Inside Divine Might Space.
Ye Lingling was led by the hand by Ye Qiu, her face flushed like a peach blossom, feeling completely ill at ease.
She stammered to Ye Qiu:
"Ye, Ye Qiu, I'm sorry, my mom, she..."
"It's fine, Aunt Ye is very enthusiastic, I just wasn't used to it."
Ye Qiu smiled faintly, still feeling a lingering fear.
"Mm, at noon, if you don't want to go... it's fine not to go."
Ye Lingling nodded slightly, lowering her head and speaking softly.
As soon as the words left her mouth,
A hint of regret welled up in her heart.
"Alright, Lingling, since I promised Aunt Ye, of course I'll go to the appointment. Don't you welcome me?"
Ye Qiu said comforting words.
He habitually squeezed the soft hand in his grasp, then awkwardly stopped the action after realizing what he was doing.
Ye Lingling looked up at Ye Qiu and said anxiously, "Of course not! I clearly invited you many times before!"
"It's just that you never agreed."
Noticing Ye Qiu's hand movements, her voice became softer, and she lowered her head, her ear tips turning red.
She also didn't pull her small hand away.
Over several months, without knowing when, holding hands had already become a habit.
"Ahem..."
Ye Qiu cleared his throat twice.
Having spent a long time with Xiao Wu and the others, some behaviors had become habits.
"Lingling, let's go back to the academy. Xiao Wu and the others have been waiting for a long time..."
"Mm."
Ye Lingling hummed softly.
The two figures quickly disappeared within Divine Might Space.
...
Blue Tyrant Academy.
"Why has Xiao Qiu been gone for so long?"
Xiao Wu gnawed on the carrot in her hand, looking at everyone.
"Maybe he's waiting for Lingling."
Zhu Zhuqing was helping Xiao Wu braid her scorpion braid.
"Woo, Sister Rongrong~ Brother is back!"
Xiao Lan, who was being tormented by Ning Rongrong, red-faced and disheveled, seemed to have found a life-saving straw and quickly called out.
If Ning Rongrong continued to torment her, she would not be able to hold back again.
"Hmph! How dare you speak nonsense... Don't you want to know how Ye Qiu treats me?"
Ning Rongrong said fiercely.
It looked like a massage, but in reality, she was using quite a bit of force, simply out of envy, jealousy, and hatred for Xiao Lan's size.
"Rongrong."
Ye Qiu, who had just appeared in the courtyard, received Xiao Lan's distress signal and rolled his eyes helplessly at Ning Rongrong.
"Hmph! If Xiao Lan wanted to leave, could I stop her? She's clearly enjoying it."
Ning Rongrong took out her hand and disdainfully rinsed it with tea.
"Husband, why were you gone for so long?"
Liu Erlong looked curiously at the two who were holding hands, their atmosphere a bit off.
Ye Qiu led Ye Lingling to the table before letting go of her hand.
"When I went to pick up Lingling, I ran into Aunt Ye... and chatted with her for a while."
"Sister Ye?"
Liu Erlong was surprised in her heart.
Her personality was fiery and impulsive, and over the years, by intentionally getting small injuries, she had become familiar with Ye Qinshui.
"Hm?"
Ye Qiu was a little surprised by Liu Erlong's address for Ye Qinshui; it didn't sound like something she would normally say.
Ye Lingling beside him looked embarrassed.
"Haha... I've always called her that. If I called her anything else... she wouldn't be happy."
Liu Erlong chuckled softly.
Even though she was used to it, she couldn't help but recall Ye Qinshui acting young in front of them, insisting that she call her Sister Ye.
Ye Qiu understood; that was indeed something Aunt Ye would do.
"Speaking of which, Sister Ye didn't make things difficult for you, did she?"
Liu Erlong raised her eyes, her gaze flickering between Ye Lingling and Ye Qiu, her delicate pretty face flushed, feeling a little shy in her heart.
If Ye Qinshui knew...
That she was secretly plotting with her sisters to send her daughter to her husband's bed, that would be terrible.
She didn't dare to see Ye Qinshui much anymore.
"No."
Ye Qiu gently shook his head, "Aunt Ye was very enthusiastic towards me, and even invited me to Lingling's house for lunch."
"Invited you, Husband, to eat?!"
"She wouldn't be trying to recruit you as a son-in-law, would she? From what I know of her, that's very possible."
Liu Erlong said with a smile.
All the girls also turned their gaze towards Ye Qiu and Ye Lingling.
"Uh, this..."
Ye Qiu gave an awkward laugh; with the person involved right there, he didn't know what to say.
Facing the gazes of Xiao Wu and the others,
Ye Lingling lowered her head, not daring to speak, her face flushed with shame and indignation, blaming her own mother.
After her initial surprise, Dugu Yan was delighted.
She reached out and took Ye Lingling's arm, and as she leaned closer, she noticed the bashful blush on Ye Lingling's face.
She whispered, "Oh, Lingling, we were still racking our brains trying to help you, but who knew Husband had already met your parents!"
"Yan Zi, today was an accident—"
"What accident or not? Anyway, I've wanted to set you two up for a long time. Now, with Aunt Ye coordinating from the inside, why don't you hurry up and give in to us!"
Ye Lingling grabbed Dugu Yan's hand, not daring to let her pull off the black veil on her face, which was her modesty cloth.
Jiang Zhu looked at this scene with surprise.
Well, well.
Once Ye Lingling also became an official member, I'd be the only outsider left.
"Xiao Qiu~"
"Mm."
Ye Qiu responded softly to Xiao Wu, but he had already moved behind Zhu Zhuqing, wrapping his arm around her waist and leaning his head against her neck.
With all the girls around him, he truly had no time to think more about Ye Lingling's matter.
"Zhuqing, is Xiao Wu's braid done? If it's done, we'll set off. Let's go to Life Lake later."
"Almost, Husband."
Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful face was hot, and she leaned back slightly.
...
The sun was high in the sky.
After leaving Xiao Wu and the others to cultivate at Life Lake,
Ye Qiu returned to Blue Tyrant Academy.
It was time to start his plan.
Since Xue Beng and the others had approached the Strength Clan earlier, Tai Tan most likely knew about their wicked ambitions.
Regarding Tang San and Xue Beng's meeting,
If Tai Tan received the news, he would surely have some communication with Tang San.
He was already perfectly clear about Blue Tyrant Academy's class schedule; this time was when the students finished their theoretical classes.
Ye Qiu used Life Mimicry to change his face to that of a random passerby, walking openly through Blue Tyrant Academy in black hair and black clothes. Beneath his black eyes, blood-red eyes with a purple glow were concealed.
He activated his X-ray vision, searching for Tai Long's footsteps.
Found him!
Ye Qiu ignored the varying sizes of white and varying thicknesses of black in his vision, his gaze fixed on Tai Long, who was walking with friends.
His body was as thick as a gorilla, but he was outwardly strong yet inwardly weak.
Ye Qiu quickly moved closer to that direction.
"Tai Long, for lunch later, should we have a set meal, or some self-selected, weighed food?"
"Hmph! No dog would go for the weighed stuff!"
"Haha! You're right, with your appetite."
Just as Tai Long and his classmate were walking on the way to the Mimicry Cultivation Ground, discussing what to eat next.
A black figure passed by Tai Long.
Tai Long keenly noticed a red light flash in the other person's eyes.
Immediately after, he froze as if he had seen a peerless beauty and had his soul hooked.
"I need to go to the restroom."
Leaving a sentence behind, he chased after Ye Qiu.
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