Chapter 122: Shen Qingyi’s Change
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Father!”
Chen An flew above the house on his sword. Before he could land, he heard his daughter shouting in the courtyard below.
Needless to say, his daughter definitely wanted to fly on a sword again.
When the sword was only a few meters above the ground,
With a thought, Chen An scooped his daughter up from below and placed her in front of him. He said to her, “Hold onto Daddy’s thigh tightly. Daddy is going to speed up.”
“Hold tight!”
Chen Yuejian said crisply.
Chen An smiled and patted his daughter’s head. Then, his thoughts sped up and he brought his daughter for a spin in the sky above the entire South Alley.
More than a quarter of an hour later, the father and daughter returned home.
Both of them got off the sword.
“Husband, I made some spirit cake. Quickly come over with Little Yuejian and try it.”
Gu Xinyue stood in front of the house and called out gently to the father and daughter in the courtyard.
Chen An picked up his daughter and smiled at her. “Let’s go. Daddy will bring you to eat Mother Gu’s spirit cake.”
“Okay, okay.”
Chen Yuejian’s face was full of smiles.
In the hall, the family sat together and ate spirit cake.
Shen Qingyi was also there.
Although Shen Qingyi was unwilling to get married and be a concubine,
However, everyone in the house did not treat her as an outsider and already took her as a member of the family.
It was just a formality for a little concubine.
Strictly speaking, Shen Qingyi and Chen An’s current relationship was actually no different from husband and wife.
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Husband, this rope is for you.”
Song Huaying, who was sitting at the side, took out a rough hand rope from her sleeve and handed it to Chen An sweetly.
Chen An took the rope and looked at the rough and furry surface. He was filled with doubts.
With such poor workmanship, where did this rope come from? Was it made up by his wife?
That was unlikely. His wife was smart and the workmanship of the things she made would not be so bad.
Chen An was puzzled. He looked at Song Huaying and asked, “Ying’er, where did this rope come from?”
“Guess?”
Song Huaying said playfully.
Chen An was about to guess when he suddenly saw his daughter staring at him with anticipation on her face.
He understood and smiled. “Such an artistic hand rope must have been made up by my smart Little Yuejian, right?”
“You guessed right. Husband, you’re amazing!”
Song Huaying’s face was filled with adoration. These adoring expressions were 30% true and 70% fake. She mainly wanted to please her husband. It was similar to flattery.
On the other hand, Chen Yuejian really had a 100% innocent smile.
After hearing her father’s praise, her entire face beamed like a flower in full bloom, and her slender legs under the table swayed excitedly.
“Father, this is a hand rope I made. Do you like it?”
“I like it. Daddy likes hand ropes and likes Little Yuejian even more. Come, Daddy will reward you.”
As Chen An spoke, he kissed his daughter’s little face. He was so happy that the smile on his daughter’s face became even brighter.
After eating the spirit cake, the family quickly went about their own business.
Song Huaying brought her daughter back to her room for lessons. She wanted to nurture her into a talented and beautiful fairy.
After Gu Xinyue cleaned up the dining table, she stayed in the kitchen and studied recipes.
Wen Zhiyun returned to her room to rest. The burden on her stomach was getting heavier and heavier day by day. She became very sleepy, but she could not fall asleep. She was simply fatigued and very torturous.
Shen Qingyi returned to her room to cultivate.
Chen An went into the alchemy room to refine pills and refine some spirit stones to cultivate.
In the blink of an eye, it was nighttime.
Chen An came out of the alchemy room and walked into Wen Zhiyun’s room to see how she was.
“Yun’er, you’re still unable to sleep?”
Seeing that Wen Zhiyun was rolling around on the bed, looking like she could not fall asleep no matter how much she tried, Chen An went forward and sat by the bed, asking with concern.
Wen Zhiyun sat up from the bed and said with a tired expression, “Husband, it’s very difficult for me to sleep now. 1 keep feeling uneasy and anxious.”
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It’s fine. I’ll sleep with you.”
“Husband, why don’t you use the Sleepy Time Spell on me directly? I’m really tired now, but I just can’t fall asleep.”
“That works too.”
After saying that, Chen An cast a Sleepy Time Spell on Wen Zhiyun, instantly making her lie on the bed with a sweet expression and fall asleep.
He adjusted Wen Zhiyun’s sleeping posture. He covered her with a thin blanket.
Chen An looked at her bulging stomach and his face was filled with worry.
What was going on with the child in this arrogant concubine’s stomach?
Why was she still not giving birth after 11 months?
Could it be that she was really pregnant with Nezha?
The more Chen An thought about it, the more worried he became.
Forget it. Thinking too much would only add to his worries.
Let nature take its course. He would take it one step at a time.
As he thought about it, Chen An left Wen Zhiyun’s room and walked towards Shen Qingyi’s room, planning to talk to her about the masked heroine he had heard today.
However, when he pushed open Shen Qingyi’s door, he realized that there was no one inside.
Not in the room? Where is she then?
Chen An frowned slightly. He had an ominous feeling.
The masked heroine might really be Shen Qingyi!
With this question in mind, Chen An began to search the house.
Shen Qingyi had a magic tool that blocked her divine consciousness, so it was difficult for her to sense it with her divine consciousness. If she was too far away, he would have to rely on recognizing her facial features to find her.
