221: Chapter 221 Xiao Yu's Jealousy: I Want a Massage Too

"Who's at the door?"

Liu Hanyan was startled by the sudden gaze and instinctively tried to pull back her legs, which were still held by Xu Chen, but he gently pressed down.

"Don't move. The massage isn't finished yet."

Without turning his head, Xu Chen continued kneading Liu Hanyan's calves at a leisurely pace, though a wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth:

"Come in. You've been watching at the door for a while now. Aren't you cold?"

"Hmph!"

With a petulant snort, the door was pushed open with a bang.

Xiao Yu stomped in, visibly fuming.

Though similarly pregnant with a belly bulging like a little hill, compared to Liu Hanyan's gentle clumsiness, Xiao Yu still retained her fiery, energetic spirit.

She wore a specially tailored fiery-red short skirt. Her exposed limbs remained slender and toned, even showing faint muscle definition.

She hardly looked pregnant. She was more like a little wildcat who, despite being with child, still insisted on stirring up trouble everywhere.

"Xu Chen! You're playing favorites!"

The moment she entered, Xiao Yu pointed an accusing finger at Xu Chen's nose, her fierce, wild eyes brimming with grievance:

"I'm pregnant too, my feet are swollen too, and I can't sleep either! Why do you only massage her? Only feed her medicine? Am I not worthy?"

This barrage of questions hit Xu Chen like rapid gunfire.

Liu Hanyan, feeling awkward, tried to get up and mediate: "Sister Xiao Yu, husband, he just..."

"You be quiet!"

Xiao Yu shot her a glare. Though her tone was fierce, her eyes held no real malice, more the unwillingness of a little girl whose toy had been snatched away:

"Don't think I won't scold you just because you're the elder sister! We're both pregnant now, our status is equal!"

"Yes, yes, equal, absolutely equal."

Xu Chen looked at these two living treasures, one big, one small, and couldn't help but laugh.

He finally released Liu Hanyan's legs, helped tuck her in with the blanket, then stood up and walked over to the pouting Xiao Yu.

"Laugh! You dare laugh!" Xiao Yu grew even angrier. She raised her hand to hit him, but seeing her swollen belly, worried about hurting the baby with a sudden movement, she forcibly pulled her hand back, resorting to killing him with her eyes instead.

"Alright, my Holy Maiden."

Xu Chen reached out, wrapped an arm around her waist, guided her to sit on the other side of the soft couch, and coaxed softly:

"I just finished with Hanyan and was about to come find you. Who knew you'd come rushing over yourself in such a hurry?"

"Really?" Xiao Yu eyed him suspiciously. "You're not lying to me?"

"When have I ever lied to you?" Xu Chen wore an expression of utmost sincerity.

"Hmph, I'll believe you this once."

Xiao Yu raised her chin haughtily, then unceremoniously thrust her legs toward Xu Chen:

"Then I want a massage too! And it has to be longer than hers! And more comfortable!"

Xu Chen looked down.

It had to be said, Xiao Yu, who regularly practiced body cultivation techniques and tamed strange flames, was indeed much stronger physically than Liu Hanyan.

Though her legs were slightly swollen, it wasn't as severe as Liu Hanyan's. Her skin remained firm, elastic, and even had a healthy, lustrous sheen.

"Alright, alright, whatever you say."

Xu Chen shook his head helplessly and resigned himself to the role of massage therapist.

The moment his hands touched her legs, Xiao Yu couldn't help but squint her eyes in pleasure, though her mouth still found fault:

"A little to the left... Ouch, too hard! Are you trying to murder your wife?... Yes, yes, that's the right pressure, keep it up!"

Watching Xiao Yu's "Empress Dowager" display of enjoyment, Liu Hanyan beside her couldn't help but cover her mouth with a light laugh.

Once upon a time, one was the lofty Dan Tower Master, the other a rebellious Dan Tower Holy Maiden. The two had fought fiercely in the Dan Domain, clashing whenever they met.

