Yin Qinghe instinctively gripped the covers tightly.
If you listened carefully...
Sure enough!
It was starting again.
Not only did it not quiet down, it actually got worse!
Yin Qinghe's emotions were in turmoil again, but she was afraid of waking Zhao Mengli who was sleeping next to her, so she didn't dare to move too much.
Stifling.
The weather was clearly already cool, but as a cultivator, she still felt unbearably hot, so much so that her breathing grew heavier and her face—who knows when—had turned rosy.
Uncomfortable!
She couldn't help but clench the bedding between her legs.
"Damn it!"
Even though Qin Yu had behaved so well today, at this moment, Yin Qinghe still couldn't help gritting her teeth.
She had just taught and guided him, and this is how he repays her as his Shi Niang?!
Truly infuriating!
But she could only endure it.
Qin Yu's talent was even greater than she'd thought; she couldn't just drive someone like him out.
Especially not at a time like this.
For now, all she could hope for was that the commotion in the other room would quiet down quickly.
Surely, it wouldn't be as noisy and long as last night, right?!
Wait!
Something's off!
Yin Qinghe suddenly remembered the medicinal herbs she saw Qin Yu take today.
Vaguely, a bad feeling crept up in her heart.
No way...
As it turns out, the things you fear most are always the things most likely to happen!
Good grief!
He absolutely used them.
In that instant, Yin Qinghe even felt this whole thing was absurd beyond words.
So after dinner, that peaceful stretch of time was actually this disciple... no, this rebellious disciple using the alchemy skills she'd just taught him today to—make pills, right?!
Well, well, well!
Marvelous. Really!
Just thinking about it made Yin Qinghe want to grind her pearly teeth to bits.
This is biting the hand that fed him!
If she'd known, she never would've shared her insights with him today.
But now, it was too late to regret it!
Just like last night, she tossed and turned. In the end, her mind was filled with all those sounds.
Her brain... was no longer clean!
The next day, at dawn.
When Zhao Mengli woke up, she didn't see her mother again. Just as she looked up, she saw Yin Qinghe coming out of the bathing room.
Her hair was still dripping wet, and possibly because of the bath, her enchanting face was flushed and alluring enough to overthrow nations and cities!
"You're awake? I'll go make you something to eat!"
For some reason, she seemed to avoid her daughter's gaze, swaying her hips as she hurried out of the room.
...
Qin Yu overslept again.
Last night, he didn't sleep until almost 3 a.m.
But the harvest was real—Lin Qianqian, this adorable little wife, gave him four emotion points in total.
And look, she still wasn't up yet.
He'd finally flipped the table and asserted his husbandly authority!
Qin Yu was woken up by Lin Shuishui barging in.
"Brother-in-law, I'm hungry..."
The little girl looked at him pitifully, and her tummy gave a cooperative gurgle.
She really did look like she was starving.
She needed something to eat to feel full.
Qin Yu had no choice but to get up and make her favorite snacks.
After she was full,
Qin Yu gave her a quick instruction before going out.
"During the day you can go for a walk in the courtyard, don't just stay in the house all the time."
"Also, when you're cultivating, watch your sister and make sure she's using Spirit Stones!"
This wasn't the outer city, and just wandering in the courtyard was perfectly safe. As for the last instruction, he was simply worried Lin Qianqian would try to save on using them again.
They were both still opening their meridians, and even a lower grade Spirit Stone would last a long time.
Alchemy Room.
Yin Qinghe and Zhao Mengli were already there.
"Junior brother, why are you so late!" As soon as she saw Qin Yu, Zhao Mengli looked at him.
Her proficiency was actually higher than Qin Yu's, and even while talking, her hands didn't stop moving at all.
"Uh… I woke up late." Qin Yu answered honestly.
He couldn't help sneaking a glance at Shi Niang.
Today, Yin Qinghe was still wrapped in that loose robe, her curvy figure masked underneath, making her seem like a genuinely conservative person.
But the bulging curves in front still refused to be hidden, standing out magnificently as if they didn't want to be covered up at all.
The originally loose robe was now pulled tight by her sitting cross-legged, the full moon shape perfectly outlined, teasingly seductive.
At this moment, her expression was solemn as she purified medicinal liquid, and even when Qin Yu entered, she didn't seem to notice at all; her face revealed no change whatsoever.
Why so serious all of a sudden?
Qin Yu glanced at his Flame Point.
[Flame Point: 72]
The day before yesterday it was thirty-eight, and with four point boosts from Lin Qianqian yesterday, that totals seventy.
The remaining two points... came from Shi Niang right in front of him!
And definitely not all at once.
This Shi Niang's Romantic Point had always fluctuated around ten, so there's no way it could jump a full two in one go.
Really weird.
Especially last night, it was up and down like crazy.
Talking about Romantic Point here!
Doesn't this mean Shi Niang was having some emotional uproar about him last night?!
Otherwise, how could her Romantic Point act so weird?
Qin Yu truly respected his Shi Niang.
But, if he claimed he wasn't affected at all... well, that'd be a lie.
Qin Yu was just about to chat with Zhao Mengli, when suddenly Shi Niang's rather strict voice rang out, "Now that you're here, why aren't you practicing already?"
Qin Yu paused for a second and saw Shi Niang shooting him a cold look.
So scary!
"Yes, Shi Niang!"
Qin Yu hurriedly sat cross-legged in his usual spot from yesterday.
Hmph!
Yin Qinghe seemed quite satisfied with his tiptoe-on-eggshells attitude, as if only then could she establish her own authority as Shi Niang.
Conveniently, Qin Yu was sitting right across from her.
This was her own arrangement, so she could guide Qin Yu more easily.
But it made Yin Qinghe feel a bit awkward.
Luckily, Qin Yu was already practicing what he'd learned yesterday.
On the side, Zhao Mengli was in a daze.
She looked from her stoic mother to Qin Yu.
The heck?
Why did Mom suddenly go all strict on junior brother?
With his talent and skill, does he even need to be supervised?
She was utterly confused.
Zhao Mengli felt like her mother was... really weird, treating junior brother hot and cold for no reason.
"Buzz!..."
Qin Yu slowly let his Spiritual Power spread out, weaving it into a net. He wasn't in a rush or reckless, adding strand by strand, and soon, he'd constructed twenty strands.
Next, the only sounds in the Alchemy Room were Spiritual Power fluctuations and flames dancing.
About two hours later.
Finally, Qin Yu managed to weave thirty strands, and he could maintain them stably.
Of course, Yin Qinghe, who was secretly observing him the whole time, noticed this too.
She was stunned for a moment.
Are there really such things as natural-born prodigies?!
All told, from learning this skill to now, less than a day had passed for Qin Yu!
This...
Even though she was totally shocked on the inside, Yin Qinghe's expression didn't betray a trace of it.
"Try purifying!"
Qin Yu could hardly wait any longer.
He picked up some ordinary Healing Medicine Liquid and poured it into the Alchemy Furnace, then started purifying.