Gate of Love: Monthly Vote Requested!

"Brother Chu?"

"Brother Yun?"

"Brother Chu!"

"Brother Yun!"

"Brother Chu..."

"Brother Yun..."

"..."

The one who stepped out from behind that woman was, astonishingly, a burly and imposing man. Even through his robes, his knotted muscles stood out like coiling dragons.

The moment he and Chu Liang met each other's eyes, the two immediately began calling out to one another.

"That's enough!" Lin Bei and the woman shouted at the same time.

"Brother Chu!"

This hulking man was naturally Yun Chaoxian. He pounced forward and wrapped Chu Liang in a crushing embrace, pinning him between two slabs of chest muscle while his biceps and triceps clamped tightly around the back of his neck. In a muffled voice, he said, "I knew you wouldn't die!"

"If you don't let go, I'll be... I'll be dead soon..." Chu Liang struggled free, took a breath, and said, "It really is wonderful to see you all again."

He led them outside the wooden cabin and sat down before asking, "I haven't asked yet—this young lady is...?"

"Steelhammer. Haven't you met her before?" Yun Chaoxian took the woman's hand and said with a smile.

"Miss Steelhammer from the Southern Sound Workshop?" Chu Liang looked over the valiant yet slender woman before him. Now that Yun Chaoxian mentioned it, her features did seem somewhat familiar...

"Wahaha!" The woman laughed boldly. "I'm so much prettier than before. It's only natural he couldn't recognize me."

That was right—it was her.

The instant he heard that laugh, Chu Liang recognized her.

"I had heard before that the two of you were in love. Seeing it with my own eyes still feels rather miraculous," he said with a smile.

"Ah, it was all fate," Yun Chaoxian sighed as well.

"What's this? From the sound of it, you're not too happy