"Luan Hua, you can do it! You can definitely do it!"
Lin Banjian and Luan Hua had arrived at the assessment area, and Luan Hua handed over the waist tag that represented her identity.
"Hehe, wish me luck!" The other party had already confirmed Luan Hua's identity and waved to Lin Banjian before entering the examination room.
"Don't be nervous!" Lin Banjian shouted to him, cupping his hands in a megaphone shape.
Luan Hua made a victory sign.
Seeing Luan Hua's confident smile, Lin Banjian felt a little relieved.
It should be fine, right...?
The assessment lasted three days, and Lin Banjian often lost focus during those three days.
Where is Luan Hua's assessment progressing?
Are you injured?
Mu Jinyun noticed that she was distracted.
"Halfway there." Mu Jinyun added a shrimp to her bowl, freshly peeled.
"Jinyun?" she snapped back to reality.
"Are you thinking about him?" he asked.
"...No." How could she possibly admit it?
"Does Banjian know who I'm talking about?"
"..."
Lin Banjian stopped biting into the shrimp, his hand holding the chopsticks stiffening.
What should we do now?
Mu Jinyun sighed.
Another shrimp was placed in her bowl.
"I know what Banjian is thinking."
Lin Banjian lowered his head in shame, "I'm sorry..."
"You can care about your friends, but I can't tolerate my fiancée thinking about other men while she's with me." A slightly cold voice entered her ears.
"I'm sorry..." That was all she could do.
A warm hand wrapped around her shoulder, and she leaned her head against the man's shoulder.
"Won't Banjian think I'm being too nosy?" she asked, switching back to her gentle demeanor.
“…No.” She lowered her eyes slightly, looking at the half-eaten shrimp in the bowl.
"Half-Seeing." His voice carried a hint of pity. "I'm always afraid that Half-Seeing will leave me."
"No, Jinyun, how could I leave you?"
If you don't abandon me, why would I leave you?
“I regret letting Banjian into the outer courtyard. There are too many people around you, and they all want to take my Banjian away.”
Lin Banjian felt that Mu Jinyun was overthinking things.
She didn't consider herself to be universally loved, nor was she made of gold or silver.
“But if I don’t agree, how will they take me away?” She picked up a lock of his hair from his chest and played with it in her palm. “I am Jinyun’s fiancée.”
"Yes, you are my fiancée." Mu Jinyun suddenly smiled as if he had just thought of something. "If you want to take you away, you'll have to step over my dead body first."
"Don't say things like that." She pressed her fingertips against his lips. "I don't like hearing that."
He took her hand and kissed each of her fingers one by one. "Okay, if Banjian doesn't like to hear it, I won't say it."
She nestled quietly in his arms.
The room was peaceful.
Three days later, the assessment results came out. Lin Banjian was waiting outside early. As people came out one after another, she looked up and finally saw that familiar figure.
"Half-seen! Half-seen!" Luan Hua called out to her from a distance.
"How did you do on the exam...?"
Before she could finish speaking, she was lifted high by a pair of strong arms. "I passed!"
"Really?" Lin Banjian was lifted up and spun around.
The interaction between the two disturbed the people around them. Feeling the strange looks from others, Lin Banjian punched his hand hard to make him put him down.
Luan Hua pulled the person into her arms, "I'm so happy to see you again!"
Lin Banjian struggled for a long time before finally breaking free, "Good thing I passed!"
Hugging and cuddling, what would it look like if others saw them!
Luan Hua's eyes were sparkling; it was clear he was genuinely happy.
She was happy for him too.
"Now that you've passed the test, which immortal venerable will take you under his wing?" She knew that entering the inner courtyard required becoming a disciple.
"It is Immortal Venerable Jiliang, the current master of the Sword Pavilion!"
"Wow! Sword Pavilion Master, so Luan Hua, you're going to cultivate swordsmanship from now on?"
"Yes! Immortal Venerable Jiliang said I have great talent for sword cultivation, and he also said he would choose a natal sword for me that belongs only to me!"
"Wow, that's amazing!" Lin Banjian's voice was filled with undisguised envy.
"I'm sure you'll be able to enter the inner courtyard eventually! Believe in yourself!"
"Haha, I'm not after that. I think being in the Foreign Languages Department is pretty good too!"
She knows her own level; her ambitions lie elsewhere.
"Come on, come on, I'll treat Banjian to a big meal today!" Luan Hua put his arm around Lin Banjian.
