As night fell, inside the cave dwelling, Chu Feng who was exhausted from training was already sound asleep on the bed.
On the spacious bed, Liu Xueyao and Liu Shijing were also lying down, but neither of them had closed their eyes.
Liu Shijing lay next to her niece Xueyao, and she couldn’t shake the feeling that Xueyao had been staring at her the whole time.
Earlier, when she was sitting there reading, Xueyao kept glancing at her. Feeling uncomfortable from being watched, she changed her seat yet Xueyao still didn’t stop.
Even now, Liu Shijing could feel her niece’s gaze fixed on her.
“Xueyao, why do you keep staring at your aunt?”
Liu Shijing turned to Xueyao and asked. For some reason, that look in Xueyao’s eyes made her feel guilty.
Liu Xueyao didn’t respond. Instead, she silently continued staring at her aunt. Watching her slightly flustered expression, Xueyao felt increasingly certain about her suspicion.
Liu Shijing, being stared at like that, suddenly felt an intense pressure and subconsciously gripped the hem of her clothes with her delicate hands.
No one knew how long the silence lasted in this tense atmosphere until finally, Liu Xueyao waved her hand to activate a small soundproof barrier and then broke the silence,
“Aunt… do you like my husband?”
Liu Shijing: “!!!”
In that instant, even in the darkness of night, the blush on Liu Shijing’s face was impossible to miss. She glared at Xueyao and scolded, “Xueyao! What nonsense are you talking about, child? How could your aunt possibly fall for that brat? I just didn’t feel at ease leaving you alone, so I followed along to check on things.”
Although her tone was firm, Liu Shijing’s guilty eyes shifted away.
If she and Chu Feng had truly remained innocent, it would’ve been easy to refute Xueyao’s question with confidence. But now, things between her and Chu Feng had become muddled, and it had even happened right under Xueyao’s nose.
Thinking back on it, her blush deepened even more.
Seeing her aunt’s expression and reaction, Liu Xueyao was now certain her suspicion had been correct.
Since being reborn, her cultivation hadn’t yet reached the heights of her past life, but her soul power had greatly improved.
After returning from the Sky-Mending Secret Realm, she had already sensed Chu Feng’s aura on her aunt. At first, she thought it was just something picked up in passing within the secret realm and didn’t pay it much mind.
However, that night when they were drinking…even though she had been drunk, her mind wasn’t completely clouded. She clearly remembered her aunt forcefully kissing her husband. The bold, practiced movement clearly wasn’t the first time.
Even then, she’d brushed it off as her aunt simply being drunk.
But during the incident at the Mad Sword Pavilion, when her aunt brought Chu Feng along, she saw it again… on Chu Feng’s lips, there was a bright red smudge. That color… it was the exact shade of rouge her aunt often used.
Thinking back on how her aunt usually looked at her husband, Liu Xueyao was now completely sure of her thoughts.
She hadn’t brought it up to make things difficult for her aunt, nor was it a warning. In fact, this outcome… wasn’t bad at all. This way, her aunt wouldn’t leave her. The two of them could live happily together with their husband.
“Aunt, I’m really happy. Like this, our little family will be whole together, without separation,” Liu Xueyao said as she turned to the side, her beautiful eyes gazing intently at Liu Shijing. “What do you think, Auntie?”
Hearing these words, Liu Shijing was startled. If it went on like this, wouldn’t that mean… an aunt and her niece… sharing the same husband!?
She originally intended to scold Xueyao again, like always, and sternly shut down these outrageous ideas.
But when she met Xueyao’s clear, earnest eyes, her resolve completely crumbled. Biting her lip, she said, “Xueyao… Auntie admits, back in the Sky-Mending Secret Realm, I did something foolish. But it wasn’t voluntary. It was all because of that damn yellow mist. But… it only happened that one time.”
“After we came back, you’ve been with me the whole time, Xueyao. You saw it yourself. Your aunt and that brat have kept a safe distance the entire time…”
The more she spoke, the less confidence she had. Although she hadn’t made the same mistake again… she had kissed that brat twice since then.
“Mm, I believe you, Auntie.”
After all, in her previous life, Liu Xueyao had experienced the side effects of Chaos Qi firsthand. It was just that… in this life, it was supposed to have been her moment, but her aunt had ended up reaping the reward.
Liu Xueyao lightly pressed her cherry lips together. Due to the darkness of night and the fact that Chu Feng was already asleep, the lighting in the cave dwelling was dim, making her expression appear somewhat gloomy.
Seeing her niece like this, Liu Shijing was filled with guilt. Surely, in Xueyao’s heart right now, her image as an aunt had completely collapsed.
Her beloved man had ended up in such an absurd situation with her own aunt…no one could easily accept such a reality. She didn’t know how to comfort Xueyao.
In the end, Liu Shijing could only force a few words out of her throat:
“Xueyao… I’m sorry.”
However, what came next shocked her.
Looking at her aunt’s pained expression, Liu Xueyao calmly said, “Auntie, there’s no need to apologize. I’ve accepted it.”
Liu Shijing: ???
Wait…what did Xueyao just say?
Liu Xueyao looked at her aunt, whose eyes were slightly red, and spoke from the heart:
“Auntie and Husband… I’m not upset. On the contrary, I feel relieved. This way, you and I… won’t be separated.”
Liu Shijing: !!!
Her red lips parted slightly. What… what nonsense was Xueyao saying!?
“Xueyao, are you just saying that to make your aunt feel better?”
Liu Xueyao looked at her seriously and replied, “No, Auntie. I mean it.”
“…..”
For a moment, Liu Shijing was speechless. She was utterly stunned by her niece’s train of thought.
Was this still the obedient, well-mannered Xueyao she thought she knew!?
“Auntie… you don’t want to?” Liu Xueyao asked.
“Of course I don’t! I… I…”
Liu Shijing originally wanted to say, “Who would ever like that brat?” But just as the words reached her lips and she met Xueyao’s gaze, she found herself unable to say them. She hesitated.
Watching her aunt so unwilling to admit her true feelings, Liu Xueyao suddenly recalled something her husband had mentioned in her previous life. A certain personality type: tsundere.
Clearly head-over-heels in love, yet always insisting she hated him most. In the end, such a person always ended up the loser in love.
That night, Liu Shijing never gave Liu Xueyao a clear answer.
***
The next morning, Chu Feng woke up from a deep sleep and stretched with a satisfied yawn.
“Ahhh….yep, nothing cures exhaustion like a good night’s sleep.”
Getting out of bed, he saw his sister saintess brewing medicine and walked over to greet her.
“Good morning, Sister Saintess.”
Liu Xueyao gently nodded her elegant head. “Good morning, Husband.”
Liu Shijing was sitting to the side, reading a book. But her mind was clearly elsewhere. She didn’t even notice that she was holding the book upside down.
However, since Chu Feng couldn’t read, he didn’t realize the book was upside down. Instead, he walked up and greeted her cheerfully: “Good morning, Senior!”
At the sound of his voice, Liu Shijing looked up at Chu Feng, and a flood of memories rushed through her mind….everything from their time in that white space, the night they were drunk, the incident with the Bewitching Pill, and even Xueyao’s questioning the night before.
Her face instantly flushed bright red, and she couldn’t meet Chu Feng’s eyes. Seeing that Xueyao was also watching her closely, a wave of shame surged within her. She felt she had no face to stay there any longer. With a flash, her figure turned into a streak of light and vanished from the room.
Chu Feng: ???
Scratching his head, he thought, “What’s with Liu Shijing this morning?”
And so, from the moment he woke up, Chu Feng found himself thoroughly confused.
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