Li Qing didn’t want Qi Mengru to know about his relationship with Guan Lin, but it seemed like there really was no way for him to go out in his current state.

If someone saw him like this, it wouldn’t just be social suicide—it would be much worse.

"Are you saying I should find someone else?" Li Qing hesitated before asking.

Qi Mengru nodded, "Given your condition, it seems like you have no other choice."

"I know you’re definitely not only with us two or three women. It’s okay, I understand," she said.

Li Qing was still hesitant.

After all, Guan Lin was a married woman...

Qi Mengru’s soft body pressed into Li Qing’s arms. "I am your woman, and from the beginning, I just wanted to be one of your women. I had no intentions of possessing you completely. You are destined to do great things. It’s not strange for you to have many women. Moreover, I am the latter."

"In fact, you already know them and have met them..." Li Qing weakly remarked.

Qi Mengru smiled gently, "I guessed as much, and with what you’ve told me before, it was easy to figure out."

"So... the reason you are so troubled is that the woman from the town who is involved with you isn’t one of them?"

Li Qing nodded.

"Oh, that’s no big deal; I’ll get to meet her too. Look at my older brother, he has several women living together harmoniously. It’s bound to happen sooner or later, right? You can’t expect us to keep living apart like this forever," Qi Mengru laughed.

Li Qing, somewhat distressed, massaged his temples. "Well, about that..."

Qi Mengru looked up at Li Qing. "The woman in the town you are involved with... she couldn’t be someone else’s wife, could she?"

Li Qing remained silent, giving a half-push as if to tacitly affirm the fact.

"What you’re doing, it’s not really honorable, but I guess there are reasons, right?" Qi Mengru asked.

Li Qing looked at Qi Mengru’s expression nervously and nodded, "Their marriage was unhappy, and one thing led to another, and she got entangled with me. I didn’t mean to break up a family."

"These sorts of things can only happen when both sides are willing. But as for someone else’s wife, you can’t be in contact for long. Such a relationship must remain hidden; if something happens, the consequences can be quite troublesome," Qi Mengru said.

"Don’t be angry; after I was with you, I didn’t have such relationships anymore," Li Qing said.

He was indeed telling the truth.

Since he became involved with Qi Mengru, it was as if he lost the allure for other married women and didn’t engage with any more.

Qi Mengru chuckled softly, "Why would I be angry about what happened before me?"

"Don’t worry, I’m not angry. I don’t ask for much, just that you treat me well, and you’ve done a great job at that."

"Go call for help. Seeing you like this is painful." Qi Mengru poked Li Qing’s member with her hand, looking both amused and helpless, "It’s also my fault for being inadequate, unable to satisfy you, making you seek other women."

"Today was really unexpected," Li Qing said, with a headache.

"Go call for help, get that swelling down quickly," Qi Mengru laughed.

Left with no choice, Li Qing took out his phone and called Guan Lin.

When Guan Lin heard that she was needed at Qi Mengru’s office, she was so shocked that she was speechless.

Li Qing didn’t explain much, just said there was a matter, and told her to come over quickly.

Qi Mengru struggled to get up from the bed and managed to put on a nightgown, "I’ll go and fetch her."

Li Qing grabbed Qi Mengru, "You better rest; your legs are still shaking. Why fetch anyone? I’ll go."

"You probably find it difficult to say, right? Considering it’s at my place," Qi Mengru said with a chuckle.

"No worries, the two of you are familiar with each other anyway," Li Qing scratched his temple, saying somewhat awkwardly.

Qi Mengru paused for a moment, "We are familiar with each other?"

She hadn’t noticed the name on the phone when Li Qing was calling.

She still didn’t know that the person Li Qing had been calling was Guan Lin.

"When the person arrives, you’ll know," Li Qing said helplessly.

This was undoubtedly an incredibly awkward situation.

Once Guan Lin entered, Qi Mengru’s expression would probably be quite a sight.

A deep knocking sound came from outside.

"She’s arrived so quickly?" Qi Mengru exclaimed in surprise, "Then go open the door."

Li Qing wrapped himself in a bath towel and left the bedroom to open the door.

Guan Lin, dressed in a black hip-hugging skirt, stood at the door somewhat nervously, "You... what’s the matter?"

"Come in first, then we’ll talk," Li Qing pulled Guan Lin inside, closed the door, and pushed her into the bedroom.

Upon seeing Qi Mengru on the bed, wearing only a nightgown which revealed much of her voluptuous figure, Guan Lin was instantly dumbstruck.

In such a scene, she felt as if she was sitting on pins and needles, utterly uncomfortable.

"Teacher Guan?!" Qi Mengru, seeing Guan Lin, also opened her mouth in shock, her gaze somewhat vacant.

However, being someone who wielded power, she quickly regained her composure.

"So Teacher Guan and Qingzi also have that kind of relationship. I can’t believe I’ve never noticed," Qi Mengru said with a soft, gentle laugh, "Please take a seat; don’t be shy. We’re pretty much the same, and you have nothing to be embarrassed about."

"Principal Qi, I think it may be a bit inappropriate for me to be here at this time," Guan Lin still couldn’t help feeling nervous.

Li Qing helped her sit down on the edge of the bed, "There’s nothing inappropriate about it."

"If it weren’t for Qingzi running into a bit of trouble today, I probably would never have known about a ’sister’ like you. It’s just that you have a husband, otherwise, I think we could have become really good ’sisters,’" Qi Mengru said softly.

Guan Lin forced a smile, "My husband and I have been in name only for quite some time, just maintaining it for the sake of the child now..."

"Oh, then that’s even easier to deal with. I always thought Qingzi, though a bit of a playboy, would never do something to break up a family. Since it’s only in name, we will likely have a great chance to become real ’sisters’ in the future," Qi Mengru said.

At that moment, Guan Lin was bewildered; she hesitated before asking, "Principal Qi, my coming here is...?"

"Could you please help Qingzi?" Qi Mengru said, "He took the wrong medication today."

Guan Lin looked at Li Qing with surprise. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Li Qing nodded with a wry smile, "I really did take the wrong medicine, accidentally took a Solidifying Spirit Elixir, and it’s got me stuck. Mengru couldn’t handle me alone, so I had to call you here..."

Guan Lin’s pupils dilated slightly with shock, glancing over at Li Qing.

She had noticed the tent pitched high on Li Qing’s lower half as soon as she entered the door, but she hadn’t let her thoughts wander elsewhere.

She never expected...it was actually for this.

"But... here..." Guan Lin bit her thin lip, her face showing difficulty.