During this period, Lin Huanhuan didn’t just use Huyan Yazhi as a sparring partner—she also had her help set up some formations here.
She had to go set up formations before, and this series of tasks nearly made her develop a bit of annoyance toward formations.
So after getting beaten up all day, Huyan Yazhi still had to keep working during her rest time at night.
Thankfully, Dong Yuner’s delicious food plus Lin Huanhuan’s daily pep talks kept Huyan Yazhi from completely breaking down.
Lin Huanhuan had set Huyan Yazhi’s free labor period at twenty days.
But even so, as soon as the time was up, Huyan Yazhi bolted out of there—really couldn’t handle the pressure.
Even when Lin Huanhuan offered to pay her Spirit Stones to work a few more days, she refused.
However, word had it that Huyan Yazhi’s scam business was booming. In just a few days, she had already expanded her operations outside of Array Peak.
Lin Huanhuan was pretty satisfied with that.
She had timed exactly when the Black-clothed Squad would come looking for Bai Lingfeng and observed from a distance in advance to see if anything unexpected would happen, so she could intervene and correct things in time.
When she saw Bai Lingfeng start fighting with the group of black-clothed figures, she smiled in satisfaction:
“Mm, not bad, not bad. Looks like nothing’s changed here.”
But when she saw Bai Lingfeng and You Yuelan start chatting cheerfully, she finally broke into a delighted smile, and the heavy stone in her heart completely settled.
“According to the Original Work, this is where Bai Lingfeng and You Yuelan hit it off, secretly developing feelings for each other.”
“I was worried before that my earlier screw-ups might have affected this. Looks like it’s totally fine now.”
“But there is one thing I didn’t expect. I thought Bai Lingfeng was a die-hard Pure Love Party member, but turns out he’s pretty flirtatious too.”
“Mm, that’s normal, I guess. After all, in the Original Work, that guy keeps ambiguous relationships with so many heroines. A womanizing scumbag, huh.”
Lin Huanhuan watched like that.
But at some point, her originally cheerful mood started to sour.
Like a bottle of soda that had a piece of sour candy dropped into it.
As time passed, the taste of the candy gradually spread, turning sweetness into sourness.
Lin Huanhuan felt her heart ache with bitterness, utterly uncomfortable.
Of course, she knew exactly what was happening.
It was because of those intimate gestures You Yuelan had made toward her before, making her subconscious think You Yuelan belonged to her.
Now she was about to lose her, so naturally she wasn’t happy at all.
Lin Huanhuan couldn’t help but murmur softly:
‘Damn possessiveness, can’t you stop kicking in right now?’
‘This isn’t the time for me to interfere—this doesn’t fit the Original Work at all.’
‘And I’m just a villainess. I can steal heroines, but I can’t have ambiguous relationships with them. That’s a surefire way to get myself killed.’
Before she knew it, a light drizzle began falling from the sky.
The distant view gradually grew hazy.
Lin Huanhuan felt as if a large hand was squeezing her heart, making it hard to breathe.
She let out a long sigh and opened her eyes:
“Forget it, I’ll stop watching. I’ll go find Yun’er to relieve some stress.”
She turned and left, without taking a single cloud with her.
On the other side, Bai Lingfeng, who was cheerfully chatting with You Yuelan, couldn’t help but glance this way, but saw nothing.
“I felt like someone was watching me from over there just now. Was it my imagination?”
You Yuelan said somewhat regretfully:
“I didn’t expect you to have known Lin Huanhuan for so long. That’s really nice. I wish I could have met her sooner.”
Bai Lingfeng turned back and smiled:
“I’m still regretting that my relationship with her isn’t as good as yours. You’re jealous of me first? That doesn’t seem fair, does it?”
He wasn’t particularly trying to hide his thoughts.
His interest in Lin Huanhuan was something he wouldn’t go around shouting about, but he wouldn’t deliberately avoid mentioning it either.
From the current situation, Lin Huanhuan’s Favorability toward him was indeed a bit low.
But after the Huang Family Incident last time, their relationship had warmed up noticeably. That was a good thing.
He had originally planned to press his advantage and see if he could max out her Favorability in one go.
But recently, he had been too busy. When he finally had some free time, he heard Lin Huanhuan was also busy, so he didn’t want to disturb her.
As for Lin Huanhuan being a Lesbian who only liked girls, Bai Lingfeng was naturally aware of that.
After all, there were so many rumors about Lin Huanhuan in the sect. He wasn’t deaf—how could he not have heard something?
That wasn’t really a problem.
Because at his core, he…
The only thing that did feel difficult was how to raise Lin Huanhuan’s Favorability.
But that wasn’t a huge issue either.
Having just gathered quite a bit of information from You Yuelan, he was feeling very confident now.
You Yuelan, however, tilted her head in confusion:
“Do Lin Huanhuan and I have a very good relationship? Hasn’t she been bullying me the whole time?”
Thinking about this question was a bit too mentally taxing.
She didn’t want to dwell on it.
Instead, she was pondering another more critical issue.
‘I wonder what Lin Huanhuan has been up to lately. She hasn’t come to bully me for a whole month. Has she forgotten about me?’
‘Hm, unlikely.’
‘I heard from others that no one has seen her this month, so she’s probably in closed-door cultivation.’
‘I kind of miss the hugs she gave me when she bullied me. I wonder when I’ll experience that again.’
‘But recently, other people seem to be plotting something big. I think I fell asleep during that meeting, so it probably wasn’t anything important.’
‘Forget it, I won’t bother. Overthinking is just tiring.’
The two chatted for a while longer.
Bai Lingfeng remembered the group of black-clothed people he had just beaten down and couldn’t help but laugh:
“By the way, those guys were your companions, right? They should still be lying there sleeping.”
“Do you want to go check on them? If someone comes along and loots their stuff, that wouldn’t be good.”
Out of consideration for fellow sect members, even though the black-clothed squad had been murderous, Bai Lingfeng chose to go easy on them and didn’t kill them on the spot. He was being pretty merciful.
You Yuelan nodded:
“Okay, I’ll go take care of them. Goodbye.”
With that, she hurriedly walked down the mountain.
Bai Lingfeng scratched his head, a bit puzzled:
“Aren’t they over there?”
After running all the way down the mountain in one breath, You Yuelan finally relaxed.
But the surprise wasn’t over yet.
She actually saw Lin Huanhuan walking alone, looking utterly dejected.
You Yuelan rushed over and hugged Lin Huanhuan tightly.
Caught off guard, Lin Huanhuan was stunned for a moment:
“What are you doing here? And why are you suddenly hugging me? Who gave you permission?”
You Yuelan buried her head in Lin Huanhuan’s chest and said in a muffled voice:
“I miss you bullying me.”
“It’s been a month since you last bullied me. I miss it.”