"Actually, Mother had known all along!"
"You knew and still... Mother, you're truly magnanimous. Your son admires you beyond measure!"
Lin Cang's mother shot Lin Cang a glare.
"Aunt Ling is your father's first wife. You mustn't be disrespectful to her."
"Huh? Th-this... Mother, you?" Lin Cang was stunned.
By that logic, his mother was the interloper, the mistress. Aunt Ling was the magnanimous one instead.
"Enough. Sit properly in the living room. Mother still needs to cook!"
With that, Lin Cang's mother turned and returned to the kitchen.
After pausing for a moment, Lin Cang walked into the living room and approached Chu Junling. Lowering his head, he apologized.
Chu Junling was utterly bewildered. "Cang'er, what's wrong with you?"
She reached out and pressed a hand to Lin Cang's forehead.
"Strange! You don't have a fever!"
Gu Xingzhi shook his head with a smile and said nothing.
Lin Cang looked up at Chu Junling. "Aunt Ling, you're truly magnanimous."
Chu Junling was even more confused, having no idea what Lin Cang meant.
A short while later, a table full of delicious dishes was served. The family sat together and ate happily.
Lin Cang kept placing food in Chu Junling's bowl, his face full of guilt.
It left Chu Junling completely baffled.
"Uh... Cang'er, eat your own food. Stop giving me more. Aunt Ling can't finish all this."
"Aunt Ling, from now on, you're my idol."
"This child!"
After eating, Lin Cang returned to his room alone to cultivate Martial Dao.
Gu Xingzhi wrapped an arm around Chu Junling and Lin Cang's mother before taking them upstairs.
What followed was naturally a bout of intimacy. Fortunately, a formation isolated and concealed them, leaving no sound to escape.
Having embarked upon Martial Dao, Lin Cang possessed exceptional talent and cultivated at