After leaving Xia Yuanba at the training ground, Xia Lin went to his father's office. He then knocked on the door and after waiting for a few seconds he heard a "Come in" inside of the room. He then opened the door and went inside, after entering the room he closed the door so no one could hear anything that they will talk about.
Sitting on a chair behind a table was Xia Hongyi who was waiting for the person that was knocking on his door's office. He then looked at the person who entered and realized that it was his older son who entered. He then looked at his son with a confused gazed and asked, "So son, what are you doing here for? Did you anger Xia Qingyue again?"
Xia Lin just gave his father an insulted look and said, "Of course no-" After realizing what happened before he arrived here, he immediately shut his mouth. He just gave his father a sheepish grin and scratched the back of his head while saying, "She just slapped me on the head and stormed off! I don't even know the reason why she slapped me!"
Xia Hongyi just looked at his son and shook his head while saying, "Son, you must understand that some if not most girls have soft hearts. You should know you have to be careful with Qingyue's heart and be-" He couldn't even finish what he wanted to say but he was cut off by Xia Lin interrupting him.
Xia Lin just gave his father an exasperated look and said, "Wait, wait, wait, I wasn't here because of that."
Xia Hongyi then gave him a confused gazed and asked, "Then if you're not here because of that then why are you here?"
Xia Lin then turned serious and replied, "Patriarch Xia Hongyi, I would like to go on a training trip."
Xia Hongyi too turned serious after noticing the no-nonsense look on his son's face. He then replied, "Son, you just joined the family a year and a half ago. Why would you want to go on a training trip? You're already strong enough?"
He thought, 'Why would he want to get stronger? He is already strong enough for his age. What kind of enemies does he have!? Are they freakishly strong too!?'
Xia Lin said with a serious voice, "Patriarch, I don't like staying cooped up in this place and just continue practicing here with no sparring partners who can keep up with me."
He hurriedly continued after seeing his father opening his mouth, "Don't even say that you would be my sparring partner because you have many duties to do."
"And I would like to go on this trip because I want to have experienced fighting real beasts and have a real fighting experience with other people. I promise I will come back before Qingyue's wedding," Xia Lin said as he explained what he wanted to do on this training trip to his father.
Xia Hongyi then thought really hard on this and looked at his son's determined face again and sighed. He just said to him, "You know that your siblings won't like this right? They'll be devastated by your decision, they really like you now. Especially your little sister." After saying the last part he smiled teasingly at his son.
Xia Lin gave his father a hard look and said, "Patriarch, I've already thought about this and I'll be the one to tell both of them that I'm leaving."
He then looked at his father funnily and said, "Patriarch, what are you implying with the last part of your sentence? Qingyue is already engaged to someone who is in one of the three major powers in this sentence. And Qingyue is my sister!"
Xia Hongyi then looked at his son with a calculating look and asked, "So what you mean is that if Qingyue wasn't engaged to someone, you would consider it?"
Xia Lin then gave his father a weird look and said, "Patriarch, did you listen to anything I've been saying? Qingyue. Is. My. SISTER!"
Xia Hongyi just brushed off what he was saying and murmured, "Yes, yes, yes something about being her your sister and you would marry her if she wasn't. But we still a chance though because you two aren't even blood related so it wouldn't so much of a big deal to you. Some families have consanguineous marriage or what you might call it, so we'll try that as an excuse and have you two marry."
Xia Lin couldn't believe what his father was saying and gave him a disbelieving look and said, "Patriarch can't you get it? She. Is. Not. Available. For. You. To. Marry. Her. To. Other. People. Anymore. Because. She. Is. ENGAAAAAAAAGGGGGGEEEDDDDD! Do you get what I'm saying now?"
Xia Hongyi then continued to murmur, "So if I find a way to cancel the previous engagement off then he would marry her. I should think of a way for the Xiao Family to not be angry due to me calling off the engagement."
Xia Lin then gave his father an incredulous look and said, "Patriarch, I don't care anymore. I'll go tell the two of them that I'll be leaving next week."
