"Fortunately, 'Mother' is weak enough, otherwise she would have definitely been the first to discover it..."

Mu Qingyue muttered softly, increasingly feeling that Aunt Ruo was not serious, daring to play such a thrilling game.

As she pondered, she wanted to test whether 'Mother' was actually unaware of everything. If she really didn't know, Qingyue wanted to quickly enhance her strength to help her Junior Brother hide the truth.

Because it was beneficial for her.

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After morning practice, Lu Jin'an did not leave Taichu Hall. Instead, after his Master, who had excellent recovery power, woke up and bathed, heading toward Huangyu Palace, he stayed in a pavilion not far from Huangyu Palace, watching the rain curtain with some anxiety.

The thrill of the midnight affair in his Master's bedroom with Aunt Ruo was quite something, but after calming down, he couldn't help but feel worried.

Although Aunt Ruo assured him she would handle it, and he believed she could, there was always that nagging 'what if' deep in his heart.

As he pondered, Aunt Ruo, who had accompanied him in morning practice twice, approached with a piece of cake and sat down beside him.

Lu Jin'an turned his head to look at Xiao Yinruo's calm peach blossom eyes, and couldn't help but smile: "Is it good?"

Xiao Yinruo scooped up a spoonful of cream, replied meaningfully: "It's good."

"As long as it's good." Lu Jin'an avoided Xiao Yinruo's teasing: "Are you and Nanzhi leaving today?"

"Hmm..." Xiao Yinruo turned to look in the direction of Huangyu Palace: "Aunt is already satisfied, waiting for you to come to Qingmiao Palace."

Lu Jin'an suspected that Aunt Ruo wanted to do something in Nanzhi's bedroom.

He chuckled and was about to speak when he suddenly turned his head to see his Master approaching quickly with an umbrella, expressionless, through the rain.

Lu Jin'an's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't speak immediately and waited until Pei Wanyu stopped outside the pavilion, then watched Xiao Yinruo as she spoke faintly: "Come with me."

The tone was slightly unfriendly.

Lu Jin'an couldn't help but glance at Xiao Yinruo. Did she not clean up thoroughly!?

"Master." He spoke softly: "The remaining cake from last night..."

Pei Wanyu glanced at him half-shyly, half-angrily: "Master had enough last night. Take it with you to eat on the road when you set out later."

Hearing his Master's words, Lu Jin'an's heart relaxed. From his Master's reaction, it seemed like nothing was discovered.

It was possible that there was merely an important matter to discuss with Aunt Ruo.

So he nodded: "Disciple understands."

Pei Wanyu again looked at Xiao Yinruo, pretending a slightly cold gaze, left with the words "come to my room," and then turned to walk away.

Those words made Lu Jin'an's heart tense again, while Xiao Yinruo, having finished the cake on the plate, gave him a reassuring glance before sauntering to Huangyu Palace.

Xiao Yinruo stopped at the bedroom door; Pei Wanyu sat by the table inside, resting her right leg over her left, expressionless, and pointed to the bed: "What is that?"

Xiao Yinruo turned her head to look, seeing the bedsheet lifted and exposing an irregular damp spot on the cushion.

Her expression showed no panic because she left it there on purpose.

Only hers, not Jin'an's.

"You found it after all." Xiao Yinruo crossed her arms and leaned against the door frame, laughing lightly: "The sheets should have been clean, how did you discover it?"

Pei Wanyu's phoenix eyes slightly narrowed: "Did you leave it there on purpose?"

"Who told you to threaten me?" Xiao Yinruo twirled a lock of hair playfully with her slender fingers, giving a soft hum: "Did you know how strong my revenge is?"

After a pause, she said with a somewhat wicked amusement: "Empathizing on your 'Lu Pei's' bed is just like having an affair in the home of the original wife, doesn't it feel uncomfortable in your heart?"

Pei Wanyu stared into Xiao Yinruo's eyes; she did anticipate this woman's empathy, but she didn't expect to underestimate her!

The feeling of losing control made her extremely unhappy.

Xiao Yinruo watched Pei Wanyu's expression, crossing her legs a bit tighter, with a feeling she couldn't quite describe.

In the morning, while tidying this room, she had a sudden idea to leave some evidence, for the purpose of making Wanyu more vigilant.

Xiao Yinruo thought herself crazy, willing to do anything to indulge the 'thrill of being on the edge of discovery' deep in her heart.

Moreover, she dared to speak to Wanyu like this...

It felt unfamiliar, even a bit scary to her.

