Chapter 491: Lin Pei is Lin Xun

“Xiaomeng… wait… wait…”

Everything was going fine as they walked, and Lin Xun was still lost in thought.

Suddenly, Lin Xun felt himself being pushed down.

Before Lin Xun could stop her, Xia Xiaomeng sat directly on top of him.

Then, she immediately established a Magic Formation around the two of them.

This Magic Formation could prevent any Divine Sense from prying.

However, just as the light silk on Xia Xiaomeng’s shoulder slipped down, revealing her fair skin…

Lin Xun quickly stopped her!

Otherwise…

If things continued in this direction…

It would very likely turn into an 18+ plot.

“Xiao Xun.”

Xia Xiaomeng’s eyes looked at Lin Xun with an innocent, dazed expression.

“Xiao Xun, it’s okay. Don’t worry, Xiao Xun, no one comes here.”

And this is something I am willing to do.

So, this isn’t your fault, Xiao Xun.

I definitely won’t tell Qingshang, so you can rest assured, Xiao Xun!”

Xia Xiaomeng thought Lin Xun was worried about something, which was why he was resisting, so she quickly explained to him.

“No, Xiaomeng, it has nothing to do with that. This… what we’re doing isn’t quite right, it’s really not right!”

After a bit more resistance, Lin Xun stood up and pushed Xia Xiaomeng aside.

Xia Xiaomeng sat to the side, looking somewhat aggrieved.

There was also a hint of resentment in her eyes as she looked at Lin Xun.

However, for Xia Xiaomeng, there wasn’t actually much disappointment.

After all, she knew the probability of succeeding today wasn’t very high to begin with.

But even knowing the odds were slim…

She still had to try what needed to be tried.

After all, what if she succeeded?

It didn’t matter if she failed.

She couldn’t possibly force herself on him like a ‘tyrant taking the bow.’

Because if she forced it, Xiao Xun might hate her even more.

Instead, if she showed a bit of disappointment or even sadness right now…

Then, given Xiao Xun’s personality, he would definitely feel a sense of guilt toward her.

“Since Xiao Xun refuses, then never mind. I’ll take Xiao Xun to see Yaya!”

Xia Xiaomeng stood up and patted the dust off her clothes.

“Um, okay.”

Seeing Xia Xiaomeng’s disappointed look, Lin Xun indeed felt a significant amount of guilt in his heart.

Lin Xun wanted to explain something to Xia Xiaomeng.

But he found himself not knowing what to say.

“It’s okay, Xiao Xun, I can understand. I don’t blame you.”

Xia Xiaomeng smiled considerately.

And seeing Xia Xiaomeng’s understanding expression, Lin Xun fell even deeper into self-reproach.

He always felt like he was letting Xiaomeng down.

Seeing Lin Xun’s guilty look, Xia Xiaomeng knew her goal had been achieved.

As for everything else, it wasn’t that important anymore.

Regardless, she would take it slow.

Xia Xiaomeng believed that one day she would surely win over Lin Xun’s heart!

A stick of incense later, Xia Xiaomeng brought Lin Xun to the courtyard where Yaya lived.

At this time, Yaya was still playing, accompanied by a few young maidservants.

Although Yaya had people to play with during this period…

Even so, Yaya would sometimes sit in her small courtyard and daze off.

Yaya would wonder why her Brother Lin hadn’t come to see her yet.

Brother Lin clearly said he would be back very soon.

But he still hadn’t come until now.

“Yaya…”

Just as Yaya was sticking her little bottom out, using a small shovel to dig in the sand in the courtyard…

Suddenly, Yaya heard Brother Lin’s voice, and her ears twitched.

Yaya straightened her body in disbelief and turned her head to look.

The moment she saw Lin Xun, a bright light flashed in Yaya’s eyes.

“Brother Lin? Is it really Brother Lin?”

“That’s right, Yaya, it’s me, Brother Lin.”

Lin Xun smiled and opened his arms.

“Brother Lin!”

Yaya moved her little feet and ran happily toward Lin Xun.

Yaya leaped up, wrapping her legs directly around Lin Xun’s waist.

Like a koala, Yaya hung onto Lin Xun, her little head constantly rubbing against his chest.

“Brother Lin, Brother Lin, Yaya missed you so much…”

“Brother Lin missed Yaya very much too.”

Lin Xun smiled and stroked Yaya’s little head.

