Chen Nan said, "I need to go back to the Leng family first and find a way to get rid of that demon."
"As for lifting the danger, whether you return to Pingyang Town or stay in Tongcheng, it's entirely up to you two elders."
Xia Hou got straight to the point, "What about my daughter? Don't you owe her a proper status?"
Hearing this,
Xia Youwei immediately looked at Chen Nan with affectionate eyes.
Chen Nan felt a headache coming on.
Love, though seemingly intangible, was the most solid chain in the world, a bond.
Even though he was an outsider,
the moment he inherited the host's body, the two were inseparable.
If it weren't for his status as a live-in son-in-law of the Leng family, it would have been fine.
He could have given Xia Youwei a proper status.
But now,
Would the Leng family agree to him taking a concubine?
Would Xia Hou agree to his daughter becoming a concubine?
"I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer on this matter," he dared not say too much, and could only use a vague approach to stall for time.
Xia Hou said impatiently, "I hope you don't disappoint us."
"Then, I shall take my leave," Chen Nan left and returned to the Leng family before sunset.
As soon as he got home,
Chun Mei respectfully walked over, "Young Master, Miss has requested an audience."
Chen Nan grunted and followed Chun Mei to Leng Qingmei's separate courtyard.
Seeing the door ajar, he walked straight in.
He saw Leng Qingmei with a look of disbelief on her face, "What exactly is going on? Who is that woman in the Liang family's house?"
Chen Nan frowned, a surge of unspoken anger rising within him, "Are you spying on me?"
Leng Qingmei sneered, "You are my husband, and you've been away for several days. As your wife, shouldn't I investigate where you've been?"
Chen Nan did not hide his anger, "Though we have the title of husband and wife, we have no actual marital relations. I advise you not to have me monitored."
"If there's a next time, don't blame me for falling out with you."
"Master Lan!"
As soon as the words "Master Lan" were uttered,
a glint of coldness flashed in Leng Qingmei's eyes.
She hadn't expected Chen Nan to know that she was Master Lan.
This was tantamount to the couple completely tearing down their facade.
After all, she had written a book targeting Chen Nan and Ning Yinqiu back then, intending to slander them.
Then, a faint smile appeared on her face, "It seems you've been hiding yourself. If I'm not mistaken, you still have many tricks up your sleeve, don't you?"
"You are also very well-hidden. I just don't know when I'll be able to fathom your depth." Since the pretense was over, Chen Nan decided to stop playing along, like a pampered young master, with a thought-provoking smile on his face.
"Let's put aside our matters for now. I can also guarantee that I won't have you followed anymore," Leng Qingmei suddenly became serious, "I want to know about Xia Youwei."
Chen Nan said concisely, "Your father married a demon. As for why that demon wants to marry your father, you should ask the demon yourself."
"As for Xia Youwei herself... she is my lover in Pingyang Town."
Leng Qingmei's face was filled with disgust, "You really are scum!"
Chen Nan shrugged, "How can Master Lan have the nerve to call others scum?"
"Which protagonist in your writings isn't a scumbag who falls for anyone they meet?"
"Even if I'm scum, it's because I was influenced by you. You turned me into scum!"
Leng Qingmei was furious.
She hadn't expected Chen Nan to be so sharp-tongued.
Was this his true face?
She had indeed underestimated him.
Taking a deep breath, she said, "Although Xia Youwei is a demon, so far, she has not done anything that harms the interests of the Leng family."
Chen Nan: "The fact that she impersonated someone else and married your father already indicates that her motives are not simple."
Leng Qingmei was dismissive, "Although humans and demons are different, I believe some demons have conscience."
Chen Nan did not deny this.
At least the rat demon Zhang Mingquan was a good demon.
"Miss, the master has fainted," the butler rushed over in a panic.
Leng Qingmei quickly got up and hurried towards the front courtyard.
She saw her father, who had fainted, in the garden.
Leng Xuemin's face was pale and bloodless.
At this moment, Xia Youwei was holding Leng Xuemin with a look of sorrow on her face, sobbing weakly, "Your father was fine just now, but I don't know what happened, he suddenly fainted and couldn't be woken up no matter how we called."
"Send someone to fetch a physician," Leng Qingmei suppressed the urge to act.
She knew.
The reason her father was like this was very likely due to Xia Youwei.
After all, he was so old and couldn't withstand much.
However.
She didn't believe she could defeat a demon at the Transformation Stage.
Acting rashly could turn the Leng family into a living hell.
Soon, a physician was summoned.
After examining Leng Xuemin's condition, he said, "Old Master Leng fainted due to a common cold and deficiency of Qi and blood. He just needs to take some tonifying decoctions, and he will recover soon."
Hearing this, Leng Qingmei also breathed a sigh of relief.
But Chen Nan didn't think so.
One soul and one spirit of Leng Xuemin's three souls and seven spirits were missing.
Unless his soul and spirit were recovered, he would never wake up.
"It's getting late, you two young people should go back. I'll take care of Xuemin here," Xia Youwei looked at the man on the bed with genuine concern, like a virtuous wife and good mother.
"Then we'll have to trouble you, Mother," Leng Qingmei said politely, then left her father's room with Chen Nan.
Back in the separate courtyard,
she said with a dark expression, "You were right. This demon must have ulterior motives approaching my father."
As a cultivator,
Leng Qingmei could sense that her father's body was extremely weak.
It was as if he had been drained dry.
Clearly.
This was Xia Youwei's doing.
Chen Nan asked, "A demon at the Transformation Stage is very powerful. Can you handle it?"
Leng Qingmei gave him a direct eye-roll, saying impatiently, "If I could handle her, do you think I would still endure this?"
Although she was a cultivator,
she was only at the ninth level of the Yin Gathering Realm.
She hadn't even reached the Soul Gathering Realm, let alone face a demon beast at the Transformation Stage.
Her tone shifted, "Can you handle her?"
Chen Nan replied, "I don't have that ability."
Although he could find a way to deal with the demon, the risk was too great.
A slight misstep could lead to his demise.
Leng Xuemin was not worth him taking such a huge risk.
Leng Qingmei pondered for a moment, a hint of inexplicable shyness appearing on her delicate face, like a ripe peach, alluring and vibrant, "If... if you can help me deal with that demon, I can grant you one condition."
Chen Nan glanced at her, "You should know what I want, shouldn't you?"
Leng Qingmei's eyes darted away, "Didn't you want to test my depth? I can agree to that."
Chen Nan frowned, "That's not right. Didn't you say you couldn't break your virginity before your cultivation reached great perfection?"
Leng Qingmei's expression was complex, "Although I have dreams, what are they compared to my father's life and death?"