"Among the six of us brothers, is there anyone you fancy?" Dong Huiying was stunned for a moment. With a soft voice, Zhi Chen said, "In recent months, Yixuan has been very self-blaming, spending every day in drunkenness. There were several times when I came home, and I saw him, even though he was drunk, even in his sleep, he was calling out your name. He believes that it was his pressure that drove you to leave home, and he deeply regrets it. If it weren’t for Shu Yu being ill at home and needing someone by her side, I’m afraid Yixuan himself would have come out to look for you." "Haoming... the fourth brother is not good with words and is not adept at expressing himself; he has a wooden personality. In your presence, he’s like a shadow, hardly noticeable, but you might not realize how much he cares for you." "Once, he got burned all over while trying to save Yue Ning, and you used Scar Removal Ointment to help him get rid of the scars on his body. But in these past months, as he has been searching for you, he’s been putting out rewards in the black market, recklessly taking on various jobs to earn the bounty, and those scars on his body have remained because of that." "And as for Shujun... I think his feelings for you are clear without me saying." "Shujun, Haoming, Yue Ning, Yixuan, all four of them have already given you their hearts." Zhi Chen is very foresighted and has a great sense of the bigger picture, but there is one bad trait in people: if a matter doesn’t concern them, they hang it high and dry, but when it affects them directly, their minds become a mess. Sometimes he also wondered, what exactly did he value about her? On this Qingfeng Mountain, as they spent more time together, he thought his fondness for her stemmed from admiration. He had seen her tenacity as well as her vulnerability. The things she had endured, if put on him, he wasn’t certain he could handle them any better than she did. It was because of this, when he witnessed her enduring the agonies of Gu Poison, and how she immediately engaged in Gu Refinement after each episode, her unyielding spirit and relentless will to never give up, her resilience, and her strength, he greatly admired her! She was not a fragile woman, despite her small stature and young appearance, her will was incredibly strong. Liang Zhi Chen knew how terrifying Gu Poison could be, having experienced it himself. That kind of pain and suffering, even for just a moment, was enough to drive someone mad, let alone her, who was enduring such torment almost constantly. Therefore, he admired her! Dong Huiying felt a bittersweetness in her heart, "I..." Zhi Chen knew, she was probably just as confused. She gave him a strange feeling as if she had been deeply hurt before. It seemed she didn’t understand love. "Dayuan has decreed that women must marry before the age of twenty-five, otherwise the government matchmakers will forcibly intervene. It’s not possible to be alone forever, and since you are destined to marry eventually, I think you needn’t be too conflicted about it. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself, just spend time with us brothers for now, and when the time comes, you can choose whom you like best." Government matchmakers? If the government matchmakers intervened, how was that any different from enforced breeding? Zhi Chen analyzed the pros and cons for her, "I’m saying this today not to make you uncomfortable, but I believe... Shujun and the others already have feelings for you, and when the time comes for you to marry, why resist it any longer? I know you haven’t really invested your feelings in them yet, but it’s better to choose from among us brothers, with whom you are familiar and have been with for a long time, in other words, we’re known quantities, rather than accepting some stranger you don’t know. Don’t you think?"
