"In any case, you won't starve after you go down this path. Leave now!" Tang Ning waved her hand, signaling the young girl to leave quickly, and she turned to walk back into the forest.
The young girl was stunned by Tang Ning's words, and couldn't regain her focus even when she saw Tang Ning leaving.
Ever since she was a kid, no one had ever described her eye as beautiful; everyone had called her eye a symbol of misfortune or a manifestation of a demon. Everyone hated her, abandoned her, and avoided her as if she was poisonous. She even once thought of blinding her right eye, but grandfather had repeatedly told her not to when he was still alive. That was why she didn't dare to injure her right eye.
She never expected that one day, someone would say her eye was beautiful and that her eye was a unique gift given to her by the Heavens.
Tears started trickling down her face uncontrollably, as she was laughing and crying at the same time, just like a fool. The young girl wiped away her tears, and when she saw Tang Ning's figure getting further away, she immediately ran after her.
Tang Ning felt helpless. The young girl was stuck to her like a chewing gum that cannot be removed at all!
Tang Ning stopped and turned to look at the young girl who was now just a few steps behind her. She said helplessly, "What do you want?" Tang Ning had the urge to knock the young girl unconscious with a hand chop, but she was afraid that if she really did so, the young girl would die with no bones remaining.
"I want to follow you." The young girl said softly. She was afraid to look at Tang Ning and face her anger.
Tang Ning straightened her face and said irritably, "I am a man, a man! Also, can't you see that I am a bald monk? In addition to just about men and women not having any improper contact with one another, a monk should also not get close to a woman! Therefore it's impossible for me to let you follow me!"
The young girl carefully looked at Tang Ning and whispered, "B-But you are obviously a girl like me…"
Listening to the young girl's words, Tang Ning's breath was stuck in her body. She squinted her beautiful eyes and said coldly, "Which part of me tells you that I am a girl? I am obviously a man!"
"I-I saw with my right eye. Y-You are undoubtedly a girl." The young girl was frightened by Tang Ning's tone and spoke softly.
Tang Ning felt listless, it was like punching against a ball of cotton. She sucked in a deep breath to calm her tumultuous feelings before staring at the young girl thoughtfully.
Noticing that Tang Ning was staring intently at her, the young girl felt anxious, not knowing what Tang Ning was looking at. The young girl tightly held her hands together until her joints became white, and she didn't even dare to breathe.
After a moment, Tang Ning withdrew her gaze, and her eyes landed on the young girl's beautiful blue eye again. Tang Ning asked, "Are you sure you want to follow me?"
"Yes." The young girl immediately responded after being stunned for a moment.
"Then let me see your capabilities first." Tang Ning looked at her and continued. "You have to run an errand for me. If you completed this task well, I would allow you to follow me."
After listening to Tang Ning's words, the young girl was stunned for a moment before nodding her head seriously. "Okay, tell me. What is it?"
Tang Ning's lips curled up. She put her arm around the young girl's shoulder, brought her closer, and whispered into the young girl's ear, "I want you to leave this forest and go to the Tang Family in the Green Cloud City now…"
"Okay, I will go now." The young girl responded and looked at Tang Ning deeply as if trying to engrave Tang Ning's looks in her brain. She knelt before Tang Ning and kowtowed thrice before she left.
Tang Ning looked at the young girl leaving, her eyes flashed slightly, and then her gaze shifted elsewhere. She turned and continued walking into the forest.
It's a rare opportunity to be here. How could she return empty-handed?