Just then, all of a sudden, Su Yin reappeared, holding a jade cup that swirled with a liquid made of condensed moonlight. Just the mere sight of it made the air feel cleaner.
'As much as I want to get used to it, it always almost makes me surprised as hell!' Wang Ling thought, letting out a small sigh.
"Your water, young master!" she said, offering the jade cup while kneeling on the floor. "It is your favorite water—the heavenly water. It will soothe any discomfort!"
'Damn, the predecessor of mine was spoiled as hell. To drink this expensive and rare-looking water as an everyday thing.... I better get used to these, or I might expose my act.' Wang Ling thought, taking the cup, but as he was taking it, his fingers brushed against hers.
Wang Ling didn't flinch; however, Su Yin did. For a split second, a red hue appeared on her cheeks before disappearing.
'Woah... don't tell me....' Wang Ling, who had seen her red face, internally grinned. He had just confirmed that this lady in front of him appeared to have feelings for his old predecessor.
Though for now, he gave that thought a rest, as he brought the cup up to his lips. As it slid down his throat, the slight discomfort he was feeling while speaking vanished altogether, leaving his mind clearer and sharper.
"Thank you, Su Yin," he said, trying out the new name. If he hadn't gotten the memories of his predecessor, it would have been a massive hurdle since he used to be Japanese, but with the memories, it felt really natural on his tongue.
Hearing him, she bowed her head, "You don't need to thank me, young master. It's just my duty as your personal maid!" She bowed her head slightly, flinching a bit when she mentioned being a personal maid, as if there was another meaning to her sentence.
After that, for a few moments, silence once again returned to the room as neither party spoke.
Wang Ling was internally practicing his act while Su Yin was just... there, like always.
"And, young master," but after a while, she spoke again.
"Your mother has sent word... She is deeply worried and will be visiting you shortly!"
'Tsk, the one that I did not want to meet this soon just has to send words that she is coming!' Wang Ling clicked his tongue internally.
He had seen it in the memories of his predecessor! Out of everyone that the previous Wang had ever met, his mother could be said to be the one he had to be most wary of.
She was an obsessive mother who would do anything for her child, which was what worried him the most.
'What would happen if she noticed that I overtook her precious son's body?' Just thinking about what might happen scared him shitlessly.
But to not incur any suspicion, he gave a slight smile on the surface, followed by a nod. This was just to show that he did care and was still the same old him and not anyone else. In a high-stakes world such as this, he cannot trust even the strongest walls to cover his conversations.
"Also," Su Yin, who saw the nod, added. However, this time, there was a bit of hesitation in her voice, as if reluctant to say this.
"The young mistress of the Xiao Clan, your... fiancée, has also inquired after news got out that the young master of the Wang Clan was sick."
At the mention of the fiancée, Wang Ling remembered. Xiao Qingyi, a beauty who was known throughout the immortal world for her cold, detached demeanor.
Even their engagement was a formality and a political alliance between the two strongest clans. She held no particular affection for him, nor any visible disdain. She was just a neutral pawn.
'Haha,' he grinned internally.
'What an interesting woman.' Thinking of the neutral pawn she is, Wang Ling couldn't help but laugh. If the system was right and there were these transmigrators, reincarnators, etc., then it was bound for one of them to fall in love with this girl, who might also return that same affection.
'But... since the biggest anomaly out of all of them is me, let's see if they even get a chance to do it.'
As if on cue, the system screen sprang back to life, presenting three new lines of text.
[New Quests Available]
[Tame the cold fiancée before anyone else]
[Description: The ice-cold Xiao Qingyi views your engagement as a mere transaction and a political move between the two great families. Melt the glacier and make her yours in heart, soul, and body. True conquest is beyond the physical.]
[Reward: Divine Yang Physique - A peerless constitution that vastly enhances your dual cultivation speed, your partner's gains, and more.]
'Divine Yang Physique, huh? As far as the old memories state, it's a constitution that's dreamed of by all men to hold, as it makes them attractive as a partner and stuff to pretty much all women, huh?' Wang Ling thought, tracing back to the memories of his old predecessor.
'Well, I'll deal with it later. For now, let's focus on making sure my act is on point with the behavior of the previous Wang Ling before—' Just as he was thinking of delving into the memories he got to make his act even better than before, he suddenly felt a sudden, but huge pressure.
"Ling'er! Are you alright?" A soft, melodic voice, like that of an angel, eroded into his eardrums, but he was too distracted by something else that made him freeze.
'Two... large melons??' he thought, his facial skin being buried into the soft but warm breasts of the new woman.
"Ling'er?" She called him again, this time, it cut straight through the noises, or even the heavenly feeling of being buried under two large boobs. Wang Ling sweated hard.
'There are only two people who call the predecessor Ling'er.....' Wang Ling remembered. Only two people in the entire Wang family dare to call him Ling'er—his mother, Wang Yu Yan, and his father, Wang Wei. Since his father is male, it's very obvious that it is his mother.
'I'm dead if I don't respond within 5 seconds!' Sweating bullets that covered the entire back of his head, Wang Ling racked his brain to come up with something that the original would say because... he could feel her gaze on him, and that is scary as fuck.