Chapter 729 — Sworn Brothers
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"So the little fool was wrong. Isn't that enough...?" Qiu Lingshan flushed and caught Wei Zhao's hand. "Be a dear—next time, why don't you try channeling some true qi into me again?"
"We'll see when there's time." Wei Zhao brushed her off. "If there's nothing else, I'm off. Tang Zhi is waiting for me to go house-hunting with her family."
Qiu Lingshan could tell he was brushing her off, but she was not discouraged. If Wei Zhao had agreed just like that to channel true qi into her, she would not have believed it.
Tang Zhi? The name made Chen Yuxuan pause. Sounded like a girl's name. He had no idea what her relationship with Wei Zhao was, but it seemed Wei Zhao had no shortage of female admirers—Qiu Lingshan had plenty of rivals!
Wei Zhao left the ward, leaving only Qiu Lingshan and Chen Yuxuan behind. Qiu Lingshan's face had returned to its earlier cold expression, as if the person who had been acting coy a moment ago had never existed. Chen Yuxuan could only marvel—could a person really change so quickly?
"Seems you have no shortage of rivals?" Chen Yuxuan had thoroughly let go of this feelings in his heart. The moment he saw Wei Zhao, he had known the gap between himself and Wei Zhao, so he simply stopped entertaining any illusions. Now that his mindset had settled, he could even joke with Qiu Lingshan.
"So what if I do?" Qiu Lingshan was rather surprised by Chen Yuxuan's attitude. In that instant, it seemed his feelings toward her had grown much more even. If they could be good friends like this, that would not be bad at all—at least she no longer felt that irritation toward him. "So you're finally giving up?"
"Mm. What good would not giving up do? I'm no match." Chen Yuxuan shrugged self-deprecatingly. "I didn't expect it to be him. If it's him, I would have given up long ago—I wouldn't even have come along today to make a fool of myself."
"You knew Wei Zhao before?" Qiu Lingshan caught a hint of something in his words.
"That I can't say." Chen Yuxuan shook his head.
Qiu Lingshan smiled. "The way you are now, it actually puts me more at ease. Before, you were so meek and deferential — it lacked any real manliness."
"Yeah, I suppose that's my weakness too... growing up under your forceful pressure, I never could muster the will to resist." Chen Yuxuan nodded. "So it's settled that I was never meant to be your destined one — more like your sidekick."
"There are plenty of good girls out there. With the Chen family's standing and your own strength, are you really worried you won't find a woman?" Qiu Lingshan patted Chen Yuxuan on the shoulder. "I think it's better to place you in the position of a brother — that way we'll get along more easily."
"Fine, then from now on we're good brothers..." Though Chen Yuxuan had already given up, there was still a certain bitterness in his tone as he said it.
"How is Grandpa Chen's health?" Qiu Lingshan had not visited the old master Chen for a long time. Ever since she learned that old master Chen wanted to come to her family to propose a marriage, the relations between the two families had grown rather distant.
"Not too well..." Chen Yuxuan shook his head. "Though he doesn't say it outright, outsiders can guess well enough. There are too many who covet the Chen family's position, and I'm afraid that with my own strength alone, I cannot hold the Chen family together... So Grandfather also wants you and me to..."