Ye Ling was dead.
The little fish she gave him had also been buried by him in the land of the Eastern Swamp Wilderness.
From then on,
Even in his dreams, there was no longer anyone like her who would call him Little Fish.
"Dongfang, do you admit to what I've said?"
Dongfang Yuxi felt a pang in his eyes.
Tears silently trickled down his face.
"Dongfang, what's wrong with you?"
"Miss, you've gone too far. After all, Dongfang is a guest of our Jun family—"
Dongfang Yuxi raised his hand to stop Jun Xuanmo from continuing.
Everyone turned their gazes towards him.
Then,
In everyone's sight, he knelt down in front of Zhao Shuning.
Zhao Shuning was quick - witted. She helped him up before his knees hit the ground.
By now, Dongfang Yuxi was already in floods of tears.
Zhao Shuning had no idea that Dongfang Yuxi had regarded Ye Ling back then as his only relative in the world.
"Dongfang, you—"
Everyone was greatly shocked.
Could it be that Dongfang had really changed his heart because of a few words from this woman?
"Sister—"
"You don't need to kneel to me. You didn't need to back then, and you don't need to now."
"Okay."
Jun Xuanmo was puzzled. He didn't know why the atmosphere between the two, which had been so tense just a moment ago, had become so harmonious the next.
"Dongfang? What about Miss Zhao?"
"Xuanmo, could you please prepare a flask of weak wine for me? Heat it up and send it to my courtyard."
"This, okay—"
Dongfang Yuxi turned around, bowed respectfully to Zhao Shuning, and then said, "Sister, come with me."
Just like that.
Under everyone's noses.
Dongfang Yuxi did a complete 180 - degree turn in his attitude. The young men of the Jun family almost popped their eyes out.
They didn't look around until Dongfang Yuxi's back disappeared from their sight.
It turned out that what they had witnessed just now was all real.
"Little Nine, your friend is really something."
"She is a bit good - looking, but I remember Dongfang has never been into this type. Moreover, this girl is about to get married."
"How strange. Did you hear that? Just now, Dongfang actually called Miss Zhao sister?"
"Could it be that Dongfang was convinced by the girl's powerful spiritual power?"
Jun Xuanmo glanced at his younger brothers.
They all shook their heads in unison.
Really, it would be a pipe dream to say that someone as stubborn as Dongfang would bow to those in power. Hadn't there been many things happening to Dongfang over the years? How many powerful and wealthy people had come to him, yet he didn't even bother to take a look.
Jun Jiu still had her mouth wide open at this moment.
Oh no, why did she think that Zhao Shuning just now was so cool? For a moment, Jun Jiu even thought that Young Master Feng Zhan couldn't compare to her.
Calm down, Jun Jiu. You must calm down.
The only one you love in this life can only be Young Master Feng.
"Little Nine, what's wrong with you?"
"Ah, I'm fine."
"If you're fine, why didn't you answer Big Brother's question just now?"
"Ah? Big Brother asked me a question? When? I don't know."
The elder brothers all shook their heads.
Then they patted Jun Jiu on the head and walked out of the courtyard gate.
As for Dongfang Yuxi, he took Zhao Shuning to his courtyard. Then he opened his door and invited Zhao Shuning into the room.
The servants and maids outside the courtyard almost dropped their jaws when they saw this.
When Jun Xuanmo sent someone to deliver the food and heard what the guards said, he also thought it was incredible. Wasn't this their first meeting? Why did Dongfang invite her into the room?
He followed the servant into the courtyard.
Seeing this, Dongfang Yuxi walked out of the room and asked Zhao Shuning to come to the courtyard to have tea and eat with him.
Jun Xuanmo now looked just like a maid serving food.
He had a gloomy face.
Seeing this, Zhao Shuning casually asked,
"Lord of the Jun family, you don't seem very happy?"
Hearing this, Dongfang Yuxi asked, "Xuanmo, have you encountered any problems?"
Jun Xuanmo said crossly, "It's nothing."
Zhao Shuning, who had just asked casually, became even more curious when she heard Jun Xuanmo's words.
She quickly asked, "What's going on? Lord of the Jun family wasn't like this before. Are you mad at me for eating your Jun family's food?"
Dongfang Yuxi also asked again, "Xuanmo, if you have something to say, you can just say it."
Jun Xuanmo sat down with a jealous look on his face.
Then he pretended not to care and said, "I didn't want to say this at first. Since you insisted on me speaking, then I'll say it."
Zhao Shuning nodded with a smile.
Dongfang Yuxi listened intently.
"I said, Dongfang, I've known you for at least forty years, right?"
"Yeah, so what?"
"So what? You actually ask me so what? Over the years, although you've only been a guest of our Jun family, have I ever stopped you from doing anything you wanted?"
"Yeah, you haven't."
"No matter what you did, have I always supported you to the best of my ability?"
"Yeah."
"If it's something you don't like, have I ever forced you?"
"Yeah."
So?
After that, Jun Xuanmo fell silent. Seeing that Dongfang Yuxi still showed no reaction, he angrily took out a wine cup from his pocket, poured himself a glass of wine, and drank it in one gulp.
Dongfang Yuxi looked at Jun Xuanmo in confusion, not knowing what he meant.
Jun Xuanmo said crossly, "Why are you looking at me like that? I brought my own wine cup this time. You don't need to prepare one for me."
"Dongfang, what's wrong with Lord of the Jun family? Did you provoke him?" Zhao Shuning winked at Dongfang Yuxi while looking at Jun Xuanmo amusingly.
Dongfang had a stubborn personality.
He didn't understand why Jun Xuanmo suddenly got angry.
"Xuanmo, what on earth is wrong with you?"
Zhao Shuning guessed, "Lord of the Jun family, do you have feelings for Little Fish?"
"You're talking nonsense!"
Hearing this, Jun Xuanmo immediately stood up, looking very excited.
Seeing that she had achieved her goal,
Zhao Shuning quickly coaxed him, "Come on, tell me why you're suddenly so angry. Otherwise, it's really easy to make people misunderstand."
Jun Xuanmo glanced at Dongfang.
Then he looked at Zhao Shuning.
He muttered, "I just thought that as Dongfang's friend for so many years, I always believed I was the one who understood him best. But before you came, I rarely saw him so excited or so happy. You don't know. I always boasted that I was Dongfang's best friend, but I've only been into his room a handful of times. But as soon as you came, he took you into his room. This makes me feel that Dongfang has never regarded me as a friend."
So it was brotherly affection. It was understandable.
Who said that only women could be petty and jealous? Men could also have such thoughts.
"Xuanmo, she's different."