The night was quiet and the faint moonlight shone down on the courtyard, making it exceptionally quiet and serene.
Not far away, a few bamboo trees rustled, surrounded by a clear light. It was an extraordinary sight.
Xiao Ruoyin was dressed in a long white dress and had a thin layer of powder on her face. Her jade-like features were flawless, and her delicate makeup made her skin glow even more. She exuded an indescribably beautiful aura.
"This is what Ruoyin just learned recently..."
"Sir Gu, try it."
She blinked and poured a cup of tea for Gu Changge.
After dismissing everyone from the Palace of Heavenly Immortals, the courtyard was very quiet.
Gu Changge looked at the steam rising from the stone table and chuckled. He raised the cup to his lips and praised, "Not bad."
Xiao Ruoyin heard Gu Changge's praise and her eyes flashed with joy. "As long as Sir Gu likes it."
Then, she spoke in a low voice.
"I am truly honored that Sir Gu has come to see me in the middle of the night. You only had to tell me and I would have come to see you. There was no need to trouble you to come here personally."
With Gu Changge's status, if he wanted to see someone, he only had to say a word and who would dare not give him face and not come to pay him a visit?
Xiao Ruoyin was naturally the same.
If not for her status, it would have been inappropriate for her to visit Gu Changge. Otherwise, she would have wanted to visit Gu Changge whenever she had the chance. She was afraid that Gu Changge would forget about her.
Tonight, Gu Changge suddenly came to see her, which really shocked and touched her.
Even now, Xiao Ruoyin still found it difficult to calm her heart.
"It's just a small matter. You don't have to worry about it."
Gu Changge gently blew on the steam from his tea, as if he didn't notice Xiao Ruoyin's expression. He smiled casually and said, "I just suddenly heard news about you and thought that since I had the time and haven't cared about you for a long time, I came to visit. It's not a big matter, so you don't have to worry."
His words could be considered an explanation.
However, when she heard that Gu Changge cared so much about her feelings, Xiao Ruoyin couldn't help but feel touched.
"Young Master Gu, not only did you help me escape, you even gave me resources to help me cultivate, you even allowed me to enter the Palace of the Heavenly Dao Immortals, you even cared about me so much …"
"It's all thanks to you that I am where I am today."
"I really don't know how to repay you. I don't know how to repay your kindness."
Xiao Ruoyin's voice was sincere, but her voice trembled slightly towards the end.
When she mentioned repaying her kindness, her face couldn't help but blush.
What was her status? What was Gu Changge's status? It could be described as the difference between heaven and earth.
In her opinion, it was as if an emperor had remembered a commoner's daughter and had even taken the initiative to express his concern.
This even made her feel flattered.
Xiao Ruoyin also understood that this was because she had already gotten used to the strict, cold, and pyramid-like hierarchy of this world, and had developed a fear of it.
After all, Gu Changge stood at the top of the pyramid, overlooking the countless living beings in the Upper Realm.
If she had first arrived here, perhaps she wouldn't have developed such feelings.
Back then, she was like a newborn calf that wasn't afraid of tigers. She even dared to talk to Gu Changge through the night as if she was talking to a friend.
"Do you think that I'm helping you because I want you to repay me?" Gu Changge had an amused expression.
"No … That's not what I meant." Xiao Ruoyin shook her head, then said with a determined look on her face.
"But … Young Master Gu, you've helped me like this, I really feel guilty. I don't have anything to repay you, I can't even make a cup of tea for you. After all, there are countless girls who would want to make a cup of tea for you. How could I possibly have a chance? "
"Even if I wanted to repay you with my body, I'm afraid I'm not qualified enough. You won't like it either."
Towards the end of her sentence, there was a hint of bitterness at the corner of her mouth, as if she was mocking herself.
Gu Changge's face showed just the right amount of surprise, as if he didn't expect Xiao Ruoyin to say such things to him.
"Miss Ruoyin, there's no need to feel sorry for yourself. In my eyes, you're different from other girls."
"Why do you think I'm helping you like this?"
Then, he shook his head lightly and asked solemnly.
"I don't know … I've always thought that Young Master Gu pitied me."
Xiao Ruoyin was stunned for a moment, then looked like she was thinking seriously. Then, she shook her head in distress.
Although she was well aware of it, at this juncture, if she were to say it directly, it would seem that she was too utilitarian.
Xiao Ruoyin was very smart, so naturally, she knew what to say.
Gu Changge glanced at her, then chuckled. "No, I just think that you're different from other girls."
"In my eyes, you're different from other girls, so you don't have to worry too much about it."
"I don't need you to repay me."
Although Xiao Ruoyin had already guessed that Gu Changge was going to say this, she still couldn't help but feel touched when she heard it.
"But Young Master Gu's words make it even more impossible for me to repay you."
"This makes me feel a deep sense of self-reproach and guilt. I can't accept your good intentions so naturally."
She lowered her head, her voice very soft.
Xiao Ruoyin only wanted to maintain this simple and direct image in front of Gu Changge, and didn't want Gu Changge to know that her thoughts weren't pure.
Therefore, after saying this, a blush appeared on her face, and her voice was even softer, trembling slightly like a mosquito, as if she was very shy.
"Young Master Gu, tonight, can you … stay …"
"Ruoyin understands that her looks can't compare to the beauty beside you. Ruoyin doesn't have any other distracting thoughts or extravagant requests."
"If you don't like it, Ruoyin can understand."
She had already said so much, and Xiao Ruoyin didn't believe that Gu Changge would be so heartless and cruel to reject her under these circumstances.
"If I reject you, why do I feel like I'm letting you down?"
Seeing this, Gu Changge shook his head and laughed. He looked at Xiao Ruoyin, and his tone seemed to be rather helpless.
Xiao Ruoyin had said so much, but wasn't it all because she wanted him to stay for the night?
What reason did Gu Changge have to reject her?
Could it be that he would be at a disadvantage?
Xiao Ruoyin wanted to play the role of a sweet and naive girl, so Gu Changge would do as she wished. It was such a simple matter.
"Really? That's great … "
Although Xiao Ruoyin expected that Gu Changge wouldn't reject her, she still couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised, and let out a long sigh of relief.
The huge rock in her heart was finally lifted.
She believed that the next day, the news of Gu Changge staying the night would quickly spread among the disciples and elders of the Palace of Heavenly Immortals.
In the future, when her identity was mentioned, many people's first reaction would be that she was Gu Changge's woman.
In today's Upper Realm, as long as this identity was revealed, who would dare to slight or offend her?
The night passed without a word, and the warmth of spring returned in the courtyard.
After all, Xiao Ruoyin was still a cultivator, and although it was her first time experiencing human relations, it didn't affect her much.
When she heard Gu Changge mention the Divine Stone Convention in a few days, she was a little surprised.
"Divine Stone Convention? So it's about that. "
"I don't know that mysterious Divine Origin Master, but if Young Master Gu wants to recruit him, I might be able to help you." Xiao Ruoyin thought for a while and said.
Although it was rumored that the Divine Origin Master had a strange personality, and didn't want to see anyone, many orthodoxies who wanted to reach out to him were all rejected.
However, she felt that if she went to visit him, that person might meet her.
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