"Mom, I'm going back too..."
"Stop right there!"
Just as Duan Yingying was about to flee, Yang Jingyi called her back. With a stern face, she asked in a deep voice, "Tell me, are you and Yunting together?"
Duan Yingying's small face froze. Turning back, she said with a grin, "Mom, what are you talking about? How could we..."
Yang Jingyi snorted, "Your chastity mark on your neck is gone, and you still want to lie to me?"
Duan Yingying's expression was one of shock. "What chastity mark? Mom, when did you give me..."
"Don't talk about that first, are you with Yunting?" Yang Jingyi questioned again.
Seeing her serious demeanor, Duan Yingying knew she couldn't hide it any longer. She could only pout and sit back down. "Yes, I'm with him. Isn't this what you wanted?"
Yang Jingyi's old face stiffened. She looked directly at the girl, regretting her past decision, and finally sighed, "If I had known, I shouldn't have let you go find him..."
In the beginning, Yang Jingyi did want her daughter to be with Wan Yunting, and it was also for her own sake!
But Yang Jingyi later learned that Wan Yunting not only had one girlfriend but two. The one he brought back now, Gu Luotang, was one of his girlfriends!
Yang Jingyi found this out by reading the news. However, she didn't know that Wan Yunting had another girlfriend named Su Ke'er.
But this did not prevent Yang Jingyi from believing that Wan Yunting was a philandering man. Therefore, she had timely recalled Duan Yingying, but it was too late, as Wan Yunting and Duan Yingying were already entangled.
"Yingying, you are an adult now. You should understand that Yunting is a philandering man. If you are determined to be with him, it will not benefit you in the future, do you understand?" Yang Jingyi regretted her past actions and wanted to stop her daughter from being with Wan Yunting.
Duan Yingying immediately stood up and glared at her mother, saying, "Mom, what do you mean? Do you want to break us up?"
Yang Jingyi looked at her and said, "I just want you to make a rational choice, not to be blinded by temporary love, understand?"
"I don't understand."
Duan Yingying turned her head away and snorted, "At that time, you betrothed me to him without even asking me. Now that I'm with him, you want to break us up. Mom, what exactly are you thinking?"
Yang Jingyi couldn't sit still anymore. She stood up and said, "At that time, I didn't know he had so many women outside. If I had known, I would never have let you go find him."
Duan Yingying glared, her attitude firm. "But it's too late for anything you say now. I love him now, and even if he has other women around him, I don't care. I just want to be with him!"
"You..."
Faced with her daughter's attitude, Yang Jingyi was furious, thinking that the girl might be blinded by love. She also knew her stubborn temper. Even if she used a strong approach, it wouldn't make her give up; it would only be counterproductive.
"Forget it, you can go back," Yang Jingyi waved her hand, planning to find an opportunity to talk to Wan Yunting about this matter.
Duan Yingying looked at her and said, "Mom, didn't you want to use me to marry Wan Yunting to gain status for us at the Boundless Daoist Temple? Now that I'm with him, this is the best choice, so don't try to break us up!"
These words made Yang Jingyi look up, staring blankly at her daughter. Her words struck a chord in her heart...
"I'm not stupid, and I'm not impulsive," Duan Yingying said, then turned and left.
Yang Jingyi was left sitting alone on the chair, a look of regret on her face. If she hadn't made that choice back then, perhaps this wouldn't have happened...
Wan Yunting and Wu Weizi chatted as they walked, and after sending him back, Wan Yunting returned to his residence, which was the courtyard where Sima Boyong had previously lived at the Boundless Daoist Temple. It was now the residence of Wan Yunting, the Abbot.
This courtyard itself had several rooms, which were more than enough for Wan Yunting, Gu Luotang, Qi Miaomiao, Lu Xiaodie, and Zheng Rong to live in.
As Wan Yunting was about to go back, he saw Duan Yingying, dressed in a beige dress and wearing a coat, standing in a corner not far away, kicking stones on the ground with the tip of her flat shoes, clearly in a bad mood...
This made Wan Yunting puzzled. He went up and asked, "Yingying, why are you here alone? What happened?"
Upon seeing the man return, Duan Yingying didn't say a word. She rushed forward and hugged Wan Yunting's waist. Being short, her head only reached his neck. She pressed her face against his chest and said aggrievedly, "My mom objects to us being together!"
Wan Yunting's expression froze, and his heart tightened. "Did you tell your mom?"
Duan Yingying said, "She found out herself, saying she left a chastity mark on me!"
Wan Yunting immediately recalled that there was indeed a small red spot on the back of Duan Yingying's neck that looked like a mole. It turned out to be a chastity mark.
Duan Yingying raised her head, her big eyes turning red. Pouting, she looked wronged and sad. "Hey, what are we going to do?"
Seeing this little siren looking wronged and pitiable, Wan Yunting hugged her and playfully said, "What do you mean, 'what to do'? If your mom doesn't agree to us being together, then we won't be."
"Bad guy."
