39 Bonding (1/2)

The girl clothed in white stared back at Van.

”You checked me with your Qi Sense, didn't you? Did you like what you found?”

Van started to sweat nervously. He didn't want her to get the wrong idea. He started to become flustered.

”It's... it's not what you think! I wasn't checking your body!”

As cultivators, they were more mature than the average 13-year-old and had already understood adult matters at an early age, especially Van who was a royal prince. He had met with many nobles and had many so-called friends among them. He was introduced to lecherous matters when he and his friends had accidentally walked into the adults' room.

They had planned to play a prank on the noble of the castle, courtesy of that noble's son. Instead, they found themselves scarred by a scene they would never forget. They had opened the door as silently as possible, thinking that they were alone, they had walked around the corner to find the noble engaging in sexual intercourse with a strange woman.

Van woke up from his trance to find the girl with her brow slightly wrinkled in worry. He jumped back when he found her face slightly too close to his face.

Oh, crap.

Van had realized that he was still in the tree and that when he jumped back, there wasn't a branch to catch his feet. As a result, he started to fall towards the ground. He watched as the girl stared down at him blankly. She had gotten over her worry for Van and knew that Van wouldn't be injured, at least seriously, from such a height.

Those at the Stages of Inner Discovery were strong cultivators that could powderize large hills with their fists not to mention falling a short distance from a tree.

Van fell on the ground head first.

”Ow!”

Van sat himself up against the tree and started rubbing his forehead. He could feel already see the bruise on his face already. Van sighed to himself.

”Why didn't you catch me?”

The girl dressed in white looked at him as if looking at someone with a lower intellect than hers.

”Because I knew you wouldn't affect you much.”

She replied nonchalantly.

”You could've at least tried.”

Van said with a slight whimper in his voice.

”You don't meet the requirements for me to save you.”

Van fell back on the ground. For some reason, the fact that that statement had come from this girl's mouth caused it to cut straight to the heart. Van made a dramatic fall and then pretended to grip his heart.

The sound of laughter, as clear as the morning dew, cut through the silence. Van lay there on the ground listening, shocked. He hadn't imagined that such a beautiful sound could come from such an uncaring creature. As a result, he stood there and stared at the girl dressed in white, like an idiot.

”Pervert.”

She stated succinctly. Van was becoming immune to her eccentric, honest, down to earth personality and decided not to take her words to mind.

”Could I have the pleasure of knowing your name?”

Van asked meekly. He was worried that the girl would suddenly leave and he wouldn't be able to make a friend in this strange new world he found himself him. Even though it was temporary, he wanted to be able to adjust to it. Besides, when he got strong enough, he would definitely come back to greet his teacher.

Van silently swore in his heart to do exactly that.

The girl thought to herself, thinking if she should reply to the closet pervert next to her.

”You may call me 'Hao Daiyu'”

Van thought it was an interesting choice for a name, but made no comment upon it.

”Nice to meet you, Daiyu! I'm called Van. My full name is Van Nguyen.”

Van smiled brightly and extended a hand towards Hao Daiyu. She took his hand and shook it, watching his expression during every second of contact.

How did I give her such a bad impression of myself?

Van became slightly fidgety under her intensive gaze. Her pupils were a cold ice blue that matched with her cold and aloof personality, that might have driven most away. But Van found that it was a nice match, and felt strangely comfortable around her. She gave him a familiar, yet not familiar, feeling like Zhao Yunfei did.

Speaking of Zhao Yunfei, I wonder where she headed off to.

Van's expression turned contemplative as he gazed off into space for a full minute. He woke up to find Hao Daiyu, covering her chest area with a slightly sterner expression. He couldn't really tell because she always seemed to have some sort of negative expression, at least around him. She moved her body and started to leave. She let out a huff and was about to hop down the tree when it finally clicked in Van's head.