Listening to Yinghuoâs account, Yu Buxia forced a laugh.
The two had been sworn sisters for so long that one could truly call it enduring.
Yu Buxia knew Yinghuoâs temper all too wellâwhen she was furious, she would do anything!
Therefore, upon receiving Yinghuoâs message through the
Communication Stone
, Yu Buxia had absolutely no intention of replying.
What a jokeâhow could she be sure Yinghuo wasnât luring the dog out to kill it?
I refuse to fall for that!
Yet now, seeing Yinghuoâs earnest expression, Yu Buxia believed her sister truly wished to let the misunderstanding go and reconcile.
Had this happened an hour earlier, Yu Buxia would have been delightedâbut now her heart was filled only with dread.
After all, Ye Yu was right here in her own sectâs hall!
One misunderstanding could be forgiven, but twice in a row? It was no longer accidental.
A lone man and woman in a modest hall amid the vast mountains perfectly met every condition for a scandalous tryst!
Yu Buxia was utterly speechless.
Should she be honest, or weave a lie to send Yinghuo away and avoid further misinterpretation?
Truly, Yu Buxia was torn.
If she told the truth, what if Yinghuo refused to believe her?
But if she lied, she would need countless more lies to cover it up.
It was exhausting!
Just as Yu Buxiaâs mind whirled, the door behind her swung open. Ye Yu emerged and grumbled, âYour bed is a bit hardâIâll change it to something softer next time.â
At his words, Yu Buxia clamped her hand over her mouth and shut her eyes.
Iâm doomed!
Yinghuoâs eyes widened in disbelief. âHusband... is this the journey you spoke of? This is the âmisunderstandingâ you promised?â
Ye Yu blinked at the suddenly appearing Yinghuo, confusion on his face, then turned to Yu Buxia, who looked utterly defeated.
âWhatâs going on? My wife is here? I really just came to fulfill my promise and help fuse the artifact!â
He lifted the artifactâthe balance scaleâinto view.
But Yinghuo immediately detected the flaw in his words. âThis time itâs real? Then last time was fake?â
Her accusing tone grew more menacingâand since emerging from seclusion, her strength had only increased.
If she truly unleashed her wrath, Ye âȘ NĐŸvĐ”lŃgÒ»t âȘ (Official version) Yu might be in trouble.
In early dream trials, Bu Lingfei and Yun Ciwu were perfect examples.
Still, Ye Yu hadnât had enough fun in this dreamâhe had no intention of exiting so soon.
He needed to suppress Yinghuoâs anger immediately. Drawing on a trick learned from countless dreamsâa priceless tactic far more reliable than any dubious manualâYe Yuâs hand shot out like lightning to clamp Yinghuoâs mouth.
When a woman was silenced, she couldnât speakâand as time passed, reason would regain control of her mind.
If she were allowed to vent in anger, she would rant until completely unhinged.
To prevent that, he first sealed her lips, then swiftly recounted his return to Wuzhong Mountain and the chase by Ta Shi Xiaxinâs heart army.
âHey, believe meâI have the call record. If thatâs not enough, I can take you to the battlefield to see for yourself. There are unused materials in the room I havenât touched. They all prove I did nothing untoward. Youâre my Daoist partner and sheâs your sworn sisterâour hearts are open; thereâs nothing between us. Got it? Otherwise Iâll be exhausted!â
After Ye Yuâs home-style PUA explanation, he successfully stunned Yinghuo into silence. Reason reclaimed its throne in her mind, and she nodded repeatedly, signaling that he could release her lips.
Seeing her calm, Ye Yu slowly let go.
Freed, Yinghuoâs first reaction was not to question him but to tug at his sleeve and whisper, âIâm sorry, husband. I shouldnât have doubted youâplease donât be angry?â
Yu Buxia was left completely bewildered.
Was this still the capricious Yinghuo she knew? Had someone possessed her?
In relationships, power shifted back and forth with emotions.
When Yinghuo weakened, Ye Yu naturally grew domineering.
âI wonât stay angry, but no matter what happens in the future, you must not speak recklesslyâunderstood?â
Yinghuo nodded fervently, then turned to Yu Buxia and apologized once more. âI shouldnât have distrusted you, either.â
âItâsâitâs fine,â Yu Buxia stammered, utterly unaccustomed to this version of Yinghuo.
Sensing something amiss, she leaned close to Ye Yu and mentally whispered, You enchanted her?
âEnchanted her? Donât be ridiculousâI would never do something so cruel!â
Ye Yu tossed the balance scale to Yu Buxia and continued, âIâve finished fusing it and named it
Fate
.â
Fateâindeed a fitting name!
Yu Buxia caught the scale in her palm and studied it carefully. Its overall appearance remained the same sterling silver, but now minute patterns adorned the underside of each pan.
Huh, why does it feel so uncomfortable, as if ants were crawling all over my palm?
Yu Buxia frowned, her entire being overcome with uneaseâbecause the scale in her hand was perfectly tilted: one side high, the other low.
For an obsessiveâcompulsive person, it was as if the sky had fallen!
At first, Yu Buxia thought her palm was uneven, so she summoned her divine power to levitate itâbut it remained horribly lopsided, left low, right high, almost a ninety-degree tilt.
Ah, so distressingâwhy is this happening?
Suppressing her discomfort, she asked, âWhy is my scale unbalanced?â
âI told youâitâs called
Fate
, and fate is full of twists and turns!â Ye Yu said with a smile.
To be honest, he did it on purposeâspecial treatment for OCD!