The two of them were not in sync while practicing swordplay. Dongfang Huaizhu endured her inner reluctance and practiced swordplay with Jin Renfeng for a whole morning.
Dongfang Huaizhu's sword - dancing skills were not outstanding. But in Jin Renfeng's eyes, the fact that she was willing to dance the sword with him was already a pleasant surprise. How could he dare to expect more? The joy on his face could hardly be concealed.
Dongfang Huaizhu stayed with Jin Renfeng the whole day. She helped him deal with the affairs in the mansion, accompanied him to appreciate the flowers and drink wine. She was extremely patient.
In the evening, the two were sitting at the stone table in the garden, drinking wine.
"Junior sister." Jin Renfeng poured himself a cup of wine and raised it.
"I don't know why junior sister changed her mind today, but I'm very happy. I hope I can be with junior sister for a long time in the future." Jin Renfeng's eyes and eyebrows were filled with joy. He looked a bit silly, and his red hair seemed especially well - behaved at this moment.
"I just happened to be free today and came to see senior brother."
"Moreover, I've noticed that senior brother has been preoccupied recently. Since I can't do much for you, I can only come and accompany you to drink tea, appreciate the flowers and relieve boredom." As Dongfang Huaizhu spoke, she avoided looking into Jin Renfeng's eyes. She really couldn't do it when it came to a person she didn't like. Her fingers rubbed the edge of the wine cup.
Jin Renfeng's look at Dongfang Huaizhu became even more intense.
Could it be... that junior sister has fallen in love with me?
This thought popped into Jin Renfeng's mind. The more he thought about it, the more he believed that everything Dongfang Huaizhu did was because she liked him. He laughed out loud in his heart.
"Junior sister, I, Jin Renfeng, am absolutely sincere to you. No one else can make me feel this way." Jin Renfeng expressed his feelings to Dongfang Huaizhu.
Dongfang Huaizhu didn't want to continue this topic. She picked up her wine cup, clinked it with his, and drank it in one gulp. "Senior brother, just do your own things well and practice hard. Senior brother is so excellent. With more practice, you will surely be invincible. Don't think too much." Dongfang Huaizhu wanted to guide him to be down - to - earth.
"As long as it's what junior sister said, senior brother will keep it in mind." With that, he patted his chest.
It was very late when the two returned from drinking. Jin Renfeng insisted on sending her back to her room. Dongfang Huaizhu couldn't decline, so she let him accompany her to her courtyard.
Seeing that her elder sister hadn't come back so late, Dongfang Qinlan had been looking out in the courtyard early. As a result, she saw her elder sister and Jin Renfeng coming back together. And her elder sister didn't seem impatient as usual?
Didn't she hate Jin Renfeng very much? What was going on? Dongfang Qinlan was suspicious.
"Elder sister, why did you come back so late?" Dongfang Qinlan couldn't bear to see Dongfang Huaizhu with Jin Renfeng. She ran up and interrupted, forcing herself between them.
"What's up? Elder sister went to appreciate the flowers with senior brother today." Dongfang Huaizhu bent down slightly and spoke softly.
"Okay, elder sister should go back to bed. Senior brother, you should go back too." Dongfang Qinlan said as she pulled Dongfang Huaizhu's hand and walked towards the room, leaving Jin Renfeng with only a back view.
A look of displeasure flashed across Jin Renfeng's eyes, and he turned around and went back to his room.
Dongfang Huaizhu had never been so grateful for her younger sister's straightforwardness. She just felt uncomfortable staying with Jin Renfeng.
She had a dreamless night.
Early the next morning, Dongfang Huaizhu got up early to wash up. While having breakfast with Dongfang Qinlan, they suddenly heard a "bang", like an explosion. The two quickly ran towards the source of the sound.
When they reached the kitchen, they saw Jin Renfeng coming out with a black - sooted face. He was holding a spatula, and his red hair was also slightly blackened. His appearance at this moment was extremely comical.
