"Huh?"
Hu Liеna was соmрlеtеlу dumbfounded.
"You're an оrрhаn?"
"Вah."
"Little Хue, yоu... what kind оf tеrriblе name did уоu pick? You... I'd rаther bеliеve уou're саllеd Number Ninе. What will Tеаcher think whеn she finds out later!"
Hu Liеnа wаs truly at а lоss for words.
Вig Sis.
Yоur mоm is still аlivе аnd well, sо how аre уou аn оrphаn?
Qiаn Renхue replied with a faint smilе still оn hеr fасе, "Dоn't уоu think I chosе this namе speсifiсаllу fоr her to sее?"
"Ugh..."
Hu Liеna fеlt a bit wеary.
"Young Master."
At that mоmеnt, the vоicе of Sеrpent Lаnce Douluo came from outside.
Qian Renxue replied in a faint voice:
"Bring it in!"
Serpent Lance Douluo then led a few people in, who served the prepared meal and then departed.
Qian Renxue looked at Hu Liena and said:
"You rushed here from Spirit City in just one day. You probably didn't stop for a single drop of water. Let's eat first! After you eat, get a good night's rest."
Hu Liena looked at Qian Renxue with a resentful expression.
"If I had known you were in the group chat, I wouldn't have come. You didn't even tell me beforehand."
Qian Renxue looked at Hu Liena, a bit speechless, and asked:
"Tell me, how was I supposed to tell you?"
"Not to mention you didn't say you were coming in advance, but even if I knew you were coming, could I have just announced in the group that I'm Qian Renxue and told you not to come?"
Hu Liena glanced at Qian Renxue and said no more, beginning to wolf down her food. She hadn't eaten or had a drop of water all day.
"Mmph... Right, Little Xue, now that you know, what do you plan to do?"
Qian Renxue rose and walked to the side, gazing at the night sky outside the window in contemplation.
"I've already sent people to investigate."
"But analyzing the information from Leon today, with the power I currently have at my disposal, I still can't kill Tang San and Yu Xiaogang. I'm considering how to tell Grandpa."
Hu Liena drained the water in her cup in one gulp and replied, "Teacher controls all the power in Spirit Hall. Unless the Grand Priest steps in, it's very difficult to mobilize anything."
"I've already confirmed things on Teacher's end. It's exactly as Leon said. She's a pure love-struck fool, completely hopeless."
Qian Renxue turned her head to glance at Hu Liena, then nodded in agreement.
"Bibi Dong is an ungrateful wolf. Better not to mention her."
Hu Liena asked with a sense of helplessness:
"Then what do we do next? Now that we know Tang San's and the others' identities, we can't just do nothing, right?"
Qian Renxue fell into deep thought.
Just then, someone in the group chat started asking questions.
[Little Princess: Hu Liena, have you found Qian Renxue?]
[Yan Yan: What did Qian Renxue say?]
[Shadow Cat: Following this plot development, are you two planning to team up and return to Spirit Hall to seize power?]
[Bibi Dong: ?]
In the Pope's chambers.
Bibi Dong was already too angry to sleep. Now, seeing the message from Shadow Cat, she nearly fainted from rage.
This group was full of people who didn't speak or act like decent human beings!
[Bibi Dong: Hu Liena! If you dare to mess around with Little Xue, Teacher will never forgive you.]
[I Am an Orphan: Oh? Bibi Dong, you're getting anxious again. I actually think Shadow Cat is right. Since you, the Pope, are a hopeless love-struck fool, it's quite reasonable for them to team up and seize power.]
Hu Liena, who hadn't known how to reply, was completely stunned when she saw what Qian Renxue had written.
"Huh?"
"Little Xue, what nonsense are you spouting?"
"Don't tell me you really want to seize power?"
Qian Renxue said in exasperation:
"Are you stupid?"
"I'm saying this to provoke her, and also to protect my identity."
"Although what I was trying to do is meaningless now, I am still the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire and can mobilize a considerable amount of power. I can't discard this identity unless it's absolutely necessary."
Hu Liena nodded and asked, "On the Heaven Dou Empire's side, are there any experts who can kill Tang San?"
"There are, but I can't use them," Qian Renxue explained. "The Seven Treasure Glazed Sect has the strength, but I can't command them, and they would never offend the Clear Sky Clan to kill Tang Hao."
"Sigh."
Hu Liena sighed and said, "No wonder Tang San is the enemy who will destroy our Spirit Hall. It's already so blatant, yet there's nothing we can do about him."
Qian Renxue looked at Hu Liena but said nothing.
It was true.
From the information they had now, besides Bibi Dong and her grandfather Qian Daoliu, it would be very difficult for them to deal with Tang San.
[Hu Liena: Teacher, rest assured! I will always support you. I won't join Little Xue to seize power from you.]
[Bibi Dong: You've seen her? You told her everything? What... what was her reaction after she heard it?]
Spirit City.
The Pope's chambers.
Bibi Dong's heart was filled with unease.
She was apprehensive now, wanting to know Qian Renxue's reaction, yet also somewhat afraid to know what it was after she heard everything.
She had originally planned to keep those secrets buried in her heart for a lifetime, but in this situation, Hu Liena would surely tell Qian Renxue everything.
"Sigh."
Bibi Dong let out a deep sigh.
Heaven Dou City.
Hu Liena turned her gaze to Qian Renxue and asked, "Little Xue, what should I say to Teacher?"
Qian Renxue replied in a cold voice:
"You tell her that unless she personally breaks both of Yu Xiaogang's legs, I will never forgive her."
"Huh?"
Hu Liena said, looking troubled:
"Must we do this?"
"Teacher definitely doesn't hate you now. You two can actually reconcile... Little Xue, why don't we talk to Teacher nicely?"
"No!"
Qian Renxue said with a serious expression:
"Tell Bibi Dong exactly that. And also tell her that even if she doesn't do it, I will find Yu Xiaogang myself and slice him into a thousand pieces!"
Hu Liena looked at Qian Renxue, her face full of difficulty.
Qian Renxue's voice, however, was icy.
"Send it."
"Send it now."
"After you send it, we can rest early."
Faced with Qian Renxue's cold gaze and uncompromising attitude, Hu Liena had no choice but to reply in the group chat.
[Hu Liena: Teacher, Little Xue said... unless you personally break both of Yu Xiaogang's legs, she won't forgive you. Also, Little Xue said that even if you don't do it, she will slice Yu Xiaogang into a thousand pieces.]
[Hu Liena: Teacher, why don't you just find Tang San and Yu Xiaogang and kill them yourself? Then our family can have a happy reunion in the future?]
[I Am an Orphan: Bibi Dong, looks like you have to choose between Yu Xiaogang and Qian Renxue now.]
[My Surname is Not Yu: What? This is your family's damn business; why are you dragging Xiaogang into it? Why must you hurt Xiaogang?]
[Little Princess: This group chat is so much fun.]
[Yan Yan: Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.]
[Number Nine: So, this means Bibi Dong has to choose between her old flame and her own daughter?]
[Loves Eating Carrots: Bibi Dong, you really are the most wicked woman in this world. To think you'd abandon even your own daughter for a good-for-nothing like Yu Xiaogang.]
[Leon: Forget it, it's not easy for anyone.]