Chapter 111

Moonlight like white silk, gauze like cicada wings, skin like jade, hair like spilled ink.

Vermilion lips, sword‑shaped eyebrows; a high nose, lacquer‑dark eyes, a slender neck, jade‑white fingers…

In that instant, Shen Qingli had only one thought: this… brother, brother?

In the next instant, she flung the blanket aside and covered her eyes at the sight of the garden bursting with spring!

"What the devil are you doing!" Shen Qingli's eyes darted about.

She didn't even realize it, but her voice sounded a little disordered.

Once panicked, one becomes busy; she instinctively sat up to go get a drink of water.

But as soon as she moved, she was seized—"Wasn't it you, sister, who told me to come?"

"I don't have any! You're talking nonsense! Don't spout nonsense!" Shen Qingli flung his hand away as if it were a hot potato, shaking off Di Jin's grip.

Di Jin refused to release her, saying, "Sister, your face is red."

"I don't have any!" Shen Qingli denied at once, "Let go quickly!"

"Okay, okay, okay." Di Jin went along, "Sister said there isn't, so there isn't. Sister, do I look bad in these clothes?"

"Who told you to dress like that." Shen Qingli relented, "Is that even proper? You…"

Feeling a bit calmer, Shen Qingli turned to scold her brother, only to see him crawling out from the covers.

Shen Qingli threw the blanket back at him in one sweep, but he lay down with the motion, letting her fling onto him and even raising his hand to cup the back of her head…

Their eyes locked!

Shen Qingli was dying of embarrassment!

"What are you doing?"

Shen Kuo showed up, saw it, and asked!

Shen Qingli felt she had never been this embarrassed in two lifetimes.

Yet Di Jin added, "Father? Let's make this official."

Shen Kuo's head throbbed—what does "make it official" even mean? What nonsense!

Shen Qingli scrambled to her feet, "Father, that…"

"Father, you need to leave now, or it'll be inappropriate." Di Jin even urged him out.

Shen Kuo's temples throbbed—"You little brat, do you know what you're doing? Telling me to hurry out? You should just get lost—that's the truth!"

"Father." Di Jin said helplessly, "You yourself said I'm a childhood fiancé, and I'm still on their turf—why are you causing a scene?"

"Sit down! This needs to be properly discussed!" Shen Kuo moved to grab his eldest son.

Di Jin, meanwhile, simply wrapped himself in the blanket and slipped behind Shen Qingli, even embracing her slender waist, saying, "No, I just want to be your sister's childhood fiancé."

The sudden warmth pressing against her made Shen Qingli's whole body stiffen!

Shen Kuo was already about to come up and strike someone!

"Father, father!"

Shen Qingli raised her hand to stop him, only to feel her head throb as well.

What on earth is all this…

"A Jin, first let go."

"No, I'm not leaving."

"You little rascal!"

Shen Kuo had even drawn his sword!

"What's going on?"

Shen Qinghuang came upon hearing the commotion.

Nine Li, who had long since rolled silently to the bed's corner to play dead, now dared to open his eyes and peek.

"Don't come in!"

The father and daughter shouted in unison to stop Shen Qinghuang, leaving him outside even more curious.

"You, come out with me!"

Shen Kuo pointed at Di Jin, his face turning even whiter with anger.

"Sister~"

Di Jin rested his chin directly on Shen Qingli's shoulder.

Shen Qingli slightly turned her head aside, the steady warmth spreading from her back leaving her at a loss.

"You, quickly let go and go out with Father."

"Letting go is fine, but not going out—you're the one who called me here."

Shen Kuo stared, "A Li…"

"I didn't—" Shen Qingli, about to deny, suddenly recalled what Di Jin had said that evening.

She had to swallow the word "yes," rubbing her forehead as she said, "And I didn't let you come dressed like this either."

"My older brother made me wear this." Di Jin blurted out.

Outside the door, the listening Shen Qinghuang also admitted, "Ah right, it was me who gave it."

Shen Kuo: ……

Shen Qingli:?

"Or should I come in?"

Shen Qinghuang was genuinely curious about what was going on in here.

If he's not a childhood fiancé, wanting to please A Li isn't a problem, right?

Aren't male consorts usually like this? Could it be that the gauze is of poor quality?

"Don't bother!" Shen Qingli refused to let another person come in and cause trouble.

