"Big Sister Qian, would you like to join this big family?"
Xue Ke held Qian Renxue's hands in both of hers. Her tone was natural, without the slightest hint of a joke.
In fact, she had another little thought in mind.
Monogamy, after all...
If Qian Renxue joined them, it would happen to fulfill the budding, innocent affection she had quietly developed for "Xue Qinghe" when she was younger...
Looking at Qian Renxue's familiar, breathtakingly beautiful face, Xue Ke's ears reddened slightly, and her heart skipped a beat.
It's fine. As long as I don't say it, with Big Sister Qian's intelligence, she definitely won't realize I secretly like her!
Xue Ke pressed down the corners of her mouth, holding back her expression as she put on a serious face.
Qian Renxue, sitting across from her, was a little dumbfounded, her eyes full of disbelief.
Me... me?
"Th-this... I don't know either..."
Qian Renxue sighed softly, unsure of what to say.
She carried Spirit Hall's mission on her shoulders, her grandfather's expectations, and the Qian Family's future...
She had never considered love or romance.
Those girlish heart-fluttering feelings and beautiful fantasies about love were things Qian Renxue had already outgrown.
Seeing Qian Renxue's hesitant expression, a complicated emotion flashed through Xue Ke's eyes, but she did not press the matter further.
In fact, there was something else she had not said aloud.
Another reason she hoped Qian Renxue would join them was that she feared Qian Renxue would embark on a path of opposing Brother Mo Yu...
Xue Ke's thoughts quietly returned to that night, when Qin Moyu had told her that, ten thousand years later, the Heaven Dou Empire would split into the Dou Ling Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire.
Pretending not to see the future was merely