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

Lu Chen stayed in the Jade Realm for a while longer, and then brought Bao'er in with him.

Yu Ning took the child: "Baby, this is your father. We'll live here from now on."

Bao'er opened her eyes groggily, glanced at Lu Chen, and then fell into a deep sleep again.

Afterwards, he spent some more time with the two women before returning to the outside world alone.

But as soon as he stepped onto the floor of his cave dwelling, he saw a person sitting in the hall.

Zhuang Jingbai.

She was sitting at the table. Hearing the noise, she looked up and her gaze fell on Lu Chen. There was a thin layer of dark circles under her eyes, which meant she hadn't rested well for many days.

"You're back?"

Lu Chen stood there, unsure of what to say.

He looked at the cave entrance, which was now tightly closed and protected by a soundproof barrier.

He didn't lay it.

Tonight is going to be a disaster.

"How did you get in?"

Zhuang Jingbai did not answer, but instead took out a communication token.

"I sent you 4,396 messages, and you didn't reply to a single one."

"I……"

Lu Chen wanted to explain that he didn't know how to respond, so Zhuang Jingbai stood up.

She walked up to him and looked up at him.

"Lu Chen, do you think I'm a very bad woman?"

"No, you're overthinking it. I just feel like we've done something irreversible, and I don't know how to get along with you anymore. After all, you are...!"

"We...can't keep making the same mistakes!"

Zhuang Jingbai remained silent for a long time before finally speaking.

"I came to see you not to say these things," Zhuang Jingbai said, her voice trembling slightly.

"I came to find you because..."

"I think I'm pregnant, with yours."

Lu Chen suddenly opened his eyes, not expecting her to discover it so quickly.

Zhuang Jingbai's expression was calm, but her hands were trembling, from her fingertips all the way to her shoulders.

"I don't know what to do."

"I don't know how to tell Lin Tian. As for the sect... what if we get found out..."

She tried desperately to look down at her toes, but she couldn't.

Female cultivators who become pregnant generally do not abort their children, as this would severely damage their cultivation and even their foundation.

"The first person I thought of was you, Lu Chen... What should I do?"

"I……"

Lu Chen was completely bewildered.

Although Zhuang Jingbai made a mistake, he really didn't want Senior Brother Lin to repeat it.

But Zhuang Jingbai was still aware of the situation, so he couldn't completely ignore it.

"You don't need to worry. I just wanted to let you know. As for what to do... I'll figure it out myself."

"What can you do? Sneak away, go back to your parents' house, and give birth to the child?"

Zhuang Jingbai lowered her head.

That's exactly what she thought.

"Then what was the point of doing such a terrible thing back then? Did you even consider his feelings?"

"But, but I don't know what to do now! I... I've realized that ever since that night, I haven't had any special feelings for him..."

"After all, it was you who lifted my veil, it was you who drank the nuptial wine with me, and it was you who entered my bridal chamber... so I should be your bride, but..."

"Stop talking!" Lu Chen interrupted her, his voice trembling.

He never expected that this woman would think that way; she always felt that the woman belonged to him...!

He accepted the relationship between his senior and junior sisters because of their children.

How come when it came to her, I ended up stealing her heart instead?

And then, she got pregnant, which left her... how to face it...!

Zhuang Jingbai stood there, head down, not saying a word, looking extremely aggrieved.

Lu Chen had known her for so long, but he had never seen her like this before.

This woman, from the moment she dared to pin him down on the table on their wedding night to the moment she brought Lin Tian to apologize and was still able to look at his cave without changing her expression, was fierce and domineering every time.

But now, she's like a wronged wife, too ashamed to even lift her head.

What Lu Chen didn't know was that it was precisely because she knew Lu Chen's character—upright and responsible—that he...couldn't possibly abandon her! Even if it was her fault back then, he would still take responsibility for it!

Thinking about this, she liked Lu Chen even more.

"What we need to do now is figure out how to handle this matter properly! Ideally, we should achieve the best of both worlds!"

Zhuang Jingbai remained silent, but moved closer to Lu Chen.

Looking at her ostrich-like appearance, Lu Chen felt both angry and anxious, but he couldn't do anything about it.

He took a deep breath, sat down at the table, poured himself a glass of iced tea, and downed it in one gulp.

The tea was cold, cooling from my throat to my stomach, but I still couldn't suppress the fire in my heart.

"sit."

Zhuang Jingbai did not move.

"I'll let you sit down."

Zhuang Jingbai took two steps and sat down in the chair furthest away from him. Now she seemed a little afraid of Lu Chen.

Lu Chen looked at the distance between the two and sighed.

"You just said you don't have any feelings for him anymore?"

Zhuang Jingbai nodded: "It wasn't like this at first. It was...it was after that night that I felt like you and I were the right couple. After all, I've given you everything...I've thought about it for a long time, and the more I think about it, the more I feel that you should be the one I marry."

"The marriage certificate says...!"

Zhuang Jingbai remained silent.

Lu Chen leaned back in his chair and sighed.

Zhuang Jingbai is already in this state; this matter will definitely not be able to be kept secret any longer.

After all, given enough time, she'll eventually be unable to hide it. And when that happens, they're not stupid; how could they not find out?

Rather than ending up with nothing, it's better to...

"Let's get a divorce."

Zhuang Jingbai suddenly raised her head and stared wide-eyed.

"You and he should get a divorce." Lu Chong repeated.

"While it's still early, while he doesn't know anything."

"But……"

"Listen to me. He doesn't only have you. He has Meiji, and he'll have others in the future. So, in his heart, your affections will definitely be divided."

These words sound harsh, but Lu Chen knew they were true.

In the original story, Lin Tian had many close female friends, and Zhuang Jingbai was just one of them. Losing her would make Lin Tian sad for a while, but not for a lifetime.

"What happened between you and me was a foolish thing you did in a moment of impulse. Now you can't hide it anymore. Rather than letting him find out the truth later and hate you and me, it's better to part ways amicably now."

Zhuang Jingbai's eyes reddened, her lips trembled, and she couldn't utter a single word.

It wasn't because she still had feelings for Lin Tian, ​​but because she truly realized how serious her mistake was, causing so much pain to all three of them!

Furthermore, she will never have a formal status with Lu Chen!

"As for the reason for the divorce... just say that the feelings have faded and you can't go on like this. You know him, he has a lot of pride and isn't the type to cling on desperately."

"and then?"

"Then...then you move in, and I'll have a place for you."

Zhuang Jingbai lowered her head, and tears finally fell. She didn't cry out loud, but just wept silently.

"Do you think I'm cheap?" she suddenly asked.

"What?"

"I did something wrong, I hurt you, I hurt Lin Tian, ​​and now you have to clean up my mess."

Do you think I'm being dramatic?

Lu Chen looked at her and remained silent for a long time.

"Yes."

"You were wrong, and I was wrong. We were both wrong. But what's done is done, so we have to move on."

Zhuang Jingbai bit her lip, and her tears flowed even more fiercely.

"Don't cry." Lu Chen handed her a handkerchief.

"Wipe it off."

Zhuang Jingbai took the handkerchief and pressed it to her eyes. After a while, she took the handkerchief off. Her eyes were red, and the tip of her nose was also red. She looked pitiful.

"I'll listen to you, I'll go and get a divorce."

Lu Chen nodded.