Shen Wu's clear eyes held a clean smile, "So Ranran is worried that I might have a change of heart and start fancying someone else? Don't worry, I'm different from those men. If one day I marry my junior sister and then get tangled up with other women, and I find a few women, you can feel free to find a few men. I'm someone who values fairness the most, I, Shen Wu, can swear it here."
An Immortal Cultivator swearing an oath is not a trivial matter.
The so-called fairness made Wen Ran's eyelids twitch a little.
"So you don't need to think about breaking off the engagement with me. After all, I just saved you not long ago and have been troubled by the guilt since. I think anyone who understands the situation would find you breaking off the engagement with me and abandoning me heartlessly quite disgraceful."
Upon hearing this, Wen Ran's expression turned wooden. She was certain that she was being threatened.
"Ranran." He smiled as he raised his hand to pat her on the head; truly, a gentleman's smile, gentle as jade. "In the future, let's get along well."
Before Wen Ran could brush his hand away, he had already withdrawn it. She watched as he took out a handkerchief from who knows where and leisurely wiped his hand, the hand that had just touched her head.
Wen Ran almost laughed in anger.
Knowing this senior brother for over ten years, it was the first time she realized his character could be so malicious.
No way!
This engagement must be broken!
"Ranran, you've not eaten or drunk anything for days. Are you trying to worry your father to death?" Wen Xun stood outside his daughter's room, anxiously knocking on the door. Since the Master was in closed-door cultivation, all sorts of matters fell on him as an Elder, keeping him incredibly busy. And now he had to worry about his daughter not eating, which truly drained his energy.
From inside the room came the girl's voice, "As long as you don't agree to break off my engagement with Shen Wu, I won't eat!"
"It's all been decided, how can we just break it off like this? Besides, Shen Wu obviously looks like someone who'll cherish his wife. Didn't you get along well with him before? Why insist on breaking the engagement now?" Wen Xun, as an old father, truly could not understand his daughter's thinking.
Next to him, Qin Wanwan watched the drama unfold for quite a while. She couldn't stand Wen Xun's unconditional pampering of Wen Ran; wasn't it this indulgence that made Wen Ran spoiled?
Qin Wanwan walked over, took Wen Xun's hand knocking on the door, and said tenderheartedly, "Dear, you're just confused because you care so much. Ranran has long passed the Grain Avoidance Stage, so even if she doesn't eat, it's not a big deal. Why worry so much?"
"What do you know? Ranran loves eating the most. If she doesn't eat, she'll feel bad, and if she's in a bad mood, it'll affect her health. You think she's as thick-skinned as you?"
Thick-skinned?
Qin Wanwan's gentle and tender expression shattered. Who used to say she was cute and endearing, loved her childish temperament? How, after just over a decade, did she become thick-skinned!
When Wen Ran wasn't around, Wen Xun still thought of coaxing his little wife, but when Wen Ran was present, no matter how charming the little wife was, he truly had no heart to spare. He concerned himself asking the daughter on the other side of the door, "Ranran, even if you want to break off the engagement with Shen Wu, you need to give a reason, right?"
Sitting in the room, Wen Ran munched on the beef jerky she had secretly stored, casually finding an excuse, "I found out I don't like Senior Brother, so I can't marry him."
"Feelings can be cultivated over time."
"Then why didn't I see you cultivate feelings with my mother back in the day?"
Wen Ran's words blocked Wen Xun like a bone stuck in his throat.
Back then, there was a component of alliance in Wen Xun's marriage with Wen Ran's mother, during which Wen Xun made quite a few muddle-headed efforts.
Wen Ran further mocked, "Or do you think once I'm married to Senior Brother, I should follow your example, find a little man outside to fool around, and call it good?"
Wen Xun pondered for a moment and then nodded, "That's not impossible."
Wen Ran: "..."
Should she say this old Wen truly deserves the title of a scoundrel?
For Wen Xun, if his daughter wanted to seek excitement, it wasn't a problem, but if her husband wanted to seek excitement, that was absolutely forbidden!
On the side, Qin Wanwan stomped her foot, acting coy, "Dear, can't you see Ranran is speaking metaphorically?"
"There must be a mulberry for Ranran to aim her words at!" Wen Xun impatiently said, "I'm talking to Ranran, don't butt in. You're becoming increasingly unreasonable!"
Qin Wanwan almost bit down and shattered her teeth. Who used to say he loved her for her childlike ignorance! Now it's turned around; her ignorance became a point of his dislike!
Wen Ran finally opened the door. She stood at the entrance and directly said to Wen Xun, "I just don't want to marry him!"
Wen Xun persuaded earnestly, "Ranran, you're still young, don't know what's good or bad. Think about it; hasn't Shen Wu treated you well from childhood to adulthood? It shows this child has been attentive to you since young. If you marry him, you'll definitely be happy!"
The important thing is, if his daughter truly wanted stimulation, Shen Wu wasn't someone who would pursue to the end.
"Shen Wu is not a sincere person; what he does is fake. I can sense it. He's good to me for a reason!"
In a situation where everyone praised Shen Wu as a good person, Wen Ran's statement was practically absurd.
"Master! Bad news!" Second disciple Yan Qing suddenly ran over, "Senior Brother went to the Forbidden Land!"
Wen Xun was shocked, "What! His body isn't healed yet; what's he doing going to the Forbidden Land?"
The Forbidden Land holds many Demons, even Wen Xun wouldn't enter without full preparation.
Yan Qing glanced at Wen Ran.
A question mark popped up in Wen Ran's head.
Yan Qing said, "Senior Brother said Junior Sister has wanted a magical pet since she was six, and he recently annoyed Junior Sister, so he wants to find a suitable magical pet to cheer up Junior Sister."
Wen Xun wanted to point a finger at Wen Ran, but seeing Wen Ran's beautiful face, he couldn't bear to point, only slapping his leg, hating iron for not being steel, "Ranran, look at your Senior Brother. He's risking himself for you; how can you say he's not sincere?"
Wen Ran's face turned dark.
She didn't remember ever saying she wanted a magical pet at six!
Priorities had to be set; right now, Wen Xun couldn't concern himself with comforting his daughter. Shen Wu was his most prized disciple, the Ascension Immortal Mansion's face. He couldn't let anything happen!
Wen Xun hurriedly organized a group to split up and search for Shen Wu, instructing them multiple times not to engage in combat in the Forbidden Land to avoid angering those Demons.
Facing his senior disciples' gazes, Wen Ran had no choice but to join the search team.