44: Once and for all, live together!

"Aunt Qin, since you're here, there's no need to rush off," Ning Yuan said with a playful smile, looking at Qin Hongmian.

"Murong Fu, aren't you afraid I'll scream right now? When I call the manor guards, what explanation will you give?" Qin Hongmian snapped.

"Kill her, don't let her scream!" Dao Baifeng quickly shouted from behind, dressing herself at the same time.

"Aunt Qin, I think you've misunderstood. If you call for people, it will only appear that an assassin tried to assassinate the Princess, and I stopped them," Ning Yuan said with a half-smile, looking at Qin Hongmian, then added softly, "After all, this isn't your first attempt at assassination!"

"And I was personally invited by the Duan family father and son to stay and protect the Princess, to prevent you scoundrels from taking advantage and harming her."

"You!" Qin Hongmian's blood surged, almost making her spit out a mouthful of blood.

Because upon closer thought, the current situation indeed seemed to be as he described.

"When Duan Zhengchun arrives, we'll see if he believes your words!" Qin Hongmian forced herself to calm down and continued to threaten.

"There's no need to waste effort. He has already gone to Tianlong Temple. By the time news from here gets out, everything will already be settled," Ning Yuan said, coming before Qin Hongmian and shaking his head. "Aunt Qin, let's have a proper talk."

Hearing that Duan Zhengchun was not in the manor, Qin Hongmian's face turned pale.

"What's there to talk about with her? Kill her to silence her, once and for all!" Dao Baifeng, sitting on the bed behind them, immediately snapped.

She had always harbored murderous intentions towards Duan Zhengchun's lovers. Now that her good deed had been exposed, to avoid affecting her son and revealing her secret, killing Qin Hongmian was naturally even more logical.

"If you dare make a move, I'll scream right now!"

"I'll drag you down with me!" Qin Hongmian angrily shouted.

"Aunt Qin, you overestimate yourself." Ning Yuan's figure flickered, and he appeared behind Dao Baifeng. He raised a hand and pointed, and Dao Baifeng immediately froze in place.

"You've sealed my acupoints?" Qin Hongmian was greatly alarmed, her eyes darting around in panic.

At this moment, Dao Baifeng also immediately looked pleased and stepped forward, simultaneously raising a hand to send a palm wind that closed the open door.

Immediately afterward, guards, hearing the commotion, arrived outside the door.

"Princess? What happened?" The guard outside the door knelt on one knee and asked.

"Nothing. You may withdraw." "No one is needed to guard here," Dao Baifeng immediately said coldly.

Qin Hongmian was about to shout, but then she saw Dao Baifeng's murderous gaze.

Considering her predicament, she realized that she might not even get a few words out before being treated as an assassin and executed on the spot, so she could only swallow her words.

She glared hatefully at Dao Baifeng.

The guards outside looked puzzled but still retreated as instructed.

The surroundings once again fell silent and empty.

"Why didn't you kill her?" Dao Baifeng glared at Ning Yuan, demanding in a sharp tone.

She also looked terrified.

"What's the point of killing her?" Ning Yuan chuckled softly. "Don't you, Princess, also wish to see her fall and be ruined?"

"This way, you both have leverage over each other!" Ning Yuan said with a playful smile.

"What?" Dao Baifeng suddenly turned to look at Ning Yuan.

She was shocked and furious.

She naturally understood the meaning of Ning Yuan's words; he was clearly suggesting that she and Qin Hongmian... But she had done those things precisely because she couldn't tolerate Duan Zhengchun's philandering. Now, for her to be with another woman... wouldn't that mean all these years of revenge would become a joke?

"You dare?" Qin Hongmian was also startled, her face turning pale as she snapped angrily.

Fear also involuntarily appeared on her face.

After seeing Qin Hongmian's frightened expression, Dao Baifeng suddenly seemed to understand something and burst into laughter. "Good, good!"

"I'm delighted to see it!" Dao Baifeng decided to throw caution to the wind.

After all, what she had done had already been seen by Qin Hongmian. If Qin Hongmian were to die like this, she would still be held in high regard, while Dao Baifeng would be scorned and unable to hold her head up.

But if Qin Hongmian were also like her, then neither side would have anything to despise the other for.

Therefore, Dao Baifeng naturally agreed.

Anyway, Ning Yuan was not her husband, so she didn't need to be angry about it.

