Ji Lianxing squeezed in through the window crack.
After arranging matters at the Sect, she intended to return to the Imperial Music Bureau, but hesitated and decided to detour to the Chen Mansion instead.
After all, having just received a silver note from Chen Mo, leaving without a word would seem a bit ungrateful.
She clearly understood that only by keeping the benefactor happy could she continue to earn Gold Coin.
The windows were unusually tight tonight. Ji Lianxing barely managed to get her head through when she overheard a conversation inside:
"We agreed not to move around, so what’s with this red string?"
"I don’t know either..."
"You’re clearly doing this on purpose, definitely plotting sothing sneaky, don’t... don’t ss with that spot..."
"But the knot is right here, we can’t just leave it, can we?"
"Let’s rest for a while first..."
"Alright."
?
Ji Lianxing looked a bit confused.
She quickly realized it seed Chen Mo had brought another girl back for so emotional exchange.
Recalling last ti when she was used like scrap paper to wipe the gun, she instinctively wanted to flee, but then she noticed sothing odd about their conversation. Chen Mo kept referring to himself as "humble servant"...
Even in such a situation he remained humble, suggesting the other party was quite extraordinary.
"Could it be so female superior of the Sky Scale Guard?" Ji Lianxing blinked, pondering, "No wonder his promotion was so fast, reaching the position of a household at just a bit over twenty, relying on charm perhaps?"
At this thought, she suddenly beca excited, feeling she’d discovered a big secret about Chen Mo!
Not to ntion, she might even demand more hush money!
With great effort, she squeezed into the room, hugged the wall, and stealthily crept towards the bed.
In her current Paperman state, without any fluctuation of energy, even if the other party was a First Grade Grandmaster, there was no need to worry about being detected...
"I must see whose backdoor this guy has word his way through."
...
...
"Phew—"
Yu Youhan’s delicate chest rose and fell, her breathing slightly rapid, adorned with a sheen of sweat on her forehead.
She only wore a set of underwear, with a red ribbon running from under her arms, across her chest, between her legs, binding her tightly. Her smooth skin left faint indentations from the pressure, making the originally round curves appear even more prominent.
Chen Mo sat beside her, focused on untying the knots.
This ti the knot, quite unfortunately, was stuck in the middle, and due to the legs being bound so tightly, he could barely fit in two fingers to grip the end of the rope and slowly pull.
With each pull, Yu Youhan’s body would tremble uncontrollably, her pretty face turning bright red, lips bitten firmly.
But eventually, she couldn’t hold back, letting out a soft hum:
"W-wait a mont, let catch my breath first."
"Okay."
Chen Mo responded and paused his actions.
Yu Youhan took a deep breath, remorse filling her eyes, realizing staying at the Chen Mansion was a mistake.
She had planned to return to the palace imdiately after chasing away Sun Senior Palace Lady, but witnessing Chen Mo’s reluctance to part softened her resolve.
Thinking she was already there, she simply guided him on his cultivation, giving him so pointers along the way.
But as their Dao Power intertwined, the red ribbon suddenly activated, leading to the current predicant.
"Toyed with in the bathroom for an hour, now tied like a zongzi, what sort of karma am I facing?" Yu Youhan sighed with frustration in her voice.
Chen Mo leaned against the bedhead, wrapping an arm around her slender waist to let her rest comfortably in his embrace, speaking helplessly, "I didn’t expect it to turn out like this either... As it turns out, this ribbon is particularly sensitive to fluctuations in Dao Power, and it can ignore spatial distances..."
It had been this way before. Whenever engaging in shared cultivation, as long as there was a fluctuation in Dao Power, no matter where she was, the Empress would imdiately sense it.
The exact principle behind it remains unclear.
What is certain is that the smaller the gap between them, the stronger the effect of the red ribbon.
This "gap" refers not only to physical and emotional distance but also includes the Cultivation Realm.
After breaking through to the Third Grade, the progress of the [Jade Lock Palace]incident increased, and he gained the ability to actively trigger the red ribbon.
Yet he could only activate it, not retract it. To remove the binding, he still had to honestly untie the rope.
"Current progress is only 25%, still at the first stage."
"If it’s truly as I suspect, Second Grade, First Grade, and Ultimate Venerable Realm, would correspond to the second to fourth stages respectively? What new features will the red ribbon unlock then?"
Chen Mo rubbed his chin, pondering in silence, "If it can be freely controlled in the future, synchronizing senses at will, even remote connection, that would be interesting... Experiencing enlightennt here, while communicating with the spirits there, the diverse sensations... tsk tsk..."
Yu Youhan inexplicably felt a chill down her spine, frowning, "What are you scheming about again?"
"Cough, cough, it’s nothing. I was just thinking about how to completely free the Empress from restraint. It’s not ideal to continue like this." Chen Mo replied, earnest as can be.
"Really? Why does it feel like you’re enjoying this?" Yu Youhan eyed him suspiciously. This fellow is full of sly sches, surely wouldn’t be this considerate.
"Whatever do you an..."
"Then why are you smiling?"
"Just rembered sothing happy..."
"..."
Yu Youhan gave him a sidelong glance, not bothering to argue.
Situations like this weren’t rare, one gets used to them over ti.
Although this troubleso ribbon restricts cultivation, it’s also a unique bond exclusive to them, sothing Jiang Yuchan and Ji Hongxiu do not possess.
For both Chen Mo and her, they were the most special person to each other.
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