"Qing Lian, where's your sister?"
Jiang Lin pinched the cheek of the girl still hanging around his neck.
Compared to her baby fat back then, Qing Lian now had a delicate, melon-seed-shaped face.
It was naturally beautiful, not the sort of face seen on internet celebrities.
"Brother Jiang, my sister had an insight a few days ago and is breaking through into the Jade Purity Realm, so she can't come for now. Qing Lian came first."
As she spoke, Qing Lian hugged Lin Xun's arm.
"It's all right, Brother Jiang. Nothing will happen to my sister while she's cultivating in seclusion. She has a senior sister protecting her too. She'll come in a few days, so Qing Lian will accompany you until then."
Without realizing it, Qing Lian had changed how she addressed him.
"All right. Get some proper rest first. Tomorrow, your brother-in-law will take you to Ten Thousand Mile City for a look around."
"Mm-hmm." Qing Lian happily curved her eyes, looking as though she had drunk honey. "But Qing Lian is free today too, Brother Jiang. Take Qing Lian to Ten Thousand Mile City to play."
The sight of their daughter left Lin Batian and Lin Xiuxiu, husband and wife, at a loss for words.
Their Qing Lian had grown more and more graceful, and her admirers had multiplied. Yet let alone accepting anyone, she kept every man at a distant remove.
But now, when their daughter saw Jiang Lin, she had affectionately thrown herself at him and wrapped her arms around him without the slightest sense of estrangement. The happiness on her face came straight from the heart.
Jiang Lin had saved Qing Lian, so it was natural that she was grateful.
But was Qing Lian merely grateful to Jiang Lin?
Could it be that both