"Dao Baifeng, you Bitch!" Qin Hongmian immediately became furious. Seeing Ning Yuan's eager expression, she looked even more terrified and threatened: "Murong Fu, do you dare lay a hand on me?"

"I am Wan'er's mother, do you dare to..." Qin Hongmian shouted loudly.

She wanted to remind Ning Yuan that her identity was not the same as Dao Baifeng's.

But unfortunately... "Aunt Qin, it's you who isn't planning to marry Wan'er to me, it's you who wants to break up a loving couple. Currently, Wan'er and I haven't even confirmed our relationship, so naturally, I have no relation to you!" Ning Yuan said playfully, lightly lifting Qin Hongmian's chin with his finger.

"You, you..." Qin Hongmian's face was ashen, and her words suddenly became stammering. Seeing Ning Yuan lean closer, Qin Hongmian gritted her teeth and suddenly said, "Murong Fu, I, I, I agree to you and Wan'er..."

But before she could finish her sentence, Ning Yuan had already lowered his head, making her eyes widen and unable to speak, only letting out a whimper.

Soon after, Qin Hongmian's black dress was removed, revealing her fair skin.

Although she was nearly forty, perhaps due to years of martial arts practice and lack of sun exposure, her skin remained firm... The next day.

Ning Yuan had already left the manor.

Qin Hongmian also returned to Wanjie Valley, looking distraught.

"Senior Sister, why didn't you come back last night?" As soon as Qin Hongmian returned, Gan Baobao immediately rushed forward and asked anxiously, "How did your questioning go last night? Was Old Zhong killed by him?"

"Why would he kill someone?" Gan Baobao asked impatiently.

Qin Hongmian silently shook her head, her face pale.

Seeing that Qin Hongmian's mood was off, Gan Baobao's eyebrows slightly raised, then her almond-shaped eyes widened, "Senior Sister, did you and Duan Zhengchun rekindle your old flame?"

"Did you two last night..." Qin Hongmian snapped back to reality, took a deep breath, and shook her head, "Duan Zhengchun is not in the manor; he has already gone to Tianlong Temple. I did not see him."

"So that's how it is." For some reason, Gan Baobao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then asked, "Then where did you go last night, Senior Sister?"

"Did you perhaps run into Dao Baifeng, and you two fought?"

"Senior Sister, are you hurt?" Gan Baobao asked with concern.

"I'm fine. That woman was in my hands, how could she take advantage?" Qin Hongmian withdrew her hand, saying nonchalantly.

But in her mind, she couldn't help but recall some blood-pumping scenes from last night.

"How could I feel his body so familiar...?"

"Last time in the manor, Junior Sister and I..." Qin Hongmian couldn't help but feel suspicious.

The previous time, because she had been out of contact with Duan Zhengchun for over a decade, there was some unfamiliarity, so she hadn't felt anything abnormal.

But this time, it was so similar to the body from the previous time, and the sensations were identical.

This made Qin Hongmian suddenly somewhat suspicious.

Disguise techniques were not unique skills in the Jianghu.

"Senior Sister! Senior Sister?" Seeing Qin Hongmian lost in thought, Gan Baobao looked puzzled and called out twice.

"What?" Qin Hongmian forced herself to calm down and subtly raised her head.

"Senior Sister, what's wrong with you? Why do you seem so distraught this time?" Gan Baobao asked suspiciously.

"Nothing, just a bit tired," Qin Hongmian said casually. Although Gan Baobao muttered to herself, she didn't press further.

Returning to her room, Qin Hongmian sat down heavily, her face grim.

Her expression showed several struggles, but in the end, she still couldn't make up her mind.

"Should I expose him?"

"But such a scandalous matter, how can I even begin to speak of it?" Qin Hongmian secretly clenched her fists, feeling a suffocating tightness in her chest.

She wanted to tell Gan Baobao, but the thought of being ridiculed by Gan Baobao and never being able to hold her head up as a Senior Sister forced her to suppress it.

To tell Mu Wanqing, to prevent her from being with Murong Fu, but she also couldn't bring herself to say it.

To tell Duan Zhengchun about the relationship between Dao Baifeng and Murong Fu, but now she also... Unless she was willing to suffer a mutual defeat, but even if she said it, how would she make people believe her?

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Gan Baobao also frowned deeply.

No second round of shortlisting, it's terrible.