"Keep your voice down! Have you forgotten what happened with the Sun Family's eldest daughter last time?"
Ning Mu covered Zhao Da's mouth with her hand, then quietly reminded him from beside him.
"Uh, right, right... but this is the Sinew Transformation Realm! I never thought you'd really pull it off, little brother!"
Although Ning Mu's interruption had dampened Zhao Da's emotions somewhat, the excitement and exhilaration in his eyes as he stared at Zhao Er remained impossible to hide.
"Don't worry. My situation is a little different from Sun Yuanying's. Even if word gets out that I've broken through to the Sinew Transformation Realm, it won't cause much of a stir."
Zhao Er chuckled at their reactions.
"All right, get back to what you were doing. I won't wait around here either. I still have something to take care of!"
With that, Zhao Er walked out first, without waiting for his brother and sister-in-law's reactions.
"Mumu, now that my little brother has broken through to the Sinew Transformation Realm, doesn't that mean he has a shot at placing in the top three in the Grand Exam?"
Watching Zhao Er leave, Zhao Da still found it hard to believe.
It wasn't that he doubted his younger brother. Rather, he had suddenly realized that his brother seemed to be following the script of his dreams, accomplishing everything he had dreamed of doing, one thing after another.
"It's true..."
Ning Mu slipped her arm around Zhao Da's wrist, likewise watching Zhao Er's retreating figure.
She felt somewhat fortunate now—fortunate that she hadn't followed the other small lineages in attaching themselves to stronger ones to rise quickly, but had instead chosen a dependable, down-to-earth man to marry.
"What? It hasn't even been the two months you mentioned, and you've already broken through