My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 653 - 0653: Can We Go to Sleep Now?

Chapter 653: Chapter 0653: Can We Go to Sleep Now?

"Miss Wei’er, could you explain exactly what happened?"

Xin Badao was also baffled. More than two hours had passed since Xia Wei’er was captured, but those from the Martial Sect hadn’t laid a finger on her. Did they just bring Xia Wei’er here to scare her a bit? That’s not the martial sect’s style at all.

"Here’s what happened..."

Xia Wei’er stood up, recounted the prior events in detail, and then expressed her doubts, "I don’t know why those two suddenly became so friendly towards me. Not only did they not harm me, but they even allowed me to go to Rainbow Cloud Peak to cultivate. However, I really can’t trust them."

"Miss Wei’er, you did nothing wrong."

Xin Badao frowned, looking at Xia Wei’er with admiration, "Although I don’t understand what the people from the martial sect are playing at, their intention is clear—they want you to join Rainbow Cloud Peak. I guess they intend to use your beauty to benefit the Martial Sect."

Xin Badao still didn’t know about the Bright Moon Body and the need for someone at Rainbow Cloud Peak. After thinking for a long time, he could only come up with that possibility. Otherwise, he couldn’t figure out why treacherous individuals like Yang Bupo and Yin Yongjian would suddenly become so benevolent.

"Rainbow Cloud Peak."

Different from Xin Badao, Chu Batian was squinting his eyes, muttering the name.

"Great Elder, have you discovered something?"

Xin Badao looked questioningly at the mumbling Chu Batian. In their circle, matters concerning hidden sects and families were not secret. However, the hidden forces were too mysterious and usually did not emerge without cause. Also, the Poison Sect was always in contact with the hidden sect, previously managed by the Poison Immortal, so he hadn’t thought much about it.

"Ah? Nothing much."

Chu Batian shook his head, looking earnestly at Xia Wei’er, "Since Miss Wei’er is unharmed, I was wondering if you could, considering my fairly earnest efforts to protect you, refrain from telling the boss of the Poison Sect about today’s events."

"Boss of the Poison Sect?"

Xia Wei’er paused, looking puzzled at Chu Batian.

"That’s Tang Ming, who tasked me with ensuring your safety. Having let you fall into enemy hands, if he finds out, he will definitely punish me."

Chu Batian looked pitifully at Xia Wei’er, now his only hope to save face was for Xia Wei’er to keep the incident under wraps.

Seeing how Chu Batian was beaten black and blue in his effort to protect her, and even seemed to have lost some cultivation, Xia Wei’er, understanding by nature, nodded in agreement. After all, she hadn’t been harmed and there was no need to trouble Tang Ming over this. Moreover, Chu Batian had stood up to help her restrain Yang Bupo and Yin Yongjian at the moment of crisis, and she needed to remember this favor.

Besides, the end-of-term exams were approaching, and the match between Tang Ming and Mo Hongsheng was imminent; she didn’t want to distract Tang Ming.

"Thank you for your understanding, Miss Wei’er. Rest assured that once I recover from my injuries, I will be even more devoted to ensuring your safety," said Chu Batian as he bowed deeply, grateful that Xia Wei’er wasn’t holding him accountable. Whatever else might be said, for today at least, the matter was resolved.

"Now let’s escort Miss Wei’er home. It’s getting late, and you have school tomorrow. You need to rest early," said Xin Badao, smiling after seeing Chu Batian’s problem was resolved.

"Right, the end-of-term exams are indeed close. I truly can’t afford any more delays," said Xia Wei’er, nodding her head. Although today’s events were extremely dangerous, the outcome was satisfactory.

Subsequently, Chu Batian and Xin Badao together escorted Xia Wei’er home, their demeanor exceedingly polite, lest their carelessness upset her.

Watching Xia Wei’er enter the house, Xin Badao prepared to leave, as he had other matters to attend to and couldn’t keep guarding Xia Wei’er with Chu Batian.

"Sect Master, please wait."

Seeing Xin Badao about to leave, Chu Batian quickly spoke up.

"What is it, is there anything else?"

Xin Badao looked at Chu Batian puzzledly. Although the night had been full of twists and turns, Xia Wei’er was no longer in any danger to her life, there shouldn’t be anything else, right?

"Thank you, Sect Master, for lending an old man a hand during my time of crisis. I was wrong before, and I apologize to you."

Chu Batian cleared his throat, looking embarrassedly at Xin Badao.

Having previously had such an unpleasant dispute with Xin Badao, Chu Batian really hadn’t expected Xin Badao to be so righteous in his aid this time, making him willingly bow before the Sect Master for the first time.

"Great Elder, you shouldn’t say that."

Xin Badao gave a faint smile, unconcernedly saying, "After all, we are all from the Poison Sect. Although there were conflicts before, we have now made peace. Facing provocations from external forces like Martial Sect, if we don’t unite, wouldn’t we be a laughingstock?"

"Sect Master is generous, and I am wholeheartedly convinced."

Chu Batian respectfully bowed to Xin Badao.

"Hahaha, actually, the person we should be thanking is Poison Immortal."

Xin Badao helped Chu Batian up, sighing with emotion, "If it were not for Poison Immortal defeating us and manipulating us by his methods, you and I would probably have been locked in endless strife, destined for mediocrity, and not able to unite sincerely like we do now and continuously enhance our cultivation."

"Yes, Poison Immortal is indeed a benefactor to both you and me and the entire Poison Sect. We must aid Poison Immortal well in the future."

Chu Batian nodded repeatedly. Although they were controlled by Tang Ming by means, this current state was much better than their previous internal strife within the Poison Sect.

"Enough said, you should find a place to heal your wounds first. Solving our internal conflicts is more important than anything."

Xin Badao smiled and turned away coolly.

The night was tumultuous for Xia Wei’er and the others, but for Tang Ming, it was agonizingly long.

In the Liu Family villa, Tang Ming sat drowsily at the desk, overwhelmed with fatigue.

Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli were seriously flipping through a pile of books on the desk, reviewing and searching for some difficult questions they couldn’t figure out themselves, then gathering these problems for Tang Ming to solve.

Because the stakes of the wager between Tang Ming and Mo Hong were so high, both women were extremely anxious and worried that Tang Ming would err on the exams, causing Chen Cang to lose the Chen Group. Thus, as soon as they got home, they immediately began an intense tutoring session for Tang Ming, but...

"Ladies, it’s almost eleven o’clock, can we go to sleep now?"

Tang Ming yawned, weakly suggesting.

"With everything that’s happened, you still feel like sleeping? If you don’t outscore Mo Hong on the final exam, it’ll be bad for Chen Cang."

Liu Mengting glanced at Tang Ming dismissively, not lifting her eyes from the book.