Chapter 332: Wuhan's Distress
Ming Ye, the person who was revered as a sworn brother by his father and had been a mentor to him ever since he was a kid. The person he used to and still looks up to as a person and a cultivator, saw him acting like that, and Noah's words did not do him any good.
It was not just him; even his granddaughter was standing right there beside him. Seeing the look of disguise in her eyes, he felt his whole world shattering apart.
Seeing the look in the eyes of the grandfather and granddaughter pair, Wuhan's eyes seemed to have lost their light.
They were the last people he wanted to see at this moment. Ming Ye was both his father's friend and a mentor to him.
Being seen by him like that made him feel the shame he was capable of feeling. Not to mention the girl beside him who was like a little sister to him.
Seeing the look of disgust in her eyes made his feeble heart shatter into pieces.
He did not want Ming Ye's granddaughter, whom he met for the first time after she was born, to see him like this.
"We can come back later if you are in the middle of something important. Come, Ruo'er, looks like we are in the wrong place," Ming Ye suggested with an understanding look on his face. The moment he arrived, he had to hear Wuhan, who was also like half of his disciple, saying those words.
He was among the very few people who knew Wuhan's true identity because of the relationship between their families and some arrangements they had. This was also the reason he was trying to be supportive of the guy's preferences.
But Wuhan could see that there was a hint of judgment in the old man's eyes as he turned around to leave. He felt as if his whole social life ended at that moment.
"Stop!"
Wuhan's voice echoed in the area, commanding attention from Ming Ye and his granddaughter, Ruo'er. His heart raced as he gathered the courage to face them; disappearing from where he stood, he reappeared before the two of them.
Ming Ye stopped in his place, his expression unreadable. Ruo'er glanced at Wuhan with a mix of curiosity and coldness in her eyes. The coldness in her eyes was not directed at the man, but her heart had been so cold that its coldness reflected in her eyes.
"I understand what you are going through, Wuhan. After what happened to you in the past, you chose this kind of path." Ming Ye's voice was calm, but there was an underlying sense of gravity in his tone.
"No..No, you're all wrong, things are not as they look," he began, with a panicked face. Wuhan explained everything in a hurry. "I would never do such a thing. You have known for such a long time, so you must know. There is no way I would be interested in a man, especially that guy!"
Ming Ye's brows furrowed slightly, but he remained silent. Although he allowed Wuhan to continue, the man had been shooting himself in the leg saying all those weird things.
"I...that was not what I wanted to say!" Seeing that nothing he said was working, Wuhan panicked and said the first thing that came to his mind without thinking at all, his voice tinged with vulnerability. "I was controlled! Yes!! That makes sense! That guy controlled me into saying those things and acting like that! I am deeply ashamed of that.
You have to see that…"
He shifted all the blame while pointing at Noah without any hesitation. "He controlled me with some demonic technique."
Hearing his words, Noah, Xin Yan, and Elysia looked at him with a 'What kind of bullshit is he spouting' look in their eyes.
Ruo'er's gaze became doubtful, and she exchanged a glance with her grandfather who also did not believe the absurdity of his words. When they arrived in the area, they instinctively ignored the two people they saw Wuhan talking to for some reason, but now that he thought about it, Wuhan could not help but feel something was wrong.
'That is…' His eyes widened in shock when they landed on Noah and Xin Yan. Even though he could not recognize the man as both his appearance and aura had changed, he could still slightly recognize Xin Yan.
Even Ruo'er was the same; her eyes widened when she saw the woman's appearance.
"You are….?" She muttered in disbelief seeing the old appearance of the woman overlapping with her new one.
"The same as before?" Xin Yan chuckled lightly, seeing the shocked look on their face.
"Wuhan," Ming Ye spoke finally, his voice shocked yet firm. "Who are those two..?"
Even though he knew the answer to that somewhere in his heart, he had to ask as he could not believe what he was seeing.
"This is my friend— "
"He knows very well who we are~" Before he could say anything, Noah interrupted them with a small smirk on his face. His eyes connected with the old man's gaze causing them to widen in disbelief.
"What a monster," the old man muttered in disbelief before adding. "What happened to you?"
"You two know each other?" Wuhan asked with a confused look on his face when he saw how Ming Ye was looking at Noah. Hearing the disbelief in his words made his suspicion even stronger.
Xin Yan separated from Noah and walked towards Ruo'er and patted her head, bringing her out of her trance. "Long Time no see."
Ruo'er looked up in the woman's icy blue eyes and felt a huge sense of oppression from them, but seeing the warmth in those eyes, she nodded slightly, embracing the feeling. Experience more content on empire
"Can you tell me what happened?" She mustered her courage and asked Xin Yan, who looked at Noah for confirmation. But to her surprise, Noah's face suddenly became serious as he looked in a certain direction.