Chapter 56: Liu Meng
On the second floor of the Mingxiang Tea House, in a private room,
After sitting down in this place, Bai Yunfei obviously still felt a bit uncomfortable in front of the two girls. Holding his cup with both hans, he dranked from it nonstop and did not even notice it when he drank the tea leaves.
Seeing him like this, the servant girl Xiao Ning could not help letting out a 'pfff' sound of laughter, but when she was about to burst out laughing, she was stopped by Liu Meng.
Seeing such behavior from this young man in front of her, Liu Meng was somewhat tempted to laugh too. She filled Bai Yunfei's cup again with tea gently and said softly: "This time I was suddenly taken ill and even ran into some good-for-nothings. Fortunately you got into action and saved me. I really can't be thankful enough to you."
Bai Yunfei put the tea cup in his hand down, calmed his indescribably nervous mind down a bit and said while waving his hands: "You don't have to stand on ceremony like this, miss. Helping people is the source of pleasu... Er, I mean, getting in to action upon seeing injustice is what everyone should do. Besides, it took me very little effort, so you don't have to care about this too much."
"But it didn't take you just a little effort..." Liu Meng said with a chuckle, "At the time, there were so many people, but you were the only one who dared to get into action to help me. That second young master Long is an infamous good-for-nothing in this city. Relying on his family's influence, he often commits all kinds of outrages. This time I went out alone to relieve my boredom but I didn't expect to become entangled with him.
"The house of Long is quite powerful in Jade Willow City. Even the Green Willow School is somewhat afraid of it, but this time you have offended that second young master Long because of me. I've really embroiled you in this...
"Actually, given my power as a soul cultivator, I shouldn't have been afraid of those good-for-nothings, but at the time, I was suddenly taken ill. The pain was unbearable so I was basically defenseless, and he was able to bully me only because of this..."
At first Bai Yunfei sighed in his mind: "The Green Willow School is really here!"
But upon hearing the last words, he was dumbstruck for a while and said in amazement: "Oh? You said you're a soul cultivator too?"
Liu Meng nodded smilingly: "It's kind of embarrassing, but I'm really a soul cultivator... Oh, what do you mean by 'too'? Could it be you're also a soul cultivator?"
Seeing Bai Yunfei nod, on one side, Xiao Ning could not help whispering: "Whoa! Turns out you're a soul cultivator, mister! No wonder you were able to fight off those scoundrels so easily!"
Noticing that the look in Liu Meng's eyes seemed to have changed a little, Bai Yunfei became somewhat uncomfortable again: "Ha ha, this doesn't mean anything either. I'm just a weak soul cultivator. Miss, you..."
"I'm Liu Meng. You can call me Meng'er directly, mister." Hearing Bai Yunfei call her 'miss' all the time, Liu Meng smiled and said in a low voice. This might or might not be an illusion but Bai Yunfei seemed to see her face slightly redden as she said these words.
"May I know your name, mister?" Liu Meng continued with another question after pausing for a while.
Bai Yunfei had not expected to be allowed to call her so intimately so he was somewhat stunned for a short period of time. Only after two minutes did he say rather cautiously: "Miss... Er, Meng, Meng'er... You can just call me Yunfei..."
"Yunfei? Ha ha, it sounds full of freedom."
Bai Yunfei drank another large mouthful of tea, as if doing this could dilute that indescribable feeling of nervousness in his heart. He then put the cup down, seeming to think of something, and asked curiously: "Right, Meng, Meng'er... Since you're a soul cultivator, how did you suddenly become like that earlier?"
