"Just go back and do as I said," Chu Feng said to Ling Hang.
"You're crazy."
Ling Hang looked at Chu Feng as though he were staring at an idiot, then turned his gaze toward Li Ta'er.
"Miss Ta'er, we'll meet again." With those words, Ling Hang leaped up and departed from the area.
Neither Chu Feng nor Bai Yunqing made to stop him. Of course… Li Ta'er had no intention of stopping him either.
"Brother Chu Feng, thank you."
"I know you refused to let me act earlier because you were worried Ling Hang would take revenge on me," Bai Yunqing said after Ling Hang had left.
"There's no need for us to talk about that. I was just worried the guy might have no principles — even if I was the one who taught him a lesson, he'd still come after you," Chu Feng said.
"It's fine. Even if he does come looking for trouble, we won't be afraid." At that moment, Li Ta'er walked over.
"Sister Ta'er." Bai Yunqing looked rather surprised. He had originally expected that Chu Feng would be scolded by Li Ta'er for teaching Ling Hang a lesson — after all, that was just the kind of unreasonable person Li Ta'er was.
But not only did Li Ta'er not scold him, Bai Yunqing noticed that her tone was actually gentler than before.
"Bai Yunqing, step outside first. I have something to say to Chu Feng," Li Ta'er said.
"Sister Ta'er, Brother Chu Feng only taught Ling Hang a lesson because of you." Bai Yunqing was still afraid that Li Ta'er would reprimand Chu Feng.
"Did I say Ling Hang shouldn't have been taught a lesson?" Li Ta'er asked.
"Then you…" Bai Yunqing was completely confused.
"Is it not fine for me to be alone with Chu Feng? Or do you have feelings for him?" Li Ta'er asked.
"Of course not." Bai Yunqing shook his head — he was pretty normal in that regard.
"Brother, step outside for a bit," Chu Feng said.
Only after Chu Feng spoke did Bai Yunqing leave the room, voluntarily closing the hall doors behind him. He wasn't worried about Chu Feng — after all, he knew what Chu Feng was capable of.
"Miss Ta'er, did you need something?" Chu Feng asked.
"Thank you for just now," Li Ta'er said.
"You don't need to thank me for what happened just now. I was just trying to keep my brother from getting hurt — I really wasn't helping you," Chu Feng said honestly.
But Li Ta'er wasn't angered by this. Instead, she said, "No matter what your motives were, you did help me. Otherwise, that idiot Bai Yunqing wouldn't have been able to withstand Ling Hang."
"So I won't hold it against you — the fact that you hurt me earlier."
"Miss Ta'er, when did I ever hurt you? That never happened. Don't make things up," Chu Feng said.
"Heh…" Li Ta'er let out a soft laugh, then said, "That illusion formation of yours was quite realistic. A pity it didn't work on me."
Hearing these words, Chu Feng's expression remained calm on the surface, but ripples had already formed in his heart.
The illusion formation — she had seen through it?
But… that shouldn't be possible. Forget her — even someone at a far higher level, Chu Feng was confident he could deceive.
"Bai Yunqing never told you that I have a special physique, did he?"
"But actually, even he doesn't know exactly what's special about my physique. I suppose I can tell you now — my talent may not be on par with yours, but I possess a body that is immune to most illusion formations."
"Even illusion formations deployed by a True Dragon Spirit World Master can't fool me, let alone yours," Li Ta'er said.
Looking at Li Ta'er's expression at that moment, Chu Feng knew she wasn't bluffing.
His illusion formation had truly been seen through by Li Ta'er.
"But don't worry. I won't tell anyone about this. Also… I'll be a bit more courteous to Bai Yunqing from now on — consider it for your sake."
Having said that, Li Ta'er turned to leave, but before pushing the door open, she looked back at Chu Feng with a bright smile.
That smile was beautiful — completely different from before.
There was no mockery, no disdain. Even the smiles she had frequently given Ling Hang before carried none of this feeling.
"That girl might have fallen for you, you know," Her Majesty said with a giggle.
"How is that possible? I beat her up — she'd fall for me?"
"Besides, I only intervened to save Bai Yunqing. Not her," Chu Feng said.
"You don't understand. She might just find you manly enough. Some girls are like that."
"She seems tough on the outside, but she's actually quite fragile. And women like that don't like soft men. The nicer you are to them, the less they like you. What they're drawn to is a truly dominant man — and isn't that exactly what you are?" Her Majesty said.
"Could it really be that twisted?" Chu Feng grimaced. He really didn't want Li Ta'er to have taken a liking to him, because his impression of her was still not great.
Even if she had a special physique, even if she hadn't pursued the matter of him hitting her earlier, his impression of Li Ta'er remained poor.
Because he knew that Li Ta'er's contempt and bullying of Bai Yunqing before had all been real. This girl was no good person.
"Brother Chu Feng, what did Sister Ta'er say to you?" After Li Ta'er left, Bai Yunqing hurried back inside.
This particular hall was somewhat special — when the doors were closed, even Bai Yunqing couldn't hear the conversation within.