In the hall.
In the kitchen.
In the bathroom.
In the courtyard.
In the other rooms…
Chen An searched all these places, but he still could not find Shen Qingyi.
At this moment, he felt that Shen Qingyi was most likely that masked heroine.
And this 80% became 100% in the next second.
Chen An heard an extremely soft landing sound from the courtyard outside.
It was the sound of a flying sword landing.
Judging from the sound of the landing, it was Shen Qingyi.
Chen An restrained his aura and sat quietly in Shen Qingyi’s room, waiting for her to come in.
Soon, there was movement from the window beside the bed.
He followed the sound and looked over.
Shen Qingyi, who was wearing a white brocade robe, was sneaking into the room through the window. She had a white cloth on her face that covered most of her face.
“Fellow Cultivator Shen, you’re a fairy with the demeanor of a hero. Why are you sneaking back to your room like a thief?”
Chen An’s voice sounded without any warning.
Shen Qingyi was shocked and instinctively took two steps back.
Then, she saw Chen An sitting by the bed and was at a loss.
“Come and sit down.”
“Ok.”
Shen Qingyi obediently walked to the bed and sat down.
She was a little far away from Chen An. They did not sit close together.
Chen An didn’t question him emotionally. He asked calmly, “Fellow Cultivator Shen, where did you go just now?”
Shen Qingyi fell silent.
Chen An did not continue asking and quietly waited for her answer.
After a while, Shen Qingyi replied, “1 just went out to fight crime and evil.”
Is it really that hard to bear?”
Chen An did not understand why someone would be so obsessed with punishing evil. He could not understand.
Shen Qingyi pursed her thin lips and explained in a low voice like a child who had done something wrong, “Alchemist Chen, I went out to punish evil, but 1 restrained myself when 1 attacked. 1 only hurt and not kill people…”
“Fellow Cultivator Shen, the person you’re punishing is from the Crimson Fire
Gang. There’s not much difference between hurting and killing.”
Chen An’s tone was still calm as he continued, “The Crimson Fire Gang has just taken over Hundred Herbs Alley. It’s time for a new official to establish his might.”
“And what you’re doing now is undoubtedly going against them.”
“Do you think they will choose to let you go because you only hurt people and not kill them?”
Chen An knew, and so did Shen Qingyi. The answer was definitely no.
Hence, Shen Qingyi fell silent.
Chen An didn’t want to say anything else. He said to Shen Qingyi in disappointment and helplessness, “Fellow Cultivator Shen, if you insist on punishing evil without absolute strength, 1 can only say that we can’t work together because we have different paths. Then, we can part on good terms.”
After saying this, Chen An left the room.
What he said was half true and half false. It was impossible to part on good terms.
He couldn’t bear to.
However, it was true that they cannot work together.
He had an entire family to take care of, so he wouldn’t let Shen Qingyi bring danger to this family.
In the room.
Shen Qingyi sat on the bed and stared blankly at the room where she was alone. She felt a little uncomfortable.
She had changed. She had become concerned about Chen An’s opinion of her.
Perhaps this was what it meant to develop feelings over time.
Half a month passed, and it was time to pay the protection fee again.
Steward Gao came looking for him.
Chen An brought the spirit stones out to pay. Seeing this, Shen Qingyi followed him out.
This time, Chen An did not give Steward Gao a gift like last time. He only gave him two medium-grade spirit stones.
Because he knew that people like Steward Gao could not be satiated. They were a bottomless pit.
There was no need to feed him anymore.
Seeing that Chen An only paid the protection fee, Steward Gao took the spirit stones and turned to leave. He did not say a word and was very cold.
In the following period of time, Chen An and Shen Qingyi were not in a hurry to return home.
Instead, they stood silently at the door like last time and watched Steward Gao collect protection fees from other families.
Steward Gao couldn’t change his ways. He still ran to tease the widow selling spirit fruits who lived not far ahead.
Chen An’s eyes were on the widow, but his peripheral vision was on Shen Qingyi, who was beside him, watching her every move.
He saw that she did not react at all after watching Steward Gao tease the widow for so long.
Chen An smiled in relief and put his arm around her slender waist. He said gently, “Fellow Cultivator Shen, let’s go back to the house.”
“Ok.”
Shen Qingyi’s words were like gold.
On the way back to the house, she kept one hand on the hilt of her sword. It was obvious that she wanted to attack, but she had been trying her best to restrain herself.
Chen An saw everything and comforted her. “Fellow Cultivator Shen, you don’t have to worry too much about that widow. If you don’t interfere, she can still live well every day. At most, she will be teased and taken advantage of by Steward Gao.”
“However, once you interfere, her outcome might be extremely miserable. There’s a high chance that she will lose her beauty and die because of your impulsive actions.”
“Hmm, that’s not right. It’s not that she will lose her beauty and die, but that she will die without a cause.”
Chen An felt that it was not good to use the word “beauty” in front of other women. It was as if he was looking at a passing beauty in front of his woman.
Hearing Chen An’s words, Shen Qingyi pursed her thin lips and accepted the truth. “Alchemist Chen, you’re right.”
Hearing this, a relieved smile appeared on Chen An’s face.
It wasn’t easy.
Shen Qingyi’s almost pathological obsessive-compulsive disorder of punishing evil had finally improved..
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