"But....I have a girlfriend," Di Tian continued, a warm smile forming on his lips. "Actually, she's also my Dao Companion."
Chen Qingke and Shen Li exchanged weird glances at his words. Di Tian noticed it and said, "I'll be turning eighteen in two months, is it so strange?"
"Oh, it's not about the age," Shen Li said. "The cultivation world is rather liberal about relationships, some even get bethroed at the age of twelve, some ten."
She continued, "The point is, having a Dao Companion shouldn't be borne out of a whimsical spurt of 'young love'. We're simply reminding you of that," Shen Li said, then asked. "Errr, how long have you known this girl?"
'Many lifetimes and universes,' Di Tian wanted to say but he stopped himself.
"I know what I'm doing, Big Sister Shen," he said firmly. "I understand your concern, but it's not young and reckless love. If anything, it's....true love."
"......"