497: Zheng Yaqin’s wishful thinking?

“Hmm? Where have I heard that before?”

“Heard what before! Chen Xuan, you scoundrel, tell me, are you secretly…?”

“Ow, ow, ow! Heaven and earth bear witness, I truly didn’t mean that! Having you, my beautiful, gentle, and considerate wife, is more than enough! How could I do something like eating from the bowl while looking at the pot? Don’t you understand me? I wouldn’t dare to have such a thought even if it killed me!”

“Then why did you just ask that demoness Lin Yaoyao?”

“Sigh, it’s just that I always feel my Cultivation isn’t enough, and your assistance to me isn’t that much right now, so I…”

“You wish!” Immortal Qinglan’s face turned red with anger, and her small hand applied a little more force.

“Now, you are at the fifth level of the Immortal Realm Cultivation. You Cultivate so fast, aren’t you afraid your Foundation will be unstable?! Only my not-too-fast, not-too-slow Cultivation speed can allow you to just stabilize your Cultivation while also making a Breakthrough!”

“Oh my god, are you still my gentle Immortal Qinglan darling? How could those words come out of your mouth! Ouch, my ear is really going to fall off!”

“Hmph, I don’t care! I’m warning you here, regarding that demoness Lin Yaoyao, you’d best not have even a tiny bit of improper thoughts! Otherwise… you’ll see how I’ll deal with you!”

Immortal Qinglan released Chen Xuan’s ear, put her hands on her hips, and glared at him menacingly, threatening him.

“Yes, yes, yes, please rest assured, I promise to engrave what you said today firmly in my heart! The Mining Field is about to start work for a long time, so I won’t continue to be an eyesore here!”

“Hmm, you’d best keep your word! If you dare to break your oath, be careful, this palace will make you…!” Immortal Qinglan gestured towards Chen Xuan, instantly making him shiver.

“No problem!”

Chen Xuan agreed wholeheartedly and left the house.

Damn Immortal Qinglan, when this Old Ancestor’s Cultivation reaches the True Immortal Realm, I’ll show you how I’ll deal with you!

…

Immortal Qinglan watched Chen Xuan leave, then stood at the doorway, her gaze tightly following Chen Xuan’s receding figure until he completely disappeared. Only then did she slowly withdraw her gaze and let out a soft sigh.

Recalling the Dao Chen Xuan had walked these past two days, Immortal Qinglan’s heart was filled with regret and self-reproach.

She knew deeply that she had already embarked on a wrong and evil path of no return, and now there was no turning back.

In just a few days, she had actually fallen deeply in love with Chen Xuan, which was simply too…

At this moment, she felt that the only thing she could still do was to do her best to protect that demoness Lin Yaoyao.

After all, she herself had already embarked on a path of no return, so Lin Yaoyao was a significant existence for Qing Shan, and since she had already become Chen Xuan’s wife, she could only make up for her mistakes in this way.

“Qing Shan, I am now Chen Xuan’s wife, and no matter what, this fact cannot be changed… But please rest assured, I will definitely protect that demoness for you.

I only hope that Lin Yaoyao doesn’t act foolishly herself and commit some unforgivable mistakes. If so, perhaps my heart can find a little solace.”

Immortal Qinglan murmured to herself, her watery eyes sparkling with complex emotions: pain, remorse, and also a hint of determination.

…

And so, with Qing Shan Old Ancestor deliberately avoiding Chen Xuan, Chen Xuan stayed in Qing Shan Old Ancestor’s house for another month.

During this period, due to the information gap between the two women, they basically had nothing left of their own.

Only Immortal Qinglan still hadn’t made a Breakthrough to the True Immortal Realm, which left Chen Xuan a little regretful.

At the same time, Chen Xuan was also adept at the work in the Mining Field, mastering many of the default rules.

For example, as a Mining Field Supervisor, he was a small leader in a certain area, and as a leader, he could “hire” one person each day to be his assistant, thus avoiding strenuous labor.

Lin Yaoyao was a good example.

Therefore, every day, people would go to great lengths to curry favor with Chen Xuan, both men and women.

However, it was a pity that the Ascendants chosen to be miners generally possessed great physical strength and surging attack power, which meant that while the men and women here were not bad-looking, they were not considered top-tier beauties, so Chen Xuan wasn’t particularly interested.

Of course, Zheng Yaqin was an exception; she was there because Chen Xuan requested her.

Also, Immortal Qinglan and Lin Yaoyao were specifically arranged to be here because of Qing Shan Old Ancestor.

And at this moment, the trap Chen Xuan had specifically set for Zheng Yaqin was about to conclude!

Because she was inherently unsuited for mining, Zheng Yaqin’s days here were extremely painful.

At this point, she no longer had the initial ease and comfort she felt upon arriving; she was increasingly listless, and her body had become very haggard.

But fortunately, it had only been a month, so her appearance hadn’t been significantly affected, though her figure had become a little thinner.

“I say, Yaqin, why are you so stubborn? The new Little Chen Supervisor is such a good person. He usually sees who is tired from work and specifically gives them a day off. Why are you so unwilling to rest?” Suddenly, a female worker couldn’t stand it anymore and came to advise her.

“Exactly, Little Chen Supervisor is so good. He says he needs an assistant, but in reality, he doesn’t give you any work at all; he just lets you rest well!”

“Yes, that day I sprained my back, and it was Little Chen Supervisor who gave me a leaf from an Immortal-level tree of life, which is why I recovered so quickly!”

“What, Little Chen Supervisor even gave you a tree of life leaf?! And it was Immortal-level?! Why didn’t I get one?!”

“I’m so jealous!”

“Yaqin, you’re already so haggard, don’t keep struggling. Go find Little Chen Supervisor, he will definitely help you!”

“I… he, he accepted people’s gifts, and I despise that kind of…” Zheng Yaqin spoke timidly.

Of course, this was only one reason. More importantly, every time she saw Chen Xuan, her heart couldn’t help but beat faster, which made her increasingly afraid to…

“No way, Yaqin, you’re too rigid. Is it just because of this that you’ve been unwilling to go to him for rest?”

Zheng Yaqin didn’t speak, but just blushed and nodded.

“Oh my god, are you stupid? What’s more important, your health or your so-called…?”

“Yes, you don’t even look at yourself now, what have you become!” A female worker took out a mirror and handed it to Zheng Yaqin.

The latter took it but hesitated to look.

“See, you yourself know what you look like now. If you continue like this, it won’t be long before you… ”

Zheng Yaqin looked at the female worker advising her, feeling a warmth in her heart. In the past month, Chen Xuan had never initiative come to find her.

So her previous “premonition” that Chen Xuan was interested in her, everything, was just her own wishful thinking.