After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Jian Ruonan held her apple and ate with single-minded devotion.
Jian Chuyun had only received a small, green fruit and ground her teeth in fury.
Jian Chuxue glanced at the fruit without even reaching for it.
She used to eat apples like these every day-Red Fuji, Australian Granny Smith... she had long since grown sick of them. A little fruit like this meant nothing to her.
She gazed at Min with heartfelt sincerity, but Min kept all her attention on Jian Ruonan, never once looking away.
Jian Chuxue angrily pinched her fingers together.
Min used to care about her the most. Now all her attention was on Jian Ruonan.
And it wasn't just Min. Jian Xilu and Teng kept crowding around Jian Ruonan too.
Throwing away a pearl to pick up a fish eye-you'll all regret it!
Old Madam Shi pursed her lips and asked disapprovingly, "Why did you linger outside for so long?"
Still eating her apple, Jian Ruonan said in a conspiratorial tone, "Grandmother, the Daoists here are all swindlers!"
Old Madam Shi scolded her. "What nonsense are you spouting?! Be careful you don't offend the immortals!"
Seeing his fifth sister being scolded, Teng immediately pouted and fought back. "It's true! If you don't believe us, Grandmother, you can send someone outside to ask. They're arguing up a storm out there."
"That Daoist Zhang castrated a big black dog to practice his blade skills. The dog has come to curse him every day for five whole years! That young Daoist tricked everyone by saying the black dog had been a bandit in its previous life, and Daoist Zhang had been a general who wiped out bandits. But Daoist Zhang is actually a eunuch! He castrated the dog, then castrated himself. The black