Banquet Invitation

Before the two could continue their conflict a talisman appeared in front of me. The top of it caught fire and started burning the talisman downwards as a message began to play

{Big Brother! It's been quite some time since we last had a meal together! I'd like to invite you over for a banquet in around a month! I also have a guest over at the moment. He happens to be a disciple of your sect.}

It wasn't a long message, but it did interrupt their little fight. After hearing the message the two seemed to calm down a bit.

"A banquet? B- Husband, who was that?"

Jinzi spoke like she had already completely forgotten about the little competition she was having with Ying'er

"That was an old friend I've had since before I even cultivated. It seems we'll be going to a banquet in a month though, are you two ready?"

Jinzi's reaction was a bit delayed, but eventually she reacted.

"It's been so long since I've been to one! I'm scared, but I'm excited too! Big Brother you have to help me out okay!? Wait, I won't know anyone! Maybe I should just stay next to you the entire time. But, it's been so long since I had the chance to socialize."

Jinzi spoke energetically about the event, even reverting back to the way she used to call me.

'Does she like calling me Big Brother more than Husband? Perhaps she just got too used to it. Actually if I introduce her as my wife won't a few people think of me as a pervert if they realize her age? On second thought maybe having her continue calling me Big Brother wouldn't be so bad.'

Ying'er smiled as she gently laid her head on my shoulder.

"Of course Darling, though perhaps we should buy a dress for her. We can't have her going in wearing disciple clothing, now can we?"

"Buy a dress? Why don't I just go and look through the pile of clothes that I stole- I-I mean just happen to have? They should still be in my old house! Since I'll be living here from now on I'll bring everything over!"

"Don't you want to go shopping? I'm sure you didn't enjoy it last time. Because well… the item was for training purposes. This time we could all go together too. The Husband of the Wife could of course surely see each other and pick out clothing. It would be fun!"

"Hmm, you're right! That would be fun, let's do it!"

"Fufu~ Well aren't you eager? We don't have to rush it. We could set a date, perhaps in a few days to a week. Surely you can hold it in for that long can't you?"

"Eh? Oh, of course! I can be patient!"

"Now if you two are done talking I believe It's quite late."

I pointed out at the starry night sky. Bright stars shone and various galaxy-like formations filled the sky. Blues and purples of various shades filled our sight only broken up by the dots of bright white stars.

"Hey come on, let's stay a while longer. I didn't get time to properly enjoy my time with you." Ying'er softly whispered in my ear. The slight warmth of her breath breezed past my ear.

Jinzi on the other hand wasn't tall enough to lay her head on my shoulder like Ying'er, but she still leaned her head against my shoulder.

She didn't say a word, perhaps to not ruin the atmosphere, and instead I took her action as an agreement with Ying'er. There we sat in our personal little hot spring watching the night sky.

..

After some amount of time I heard the sound of breathing ever increasing. When I looked down toward it I saw that Jinzi had fallen asleep. On my other side Ying'er's eyes were starting to droop a bit as it looked like she would sleep soon too. But upon noticing that I was looking at her she seemed to regain some energy and opened her eyes.

"Darling- oh? Seems she fell asleep. Now seems like a good time to go back."

Together we took her out of the water and we wiped ourselves down before we carried her to our bed. Of course it was the bed Ying'er and I had just did something on, but that didn't matter. We tucked her in with us like she was a child who climbed into bed with their parents and soon fell asleep.

…

A week later we were out and about in the city. Ying'er, Jinzi, and I walked around the street. In our hands was an ice cream we had bought from a street vendor. Ying'er and I shared one while Jinzi had one for herself. The flavor is quite different compared to modern day ones, but it has its charms.

Jinzi was taking charge on this little shopping spree of ours, leading us from place to place. I had a few chuckles as I watched how energetic and joyful she was.

'Those four years must have been tough on her. The loss of her family, no clear path to travel, and a slow decline of hope and joy. If I hadn't found her would those two men have killed her? Well, none of that matters now I suppose.'

"Look over there! Big Brother, Sister Xiuying, those dresses look so pretty! Let's go and take a look!" In the end I guess she decided to still call me her Big Brother.

With her slightly melted ice cream in hand and sped up her pace toward a store. When I looked in the direction she was heading I noticed it was the exact same store Ying'er and I had shopped at prior for that dress of hers.

We finished the last little bit Ying'er and I had before entering the building. It wasn't difficult to find her as she was so hyperactive in looking for a suitable dress to wear.

After closely sifting through a few dresses she finally paused at one. With one hand eating her ice cream and the other inspecting the dress on the rack she was blissfully unaware that we were right behind her.