Even though the sand on Yaya’s small hands stained his clothes, Lin Xun didn’t mind at all.

Pulling Yaya down from his body, Lin Xun held her in the crook of his arm.

Holding Yaya with one arm, Lin Xun suddenly felt that Yaya seemed a bit heavier.

Lin Xun looked Yaya over.

Yaya’s eyes also blinked as she looked at Lin Xun.

Something’s not right; Yaya doesn’t look fat.

She even seems a little thinner than before, her little chin becoming slightly pointed.

Then why would Yaya be heavier?

“Brother Lin, what’s wrong?”

Noticing Brother Lin constantly looking her over, Yaya asked curiously.

“It’s nothing, Yaya. Come down for a moment and let Brother Lin look at you.”

Lin Xun smiled and pinched Yaya’s little face.

“Mm-hmm…”

Yaya jumped down from Lin Xun’s arms and stood straight in front of him.

At this moment, Lin Xun noticed that Yaya seemed to be a bit taller than before.

Normally, Yaya getting taller and growing up would naturally be a good thing, and Lin Xun would be happy for her.

But the biggest problem was that Yaya was not an ordinary little girl.

Yaya was under a Seal.

Under that Fox Clan Bloodline Seal, it was almost impossible for Yaya to grow up.

It could be said that as long as the Seal was not lifted or loosened…

Then Yaya would remain in this form, no matter how many hundreds of years passed.

And now, Yaya had grown taller.

That meant… could it be that Yaya’s Seal had already loosened?

“Xiao Xun. Actually, regarding Yaya’s matter, I have some things I want to say to you…”

Just as Lin Xun felt that something was amiss, Xia Xiaomeng stepped forward and whispered into his ear… Meanwhile, on the other side of the Qian Kingdom’s palace.

In Jiang Qingshang’s bedchamber.

Jiang Qingshang and Jiang Yuerou were sitting together.

Jiang Qingshang poured a cup of tea for her Master and then sat down opposite her.

“Didn’t Master say you would come in three or four months? Why are you here so early?”

Jiang Qingshang asked curiously.

“And why did my husband come along with you, Master?”

“About that, Qingshang…”

Jiang Yuerou rubbed the tea cup in her hand, hesitating to speak.

“Actually, I have a very important matter to tell you.”

“Uh, Master, please speak…”

Jiang Qingshang sat up straight, waiting for her Master’s words.

Jiang Yuerou looked at Jiang Qingshang, took a deep breath, and then slowly spoke:

“Qingshang, actually, regarding your husband, that Lin Pei… actually…”

Halfway through, Jiang Yuerou stopped speaking again.

Instead, Jiang Qingshang became a little anxious.

“Actually what? Could it be that my husband committed a huge mistake in the Zilin Holy Land?”

“It’s not exactly a huge mistake.

It’s just, Qingshang, if… I mean if.

If one day you found out your husband had actually hidden his identity from you.

If he wasn’t actually who you thought he was, and was even a Devil Head, then Qinger, what would you think?”

After saying that, Jiang Yuerou quickly corrected herself again.

“I’m just saying ‘if.’ Don’t overthink it, I wasn’t specifically referring to Lin Pei.”

“Eh?”

Jiang Qingshang looked at her Master blankly, her mind going a bit empty.

Hearing her Master say this, even if her Master said she didn’t mean anything else…

In Jiang Qingshang’s eyes, wasn’t her own Master just talking about her own husband?

In other words, her Master already knew that Lin Pei was Lin Xun?

For a moment, Jiang Qingshang also became nervous.

Because Jiang Qingshang knew that the relationship between her Master and Lin Xun was actually very poor.

The reason Jiang Qingshang hadn’t told her Master that Lin Pei was Lin Xun…

Was because she was afraid her Master wouldn’t be able to accept it.

In Jiang Qingshang’s eyes, both her Master and her husband were very important.

So, Jiang Qingshang didn’t want to face a dilemma yet.

She wanted to mediate between them, at least to let her husband accept her Master, or to let her Master slowly accept her husband.

But now, her Master was talking to her like this.

That indicated her Master knew about this matter.

What should she do now?

What was her Master going to say to her?

Was she going to make her choose?

“Master, what do you mean?”

Jiang Qingshang said softly.

“Well, it doesn’t really mean anything.

I just wanted to ask you, Qingshang.

It’s from a picture book novel I read before.

There was a woman from a good family who married someone.

In the end, she discovered that this person was actually a Disciple of a Demonic Sect.

