"My third sister was strictly disciplined by our father from childhood. He valued her greatly; in my parents' eyes, she was his future."
"Under that harsh upbringing, Third Sister gradually became suspicious of everything. She had to suspect every living being she came across."
"But don't worry. With me looking out for you, she won't do anything to you. She'll still give me some face."
Du Shuangshuang patted Ye Lin on the shoulder in consolation.
Ye Lin merely nodded lightly and said nothing further.
"You know, ever since I was little, I've always been lonely. No one ever played with me. My sisters and brothers seemed to dote on me, but I could feel the estrangement rooted deep in their bones."
"It was as if... as if I had no blood relation to them at all."
Du Shuangshuang walked ahead with her hands behind her back, speaking softly.
Ye Lin followed behind her and listened quietly. In the gaps between her words, his eyes continually swept over their surroundings, as though he wanted to commit every inch of the terrain to memory.
And Ye Lin truly was memorizing the surrounding terrain.
He wanted to map out the entirety of the Heavenly Court.
"Oh, right. The reward for first place this time is the chance to view the Wordless Heavenly Book. Do you want to see it?"
"If you're interested, I can take you there."
Du Shuangshuang suddenly turned around to look at Ye Lin.
"Sure. Let's take a look."
Ye Lin nodded lightly. The Wordless Heavenly Book—just hearing the name made it sound mysterious and grand.
Since there was nothing else to do anyway, he might as well go have a look.
To him, this was merely a spacetime projection. He could not take anything within this spacetime projection away