Dongfang Qinlan was struggling hard not to laugh, while Dongfang Huaizhu remained calm. "Senior brother, what happened?" She glanced behind him.
Jin Renfeng quickly blocked the door and scratched his head with the hand holding the spatula. He smiled awkwardly. "It's nothing serious. I got up early today and wanted to make soup for junior sister. But I didn't expect that nothing in the kitchen would listen to me. So it turned out like this..."
Dongfang Huaizhu rubbed her forehead, helpless about his eagerness. "Senior brother, you don't have to do this. If you can't make soup, don't. I can do it myself."
She still had to make it clear to Jin Renfeng that she didn't like him and never would in the future. Dongfang Huaizhu thought to herself that she had to find an opportunity to clarify this.
Dongfang Qinlan was extremely shocked to see the two of them. "Elder sister, come here." After saying that, she pulled Dongfang Huaizhu to the end of the corridor without hesitation and hid in a corner.
"Elder sister, are you going to fall in love with senior brother?" Dongfang Qinlan was anxious and worried. It was as if Jin Renfeng was some kind of fierce beast.
"What about Lord Wangquan? He is obviously more excellent than Jin Renfeng. What's so good about Jin Renfeng?" Dongfang Qinlan kept talking. She was extremely afraid that Dongfang Huaizhu would fall in love with Jin Renfeng.
"Moreover, elder sister, Jin Renfeng is not as good - looking as Lord Wangquan, nor as kind. Last time when you were drunk, it was Lord Wangquan who took care of you all the time."
"Secondly, Jin Renfeng's ability is not as good as Lord Wangquan's. Lord Wangquan is the youngest and most outstanding swordsman. Countless women are vying for his attention. And I think Jin Renfeng is very petty." Dongfang Qinlan listed a bunch of Jin Renfeng's shortcomings to persuade her elder sister not to fall in love with him.
"Anyway, elder sister, if you don't like Lord Wangquan, don't like Jin Renfeng either!" The little girl pleaded earnestly.
Dongfang Huaizhu rubbed her forehead helplessly. "Qinlan, well, I don't like senior brother. I just want to get senior brother on the right track." She was both amused and helpless.
"I'm afraid of what he might do in the future, so I want to guide him before that and prevent him from going astray. After all, that's an outcome none of us would like to see." Dongfang Huaizhu shivered at the thought of the evil deeds Jin Renfeng would do in the future.
"And I will find an opportunity to make it clear to him. I don't like him now, and I will never like him in the future. I'm also afraid that he will keep misunderstanding like this."
"I knew it. Elder sister has such good taste. How could you give up Lord Wangquan and fall in love with Jin Renfeng? He's not a good match." Dongfang Qinlan spoke rationally.
Dongfang Huaizhu laughed. "I didn't expect that although our Qinlan is young, her tongue is quite sharp."
"This is obvious to everyone! Elder sister is teasing me again! Humph!" Dongfang Qinlan stamped her foot and pouted, pretending to be unhappy.
"Fine, it's all good." Hidden where the two of them couldn't see, Jin Renfeng, who had heard everything, clenched his fists tightly. His teeth were grinding, his red hair stood on end, and his eyes seemed to be spitting fire. He thought that Dongfang Huaizhu didn't like him because of that kid Wangquan Baye, and thus began to resent him. He regarded Wangquan Baye as his archenemy.
It was Wangquan Baye again! Why was it always him? He was always going against him! He was so annoying!
Jin Renfeng's ferocious expression was as if if Wangquan Baye were in front of him at this moment, he would pounce on him and tear him to pieces.
If you don't like me, why did you practice swordplay and appreciate the flowers with me, drink wine and chat with me? Why did you give me hope and stay with me the whole day, which was so different from your previous coldness!
Jin Renfeng was filled with indignation and resentment.
"Anyway, no matter what methods or means I use, I must get you! It can only be me who gets you!" Jin Renfeng became even more resentful and swore.