If anyone asked what Ning Xiang had been thinking at the time-
[First, eliminate the wrong answer. I used to bully the little black lotus so much that he definitely couldn't like me. That leaves only one possibility...]
[Gasp... isn't the little black lotus being far too greedy? I treat him as my junior brother, and he's coveting everything I own?]
Ning Xiang clutched her Spirit Bracelet, terrified that Yu Tingchao might reach out and snatch it.
Yu Tingchao seriously wondered how the Demon King had managed to win his senior sister over.
"Senior Sister, on my birthday, you said you would make it up to me with a gift. Does that promise still stand?"
"Yes, yes!" Ning Xiang hurriedly agreed.
"The Lower Primordial Festival is in a few days. According to our Eastern Sea customs, we make offerings to the Water Official Great Emperor during the festival, praying for fewer storms, tidal disasters, and the like in the coming year, and for fishermen and boatmen to be blessed with safe voyages. In previous years, my parents climbed Broad Marsh Tower to make the offerings to the Water Official Great Emperor. This year, my father entrusted this important task to me."
"So, Senior Sister, would you be willing to climb Broad Marsh Tower with me?"
Though Ning Xiang knew little about the Eastern Sea's customs, she hardly needed to think to realize that anyone accompanying its young lord to the ceremony must hold a very special position.
Ning Xiang was just about to refuse when Yu Tingchao cut off that thought with his next words.
"Senior Sister, are you really going to reject me a second time?"
What else could Ning Xiang say? She could only agree.
She followed the young boy as he inspected the sea's defenses. The sea