Master, don't tease me, you can't handle three of them.

Before Jingran could react, Jingshu laughed as usual.

"So, Ran, don't worry about me. I'm not as weak as you think."

Jing Ran unconsciously wanted to clench his hand, but found that his hand had been held by Jing Shu ever since.

"?"

Jing Ran looked at their clasped hands. He had no idea when Jing Shu had taken them; had his guard against Jing Shu fallen so low?

Jing Shu followed Jing Ran's gaze and knew that Jing Ran had noticed his little action. But seeing that Jing Ran did not resist, he did not intend to let go.

Jing Shu held Jing Ran's hand and continued walking forward.

"Aran, I'll take you to Zuixianlou for dinner, and then we'll go find Xueniang."

Jingran was pulled forward and couldn't break free.

Yes, the food at Zuixianlou is indeed delicious.

The two walked hand in hand down the street, attracting curious glances from the girls on the roadside. They covered their faces with round fans and whispered among themselves. Suddenly, the girls blushed and started playfully teasing each other.

As Jingran passed the girls, her expression froze slightly, but she continued walking with Jing Shu as usual.

Upon arriving at Zuixianlou, Jing Shu ordered a different dish than the one from the previous night: sweet and sour pork ribs. He ordered it again today.

Jing Ran raised an eyebrow slightly; this was the most he had eaten yesterday. Not only that, Jing Shu had also ordered an extra serving of sweet fermented rice balls.

The food at Zuixianlou is served very quickly; in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, all the dishes are served.

Jing Shu skillfully served Jing Ran a bowl of sweet fermented rice balls and placed it in front of her, only to find that Jing Ran had not touched her chopsticks.

"Ran? Dinner's ready."

Jingran snapped out of her reverie, gave a faint "hmm," picked up her chopsticks, took a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, and began to eat it slowly.

Only after the two had eaten and drunk their fill did Jing Shu call the waiter over.

"Sir, what can I do for you?" the waiter asked as he stepped forward.

"Is your boss's wife still here?"

"The landlady isn't here today; it seems she went home with Miss Lin."

After Jingyou's outburst, all the waiters in the shop remembered the two brothers and knew they had a close relationship with the proprietress. Therefore, when Jingshu asked about the proprietress's whereabouts, the waiters naturally answered truthfully.

So they had already gone back today. Jing Shu got up, paid for the meal, and the two of them returned to Xue Niang's residence together.

Just then, I ran into Jingyou, who had just returned, at the door. Jingyou was holding a skewer of barbecue.

As for the nascent soul, it had already returned to its original size when it learned that Jing Shu was coming back, and at this moment it was hiding in Jing You's clothes.

"Brother! You're back! Want some skewers?" Jingyou asked happily, shaking the skewers of grilled meat in his hand.

Jing Shu actually has a younger brother? Jing Ran looked at Jing You with some surprise.

He didn't see him yesterday.

"Hmm." Jing Shu stepped forward and took the skewer of grilled meat that Jing You handed him. Where Jing Ran couldn't see, his nascent soul transformed into a point of light and merged into Jing Shu's body through their contact.

Jing Shu turned to Jing Ran and introduced, "This is Jing You, my younger brother."

"This is Jing Ran."

"Hello, Jingyou."

"Hello, hello!" Jingyou replied quickly when he heard Jingran greet him, and raised the skewers of grilled meat in his hand.

"Hey, do you eat grilled meat skewers?"

He had already heard everything from his brother today: Immortal Venerable Hanluo was now using the alias Jing Ran to conceal his identity, and they should all pretend not to know.

But this is Immortal Venerable Hanluo! Someone he couldn't even get a glimpse of before, and besides, she might be his future sister-in-law!

When Jing Ran took the initiative to talk to him, Jing You was very excited and blurted out, "Do you eat barbecue skewers?"

After Jingyou finished speaking, he realized what he had said. Instantly, a feeling of embarrassment washed over him. His brother must have returned after having dinner with Immortal Venerable Hanluo. Was his question unnecessary?

But now that I've already asked, wouldn't it be impolite to back down?

Jingran looked at the kebab sprinkled with chili powder in Jingyou's hand, unsure whether to accept it or not.

He didn't want to eat, but this was Jing Shu's younger brother. Would it be inappropriate to offend him on their first meeting?

Jingran and Jingyou both looked at Jingshu.

Jingshu, I don't want to eat.

Brother, help me! What should I do?!

Jing Shu: "..."

Jing Shu found it amusing, but still said, "Xiao You, you can eat by yourself. We've already eaten."

He then handed the skewers he had just received back to Jingyou, even though he was too full to eat anymore.

"Oh, okay, okay."

Jingyou and Jingran both breathed a sigh of relief, and the three of them walked into the house together.

Jingyou consciously walked at the front, keeping a good distance from the two of them, leaving them plenty of space.

“If you don’t like it, just refuse. There’s no need to make things so difficult,” Jing Shu said.

Jingran shook her head. "He's your brother. It wouldn't be right for me to refuse his kindness on our first meeting."

"By the way, I feel like your brother doesn't look like you at all." They don't look alike, and their personalities are different too.

"Yes. I saved him and he swore an oath to the heavens, acknowledging me as his master. But I didn't like the messy names he used, so I simply adopted him as my younger brother, and he voluntarily took my surname, becoming Jingyou."

Jing Shu himself was found by Han Luo on the sacred mountain, so Han Luo knew better than anyone else that he had no relatives.

Therefore, Jing Shu did not hide Jing You's origins from him.

"Then why didn't I see him yesterday?" Jingran asked, puzzled.

Jing Shu paused for a moment, as if he had remembered something unpleasant.

"Because he was drinking yesterday, and he went on a drunken rampage in public. I knocked him unconscious and he hasn't woken up since, which is why you didn't see him yesterday."

"?"

He was knocked unconscious by Jing Shu just because he was drunk and acting crazy?! He was fine last night, so should he thank Jing Shu for showing mercy?

“He’s different from you,” Jing Shu explained, understanding Jing Ran’s expression.

"What's he like after drinking?" Jingran asked curiously.

"After he drank, he became violent and started grabbing people to identify me."

As he finished speaking, Jing Shu's voice grew softer and softer. He wouldn't have wanted to say a word if his master hadn't asked him. Because it was truly embarrassing.

Thinking of the young man ahead of him grabbing people to claim him as his brother, and Jing Shu standing awkwardly to the side, Jing Ran's lips curled into a slight smile. Unfortunately, he wasn't there.

However, what was Jing Shu like when he was drunk? He was drunk that day and couldn't remember what Jing Shu looked like when he was drunk at all.

Jing Shu kept his eyes fixed ahead, completely unaware that Jing Ran had just smiled.

Because the two people they had been searching for were standing in front of that pyramid, and Xue Niang was holding the note she had left behind.