"How could that be impossible? If you don't believe me, why ask me at all?" The Patriarch was no respecter of feminine beauty. Whatever he had to say, he said it straight.
I smiled and asked, "Patriarch, since Senior Mo Hai was such a beauty, didn't you fall for her?"
"You brat, daring to tease your own Patriarch?" The Patriarch glared at me. Even He Chenxiang, who was sprawled on top of me, wore a stunned expression. She probably hadn't expected me to be so disrespectful. Unfortunately for her worldview, the Patriarch wasn't a normal immortal. He had no airs at all, and soon said, "Hmph, who wouldn't like such a beautiful junior sister? Even Junior Sister Mu Qingyi wasn't as beautiful as her, so every one of us senior and junior brothers was hopelessly smitten with her—including me. It was hard to resist every glance and smile of hers. I'm not joking—Mo Hai Chenxiang truly possessed beauty that could topple kingdoms. Even the Old Man looked at her differently from the way he looked at us!"
"Huh?" My gossipy heart instantly began itching. He Chenxiang was also left gaping, since the Patriarch was teasing her own father—the very Ancestor who had founded our path!
"You think that was impossible? Then you're underestimating the Old Man. If Mother hadn't been there, that old fellow would've probably taken Junior Sister Mo Hai into his chambers long ago! Hmph, we senior and junior brothers more or less knew what the Old Man was thinking. We just never said it aloud, while secretly holding out hope that one day Junior Sister might fall for one of us!"
I smiled and said, "Patriarch, weren't you rather extraordinary back then? How did Senior Mo Hai treat you?"
"You brat, you can flatter your Patriarch without