Ring Recognizes Its Master, Secretly in Love

Mittle Auction House.

In the room, Liu Yun and Ya Fei sat facing each other, chatting and laughing.

Time passed quickly. The sky gradually darkened, and a faintly ambiguous atmosphere filled the room.

"Sister Ya Fei, hold out your hand. I have a gift for you," Liu Yun said.

"A gift?" Ya Fei did not understand, but she still extended her left hand.

Liu Yun held Ya Fei's bonelessly soft hand, and his heart could not help but stir. He took a deep breath, retrieved the Liu Yun Ring, and slipped it onto Ya Fei's ring finger.

At that moment, Ya Fei felt weak all over. Liu Yun was brazenly kneading her hand. Rationally, she wanted to resist, but her body seemed beyond her control, greedily craving that tingling sensation.

Ya Fei felt that something was wrong with her. She had no resistance whatsoever toward this cousin before her, and even found herself somewhat infatuated with his scent.

Liu Yun helped her put on the ring, yet he still did not let go. Holding up that lovely hand that seemed sculpted by God, then seeing the flush on Ya Fei's cheeks, his heart swayed for a moment. A wicked fire rose within him, and he nearly lost control of himself.

Ya Fei finally came to her senses. Her face flushed crimson, and for the first time in her life, she lowered her head before slowly trying to pull her hand back.

However, Liu Yun's large hand held it tightly and would not release it.

"Sister Ya Fei, do you know? The five fingers of a person's hand each have their own name.

This is the thumb, this is the index finger, this is the middle finger, this is the ring finger, and this last one is the little finger."

Liu Yun looked straight at Ya Fei as he spoke, bending each of her fingers in turn as he explained.

"Then why does this Ring have to be worn on the ring finger?" Ya Fei asked curiously. She felt that Liu Yun would not bring this up for no reason.

"Because this ring has another name. It is called the Liu Yun Ring," Liu Yun said.

"This...?"

Ya Fei's lovely face reddened. At that moment, she understood everything. He had put the Liu Yun Ring on her ring finger—the meaning could not have been clearer, could it?

"Alright, stop joking around."

Ya Fei pulled back her hand. She seemed to have regained her usual composure, and wisdom shone once more in her eyes, as if she had not been affected at all.

Yet only Ya Fei herself knew how awful she felt inside—empty and hollow, with an inexplicable urge to hide away and have a good cry.

She did not know when she had begun to feel something different toward him. Perhaps it was from the moment they first met, when his handsome face had drawn her in. Or perhaps it was because of what he had said that day, which had plucked at her heartstrings. Ya Fei felt it could not be the former, because she was certainly not that shallow.

Heaven knew what she had gone through during the days Liu Yun had been away.

Every day, she worried whether Brother Liu Yun was in danger, whether he had been injured, and longed for him to return sooner. It had left her in a terrible state, often spacing out and constantly fretting over gains and losses.

Now Liu Yun stood before her, but she could not show how much she cared about him. He was her cousin, a peerless genius, and the future of the Mite'er Family. Those old fogies would never agree to such a thing.

Hearing Ya Fei's self-deprecating words and noticing the change in her expression, Liu Yun roughly understood something.

No matter how well Ya Fei concealed it, the system's earlier assessment of "Overflowing Favor" was enough to show that her feelings for him were definitely not those of an ordinary cousin.

"Sister Ya Fei, what cousin and cousin? We're relatives separated by more than five generations. That stopped mattering long ago.

Fine, if that's the case, then we'll continue being cousins.

Once your little cousin here breaks through to Dou Emperor, I'll have a talk with those old fogies in the clan." Liu Yun shook his head helplessly.

Without waiting for Ya Fei to respond, he walked around the table and headed out. Before leaving, he did not forget to say, "Sister Ya Fei, see you tomorrow!"

Liu Yun knew that since things had been said this plainly, saying any more would only make a mess of it, so he decisively retreated.

Actually, ever since he first met Ya Fei, he had felt an inexplicable flutter in his heart. Who would not like such a mature beauty? Why let the rich water flow into someone else's field? How could he leave his cousin for Xiao Yan to flirt with?

Liu Yun left the room, took a deep breath, and thought to himself that it was another wonderful night.

Meanwhile, Ya Fei filled a tub with water and soaked in it. The scenes from earlier kept replaying in her mind, and she could not calm down for a long time.

Especially Liu Yun's final explanation, which suddenly made Ya Fei see the light.

"Yes, we're separated by more than five generations. This is not a problem at all. In this world, strength reigns supreme. Whoever has the bigger fist has the final say. Liu Yun is right," Ya Fei murmured to herself.

Rising from the water, Ya Fei let out a long breath. She immediately felt refreshed, and her mood had never been better.

"Brother Liu Yun, my cultivation talent is poor. Although I may not be able to help you much in terms of strength, I will do everything I can to help you in the areas I excel at."

Raising her left hand, Ya Fei looked at the ring on her ring finger, glowing with a faint green light, and a silly smile appeared on her face.

Covering the Liu Yun Ring with Dou Qi, Ya Fei was surprised to discover that she could not inspect its interior.

That was truly strange. A Ring whose inner space could not be examined—what could be stranger than that?

However, Ya Fei suddenly had a feeling that the Liu Yun Ring seemed to crave her blood. The feeling came from nowhere and made her wary.

"This is the ring Brother Liu Yun gave me. He probably would not harm me," Ya Fei thought. Then she decisively bit her finger and let her blood drip onto the Liu Yun Ring.

Sure enough, each drop of blood seeped into the Liu Yun Ring. In an instant, Ya Fei felt an intimate connection form between herself and the Liu Yun Ring.

After the blood was completely absorbed into the Liu Yun Ring, the ring actually fused into her ring finger as though by magic.

Even the well-traveled Ya Fei was utterly dumbfounded by this change.

Yet that intimate connection remained. She simply did not know how to activate the Liu Yun Ring.

Just as the thought arose in Ya Fei's mind, she was astonished to discover that she could somehow see the inner space of the Liu Yun Ring. It was a vast space, ten meters in length, width, and height, resembling a small plaza.

Ya Fei's cherry-red lips fell wide open. She no longer knew what words could describe it. Sure enough, this younger cousin truly treated her well—he had actually given her such a treasure.

One had to know that even a high-grade storage Ring only contained a few cubic meters of space. How could it compare to the Liu Yun Ring? A thousand cubic meters of inner space—saying it aloud would scare people to death!

A blissful smile appeared on Ya Fei's face. From now on, her ring finger had a name!

At the same time, Liu Yun, who had just lain down in bed to sleep, heard the system's familiar voice in his mind.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host. Ya Fei's favorability toward you has increased. Your current relationship has risen from 'Overflowing Favor' to 'Secretly in Love.'"

Secretly in Love: The bound target's Return increases to 20 times.