After saying that he stood up from where he was sitting and walked to the door. Before opening the door he waited for his father to stop him and tell him he was joking but the old man STILL muttering! He opened the door with a furious face and what awaited him was his two younger siblings behind the door all this time.
Looking at the two, he noticed that Xia Yuanba was crying with snot running down his nose and Xia Qingyue had a red face and tears on her eyes but they weren't streaming like Xia Yuanba's. The two noticed that door was opened and someone was standing in front of them. They looked at the person in front of them and recognized that it was their older brother.
After knowing that it was their older brother in front of them, Xia Yuanba jumped on him and bawled his eyes out while Xia Qingyue slowly walked over to the two of them while the redness of her face increased.
After noticing that the two were crying their heart out in front of their father's office, he dragged them to his room and explained to them why he was going to leave.
He noticed that they were still crying and not even listening to a word he was saying. He just waited for them to be done crying and kept patting the back of Xia Yuanba who was currently waling.
After they were done crying he said, "Guys, come on. Listen to me. It would be just for 6 months, it's not that long so please stop crying. I'll be back just before Qingyue will be married to that Xiao boy."
After hearing this Xia Qingyue's face fell and Xia Yuanba looked at him with a confused look and said, "But big brother, big sister Qingyue doesn't want to marry Xiao Che. She wants to marry you."
Xia Qingyue's face turned red like a tomato and slapped Xia Yuanba's head and turned her head the other way.
Xia Lin just shook his and warmly petted Xia Qingyue who looked at him with an embarrassed face. He then said, "Qingyue...you can't marry me, you are already engaged to that Xiao Che of the Xiao family. They'll get angry if you suddenly back out of the engagement with such a ridiculous idea hahaha. I'll be back for your wedding, don't worry."
After saying that, he then thought, 'Shit. I can't keep bullshitting forever. I want Qingyue to marry Yun Che so that maniac won't come after me for revenge. I'm sorry for sacrificing you potential waifu.'
Xia Qingyue's face fell and nodded at him, then a plan formulated in her mind and she secretly smiled mischievously with a glimmer in her eyes. While Xia Lin was none the wiser, Xia Yuanba saw her face and got scared.
After petting Xia Qingyue, Xia Lin then looked at the two and stretched his arms, and said, "Come here you two cry babies!" He then proceeded to hug the two of them and the three of them laughed.
Noticing that the two of them weren't crying anymore, Xia Lin then said, "You guys aren't crying anymore, so go on. I'm done cheering you guys up so go out and let me rest. We have a whole week to spend together before I leave."
Xia Yuanba then quickly ran out of the room noticing the blissful look on Xia QIngyue's face. Xia Lin too noticed the look on her face and felt even more depressed about letting this cute waifu go.
He just continued to stare at her face and had an idea of making this girl leave out embarrassed.
He smiled mischievously and crept behind the daydreaming Xia Qingyue and hugged her and dragged her to the bed.
He then laughed out loud as he heard her yelp and proceeded to struggle around in his arms while laying on the bed.
He then looked at her eyes and smiled warmly at her and this, in turn, made her struggle even more in his arms. He laughed at her and said, "What were you daydreaming about my little princess?"
Hearing him say, the word princess, she stopped her struggling and let out a meek, "Princess?" She looked at his face for confirmation while having a deep red face making seem like a ripe tomato.
He looked at Xia Qingyue's deep red face and laughed. Hearing him laugh her face turned even redder and buried her face in his arms.
He grinned at her and said, "Of course! You're the princess of our household and no one can take that title off you." She then looked at him with her red face and seem sad.
He then continued, "Well that title will be taken away from you when you become the matriarch, and then you'll become our little queen." He then smiled at her even redder face and rubbed her face with his.
She turned even redder at his actions and stayed silent, Xia Lin swore that he saw steams coming out of her ears. She suddenly stood up and ran off while yelling, "Stupid big brother!"
He looked at her running off and laughed his ass off and continued to lay down on the bed and slept all that has happened off.