Free Web NovelChapter 286: Chapter 286: Shen Lingxue’s Decision
"Don’t. Please don’t say that."
Jiang Xinghai shook his head, refusing. "A girl should protect her privacy. How can you just let someone look so casually? You should go to sleep."
"What are you talking about?" Shen Lingyin looked completely lost.
"What were *you* just saying? Do I really need to repeat it for you?" Jiang Xinghai looked exasperated and waved his hands dismissively.
Shen Lingyin froze, stunned. What had she just said?
’I... forced you to look?!’
Ah!
She suddenly realized the inappropriate implication of her words and bolted out of the room, her face beet red.
But just as Jiang Xinghai was about to take off his clothes, Shen Lingyin turned around and came back.
"I’m about to take a shower," Jiang Xinghai reminded her.
"I... I have something else to ask you."
Shen Lingyin lowered her head. "You said I’m a Spirit Body and talented in cultivation. Is there anything I should pay attention to in my future training?"
"Until you’re strong enough to protect yourself, just focus on developing on the sly. Keep a low profile as much as possible," Jiang Xinghai advised.
"What do you mean by ’developing on the sly’?" Shen Lingyin asked again.
"Don’t show off your strongest abilities so easily. Otherwise, you might be a Great Martial Artist today and a Grandmaster next month. If someone with ill intentions noticed, you’d definitely attract attention, and they might even kidnap you." Jiang Xinghai deliberately exaggerated a bit.
"No way." Shen Lingyin nodded to herself.
"In short, learn to be discreet first. Just don’t show your hand unless it’s absolutely necessary," Jiang Xinghai added as a final reminder.
Shen Lingyin nodded and turned to leave. "So, should I call you ’brother’ or ’brother-in-law’ from now on?"
"Just call me brother," Jiang Xinghai said, scratching his head with a smile as he watched Shen Lingyin quietly turn and leave.
In Shen Lingyin’s heart, she already thought of Jiang Xinghai as her brother-in-law.
「The next morning.」
There was another knock on Jiang Xinghai’s bedroom door.
It was Shen Lingxue.
Jiang Xinghai had already gone for his morning run and wasn’t in the room.
On the jogging path outside the villa.
Jiang Xinghai was jogging with Shen Zhengye.
"Jiang, that Dragon Locking Secret Technique is truly heaven-defying." Shen Zhengye had only received the first form, but he had benefited immensely from it last night.
Jiang Xinghai nodded with a smile.
’Of course it is!’
He had passed on the first form of a secret technique from Kunlun’s Jasper Pool—something that was never to be shared—to Shen Zhengye. He had already gone against his master’s warnings.
"Your aunt also said that last night was the most blissful night of her life," Shen Zhengye added with deep emotion. ƒгeewёbnovel.com
Jiang Xinghai didn’t respond. He felt it was inappropriate for people from two different generations to discuss such a topic.
The two of them bought breakfast and headed home.
Except for Qiao Huimin, who was still in her bedroom, the two sisters, Shen Lingxue and Shen Lingyin, were already sitting on the sofa chatting.
"Time to eat."
Shen Zhengye carried the breakfast toward the kitchen.
Shen Lingyin, ever perceptive, got up to help.
In the living room, only Jiang Xinghai remained, standing there and staring at Shen Lingxue’s back.
"Sit. I want to talk to you." Shen Lingxue didn’t turn her head, merely patting the spot on the sofa beside her.
Jiang Xinghai quietly walked over and sat down. "About that thing with us... I only hinted at it a little. I didn’t expect your father’s reaction to be so strong..."
"You can’t wrap fire in paper. What’s known is known."
Shen Lingxue blinked, brushing a stray lock of hair from her forehead. "Don’t worry, I won’t cling to you. After all, I never asked you to be responsible for me. I know you’re an exceptional man, and you’re bound to have other women in your life. That’s why I won’t tie you down. It’s also why I didn’t bring up the ’engagement’ last night."
"Actually..."
"Let me finish first."
Shen Lingxue gazed at Jiang Xinghai. "As for what my father said last night... about carrying on the family line... I thought about it all night. I agree."
"Ah..." Jiang Xinghai’s head throbbed.
He wasn’t mentally prepared for this.
To be precise, he wasn’t ready to be a father yet.
The root cause was the obsession in his heart.
’Finding my parents, and finding their murderer, the man in the Black Cloak, Mr. Long!’
Before that was done, he didn’t want to get too emotionally involved.
"You’re not willing?" Shen Lingxue was slightly taken aback.
She noticed the subtle change in Jiang Xinghai’s expression. She couldn’t help but bite her lip and sigh softly. "I suppose you’re worried that the baby and I will hold you back, that we’ll become a burden to you?"
"Of course not," Jiang Xinghai denied vehemently.
He was just considering it very carefully.
"I’ll say it again: I won’t ask you to be responsible. My only request is that you come back and see the baby when you have free time." Shen Lingxue’s expression was very solemn. "Because I know your future is a sea of stars, not limited to this small city of Jizhou. As for me... you can think of me as a passerby, or a lo..."
In the end, she couldn’t bring herself to say the word "lover."
Because she couldn’t bear it either; she didn’t want to put a full stop on this unconventional relationship.
To her, her "romance" had only just begun.
But for Jiang Xinghai, perhaps he didn’t feel the same way.
"I just feel that if I were to leave and never return, or if I had other women in my life, it would be unfair to you." Jiang Xinghai kept shaking his head, though another solution occurred to him: he could have Shen Lingxue stay by his side.
That way, he wouldn’t be stuck in the awkward predicament of not having a woman around for three days.
