âShe has the power, and I have herbal dishes. Iâm confident enough to make her strength grow in a short period of time. Even if sheâs not an opponent at that moment, she has a chance to escape instead of being very passive all the time.â
More importantly, no one in Cang Yue Mainland would dare to touch her anymore. So, now was the safest moment, and it would give Tang Yin enough time to improve herself.
In such a short period, she naturally would not expect Tang Yin to grow as strong as she could, but at least... She had to have the strength to escape.
She could protect Tang Yin for a moment, but not for a lifetime. There would always be times when she would be negligent, and Tang Yin could only help her for the rest of her life with her own strength.
This was the truth that she had understood since she came to Cang Yue Mainland.
Xiao Ya was somewhat stunned. She did not hesitate anymore and nodded firmly.
âYou can follow me to Land of No Return. You go and get ready. Weâll leave in a few days.â
Perhaps hearing that she would return to that place again, Xiao Yaâs body trembled, but she still turned around firmly and headed down the mountain.
***
In Land of No Return.
In downtown, there was an ancient manor with live stone lions at the entrance. They stared fiercely at the pedestrians coming and going.
In the hall, an old master was lazily leaning on the rosewood carved chair with a snow-white kitten lying in his arms.
A young man stood at the side with a sword in his hand. He stared at the old master for half a day without moving. After a moment of silence, he asked, âMaster... What should we do with that bastard, Jia Xin?â
The old masterâs hand jerked the cat. He was dressed in bright red. âThat bastard bullied my cat, and Iâll never let him go for the rest of my life! Tomorrow, you feed him some special medicine and find some more women to put in front of him. He can only watch them but canât touch them! I want him to suffer!â
The young manâs mouth twitched suddenly.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âMaster, can you think of some kind of physical torture? Like dripping wax oil, whipping or pinching his fingers...
âThe punishment that you have given him... Is too light.
âBut...â The young man thought for a while. Maybe itâs even crueler to Jia Xin to only see those women but not touch them! Besides, he would have to be fed with the medicine and would be worse off than dead.
âBy the way...â The old master Tian Ya finally lifted his head and looked at the young man. âLianqing, youâre not so young anymore, are you?â
The young man was stunned and slightly hesitant. âMaster is asking this because...â
âOh, itâs nothing. I see that the little girl of the Helian family seems to be interested in you. If youâre not interested in her, you should quickly make it clear to her. But if youâre interested, I will set it up for you.â
The young man smiled bitterly. âMaster, I just want to stay with Master. Iâm not thinking about marriage for the time being, and Iâve already rejected her. Moreover, Iâve even avoided her, and Iâll try to stay away from her without hurting her.â
âAlright...â Tian Ya nodded appreciatively. âYou are a good man. You know how to make your own decision. If you donât like it, just say you donât like it. Itâs a pity that I donât have a daughter. Otherwise, if you donât mind her age, Iâd like to fix her up with you.â
The young man was speechless.
âMaster, even if you had a daughter, she would be old enough to be a mother to me, right?â
âI donât know if my bad son has given me a grandchild...â Tian Ya sighed. âIf I had a granddaughter, I could set you guys up. Itâs alright, just forget about it. So what if I do have a grandchild? I canât see them again anyway...â