Duan Yingying immediately pushed him away, crossed her arms, turned her back, and said with an angry pout, "My mom is right. You're a philandering scumbag. And you brought Gu Luotang and Lu Xiaodie back. You're definitely doing it to make me angry."
Wan Yunting put his hands on her shoulders and smiled. "Then what do you want me to do? Should I go talk to your mom and ask her to agree to us being together?"
"Why not talk?" Duan Yingying turned around, her eyes fixed on the man, and snorted, "Shouldn't we talk?"
"Yes, yes, let's talk..."
Wan Yunting pulled her along and smiled. "But whether your mom will agree is another question."
Duan Yingying rolled her eyes and turned away, angrily snorting, "As expected, you don't care about me at all. You just want to play with me, you scumbag..."
This made Wan Yunting speechless. He grabbed her ponytail and turned her around. "Okay, I'm not joking with you. If your mom comes to talk to me about this, I will definitely be firm and stay with you."
"Really?"
Duan Yingying immediately became happy. She came to get an attitude from the man.
"Really."
Wan Yunting cupped her small face with both hands, squeezed her pouting lips, and couldn't resist kissing her. He smiled and said, "Who asked me to be entangled with you, you little siren?"
"Hate! You're the siren..."
Being kissed by the man made Duan Yingying shy and inwardly overjoyed. She then grabbed Wan Yunting's arm and ran. "Come on, I'll take you somewhere..."
"Where are we going?"
Wan Yunting was pulled by her and taken to the woods north of Mount Wuliang. It was a dark night, and it was still April, so the weather was still quite cold. Duan Yingying pulled him into the woods along a small path. Wan Yunting didn't know where she was taking him...
Soon, the view ahead opened up. In the hazy night, the distant mountain range was Kunlun Mountain. This was the best place to admire the mountain scenery. There was also an old pine tree nearby, and several large granite rocks were placed like a large bed under the pine tree. Having endured countless years of impact, they were flat and smooth...
"How is it? Isn't the scenery here beautiful?"
Duan Yingying pointed to the distant night mountain view. A hazy moon was in the clouds. A gentle breeze blew. Although it was cold, it had more artistic conception, which made the mood of the two greatly enlightened.
Duan Yingying gazed at the man with her eyes full of light and smiled, "Only I know this place. Whenever I'm unhappy, I come here to sit for a long time, just to zone out."
Wan Yunting was pulled by her to sit on the flat, smooth granite rock. He turned to look at the girl and smiled. "I didn't expect you, this spoiled and willful young lady, to be so profound."
Duan Yingying was angered by his words and hit his arm, snorting coquettishly, "Do you only see me as a unreasonable woman?"
"Aren't you?" Wan Yunting grinned mischievously.
"Bad guy, you're asking for a beating..."
Duan Yingying was so angry that she pounced on him. Wan Yunting pretended to lie down and smilingly pulled her into his arms. Their eyes met, and their desire instantly surged...
Duan Yingying's cheeks flushed. She slowly closed her eyes and felt the strange sensation of the man's lips. Her heart pounded like a racehorse, and she instinctively responded to the man's movements, slowly enacting a scene of spring blooming under the night sky...
Meanwhile, in the courtyard of the Abbot's residence, Lu Xiaodie, after showering, came to Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao's room, drying her hair as she spoke, "Luotang, why hasn't Brother Wan come back yet?"
Gu Luotang had also finished showering and was sitting at the desk in a ancient-style robe, reading a book. Seeing Lu Xiaodie enter, she put down the book and smiled. "He's probably discussing important matters with people from their Boundless Daoist Temple?"
"Isn't it about the逍遥派 (Xiaoyao Sect)?"
Lu Xiaodie was dismissive. She leaned her curvaceous hips against the desk and said, "This time, Brother Wan brought me and Senior Sister Zheng into Kunlun Mountain, to the valley he mentioned. It was to formally let me inherit the legacy of the Xiaoyao Sect!"
"Yes, he told me."
Gu Luotang nodded with a smile. Wan Yunting had told her this before at the Emei Sect.
"What about you? Is Brother Wan simply wanting you to cultivate with him?" Lu Xiaodie asked with a mischievous smile, her heroic beautiful eyes glancing at Gu Luotang.
Gu Luotang's pretty face turned red. How could she not understand Sister Lu's meaning? She shook her head slightly and said, "I also want to practice martial arts well so that I don't become a burden to Brother Yunting in the future!"
Lu Xiaodie was taken aback and nodded. "Brother Wan's situation is indeed very dangerous now. We should do our best not to hold him back!"
Seeing Qi Miaomiao showering, and with only her and Lu Xiaodie present, Gu Luotang asked, "Sister Lu, can I ask you something?"
Lu Xiaodie looked at her, her heart suddenly tightening, and her expression became a little unnatural. She pretended to be calm and nodded with a smile, "Ask away."
Gu Luotang looked at Lu Xiaodie's slightly flustered gaze and gently asked, "You like Brother Yunting, don't you?"