I raised my hand just about to pat her head, before I thought about how surprised she would act. I wouldn't want her to spill her ice cream on the dress, so instead I just spoke to her.

"Is that what you're thinking of wearing?"

Despite my effort in not trying to spook her I still did so in the end with a yelp. She turned to face me when slowly an ice cream interjected from below. I looked down at her with a smile and in return she started to quickly finish the remains of her ice cream in a few more bites.

"Yeah! I want to try this outfit!"

She took the dress she was looking at on the rack and held it up to show towards me. It was a blue dress that seemed to bring out the color of her eyes, but as for the design. It was almost a design which you would see only the modest women wore. The skirt fully covered the legs, she had full length bell sleeves, and even had her bare shoulders covered. But there was one glaring issue, the front of the dress had a sizable vertical oval cut into it.

I raised my eyebrows in surprise at her choice, but if she wanted to wear that then so be it.

"Well, go on. The fitting room is over there. If you want Ying'er can help you."

"Okay! Come one Sister Xiuying! I'm going to need your help to put this on!" She without another moment of thought dragged Ying'er away.

..

After some time I felt a slight vibration on my chest. I reached into my robe and took out a communication jade. A short message had been left by Jinzi.

{Come over, I want to show the dress to you!}

The voice which came out wasn't loud and at most only those who stood next to me would have heard it, to which there were none.

She now had a communication jade, one which we gave and explained the functions of to her during the week.

These jades were almost like smart phones in the modern world and at times they were remarkably similar. Messages could be sent to one another as long as they were within range of one another, but each message didn't need to be heard immediately. Instead they could be stored for a period of time corresponding to the quality of the communication jade, though not indefinite. They could also store and send several at the same time.

Walking into the dressing room I quickly found Ying'er at the end waving at me. She pointed behind the nearby curtains and I moved it aside.

There Jinzi stood in the blue dress which seemed to really emphasize a certain part about her. She did a small spin for me and except for her front torso I believe she would fit in with those other modest noble young women. She held up her sleeves together for a moment which covered much of the belly she exposed.

The oval exposed her belly up to a good chunk of under boob which seemed to be trying to escape the confines of the dress through the hole below. The skirt was just a bit off the ground and her hands were hidden within the bell sleeves.

The dress was very loose and at any moment I felt like it would give way and let one of the peaks slip out.

At that very moment as if she knew what I was thinking at the moment she begane bouncing up and down. The dress somehow held on without giving much way. The hypnotizing motion was all I could look at for a few moments until she suddenly stopped.

She tilted her head forward to look at her chest before a cheeky smile appeared on her face as she looked up at me.

"Big Brother, do you see this?" She lifted up her mountains to show the under boob valley.

"Yeah, I do. What do you perhaps have in mind?" I already had thought about it when I came into the room.

Her cheeky smile only became wider.

"I could make Big Brother VERY happy with this~ You know it could get breezy in this little area, if only I had a nice and warm rod to put in here, it could all be better."

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(Ye Chen POV)

I was strolling the streets and gripping onto my arm was Hao Lin, the girl I had saved a while ago. She has been sticking with me ever since I saved her. Her father gave me free housing and in it every night Hao Lin came to visit me.

I haven't done much with her yet, but I plan to at some point. Today we were taking a nice stroll along the commercial street. Stores were along either side of the streets and Hao Lin looked back and forth between the stores on either side.

I casually took a few glances at a few stores as I slightly swung a bag of clothes that she had already purchased. She already bought a couple sets, but it seemed she didn't feel satisfied. It wasn't too bad of an experience for me though, I got to watch a girl show herself off to me in a few different outfits and I would gain some more of her affection if I spent time with her.

'Her father said he would be holding a banquet and would invite a very important person for me. He said he was a really high ranked member of the Azure Sky Sect and it would be my chance huh?

I wonder who it is? Would it be one of the inner elders? He would probably be one of the Hao family members, wouldn't they? He said that he wouldn't help me build an image though and that everything would be on me.

Whoever it is as long as they notice me and my talent I'll probably soar through the sect in no time. Then I'll find that Sister Xue and that other Big Sister she was with!'

"Hehe."

"Hero Chen, what's funny?"

"It's nothing, let's keep going Ms. Hao."

She made us stop in our tracks before pouting.

"Hey! I told you to call me Lin!"

"Okay Ms. Lin."

"No! Just Lin!"

"Alright… Lin."

At my address she immediately brightens up with a smile.

"That's better!"