"Fine! I'm not going to try to save you money today!"
"Of course not! I'll save you money from now on! I'll give you all the money my master gave me to keep safe, so you can buy whatever you want!"
"No! I don't want your money!" she quickly refused.
Who is she to him? She's just managing his money! If other people found out, who knows how much gossip would circulate!
The two enjoyed a delicious meal, with Luan Hua ordering all the dishes she usually wouldn't dare to order, and they even bought a small jar of wine.
In the end, Lin Banjian got so drunk that he lay on the table crying.
"Waaaaah, my parents treat me badly, they always boss me around..."
"My brother isn't good to me either..."
"My sister bullies me too..."
"Everyone is mean to me, nobody loves me..."
Luan Hua tenderly held the girl, who was crying so hard she couldn't breathe, in her arms.
"I've been good to you for a while now..."
"I've come to love you."
The girl opened her blurry eyes in his arms, her colorful eyes even more captivating in the light of her tears.
"Do you love me?" she asked him, her voice choked with emotion.
Yes, I love you.
He held her tightly, almost as if she were part of his very being.
Her eyes were blurry with tears, her mind was in a daze, and the thick walls of her tears could only reflect the man's graceful figure, not his face.
She buried her head in his chest.
She cried for a long time after that.
Luan Hua held her like that, gently patting her back, "Don't cry, I'm here!"
The girl's sobs finally subsided, and she closed her eyes tightly.
Luan Hua carried the person back to Yixiantian.
Sure enough, when Mu Jinyun saw Lin Banjian still with tears in his eyes, his expression immediately changed.
"What did you do to her!" Mu Jinyun grabbed Luan Hua with one hand and slashed at her with the other.
Luan Hua dodged the question, "I didn't do anything. We had some drinks, I didn't know her..."
"You don't know? You dare to mess around with her without knowing?" Mu Jinyun's eyes were bloodshot.
"Everything she eats and uses is inspected by me! I give her only the best! I've already made the biggest concession by letting her eat at the outer courtyard's cafeteria, and you still take her drinking!" Mu Jinyun trembled with anger.
"I'm sorry..." Luan Hua apologized sincerely. He really didn't expect it to turn out this way, but seeing that Lin Banjian finally spoke her mind after drinking, he simply let her vent.
"I've taken him back, you can leave now!" Mu Jinyun didn't want to see him and directly chased him away. Besides, he needed to cook a hangover soup as soon as possible.
"I'm sorry," Luan Hua apologized sincerely once again.
Mu Jinyun carried Lin Banjian without looking back, walking several meters away, while Luan Hua remained in the apologetic posture.
"Don't think you're all that just because you've entered the inner courtyard." Mu Jinyun's voice was carried to Luan Hua's ears by the cold wind. "The inner courtyard isn't so easy to stay in either."
"I will heed your teachings."
"Heh..." Mu Jinyun snorted coldly.
The inner courtyard is too uncomfortable? Luan Hua is determined to stay!
After all, only by entering the inner courtyard could he have the chance to trample the high and mighty person under his feet, get one step closer to her, and then snatch her away!
Mu Jinyun placed the person on the bed and brought over some hangover soup. "Banjian, be good, have a sip."
Lin Banjian opened her eyes, groggily opened her mouth, and did whatever he said.
"Good girl."
In no time, she finished the whole bowl of hangover soup.
Mu Jinyun wanted to put the bowl down, but when he turned around, a small hand tugged at his clothes.
The girl stared at him blankly.
"What's wrong, Banjian?"
Lin Banjian stared at him, her lips slightly parted, "You said you loved me, didn't you?"
Mu Jinyun didn't know why she asked that, but he still said, "Of course."
"Love me forever?"
I will love you forever.
"You won't abandon me?"
Never.
"good."
The girl lying on the bed suddenly sat up, and Mu Jinyun, fearing she would fall, quickly came to help her.
But the next second, he froze.
Because a soft touch pressed against his lips.
The girl's kiss carried the damp scent of alcohol and a unique fragrance.
Mu Jinyun didn't know what the fragrance was, but he was sure it wasn't incense or any other scent.
That was hers alone, a unique fragrance emanating from her body.
The bowl in his hand fell to the ground.
But he ignored it.
He grabbed the girl and kissed her passionately in return.
Amidst suffocation and stinging pain, a single tear fell from the colorful eyes.
Please love me forever.
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