Zhu Yanyi blinked her eyes. "Is 'colluding in evil' used here?" She looked innocent. "Demon Senior Brother, your idioms are wrong. Your teacher would be angry."
"That doesn't matter anymore," Dong Bo Cao coughed.
The teasing made them feel closer, not strange.
"I haven't congratulated Junior Sister on passing the medical exam," Dong Bo Cao smiled.
"You're welcome. How about a red packet?" Zhu Yanyi grinned, holding out her hand as if ready to catch one.
"Don't try to take my private money. I need it to marry a wife," Dong Bo Cao refused immediately. she covered her pockets tightly, as if she would steal them.
"Knowing you want to marry is good. When will you marry?" Master Yao asked. She had six disciples. Zhu Yanyi was too young. The other five, except the first three, were old but unmarried. It worried her.
"Master, I need to save money first. Besides, Fourth Brother hasn't married. He should go first. That is proper order," Dong Bo Cao said seriously.
"Heh," Master Yao laughed. "If I believe you, I am a fool. You and Fourth Brother are so close. I called him last time. He said he was busy and told you to marry first. Now you talk about order? Your brotherly love is deep."
"Then you can urge Sixth Sister," Dong Bo Cao said directly. "I don't mind if Sixth Sister marries before me."
Sixth Sister? Zhu Yanyi remembered she was sixth in rank here. She glared at Dong Bo Cao. "Demon Senior Brother, do you know I am only eleven? Even in ancient times, girls married at fifteen. Now, women must be eighteen. Are you using me as an excuse?" She glared at her again, clearly protesting.
Master Yao slapped him. "No senior brother manners at all. Asking your underage junior sister to marry? Shame on you. I give you one year. If you and Fourth Brother don't marry, I will kick you out of the sect."
Dong Bo Cao froze, looking distressed. "Master, isn't that too cruel? You are free. Why force us into a grave?"
"Grave? What grave?" Master Yao didn't understand.
"People say marriage is a grave. You want me to marry, so you want me in a grave. I can lose my head or blood, but marriage is scarier," Dong Bo Cao acted pitiful.
Gu Jing Tian and his wife Wang Hong Fang entered just then. They heard this and laughed. "We heard Master urging marriage. Fifth Brother, stop teasing Fourth Brother. Find a partner and marry."
"If you have no partner, I can introduce one," Wang Hong Fang said straightforwardly, joining the fun.
"Eldest Brother, Sister-in-law, don't add fuel to the fire," Dong Bo Cao complained. He felt unlucky. If he knew dinner would be so bad, he wouldn't have come.