Xing Tie: After the simulation, they all wanted to lock me up in a dark room.

At fifteen, your daily routine remains unchanged: slaying bountiful creatures on the Bountiful Battlefield, teaching Jingliu swordsmanship, and Jingliu occasionally inviting you to practice together.

[At sixteen, in this year, your swordsmanship completely surpassed your master's, so she relinquished the title of Sword Master of Luofu and announced that you were the new Sword Master of Luofu. Your height is now exactly the same as Jingliu's.]

[On this day, you taught Jingliu swordsmanship as usual, until it ended after Jingliu took more than a dozen bullet hits.]

After training, Jingliu suggested going out together, and you immediately agreed.

Lanterns, one after another, are strung together in the sky like a long dragon, illuminating the dark Jinren Lane as if it were daytime.

"Junior brother, this is delicious! Try it, it's sweet but not cloying."

"And this, and this..."

Chen Yue's hands were full of snacks that Jing Liu had bought for her. Despite her aloof appearance, she acted like a lively little girl in front of him.

Jing Liu blushed slightly as she watched Chen Yue accept her food again and again and walk alongside her.

Strictly speaking, they should be considered on a date today.

Before, when Chen Yue was out shopping, she was often mistaken for an older sister playing with her younger brother because she wasn't tall enough. This time, the way people looked at her changed.

However, it seems that her junior brother now understands what she meant by deceiving him about being a child groom.

Thinking of this, Jingliu couldn't help but feel a strange emotion.

I crept a little closer, but the junior brother didn't react. So I crept a little closer...

Seeing that his junior brother didn't react and instead focused on finishing the snacks in his hand, Jing Liu couldn't help but feel secretly pleased.

As expected, my junior brother didn't care that I had lied to him about being my childhood sweetheart, and then he looked down on me.

Furthermore, according to the description in that single author's romance novel, if there's still no reaction between the two people at this distance, then the other person must trust you quite a bit.

Furthermore, if the other person is a mature member of the opposite sex, there may be a certain degree of attraction.

Could it be that, Junior Brother...

My junior brother didn't avoid me, he must like me! Hmm... he must like me.

When Chen Yue turned her head, she saw Jing Liu grinning foolishly.

Chen Yue: "?"

"Junior sister, what are you laughing at?"

Upon hearing Chen Yue's voice, Jing Liu immediately stopped his wild thoughts.

"I just thought of something happy."

"What's making you so happy?" Chen Yue asked, puzzled.

"Of course, I'll go shopping with my junior brother!"

A couple walked towards them, chatting and laughing intimately. Jingliu's gaze involuntarily fell on the girl holding her boyfriend's arm.

In her mind, she couldn't help but imagine herself looking like a little bird clinging to her junior brother's arm.

Her heart started pounding uncontrollably.

"Hey, young lady, would you like to try my divination? It's incredibly accurate for all kinds of relationships, whether it's family, love, or friendship. After the test, I'll also give you some small gifts to strengthen your bond."

Jingliu heard the voice of a stall owner soliciting customers and instinctively looked over.

The owner was a middle-aged man dressed in Taoist robes, and the table was covered with divination tools.

The couple from before were clearly interested, as they looked toward the location of the stall.

Jing Liu snapped out of his daze and found Chen Yue already at the other side of the food stall, intently watching the owner stir-fry noodles.

Jingliu hesitated for a moment, then quickly walked over to the middle-aged man dressed as a Taoist priest.

"Boss, could you please do a divination for me regarding my marriage?"

……

After Chen Yue saw the boss finish making the fried noodles, she noticed that Jing Liu wasn't there. She quickly turned around and saw Jing Liu with his head down, his face slightly flushed, holding a red string in his hand.

"Junior sister, where have you been?"

"Junior brother, I just saw something I liked and couldn't resist buying it." Jing Liu held up the red string and showed it to Chen Yue.

He then bent down, tied the red rope to his right hand, and tied the other end to Chen Yue's other hand.

"Does Junior Brother like this?" Jing Liu's face flushed slightly as he lowered his head.

Although Chen Yue didn't understand what this meant, she still nodded, "I like everything my junior sister gives me."

Upon hearing this, Jingliu's lips visibly curled up, and he then took out a silver-blue object that resembled a lock.

"This is a love lock, which I just bought. I hope you like it, junior brother."

Jingliu looked at the mark he had just carved on the keyhole: "I love Chen Yue".

At the same time, she also remembered the boss's words when introducing the love lock: "Lock in her heart."

Chen Yue smiled and accepted the lock that Jing Liu had given her.

"Thank you, junior sister. I really like this gift too."

The noodle shop owner next to them looked at the young couple with a maternal smile. Although he had accidentally misunderstood Chen Yue's gender earlier, after learning her gender, he understood what it meant when he saw this woman.

So he decided to give the young couple a push.

"The girl's love lock is the same as the one I gave my wife. This love lock is shaped like a heart, and the bird on it should be the legendary lovebird, representing flying together as a pair of lovebirds. The auspicious clouds underfoot, as for the round beads hanging below, represent having a son soon."

Upon hearing the news of "May you have a son soon," Jingliu's face flushed red, down to her ears. She took Chen Yue's hand and quickly sat down at the other table.

"Little...Little Senior Brother, please don't take what the boss said seriously. I...I actually...don't know the meaning of this lock. If you don't like it, you can throw it away." Jing Liu lowered his head and spoke incoherently.

"I've said it before, I like everything my junior sister gives me." Chen Yue carefully put the love lock into her pocket.

Seeing Chen Yue's actions, Jing Liu couldn't help but feel secretly pleased. "My junior brother accepted my love lock; he must like me."

What should we name our child then?

……

"However, our hands are tied with red ropes, how are we supposed to eat like this..." Chen Yue said somewhat awkwardly.

Each of them held a red string in their other hand, and if they ate noodles, the red string would easily get dirty.

"What should we do then, Junior Brother? Should we untie the rope?" In truth, Jingliu was reluctant to untie the rope.

Then Jingliu saw Chen Yue pick up a mouthful of fragrant fried noodles with her chopsticks, gently blow on it, and then hold it to Jingliu's mouth.

Upon seeing this, Jingliu's little heart started pounding again, much to his dismay.

"Junior sister, open your mouth."

"oh oh……"

Jingliu immediately opened his mouth and put the chopsticks and noodles in front of him into his mouth.

The more she ate, the more her heart pounded.

"Did I... indirectly kiss my junior brother??"

"This is... amazing!"