Liu Ruolan was fuming. She put on a stern face and said, "You want your brother-in-law to wash your clothes? Aren't you ashamed? Let me tell you, not only do you have to wash your own clothes, but you must also wash the ones your brother-in-law changes out of at the mountain villa. And you have to clean the villa."
"Ah… how is that possible?" Liu Ruomei jumped to her feet. "You can't exploit me like this."
"If you don't want to, then go back to your hometown and live with Mom and Dad. See if Mom will wash your clothes for you every day," Liu Ruolan said.
"Can't I just bring our clothes down the mountain for you to wash?" Liu Ruomei asked with a pained expression, completely unwilling to go back home and be controlled by her parents.
"No," Liu Ruolan said. "I'm a daughter-in-law of the Zhang family now. As my sister, you can't embarrass me. Besides, you need to learn to stand on your own two feet."
"But I'm going to be with you guys for my whole life! Can't you just wash my clothes forever, like you used to?" Liu Ruomei was close to tears.
"What do you mean, 'with us for your whole life'? What did your brother-in-law promise you?" Liu Ruolan instantly grew wary.
"Sister, are you suspecting something is going on between Brother-in-law and me?" Liu Ruomei was on the verge of crying. "I meant that I'm not going to get married. I'll just stay here and focus on my cultivation. I'm a Taiqing Sect Disciple, so Brother-in-law is essentially my master. You're my sister—my twin sister, at that. We're family. What's wrong with being together for life?"
"I'm not suspicious of you two," Liu Ruolan said gently. "I'm worried about you. I'm afraid you'll fall hopelessly in love with your brother-in-law. I'm also worried about him—that he might not be able to resist a beauty like you and do something improper. In fact, even if there really were something going on between you two, even if you truly became his woman, I wouldn't be angry. It wouldn't affect my relationship with him at all."
"Sister, don't worry. I won't sleep with Brother-in-law," Liu Ruomei said weakly.
I can't trust what she's saying.
All she could promise was that she wouldn't sleep with Zhang Bin, because they had already shared many hugs and kisses, something they did often these days.
"Don't make promises to me. Your brother-in-law isn't an ordinary man. He's a cultivator, and a very talented one at that. His lifespan will be very long, while I'm just a normal person who can't be with him for his entire life. That's why I worry about who will take care of him in the future. You're my sister, and you look exactly like me. You've also embarked on the path of cultivation and have now become his junior disciple. Perhaps after I've grown old, you can help me continue to look after him. Therefore, regarding the relationship between you and your brother-in-law, I neither support nor oppose it. I just hope you don't move too quickly, since we need to be mindful of public opinion," Liu Ruolan whispered softly.
"Sister, I'm willing to take care of Brother-in-law, but I won't become his woman," Liu Ruomei promised weakly.
"Silly girl." Liu Ruolan rolled her eyes at her. After exchanging a few more intimate words, she went out and was affectionate with Zhang Bin for a long time before heading down the mountain to return to her company.
As soon as Liu Ruolan left, Liu Ruomei began pacing anxiously around the room. "This is terrible, just terrible. My sister just warned me. She suspects something is going on between Brother-in-law and me. Am I ruining their relationship? What's worse is that I'm living in his house now, seeing him every day. In such close quarters, it's hard to control our feelings. That must be why Sister is so worried. Maybe that's why she made him stay down the mountain at night—to avoid any gossip."
"What should I do? What should I do?"
She touched her forehead and thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a solution.
Just then, the voice of Hacker Rabbit King Chen Junheng came from her phone. "Beauty, I'm here."
"Rabbit King, is that you?" A look of pleasant surprise appeared on Liu Ruomei's face.
She had been waiting for this day for a long time. It wasn't that she had fallen for him; she just hoped to earn his forgiveness so he wouldn't seek revenge. She hadn't heard from him at all, so his appearance today was a complete surprise.
"Of course, it's me."
Chen Junheng's image appeared on the phone screen, his face beaming with a brilliant and friendly smile. This was, of course, the result of Tutu using some of its tricks at Zhang Bin's behest. In reality, Zhang Bin was still sitting on the sofa in his room and hadn't even put on a disguise.
"So you know I wasn't the one who informed on you?" Liu Ruomei asked expectantly.
"Yes, I know now. But I was afraid He Banxian might read your mind, so I couldn't contact you. Now that you're in a safe place, you don't have to worry about that anymore," Zhang Bin said with a smile.
"It's all my fault. I unintentionally leaked your identity and nearly doomed you," Liu Ruomei said apologetically.
"You can't be blamed for that; we can only blame the Special Action Team for being too cunning. It's all in the past, so let's not talk about it anymore," Zhang Bin said, changing the subject. "I know you still don't like me and that you're in love with your brother-in-law. But I don't want to see you suffering like this. Let's have a proper chat."
"Chen Junheng, can you tell me if you're a human or one of the Immortals? How can you fly?" Liu Ruomei asked, wanting to avoid discussing her feelings with him.
"You'll have to discover that for yourself in time," Zhang Bin said. "By the way, about what your sister said to you earlier… I think she can accept your feelings for your brother-in-law. She won't object to you becoming his woman in the future; she'd actually be happy about it. She just doesn't want you two to develop things too quickly. So why do you think you've ruined her relationship with Zhang Bin? Why do you think she was warning you?"
"Chen Junheng, I'm warning you! Can you stop being so creepy, monitoring me all the time?" Liu Ruomei leaped to her feet, erupting with the fury of a lioness.
Feeling helpless, Zhang Bin had no choice but to change the subject again. "Could you come to Great Green Mountain?"
"Is there something you need?" Liu Ruomei asked, astonished.
"Yes, I have something very important that I need your help with," Zhang Bin said.
He wasn't lying. In his identity as Rabbit King Chen Junheng, he truly had a very important matter to entrust to Liu Ruomei.
He had now given up on his plan to win over Liu Ruomei as Chen Junheng. It was simply impossible. Liu Ruomei's love for Zhang Bin was bone-deep; she could never fall for another man, no matter how amazing he was. What gave him a headache was her peculiar personality and her excessive worrying.
"Alright, I'll head over now."
Liu Ruomei hesitated for a good while before finally agreeing. In her mind, Chen Junheng was a strange but not a bad person. He had helped both Zhang Bin and the Liu Family, so now that he was asking for her help, she felt she couldn't refuse.
She glanced at the time and saw it was exactly ten in the morning. With two hours until lunch, it was clear she wouldn't make it back in time to eat.
So, she went to look for Zhang Bin. When she couldn't find him, she called Liu Ruolan to say she was going to Great Green Mountain to practice her cultivation and wouldn't be back for lunch.
Then she changed into a set of Practice Garb and headed for Great Green Mountain.