Meanwhile, in the academy’s rear mountain, Xie Xiu was sitting in Xie Daoyun’s room, his chair leaning unsteadily from side to side. He had clearly been tormented by Hei Baizi badly, and finally found some time to take a small break at his big sister’s place.1

“Big sis, I heard that many people went to visit Brother Zu. Why are you still here day after day?”1

Xie Daoyun had her sleeves pulled up a bit, revealing her bright and exquisite wrists. She was practicing a rune she had recently learned with a brush. When she heard that, her hand shook and ink almost fell onto the paper.0

However, she quickly calmed down. She continued to draw on the paper while replying, “So what if I went to see him? So what if I didn’t?”0

Xie Xiu looked up in confusion. “Sis, don’t you like him?”0

If Xie Daoyun had heard those words before, she likely would have been really embarrassed and started beating her brother up. But ever since that kiss with Zu An, she'd felt that she...5