Let me explain, it's not what you think.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

"I'm home! Jingbai, are you home?! Junior brother? Open the door!"

Lin Tian was somewhat frustrated. This was his own cave dwelling, but the array inside had been changed, and now he couldn't even open the door!

The sudden sound startled the two people inside the room, especially Lu Chen, who instantly came up with his last words.

Zhuang Jingbai wasn't so bad; instead, she angrily cursed Lin Tian.

"You dog, you bastard! You actually know how to come back!"

Hearing Zhuang Jingbai's angry voice, Lin Tian immediately cowered.

"My lady, why did you change the formation in my house? Let me in first, and I'll explain everything to you slowly!"

"Who's your wife? You... um, didn't you leave me to go find Meiji?"

"What? Junior brother told you everything?" Lin Tian didn't notice Zhuang Jingbai's short sentence; instead, he was filled with panic.

"Hmph! Apologize to me now, and you can come back in when I'm satisfied!"

Zhuang Jingbai left with those words and then fell silent. Only the sound of crashing and breaking could be heard from inside the cave, clearly indicating that she was smashing things.

……

Lin Tian apologized for a long time before Zhuang Jingbai was finally satisfied and opened the door.

The moment the door opened, Lin Tian rushed inside.

Actually, Lu Chen was quite right. He had thought about it these past few days and realized that he had indeed acted impulsively and come up with such a bad idea.

No matter what, she's his wife. What kind of behavior is it to let his junior brother into the bridal chamber? He's starting to regret it now.

However, upon entering, he almost thought he had gone to the wrong place.

The cave was in complete disarray; tables were askew, chairs were overturned, bedding was crumpled and thrown on the floor, dishes were shattered in the kitchen, and the balcony...

This place feels like a battlefield.

"This..." Lin Tian swallowed.

Zhuang Jingbai stood in the middle of the mess, having already changed out of her phoenix coronet and wedding robes, wearing a plain white dress, her hair disheveled, and her eyes red-rimmed, looking as if she had been crying for a long time.

I just don't know what kind of suffering they endured, or where their tears came from.

"Wife..." Lin Tiangou approached furtively.

"Why...do you do this?"

"Why bother? You abandoned me to go and appease that vixen, so what if I smash a few things?"

"No, no, no, it's nothing, it's nothing!" Lin Tian quickly waved his hand. "You can break it all you want, I'll buy you new ones no matter how many you break!"

Zhuang Jingbai snorted coldly and turned her head away.

Lin Tian chuckled awkwardly, his gaze inadvertently sweeping across the room.

and many more.

On that balcony... why are there two robes hanging on the clothes rack? One is his wife's, and the other looks like his but doesn't look like his?

He looked into the kitchen and saw two sets of bowls and chopsticks on the stove, along with leftover spiritual vegetables.

"Um..." Lin Tian scratched his head, "Wife, you've had a good appetite these past few days?"

Zhuang Jingbai's body stiffened.

"I... I'm in a bad mood, is it wrong for me to eat a lot!" Zhuang Jingbai raised her voice, "It's none of your business how much I eat!"

"Okay, okay, I'll eat as much as you want!" Lin Tian quickly surrendered, then changed the subject.

"My wife, I haven't seen my junior brother outside. Have you seen him?"

"Hmph, you really do love your relatives and friends, your brothers and sisters!" Zhuang Jingbai sneered.

"What did you do to him?"

Seeing her expression, Lin Tian immediately became anxious. However, Zhuang Jingbai didn't say anything, but instead led him to the storage room.

The door to the storage room was pushed open, and a musty smell wafted out.

Lin Tian frowned as he walked in. With the light coming in from the doorway, he immediately spotted the disheveled figure in the corner.

Lu Chen was currently tied tightly to a pillar, his mouth stuffed with a white fairy sock he had found somewhere, his hair disheveled, and he was only wearing his undergarments, looking utterly wretched.

"Junior brother?!" Lin Tian exclaimed and rushed forward.

Lu Chen looked up and saw Lin Tian's face, his eyes instantly reddening. His eyes were filled with grievance, anger, accusation, and despair.

