Chapter 4752 — A Complete Misunderstanding
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Only, Wei Zhao no longer belonged to her. A pity, but there was no help for it. Liu Ziqi had thought that once the matter between Wei Zhao and Ning Xuefei was settled, Huo Yudie would be able to set Wei Zhao aside in peace. It had not turned out that way at all.
Judging by Huo Yudie's strange behavior these past days, what sign was there that she meant to let go?
Having been through such things herself, Liu Ziqi knew full well that if this matter were not properly resolved, it might well become a heart-tribulation her precious disciple could never cross. Normally it might not show, but the moment a breakthrough or other critical juncture came, it would become a fatal flaw.
So, since Huo Yudie and Wei Zhao could not be together, there had to be a clean break between them. Only by speaking plainly, face to face, could the matter be brought to an end.
Otherwise, if it stayed bottled up in the dark, unspoken and unresolved, then far from breaking through to a higher level, she might well be driven to qi deviation—and then repentance would come too late.
While Liu Ziqi brooded with furrowed brows, little did she know that Huo Yudie herself was at that very moment in high spirits, having completely mistaken her meaning. She thought Liu Ziqi was encouraging her to be with Wei Zhao...
If Liu Ziqi could have known what her precious disciple was thinking, there was no telling how she would have reacted—she might well have wept herself senseless in the privy.
They were, after all, the Twin Beauties of the Morning Proud, aloof immortals in the eyes of countless East Continent Academy disciples. Whoever heard of one of them flinging herself at a man's door like that?
Arriving at Ning Xuefei's courtyard and hearing the laughter of Wei Zhao and the others within, Huo Yudie felt her heart lift and quail by turns. That she could see Wei Zhao again after these several days was joy enough, but how was she to face Ning Xuefei and the rest? They were all the women dear to Wei Zhao's heart.
She had not thought of it that way at first, but now she could not help herself: her mind was wholly taken up with how she should behave upon meeting Ning Xuefei and the others. She, the proud daughter of the East Continent Academy, now felt the misgiving and unease of a concubine come to pay her respects to the first wife—over a matter not even a stroke of the character had been written. If Wei Zhao knew, he would surely be speechless.
"Ah! Sister Huo, wherever have you been? Why have you only come now?" Ning Xuefei's delighted voice came from within the courtyard. Unlike the others, she had known Huo Yudie for a long time, thanks to the ties between Ning Shanghe and Liu Ziqi; it was only that West Island and the East Continent lay so far apart that they seldom had the chance to meet.
In an instant, the eyes of Wei Zhao, Shangguan Lan'er, Han Jingyi, and the rest all fell upon Huo Yudie, and she was so abashed she did not dare move.
"I... I just came out for a stroll, to get some air..." Huo Yudie hastily improvised an excuse. She would never dare admit she had come for Wei Zhao's sake—how mortifying that would be.
"Out for air?" Ning Xuefei and the others exchanged smiles. Her courtyard was a long way from here—could a casual stroll have carried her all this distance?
They did not call her out on it, but ran over and took her by the hand. "Since you're here, come play with us. We've been waiting for you for days—Aunt Liu said you were busy in seclusion, so we didn't dare disturb you."
"That's right, Jingjing has been hoping Sister Huo would come all this while. Now we have one more good sister—hee hee!" Han Jingyi said with a sweet smile.