If an emoji could express Luo Mingbai’s mood right now, it would definitely be a “stunned” face.
He never expected human imagination could be so rich that they could interpret his and Xia Xianning’s “affair” from such minimal evidence.
Especially those posts analyzing micro-expressions, with screenshots that were eye-searingly intense – his smile, Xia Xianning’s gesture of grabbing him, all blown up and shared.
Now Luo Mingbai’s mind was full of his own “glancing back and smiling” .gif, to the point that when he saw Xia Xianning’s face – one he’d been familiar with for years – he felt he couldn’t look directly at it for the first time.
He adjusted his thoughts and directly asked his junior martial brother who was also browsing the web: “Have you offended someone recently?
He’s not a fool. Even though their behavior was quite intimate at the time, it wasn’t enough to provoke such a big reaction.
Certainly, there are people who ship them, but there must be someone behind the scenes stirring up trouble.
Xia Xianning was more concise: “Sorry, my third uncle is about to remarry.”
Luo Mingbai: “…What are you apologizing for? The way you’re talking, it’s like I’m interested in becoming your third aunt.”
Xia Xianning said: “This time, the person he’s marrying brought a son who is already twenty-two, said to be my cousin… named Xia Zheng.”
Luo Mingbai suddenly realized.
Xia Xianning’s father, Xia Changsheng, was the eldest, and both he and his mother were diplomats who lived abroad year-round. The second son, Xia Changyue, was the master of the Yingmen sect. The third son, Xia Changwei, was the most eccentric, living a life of unbridled freedom.
The free-spirited Third Young Master Xia didn’t play the game of fighting for family property and power. He spent his days drinking, traveling, and chasing women, often disappearing like a divine dragon. His marriage was forced by his father, dragging him from bed and tying him up. After two years, both husband and wife couldn’t stand it and divorced by agreement, without even having a child.
