At the same time, in room 1407 of the Shuiyun Hotel, Chu Luo sat on the bed with a resentful expression.
Four burly men stood at the door of the room.
If Li Dafu were present, he would have recognized them as the ones who captured Chu Luo.
Across from Chu Luo, on the sofa, sat a young, charming, and adorable girl.
The girl was dressed in a yellow gown, reminiscent of ancient costume dramas.
"I didn't expect you to find me here," Chu Luo said, sighing helplessly.
The girl in the yellow gown pouted and mumbled, "I didn't expect you to be out for so long and not go back!"
"You brought me here, what do you want from me?" Chu Luo asked helplessly.
"My goal wasn't to bring you here," the girl in the yellow gown mumbled again. "My goal is to take you home."
"You know I don't want to go back. I'm living very well here."
"Do you want to stay here for a lifetime? Are you never going to go home?"
"A lifetime is such a long way off, I haven't thought about it," Chu Luo said nonchalantly.
"What about me?" The girl in the yellow gown widened her eyes and asked Chu Luo, "Don't you want me anymore? Have you fallen for another girl?"
"No," Chu Luo immediately shook his head.
"Then you have to come back with me to get married." The girl in the yellow gown said very naturally, showing no shyness when talking about marriage, unlike most girls.
"I won't!" Chu Luo's refusal was firm.
"It seems you still don't like me..." The girl in the yellow gown lowered her eyelids, her tone laced with disappointment.
Chu Luo quickly explained, "It's not that I don't like you, it's just that we're still young. I want to wait a few more years before talking about marriage."
"We're not young anymore," the girl in the yellow gown shook her head seriously. "My cousin's child can already recite the Tang Materia Medica. If you had stayed in the valley, we would have been married long ago, and possibly even have two children by now."
Hearing this, Chu Luo felt a headache coming on.
"Can you stop this? Is marriage and having children the only things in your life? Aren't there other important things?" Chu Luo exclaimed in frustration.
"Of course, there are," the girl in the yellow gown thought for a moment and then said with utmost seriousness, "There's also cultivating medicinal fields, refining pills, and after we get married, I'll do your laundry and cook for you. These are all very important things."
Chu Luo started pulling at his hair. "See, this is why I don't want to go back with you."
"I miss you very much since you haven't been back." When the girl in the yellow gown said "miss you," it was as natural as eating or drinking, yet it conveyed genuine affection.
"Actually, sometimes I miss you too." Compared to the girl in the yellow gown, Chu Luo seemed a bit shy.
"But the outside world is truly exciting. Why don't you stay here too? We can play outside together for a few years, and when we've had our fill, we can go back and get married?"
"No, that won't do." Hearing Chu Luo's words, the girl in the yellow gown lost interest. "I don't like it here at all. Too many people, too many cars, and the air is foul. Besides, you're not young anymore, you shouldn't be thinking about playing all the time."
Chu Luo rolled his eyes again and muttered, "Why are you talking more and more like my mother..."
"Really?" The girl in the yellow gown didn't get angry at Chu Luo's remark; instead, she seemed a little excited. "If that's the case, I can already be a qualified Valley Mistress. That's great! I was worried I wasn't mature enough!"
Chu Luo's forehead was covered in black lines. "That's not what I meant! You're completely misinterpreting!"
"I don't care what you mean, you have to go back with me today!" The girl in the yellow gown bit her lip and looked at the four burly men. "Uncles, I'll have to trouble you again."
"Apologies, Young Mistress!" The four burly men, rubbing their fists, walked towards Chu Luo.
Usually quick-witted Chu Luo seemed resigned in front of these four burly men, not even having the desire to resist.
However, at that moment, the room door suddenly opened from the outside, and Chen Xiao walked in.
"Director Chen!" Upon seeing Chen Xiao, Chu Luo shouted excitedly, as if he had seen a savior.
The girl in the yellow gown, however, frowned. "Who are you?"
Chen Xiao coughed awkwardly. "Uh... young lady, you're Chu Luo's girlfriend, right? Then I have to say a few words to you. Marriage is a major life event, and you absolutely cannot rush it. Since Chu Luo doesn't want to get married now, why are you forcing him? As the saying goes, a melon forced to ripen won't be sweet!"
Chen Xiao had overheard their conversation outside the door and, knowing that the people who had captured Chu Luo were just his girlfriend, he felt relieved.
Hearing Chen Xiao's words, the girl in the yellow gown's eyebrows shot up. "How dare you eavesdrop on us? Who are you?"
Chen Xiao explained, "I am Chu Luo's director, his immediate superior."
"Absurd!" The girl in the yellow gown let out a sharp cry. "Chu Luo is the future Valley Master of the Medicine King Valley. How can you, unworthy as you are, be the Valley Master's superior? Uncles, please, get rid of this person first!"
The four men temporarily let Chu Luo go and menacingly approached Chen Xiao.
"You guys, don't!" Chu Luo said frantically. "Xiao'e, quickly tell them to stop!"
"I won't!" The girl in the yellow gown, Xiao'e, pouted and said self-righteously, "You worry about him so much, he must have been instigating you to stay outside. He must be after your medical skills, that's why he doesn't want you to leave with me!"
Chu Luo said helplessly, "I'm not worried about him, I'm worried about the uncles..."
Before Xiao'e could react to what Chu Luo meant, the burly men had already been knocked to the ground by Chen Xiao.
Knowing their close relationship with Chu Luo, Chen Xiao naturally didn't kill them, merely incapacitating them for the time being.
Xiao'e was shocked. She pointed at Chen Xiao and shouted, "How are you so powerful? Who are you? What are your intentions in instigating Chu Luo?"
"Xiao'e, can you stop being unreasonable? Director Chen is a good person. He didn't instigate me; he even helped me when I was in trouble!" Chu Luo tried to explain earnestly.
"I don't believe you!" Xiao'e glared. "You scoundrel, take this!"
Saying that, Xiao'e drew a leather whip from her waist and cracked it towards Chen Xiao.
"Dao Entry peak?" Chen Xiao was slightly taken aback. He hadn't expected this girl, who looked no more than twenty years old, to already possess the cultivation of Dao Entry peak.
However, even Nascent Soul cultivators had fallen before Chen Xiao, so Dao Entry peak was naturally no match for him. He snatched Xiao'e's whip and said slowly, "Little girl, from now on, you'd better behave yourself, or even if you are Chu Luo's girlfriend, I won't be polite to you!"