After traveling through time, the four best friends were all targeted by the boss

"Liu Yi, why do you want to stay?" Lin Yue asked as he watched her close the door.

Han Liuyi walked up, sat next to him, picked up his arm and started taking his pulse.

"Well, the toxins are almost cleared." She breathed a sigh of relief and observed Lin Yue's expression, "Brother, do you still blame the master?"

Lin Yue seemed to have heard a joke. He sneered, "How dare I blame him?"

Han Liuyi grabbed his hand, frowned, and looked very pitiful: "Don't blame Dad, he has no choice."

Lin Yue didn't say anything, just looked at her quietly.

"Senior brother, after I went back last night, my father asked me about your situation. He cares about you, and he regretted poisoning you." She added.

"Really?" Lin Yue raised his eyebrows, and the hatred in his heart decreased a little.

"Liu Yi." He sighed, "I don't know what's wrong with Master. He wasn't like this before."

His facial features wrinkled together, as if he was recalling something very painful: "But after you turned fifteen, he was like a completely different person. What did he go through? Was he bewitched by a villain?"

Han Liuyi shook her head and stroked his cheek with one hand: "No, no matter what, he is my father and your master! You will come back, right?"

She was very close to Lin Yue, and he could clearly smell her fragrance.

Lin Yue was silent for a while and nodded.

"Alas... He is your father after all, how can I not go back?"

"Senior Brother!" Han Liuyi threw herself into his arms. Where Lin Yue couldn't see, she smiled cunningly, no longer looking innocent.

"I knew you were the best for me."

Lin Yue was stunned, and it took him a while to raise his hand and stroke her back.

-

After spending a whole morning at Gu Ling's residence, Meng Yin finally returned to Yi Qing's residence.

In the courtyard, Pei Xuanxi was practicing with Xu Zheng.

Meng Yin said with a click of the tongue: "This isn't sparring, this is flirting!"

As she was speaking, Xia Nian came out and met her face to face.

"Yinyin, you're back." Xia Nian walked up to her, took her arm and said with a smile.

Meng Yin looked around her and deliberately asked, "Niannian, where is Xiahou Yu? He usually follows you, why is he so…"

After saying that, she raised her eyebrows at Xia Nian.

Xia Nian slowly put away his smile, his expression showing a hint of sadness.

"What happened?" Meng Yin saw her like this and immediately realized that something was wrong.

Xia Nian shook her head: "It's okay, he just confessed to me and I rejected him."

"What!" Meng Yin shouted, "Why do you refuse? Don't you like him?"

Xia Nian said calmly: "Because we are not from the same world."

Meng Yin waved her hands exaggeratedly: "But... it's also okay to be like Taozi."

Xia Nian shook his head: "Sorry, Yinyin, just think of me as being fearless. Xiahou Yu said that we are still friends."

She sat down on the porch and looked up at her: "In this situation, we might go back someday."

After a while, Meng Yin said, "You like him, right? You didn't deny it."

Xia Nian lowered his eyes: "Yeah."

"Oh, forget it. Let's take it one step at a time." Meng Yin sat down next to her and leaned comfortably on her shoulder.

Before she could rest for a while, someone suddenly came from outside and told Meng Yin to go to Gu's house.

"Why is Gu Ling so troublesome? Why doesn't he come to me?" Meng Yin muttered and looked at Xia Nian, "Then I'll leave first."

Xia Nian smiled at her: "Okay."

After Meng Yin left, Xia Nian prepared to go back to his room to rest.

On the way back, Xiao Xian suddenly flew down from above and stood in front of her. Xia Nian was thinking about something and was startled by him.

"I'm sorry, Miss Xia." He stroked her arm, "Are you okay?"

Xia Nian shook his head and smiled slightly: "What happened to Mr. Xiao? Why did you suddenly come down from upstairs?"

Xiao Xian caught the look on her face and said, "Lord Xiahou asked me to tell Miss Xia that he left today just to take care of something, not for anything else."

Xia Nian's heart moved, and she whispered, "Did he ask you to come just to talk about this?"

Xiao Xian nodded and asked tentatively: "Miss Xia, did something happen between you and Lord Xiahou?"

