Chapter 1167: She Who Possesses Two Souls

Nalan Ye Jue was cornered by Qin Xin’s relentless questioning, with no room to retreat, sweat nearly dripping from his forehead.

How could he explain to her those things that happened over a decade ago, during his naive adolescence?

At that time, Lan Qingxin was only one or two years old, and he wasn’t even ten yet.

With parents absent for years, he almost single-handedly supported Lan Qingxin through her entire childhood, taking care of everything from clothing and food to shelter.

“When you were a child and had a fever, I took care of you, but that was my duty and doesn’t mean anything…” Nalan Ye Jue’s voice was hoarse, slightly coarse, abruptly realizing something wrong mid-sentence, “Not you, it was Lan Qingxin she…”

He was nearly thrown into confusion by Qin Xin, unable to distinguish between the two.

Though he swiftly regained clarity and corrected himself, he was still mocked by Qin Xin with a laugh: “Brother, three days and nights of sleepless care for me with a persistent high fever indeed means nothing. Then, may I ask, does giving me a cold bath to reduce the fever mean anything?”

Nalan Ye Jue held his breath once more!

If it weren’t for Qin Xin bringing it up, he would have nearly forgotten these distant memories.

Bathing Lan Qingxin…

Bathing Lan Qingxin…

Insanity. Even thinking about that scene now, he could hardly bear it.

Let alone with Qin Xin bringing it up?

“Could you not call me brother? Little wife, I’m very uncomfortable…” he pleaded softly, eyes deeply locked onto her, unable to resist slightly bending down, wanting to imprint his mark on her lips, to seal her questioning with a kiss…

However.

The woman beneath him, as slippery as a fish, was quite the sprite.

Neither moving nor escaping nor resisting, just keeping her clear and cool large eyes open, she calmly said, “Brother, could you really kiss your sister?”

Nalan Ye Jue: “…”

The master was really on the verge of collapse.

Clearly, she was his little wife, but with Qin Xin constantly referring to brother and sister this way, he truly couldn’t bring himself to kiss her.

Calm.

Calm.

The veins on the man’s forehead protruded for a moment, then gradually calmed.

The tense line of his jaw slightly relaxed, and he softly asked: “Little wife, is there something wrong with the blood exchange? When I returned from the Time Gate, I changed your blood with the blood I brought from the blood pool through Lan Qingxin’s body, just like when you were six. You saved her, and now she saved you. So now…”

Have you gained Lan Qingxin’s childhood memories?

Or do you possess two souls simultaneously?

Otherwise, how would you know those things that even I almost forgot?

Qin Xin did not confirm or deny, she just fixedly stared at him: “Not planning to answer my question directly? Have you really never liked me, never had any improper thoughts about me? Is that so?”

Nalan Ye Jue certainly knew, this “me,” is Lan Qingxin.

Did he ever like Lan Qingxin?

Did he really have not a single improper thought about Lan Qingxin?

If his feelings for Qin Xin were romantic love, then what about Lan Qingxin? Was it truly as he always believed, clearly defined, unrelated to love?

He merely stayed silent for a second.

Qin Xin’s sharper question came again——

“Brother, there’s no need to rush your answer, think about it with your conscience.”

“If you weren’t embarrassed and angry, why would you react so strongly and send me to the countryside right after I barged into the bathroom? In an ordinary family, even if a brother were seen bathing by his sister, they wouldn’t want to strangle her, right?”

“If you truly banished me to the countryside to ignore me, why would you accompany me every New Year’s Eve as Master Tuantuan?”

“Driving me away on one hand, accompanying me on the other, and using the master’s name to keep me away from you as a brother—aren’t you tired of splitting your personality like this?”