"What, I've been this generous, and you're all so stingy you won't even contribute a single material? I really don't get it. What right do a bunch of cheapskates like you have to demand selfless dedication from others?"
Zhao Xinghe and the others also started pointing and jeering, staring at the High Minister with strange looks. The High Minister's face flushed crimson, leaving her in an utterly humiliating position.
「Nightti.」
True to her decisive nature, Wei Zichu snuck into Lin Tang's room, hugging a pillow. Seeing that he had returned to his normal appearance and was lying down with his eyes closed, she whispered, "Brother Lin, are you asleep?"
"I'm already asleep," Lin Tang replied, a faint smile playing on his lips. Then, he started to snore.
"Hey, stop teasing , alright!" Wei Zichu plopped down right next to his head. Having just taken a bath, she slled wonderfully fresh.
Lin Tang, however, quickly rolled away, afraid she might break wind and suffocate him. "Are you itching for a beating? Do you want to help you with another round of Yijing Cleansing?"
"No Yijing Cleansing today. I want to make things between us a done deal!"
"Wait... are you serious? You know I'm already married. Joking around like this is one thing, but if you really want to be with ... wouldn't that be inappropriate?"
"So that's what it cos down to. You're just rejecting because I don't have so special constitution!"
"I'm not."
"Then it's because I'm not curvy enough, right? You're supposed to be so dical genius, so help fill out a bit!"
Just as their conversation was getting more hands-on...
「Elsewhere.」
At Lin Tang's ho, Shen Youling had also finished washing up and was lying down to rest. She longed to see Lin Tang one more ti, or at least write him a letter to share the joyful news that she wouldn't have to remarry. For the mont, however, that was impossible. Should I go and beg my adoptive father, Xiao Xuanye, again? She was afraid he might change his mind, so she could only wait.
Gradually, Shen Youling drifted off to sleep. Soon after, she once again heard the voice of that other "her."
"Do not reveal my existence to anyone..."
Shen Youling was both speechless and resigned. Seriously! Can you please stop repeating that line? My ears are growing calluses! she muttered, not actually expecting "her" to change her tune or fall silent.
But against all expectations, the voice fell silent.
Huh? Shen Youling was stunned. A mont later, she heard "her" say sothing new.
"Co to Fengqi Mountain alone. I will be waiting for you..."
Fengqi Mountain? Where is that? Shen Youling was baffled. She had never heard of the place; it probably wasn't a scenic area. She imdiately grew wary, sensing that "her" intentions weren't pure. If she actually listened and went to Fengqi Mountain, there could be unbearable consequences.
"Stop disturbing my sleep! I'm not going!" Shen Youling said firmly.
But "she" was relentless, her voice now tempting. "Are you content to be weak forever, always relying on others for protection? Co to . I can give you invincible power, enough to do anything you desire!"
Shen Youling fell silent. After a long mont, she asked, "Including breaking Lin Tang out of prison?"
"DO NOT NTION THAT DAMNED BASTARD!!!"
...
Outside the residential complex where Shen Youling lived, an old man with waist-long, snow-white hair and a matching beard was strolling leisurely. His appearance was so peculiar that any normal passerby should have been drawn to him. In reality, however, he was like an invisible man, going completely unnoticed.
This man was none other than the hypnotherapist, Angele!
He smiled as he walked straight toward Lin Tang's ho, closing the distance to Shen Youling with every step. Still arguing with the voice in her dream, Shen Youling was completely unaware that danger was upon her.
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