Su Qi ignored Jingyue. ’What a ridiculous theory.’

’Being together consumes luck? It’s not like I’m some kind of monster that eats luck.’

Then, Su Qi said, "Senior Sister, can I apply to go back for further training now?"

Jingyue thought for a moment and said, "I’ll look into it for you in the next couple of days. If it’s not possible, you’ll have to wait a bit longer. In any case, it’ll definitely be approved within a year.

So, you two are planning to have a baby?"

Su Qi nodded and smiled. "That’s right. We’re planning to as soon as I can go back for my training."

Jingyue remarked with a sigh, "I’ve really never seen a Cultivator have a baby in their twenties."

Su Qi said, "Cultivation is just a part-time job for me. My main identity, however, is being a wife. How could I not have a baby?"

Jingyue sighed internally. ’My junior sister is a lost cause. She’s completely turned into a little nagging wife. Hmm, well, maybe not nagging, but a young wife for sure.’

’But as long as she’s happy, that’s fine. Fools have their own kind of luck, after all.’

’So she still felt that Jiang Zuo was incredibly lucky to have married a wife like Su Qi.’

After that, Jiang Zuo and Su Qi decided to head back.

They were in the way here and couldn’t relax.

Su Qi, in particular, felt too embarrassed to act cute and pouty, which was just unbearable.

So it was better to go home where no one would bother them. It would be just the two of them, which was much more comfortable.

After bidding farewell to Jingyue and the others, Jiang Zuo took Su Qi home.

Watching Su Qi and Jiang Zuo leave, Qing Lian curiously asked Jingyue, "Holy Sister, do you think Brother Jiang can really suppress misfortune? How could someone like that live in obscurity?"

Jingyue pondered for a moment. "Perhaps you’re thinking about it the wrong way. Before Xiaojiu was struck by the Misfortune Coin, the situation might have been the exact opposite."

Qing Lian was confused.

"To put it simply, it’s highly likely that your senior sister was suppressing her husband’s luck. Or perhaps, because it was incredibly difficult for the two of them to end up together, Jiang Zuo’s luck neutralized that difficulty.

But this is all just speculation, with no real credibility," Jingyue said.

After she spoke, she dismissed the thought. There was no point getting hung up on something like this.

The whole concept of luck was ethereal and vague. Who knew if they had just happened to trigger some special solution?

Perhaps this was just how the Misfortune Coin was meant to be dealt with.

Just then, Jingyue paused, then suddenly laughed. "Say, with Xiaojiu’s situation, when she has her baby, do you think she’ll give birth to the Misfortune Coin along with it?"

Qing Lian: "..."

She couldn’t quite follow the Saintess’s train of thought. It jumped around too quickly.

She couldn’t keep up at all.

*****

Jiang Zuo and Su Qi had just arrived in front of their apartment complex. Su Qi thought for a moment and said, "I don’t think we have anything to eat at home, do we? Did you buy any groceries?"

Jiang Zuo shook his head. "No."

’It wasn’t just that I hadn’t bought anything; I hadn’t even been home. I only just returned yesterday myself.’

’Wait.’ After a moment, Jiang Zuo remembered the Sweet Potatoes that were supposed to be roasting upstairs. ’Oh well, if they’re cooked, I’ll just eat them. Su Qi won’t be able to complain then.’

"In that case, I’ll go shopping. You go on up and start the rice... Never mind, you’d better just come with me." ’If I let Jiang Zuo cook,’ Su Qi thought, ’I’ll just have to do it all over again myself later.’

So Su Qi dragged Jiang Zuo to the supermarket.

Since it was just food for the two of them, they didn’t buy much and were out of the supermarket in no time.

Just as they were leaving the supermarket, Su Qi got a call from Jingyue. She held her phone, her face a mask of displeasure.

"Not going to answer it?" Jiang Zuo asked curiously.

Su Qi grumbled, "What if she’s telling me I have to go on a business trip tomorrow? It’s happening way too often. She can’t just keep sending me away now that you know what I do for a living."