Lin Tian frantically tried to untie the ropes, turning back to Zhuang Jingbai as he did so, asking, "Wife, what... what happened? Why did you tie up my junior brother? And why are you making him eat your socks?"

Zhuang Jingbai leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed, coldly watching the scene: "What's going on? Ask him."

Lin Tian looked at Lu Chen, pulled the sock out of his mouth, and then released Zhuang Jingbai's seal.

"Cough cough cough!" Lu Chen coughed violently.

"Senior brother, two days! Two whole days! Do you know how I spent them?!"

Faced with Lu Chen's questioning, Lin Tian felt somewhat guilty. At the same time, seeing how miserable he was, his initial regret turned into a face full of remorse.

"Did your sister-in-law find out you weren't me, and then she got angry and tied you up?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Chen opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know where to begin.

Yes, in a sense, that's true. But the process was completely different from what Lin Tian had imagined.

"Hmph." Zhuang Jingbai snorted coldly.

"I found out you made him sleep in your place on your wedding night, of course I'm angry. If I'm not angry, should I thank you?"

Lin Tian lowered his head in remorse: "My wife, it's my fault, I shouldn't have..."

"You've done so many things you shouldn't have!"

"Do you know how I felt that night when I lifted the veil and saw your junior brother? I wanted nothing more than to kill both of you with a single sword stroke!"

Lin Tian was so ashamed by the scolding that he could only nod repeatedly, "Yes, yes, it's my fault, I'm a bastard, I..."

"You're a bastard?" Zhuang Jingbai sneered. "You are indeed a bastard. But your junior brother is a gentleman."

Lin Tian was taken aback and looked up at Zhuang Jingbai.

"You asked him to go to the bridal chamber in your place, and he actually did it. After I found out, he just sat there motionless, like a piece of wood. When I asked him questions, he wouldn't say a word, wholeheartedly covering for you."

Lin Tian: "..."

At first, he was worried about how awkward it would be to get along with Lu Chen in the future, but now... with such a brother, he has no regrets in this life!

Lin Tian looked at Lu Chen with gratitude in his eyes, but Lu Chen silently lowered his head.

That night… he didn’t say a word. But what happened afterward? And then…

"That sister-in-law, actually I really didn't dare to come. I never intended to come from the beginning. I was forced..."

Before Lu Chen could finish speaking, Lin Tian covered his mouth and then communicated with him through his eyes:

You've already taken the blame, what's there to explain now?

Lu Chen: "..."

Zhuang Jingbai leaned against the door frame, arms crossed, coldly watching the scene unfold.

Seeing this, Lu Chen pushed Lin Tian away.

"If there's nothing else, I won't bother you. Your quarrels are making me suffer!" With that, he walked out of the storage room and onto the balcony.

"I'll see my junior brother off!"

At this moment, Lin Tian dared not provoke Zhuang Jingbai and followed Lu Chen closely.

But when he saw Lu Chen walk to the balcony, pick up his robe and put it on, a hint of doubt flashed across his face.

"Junior brother, why are your clothes hanging on my balcony like this?"

Upon hearing this, both Zhuang Jingbai and Lu Chen were shocked.

Fortunately, Lu Chen reacted quickly and immediately spoke up:

"Senior brother, how dare you ask? It's not that I'm a coward, it's just that my sister-in-law is too intimidating!"

Lin Tian: "??!"

Zhuang Jingbai: "(ᗒᗩᗕ)՞"

Could it be that Lu Chen couldn't withstand the pressure and was about to confess? Then what about myself...?

"What exactly happened?"

"You know, my sister-in-law sealed my cultivation back then, making me feel completely insecure, so my pants were sweating buckets, which is why... they're still there now, senior brother, feel them if you don't believe me!"

Lin Tian was speechless upon hearing this. He hadn't expected his junior brother to be so timid!

He was so scared he peed his pants, but then he started sweating in his crotch! How could he sweat in such a small situation? He must have peed himself. This guy really messed up!

Seeing Lu Chen's invitation, Lin Tian kept his distance, saw him to the door, and then didn't see him off any further.

He was afraid that Lu Chen would insist on letting him touch him!

But what he didn't know was that the water on the robe wasn't actually Lu Chen's sweat!