It took several hours before the old man finally realized that he never left the room, or probably he did that on purpose. You can never know.
His leaving gave me a few more moments with Liang Yu but she soon decided it would be best if she were to meditate until morning since Master Rain had said he'll be holding a Dao discussion sermon, and she wanted to be a part of it.
I had to take the hint and chill, meditating till morning in one of the rooms while she went down the cave to stay alone.
I honestly started considering cursing the fact that I was unable to… well, more like that I was poisonous to the touch, but I couldn't help it for now. So I had to calm my little brother down and wait for morning.