Family Banquet (2)

Chu Xuan gently set down her wine cup, her fingertips still stained with a little wine, and spoke softly. "I'd choose Second Senior Brother... or Eldest Senior Brother. Second Senior Brother reacts quickly, and Eldest Senior Brother's cultivation is high. With him around, I always feel especially safe."

She spoke earnestly, her gaze clear. It was not to ease the atmosphere, but simply the truth. Less than a year had passed since the kidnapping. She could not possibly have forgotten so quickly the sense of security she had felt when Chu Shihan appeared before her.

Chu Shihan abruptly raised his head. His previously drooping brows instantly lifted, and his eyes lit up like sparks kindling in the dark of night. His fingers quietly stopped picking at his wine cup.

"I choose Eldest Senior Brother too!" Lin Mumu immediately echoed, raising her chopsticks. Her voice rang as brightly as a bronze bell hanging beneath the eaves. "Eldest Senior Brother is the only one among us in the Nascent Soul Realm! He's the strongest!"

Song Zhiyi also put down his teacup and softly echoed, "Eldest Senior Brother."

Chu Shihan sat where he was, as though a warm breeze had swept through his heart, and quietly let out a breath of relief. He lifted his wine cup and took another sip of green plum wine. Its sharpness mingled with a touch of sweet sourness, making it go down far more smoothly than before.

His face still revealed little emotion, but the warmth in his eyes could not be hidden as it quietly reached his brows—They really are my good junior brothers and sisters.

Everyone had more or less given their answers, but Zhou Wan alone had not spoken. Chu Xuan asked curiously, "Fourth Senior Sister, why haven't you said anything? Could it be