Xia Nian shook his head: "It's okay, tell him that I'm not imagining things."

Xiao Xian nodded somewhat dejectedly: "Okay."

-

Meng Yin walked slowly to Gu's residence. She opened the door of the study but didn't see a single person.

"Where's Gu Lingren? Do you want to play hide-and-seek with me?" Meng Yin curled her lips. How could she find him in such a big yard?

Could it be in the room? Thinking of this, Meng Yin immediately went to look for him.

As soon as I reached the door of the side hall, I heard conversation coming from inside.

"Master Gu, are you sure you can get that thing?"

"I don't know. Recently, some people in the palace have openly or secretly disapproved of him."

"What should we do? Since Miss Meng came, Master Gu has become less and less concerned about the affairs of the palace."

"Yes, if this continues, Master Gu will be easily squeezed out."

It was the voices of Lu Yun and Qiao Yi! Meng Yin's heartbeat quickened. From what they said, was Gu Ling in danger?

She didn't care about anything else and reached out to push the door open, but a yellow and black hand grabbed her arm.

Meng Yin looked up and saw that the person coming was Zhang Su.

He half-closed his eyes, and his sharp gaze seemed to see through Meng Yin.

Meng Yin frowned: "Excuse me, who are you?"

"Miss Meng, please follow me," he said.

Meng Yin thought he was going to take her to see Gu Ling, so she followed him.

After hearing what the two said, Meng Yin felt very uneasy. Gu Ling did spend most of his time with her now. Was he really going to be squeezed out of the ranks of heirs?

Zhang Su brought her into the main hall and closed the door.

The main hall was large, but Zhang Su's face was sullen, and he looked difficult to get along with. He stared at Meng Yin with his shrewd eyes without blinking, and she felt cold on her back and very uncomfortable.

"When Lord Gu was still young, I was recommended by his parents to work in the Soul Devouring Palace. His parents are my benefactors." He sat down on the chair and spoke slowly.

Meng Yin stood in front of him, waiting for him to continue.

"Now he has almost ruined his career because of you, and I have to stop it." He added, his eyes moving back and forth between Meng Yin.

"Abandoned his career? How is that possible? He just dealt with the Wushan issue!" Meng Yin retorted.

"Humph." Zhang Su snorted coldly, "Is it so easy to be the master of the Soul Devouring Hall? Little girl, I don't care what your purpose is in approaching him, you'd better leave him now."

Meng Yin raised her eyebrows. Her purpose of approaching Gu Ling was to prevent him from going astray. Even if she explained it to the old man, he wouldn't understand.

"What makes you say he has neglected his career? Gu Ling is more capable than you think, and you don't need to interfere in our affairs!" Meng Yin said harshly. Her tone formed a sharp contrast with her clean face. Zhang Su did not expect this. He thought Meng Yin was a simple dodder.

He suddenly stood up from the chair, walked step by step to her, and looked down at her.

"Do you know what Gu Ling will face in the future? He may die at any time, and with you, it's like having a weak spot. You will become a burden to him!" he said coldly.

There was no change in Meng Yin's expression, she remained stubborn as always, but doubts slowly arose in her heart.

What he said made sense. For someone of Gu Ling's status, it was most taboo to have a soft spot. Having a soft spot was equivalent to having a weakness, and those who were eyeing him would have an opportunity to take advantage of it. If something happened to her, it would be a huge blow to Gu Ling, Xia Nian and the other two.

Thinking of this, a hint of timidity flashed in Meng Yin's eyes, which was just seen by Zhang Su.

"Don't you understand yet? If you don't take the initiative to leave him, there will be many people who want you to disappear. They won't try to persuade you in a nice way like I do!" He took advantage of the situation and tried to break Meng Yin's psychological defenses.

Meng Yin glared at him and said, "I'll say it again, you don't need to tell me what's going on between us. It's not your turn to teach me!"

After she finished speaking, she turned and was about to leave.

Zhang Su shouted at her last step out of the room: "Do you want to watch him die in front of you?"

Meng Yin's heart skipped a beat, but she forced herself not to look back and walked away.