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Qian Renxue felt extremely embarrassed at that moment, knowing that if she spoke up now, the only one socially dead would be herself, not Bi Bidong.
Once everyone knew about this time, they could easily recall the last time. If they found out that the granddaughter of the Great Priest and Hall Master of the Worship Hall, who had the noble identity of possessing a Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, had secretly suffered such torment, her image would be utterly unsustainable.
"Yes, Qing He, if there's anything uncomfortable, you can tell me too!"
Emperor Xueye stepped forward with concern.
Qian Renxue frowned, "Are you sick? I've already said I'm not your son."
"If you're willing to be my goddaughter, that's also fine. It would be a joy for Tiandou to have such a beautiful princess. Or perhaps the Great Priest has considered a marriage alliance? My second son, Avalanche, is not yet married..."
Emperor Xueye had just spoken when his expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly panicked and hid behind Gu Rong, because Thousand Waves had already drawn his grand sword and was walking toward him.
Thousand Waves: "You really wish for the impossible, don't you?!"
"Grandfather, don't be impulsive!"
Qian Renxue was about to step forward to stop Thousand Waves, but she found that the Angel Holy Sword he had raised was suddenly frozen in mid-air.
In that instant.
The sound of the wind stopped, the clouds fell silent, and everyone's facial expressions were frozen in that moment, unchanged.
Qian Renxue opened her eyes wide in shock, not understanding what had happened, until she heard a calm and gentle voice coming from beside her.
"Now it's just the two of us."
"What?!"
Qian Renxue immediately turned her head to look straight ahead.
Amidst the still surrounding scene, Lin Yi stretched languidly, then rested his hand on his chin, his lips curling up in a slight smile. His handsome appearance made him look ethereal, and his deep eyes seemed to shine with the brilliance of stars.
Qian Renxue's cheeks reddened in a "whoosh".
She looked around in panic, measuring her surroundings; indeed, not a single person was moving, not even Gu Yuena, the most powerful among them, maintained her original state without moving.
Two people! Two people! Why is it suddenly only Lin Yi and I?!
What… what should I respond to him?!!
Can someone please rescue me!
Qian Renxue stared blankly at Lin Yi, her beautiful eyes wide open, and a myriad of thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant.
She found that when she was alone with Lin Yi, she became so nervous that her mind went blank.
Lin Yi sat up and asked, "Where are you hurt, and how did you get injured? With your status, finding a Healing Soul Master should have been an easy task… So, is it that you can't speak up about it?"
Because I couldn't speak about it, did he use his power to stop time on the entire continent, to create a space where only the two of us could talk alone?
So powerful, yet so gentle…
Qian Renxue had never imagined that the stern-faced, cold-tempered Lin Yi would consider her to such an extent.
What kind of celestial Senior is he!
She placed her nervous hands behind her, and blush spread over her entire beautiful face… Although you are very gentle, Senior, it's still better for you not to know about this.
As a girl, how could I possibly speak it out loud!
Because it was just the two of them, Lin Yi's tone became much gentler compared to his usual stern demeanor: "It seems you don't trust me."
What? How is that possible?
Qian Renxue's eyes instantly widened as she hurriedly looked at Lin Yi in a panic: "No! You are the person I trust the most!"
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"Your grandpa was just about to chop someone up for you, and you say this kind of thing right in front of him?"
This little cotton-padded jacket really leaks air all over, Thousand Waves listened with a sinking heart.
Seeing Lin Yi staring at him without a word, Qian Renxue tilted her head, struggling painfully in her heart. After a moment, she blushed, closed her eyes, and blurted out:
"I was bullied by Bi Bidong..."
Lin Yi fell into silence.
One second, two seconds... He forced himself to maintain the same expression on his face, feigning calmness, "Was it Bi Bidong who used that reward?"
Qian Renxue had thrown caution to the wind, her face flushed with resentment as if tattling, heavily said, "She used that reward on me a few days ago, and last night she bullied me again in that way... even worse than last time, I even begged her..."
As she spoke, Qian Renxue dropped tears of grievance, but she knew her crying was actually because her image in front of Lin Yi had completely collapsed.
Lin Yi fell into silence again.
One second, two seconds... He continued to force his face to remain expressionless and began to speak:
"It sounds quite serious, but I can heal you though there may be some offense, because I must touch the wound to heal it, I must admit healing is what I'm least skilled at, because I never get injured."
It was like when he healed Gu Yuena's leg last night; he had to touch the injury to apply the healing, a limitation of the System's healing ability.
Lin Yi felt such a high-end System shouldn't have this kind of limitation, now he understood, this damned System...
It knew all along?
Qian Renxue was already mentally defeated, standing there, crying inconsolably with tears streaming down her face, continually raising her hand to wipe them away:
"It's irrelevant now... sob sob, Senior... Can you teach Bi Bidong a lesson for me? I'm embarrassed to tell Grandpa, but I can't beat her, and if she finds out I snitched, she might bully me in private again, I really don't want to stay in the Martial Soul Hall anymore..."
A bullying incident in Martial Soul Hall? Why does this feel like a primary school student tattling to a teacher... Lin Yi felt all his preconceived notions about the original characters shattered to pieces on the ground.
"Bi Bidong... has indeed gone too far, stop crying for now, I will consider teaching her a lesson... cough, the attackers must not fight in private, that's a rule I set a long time ago, cough cough, bullying of this kind is certainly not allowed."
Lin Yi, watching Qian Renxue collapse into tears, suddenly didn't know what to say and could only think of comforting her for now.
"Thank you... hmph hmph... thank you, Senior Lin Yi."
Qian Renxue's sobs came in spasms, it was clear she felt extremely wronged, as if she was pouring out days' worth of pent-up grievances.
"Come here, I'll heal you."
To show respect, Lin Yi stood up.
Qian Renxue blinked her tear-misted eyes and walked towards Lin Yi, her steps somewhat hesitant.
Once she was in front of Lin Yi, Qian Renxue turned around in silence, then suddenly turned back quickly speaking with difficulty, "Even though... even though I trust you a lot, Senior, you still can't look!"
Lin Yi took a few steps to stand beside her, seriously said, "I'll stand next to you, looking straight ahead, and when you bend over, my line of sight won't reach behind."
"Then how will you touch?"
"I'll reach back by feel."
Lin Yi showed an innocently harmless smile on his face.
Qian Renxue: (p_q)
ps. It's the end of the month, so I guess I'll take it easy and only update two chapters... Oh, the asterisks in the text are my additions, you'll understand them just fine.
A new month, I hope everyone continues to support 'Lottery Shield', and I'm also begging for monthly tickets! Let's see if we have a chance next month to make it into the top ten of the monthly ticket leaderboard (reader's side).
Oh, and Happy Holidays to all the kids(๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و