Yan Shouyi could not hide what Lu Xin had done in Rongcheng from Lin Zhitong, nor was there any need to.
After all, this matter was closely related to Lin Zhitong's future, and Lin Zhitong was a strong-willed woman. Only by Yan Shouyi's side would she show her delicate side.
On the way back to their room, Yan Shouyi had already begun to imagine Lin Zhitong's reaction after hearing the news.
"Given the 'stinky girl's' personality, she'll probably be silent at first, then comfort me a few words, and then start thinking about making a plan. She'll call for backup, and by the time we fly back to Rongcheng, she'll have everything arranged and be ready to attack Lu Xin."
As he thought, Yan Shouyi had reached the suite's door.
After opening the door with his room card, he immediately saw Lin Zhitong sitting cross-legged by the floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the historic city of Chang'an, breathing and cultivating.
Lu Shan Sect was also a renowned sect. It required chanting scriptures and giving lectures upon entry, and daily meditation and cultivation were also essential.
This kind of immersive, step-by-step cultivation method was called the righteous path. Folk sects, being quick-learning and fast-paced, were looked down upon by those on the righteous path in the past.
Lin Zhitong's fair, delicate ears, so translucent they seemed to glow in the sunlight, twitched.
Then she took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and after a three-second pause, opened her eyes.
Turning to see Yan Shouyi, Lin Zhitong immediately broke into a radiant smile.
Like a little girl seeing her favorite doll, she wished she could hug him immediately.
"You're back!" Lin Zhitong said in a sweet voice.
Yan Shouyi nodded. Not eager to discuss business, he instead asked, "Are you hungry?"
"After I woke up, I called Lin Yu and Lin Yin to bring me some food," Lin Zhitong said, pointing to the bowls and chopsticks on the table. "My father was worried the hotel food might be too rough, so he specially sent Lin Yu and Lin Yin to take care of me."
"That's good!"
Yan Shouyi smiled, sat down cross-legged beside Lin Zhitong, and then said, "Huang Dahai and Zhou Yuquan are here. They are in Grandpa Ye's room now."
"Why would the two senior brothers come to Chang'an?" Lin Zhitong asked, surprised.
"The Lu Shan Sect has encountered some trouble..." Yan Shouyi began to recount what he knew.
The reason he chatted about trivial matters first was, in fact, Yan Shouyi's consideration for their child. He was afraid that the Lu Shan Sect's affairs would affect Lin Zhitong's mood.
But this was actually his overthinking. Firstly, the child was not yet formed and not that fragile. Secondly, Lin Zhitong's disposition was extraordinary.
Lin Zhitong was first astonished, then listened quietly. There wasn't much anger in her eyes; she appeared very calm.
"...That's how things are. Sect Leader Lu Jing hopes we can return to Rongcheng as soon as possible to avoid any further complications."
After Yan Shouyi finished, he spread his hands, waiting for Lin Zhitong's reaction.
Lin Zhitong lowered her head in thought for a moment, then looked up with a bright smile. "Isn't it just the position of Sect Leader? I don't care for it."
Yan Shouyi was taken aback. "So, you're not planning to be the Lu Shan Sect Leader anymore?"
Would Lin Zhitong hand over the position of Sect Leader? Yan Shouyi didn't think that was her personality!
Had the "stinky girl" changed her ways after becoming a mother?
The next second, Lin Zhitong said, "I just said I don't care for it, but that doesn't mean someone can snatch the Sect Leader position from me!"
Yan Shouyi breathed a sigh of relief. This was the Lin Zhitong he knew!
Lin Zhitong sat cross-legged on the floor, occasionally looking at her feet, occasionally at the ceiling, her brows furrowed as if in thought.
After a while, her brows relaxed, and then, with confidence, she took out her phone and started making calls.
She called Lin Ruofu, then Lu Jing, then several other elders of the Lu Shan Sect, and finally even some of Lin Zhitong's business lieutenants.
Do not underestimate these lieutenants. Although they were ordinary people, with no connection to the Xuanmen world at all, they were quite capable in Rongcheng.
Lin Zhitong made calls for nearly half an hour before comfortably returning to Yan Shouyi's side.
"How is it?" Yan Shouyi asked concernedly.
After asking this question, he suddenly felt that he did have some potential to be a kept man.
According to the normal plot development, shouldn't everyone be rushing back to Rongcheng, only to be vexed by Lu Xin in various ways, perhaps even making his wife Lin Zhitong cry?
And at his wife's time of distress, shouldn't he, the protagonist, make a dazzling appearance, punching Lu Xin and kicking various sects, then霸气 (bàqì - domineeringly) declaring:
"My Yan Shouyi's woman can only be bullied by me, no one else—not allowed!"
This was the normal plot!
Why was it that with the "stinky girl," she made plans without a word and then arranged everything with a phone call?
Moreover, judging by her demeanor, she didn't seem worried or anxious at all.
Yan Shouyi couldn't help but ask again, "Do you have a plan?"
Lin Zhitong didn't speak, smiling without baring her teeth, then pointed to her cheek.
Yan Shouyi felt both amused and exasperated, leaned in, and gave her a kiss.
It's over, it's really over! His identity as a kept man was confirmed, and he was becoming more and more adept at it!
After receiving Yan Shouyi's "reward," Lin Zhitong then revealed her arrangement:
"Do you know why I was able to become the last disciple of the Lu Shan Sect Leader back then?"
"Wasn't it because you had extraordinary talent and innate purple pupils?" Yan Shouyi asked, confused.
"My focus is not on 'disciple,' but on 'last'," Lin Zhitong pointed out the key point.
Yan Shouyi was even more puzzled.
A last disciple signified that after taking this disciple, the master would cease accepting new students and close their doors.
Because of this, the last disciple was often the master's favorite.
Seeing that Yan Shouyi couldn't answer, Lin Zhitong played coy and directly said, "Because our Lin family gave a lot of money to the Lu Shan Sect, a lot, a lot of money!"
Yan Shouyi was dumbfounded.
Good heavens!
So, the Lin family was the sponsor of the Lu Shan Sect?
In other words, they were the benefactor!
Even disciples of renowned righteous sects couldn't use their skills to make money at will, and the development of a sect definitely couldn't bypass money.
Therefore, major sects had various indirect ways of making money, the simplest of which was finding "sponsors"!
Lin Zhitong smiled. "Our Lin family not only gave money to the Lu Shan Sect, but we also funded most of the sects in Jianzhou Province!"
"So...?"
"Those sects that supported Lu Xin's ascent, I've just called my father to cut off their funding, and simultaneously arranged for lawyers to sue them, accusing them of... feudal superstition and extortion!"
Yan Shouyi was once again dumbfounded.
My goodness, wife, you're really playing the game brilliantly!
Nowadays, people are already disgusted with charlatans. Even if these sects had the ability, they wouldn't dare to prove themselves in front of a judge!
Therefore, if Lin Zhitong hired lawyers to sue them for feudal superstition, she would definitely win the case.
It was possible that the entire sect would be arrested and imprisoned for a long time...
Thinking of this, Yan Shouyi suddenly felt a sense of relief.
Let's see if it's easy to be a fence-sitter!
Most importantly, the one you provoked was my beautiful, wise, and wealthy wife!