"This is my dereliction of duty," Xie Pianxian said with a face full of remorse.
"No, it’s our intelligence failure. We learned that his level was only the mid-rank As You Wish before, and then he trained in Ghost Prison with Xuanyuan Mingjing for a year... Even if he made a breakthrough during the year, he would be at best high-rank As You Wish..."
"I didn’t expect his progress to be so rapid that even you, who are half a step to becoming a Grandmaster, suffered a loss at his hands... Is the disciple of the Great Grandmaster really so extraordinary?"
"I am no match for him," Xie Pianxian said with a sigh.
Although he was delicate, he was very honest.
Moreover, he was extremely honest in front of his own sister, hiding only one thing from her.
Tuoba Zhiyin looked at Xie Pianxian and smiled, "Now do you realize there’s always someone better? Before, you only saw Shen Xinglan as your target... now it seems, Tang Fei is also quite impressive."
"Yes," Xie Pianxian admitted, "My goal is to defeat Tang Fei first. I hate that feeling of powerlessness."
Tuoba Zhiyin nodded in approval and said, "That’s good. Go stay at the Red River Valley base for a while."
"Chen Fenglei just came by; he hopes you live like a dead man."
"That old thief deserves to die," Xie Pianxian said angrily.
Tuoba Zhiyin let out a gentle sigh and said, "For now, let’s do it this way. Go heal your wounds, and then think about how to push open that door."
"Yes," Xie Pianxian responded softly.
He couldn’t refuse his sister, for she was his only family in this world.
By the time Tang Fei arrived at the Imperial Maritime Hospital, Sheng Xinhua was lying in bed, eating oranges.
Mei Yuyin was very happy to see Tang Fei and asked, "Is Xiao Tang here? Have you eaten anything?"
"Auntie Mei, I’ve eaten already," Tang Fei replied politely.
Mei Yuyin treated him extremely well, truly seeing him as a "future son-in-law."
He found this quite troublesome, not knowing how to explain the true nature of the situation to the elderly couple.
He would have to find time to discuss it with Sheng Xinhua, to see how they might resolve the issue perfectly without hurting the old folks’ feelings.
"Alright then, you two chat. I’ll go take a nap. These last few days have really worn me out," Mei Yuyin said, leaving the space for the young ’couple.’
"I’ve told you to go rest, but you just won’t listen. You can’t sleep well here either, whose fault is that?" Sheng Xinhua interjected.
Mei Yuyin, not wanting to lose her temper in front of her future son-in-law, said, "I’m doing all this for you! If I’m not by your side, you can’t even get out of bed."
"Didn’t we agree there are nurses..."
"Alright, alright, I won’t argue with you," Mei Yuyin said, waving her hand at Tang Fei. "Xiao Tang, I leave Xinhua in your care. Make sure you look after her well and ensure her safety."
"Don’t worry, Auntie, I will take good care of Mr. Sheng."
"How can you still call her Mr. Sheng? That’s too distant," Mei Yuyin reminded him, "Call her by her nickname ’Xin xin’ or ’Xin Huai’."
"Okay," Tang Fei agreed amiably.
"Well, I won’t bother you two any further. I’m going to sleep; I’ve even gotten dark circles under my eyes," Mei Yuyin left, finally at ease.
After seeing off Mei Yuyin, Tang Fei turned back to the bedside, grinning at Sheng Xinhua, "Should I call you ’Xin xin’ or ’Xin Huai’?"
Sheng Xinhua wasn’t going to fall for that, pursing her lips and saying, "It would be best if you called me ’mom.’"
Tang Fei knew that when it came to flirting, he was far from Mr. Sheng’s league.
She had never even been in a relationship, so where did all this experience come from?
Was this what she, the literary doctorate from the Imperial First Military Academy, spent all day studying?
Tang Fei hastily changed the subject and asked, "You called me here in such a hurry, is there something wrong?"
"Here to take me home."
"Yes, we’re going to live together now, didn’t you know?" Mr. Sheng declared as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"Live together?" Tang Fei’s eyes widened, "I wasn’t informed of this."
(ps: Brothers, and fairy ladies,
It’s not that Lao Liu isn’t updating, Lao Liu is in the middle of the journey home for the New Year amidst the spring travel rush.
It’s really not easy, I could cry just talking about it.)