Teacher Chen was wearing a white dress today, like a blooming white peony, her delicate skin soft as satin, smooth and radiant with a tempting luster.
Her gaze toward Meng Yu was very complex.
Meng Yu had been very direct in his actions, not only disabling her brother's dantian but also shattering several of his meridians and vital points.
She naturally harbored intense hatred for Meng Yu, but taking her brother to the hospital was to no avail.
Then, the news media reported widely on why Meng Yu did what he did, and the police investigated whether she had conspired with Meng Yu. Amidst the chaos, naturally all her relatives and friends, including those from her school days, learned of her story.
A filial daughter, a pitiable creature.
Her brother's misdeeds had also been exposed to everyone, including how he leeched off his sister, how once he had called for the services of three people at once, and his wasteful and absurd behavior over the years... Then, ashamed, her brother had committed suicide.
After all, he still had a shred of shame.
What should have been a very upsetting and sad event was indeed very heartbreaking to her, but… truth be told, it was actually a relief.
Her parents were devastated, yet they were released from their long-term torment; with fewer extra burdens at home, their health improved significantly after a short period of pain.
She no longer lived in constant fear of her brother causing more major trouble and could focus on her work. Moreover, her kindness and gentleness brought her unexpected opportunities.
For instance, she now had a job offer from a different realm, one with generous compensation.
She was preparing to leave quietly, to depart to that place, yet she came to see Meng Yu.
Meng Yu no longer had any relatives; just thinking about that young kid spending a thousand years in prison, with no one to visit him, made her heart ache profoundly.
Was he wrong?
He did it for her own good!
He was like her own brother!
This time she came to tell Meng Yu that she didn't hate him.
Then, she saw a very haggard Meng Yu.
He must have suffered during this time.
"Ah, Teacher Chen, you've finally seen the light, that's good, that's very good!"
Meng Yu smiled, happy after hearing Teacher Chen's inner monologue and subsequent events.
"Yes, I've come to terms with it, but what about you?"
Teacher Chen looked at Meng Yu, her voice filled with tenderness.
The boy looked worn, his hair disheveled, and his eyes red, clearly a sign of abuse in prison!
And yet, he firmly denied it!
"Ah Yu, prison isn't easy, cultivation requires various resources, and prison is designed to waste your time to prevent you from growing strong. You might think you can cultivate, but in the end, it's always a losing proposition. Listen to your sister and apply to join the Hanhai Legion. Once you go there, they will surely treat you well," she said and then added, "Though you have to wait another five years."
Unless there was a war, one would have to wait at least another five years for approval after being rejected once.
"Thank you, Sister, I understand."
"Ah Yu, if they're mistreating you, tell your sister. I will definitely appeal on your behalf!" she said adamantly.
"I'm okay, no one is mistreating me. Sister, but I still... can't sleep..."
Meng Yu suddenly leaned forward a little, grabbing Teacher Chen's hand.
"Every time I dream, I see all those dead people, and I can't forgive myself."
His tears fell drop by drop; this was something he had learned before, after all. Initially, when he had to show his grief in front of the television camera, they had hired someone to teach him for several days.
"Sorry, it's my fault. I was wrong for not helping you back then..."
Teacher Chen felt very guilty; indeed, she could have helped Meng Yu wholeheartedly at the time, but her brother had caused trouble, distracting her, and only afterward did she learn that her brother had obtained Meng Tianyou's promise to keep her, the person most likely to lend money and appeal for Meng Yu, preoccupied, while Meng Yu kept silent about the Third-Grade Marrow-Cleansing Pill.
"It's nothing, I will just slowly rot away in prison; at least it will bring me some peace of mind."
Meng Yu gave a wretched smile, continuing to hold Teacher Chen's hand, "These days, the only time I can peacefully fall asleep is when I dream of you. You are so kind and caring, so endearing to me. Teacher Chen, how wonderful it would have been if you had taken that Third-Grade Marrow-Cleansing Pill."
That day, Meng Yu wanted to give the Marrow-Cleansing Pill to Teacher Meng, but she had refused.
"I..."
Her heart raced, and the warmth of his hand made her feel panicked and confused.
"Sister Chen, you are the only person who has visited me since I was imprisoned, thank you. I want to ask you, would you be willing to be my girlfriend?"
Suddenly, Meng Yu asked a question that completely shocked her.
"What?"
Teacher Chen suddenly froze.
"No, it can't be, it can't be..."
She hurriedly fumbled to refuse, how could she not?
"Then, Teacher Chen, I have a presumptuous request. Would you kiss me? I know this request is very bold, but I really need a warm memory, I..."
If she were your teacher, and you had ruined her brother, then deceived her into kissing you... would this be considered corruption?
"I know, you don't like me..."
He felt, perhaps she would give him a kiss and then that would be it. Sadly, he just did not know whether this settlement would be considered corruption.
After all, liking a female teacher, then causing the death of her brother, now harbouring inappropriate thoughts.
"I... I need to think."
Her face suddenly flared up, so transparent it seemed.
As if a breeze in spring had passed.
In his last life as a perennial bachelor, Meng Yu had never seen such a scene.
...
Five days later, in the suite of Hongye Prison.
The scenery was charming, and spring was in the air.
"You bad guy."
She lay in Meng Yu's arms, extremely coy.
She didn't know what madness had taken over her.
Perhaps she understood that the plane she was going to, although lucrative, was quite dangerous, or maybe she felt sorry for him, thinking she had not taken good care of him, why not help him?
After all, she owed him that much.
After all, she didn't want him to throw his life away, but rather to strive for better.
After all... he seemed so pitiable when he spoke.
And so, bewitched, she had no idea how, but after coming out, she applied again for a conjugal visit with him, simply put, it was a suite meeting in prison.
As one way to make the imprisonment of Qi Refinement Practitioners more endurable, suite meetings require a lot of points. Fortunately, Meng Yu had been working hard for months, particularly at the highest value tasks of alchemy and smithing, thus he had enough points.
When the couple has been confirmed as boyfriend and girlfriend, passed the tests, and both agree willingly, and no contraband is involved, then it can proceed.
Then...
She originally just wanted to have a good private talk with him. She only wanted to...
"Teacher, I've always really liked you."
"I will be in this dark place for a thousand years."
"I just want to hold you, not to do anything."
"Yu Ru, you are truly beautiful."
"Teacher, I don't even understand..."
"Teacher... I..."
So, she intended to give him some warmth, to let him enjoy a bit of flirtation, to say some pleasing words, to let him know someone was waiting for him outside, but she had not expected this guy to be so wicked!
"You little rascal, from now on, you behave in prison. Sister needs to go somewhere to do something. If after five years, you are willing to join the Hanhai Legion, sister will be waiting for you there too."
She said this.
"Sister, you are truly beautiful."
Meng Yu once again held Teacher Chen in his arms, kissing her deeply.
Beauty like a painting, tenderness like water.
They were entangled for two more days before she left.
She never told him that she was going to a Minor World tens of thousands of light years away, nor did he know when they would meet again.
May I be like the stars and you the moon, shining together night after night in purest light.
Farewell, Teacher Chen.
In the tally, his Divine Sense acquired yet another grey lotus seed with a number ten on it.
"Insulting the teacher, with shameless gall!"