Who could have imagined that now, they would both be lying on the same bed with swollen bellies, vying for the same man's affection.

This feeling...

Wasn't so bad.

"What are you laughing at?"

Hearing the laughter, Xiao Yu cracked one eye open to glance at Liu Hanyan. "Are you laughing at me in your heart?"

"Not at all."

Liu Hanyan said gently, "I was just thinking, we used to argue until we were red in the face over alchemy matters, and now we're bickering over something like this. Life is truly unpredictable."

"Tch, who's bickering with you?"

Xiao Yu's face flushed slightly as she retorted stubbornly, "I'm just safeguarding my legitimate rights and interests! This is called... what's that phrase? Right, 'showering favor equally'! It's husband's duty!"

"Fine, fine, duty, it's all my duty."

Xu Chen worked diligently while smiling bitterly. "What did I marry? Wives? More like I brought two ancestors home."

"Oh? You have a problem with that?"

Both women glared at him in unison.

"No problem! Absolutely no problem! It is this Sage's honor to serve my two ladies!" Xu Chen immediately backed down.

The atmosphere in the room, which had started off tense, gradually grew warm and harmonious.

Though sharp-tongued, Xiao Yu had a kind heart.

After enjoying Xu Chen's ministrations for a while, seeing Liu Hanyan struggling to get up for water, she immediately kicked Xu Chen over:

"You blind fool! Can't you see Sister wants water? Go pour it!"

"..."

Xu Chen looked at his kicked thigh and silently went to fetch water.

His family status was indeed getting lower and lower.

However, seeing the relationship between the two women gradually improving, he felt happy inside.

A harmonious harem—that was a man's greatest blessing.

Night deepened.

Xiao Yu, having made a fuss for a while, grew tired and began yawning incessantly.

"Tonight... I'm sleeping here."

Xiao Yu declared imperiously, then lay down directly on the bed, claiming the outer spot. "This bed is big enough anyway. We'll fit."

Liu Hanyan was taken aback for a moment, then offered a gentle smile and scooted inward. "Alright, we can chat."

"Who wants to chat with you? I'm just afraid this scoundrel will bully you again tonight." Xiao Yu mumbled, closing her eyes.

Xu Chen looked at the bed, which, though wide, seemed rather crowded with two pregnant women on it, and fell into deep thought.

"What about me?" He pointed at himself.

"You?"

Xiao Yu opened her eyes and pointed to the soft couch by the bed:

"You sleep there. We might need water or to turn over in the night. Be on call."

"..."

Xu Chen looked at the soft couch, barely large enough for half his body, then at his two wives on the bed wearing expressions that said 'of course,' and sighed helplessly.

That night, the lights in the Dan Fragrance Pavilion burned late.

Though sleeping on the soft couch, Xu Chen didn't truly fall asleep.

He remained attentive to the movements on the bed—helping Liu Hanyan turn over one moment, pulling the blanket over Xiao Yu the next.

Only in the later part of the night, when both women had fallen into deep sleep, their breathing even, did Xu Chen finally relax.

Gazing at the bright moonlight outside the window, a deep peace settled in his heart.

Just as he was about to close his eyes to rest, an extremely faint ripple of divine sense suddenly entered his Sea of Consciousness.

It wasn't an alarm of enemy attack.

But rather... a plea for help, filled with resentment and fury.

From the northern courtyard of the Imperial Palace.

"Xu Chen! You bastard! If you don't come soon, I'll tear your Dragon Palace apart!"

Hearing that voice, Xu Chen's eyes snapped open, his smile freezing instantly on his face.

Oh no.

He'd been so busy placating these two human pregnant women, he'd forgotten about the two even more hot-tempered divine beast pregnant women over there!

Long Aoxue and Feng Jiuyou!

Those two were genuine 'nuclear-level' existences!