Ways to handle this little demon

"Zian, your made such good progress! "

Witnessing Zhang Long Wei's superb swordsmanship, Zhao Xiuying couldn't help praising. Not only Li Zian's personality had changed, he even made such an astonishing improvement in martial arts just in a few months she left. 

Though Zhao Xiuying could sense the other was still in his late foundation stage, he'd improved a lot. His attacks grew more intense and precise, his moves quick and neat for a young cultivator at foundation establishment stage. If the two of them tried duelling against each other right now, Zhao Xiuying was not sure if she would even be able to beat him just like in the past. 

They'd just finished dealing with a dozens of low-level demonic beasts. Scattering on the ground were unsightly corpses of beasts they had just slain. Just a couple of minutes ago, the two of them encountered a crew of Zhizhu demonic beasts. These creatures somewhat resembled spiders in appearance. But their size and height were scarily big. All of them were just at the height of an adult man. But, they were still low-level demons because they rarely had any special power other than having such giant bodies. 

Zhao Xiuying thought she wouldn't get that much help from Zhang Long Wei since he was not even at the core formation stage. But now, she felt even guilty for thinking like this. Zhang Long Wei had incredibly grew stronger that he was the one who mainly killed most of them just in a couple of minutes. 

Whilst attacking the beasts with his deadly ice blade, Zhang Long Wei got some blood on his face. Since there's only a handkerchief on his body which he used to give Wang Li Jie everytime the other finished eating his meal, Zhang Long Wei didn't want to use it.....so it seemed like he could only use the hem of his own sleeve to wipe the blood off. After all, his sect uniform had already been tainted with blue blood of these demonic beasts as well. It wouldn't make any difference. 

"Zian, wait... If you don't mind, you can use my handkerchief. "

With somewhat bashful smile, Zhao Xiuying handed it to Zhang Long Wei. Her small handkerchief was made from expensive silk. Near the hem, there were some small neat embroideries of plum blossoms as well. To use such a beautiful handkerchief from a beautiful young lady to clean foul blood of demonic beast, others would undoubtedly have been hesitated. But, it's not the case for Zhang Long Wei though.

He was really feeling uncomfortable with demonic blood on his face that, once Zhao Xiuying handed him her handkerchief, Zhang Long Wei instantly grabbed it before wiping all the blood off his face. But....how come he could smell subtle fragrance of perfume even from her handkerchief? 

Do all the ladies' things always smell like perfume?... 

Distracted by the scent of some sweet fragrance, Zhang Long Wei absent-mindedly threw away the handkerchief once he finished using it. Anyway, who in their right mind would ever want to use a handkerchief which was dirtied by demonic beasts' blood?

Only when Zhang Long Wei casually glanced at Zhao Xiuying whose expression seemed somewhat disappointed, he finally realized his manners earlier was a bit rude. Out of good will, she lent him her handkerchief. But, not only he dirtied it, he even threw it away without saying anything. He surely acted ungrateful just now. 

"I'll buy you a new one..... with more beautiful embroideries... "

"It's okay..... "

She still had that obviously disappointed look in her face. With her head lowered, Zhao Xiuying had a slight pout on her soft pink lips. She seemed like a pathetic beauty who had just been bullied. This kind of act from a beauty like Zhao Xiuying would undoubtedly make any man feel guilty and wanna coax her. But, in Zhang Long Wei's eyes, it was just another nuisance. He was almost out of patience. But, knowing he was the one who acted rude just now, Zhang Long Wei could only heaved a sigh and say. 

"You prefer cherry blossoms to plum ones, right? Tommorrow, I will give you a new handkerchief with cherry blossom embroideries. "

As soon as he finished saying this, Zhang Long Wei walked away from the pile of dead Zhizhu demonic beasts. They had no time to waste. It's almost like half an hour since they entered Yewan forest. Yet, they couldn't find any trace of missing villagers. Maybe these villagers were not in this forest after all. But, somehow, Zhang Long Wei had this feeling that he would undoubtedly find them here. 

The bashful Zhao Xiuying picked up her pace and followed Zhang Long Wei. Though the other had just said it casually, the young lady couldn't help feeling really pleased to find out that Zhang Long Wei still remembered her favourite flower. Not to mention, Zhang Long Wei even promised to give her a new beautiful handkerchief tomorrow. It seemed like her little act just now had worked perfectly.

"What's wrong, Li Jie?

You find something peculiar?

Where are you?.... 

Okay, I'm coming. "

"What is it? Did they find something strange? "

Immediately jumping onto his deadly ice blade, Zhang Long Wei lept into the air riding his sword. 

"He didn't tell me in detail. He only told us to gather there. Follow me. "

Riding on her sword, Zhao Xiuying also silently followed Zhang Long Wei.

Li Jie....

Earlier, when Zhang Long Wei was sending voice transmissions with senior Wang, he called him Li Jie. The two seemed really close to each other. Zhao Xiuying didn't know why. But this made her feel somewhat disappointed. Maybe her feelings for Li Zian had grown uncontrollably that she didn't want anyone other than herself get closed to him. 

This was really bad. In her entire life, she had only played with other people's feelings. Love was nothing but a tool for her to get what she wanted. Even if she took an interest in someone, she only let herself have a crush on that person. She never allowed herself to fall deeper.

But now, look at her pathetic self. All the time, she couldn't help thinking about Li Zian whom she broke up with just a few months ago. Zhao Xiuying knew this was bad. She didn't want to be this head over heels for Zhang Long Wei either. But she couldn't help it. Love was not something she could control. And she only realized it by now.. No matter how she felt reluctant to waste her time and feelings for another man, when it came to Zhang Long Wei, she couldn't help falling deeper.