Xiao Yinruo lightly sighed inwardly, listening to Pei Wanyu's voice say softly, "You really are my good friend."

Xiao Yinruo exhaled a soft breath: "If you dare to threaten me again, I will still do this."

She smiled: "You see, last night you didn't have the extra energy to resist my Empathy Technique."

Pei Wanyu suddenly picked up the teacup on the table and threw it at Xiao Yinruo's feet, the cup shattering on impact: "If you dared to empathize on my bed yesterday, will you dare to bring Jin'an onto my bed today!?"

Xiao Yinruo's expression froze, looking at Pei Wanyu. She was truly angry now.

She couldn't help but purse her red lips; this was the reaction of being discovered, either by Wanyu or Nanzhi.

Truly...

Xiao Yinruo clenched her fists, a flush spreading across her earlobes, unclear if from embarrassment or some unspoken desire in her heart.

"Even." Xiao Yinruo spoke slowly: "You no longer need to think about threatening me."

Pei Wanyu's eyes flickered slightly: "I will tell Nanzhi."

Yinruo's current actions were somewhat unpredictable, so she decided to push Xiao Yinruo a bit, see if she really had the guts to seduce her disciple onto the bed!

Xiao Yinruo chuckled: "To what extent do you dare to tell? Even if you don't consider the strained relationship between me and Nanzhi, you should consider your disciple's happiness, right?

If you tell about this, how will she control Jin'an? That kid has some feelings for me, won't he develop some negative thoughts toward Nanzhi because of her slander against me?"

"That's no longer for you to concern yourself with." Pei Wanyu's face remained emotionless: "I'm curious to see what else you dare to do!"

"Pei Wanyu!" Xiao Yinruo's eyes narrowed: "I advise you not to push me."

"Aren't you not afraid?" Pei Wanyu sneered, rising to walk outward: "I really want to see how long you can remain smug."

As she passed by Xiao Yinruo, Pei Wanyu paused: "The only thing you got right is that I need to consider for Jin'an, but Nanzhi is a suspicious girl, once the seed of doubt is planted, it's not so easy to remove.

Your relationship with Nanzhi, what does it have to do with me?"

She did need to consider the future relationship between Jin'an and Yinruo and Nanzhi after their matter was settled; getting along well was important.

This way, fixing the relationship between Xiao Yinruo and Nanzhi was also beneficial for her.

Listening to Pei Wanyu's voice, Xiao Yinruo's hand, which had half-extended to hold her wrist, retracted immediately.

If Wanyu wasn't going to reveal everything, she wouldn't need to stop her.

Letting Nanzhi be a bit more cautious wouldn't hurt.

Xiao Yinruo's eyes narrowed slightly: "Crazy woman..."

Pei Wanyu turned to glance at her: "Who's the real madwoman, hmm?"

Finishing her sentence, she exited Huangyu Palace, raising the oiled paper umbrella, her phoenix eyes calmly gazing into the misty rain ahead, her steps light.

At that moment, Pei Wanyu thought of the letter that had tried to sow discord between Nanzhi and Qingyue.

If this was truly Lu Yunzhu's doing as Jin'an had said, her possessive nature might already be brewing something.

If so, she also needed to make some preparations.

Of course, Jin'an would surely not abandon his foster sister, she never intended to kick out the unseen Lu Yunzhu either.

But, Pei Wanyu didn't want the 'lonely' Lu Yunzhu to obtain more.

Under her long sleeve, Pei Wanyu's left hand slightly clenched, a faint smile playing at the corners of her mouth.

She too wanted to lavish her treasured disciple with more love, though the past lesson with Lu Yunzhu was evident.

"Crazy woman... tsk."

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"Last night, the traces left by Aunt empathizing were discovered by Wanyu."

Xiao Yinruo found her way back to Lu Jin'an, whispering in his ear, her sultry voice like that of a succubus: "Little rascal, you'll have to be even more careful from now on～"

Lu Jin'an was silent for a moment, then spoke helplessly: "It was intentional, wasn't it?"

"Guess?"

Xiao Yinruo smiled with arched eyebrows and suddenly raised her right hand to pat Lu Jin'an's shoulder lightly, saying earnestly: "If you have questions, you can always come to your Aunt to ask. You should focus on enhancing your cultivation strength, protect yourself well in these turbulent times, and protect Nanzhi too."

Just as Lu Jin'an was about to speak, in the rain curtain within his view, Zhu Nanzhi's tall and exquisite figure appeared.

"The junior understands it now."

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