"Me?" Yun Qian swallowed the candied fruit in her mouth and leaned against him: "When your stomach growls, you need to eat something. You told me that."
Xu Changāan was taken aback and then had nothing to say.
Could it be that if he hadnāt said that, Miss Yun wouldnāt have eaten?
Yun Qian was eating beside him, while Xu Changāan looked at the slightly damp Fire Stone in his hand. He calmly wrapped it in Spiritual Power and then placed it in his arms.
"What are you doing?" Yun Qian noticed his small action and asked, looking up.
"Iām keeping this." Xu Changāan said.
"It originally belonged to you." Yun Qian said matter-of-factly, "Arenāt you going to wash it? I had it in my mouth just now."
"No need to wash it. Iāll take it out and look at it when Iām in a bad mood." Xu Changāan smiled bitterly, feeling disappointed that he hadnāt seen the scene when Miss Yun put the Fire Stone in her mouth like a candied fruit...
What a pity.
His heart itched.
"Do you like it very much?" Yun Qian, puzzled, glanced at Xu Changāan, put down the half-eaten persimmon cake, and pointed at the Fire Stone, "Should I eat it for you to see?"
"You donāt have such good teeth." Xu Changāan said helplessly, "Just eat your own food."
"Okay." Yun Qian acknowledged, then said: "Is the issue resolved?"
"Itās resolved, the matter of the Elixir Field... there is a way." Xu Changāan recalled the Yin Yang Dual Cultivation technique, avoiding looking at his wife.
"Itās resolved, but why do you seem unhappy?" Yun Qian asked.
"Thereās still another problem." Xu Changāan thought that in some sense, the System was even more troublesome than the issue with her Elixir Field. Not being able to use the Elixir Field didnāt hinder his life with Yun Qian, but the System was like a ticking time bomb that could explode at any moment.
"Another problem?" Yun Qian nodded thoughtfully, swallowing the last piece of the persimmon cake. Her fair hand curled as if catching onto something, and she softly said, "Do you need my help to solve it?"
"This is my own matter, Iāll solve it myself." Xu Changāan enjoyed the way she tried hard to be a good helper, although she knew nothing, and he laughed as he wrapped his arm around her waist: "If you, Miss, stay warm and healthy, without getting hurt, thatās the biggest help for me."
"I understand." Yun Qian slowly let go of her hand.
She knew a woman shouldnāt overly involve herself in a manās affairs.
Xu Changāan hugged her and curiously glanced out the window.
Rain was pouring down harder than before as if releasing something. The Inner Lake of Muyu Peak had already overflowed, flooding into the courtyards of the girls living by the lake.
This was only fine because it was the Immortal Sect. Such a downpour in the mortal world would cause disasters.
"How does this rain... have anything to do with me?" Xu Changāan mumbled.
"What?" Yun Qian looked at him.
"Nothing." Xu Changāan smiled slightly, enjoying the rare peace.
"What should I do now?" Yun Qian, having regained her strength after eating some candied fruit, slowly asked.
"Letās go back to Celestial Bright Peak and prepare. Tomorrow we return to Beisang City." Xu Changāan explained.
"Return?" Yun Qianās eyelashes fluttered twice, "Arenāt you going to cultivate? If so, instead of returning to Beisang City, why not go back to the island with me?"
Since they planned to live an ordinary life as husband and wife, the city couldnāt compare to their time alone on the island.
She still had many things she wanted to do with Xu Changāan on the island.
"I havenāt said Iām giving up cultivation." Xu Changāan said earnestly: "Giving up cultivation... would mean giving up time with you, Miss. How could I do such a silly thing?"
"Why do you say that?"
"Cultivation allows one to live longer." Xu Changāan revealed a look of anticipation, wondering what a hundred or five hundred years later would be like for him and Yun Qian, and whether they would have children.
"..."
Upon hearing this, Yun Qianās eyes wandered around the room with a "guilty" posture.
Longevity was already in her grasp.
He could live until... he no longer wished to live.
Itās not Miss Yunās business.
"Weāre going back to solve your cultivation problem." Xu Changāan said.
