120: Who likes being spanked? Fatherly love has vanished...

Resting her chin in her hands, her small face flushed, she blissfully imagined the pleasant days after returning home:

First, sleep for three days and nights to make up for all the sleep she had missed during this time!

Then, have the kitchen fill a table with delicacies from the mountains and seas and feast to her heart's content!

Finally... stick that bastard Xu Jinhuan's portrait on a target and stab it with Flying Swords every day!

No, using Flying Swords would be too easy on that bastard.

She should use the Ten Thousand Swords Returning to Ancestors Sword Formation to turn that lecher into a porcupine to vent her hatred!

Thinking this way, a mischievous smile couldn't help but curl at the corners of the young girl's mouth. Her Phoenix eyes curved into crescents, and shallow dimples appeared on her pretty face.

But she couldn't hit his face.

Qin Mengli muttered softly, her cheeks heating up, "That face is just too unfair. It would be a waste to ruin it... This young lady still needs to look at it in the future!"

Even though she had been forcibly detained as a maid by Xu Jinhuan, she had to admit that the man was... indeed good-looking.

With sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, a high bridge to his nose, and sharp lines on his face, he carried a natural, transcendent handsomeness, like someone walking out of a painting. Almost no woman could resist that lethal attraction.

This was also the biggest reason she could patiently serve him tea and water, and restrain herself from lashing out.

If Xu Jinhuan's appearance were even slightly more ordinary, she would have stabbed him with a sword long ago!

Just as she was getting excited, she saw a familiar figure rushing over. It was her father, Qin Cang, whom she had been longing for day and night.

"Father! You're finally here!"

Qin Mengli's eyes lit up, and she jumped up abruptly. Her eyes instantly turned red, and she looked aggrieved.

"Quickly take me back! That Xu Jinhuan is a total bastard, a lecher! He bullies me every day and even spanks me!"

Looking at his complaining daughter, Qin Cang's face showed no sign of heartache. Instead, it carried a hint of indescribable relief, and he said cheerfully:

"My dear daughter, don't cry, don't cry. Father is here."

"Father, save me!"

Qin Mengli said coquettishly.

"Let's leave right now. I don't want to stay with that bastard for another second!"

Unexpectedly, Qin Cang gently pushed her away, cleared his throat, and said solemnly:

"Leave? Why leave? It's quite nice here. Just stay here with peace of mind from now on."

Qin Mengli: "???"

She suspected she had misheard. She looked up abruptly, her Phoenix eyes wide with disbelief.

"Father, what did you say? You're letting me stay here? With that bastard who spanks me?"

Looking at her father's smiling face, Qin Mengli suddenly felt as if the sky was falling.

It was over.

Even her father had defected.

What on earth did that bastard do!?

"What bastard? That's your future Dao Companion, Virtuous Nephew Xu Jinhuan!"

Qin Cang pulled a long face and corrected her, his tone solemn and serious.

"Father has already discussed it with Virtuous Nephew Xu and his Revered Master. In a while, we will hold a grand wedding for you and have you officially marry him!"

"Marry... marry that lecherous thief?!"

Qin Mengli felt like she had been struck by a bolt from the blue. Her small mouth hung open, her jaw dropped, and she questioned her life.

"Father, have you gone senile? He bullies me every day, and instead of helping me get revenge, you're pushing me into a fire pit?!"

Qin Mengli forcefully shook off his hand and cried out loudly:

"Father, you don't know! That man named Xu is a bastard! I won't marry him! I want to go home!"

"Go home for what?"

Qin Cang advised patiently.

"Do you think Father wants you to suffer? But think about it. Besides spanking you, has Virtuous Nephew Xu done anything else excessive? He even gives you resources to Cultivate. He's treated you quite well, hasn't he?"

"Besides, what's the big deal about spanking? It's just a little flirtatious fun between a couple. You'll get used to it later."

"Maybe you'll even grow to like it in the future."

As expected of the battle-hardened Head of the Qin Family, he accidentally let slip some shocking words.

"Who would like being spanked!"

Qin Mengli's pretty face turned beet red, her heart raced, and she retorted loudly. For some reason, she felt strangely lacking in confidence.

Qin Mengli, wake up! He's a bastard who spanks you! How can you think about such messy things?!

"Your mother did."

Qin Cang replied immediately. After saying it, he felt a bit embarrassed, suddenly feeling like he was corrupting a child.

"Pah, pah, pah! Who's a couple with him!"

Sensing something was wrong, Qin Mengli quickly brought the topic back.

"That's not 'little fun' at all! That's humiliation! You haven't hit me once since I was a child. What right does he have to hit me?!"

She became more and more agitated as she spoke, her small hands tightly clutching Qin Cang's sleeve, her eyes red and brimming with tears, looking truly pitiable.

Looking at his daughter like this, Qin Cang actually felt a bit reluctant.

But thinking of Xu Jinhuan's Heaven-Defying talent and combat power, as well as the deep foundation of the Taiyi Holy Land...

He hardened his heart and patted her head seriously.

"Silly girl, Father is doing this for your own good! That 'lecherous thief' you're talking about is now more powerful than your father!"

"Ah?! How is that possible?!"

Hearing her father's assessment, Qin Mengli could no longer care about her marriage; she only wanted to know the truth of her father's words.

"Father, what exactly is going on?"

After returning to the Taiyi Holy Land, she had remained on Eastern Emperor Mountain as a small maid. She had no opportunity or means to access outside information and was completely ignorant of Xu Jinhuan's actions.

In her eyes, Xu Jinhuan was still the one who relied on the power of a quasi-emperor weapon to forcibly wipe out a hundred Saints.

Calculating by time, the backlash from that bastard's quasi-emperor weapon shouldn't have subsided yet. Why would her father speak of him this way?

Hearing his daughter's question, Qin Cang was somewhat speechless.

This girl had indeed been spoiled by him, lacking even the most basic information-gathering skills. The decision to marry her to Xu Jinhuan was indeed correct.

Only an absolute Prodigy like Xu Jinhuan could protect this flower in a greenhouse.

"Mengli, you don't know. Just now, Virtuous Nephew Xu killed a Seventh Level Saint King with a single strike, slaying a deeply hidden one of the fallen..."

Qin Cang braced himself and gave a general account of Xu Jinhuan's latest feat.

After listening, Qin Mengli was completely dumbfounded.

She never expected that this lecher, who spent every day thinking of ways to torment her, had made such terrifying progress without a sound.

It seemed the Ten Thousand Swords Returning to Ancestors Sword Formation was still a bit disrespectful; she would have to use the Ancient Void Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to deal with this bastard.

Wait, if this continues, I won't even have the chance to stab his portrait!

Thinking about the marriage contract again, Qin Mengli instantly bristled.

"No! No matter how powerful he is, I won't marry him! Father, don't even think about selling your daughter!"

Qin Cang smiled. "It's too late. I've already accepted the betrothal gifts."

Qin Mengli: "???"

"How can there be such a father in the world?!"

The young girl, betrayed by her father, let out a heart-wrenching questioning cry.

Qin Cang didn't speak; he was just notifying the child's mother to prepare the dowry and come over to give the child some physiological knowledge.

"Your mother will come over in a few days. At that time, you should learn well from her and be more proactive during the wedding night. Virtuous Nephew Xu is a good man; I believe he won't make things difficult for you."

After saying that, Qin Cang left in a hurry.

This silly child, better let that extravagant woman deal with the headache.

Fatherly love, vanished... "By the way, I should have her mother prepare a few more sets of Spring Palace Pictures. Such a dowry cannot be missing, or else others might think my Qin Family has a shallow foundation and look down on us!"