"Mr. Su, hello." The girl’s complexion was slightly flushed as she clutched the hem of her dress, slightly tilting her head upward to look at Su Yunling, who was a head taller than herself.
Su Yunling’s expression remained unchanged, merely nodding lightly towards the girl before repeating, "What is it?"
"My name is Zhong Xinyan, we met at my family’s banquet half a month ago," Zhong Xinyan started by introducing herself to Su Yunling again.
Upon hearing this, a fleeting look of impatience appeared in Su Yunling’s eyes, and he asked again in a casual tone, "What is it?"
"Are you also here to dine at Shadow Pavilion? It just so happens, we are too, can we join you?" Zhong Xinyan, evidently also picking up on Su Yunling’s impatience, immediately spoke up and clarified.
"Sorry, I don’t have the habit of dining with strangers." Seeing that Zhong Xinyan didn’t have any serious business, Su Yunling’s last bit of patience was exhausted.
At his words, Zhong Xinyan’s face stiffened, "How can we be strangers, we..."
"Let’s go." Before Zhong Xinyan could finish her sentence, Su Yunling interrupted her.
However, his words were not directed at Zhong Xinyan but at Gu Zhiqi instead.
Gu Zhiqi, upon hearing this, stopped spectating, lightly responding with an ’Oh’ and started walking toward the elevator.
At that moment, Zhong Xinyan noticed that there was another girl following Su Yunling, and moreover, a very beautiful one.
Watching as Su Yunling, Gu Zhiqi, and Su Luo made their way towards the elevator, Zhong Xinyan immediately grabbed the woman beside her and followed, "Yixue, let’s go too."
Seeing Su Yunling here made Xiao Yixue feel somewhat intimidated; she didn’t want to have any interaction with him at all.
But being pulled by Zhong Xinyan, Xiao Yixue had no choice but to follow reluctantly.
Because of Tang Yichen’s matter, Su Yunling and Fu Xiyan each sent someone to escort her back to the Ancient Martial Arts World Medical Alliance. Originally, she planned to activate the Fiery Flame Grass midway, causing Fu Hong and Yun Sen’s Vital Energy to run amok and lead to their deaths.
However, Yun Sen detected something off with her bracelet, not only seizing it but also recounting the whole incident to the elders of the alliance.
After learning of this, about half of the elders wanted to expel her from the Master’s Sect.
The other half wanted to keep her, after all, her talent in Fragrance Refining was not comparable to the top geniuses but was still considered superior.
Half of the elders in the alliance opted to stand by her due to their appreciation of her talent.
Yet, under continuous pressure from people sent by Su Yunling and Fu Xiyan, they finally compelled the normally reluctant Master to return to the Medical Alliance.
Upon his return and learning of the full circumstances, the Master immediately expelled her from the Sect.
Being expelled, the news of her wearing a bracelet soaked in Fiery Flame Grass to induce an Ancient martial artist’s Vital Energy to go berserk spread throughout the Ancient Martial Arts World.
Unable to stay in the Ancient Martial Arts World, she could only move to the Secular World.
In the Secular World, few people would know of her past, and as long as she was careful, she could still be renowned as a divine physician with superior medical skills.
But now, seeing Su Yunling, he surely knew about her being expelled from the Sect. If he were to ask or even mention it casually, she would no longer have a place in the Secular World either.
Therefore, for the matter of Zhong Xinyan pulling her towards Su Yunling, Xiao Yixue had a million reasons to be unwilling in her heart.
But on the surface, she could only cooperate with Zhong Xinyan, as she was currently at the mercy of others, being taken care of by the Zhong Family.
Zhong Xinyan, being the daughter of the Head of the Zhong Family, was not someone she could afford to offend.
Zhong Xinyan, pulling Xiao Yixue along, followed Su Yunling and the other two into the elevator.
Once in the elevator, Zhong Xinyan focused her gaze entirely on Su Yunling, and her peripheral vision caught a figure, causing a minor shift in her eyes, "Mr. Su, who is this young lady by your side?"