"Sis? Sis? Sister?!"
"Lu Fuyao!!!"
Only when Lu Tingni's shouts rang loudly in her ears did Lu Fuyao snap back to her senses as if waking from a dream.
"Cough… after binding this diary copy, my body hasn't felt any discomfort. It should be fine,"
Lu Fuyao replied with forced composure, a faint blush still lingering on her face.
Lu Tingni, however, didn't notice any of that. This was the very answer she had been waiting for. She immediately closed her eyes and responded in her mind:
"Bind!"
Several breaths later, she opened her bright eyes and whispered in amazement,
"This is truly magical!"
At that very moment, the prompt sounded once more in both of their minds.
[Ding! A diary owner has been detected nearby. Would you like to add them as a friend?]
The two sisters exchanged a glance. As if their hearts were perfectly in sync, they responded at the same time.
In the next instant, each of their empty friend lists now displayed the other's name.
Lu Tingni was the type with boundless curiosity and strong initiative. She immediately tapped into the friend list and began operating.
［Lu Tingni: Sister, are you there?］
Lu Fuyao rolled her eyes at her mischievous little sister, then followed suit and replied seriously:
［Lu Fuyao: I'm here.］
The two of them chatted face to face like elementary school students who had just learned how to use online messaging.
After their curiosity was satisfied, they ended their utterly contentless conversation.
Suddenly, as if she had discovered something, Lu Tingni looked at Lu Fuyao and said with some dissatisfaction:
"Why is Senior Brother Chu's favorability toward you higher than toward me?"
She had originally thought that with her lively personality, she would leave a deeper impression on Chu Ge.
Unexpectedly, her usually gentle and quiet sister had beaten her instead.
Hearing this, Lu Fuyao's mind stirred, and she used the diary copy's inspection function.
Name: Lu Tingni.
Appearance: 9.5.
Favorability: 58.
Upon seeing this, a trace of secret delight rose in Lu Fuyao's heart.
"It seems Senior Brother Chu prefers the refined, graceful type like sister more…"
Lu Tingni leaned close to her sister's ear and whispered with a sly smile.
"You! Don't speak nonsense! Someone like Senior Brother Chu—how could someone as ordinary as me ever catch his eye…"
Lu Fuyao scolded softly.
Yet despite her words, her heart trembled slightly, and she couldn't help but begin to fantasize.
"Hmph! What do you mean ordinary? You're a true peerless beauty! With you this beautiful, what's so impossible about Senior Brother Chu falling for you?"
"And speaking of it, that so-called Child of Fortune has also been harboring designs on both of us sisters."
Lu Tingni snorted lightly as she spoke. Her sister truly had no confidence in her own looks at all.
Calling herself mediocre—did she not consider that her nearly identical younger sister was standing right here?
"How could that Ye Chen be compared with Senior Brother Chu?"
Hearing this, Lu Fuyao frowned slightly, clearly displeased that her sister had unconsciously placed Chu Ge and Ye Chen on the same level.
"That's true. That so-called Child of Fortune—without the favor of heaven's will, Ye Chen probably wouldn't even qualify to enter the outer sect of Taihuang Sacred Land."
After reading the diary, the two girls naturally also knew of all the embarrassing behavior Ye Chen had displayed after encountering Chu Ge, as well as how easily his mentality had been crushed and controlled by Chu Ge.
They held not the slightest regard for him.
"Sister, do you think we should tell Master about the diary copy?"
With countless thoughts in her head, Lu Tingni simply spoke whatever came to mind.
Lu Fuyao pondered briefly, then said,
"Let's go. We'll go find Master."
The two sisters made their way to the door of Shui Qianrou's residence and gently knocked.
Inside the room, Shui Qianrou was holding a black notebook, completely absorbed in reading its contents.
The sudden knock startled her. The alluring, mature Elder Shui frowned slightly.
Sweeping her divine sense outward, she discerned who stood outside. The frown then relaxed.
"Come in."