The improved female villains regained their memories.

"Ok?"

What is liking?

In the darkness, Xu Anlu asked:

"Grand Tutor, what is liking?"

Yang Pingsheng didn't know the answer either.

Fortunately, the system spoke up at this moment: "Tell her, 'Liking someone means wanting them; wanting to be with someone, that's liking them.'"

Yang Pingsheng repeated it exactly as it was.

"Liking is wanting; wanting to be with someone, that's liking."

Xu Anlu fell silent.

Xu Anlu didn't say until she reached the door, "Grand Tutor, I like you."

She enjoys being with him.

Before Yang Pingsheng could react, she ran away.

Yang Pingsheng watched her run away, remaining silent.

He knew it had begun.

The plan the system mentioned has begun.

"That's not liking, Lu..."

He spoke steadily, but his voice was drowned out by the darkness.

"That's not..."

just now.

"That's what liking someone is."

The red-clad figure stubbornly declared:

"Grand Tutor, this is what it means to like someone."

"So you want to turn me into a human puppet?"

The two walked into the study side by side. Xu Anyin waved away the shadows and looked at Yang Pingsheng, replying, "That is my affection for the Grand Tutor."

Yang Pingsheng stopped arguing and simply sat down on the wooden chair.

"Class is starting," he said.

“Alright.” Xu Anyin smiled and leaned closer. “If the Grand Tutor wants to teach me benevolence and righteousness, will he give me test questions or lecture on the classics?”

"Let's play a game of chess."

Yang Pingsheng took out a chessboard and chess pieces from below and placed them on the table.

"Someone once told me that human schemes are limited, but the schemes of Heaven are infinite. Therefore, the net of Heaven is vast, and though its meshes are wide, nothing escapes it. Only by using the schemes of Heaven can human beings apply them infinitely."

He picked up a black piece and placed it on the center of the board.

"Go down, Xiao Yin."

Yang Pingsheng smiled as he looked at the student sitting opposite him—looking at both the body and the soul behind it.

“I have taken my first step, but I did not intend to end up here.”

"Oh?" Xu Anyin's heart skipped a beat. "Grand Tutor, isn't this move a sign that you want to win?"

"of course not."

He shook his head.

"It's fate, fate made me take this step."

Chapter Sixty: Biological Father

Upon returning from the city, the system instructed him to begin drawing.

The painting depicts Ling Yan'er, the mother of the female villain.

Yang Pingsheng was quite skilled at painting; he could roughly sketch Ling Yan'er's appearance just by glancing at her in a crowd.

Unfortunately, the spirit of the subject cannot be captured.

From that distant glance, all that could be discerned was that the other person was a very charming woman; nothing more.

I drew a rough sketch, but the system said it wasn't enough.

How many drawings do you want me to make?

"It's best to paint all night, as much as you can."

"Fine……"

So Yang Pingsheng painted Ling Yan'er all night.

By the end, he was even tired of painting, so he just added a few rough strokes and finished the painting.

By dawn, the room was filled with Ling Yan'er's drawings; since there was no paper, they had all been drawn using bamboo slips. Yang Pingsheng was not familiar with Ling Yan'er, so he only drew her standing.

"Put all these paintings under the bed."

The system issued another command, which Yang Pingsheng did as instructed, and he put all of Ling Yan'er's paintings under the bed.

As dawn broke, Xu Anlu, unusually, didn't sleep in today and was practicing her boxing in the yard.

She practiced the basic Five Elements Fist of Xingyi, with movements like chopping, collapsing, drilling, cannoning, and horizontal, generating wind within her fists, already meeting the requirements of Xingyi Liuhe.

Upon seeing Yang Pingsheng, she stopped and bowed, saying, "Good morning, Grand Tutor."

"morning."

"Didn't you sleep well last night, Grand Tutor?"

This was the first time she had seen him like this; he looked tired, yawned, and had faint dark circles under his eyes.

It's not that I didn't sleep well, it's that I didn't sleep at all.

Yang Pingsheng did not answer the question directly, but asked something else: "Why are you up so early today?"

"Yes, I woke up early and got up."

Xu Anlu blinked as she watched.

In his mind, Xu Anyin's voice rang out: "It seems my guess was right after all."

Last night, the two sisters reviewed the situation, and Xu Anyin concluded that the Grand Tutor was very likely having an affair with their mother.

Xu Anlu didn't believe it, but seeing Yang Pingsheng's expression, she was at a loss.

"Heh, judging from his appearance, he probably didn't sleep all night. Interesting."

Xu Anyin's voice was still ringing out.

Xu Anlu ignored his words, walked up to Yang Pingsheng, and tugged at his sleeve: "Grand Tutor..."

"what happened?"

Do you like your mother?

Since there was no sound from the system, Yang Pingsheng answered according to his own thoughts: "If you don't like it, why ask that?"

"nothing….."

Xu Anlu lowered her head and remained silent, while Xu Anyin seemed lost in thought.

Yang Pingsheng glanced at her and went to class.

Today we're still discussing Sun Tzu's Art of War, but Yang Pingsheng has moved beyond the book and started discussing case studies of war.

Xiao Hua was barely listening, while Xiao Zhu was already dozing off. For them, with their immortal bodies, this kind of mental calculation of troop strength was indeed rather tedious and boring.

Yang Pingsheng glanced out the window when he had a moment to spare; no one was there.

Xu Anlu did not eavesdrop today.

After class, Yang Pingsheng returned to the courtyard, only to be greeted by an uninvited guest.

A middle-aged woman dressed in plain clothes stood at the gate of the courtyard with her servants and gifts.

"Grand Tutor".

The woman was no longer wearing the black clothes from that night, but had returned to normal attire, with light makeup on her face, and seemed to be in a good mood.

Yang Pingsheng invited her in and asked, "Is the matter resolved?"

"Thanks to the Grand Tutor, the problem has been solved."

Having apparently resolved the matter, the middle-aged woman's voice even became a bit more cheerful: "I'm here today to take Xiaolu back."

The internal strife of the Great Yan Dynasty was finally resolved, ending with Crown Prince Zun Ling Yan'er being made Empress Dowager.

The Crown Prince was the rightful heir, but unfortunately, his birth mother died early, and he lacked political support. Ling Yan'er had no children of her own, and although her maternal family had suffered, they still had deep roots. With Gu Zi'ang's help, she managed to escape unscathed this time.

The two forces quickly reached an agreement. Gu Zi'ang also had a celestial sect behind him, and the internal strife that originally arose from the celestial sect was ultimately resolved by the celestial sect.

Now that the matter has been resolved, Xu Anlu naturally cannot stay here any longer.

Yang Pingsheng had anticipated this. Ling Yan'er was the female lead, and Gu Zi'ang was the male lead. Now that the male and female leads were together, it was impossible for them to die at this time.

After all, the main villain hasn't fully matured yet.

"I understand." Yang Pingsheng nodded and asked Xiaohua to go and call her.

Xiao Hua went for a while and quickly returned, frowning and looking troubled.

"Sir, little Lu, she..."

She said that Xu Anlu was throwing a tantrum, locking herself in her room, refusing to see anyone, and not wanting to leave.

"I'm sorry." The middle-aged woman looked ashamed. "I've caused trouble for the Grand Tutor. This child wasn't like this before."

"I know," Yang Pingsheng replied calmly.

People will eventually change.