Blood River

7. Love and Truth: Part Three

"Da-ge let's go, quickly!" Jin Ying called. His brother was locked up in his own room again, it had been like this every now and then since three weeks ago - when the engagement was confirmed.

After getting no repsonse the younger sighed, "Da-ge!" Just as he called again the door opened and the hand he knocked it with fell into the taller boy's chest.

The same sighed, "a'ying.." and the younger giggled before the two went on their way.

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They made it to the Jin clan's private dining hall, the two servants at the doors bowed before opening the doors for the two young masters.

Jin Ying was happy because it was his 9th birthday this week, while his older brother grew increasingly depressed at the cold shoulder his parents gave him especially after he told them he was gay, being responed with, "you're a dom, you are all bisexual, you're confused dear" and "you'll have to learn to love her than" from his mother and father respectively, he didn't wish to speak to them any longer.

So naturally, the two walked in with very different dameanours.

Jin Ying's personality was also blossoming as of lately, and he started being more open to playing with the outer sect disciples with the passing of time, and Madam Jin and Jin Hao were very pleased by this development.

The family of six sat in the dining hall quietly eating their lunch, almost resembling the aura of the Lan Sect, Líu Méiyīng, who sat behind her madam couldn't help but think.

"A'niang" the tone in itself was disrespectful, who else could this be if not Jin Su? The room's attention turned to the young maiden who had yet to to develop her golden core yet beared such a bad attitude resembling that of the Wens.

Despite the attention from even the servants, she asked unashamed, "Are you getting fatter?" She asked and Jin Hao chocked on his soup, the liquid on the bowl splashing all over as he coughed aggressively.

The servant behind him rushed to help as Jin Ying and Jin Su laughed just as aggressively along with their father.

Jin Han had his hand over his mouth, chuckling lightly next to the woman who smiled and huffed a laugh watching the scene play out in front of her. Míngyuán could also hear her aid surpressing a laugh behind her.

Once her son was fine and his table was cleaned he cleared his throat as though nothing happened, "a'su, that is a disrespectful thing to say to a woman", he spoke assertively but the younger still laughed along with A'ying.. so long a'ying was on her side, Jin Hao couldn't win, so he sighed.

"A'niang.." he called pleading for help from the silent woman across him, and she chuckled lightly.

"Don't worry she's right" the woman spoke and he was taken aback, the two younger siblings laughed again, not at her comment, but at Jin Hao's reaction

How do this servants keep so serious? Han couldn't help but wonder amidst the dying noise.

"I was going to tell sect leader Jin here in private first, but since you brought it up.." the woman trailed off to increase anticipation and the four kids immediately turned to the older man on the elevated sit whose attention had been picked at the mention of his name. "I'm actually expecting" she said and the twins jaws dropped similarly to their father's.

The three older men stared at the woman as though asking 'are you serous?' and she simply smiled shyly.

"How long have you known!?" Her husband asked standing from his seat, dropping his chosticks and all but running to his lady.

The two younger kids looked at each other confused, what was she expecting?

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