As they traveled, Huo Hai would chat with Jin Sheng whenever things grew dull. For more sensitive topics, the two communicated through voice transmission. They both knew that although Chi Lian'er appeared not to be looking their way, she was actually listening in all along.
Gradually, Huo Hai came to understand the relationship between the two. Since their two Lineages had always been on excellent terms, they often arranged marriages between their children. Though, strictly speaking, it could not really be called an arranged marriage—more like getting the moon first from a tower near the water.
Jin Sheng and Chi Lian'er were one such case. Ever since they were young, the heads of their two Lineages had been close friends, so they had their children play together. That way, once they grew up, it would be easy for them to come together. Who could have expected that the two would become too close? Having grown up together, their feelings had naturally been nurtured. Yet in Jin Sheng's eyes, Chi Lian'er had always been more like a younger sister.
Although the two had been bound by a marriage agreement since childhood, Jin Sheng still could not accept it. Because of Jin Sheng's reluctance, their wedding had been delayed again and again, until Chi Lian'er had become the way she was whenever she faced him.
When Jin Sheng was not around, Chi Lian'er behaved perfectly normally. She was a true young lady of a great Lineage, dignified and graceful, proper in every word and gesture. Faced with such a situation, Huo Hai could only shake his head and sigh.
"Big Brother Huo, I... I really have no choice. I lied when I said I had someone I liked. That person was just a friend I found to help me. If this goes