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

"Auntie, this kind of thing... is not child's play, how could I possibly..."

"Auntie knows, Auntie isn't asking you to make a decision right now."

Qin's mother's voice carried a pleading tone.

"Just think of it as... just think of it as your aunt begging you. Think about it carefully."

The footsteps faded into the distance, and the corridor fell silent.

Lu Chen walked over from the door and sat down at the table.

Su Wanqing sat opposite him, head down, her fingers clenching the hem of her clothes, clenching and loosening them repeatedly. Her face was still red, but her eyes were also red, so red they looked like they were about to bleed.

The two sat facing each other, neither of them speaking.

But Lu Chen could hear Su Wanqing's heartbeat hidden beneath her enormous body; it was soon becoming very turbulent.

"Ahem, sister-in-law, don't listen to your aunt's nonsense, how could we possibly..."

"I do!"

Su Wanqing interrupted Lu Chen directly.

As she spoke, she seemed to realize something and turned away, not daring to look at Lu Chen.

She just blurted out that sentence without thinking; she doesn't even know what she was thinking.

She had initially intended to refuse, but Lu Chen...

Now that she had said that, her legs went weak, and she didn't know how to face Lu Chen!

Lu Chen was stunned when he heard this.

Su Wanqing was different from the other women. He had genuine feelings for her, and she was the woman he interacted with most often. She took good care of herself, and now she said she was willing…

Lu Chen's heart began to race.

But in the end, his will prevailed over the temptation, and he did not go to Su Wanqing, but resolutely walked towards the door.

When Su Wanqing heard the noise and realized that Lu Chen was getting further and further away from her, a huge sense of loss welled up in her heart.

Seeing that Lu Chen's hand was about to touch the door, Su Wanqing behind him finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"Brother Chen."

He didn't stop.

"Brother Chen!" Her voice rose slightly, trembling slightly.

Lu Chen gritted his teeth and reached for the door latch.

Just as the latch was about to be pulled open, a pair of hands wrapped around him from behind and hugged him tightly.

Lu Chen froze.

"you……"

"Call me by my name."

Lu Chen's reason told him to push her away, walk away, and not look back.

But with his back to her, he couldn't move.

"Wanqing".

"Yes, don't go."

"You always come and go, and never come back. You know, when you're not around, I actually long for you to come every day..."

But when you came, I didn't dare say anything, afraid you'd find me annoying, afraid you'd think I was a burden, afraid you'd never come again.

Her voice was broken and intermittent, bursting with emotion.

"I know I'm not worthy. My cultivation is low, I'm old, and I'm still...! But I... I just want to tell you that all these years, the only person I've had in my heart is you."

"I was hoping to fool myself with my identity, but when I found out you had a boyfriend, my heart felt like it was being torn apart..."

"Pop!"

The string that had been taut in Lu Chen's heart for so long snapped completely at this moment.

He turned around.

Do you know what you're saying?

"Know."

Su Wanqing looked at him bravely.

"I awakened to this idea, thought about it all night, and it's very clear to me. If I were to say who I would want to be with for the rest of my life, that person... is only you."

"boom!"

Lu Chen completely lost his rationality.

"What if we...?"

He is dead.

"Yes, he's dead."

What neither he nor Su Wanqing knew was that deep within Lu Chen's sea of ​​consciousness, a dissenting voice shone brightly.

The next morning, before dawn, Lu Chen woke up.

He turned his head and saw Su Wanqing beside him.

Her eyelashes still bore traces of last night's tears, but the corners of her mouth were slightly curved.

Lu Chen stared at her for a long time.

Another handkerchief has appeared.

Then he turned around, pushed open the door, and walked out without disturbing anyone.

……

However, in a secret realm within the Hehuan Sect, unknown to everyone, a young man opened his eyes in a corner.

"Cough cough, those people were really ruthless! I just wanted to steal some secret techniques from them and casually released a few slaves, and they got this angry!"

"I don't know how long I've been feigning death. How are my parents? I need to find a way back quickly!"

……

Meanwhile, Lu Chen had already left the territory of the Xuan Tian Sect and headed to the edge of the demon race's territory.

There was no other way; both the righteous and demonic factions outside were frantically searching for him. If he didn't go to the demon race's territory to avoid trouble, he had nowhere else to go.

However, he wasn't stupid. He chose to go to the monster mountain range where there were many monsters, but their cultivation levels were low and they had little intelligence. He didn't go in; he just stayed in the border town. With his peak Foundation Establishment stage and the three women's Golden Core stage cultivation levels, he was more than capable of protecting himself.

Soon, he arrived at a border town called Star City. The town had a large population and several major families, all of whom were Golden Core cultivators.

Lu Chen found a small courtyard in the east of Xingdou City. It wasn't big, with three main rooms and two side rooms, which was more than enough for him and the three women to live in together.

He closed the door, raised his hand and waved it, and dark purple light surged from the magic patterns on the back of his hand.

After the light faded, Zhuang Jingbai, Jiang Huaiyu, and Yu Ning stood in the courtyard.

"Husband, where is this?"

"Star City, on the edge of human territory."

Lu Chen tossed a formation plate into the courtyard and turned to look at them.

"They're looking for me a lot outside, so I'll stay here and lay low for a while."