His eyes were fixed intently on Hou Yumeng, as if afraid of missing a single detail. Yet this very gaze left Hou Yumeng looking displeased.
Her delicate eyebrows lifted in a frown as she looked toward her father in the seat of honor and demanded, "Father, a marriage proposal? I was deep within the South Creek Valley, facing mortal danger. How could you..."
Hou Xiuwen wore a helpless expression. "Yumeng, you and Feibai have been betrothed since childhood. When your Uncle Qi and Feibai learned that you were trapped deep within the South Creek Valley, they pulled every string and braved all kinds of methods to enter and rescue you. They lost quite a few powerful cultivators along the way.
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