"A husband and wife need to be together for their relationship to grow. Doesn’t she know that I’ll miss you constantly?"

Jiang Zuo looked at Su Qi and said calmly, "What if it’s about your training?"

Su Qi froze, then immediately said, "Oh, you’re right."

With that, she answered the call.

While Su Qi was on the phone, Jiang Zuo naturally took her hand and led her home.

"Senior Sister, is this about my training?" Su Qi asked immediately.

"Are you dense? How could the training be approved so quickly? I’m calling to tell you something. I’m going back to the Holy Land, so you can find a place to take a vacation for a few days," Jingyue said.

Su Qi said, disappointed, "Oh, I thought my training was approved. But never mind a vacation. Just let me stay at home, that’s the best vacation for me."

"No, you need a vacation. The plane tickets have already been bought. Your flight is in two days. There are some things that need handling over there, so you can take care of them while you’re at it." And with that, Jingyue hung up.

By this time, they had arrived at their front door.

The moment they stepped inside, Su Qi immediately called Jingyue back.

’What was her Senior Sister playing at?’

’This vacation is just an excuse, isn’t it?’

While Su Qi was on the phone, Jiang Zuo took the groceries to the kitchen. He saw the Sun Flame Stone was still there and put it away.

As for the fish and the duck, they showed no more signs of life. They were probably cooked.

Just then, Su Qi walked in, complaining into her phone, "Senior Sister, you tricked me! After all that, you’re still sending me on a business trip. You’ve gone too far!"

"It’s been a month, and I haven’t even been home for a full week."

"What are you talking about? Sure, you weren’t at home, but out of thirty days in a month, you spent more than half of them sleeping with your husband. What’s there to complain about?"

"It’s much better than before. Anyway, I have to hurry back to the Holy Land. Bye."

Jingyue hung up. Su Qi still wanted to say something, but her eyes fell on the things on the rack, and she froze.

Then she asked, "What are these three blackened things?"

Jiang Zuo poked them with a pair of chopsticks to see if they were cooked. "Shi Qi, Shiba, and the Sweet Potato."

"Oh, are they cooked? Huh?" Su Qi then yelped, "Who are *they*?"

******

"Don’t you think this is going too far? They almost died," Su Qi said with a sigh, looking at the three little creatures gasping for breath in the sink.

Shiba was incredibly touched. ’The mistress really is a good person.’

Then Su Qi continued, "You should have made them do a few backflips first. If they did poorly, *then* you could roast them. You have to at least give them a chance."

Jiang Zuo asked in surprise, "And if they did them well, you’d just let them off?"

"Of course," Su Qi said with a smile. "They’d have to flip until they couldn’t move anymore. That would count as a failure, and then we’d roast them. You still have to give them a chance.

But breaking my things is unforgivable."

Shiba: "..."

’I was wrong,’ it thought. ’She’s even more terrifying.’

’Luckily, I still managed to escape this time.’

Duan Qiao, meanwhile, sat there obediently. At some point, a tiny fishing rod had appeared in its hand. ’Since I’m just sitting around anyway,’ it thought, ’I might as well fish.’

’I already get it. Neither of the two people in there is to be trifled with.’

’The mistress seems nicer, but you must never, ever make her angry. The consequences would be even more terrifying.’

Back in their room, Su Qi started looking through some special items—the same ones Jiang Zuo had been looking at earlier.

Jiang Zuo saw her and asked curiously, "You kept all these things, so what about that scarf?"

The moment he mentioned the scarf, Su Qi’s expression soured. "Don’t you dare make fun of me."

Then Su Qi said regretfully, "The scarf got ruined. I was so silly back then. I was still wearing it on my way back from the ritual, and it was accidentally destroyed."

Seeing Su Qi look so sad and regretful, Jiang Zuo went to her side and said, "If it’s ruined, it’s ruined. I can just buy you another one. Besides, my feelings haven’t changed at all. Nothing is different."

"Feelings?"

"Mhm. The feeling of falling for you, the feeling of a first love, the feeling of wanting to give you things. They’ve always been here. They’ve never changed."