"Oh, oh! Your Eldest Brother just got too excited for a moment and accidentally used too much force."
Jiang Yunzhou quickly let go, then scratched his head and gave Chu Youning a sheepish grin.
At the same time, Jiang He simply took off the bamboo hat sitting crookedly on Chu Youning's head.
"The wind and sand on Xiguan Mountain may be fierce, but surely they couldn't..."
Jiang He stopped halfway through his sentence. Seeing their little sister's tears streaming down as though her life depended on it, both brothers froze.
Their sister hadn't cried even after suffering so much in the Capital, yet now she was crying like this. Jiang He's heart instantly ached for her, and his killing intent burst out.
"N-Ningning, why are you crying so hard? Did someone bully you on the way? Tell your Second Brother who they were, and I'll slaughter them for you!"
"S-Second Brother, no one bullied me. Sob..."
Already fed up with wiping her tears, Chu Youning grabbed her handkerchief and roughly scrubbed it over the corners of her eyes and her entire face.
It's just a side effect of using Qinggong for too long. Stay calm, stay calm.
Most of Jiang He's killing intent instantly dissipated.
Beside him, Jiang Yunzhou panicked even more at the sight. "Could it be... that I hurt you when I hugged you just now? Ningning, it's my fault. I just missed you so much that I couldn't control my strength. Y-you, please don't cry."
As he spoke, Jiang Yunzhou saw fresh tears spilling from the corners of Chu Youning's eyes. He fished a handkerchief out of his robes and began wiping her face, at a complete loss.
"E-Eldest Brother, I'm fine. It's just... I haven't seen you in so long that I can't control my widdle