She finally understood; it was actually her older brother playing tricks, and Ah Jin still didn't understand anything.

"Dad, you go out first too." Shen Qingli again urged him to leave.

Shen Kuo balked; how could it be him leaving? The one who should leave is this little rascal!

However, Shen Qingli gave him another look; what could he do?

He could only take off his outer robe and throw it in front of Di Jin, "Put it on!"

"Dad, go out first." Di Jin also demanded.

"Do you still know you can't be seen?"

"Can't see anyone except my sister."

"..." Shen Kuo was about to explode with anger; what the heck kind of thing has he raised!

Shen Qingli also had a splitting headache; she could only keep waving her hand for Shen Kuo to leave first, or else she'd be hugged so tight she couldn't breathe.

Shen Kuo got even angrier and just disappeared.

Only then did Shen Qingli catch her breath, "Can I let go now?"

Di Jin, seeing the situation was good enough, let go.

"Put on Dad's clothes."

"Doesn't it look good?"

Still, Di Jin's eyes were full of eagerness to learn.

Even Shen Qingli felt embarrassed not to look; if you said it wasn't good-looking, that would be against conscience.

Her younger brother had truly grown up, not just taller but excellent in every way.

"You still can't dress like that; put it on properly." Shen Qingli rubbed her forehead.

Di Jin obediently put it on, but with Shen Kuo's tall, sturdy build, wearing someone else's clothes actually made him look short.

"From now on, you're not allowed to dress like that again."

"Sister, don't you like it?"

""

Speechless, Shen Qingli truly didn't know why her father would say something about a childhood fiancé, or why her older brother would pull this stunt—wasn't this just trying to kill her?

"Ah Jin."

Shen Qingli felt she needed to make things clear.

"Sister, don't you like it?"

Di Jin's question was probing.

This also left Shen Qingli speechless again.

"I don't dislike it, but I'm your sister."

"We're not blood-related."

"Well then,"

"I like you, sister, and I'm willing to be your childhood fiancé."

The young man's frank, sincere words left Shen Qingli speechless.

After a long while, she asked, "Do you know what a childhood fiancé is?"

"I'm not stupid," Di Jin said frankly.

"I think you're pretty stupid, you even put on these clothes."

"If it weren't for you, sister, I wouldn't wear these clothes."

"How...?" Shen Qingli was so confused she couldn't speak clearly.

Di Jin, seeing the situation was good enough again, said, "Aren't you asking about the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cauldron?"

Shen Qingli breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took out the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cauldron.

"Right, what exactly is outside—huh?"

Midway through speaking, she noticed the cauldron had changed and touched it.

"The cauldron, has it gone soft?"

"Self-renewing Soil."

Di Jin said.

Shen Qingli was stunned.

"In legend, when Pangu's primordial spirit split heaven and earth, the first lump of soil that sank to become earth; afterwards, the self-renewing soil endlessly reproduced, giving rise to the lands of the myriad worlds. It is that lump of self-renewing soil."

"How could that be?" Shen Qingli examined it closely, "Does it have any growth?"

"No, that's why it could be pasted onto the Nine Heavens Mysterious Cauldron. Heaven and earth are dead, so it naturally died too."

"Don't spout nonsense." Shen Qingli warned with her eyes, "If heaven and earth were dead, how could we still be alive here?"

"Just guessing—otherwise why would the self-renewing soil show no signs of life? But sister said it showed some movement, which might mean it's about to revive; you should nurture it more, maybe it'll still acknowledge you as its master."

"You really are getting better at spouting nonsense—what, after a trip to the Divine Realm you're trying to fool your sister?" Shen Qingli said irritably.

"Sister guessed it."

"I'm not stupid either."

Shen Qingli had long guessed that the Di clan should be in the Divine Realm; otherwise, with the abilities of the Changshui Shen clan, they would have long since dug the Di clan out of Sheng Long Tian.

"Sister, you're really smart."

"Don't feed me that love potion."

Shen Qingli looked at him, but then reached out, wanting to pat his head just like before.

Upper Divine Realm, returning to the Di clan—surely it won't be easy, otherwise they wouldn't sneak back to find her and her father.

Di Jin said nothing, letting her reach over and touch his head.

He reached out and seized it!

Shen Qingli didn't withdraw her hand, "What,"

Before she could finish speaking, she was already violently jerked over by Di Jin!