I was just suddenly curious, so I asked.”

At this moment, Jiang Yuerou felt even more guilty.

“Oh, so that’s how it is…”

Jiang Qingshang, who was equally guilty, didn’t notice her Master’s clumsy lie.

Mainly because Jiang Qingshang was also extremely nervous, her whole mind occupied with thinking about explaining her husband’s situation.

“Actually, this is what I think.

As long as both sides truly like each other, then it shouldn’t be a big problem.

If there’s concealment, then let there be concealment.

I think the other person must have had some difficulties, which is why they hid it.”

Jiang Qingshang’s fingers lightly pinched the corner of her clothes.

“So Qingshang thinks that way…”

“Yes, that’s it…”

“Then Qingshang…”

Keeping such a secret bottled up inside was truly too uncomfortable.

Jiang Yuerou still felt like she wanted to say it.

She really didn’t want to hide anything anymore.

“There’s something I want to tell you.”

Jiang Yuerou took a deep breath and then looked directly into Jiang Qingshang’s eyes.

“What I’m about to tell you next might come as a huge shock to you.

It might also cause you to have great doubts.

But you must judge carefully and not be too impulsive at first.”

“Um, Master, please speak…”

“Actually, your husband, Lin Pei, is Lin Xun…”

As Jiang Yuerou’s words landed, the girl’s room suddenly fell into silence.

Jiang Yuerou and Jiang Qingshang looked at each other.

Both of their eyes blinked gently.

But for a moment, they just didn’t know what to say.

“Then Master… Master, what is your view on this?”

Hearing her Master state this fact, although Jiang Qingshang was indeed somewhat prepared in her heart, she was still a bit at a loss when facing it for real.

“Eh?”

Hearing her Disciple’s counter-question and seeing her calm demeanor, Jiang Yuerou was even more stunned for a moment.

What do you mean, ‘what is my view’?

Your husband is Lin Xun!

He’s that Devil Son of the Demonic Sect.

You’re not surprised?

How could you… Suddenly, Jiang Yuerou thought of a possibility and looked at Jiang Qingshang with even more astonishment.

“Could it be, Qingshang, you already knew that your husband Lin Pei’s identity was actually…”

Jiang Qingshang’s face flushed, and then she nodded gently… “Qingshang, when did you find out?”

Jiang Yuerou also tried to organize her thoughts.

“Well. Actually, I also only found out not long ago.

It’s just that I never told you, Master.

I was just worried that you and my husband would have some conflict.”

Jiang Qingshang’s fingers poked at each other, showing a bit of a young girl’s cuteness that was completely different from her usual cold and aloof manner.

“Then what is your view on it?”

Since Qingshang already knew, then Jiang Yuerou felt she didn’t need to say anything more.

She could just directly ask Qingshang about her thoughts going forward.

She believed that after so much time, Qingshang must have formed an idea.

“Just as I said just now, I feel that my husband’s concealment must have a reason, and in all this time, my husband really hasn’t hurt me…”

“So you two just plan to keep dragging it out, and neither of you will admit it to the other?”

“Actually, it’s not like that!

I also have many doubts in my heart that I want to talk to my husband about.

But I just can’t seem to find an opportunity to speak up.

Actually, I’m also afraid.

I’m afraid that if I pierce through my husband’s identity—that thin membrane between the two of us—something bad might happen… “And…”

Jiang Qingshang gently lowered her head, her long eyelashes blinking slightly.

“And what?”

“And I keep thinking that one day my husband will be able to explain it to me personally and tell me the reason.

And then my husband will tell me his true identity.

I think that would be the best… Furthermore.

Actually, I don’t know how to face my husband either.

Because I’ve also hidden my identity from him, and my husband doesn’t know my identity either.

I’m afraid; if my husband knew I was the Saintess of the Zilin Holy Land, what would he do?”

“But Qingshang, do you know? It’s already too late…”

Jiang Yuerou sighed and shook her head.

“Too late? What’s too late?”

Jiang Qingshang looked at her Master in confusion.

“I mean Lin Xun already knows your identity.

The reason I brought Lin Xun to find you this time was to have him confess to you.

I felt it was unfair for him to know your identity while you didn’t know his.”

“Eh?”

Hearing her Master’s words, Jiang Qingshang’s eyes became vacant for a moment.

At this moment, her mind was completely blank.

What did Master just say?

My husband…

Knows my identity?

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