Chapter 279

Delivering news from a thousand miles away; the gift is light, but the sentiment is profound.

How could Xu Hao have any reason to refuse?

"Wanling, what brings you to see me?"

"Of course it's…"

Xiao Wanling almost blurted out, "I missed you."

But then she saw Xu Feiyan, who was practicing martial arts nearby, stop her movements and look over at them curiously.

She immediately changed her tune.

"Of course it's… to learn Tea Ceremony from Uncle Xu. Uncle Xu said he would teach me Tea Ceremony, you didn't forget, did you?"

"Heh, of course I didn't forget. I'll teach you today."

The two walked toward the inside of the villa.

Xu Feiyan withdrew her suspicious gaze.

She felt that Sister Wanling was acting a bit strange.

Every so often, she would complain about Xu Hao not returning, using a peculiar tone.

Could Sister Wanling…

As this thought popped into her mind, it shocked her.

She then quickly dispelled the thought.

How could it possibly be what she was thinking?

Sister Wanling and Third Sister are best friends, and there's such a huge age gap between her and Xu Hao.

How could she fall in love with Xu Hao?

Casting aside her distracting thoughts,

she thought about the combat techniques Xu Hao had taught her and continued training…

Practicing alone felt so dull.

She didn't even know where she was making mistakes.

It would be great if she had a sparring partner.

Unfortunately, her family members weren't Martial Artists.

Not a single one of them could fight.

As for Xu Hao, he was just a freak.

She really didn't know how he had learned all these martial arts techniques.

She had already learned a lot from Xu Hao,

yet she still couldn't see the limit of his abilities…

It wasn't that she hadn't thought about asking Xu Hao to teach her.

But whenever she remembered the conditions, she wanted to give up.

Back when Xu Hao was giving her hands-on instruction,

Xu Huayi saw her looking reluctant and immediately grew angry.

She said—

"Dad is teaching you, and you're still reluctant? Who are you pulling that cold face for?"

Xu Shiqing also accused her,

"Fifth Sister, you can't act like this. How is this any different from repaying kindness with enmity?"

"Don't make us look down on you."

With her two younger sisters defending Xu Hao like this,

Xu Feiyan was nearly driven crazy with anger.

She immediately retorted—

"Are you trying to tell me what to do?"

Then, seeing her speak harshly to his two obedient daughters, Xu Hao couldn't sit by idling.

He said he wouldn't teach her anymore.

Xu Feiyan was dumbfounded.

She was right in the middle of learning with great enthusiasm,

at a crucial stage of raising her strength.

Xu Feiyan was extremely passionate about growing stronger.

That much was obvious from how she had willingly called him "Dad" before just to get a Marrow Cleansing Pill.

It was the same this time.

An opportunity to boost her strength was right before her eyes,

but then Xu Hao suddenly refused to teach her anymore.

It made her heart feel like ants were crawling on it, exceedingly uncomfortable…

If you weren't going to teach me, you shouldn't have started in the first place.

Stopping at such a critical moment made her feel miserable.

Touched, her two younger sisters threw themselves into Xu Hao's arms,

and mocked her yet again.

This infuriated Xu Feiyan to no end.

In the end, Xu Huayi put forward a condition:

Xu Hao could teach her,

but a disciple had to act like a disciple.

She had to respect her master and honor the Dao.

Xu Hao expressed his agreement with his daughter's proposal.

Xu Feiyan was completely stunned.

So after being bossed around by Xu Hao in every way before,

now that Xu Hao was giving her hands-on instruction, she still had to obey his every command.

What else could she say?

For the sake of growing stronger, she endured it.

And so—

every time she accepted Xu Hao's coaching,

she had to wait on him, pouring tea and serving water…

Meanwhile, Xu Hao and Xiao Wanling walked into the house.

Xiao Wanling sat on the sofa, looking forward to Xu Hao's hands-on instruction.

Xu Hao suggested,

"It's not convenient to do it here. Let's go to my study."

Little female lead Li Yunshu couldn't help but cry.

It was just in time, as he had nowhere to release his pent-up desire.

Hearing this, Xiao Wanling froze for a moment.

Her first reaction was that Xu Hao was going to take her to the study to drink tea.

But then she thought about it—

Wait, that's not right.

Having her drink tea before was back when their relationship hadn't made a Breakthrough yet.

Now that the two of them were together,

wouldn't that mean…

Good grief!

Her best friend Xu Hongzhuang was right at home.

If she found out that Xiao Wanling had stolen a share of her dad's love,

she wondered if they could even remain best friends.

Xu Hao hadn't come to see her for several days.