higher than hers. But when it comes to a real fight, I can never beat her."
Ning Que looked at him sympathetically and asked, "You didn't know she was here?"
Chen Pipi glanced at Ye Hongyu under the willow and said angrily, "If I knew, why would I come here?"
Ning Que asked confusedly, "Didn't Senior Brother tell you?"
Chen Pipi shook his head.
Ning Que sighed and said, "What a group of bad people."
Ye Hongyu walked over from under the willow tree.
Chen Pipi turned and walked to the willow tree.
They passed each other. Ye Hongyu curled her lips and asked, "Don't you want to catch up?"
Chen Pipi waved his hand and said without looking back, "Later, later."
Ning Que sighed and said, "It seems that he is really afraid of you. He doesn't even dare to say such shameless words."
Ye Hongyu did not want to bother with this shameless guy.
What she wanted to say had nothing to do with Chen Pipi. She said with a cold gaze, "The Academy actually takes in the remnants of the Devil's Doctrine."
Ning Que had already thought about how she would react when she saw Tang Xiaotang, a girl from the Devil's Doctrine. He smiled and asked, "What do you think?"
This rhetorical question was a little arrogant.
Ning Que was not qualified to be arrogant in front of the Tao Addict. But in the past six months, he knew the history of Youngest Uncle joining the Devil and personally experienced the ignorance of his teacher and Senior Brothers. He roughly understood the attitude of the Academy, and the Academy definitely had the right to be arrogant.
Ye Hongyu said coldly, "Since this matter involves the Academy, it doesn't matter whether I have an opinion or not. But have you ever thought about what will happen if this matter gets out?"
Ning Que said, "So what?" Ning Que said, "So what? Would the West-Hill Divine Palace dare to send people into the back of the mountain to search for people? "
"There are countless devout Haotian believers in the world. They don't need evidence. All they need is a word from the Temple."
Ye Hongyu said, "The Headmaster of the Academy might not care about the West-Hill Divine Palace, but it is hard for him to deal with the discussions and anger of countless devout believers. He can't kill everyone in the world."
"If the Divine Hall wants the world to believe that the Academy takes in the remnants of the Devil's Doctrine, the war you told me yesterday will come early. That is not what the Divine Hall wants."
Ning Que looked at her beautiful eyes and suddenly understood something. He said, "Since the Master and Senior Brother asked Chen Pipi to bring Tang Xiaotang here, they don't want to hide it from you. They want you to know about it and pretend you don't know anything."
"Knowing is knowing. It doesn't mean you can pretend you don't know."
"Since you are loyal to Haotian Taoism, you should know that pretending you don't know is the best choice for both Haotian Taoism and the Academy."
Ye Hongyu looked down at the bluestone cracks and the green mud in the cracks. She thought for a long time and said, "You are right."
Then she raised her head, looked at Ning Que quietly and said, "Then what about her and Fatty Chen?"
Ning Que looked at the girl from the Devil's Doctrine in the boat in the middle of the lake and the fatty who was running along the lake, shouting and joking. His heart softened and he said, "Please pretend you don't know about it."
Ye Hongyu stood beside him and watched this interesting scene. There was not a trace of a smile in her eyes. Her expression was very serious and seemed to be getting colder and colder.
"If you know about Fatty Chen's background, you should know that many people will die if Haotian Taoism knows about it."
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Chen Pipi and Tang Xiaotang returned to the Academy in the evening and did not meet Ye Hongyu again. There was no big fight between the new powerhouses by the Yanming Lake.
After dinner, Ye Hongyu thanked Sangsang politely and sincerely expressed her compliments. Then, she returned to her room with the dried green taoist robe.
"It seems that she didn't have a good time in the West-Hill Divine Palace."
Ning Que looked at her back disappearing in the corridor and said.
Sangsang put away the bowls and asked casually, "How did you know?"
Ning Que looked at the messy bowls and plates on the table and said, "I can't believe she ate such disgusting dishes so happily and thanked you repeatedly."
Sangsang said uneasily, "I told her that I should be the one to cook. Now she thinks that I made these dishes. She must think that I am a bad cook."
Ning Que said, "You are my handmaiden, so you can only serve me. Why should you serve those outsiders? Besides, you are the successor of the Divine Priest of Light and have a higher status than her in the West-Hill Divine Palace. She should be the one to serve you. "
Sangsang did not say anything. She made him a pot of tea and went to wash the dishes.
