This is a bizarre rule, isn't it? It's supposed to grant me many children and good fortune

A soft "click" was the sound of Xia Ning's knuckles rubbing together in her clenched fist.

"That's outrageous!" Xia Ning spat out the two words through gritted teeth, her voice as cold as if it had been pulled from an ice cellar. "You gluttonous Su Wan..."

As soon as she finished speaking, a black aura quietly spread from her body, her skirt moved without wind, and she turned and rushed towards the stairs, her steps so fast that she almost left a trail of afterimages.

The receptionist shivered from the sudden chill, and by the time she came to her senses, Xia Ning had already rushed to the stairwell. She quickly leaned out and shouted:

"Madam! Please don't act impulsively—let's talk this out—"

She panicked as soon as she said it.

If they actually start fighting and tear the house down, who should be held responsible?

The more she thought about it, the more panicked she became, and she quickly grabbed the walkie-talkie that was next to her:

"Security! Security! Calling from the front desk!"

"A woman has become agitated and rushed up the stairs, seemingly intending to cause trouble in room 809 on the eighth floor! Please go and check on her immediately!"

A "Received" came from the other end of the walkie-talkie.

........................

Meanwhile, in room 809 on the eighth floor.

The gray-white simulation space suddenly collapsed, and the real room view instantly filled the field of vision.

Su Wan was the first to sit up, a thin layer of sweat beading on her forehead: "She's up!"

She sprang up from the sofa, rushed to the window, and yanked open the curtains. The sea breeze rushed in, making the curtains flutter.

She turned around, her eyes urgent: "No, we can't just sit here and wait to die! We have to jump out the window and escape—"

As she spoke, she reached out to take Lin Feng's hand.

Lin Feng stood still, his expression calm, only his brow furrowed slightly: "Escape is not the solution."

"Are we going to wait for her to come knocking on our door if we don't run away?" Su Wan stamped her foot anxiously. "You know her personality better than I do. If things really get out of hand—"

Lin Feng interrupted her: "She's going to get angry simply because you lied to her and you ate all the food by yourself."

He took two steps closer, looking calmly at Su Wan: "What if Ningning gets to try it too?"

Su Wan was taken aback: "...What do you mean?"

"Let her get on the same boat as you," Lin Feng said, emphasizing each word. "As long as you're on the same boat as her, she won't cause any more trouble."

Su Wan understood, and her face immediately fell: "No, I don't agree."

She crossed her arms over her chest, her lips pouting so much they could hang an oil bottle on them:

"Why should I share what I worked so hard to win with her?!"

Lin Feng's palm covered the back of her hand:

"Wan'er, listen to me."

"You know Ningning's personality. If she throws a tantrum and passes a message to Mengmeng, Vivian, Xiaofu, and Xiaorui, and those sisters gang up on you, can you handle it?"

Su Wan's lips twitched, and she turned her face away without saying a word, but her fingers clenched noticeably tighter.

Lin Feng's voice softened slightly:

"When faced with two evils, choose the lesser one."

"Ningning is just angry that you lacked sportsmanship and ate alone. But if she also benefits from it, she'll soften her tone and calm down, and the matter can be suppressed."

Su Wan bit her lower lip and remained silent for a long while, then let out a reluctant snort through her nose before finally relenting:

"...What if she eats it and then denies it?"

"We have to get her to eat it first." Lin Feng stood up, walked to the window, and said, "You go first, leave the rest to me."

Su Wan reluctantly got up, turning back every few steps, her eyes almost overflowing with resentment.

Lin Feng looked at her gently: "Go ahead, I'll calm her down and make sure you're safe."

Su Wan gritted her teeth, turned over, and stepped out of the window.

Almost at the same moment—

The doorbell rang loudly.

Urgent, irritable, one call after another, as if trying to break the doorbell.

Lin Feng took a deep breath, straightened his collar, and walked over to unlock the door.

Xia Ning stood outside the door, her white dress bathed in a thin light under the corridor lamp, her long hair slightly disheveled, and red marks still lingering around her eyes.

But the moment those eyes saw who opened the door, all their anger, coldness, and suspicion vanished as if swallowed whole by something.

"husband……"

Her voice choked, and she lunged at him, wrapping her arms tightly around his waist and burying her face in his chest.

"It really is you..."

Before the words were finished, a series of hurried footsteps came from the end of the corridor.

Two security guards rushed over one after the other, clutching walkie-talkies, and stopped panting at the entrance of room 809.

The head security guard was about to ask something when he looked up and saw the woman in the white dress clinging to the man, one arm around her back and the other gently stroking the back of her head, their posture intimate and natural.

There was absolutely no sign of them playing around.

The security guard opened his mouth, then froze on the spot.

Lin Feng turned his head, took out two hundred-yuan ghost coins from his spatial storage, and casually tossed them down, letting them land at the security guard's feet.

"It's alright here. Thank you both for making the trip. Go back to your work."

The security guard looked down and saw the strange coins on the ground. His eyes lit up, and he replied repeatedly, "Okay, okay, sorry to bother you."

The two bent down, quickly picked up the money, and left without looking back.

Lin Feng raised his hand and closed the door, locking it with a "click".

After hugging for a while, Xia Ning's emotions gradually calmed down, but the lingering anger still lingered in her heart.

She released Lin Feng, her gaze passing over his shoulder to probe the interior of the room, her tone carrying a suppressed coldness:

"Where's Wanwan? Tell her to come out; I want to have a serious talk with her!"

Lin Feng held her hand, his tone softening:

"Ningning, listen to me first."

"This instance was originally scheduled for a ten-day period, but we finished on the fifth day—all thanks to Wan'er."

"You know her, she has a big appetite and is a bit greedy. It's only natural for her to want to have a little extra food."

Xia Ning pulled her hand back and glared at him: "I can understand having a big appetite, but lying to us that you went to the Dragon Kingdom Ghost Stories Strategy Group is just too much!"

"You're right about everything." Lin Feng followed her words, placing his palm on the back of her slightly cool hand and gently stroking it with his thumb.

"If it weren't for Wan'er's hard work in helping me clear the dungeon, I might have had to stay until the very last day before I could get out."

"The result is the same anyway—he's back, perfectly fine, right in front of you."

"Just... turn a blind eye, okay?"

"My dear Ningning, you should be forgiving when you can."

Xia Ning pursed her lips, clearly not yet completely persuaded:

"No way. If we let her off easily this time, everyone will follow her example, and things will get chaotic."

"I have to tell the other sisters about this, and make sure they don't touch you for at least three months—"

Upon hearing this, Su Wan, who was pressed against the outer wall outside the window, gritted her teeth and made a move to climb inside.

Lin Feng calmly put his hands behind his back and quickly made a "suppress" gesture towards the window.

Su Wan glared at him resentfully, but ultimately didn't climb in. She just muttered something silently through the crack in the window.

Lin Feng turned his gaze back to Xia Ning's face, his eyes filled with a tenderness as deep as ink.

"Let's not talk about that now, okay?"

He stepped forward, his fingertips gently tracing her chin:

"My husband and I finally managed to get together, so let's put those things aside for now while we're all alone..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he lowered his head and kissed her.