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Huan'er spent the whole night clinging to Wuji in bed, chatting about this and that, just to create opportunities for the two of them to be alone. Early the next morning, the carriage couldn't wait to find out what had happened the previous day.

Her flawless, incomparably beautiful face was made even more stunning by the mysterious joy it held within. Her smiling shoulders, shy eyes, and lips that couldn't suppress a smile all revealed her as a woman basking in happiness.

Huan'er stared at her silently for a long time, but she was completely unaware, lost in her own world.

"Did he spend the night in your room last night?" Huan'er boldly hypothesized.

The abrupt opening caused her flawless cheeks to flush crimson, and she was so embarrassed that she almost wanted to find a hole to hide in.

"Sister-in-law..." Wuxia stammered, unable to utter a word.

Huan'er immediately understood that she had guessed seven or eight parts correctly. She slowly sipped her chilled lotus seed soup and smiled, saying:

"Love is truly terrifying! Even the usually cold and hard Leng Gang has become as soft as silk in your hands. I thought he would have enough self-control to know when to stop when two people are in love!"

Actually, last night's events were all planned by Huan'er, who also tried her best to persuade Wuxia. The plan was that if she had to sacrifice herself, Leng Gang would definitely be unable to escape. Otherwise, how could Wuxia, a gentle and dignified young lady from a prominent ancient family, dare to engage in such intimate acts before marriage? She wouldn't even dare to think about it! But this method was definitely the most effective and fastest. With Huan'er's 20th-century girl's mindset, achieving such a beautiful thing required skillful tactics. Leng Gang's biggest problem was his perceived inferiority and lowliness. Even if he loved Wuxia, he dared not express it, let alone consider marrying her. Therefore, Huan'er instructed Wuxia to seduce him recklessly after forcing him to confess his feelings, when both were emotionally charged. Once the deed was done, would she still be afraid of not marrying into the Leng family? It seemed that regardless of Wuxia's wishes, Leng Gang would be forced to marry her. Although it was considered responsible, what was there to worry about when it was based on love? Look how well it worked! When they boarded the carriage this morning, they were seen standing far apart, yet still subtly exchanging glances. After that passionate night, Leng Gang was determined to marry her. Leng Ziyang had no choice but to agree, and while he was bound to fly into a rage, they could finally fulfill their long-held wish and become a loving couple.

Wu Xia felt quite uncomfortable being stared at by her sister-in-law. She pretended to lift her hair slightly, hoping the breeze would dispel the slight heat inside the carriage, but instead, it brushed aside Wu Xia's hair, revealing her beautiful neck…

"Wow! He's such a roughneck! Did he hurt you?" Huan'er sighed softly.

It turned out that the exposed section of her fair neck was covered with red and blue hickeys! Without a word, Huan'er grabbed her arm and pulled up her sleeve, and was startled. Did Leng Gang bite her? However, the purplish hickeys were covered with a thin layer of transparent medicine, emitting a very faint fragrance.

"He said it would disappear before noon, and I'm not in pain anymore." As if she had been caught doing something wrong, she hurriedly withdrew her hand and pulled up her sleeve to "destroy the evidence."

"What did he say about this?" Huan'er was determined to get to the bottom of it.

Wuxia could only stammer out her answer, her voice tinged with shyness.

"Actually, after he sobered up, he felt very guilty for how he treated me. I told him that unless he loved me, I wouldn't marry him, and I wouldn't let him marry me out of a sense of responsibility. He angrily told me that he had never hugged any other woman. Only... I could make him lose his mind... This means! He's loved me for a long time... Then, he took off the heirloom blood jade that had been hanging around his neck for twenty-eight years and gave it to me... saying it had been kept by the Leng family's wives for generations..." His hesitant words revealed too much unspoken intimacy, and Huan'er secretly chuckled to herself. Taking the blood jade from Wuxia, she examined it closely, her intuition strange. This oval-shaped, egg-sized, dark red blood jade, with its ancient design, was unremarkable, but holding it in her hand and tucking it into her bosom felt incredibly cool, as if it were alive, radiating heat. Could it be meteorite fragments? But meteorites only generate heat, right?

"How strange!" She handed it back to Wuxia.

"This blood jade generates heat in winter and coolness in summer. Leng Gang also said that there are secret texts of martial arts manuals hidden inside, but he has no intention of exploring them and prefers to keep the jade as it is." The more Leng Gang talked, the sweeter he became, and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought with a smile in his eyes.

Huan'er inexplicably thought of Wuji. Looking out the window, her husband stood tall and straight, leading the way… If he discovered her terrible idea of teaching Wuxia to sacrifice herself, he might strangle her! This thought sent a shiver down her spine. She stopped thinking about Leng Gang and Wuxia and began to worry about herself. She had been in ancient times for almost a month, and she didn't know how to begin rescuing Yu Niang. Currently, she wasn't in danger of being persecuted, but things couldn't continue like this. And her husband—he let her do as she pleased in the room, but once outside, he was a completely different person, focused on being the patriarch and the boss. It made her feel so distant. She believed things would change with time. But sometimes she had a strange premonition, as if she wouldn't stay in ancient times for long, and could disappear at any moment! It seemed impossible, yet it constantly cast a shadow over her heart.

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Chapter Six

We arrived at Aolong Castle in the evening.

"Aolong Fortress" stands majestically between heaven and earth, proudly standing alone on the boundless grassland.

The walls surrounding Aolong Castle are a long, seemingly endless, and impregnable protective barrier made of marble.

Inside, everything is uniformly red-tiled and white-walled, with the bright red glazed tiles contrasting beautifully with the finely polished white marble.