From then on, Li Jiancheng shut himself in his room day after day. Li Yuan and Dou Shi were both deeply worried about him, but whenever they asked, he said nothing was wrong and told them not to worry.
"Perhaps I shouldn't have let him come in with me that day. Now..."
Dou Shi looked at Li Jiancheng's tightly shut door, her brows faintly furrowed with worry as she spoke to Li Yuan.
After a moment of silence, Li Yuan said, "Sigh... At this point, all I hope is that the brothers can get along. That would be enough. I don't ask for anything else."
"Sigh..."
They both sighed.
Another month passed. Li Jiancheng went to see Verdant Green Maiden.
"True Person!"
He looked at Verdant Green Maiden, his expression earnest.
At that moment, Li Shimin and Li Xiu Ning had yet to arrive. Verdant Green Maiden turned her gaze to him and asked, "Have you figured out how to answer my question?"
"Mm!"
Li Jiancheng nodded.
"Good. Then let's hear your answer!"
Verdant Green Maiden nodded and leaned against the tree.
"I want to become stronger!"
Li Jiancheng fixed his gaze on Verdant Green Maiden and stepped forward. "I'm the eldest son of the Li Family. In the future, I'll need to hold the family up. So I can't pass up any chance to become stronger! For this chance, I'm willing to do whatever it takes. Please accept me as your disciple, True Person!"
With that, he bowed to Verdant Green Maiden.
After he finished speaking, he heard nothing from Verdant Green Maiden for a long while.
Just as his heart began to flutter with unease, he heard Verdant Green Maiden sigh.
"Bird Sister!"
"Let's go."
Li Jiancheng looked up and saw Verdant Green Maiden beckoning Hong Luan to