Unfortunately, the speaker meant it, but the listener didn't catch the drift.
Luo Bing failed to grasp the underlying meaning. A look of slight regret crossed her face, and after a moment of silence, she said, "That's a shame. I'm very fond of little Qionghua and would love to stay with her a bit longer, but in two years I must hurry back to the sect into secluded cultivation to prepare for the Jiangzhou Eighteen Prefectures Grand Competition."
"The Jiangzhou Eighteen Prefectures Grand Competition?"
Chapter 44