Teaching Huang Jing

Fang Lan returned home late from the new alchemy shop due to some business. She tiredly opened the door and, upon entering the main hall, saw Huang Jing sitting alone on the couch, looking exhausted.

"What's wrong with you?" she asked, surprised, and requested a servant to bring her tea. She sat on the adjacent couch and raised an eyebrow, scrutinizing him, "You look like you've run across the entire Southern Continent. And, where's Xie Qing?"

"Ugh... don't mention that bastard's name!" Huang Jing shouted loudly, startling Fang Lan, who was taken aback. The man wiped away non-existent tears and theatrically fell to his knees, crying out to the heavens, "That bastard! I thought he was joking, but he actually went and got engaged! Now I've officially lost my wings... I was on the path of travel, but I've been shot in the knee!"

"Eh... what does that mean?"