The next morning, the sky over Mingdu gradually brightened.
The esteemed Meng-xiaojie led Huo Yuhao, whom the students all mistook for a pretty boy, into a luxurious private room at the Sun Moon auction house.
This auction house was called the Bright Moon Auction House. Located near the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, it had a long history and could be considered an old-established auction house.
The Bright Moon Auction House was specifically opened for Sun Moon students. Only students and teachers were allowed to attend; unaffiliated Soul Engineers from society were prohibited from entering.
"Huh? Strange... Xiao always gets up early and has breakfast with us. Why haven't we seen him today?"
"Hey, Yuhao, didn't you rest well last night? Your collar is all crooked."
Meng Hongchen had been wondering why she had not seen her conspicuous brother all morning when she suddenly noticed Huo Yuhao's crooked collar.
She walked over, pinched Huo Yuhao's collar, and straightened it for him.
"Ah, don't mention it, Meng-jiejie."
Huo Yuhao waved a hand and said with a helpless laugh, "After I took you back to your room last night, Brother Xiao insisted that I draw him a Pure Love Version comic. He even wanted physical copies so he could keep them after reading."
"I wanted to make an excuse and refuse, but Brother Xiao stuffed a pile of pills into my hands and actually started invoking our bond."
"He told me, 'Yuhao, as my sister's boyfriend, you wouldn't refuse to fulfill even this little wish of your future brother-in-law, would you...'"
Huo Yuhao let out a long sigh as he spoke.
He had not expected Xiao Hongchen, who put protecting his family's precious cabbage above all else, to voluntarily use the identity of brother-in-law—and say it so openly.
"Pfft~" Meng Hongchen