Lu Yin continued asking, "What's the relationship between the Three Monarchs?"
Luo Lao Er gave him a strange look. "They're husband and wife. Everyone knows that."
"I mean their personalities," Lu Yin clarified.
Luo Lao Er looked puzzled. "Why are you curious about that? Your space-time isn't connected to Three Monarchs Space-Time now, is it? If it is, you're in trouble."
Lu Yin's expression shifted, but he remained calm on the surface. "What do you mean?"
"It really is connected?" Luo Lao Er's eyes widened, and he looked delighted at the prospect of trouble. "Let me tell you—" He suddenly stopped. "Wait, it's my turn to ask. What exactly is your relationship with Zi Jing?"
"Friends," Lu Yin replied casually.
Luo Lao Er looked puzzled. "You're not married?"
"We haven't gotten that far," Lu Yin said. He and Zi Jing were indeed more or less friends. As for marriage, they really hadn't gotten that far—and never would. Of course, he left that last part unsaid.
Luo Lao Er leaned closer. "If I wanted to pursue Zi Jing, would you mind?"
Lu Yin gave him an odd look. "Talk like that, and you'll get beaten up."
Luo Lao Er grimaced. "Brother, try to understand. I can't help it. As a hostage, looking for ways to protect myself is instinctive."
Lu Yin looked away. "I can get Zi Jing to treat you like a younger brother."
Luo Lao Er gave a little cry of surprise. "That works too! Hahahaha! All right, then. It's settled, brother-in-law."
Zuo Yu was passing by. Hearing Luo Lao Er's form of address, she came right over. "What brother-in-law? Luo Lao Er, he's your brother-in-law? Isn't he Zi Jing's man?"
"I'm Zi Jing's younger brother!" Luo Lao Er declared loudly.
"Bullshit," Mu Duo said, having heard them too.