"No is good." Dugu Bo felt a weight lift from his heart.
After thinking for a moment, he continued, "Yan Yan, I know you've been with Yu Tianheng for over a year and that your feelings run deep. Asking you to break up now would be hard to accept, so I won't force you. But I do want you to keep an appropriate distance from him for now, and to re-examine him from another perspective."
"I don't think that's too much to ask."
"I… I understand." Dugu Yan's thoughts were still in a tangle, but she didn't object,she simply nodded slightly.
It seems my granddaughter hasn't been completely blinded by love. All those years of hardship with me haven't been for nothing,she still has some sense of judgment. Dugu Bo nodded, then continued, "Also, I have three things to tell you."
"The first thing: that day, after leaving the dormitory, Xiao Hai put in a good word for Yu Tianheng. But now it seems Yu Tianheng still hasn't been awakened by his grandfather, Yu Yuanzhen."
"Of course, it's possible he just hasn't figured things out yet. That's why I told you to re-evaluate him. It's also the last chance I'll give him."
"If he can wake up in time and change, then fine. But if not, Yan Yan, don't blame me for breaking you two apart."
With that blockhead Yu Tianheng, the chance of him waking up is slim to none. Still, saying this gives Yan Yan a way out,an excuse to draw a line with him, so she won't cling to him later. All right, I'll have to find a way to push things along.
"The second thing: after you told me about Xiao Hai's encounter, I went to the place he mentioned to investigate. There, I found people from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. I don't have to say who passed the information along, do I? As for whether Yu Tianheng ever spoke to Xiao Hai about it before or after, I don't know. You can judge that for yourself."
No, he never did. Dugu Yan's heart skipped a beat.
Although Yang Yunhai had mentioned it in front of them, there had only been a few people present,it wasn't as if it had been spread around. As teammates, they should have kept it quiet to prevent outside forces from getting any ideas about Yang Yunhai, such as kidnapping him for blood experiments to test whether his blood still had medicinal properties. If the information leaked, it could put Yang Yunhai in danger.
From the standpoint of a clan heir, Yu Tianheng's actions weren't necessarily wrong. But from the standpoint of a teammate and friend,especially from Yang Yunhai's point of view,this unannounced disclosure was a betrayal, even a harm. And at that time, Yang Yunhai was working on a cure for her. If he had been kidnapped… she and her grandfather's poison…
Her face went pale at the thought.
"Looks like you understand."
Dugu Bo nodded slightly. "If the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had chosen to kidnap or harm Yang Yunhai, the poison in our bodies might never have been cured."
"In other words, you and I would have to pay for Yu Tianheng's actions with our lives, dying from poison."
"Fortunately, the Spirit Hall values Xiao Hai as well,they probably want to recruit him while competing with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou royal family,so they stationed many covert sentries around the academy. Otherwise, whether the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would have acted is hard to say."
If the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan really had made a move against Yang Yunhai and Spirit Hall happened to save him, it would be clear afterward whose side Yang Yunhai would take.
Then Spirit Hall could simply publicize the clan's shamelessness, imply the negligence of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou royal family, damage their reputations, and gain a talented newcomer in the process,a win on all fronts.
After all, the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy is run by the royal family,if something happens on their own turf, they're the first to be held responsible. And the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is based just outside Heaven Dou City, has deep roots there, and, like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, is one of the top three sects. If an incident occurs, at the very least, it looks like they turned a blind eye.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's earlier inaction may well have been because of this consideration.
In Dugu Bo's eyes, the entire matter was a contest between multiple factions, with Yang Yunhai as merely an opening pawn,albeit a valuable one, having defeated a direct heir of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan despite an eight-level difference.
"The third thing: why I say that without Xiao Hai, we have no chance of being cured."
Dugu Bo went on, his expression tinged with guilt. "Xiao Hai is currently making the medicine to detoxify us. But the cure is far from simple,it's extremely dangerous. And only Xiao Hai can do it."
"Because of the limitations of herbs and other conditions, Xiao Hai has to test the medicine on himself. Once it works, he'll use his own blood as a catalyst to make the detoxifying elixir for the two of us."
"For this, he's even damaged his own foundation. If the medicine he tested hadn't just happened to restore the loss, I'd feel guilty toward him for the rest of my life."
"Xiao Hai is risking his life to save us." As he spoke, he cast a sidelong glance at Dugu Yan.
He didn't mention Xiao Hai's help in choosing rare treasures. Meals must be eaten one bite at a time, and cards played one by one,this much he understood.
"Xiao Hai, he…" Dugu Yan looked shocked.
"Now you see why I was so angry just now?" Dugu Bo sneered.
"From the moment he met us until now, Xiao Hai has known you only briefly, yet because he calls you Sister Yan and me Grandpa, he's willing to risk his life to help us."
"And Yu Tianheng,can he compare?"
"Does he deserve to?"
"To be honest, if it weren't for his surname being Yu, I'd have gone over there already and slapped him dead!"
Dugu Yan, her worldview shaken to the core, said nothing, but her fingers clenched so tightly they turned white, and she bit her lip.
Seeing this, Dugu Bo decided not to criticize Yu Tianheng further. Instead, he nodded and said, "All right, Yan Yan. You haven't eaten since last night, have you? I just got back myself and haven't eaten either,let's go eat together."
"As for Yu Tianheng, just tell him I've already found a suitable spirit bone for you."
"Tell him too that I'm not satisfied with his performance this time, so I'm not agreeing to the engagement for now. Whether I approve in the future will depend on how he acts."
"In short, put the blame on me." He spoke casually.
"Let's go. After we eat, I'm going to check on Xiao Hai and take him some supplies."
"Okay." Knowing her priorities, Dugu Yan quickly adjusted her mood, nodded, ran to the bathroom to wash her face, and then followed Dugu Bo out of the room.
After the meal, Dugu Bo left straight away.
As for Dugu Yan, since her eyes were still a bit red, she didn't return to the academy immediately. She decided to stay home for another day to sort out her thoughts and re-evaluate her relationship with Yu Tianheng.
Emotionally, she still felt Yu Tianheng cared for her. But looking at his actual behavior, as her grandfather had said, there were many shortcomings,shortcomings that also led to her grandfather being treated lightly.
Perhaps Yu Tianheng had done nothing gravely wrong, but his personality and status were enough to hurt many people.
And those hurt were people she could never ignore: one, her own grandfather; the other, the man who had saved both their lives.
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