"Okay."
"Weāre going to meet Senior Zhu."
"Okay."
"Steward Zhu is in Flower Moon Building, a brothel."
"Okay."
"Miss, can you say something other than okay?"
"Okay?"
"... Never mind." Xu Changāan chuckled bitterly, "Though I know you wouldnāt mind such things, Iām going to take you to a brothel after all... shouldnāt there be some emotional reaction?"
"Is that so?" Yun Qian nodded seriously and said, "Iāll be happy to be with you."
Thinking for a moment, Yun Qian suddenly said: "But going up and down the mountain will tire you out again."
Because the road was too long, heād have to carry her, which would be tiring.
Xu Changāan: "..."
He understood now that in Yun Qianās heart, as long as she was with him, it didnāt matter if it was to Beisang City, Chaoyun Sect, a brothel, or boating. They were all the same.
To have such a wife, what more could a husband ask for?
"Carrying you makes me sweat, but itās not from fatigue." Xu Changāan covered his face.
"Thatās strange." Yun Qian turned her head to look at Xu Changāan, thinking doing more intimate things was commonplace for them, merely simple touches...
"Because Miss doesnāt realize her own charm." Xu Changāan coughed once: "Nowadays, even the professor likes you."
"Is that so." Yun Qian nodded, not denying her charm this time.
"Arenāt you going to ask how to solve the problem?" Xu Changāan blinked rapidly.
"Iāll listen to you."
"Itāll be in a way you like. We could justifiably spend all day together, even Junior Master Qin couldnāt say we were indulging, right?"
"In a way I like?" Yun Qian acknowledged.
"I know you want to say you like being with me." Xu Changāan hesitated, then mysteriously said, "But... youāll definitely like it even more."
He sounded like a rascal teasing a virtuous woman.
But she was his wife, and they were alone in their bedroom, so it was only natural he could say that.
"Then I look forward to it." Yun Qian followed his words, curling her lips into a beautiful arc.
She didnāt know everything; even if she knew, if she wanted to pretend she didnāt, she could suppress the memory.
As long as it made him happy.
"Itās a promise, weāll go to Beisang City tomorrow to see Senior Zhu." Xu Changāan said, planning to explain Zhu Pingniangās personality and the brothel girlsā jokes to Yun Qian, preparing her so she wouldnāt misunderstand Zhu Pingniangās nature.
Although Yun Qian didnāt care about it at all.
"Okay." Yun Qian nodded, standing up, "Shall we go?"
"No rush." Xu Changāan glanced at the small umbrella by the door and at the heavy rain outside, saying: "I canāt use Spiritual Power now, so letās wait until the rain lightens before leaving..."
With such heavy rain, if they didnāt use the umbrella, sheād get soaked.
"Wait until the rain lightens?" Yun Qian tilted her head, glancing at the dark clouds outside the window.
"Anyway, heavy rain isnāt bad. I quite like this kind of environment." Xu Changāan smiled: "Listening to the rain as two people have its own charm."
"So you like it, letās stay a bit longer then." Yun Qian acknowledged, slowly sitting back down.
"Miss, you really donāt care about the brothel, huh? Generally, girls would show some resistance. After all, where in the world does a husband take his wife to a brothel?"
"You didnāt tell me beforehand. Is it still too late to resist?"
"Itās too late."
"Okay."
Yun Qian thought for a moment, then suddenly said: "Actually, I also have a place I want to go, can you take me there?"
"Sure... wait, wait, wait." Xu Changāan instinctively agreed to Yun Qianās request but then immediately widened his eyes and jumped up: "What did you say... you have a place you want to go? Where is it?"
Was the sun rising in the west?
She actually had a place she wanted to go and mentioned it voluntarily.
Xu Changāanās heart rate accelerated continuously, his inner sense of anticipation climbing rapidly, his eyes fixated on Yun Qianās face.
Until Yun Qian slowly spoke, pushing his anticipation to its peak.
āā
"I want to see the place you live at Muyu Peak." Yun Qian said seriously.
Xu Changāan: "..."
Oh.
I see.
Then itās nothing.