My Enemy Became My Cultivation Companion

Chapter 1234: Chapter 670: Heroine Min, Qin Qingluo (Double Chapter)

Chen Yi steadied himself.

Qin Qingluo’s gaze swept over him, and rare was it that cold sweat trickled down Chen Yi’s back.

After the assassination at the Ancestral Temple, he entered the Qin Family’s Ancestral Temple and saw the ancestral founder Qin Xuzhi. From there, he went into the Netherworld, in search of the Infinite King, and unexpectedly encountered Min Ning along the way.

The two had been apart for a while, and as the saying goes, absence makes the heart grow fonder. He found it hard to resist, and given his inherent daring, how could he pass up this opportunity for intimacy?

He thought this was a secret between heaven, earth, himself, and Min Ning...

Yet unexpectedly, when these two drunkards drank too much, Min Ning carelessly spilled the beans.

For a moment, Chen Yi stood still, unable to meet Qin Qingluo’s gaze. The matter between him and Min Ning was something Qin Qingluo could not possibly be unaware of. For both of them, despite having children, she was indeed the latecomer.

However, the timing was truly ambiguous.

Perhaps in Qin Qingluo’s memory, Chen Yi was wholly focused on her and their small family, without any thought of other women, and she felt touched.

When Chen Yi thought of this, he sensed Qin Qingluo’s gaze deepening, his mind raced, and he raised his wine cup, saying, "Drunk, Min Yuechi is drunk."

A few simple words certainly couldn’t convince everyone. Not to mention Min Ning wouldn’t believe he was drunk, Qin Qingluo wouldn’t believe it was just drunken babble either.

The Princess’s snake-like eyes remained stern, completely focused on Chen Yi. After scrutinizing him for a moment, she asked, "Chen Zunming, is this true?"

"She was drunk, that’s definitely true."

"I’m asking about what she said."

Unconsciously, Qin Qingluo had already stopped using "I" as in royalty. At this moment, rather than a prince reprimanding a subordinate from a high position, it was more like a wife at home interrogating her husband.

Chen Yi opened his mouth and then closed it, racking his brains to figure out how to respond. Next to him, Min Ning clapped him on the shoulder, drunkenly laughing:

"What’s there to deny? Last night, you were still with me... Seriously, Chen Zunming, with me... since when have you ever held back?"

Qin Qingluo’s expression slightly froze for a moment, and suspicion in her snake eye gaze grew, like fluffy needles, making Chen Yi feel uneasy.

Min Ning continued to chuckle foolishly, a glimmer passing through her eyes.

Previously pretending to be drunk didn’t keep him; this time, slightly pretending, what would he do?

All the past with Chen Yi flashed through Min Ning’s mind bit by bit. Among them, the regrets were what she remembered the most.

Silently, Min Ning’s gaze slid over the tall woman sitting across from them.

Qin Qingluo sat like a mountain, her black robe with gold embroidery outlining her figure more prominently, her shoulders broad and straight. Even now, as her snake-like eyes brimmed with scrutiny and suspicion, that stable dignity didn’t diminish in the slightest.

The candlelight outlined her well-defined profile, her nose high and firm, carrying a sense of indisputable decisiveness, and giving birth to children seemed not to have left much gentleness on her face; rather, it had developed a more reserved heroic aura.

Back then, at Jinya Pavilion in the Capital City, when she met this extraordinary Prince of Annan, an inexplicable alarm rang in her heart.

At the time, it was just an indistinct premonition, an instinctive wariness toward someone similar, a vague intuition that this Princess would take Chen Yi away, leaving her with nothing.

Unexpectedly...

Words became an omen.

A thought became an omen.

What she had been wary of, what she had worried about, now sat truly before her. Not only a prince but a confidante and... the mother of his children, now questioning her past with Chen Yi, even though she and Chen Yi had known each other much earlier.

This world is truly ironic.

Qin Qingluo’s gaze became tighter, her suspicions deepening, with disappointment already gathering between her eyebrows. How could Chen Yi let it go on like this? He wanted to find a place to hide, waiting for the two women to finish their reckoning and then confront them one by one, but there was no opportunity for that now.

Things had come to this point; the previous idea of intentionally downplaying his presence was already useless.

Both women had strong personalities; even if they had no previous grievance with each other, it doesn’t guarantee they won’t fight at any disagreement, possibly ending in a life-or-death struggle, and being caught in between, even Hou Kang Sword might break into two.

Chen Yi took a deep breath, had to steady his hand holding the wine cup, and then... gently moved away Min Ning’s hand from his shoulder.

Min Ning paused slightly, then swayed a bit, making it appear as if she let go on purpose.

Qin Qingluo’s furrowed brows showed signs of loosening.

Chen Yi immediately grabbed Min Ning’s released hand and placed it on his lap.

Min Ning was slightly taken aback, a barely noticeable smile spread on her drunkenly flushed face. Her gaze was dazzlingly fixed on Chen Yi, her eyes twinkling...

However, Chen Yi turned away, exchanging glances with Qin Qingluo.

"..."

Min Ning fell silent, catching out of the corner of her eye that Qin Qingluo was also rendered speechless.

They both fell silent, and immediately the tense atmosphere in the pavilion eased considerably.

Chen Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

Jealousy and rivalry among women were common, especially since there were many women around him, it’s unavoidable for one to deliberately make things difficult, and another to willingly take the bait. Most of the time, he managed to quell the situation or plan carefully to avoid it, but in the current situation, he could only deal with whatever came his way.

The best strategy had already been rendered useless, so Chen Yi had to employ a middle strategy,

Instead of admitting he had a change of heart, he’d admit to being... naturally amorous.

In the silence between the two women, Chen Yi immediately let out a deep sigh.

"Alas!"