Chapter 68: How Could This Happen…

“Young Master, your neck—”

Early in the morning, Jiang Nongqin routinely brought desserts to Lin Xun.

“Oh, it’s nothing, nothing.”

Lin Xun covered his neck. Yesterday, Qinger was dreaming and accidentally bit me.

“Ah, is that so?”

Although she didn’t know what happened yesterday, Your Highness’s screams were quite loud. Did Sister Qinger bite him that hard?

But they went to bed too early last night.

“Of course it is. Does Qinger dare to deliberately bite me?” Lin Xun adjusted his clothes. “My authority at home is absolute. If I tell Qinger to go east, she dares to go—”

“What are you saying, Husband?”

Just as Lin Xun was running his mouth, a soft call came from behind him.

Lin Xun shivered, turned around, and saw his smiling wife.

“It’s nothing.” Lin Xun wrapped his arm around his wife’s tender, smooth, slender waist. “Miss Jiang and I were just discussing how to repel mosquitoes in the summer.”

Jiang Qingshang looked at the bite mark she had left on her husband’s neck, then looked at Nong Qin in the courtyard, and her cheeks couldn’t help but flush slightly.

Yesterday, Lin Xun had already confessed to Jiang Qingshang.

He had gone to Nong Qin’s courtyard to catch mice and just happened to use Nong Qin’s birdcage, simply because he had a sudden impulse to scare her.

Jiang Qingshang chose to believe her husband.

But remembering that she had misunderstood her husband and also misunderstood Sister Nongqin, Jiang Qingshang felt a little apologetic.

It was the same last time; she had even misunderstood her husband and her own sister.

That was her biological sister! How could she be jealous of her own biological sister?

When did she become so sensitive?

As she thought, the young woman cast a resentful glance at Lin Xun.

It was all his fault; he was the one who made her so strange.

Lin Xun, meanwhile, displayed a question mark.

Why did he feel like Qinger was angry again?

“Sister Nongqin, this is rat repellent.”

Stomping lightly on Lin Xun’s foot, Jiang Qingshang stepped forward, took a small packet from her sleeve, and handed it to Jiang Nongqin.

“This rat repellent works very well, and it has a faint gardenia scent, harmless to the human body.”

“Mhm, thank you, Sister Qinger.”

Taking the rat repellent, Jiang Nongqin actually felt that maybe the mice didn’t need to be repelled.

In fact, there could be a few more mice, so Your Highness could visit her courtyard a few more times.

Remembering how she had clung tightly to Your Highness yesterday, embracing him from behind, and how Your Highness had to consider her feelings and couldn’t ask her to let go, a trace of joy welled up in Jiang Nongqin’s heart.

But looking at the beautiful young woman who was concerned about her and handed her the rat repellent, Jiang Nongqin felt a slight pang of guilt.

Sister Qinger clearly treated her as a close friend, yet she was thinking about stealing her close friend’s husband—

But she wasn’t trying to steal him; she just wanted to stay by Your Highness’s side. She didn’t ask for a significant place in his heart.

If she could just accompany Your Highness, and if Your Highness could talk to her, that would be enough.

But would Sister Qinger agree to let her stay by Your Highness’s side… How could this happen?

This was the first time she had someone she loved, and the first time she made a true friend in Luo City. These two joys should have been additive.

“Sister Nongqin? Are you feeling unwell, Sister Nongqin?”

Seeing Jiang Nongqin’s slightly furrowed brows, Jiang Qingshang gently took Jiang Nongqin’s small hand and asked worriedly.

“I’m, I’m fine.” Jiang Nongqin snapped back to reality, smiled with curved eyes, and said, “Um, I just remembered something I need to do, so I’ll head back to my courtyard first.”

To prevent her inner feelings from being exposed, Jiang Nongqin subtly withdrew her hand.

Looking at Jiang Nongqin’s graceful retreating figure, Jiang Qingshang felt that Sister Nongqin seemed a bit strange, but she couldn’t figure out why.

“Qinger, I’m going to the Academy now.” Having just been stomped on by Qinger in annoyance, Lin Xun felt it was best to leave while Qinger’s temper hadn’t subsided.

However, before Lin Xun could take a step, he felt the corner of his clothes being gently tugged.

“Qinger?”

Turning around, he saw his wife gently pulling the corner of his garment, her beautiful head slightly bowed, a flush of crimson crossing her fair, tender face, like the rosy clouds softly illuminating a freshly peeled bamboo shoot.

“The City Lord of Luocheng has some matters to attend to, and I need to accompany him. I’m afraid I’ll have to leave Luo City and will return in about two months.”

“Ah, mhm…” The sudden impending separation made Lin Xun feel a bit lost… His wife was leaving, and he certainly hated to part with her.

But there was nothing he could do; he couldn’t stop Qinger from going.

As for Qinger’s safety, he didn’t need to worry. Not only did she have his hairpin, but the City Lord of Luocheng was in the Golden Core Realm. As long as they didn’t stir up trouble, they could basically walk sideways.

“And then.”

Jiang Qingshang raised her eyes, her glass-like pupils flowing like clear water, graceful and moving.

Jiang Qingshang gently pulled her collar down a little, subtly revealing her delicate, fair collarbone. The young woman’s swan neck shone with a faint luster.

“Didn’t I just bite you? I can return the favor.”

The young woman’s voice was soft and sweet, like the paste of rice cakes, slowly clinging to one’s heart.

At Zilin Holy Land’s Saintess Peak, Jiang Qingshang had already returned to her mountain through Luo City’s Teleportation Magic Formation.

The young woman was very anxious, walking with her long legs toward the Saintess Divine Spring on Saintess Peak.

The Saintess Divine Spring is the crucial seclusion area for successive Saintesses. Its location is situated at the center of the entire Zilin Magic Formation, gathering the Holy Land’s purest spiritual power.

But up until now, no man, regardless of who they were, had ever touched a drop of the divine spring water.

After all, this was considered the bathwater of successive Saintesses… Who would dare profane it? Are they tired of living?

After the black mud blocked the Demonic Sword in Luo City last time, Jiang Qingshang’s Sword Heart gained enlightenment, and her cultivation at the Middle Stage of the Jade Purity Realm subtly showed signs of a Breakthrough.

However, because she couldn’t bear to leave her husband, and also worried about the Black Dragon Sect making a comeback, Jiang Qingshang forcefully suppressed her Realm!

But recently, the Realm she had painstakingly suppressed began to loosen.

Jiang Qingshang knew she could no longer suppress it and had to immediately enter seclusion.

By the Saintess Divine Spring, Jiang Qingshang removed her skirt and veil. The garment fell beside the young woman’s jade-like feet, and her crystal-clear skin radiated a faint luster under the damp mist.

The girl lightly tapped her snow-white toes and stepped into the Saintess Divine Spring. Starting from her pearl-like toes, moving up to her lean calves, the young woman finally submerged herself entirely into the divine spring.

The maid Xiao Chan, who was responsible for looking after Jiang Qingshang, stared blankly at her Saintess’s flawless body, which resembled the most beautiful artwork in the world, making one want to hold it close to their heart, fearing any scratch or bump.

Only—

Xiao Chan carefully looked at the Saintess’s fair swan neck, which actually had a slight red mark, as if bitten by a mosquito.

What kind of mosquito is so formidable!

…【Thanks to book friends “Linglan Bansheng” for 2000 Qidian Coins, “|-” for 1000 Qidian Coins, “Shizheng” for 500 Qidian Coins, “Gengzinian Dao” for 500 Qidian Coins, and others for their tips~~ξ(＞)】