Ning Que sat beside the flower rack by the window, holding a teapot and looking at the sky where the red clouds were turning black. His brows gradually furrowed.
He was thinking about something.
Why did the people in the back of the mountain of the Academy let Ye Hongyu know about Tang Xiaotang? Could it really be an extremely arrogant declaration? Or did they inform the West-Hill in advance to show respect?
Ning Que thought about it and the tea in his hand was getting cold. He still could not figure it out. In the end, he suddenly understood one thing. The people in the back of the mountain, whether it was the Teacher, Eldest Brother or Second Brother, were basically otherworldly people. They did not have the potential to become great conspirators. The reason why Chen Pipi brought Tang Xiaotang to the lake was probably because they wanted to tell Chen Pipi's family through Tang Xiaotang.
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For the next few days, the Yanming Lake was quiet. It rained twice and the heat was cut by a bit.
Ye Hongyu locked herself in the guest room all day. She was not seen except when she was eating. No one knew what she was doing in the dark room.
When she sat at the table and picked up the rice bowl, she became more and more silent. Ning Que noticed that her eyes became more and more haggard and her face became paler and paler. He could not help but be vigilant.
Zeng Jing and his wife, the Grand Secretary of the Imperial Library, came to visit. After visiting the house by the lake, they were very satisfied with Ning Que's generosity. They were even happier when they found that there was not even a maidservant in the house. They thought that their daughter would live a happy life since she was so favored.
Before leaving, Mrs. Zeng hugged Sangsang and praised Ning Que. She told her to come back to the Grand Secretary's Mansion more often. The next day, she sent over a dozen stewards and maidservants.
Looking at the ordinary and dull maidservants in the courtyard, Ning Que could guess what the Grand Secretary's wife was thinking. He could not help but feel a little amused. He thought that if Ye Hongyu did not attend the banquet and Mrs. Zeng saw such a beautiful girl living here, the situation would not be like this.
The house by the lake was very large. Even if there were more than a dozen stewards and maidservants, it was not crowded at all. It could not even feel that there were so many people. Sangsang was not used to being served, so most of the stewards and maidservants stayed in the remote areas of the house. The Flower Hall and the study were still quiet.
The days passed slowly. The summer was getting hotter, the lake wind was getting hotter, and the cicadas were getting noisier. In the house by the Yanming Lake, there were still three people eating and two people living.
Ye Hongyu was still like a ghost, staying in the quiet guest room all day.
One day when Ning Que came back from the Academy, he took a cold shower and asked Sangsang, who was wiping his body. He found out that Ye Hongyu did not even have dinner that day, and his expression gradually changed.
Ning Que had always admired and even feared this girl, the Tao Addict. In his opinion, when the whole world was destroyed, probably only people like him and the Tao Addict could survive. Moreover, he did not think that there was any friendship between him and the Tao Addict, so he did not care about her life at all.
But he couldn't just watch her shut herself off like this and become an idiot.
Because that would be a pity.
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The cicadas were chirping, one louder than the other. The guest room by the Yanming Lake was next to the pier, and one could faintly hear the sound of the lake water beating on the shore not far away.
Ning Que walked along the stone path into the quiet yard and gently knocked on the door.
There were some sounds in the room, as if someone was tidying up.
When the door opened, he saw a face that was still beautiful but exceptionally pale.
The sky was full of stars shining into the courtyard, and the girl looked more and more haggard.
Ning Que was shocked and asked, "Are you sick?"
"You are sick."
Ye Hongyu looked at him expressionlessly and said, "Why are you looking for me? I am busy. "
Ning Que ignored her and walked directly into the room. He looked around and did not find any trace of her cultivating any secret skills of the Devil's Doctrine, such as the Practice of Taotie. Then he noticed that the bed was still as clean as new, as if no one had slept in it these days. He could not help but be surprised.
"You haven't slept these days?"
"Meditation is enough to replenish energy, and sleep will waste more time."
"Meditation is meditation, and sleep is sleep. There is no one in this world who knows this better than me. What do you want to do? What are you in a hurry to do? "
Ye Hongyu's voice was a little weak, and she said, "I have said that I need some time to leave the West-Hill and come to Chang 'an City. Time is very important to me now."
Ning Que turned to look into her eyes and said seriously, "Although I don't care about your life, and I know that there must be some bigwigs in the West-Hill Divine Palace who want you to die, you are after all the Tao Addict. If I let you die in my house, there will definitely be big trouble. I don't want to cause trouble."
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