"Brother!"
The red-clad girl, brimming with youthful energy, dashed out of the house in a few quick strides. With a flying leap, she threw her arms around the neck of the boy she had missed day and night.
Her two slender, fair legs wrapped around his waist.
Her bright red eyes sparkled as they conveyed her longing and dependence.
Ming Lunyu smiled indulgently, one hand supporting the girl's jelly-soft butt while the other held her lower back.
"Careful. You're always so reckless."
Ma Hongjun pouted her red lips. "I missed you~"
"So did I." Ming Lunyu held her and spun around a few times before gently setting her down.
Ma Hongjun's fair little hand clasped Ming Lunyu's, their fingers interlocking.
"Brother, let me see what you gained."
Ming Lunyu smiled smugly. "Watch closely!"
He struck a particularly handsome pose and casually pinched his fan open with a swish.
Six Soul Rings slowly rose around him, with the fifth blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring especially eye-catching.
Yet when Ma Hongjun saw it, her beautiful eyes filled with heartache. Her jade-like hand touched Ming Lunyu's face. "Brother, did it hurt when you absorbed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring?"
Ming Lunyu rubbed her head. "Don't worry..."
He roughly explained how he had obtained the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
Ma Hongjun laughed so hard that she trembled like a flower in the wind. "It's a little unfair to the Golden Jade Earth Dragon, but that's really hilarious! Still, that's so like you, Brother! A red fifth Soul Ring... there probably hasn't been anyone like that before, right?"
Ming Lunyu smiled. "You can't put it that way. Just because I could do it doesn't mean no one managed it before me."
"No matter what," Ma Hongjun said with a grin, "you're the greatest in my heart, Brother!"
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