Sisters and Eating Mangoes

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"B-Big brother. W-what are you two doing?"

After waiting for a while without seeing Su Mingyue return to the table, Na'er had eaten a few bites and couldn't help walking over, curious.

But as soon as she reached the entrance, the sounds of sucking and heavy breathing, along with the sight of the woman leaning over the man, came into view.

Her pupils trembling, Na'er gasped and instinctively clutched her chest, which had suddenly begun to feel strangely tight.

"Oh~ So you're Na'er." Only then did Leng Yulai hear her and "let Su Mingyue go."

Leng Yulai looked at Na'er with a smile. "What a pretty and clever child."

"Call me Big Sister." A pleased curve lifted her alluring lips as she raised the hand she had intertwined with Su Mingyue's.

"..." Na'er didn't say anything, only stared blankly at Su Mingyue.

Leng Yulai, honestly. It seems she also remembers that experience.

The Plane Spirit, which had been lurking for a while, suddenly popped up.

...Leng Yulai? Mom, you know her? The Plane Spirit's words quickly brought Na'er out of her daze.

She lowered her pretty eyes without thinking, then asked, somewhat perplexed,

Those two sisters should be very, very important to Ming Yue, right?

At the end of those memories, Leng Yaozhu had taken her own life where Ming Yue had vanished, and Leng Yulai had followed right after. The Plane Spirit replied with a sigh.

Sisters... Na'er seized on the keyword in the Plane Spirit's words and suddenly remembered what she had just "seen."

"Na'er, Na'er, are you dizzy again?" Just as Na'er's thoughts began to wander further and further,

Su Mingyue's sudden voice drew her back. She raised her eyes and saw him standing in front of her, looking confused and worried.

"Big brother..." she murmured, then instinctively threw her arms around Su Mingyue. "I'm not dizzy. Na'er is just... just a little scared!"

"Scared?" He immediately put his arms around her, quickly realizing what was going on.

He glanced sideways at Yulai, who had her arms crossed and was watching him and Na'er with interest.

"Big brother's here." He rubbed her little head, then led her over to Leng Yulai. "Come, Na'er. Let me introduce you."

"This is Big Sister Yulai. She's a very important big sister to me. You can call her Big Sister too."

His voice gentle, Su Mingyue kept stroking her silky white hair.

"Looks like I'll have to take back what I said about you being clever."

After giving Su Mingyue a knowing look, Leng Yulai smiled faintly at Na'er.

Sisters! Na'er silently repeated the word to herself. Not wanting to disappoint Su Mingyue, she soon murmured, "Big Sister."

"Good girl~" Su Mingyue praised her, mentally giving Na'er a thumbs-up for being so obedient, then continued,

"You came at lunchtime, so why don't you join us for lunch, Big Sister Yulai?"

"Hm-hm—" Leng Yulai raised her lovely brows, her expression unreadable. After glancing at Na'er, who was nestled in Su Mingyue's arms, she headed for the dining table first.

The three of them finished their somewhat awkward lunch in silence.

Seeing Na'er return to her room upstairs on her own as soon as she had finished eating, Su Mingyue couldn't help sighing.

"It seems the return of those memories has had quite an impact on her."

Feeling Leng Yulai's unwavering gaze as he spoke, Su Mingyue quickly changed the subject.

"But speaking of which, judging by your aura, Big Sister Yulai, have you and Big Sister Yaozhu both become vice masters of the Spirit Pagoda?"

He quickly put together a story, leaving the Simulator out of it, and smiled confidently.

After all, when Martial Soul Awakening brought back memories of an extraordinary life as well, that was obviously the only reasonable explanation!

"Vice master?" Leng Yulai got up and sat beside Su Mingyue, then sighed. "My big sister is already level 99, and she became a vice master of the Spirit Pagoda."

"As for me, I just broke through to level 98." She took his hand again, then suddenly pulled Su Mingyue in front of her.

Watching him with a serious, intent expression, Leng Yulai spoke softly. "A-Yue, do you remember the organization called the Holy Spirit Cult?"

"The Holy Spirit Cult? Oh, the Evil Soul Master sect we wiped out so easily?"

Seeing her expression, he had already guessed what she was about to say, but Su Mingyue still went along with her.

"Yes and no." After a thoughtful pause, Leng Yulai began explaining how the Holy Spirit Cult in this world was structured, comparing it with the one from her memories and describing how they differed.

"So, because of a little misunderstanding with Big Sister Yaozhu, you left home and joined this cult that's so different from the one in your memories, and even rose all the way to become one of the Four Heavenly Kings of darkness?"

Summarizing what she had told him, Su Mingyue immediately spotted the Simulator's key point. He looked at her in feigned astonishment.

"...Yes, that's right." She took a deep breath and nodded, then gripped Su Mingyue's shoulders tighter, her face full of worry.

"From the time I joined them until I rose to become one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Darkness, my hands have been stained red with the sins I've committed and all the people I've killed."

"Someone like me... someone like me, Big Sister Yulai... A-Yue, will you still..."

He leaned in and kissed her, silencing the rest of her question. After a long, lingering kiss, Su Mingyue smiled gently.

"I know this might make me seem cold-blooded and twisted, but I don't mind, Big Sister Yulai."

"No matter what you become, as long as you're still my Big Sister Yulai, I'll support you."

He had always had a flexible moral compass. Besides, the Soul Masters and humans of Douluo 3 were, fundamentally, practically a different species from Su Mingyue.

So unless they were people or Soul Beasts he cared about, even if everyone else fought tooth and nail right in front of him, he'd just grab some melon seeds and watch the show.

"A-Yue! I knew it, I knew you were still the same A-Yue!"

Under Su Mingyue's gentle expression and words, her anxiety and worry turned to excitement. Leng Yulai could barely contain herself as she pounced on him, pinning him to the sofa.

"Heh-heh-heh, A-Yue, my A-Yue~ Hee-hee-hee, Big Sister's so happy. A-Yue, A-Yue, A-Yue~!"

Her alluring, dewy eyes seemed to sparkle with two bouncing red hearts as Leng Yulai revealed the mango she had prepared earlier.

"Good boy, sweet A-Yue. Big Sister's got the freshest mango for you~! Come on, open wide. Ah~"