1970 The Meeting Of Old Acquaintances 4 (1/2)

Gu Xijiu froze. The image of Shen Nianmo flashed before her mind, causing her brain to falter. She replied sternly, ”He is not a Mighty Immortal… Also, the reason I looked for him was strictly professional and for a mission; he is not my significant other.”

”I see. Since you've found him, does that mean your mission is complete?”

Gu Xijiu shook her head. ”Looking for him is only one part of the mission… I have not completed it yet…”

Yun Yanli was astounded. ”It's still not complete yet? What else do you need to do?”

Gu Xijiu massaged her temples. ”Bring him up to shape…” This task was as difficult as the previous one; that brat was quite hard to deal with.

Yun Yanli stammered before regaining himself. ”Bring him up to shape? So that means he's still a child?”

Before Gu Xijiu was going to say anything, she seemed to notice something and turned to look behind.

Shen Nianmo was standing at a short distance away from her. He was wearing a vulpine mask that carried an indecipherable expression while revealing the jet-black pupils of his eyes. When did this brat come in? How did he do so without making a single sound? Was he that skilled?

”Nian… Fuyi, when did you come here?” Gu Xijiu did not want to separate him from his original identity as she wanted to keep the warm relations between them to ease up the long training process.

Shen Nianmo's eyes first swept over her, and then to Yun Yanli. He replied lightly, ”I just arrived.” In reality, he had come in the instance Gu Xijiu freed Yun Yanli from his chains, so he had heard the whole latter half of their conversation. Shen Nianmo leaned on a boulder and did not approach them.

Yun Yanli shot him a glance. ”And you are?”