As Ning Rongrong recalled her childhood, her lips curved into a sweet smile:
"Not at all. Husband-Brother is actually someone with a cold face but a warm heart."
As Ning Rongrong spoke, even the corners of her eyes filled with smiles, and the sunlight seemed to linger on her a little longer.
"When I was little, I was spoiled and willful. I'd even throw a tantrum at Dad if I wanted the stars in the sky. All the servants in the courtyard were afraid of me."
"But Husband-Brother never found me annoying. Whatever I wanted, as long as it could be found, he would find it for me!"
Her fingers tapped lightly against the armrest of the lounge chair, her voice full of nostalgia:
"Back then, I hated cultivating most of all. My Heart Separation Control for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was a complete mess. Dad got so angry that he punished me by making me copy out the cultivation method, and I hid behind the rockery to cry."
"Husband-Brother found me and didn't say a single harsh word. He just crouched there and kept me company."
"He taught me little by little how to focus and how to use Heart Separation Control. He even secretly taught me the little tricks he'd figured out himself."
"If Husband-Brother hadn't stayed with me and taught me to cultivate, how could I have broken through to Soul Elder so early?"
Xiao Wu leaned closer, lightly nudging Ning Rongrong's shoulder with her elbow as she waggled her eyebrows:
"Looks like you haven't been calling him 'Husband-Brother' for nothing. He really is a wife-protecting fanatic! Does that mean you two are going to stay together forever?"
"Xiao Wu!"
Embarrassed by Xiao Wu's words, Ning Rongrong reached out to tickle her.
"Of course I'm