HRPM – Chapter 439 She’s Just a Sworn Sister

“First, I need to make something clear. I don’t like Braya, and she didn’t come here because of me. The jokes about her being my fiancée were just that—jokes. The person I love is Jin Luoluo, and the person she loves is my subordinate, Li Xu.”

Jin Luoluo was still puzzled. “Then why were you so nervous and so gentle with her at the auction?”

Normally, he treated everyone with calm detachment, rarely revealing much emotion.

Yet the sincere concern he had shown for Braya was something she had almost never seen.

That was exactly why she had felt so jealous.

Xiao Luo flicked her nose and teased, “You little vinegar jar. The nervousness and gentleness I showed her are no different from the feelings you have toward your father. Braya is my friend. We once swore brotherhood before the deity of the snow-capped mountains, so I only care for her as I would a younger sister.”

“She traveled across most of the Central Plains, wandered alone in Chuyun Kingdom, and even ended up in a brothel. How could I not be worried? If your own younger sister had fallen into such circumstances, suffered humiliation and terror, wouldn’t you comfort her gently too? Luoluo, you have to be fair. You can’t get jealous over everything.”

Embarrassed, Jin Luoluo lowered her head.

How was she supposed to know there was such a complicated story behind it?

Girls often let their imaginations run wild over what they saw. Besides, at the time she hadn’t understood Xiao Luo’s feelings for her, so she had naturally mistaken her suspicions for the truth.

“So she’s actually your sworn sister. But I’m surprised you would become sworn siblings with someone. You seem warm on the outside but cold inside—polite and approachable on the surface, yet actually very difficult to get close to. How did you end up swearing brotherhood with someone from another tribe?”

After spending so much time with him, Jin Luoluo had come to understand that Xiao Luo wasn’t truly a warm-hearted person. He concealed his thoughts deeply, appeared calm and composed on the outside, but inside he was complex, calculating, and shrewd.

Braya, on the other hand, was wild and straightforward, nothing like the complicated type Xiao Luo seemed to be.

It was strange that he would become sworn siblings with someone so simple and direct.

“That story begins ten years ago. Luoluo, to me, it was a dark and painful chapter of my life. I never wanted you to know about it. But if you want to hear it, I’ll tell you. I hope that from the very beginning, we can be completely honest with each other, holding nothing back—not even the darkness or flaws hidden in our hearts.”

Xiao Luo’s voice remained as calm as ever, but his arms unconsciously tightened around Jin Luoluo.

Though she couldn’t see his expression, she could feel the tension in his body and sense the pain and inner turmoil he was struggling to suppress.