"Huh?"
Yao Wan's voice rose slightly. She had not expected Xun Er to say that.
"...Judging by your reaction, it seems you really haven't."
Seeing the astonishment and surprise written across Yao Wan's face as the frost melted away, Xun Er found it rather amusing. She teased her as she spoke.
"Tch... That's not exactly something to be proud of, is it?"
Xun Er's reaction left Yao Wan rather speechless. In her view, that was indeed the case.
After being pestered for only such a short while, she already felt like her head was splitting. If they had been any more shamelessly persistent, she doubted she could have restrained her killing intent.
She truly did not know how others had endured it.
"I wasn't talking about being pestered itself. I meant the experience. Looking at you, you seem terribly inexperienced with this sort of thing. Could it be that none of the younger members of the Yao Clan had any interest in you back then?"
Xun Er shook her head, merely curious. It was not as though being pestered was enjoyable in itself; it was simply that after being pestered often enough, one would naturally gain some experience in dealing with it.
"Interest? It's not like I could ask them... But judging from the commotion when I held my marriage selection back then, they probably had some thoughts."
Yao Wan briefly recalled the matter of her marriage selection, then shook her head. She had never paid much attention to people unrelated to her. If she had to name someone, the only person in the entire Yao Clan she vaguely remembered in that regard was Yao Ling's older brother.
"...I remember now. Yao Tian did seem somewhat interested in me, but I rejected him. Not long after that, Xiao Yan came