"Brother!"
Hearing this address, the smile that had been on Su Chirui's face vanished instantly, replaced by an unspeakable sadness.
"Chirui!"
Xia Baiyi gently held her hand, feeling the slight tremor from her palm. She knew that Su Chirui was feeling unsettled.
As for the brother who had never existed in her memories, Su Chirui couldn't quite describe her emotions towards him at this moment.
After all!
They had never met.
But not meeting didn't mean she didn't know about his experiences.
Because of that, Su Chirui could clearly feel a dull ache in her heart.
"Baiyi! You... you've met him! Haven't you?"
Su Chirui gripped Xia Baiyi's hand tightly, her eyes, which had been shining with fiery light moments ago, gradually dimmed. A frost, which even fire couldn't evaporate, glimmered in the corners of her eyes.
"I have!"
Xia Baiyi nodded, a blur of interwoven images flashing through her mind.
"What kind of person is my brother?"
"Is he like the rumors say?"
"What does he look like?"
Upon hearing Xia Baiyi's reply, Su Chirui could no longer suppress the longing for that lost familial connection. She blurted out all her questions at once.
"You! Which question do you want me to answer first?" Xia Baiyi said with a playful annoyance.
However, she could understand Su Chirui's excitement.
"Then... tell me what he looks like first! Does he have anything in common with me?" Su Chirui hesitated for a moment, then finally asked the question that concerned her the most.
"That's a good question!"
Xia Baiyi seemed to be searching her memory for his appearance. After a moment of thought, she chuckled, "He's not bad looking! Both you and your brother have pretty high noses!"
Not bad looking!
Hearing this assessment, Su Chirui's eyes lit up. She knew better than anyone that in the past, no one had ever received such praise from her best friend.
Thinking of this, Su Chirui's lips curved upwards slightly.
However, Xia Baiyi's next sentence almost left her speechless.
"But..."
As she spoke, Xia Baiyi's tone became more indifferent, as if a little displeased.
"But what?"
Su Chirui wasn't sure if it was her imagination, but she felt a strange scent in the air.
A little sour.
"But he's a bit of a playboy!"
Xia Baiyi unconsciously tightened her grip, causing the owner of the jade hand she held to let out a pained groan.
"Ah!"
Su Chirui tried to pull her hand away, but no matter how hard she tried, it was futile.
It felt like it was being crushed.
"Bai... Baiyi! Let... let go!" Su Chirui was in so much pain that tears were about to stream down her face.
At the same time, she was complaining fiercely in her heart, "What does this have to do with her? Why is she taking her anger out on me?"
No one was more wronged than her.
And her brother, whom she had never met, had no idea that his sister was suffering for him.
That was the most infuriating part.
"Uh! Chirui! I was a bit distracted just now. Did I hurt you?"
Xia Baiyi seemed to realize her mistake and apologetically rubbed Su Chirui's little hand.
"It's... it's nothing!"
Su Chirui didn't dare to let her continue rubbing and quickly pulled her hand back.
However, her gaze towards Xia Baiyi now held a hint of surprise.
Logically, the person before her was a white-clothed immortal from the otherworldly realm, high above the clouds. She shouldn't be showing such an expression.
Although Su Chirui knew that her best friend and her never-met brother had a contractual relationship even before they were born.
However, if it was just because of that relationship that her best friend showed such rare emotions, it seemed too abnormal.
Unless...
With this thought, Su Chirui's expression changed again. She looked at the transcendent immortal before her, a strange smile playing on her lips, "Baiyi! No way! Is my brother's charm so great that after meeting him once, he's dragged you into the mortal world?"
As she spoke, Su Chirui nudged Xia Baiyi's slender waist a couple of times with her elbow, her eyes blinking with curiosity.
"What are you thinking, you silly girl!"
Seeing this, Xia Baiyi lightly tapped her on the head, saying with annoyance, "He is indeed much stronger than the younger generation in the otherworldly realm. However, that's not enough!"
As she uttered the words "not enough" at the end, Xia Baiyi's tone clearly deepened.
Hearing the change in her tone, Su Chirui stopped teasing her best friend and her expression also became serious, "Baiyi! Have you found something out?"
Su Chirui knew that her status was still far below that of the immortal before her. Therefore, the information the other party possessed was certainly far superior to hers.
"Chirui! I received some news earlier!"
Xia Baiyi sighed, the hidden sharpness in her eyes suddenly becoming apparent, even tinged with a hint of coldness.
"Baiyi! You..."
Su Chirui felt the atmosphere becoming oppressive. Based on her understanding of Xia Baiyi, she seemed to be genuinely angry.
"Chirui! Ye Qingzhu met with your brother!" Xia Baiyi said coldly.
"Wh... what?"
Upon hearing this news, Su Chirui's heart jolted. At first, she found it difficult to accept. Then, her eyes were filled with flames of anger.
"Bastard! What do they want to do, meeting my brother at this time?"
Su Chirui's body temperature rose sharply, and even the gentle breeze passing by her was tinged with crimson.
"Chirui! Calm down!"
Xia Baiyi reached out her delicate hand and gently patted Su Chirui's shoulder. With this simple action, Su Chirui's raging emotions instantly calmed down, and the power she had been emitting returned to her body.
"Baiyi! What should we do now?"
Clearly, after learning that Ye Qingzhu had contacted her brother, Su Chirui was completely distraught.
"Didn't I say there was something I needed to deal with?"
Xia Baiyi looked up at the sky and said softly, "I'm going to help him remove his inner demons!"
Inner demons!
In Xia Baiyi's view, after meeting Ye Qingzhu, Su Chirui's brother had developed an inner demon.
If it wasn't eliminated in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.
She just didn't know that the inner demon might have already been destroyed.
"Baiyi! Thank you!"
The other party's actions filled Su Chirui with a warm current.
"Silly girl!"
Xia Baiyi smiled, then asked, "Do you want to come with me?"
"Of course!"
Su Chirui didn't hesitate at all.
She had long wanted to meet her rumored brother.
"Good! Let's go!"