Are you really trying to cultivate immortality? Something feels off.

Yu Xintang froze at the doorway, only to be met with the sight of the room inside.

The table was bathed in soft light and shadow. The usually aloof Crown Prince was leaning over and embracing his senior brother. The two were so close that their breaths mingled and their lips were almost touching. An ambiguous atmosphere still lingered in the air.

Deathly silence.

three seconds.

The clothes in Yu Xintang's hands fell to the ground with a "thud".

His pupils dilated, his robes embroidered with pale gold thread trembled, and his hair seemed to stand on end as his voice suddenly rose eight octaves: "Ah—!!!"

Xie Weixing snapped out of his daze, his ears ringing from the shout, and his usually alluring peach blossom eyes widened in shock.

If Yu Xintang were in modern times, her voice would at least be that of a top soprano.

Let's debut, Yu Xiaotang.

He straightened up, a hint of a smile still lingering between his cool and aloof brows, as if he wasn't the one whose relationship with his senior brother had been discovered. He simply looked up at the furious Yu Xintang, his composure bordering on excessive.

Shen Chunri, who was outside the door, looked over when she was called, holding a half-eaten peach in her hand: "What's wrong?"

Fu Yao was finally woken up by the noise. She pushed open the door and came out, her eyes still glazed over: "What's all the noise about now? What was that commotion just now? Did they slaughter a pig?"

Yu Xintang strode in, furious, and spun around on the spot, pointing her finger back and forth at the unfazed Tan Suiting and the embarrassed Xie Weixing, exclaiming in shock, "What are you doing?"

Xie Weixing licked his lips: "Will you listen to my explanation?"

"What the hell am I listening to!" Yu Xintang grabbed Xie Weixing's ear. "Didn't I tell you not to corrupt Xiaolong? Didn't I tell you not to mess around?! What are you doing?! You two are having an affair over a piece of clothing?!"

"Ouch!" Xie Weixing's eyebrows twitched involuntarily. "It hurts, it hurts!"

"What? Who made you angry?" Shen Chunri looked bewildered, curiously peeking inside. "Let me be your judge—"

The girl's words suddenly stopped, and she froze on the spot at the door.

She stared blankly at the scene of the two embracing in the bedroom, her round almond-shaped eyes wide open.

"You guys..." Yu Xintang was so angry she felt dizzy and unsteady on her feet. "Fine, fine... No wonder you wanted to live together every day, you were just itching to talk!"

In a short time, Shen Chunri's brain worked at lightning speed. With the help of Yu Xintang's few words, she instantly pieced together the complete cause and effect. Her hand holding the peach trembled violently, and the confusion and astonishment on her face soared. Her small mouth was slightly open and she couldn't close it for a long time. She stood frozen at the door, motionless.

"……what?"

After a long while, Shen Chunri finally managed to squeeze out a soft, bewildered, and dazed exclamation, filled with disbelief.

She felt like she hadn't slept well today, and was feeling dizzy from all the gossip.

Upon hearing Yu Xintang's words, Fu Yao felt as if something in her mind had collapsed.

Finish.

The game is over.

Two people came out, and if you include the family of three Shen Chunri brought back, it would be a miracle if her senior brother didn't kill her.

She stood frozen in place for a long time before slowly coming to her senses. Her voice trembled with utter shock as she stammered, "You...you?"

Xie Weixing's body stiffened again.

Ugh.

Ugh!

He lowered his eyes and sighed.

I feel so helpless, so guilty, so sad.

He didn't even have the confidence to refute it.

This is the consequence of messing with the teenagers of the East Sea Dragon Clan.

"Why don't you two learn anything good, instead you're hiding in your room practicing kissing?" Yu Xintang's brows furrowed so deeply they could trap a mosquito. "What are you trying to do? Are you serious?"

He wasn't joking; he genuinely couldn't accept it.

The two junior brothers who grew up together and treated each other like family got together, secretly became lovers, pledged their lives to each other, and were so deeply in love that it was a bit too much of a shock for him.

The severity is comparable to witnessing incest between brothers born of the same mother.

"No, who corrupted whom?" Fu Yao stepped forward and separated their clasped hands. "Holding hands at a time like this? How about we send you back to Feng Hua Sect to give your master and senior uncles an explanation first? Little Long, how old are you? It's one thing to be smitten like others, but to look for a Daoist partner in your senior brother, aren't you ashamed?"

Listening to the two's back-and-forth accusations, and glancing at Xie Weixing, who looked dazed and probably wanted to jump out of the window to preserve his innocence, Tan Suiting said, "My feelings for my senior brother are not a crime. If you want to punish me, just hand me over to the sect."

"Isn't this a mistake?!" Yu Xintang and Shen Chunri retorted in unison, their expressions serious and agitated.

Is there such a bond stronger than gold?