Chapter 276 - Yin-Yang Struggles (2/2)

Qi Yin rolled her eyes and shook her head, ”Don't pretend, you're the one always teaching her nonsense. How else would she get it into her mind to do something like this?”

”She's my baby, therefore, I can teach her whatever I like~...and unlike you, I let my students have fun~...sometimes, just sometimes.” Doctor Lou finished with a little laugh, and then went over to Tung Mei, who was now pouting at the ground. He crouched down next to her and pat her back, ”Ying Ying, don't be sad...I know you like Yong, but it's just that he's really not deserving, truly a blind idiot!”

”I told you not to insult Yong ge...” Tung Mei grumbled without looking up.

”Okay, okay, I won't...But you should look at things for yourself, you've been hovering around him all this time, but there still hasn't been any progress...Is it really worth it?” Tung Mei frowned and did not respond.

Doctor Lou sighed and then pat her head, ”Just finish things nicely here and come home. We can forget all these annoying people and go on a great adventure, hm? I'll take you to somewhere you've never seen before. It'll be AMAZING! It's been so long since we did something fun~...I've truly been forsaken and forgotten for way too long. Father is very, very saddened by this~...” Doctor Lou sniffed and dabbed at his eyes but Tung Mei still did not mind him.

Doctor Lou sighed again and then stood up and turned to Ah Jin, ”Look after her...and stay back to monitor things after. If anything suspicious happens again, alert me.”

”Alright...” Ah Jin said with a bow.

”You're the only suspicious person here...” Qi Yin said narrowing her eyes at him, ”Can't you just leave things alone?”

”You should speak yourself, you were the one always getting in the way. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had to bother with this circ.u.mventing route.” Doctor Lou clapped back, squinting at her, ”So this is technically your fault too.”

Qi Yin frowned and looked off to the side, ”I hope you know what you're doing...”

Doctor Lou blinked and then sighed, ”You two can leave..” He said and with a swift wave of his hand, Tung Mei and Ah Jin disappeared from the clearing.

Doctor Lou then bounced over to his sister and linked his arm through hers as he said, ”Let's go, don't worry, Xiao Ying listens to me. You know I raised her very well~ She'll show up...eventually~”

Qi Yin sighed but then she suddenly froze and frowned. She grabbed Doctor Lou's hand with a frown and went, ”What happened to you?” There were trails of wiggling black vine-like things moving under his skin, going up his arm.

She was about to pull his sleeve up, when Doctor Lou snatched his arm back and went, ”Nothing. I just accidentally touched something, something I've been working on -I was just careless. Nothing to fuss over~” He finished with a nervous laugh, ”I'll deal with it later...”

”Touched what?” Qi Yin asked with concern.

”Don't know, don't remember, it's none of your business!... That reminds me, I wanted to ask you if you've been helping someone here?” Doctor Lou quickly asked, holding his hands behind his back and changing the topic before she would get more suspicious.

”Of course not. Unlike you, I do not play with the lives of others.” Qi Yin indignantly responded.

Doctor Lou knit his brows, ”I thought as much...”

”Did something happen?” Qi Yin asked with a curious eyebrow.

Doctor Lou let out a breath and went, ”I came across some people here who used a power that held our essence...It wasn't me and I thought it couldn't be you...the only other person I know is dead...so do you think someone else from our clan survived?”

Qi Yin also knit her brows, ”Hmm...I did feel something strange when I arrived here. It was for a brief moment, it was fleeting and oddly familiar. I had thought it was you, but now that you mention this, perhaps there's more to it...It is possible someone survived...but it's unlikely, it's been so long and why hide out here all this time?” She finished with a frown.

”That's what I thought too...but it did not seem malicious at all. I couldn't trace them either which meant they had to be quite powerful or very skilled.” Doctor Lou explained and Qi Yin's frown deepened. Even though she would never praise her brother outright, something confusing him was very worrisome.

”Well, they didn't seem malicious or anything. I was just curious, the fact that I couldn't trace them makes it all the more interesting~” Doctor Lou said with a smirk, ”Anyway, let's go before people start to panic and it gets too troublesome...”

Qi Yin glanced towards the capital and then looked back to the Doctor Lou, ”I hope we do not come to regret this...” And with those words of warning, she was gone, just as swiftly as she arrived.

Doctor Lou glanced in the capital's direction as well, knit his brows as he clenched his fists.

{...This is the right path, I'm sure of it...It has to be...}