Imperial VIP Room.
The VIP room was empty.
There was no singing, and it was very quiet.
Chi Sanyue lay slumped on Mo Yunheng’s shoulder, her limbs flailing uncomfortably as she struggled.
But just as Mo Yunheng was about to toss her onto the sofa.
She suddenly hugged his neck, drunkenly shouting, "I'm telling you, even if you already have someone you like, I, Chi Sanyue, will not give up!"
"Chi Sanyue?"
Mo Yunheng frowned, repeating her name.
Ming Zheng sat down beside them, looking amused at her third senior brother being clung to by Chi Sanyue. "What? Do you know her?"
"It sounds a bit familiar, like I've heard it somewhere before." Mo Yunheng tugged at Chi Sanyue’s hand, forcibly pulling her off his neck and tossing her onto the sofa. "Where do you know her from? She's so clingy!"
Ming Zheng: "I just met her tonight."
Mo Yunheng: "?"
His junior sister didn't seem like someone who made friends easily.
Judging by the way she fought earlier.
She even remembered to protect the person in her arms.
This didn’t seem like someone she had just met.
Ming Zheng: "Really, she climbed to my place from the tenth floor through the window late at night, then said she was heartbroken and insisted I drink with her."
Mo Yunheng: "..."
Mo Yunheng had never expected that after being separated from his junior sister for a year, he would travel hardships from the Star Palace to Xia Country, just to see his junior sister.
But this reunion.
Was nothing like he had imagined.
The reunion he had envisioned.
Should have been a brother and sister embracing, weeping with joy!
Ming Zheng looked at Chi Sanyue, who had collapsed on the sofa, still murmuring about "heartless men" and "I never let go of the man I desire" and other such words.
She withdrew her gaze and asked, "Third Senior Brother, why are you here?"
"I wanted to see you." Mo Yunheng no longer paid attention to Chi Sanyue, reaching up to remove his baseball cap and then pulling off his mask, revealing his handsome, devilishly charming face.
He strode towards Ming Zheng and sat down beside her.
His eyes were fixed on Ming Zheng’s face, unblinking.
As if trying to imprint her onto his soul.
"Since you're willing to meet me, of course... I couldn't wait to see you."
Ming Zheng’s raven-like eyelashes trembled.
Her heart melted completely.
At the same time, a thick sense of guilt spread through her.
Her willfulness, her coldness.
Had made her senior brother become so cautious.
One video call.
One agreement to meet.
And her senior brother... traveled thousands of miles.
It was the same for her fifth senior brother.
And the same for her third senior brother.
Ming Zheng's eyes welled up slightly.
Her heart was covered with warmth.
This, was the familial affection she should cherish.
This, was her family.
No matter how willful she was.
As long as she spoke, they would brave fire and water for her.
"Alright, you're already moved?" Mo Yunheng looked at his junior sister's reddened eyes.
He reached out and gently ruffled her hair. "What? Did something happen to you at the Ming family? You're so moved just seeing your senior brother?"
When he was at the Star Palace, he received Ming Zheng's video call and learned that someone in the Star Palace dared to violate its rules and accepted a mission from the underworld.
He immediately purged the Star Palace.
Then, he eagerly came to Xia Country at the fastest speed possible.
He didn't even return to the Mo Sect.
And thus, did not meet Mo Qingchuan.
He was not yet aware of Ming Zheng's situation at the Ming family.
Ming Zheng tilted her head up.
Looking at her third senior brother's face.
She curved her lips and slowly shook her head. "I missed Third Senior Brother."
"Silly girl."
Mo Yunheng pulled her into his embrace, his hand still resting on her head. "If you miss me, you can call me anytime. With just one command from my junior sister, no matter where I am, I will immediately appear before you."
Her third senior brother’s palm was as warm as ever.
When it rested on her head.
It instantly dispelled all the gloom in her heart.
Warmth flowed freely.
Her eyes grew even warmer.
Her past self was truly foolish.
She gave up on the warmth that belonged solely to her.
And longed for a kinship that never belonged to her.
Fortunately...
She could now embrace this warmth again.
She could return to this warmth.
Ming Zheng leaned against her third senior brother's chest, her lips curved, and she closed her eyes.
"A'Zheng."
From above, her third senior brother's gentle voice drifted down. "Are you perhaps in a bad mood today?"
Ming Zheng lifted her head from his embrace. "No, I'm very happy to see Third Senior Brother."
Mo Yunheng's gaze seemed to pierce through everything. "I saw you when you beat up the Young Master of the Wang family."
Ming Zheng's eyes flickered.
"Your skills are still as good as ever, you haven't regressed." Mo Yunheng smiled slightly. "But all your moves were venting your emotions."
"I can feel that you're in a bad mood, even... very vexed."
Mo Yunheng patted her head again. "Now that I'm here, you can tell me anything that makes you unhappy. I can help you solve it, understand?"
Ming Zheng blinked.
Then, she slowly lowered her head.
Indeed.
Before her third senior brother appeared.
She was in a very bad mood.
Wang Quanshan just happened to run into her, becoming a tool for her to vent her emotions.
"A'Zheng?" Mo Yunheng rarely saw his junior sister wear such a complex expression.
He felt a pang of heartache.
And a touch of unease.
After all, they had been apart for over a year.
During this time, he didn't know what his junior sister had gone through.
He also didn't know how to comfort her.
The junior sister who was once carefree in the Mo Sect.
Now also wore such an expression.
"Did you really suffer at the Ming family?"
Mo Yunheng's tone clearly suppressed a violent emotion.
He was restraining himself.
He only wanted to leave gentle memories in front of Ming Zheng.
Ming Zheng raised her head again and shook her head at her third senior brother. "The Ming family is already in the past. I've left the Ming family."
The smile on Mo Yunheng's face gradually disappeared.
In its place was a shadow.
"As expected, the Ming family bullied you, didn't they?"
Dark vortices appeared in his eyes, and his voice turned cold. "My little princess, whom I hold in my palm and dote on, dares to be bullied by a mere Ming family?"
"Third Senior Brother."
Ming Zheng took his hand and curved her crimson lips. "I am not someone who can be bullied. The Ming family will dig their own grave; there's no need for you to make a move."
Mo Yunheng pursed his lips.
Of course, he knew.
His junior sister was not someone who could be bullied.
But...
A year ago, when Ming Zheng received the news that her birth parents wanted her to come home, her eyes were full of longing and anticipation.
He knew very well how much Ming Zheng cared about her family.
Even if she was wronged.
She would ultimately be reluctant to hurt her own family.
Ming Zheng seemed to see his thoughts, and her smile grew even warmer. "Really, those who bullied me, I will personally take revenge on them one by one, so you don't need to worry about me."
The moment her words fell.
Outside the VIP room, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded—
"Boss, the person who just injured Young Master Wang is inside..."