What Are You Doing with My Wife? Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader "So Hard to Be Human, Don't Expose It"

The scene seemed to have fallen silent.

After another pause, a sentence suddenly rang out from the room in perfect unison: "Look, what's that?"

Chu Liang and Madam Ming simultaneously pointed with their left hands behind the other person, while hiding their right hands behind their backs.

Then neither of them turned around.

They had both used the same move.

The atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

"Heh heh." Madam Ming smiled. "Fine. Since that is the case, I will not waste words with you. Ever since you entered the room, I hid Illusion Heart Poison in the candles I lit. If you want the antidote, leave obediently and do not meddle in matters that do not concern you."

"Since I dared enter, I naturally took precautions. In fact, from the moment Madam lit the incense candles, I had already held my breath and sealed my inner breathing, not daring to take in even a trace," Chu Liang said.

Madam Ming's smile faded. Only then did she realize that she might have four hundred tricks up her sleeve... but this young man before her, despite his appearance, had no fewer tricks than she did.

"I have never harmed anyone all these years. I only wanted to live peacefully with my husband. Since you have completed your task, can you not simply leave as though nothing happened?" Her tone became somewhat pleading.

Chu Liang said, "But this is ultimately improper."

In the next instant, the winds and clouds changed!

The seemingly delicate woman suddenly sprang up. With a flick of her right hand, the long Dark Light Whip coiled toward Chu Liang like a spirit serpent flicking out its tongue, about to seize him in one stroke!

Chu Liang shook his left hand. With a clang, the bracelet transformed into a sword, blocking Madam Ming's whip. He wound it around several times, intending to sever it.

Yet the whip's material was unknown; even the Shushan Flying Sword could not cut through it.

Bang—

Each pulled on one end, and for a moment they were locked in a contest of strength.

The bedroom was cramped. As their true qi surged, banging and cracking sounds rang out without end, while furniture and decorations shattered one after another.

After a brief stalemate, Madam Ming raised her left hand, which instantly transformed into claws, and slashed out three peerlessly sharp streaks of black light.

Chu Liang dodged aside, then raised his left arm and shot out a streak of Red Light as well.

Madam Ming dodged with equal agility, but the Red Light seemed to possess a will of its own. Just as she twisted aside, it curved back with a whoosh and swiftly covered her body.

Turtle Shell Bind!

Demon-Binding Rope!

At such close range, the Demon-Binding Rope's restraint was truly difficult to evade. Madam Ming's cultivation should have been far higher than that Cat Spirit from last night, yet she was still struck in a single blow!

Bang.

Bound tightly in layers upon layers of red rope in the posture of Turtle Shell Bind, Madam Ming immediately lost her footing and fell to the ground. The black whip in her hand also dropped beside her.

Yet she still raised her head, glaring at Chu Liang through gritted teeth. "You..."

Just as the battle came to an end, a voice called out from beyond the door.

"Wife? What was that noise just now? Are you all right?" As he called, Estate Master Ming stepped into the bedroom.

Then—

He saw the scene before him.

The room was in complete disarray, and his wife was lying on the floor, tied up in a strange and conspicuous position...

"Ah." Estate Master Ming took two steps back, rubbing his forehead. His gaze was blank with confusion as he could not help blurting out, "Th-this-this... what are you doing with my wife?"

Chu Liang hurriedly stopped Estate Master Ming and told him not to panic first. Things were not as he imagined... He had him sit down and calm himself, then had him help Madam Ming up from the floor as well.

Madam Ming's figure was graceful and alluring. After being bound like that, she truly looked somewhat tempting, and Chu Liang did not dare lend a hand at all.

"Young Master Chu, do you not intend to untie my wife first?" Estate Master Ming asked.

"This..." Chu Liang said. "I am afraid that will not do."

Then he revealed that Madam Ming was a demon.

"Ah?" Estate Master Ming was shocked upon hearing this. "My wife is a demon? How is that possible? Y-you must not spit blood at people!"

Chu Liang said, "If Estate Master Ming does not believe me, I have a way to make Madam reveal her true form."

"No need!" Madam Ming, who had remained silent ever since Estate Master Ming entered, suddenly shouted. Chu Liang then put away the half brick he had already taken out.

"Husband, actually... I never dared tell you." Madam Ming said in a low voice, "I am indeed a demon."

"Ah? Th-this-this... how can that be? You are so gentle and kind..." Estate Master Ming still refused to believe it.

"Who said all demons are evil demons?" When Madam Ming raised her eyes again, tears were already streaming down her face.

"My parents, elder brother, and I lived in the mountains outside the city since childhood. Though we were demons, we never dared harm even half a human life. We lived like that for nearly a hundred years, until one day, I met you..."

"Me?" Estate Master Ming froze.

"That is right, you." Madam Ming looked at him tenderly. "Of course you do not remember. Who would remember a little mountain cat they saved twenty years ago?"

"Ah, that was you!" Estate Master Ming cried out.

"That is right. At that time, my cultivation was incomplete. I encountered a vicious wolf in the mountains and nearly lost my life. After escaping into the woods, I was caught in a hunter's trap. Then a young boy passed by and rescued me." Madam Ming spoke gently.

"I was still young back then. One day, I truly had no heart for studying, so I ran away from the schoolhouse to play in the mountains and saved an exceedingly cute little mountain cat... I remember!" Estate Master Ming nodded repeatedly. "I even wanted to bring you home to treat your wounds, but once you got free, you ran away."

"Afterward, I cultivated diligently. Another ten years passed before I mastered the art of taking human form." Madam Ming gazed at her husband. "I did not even dare tell my elder brother. I could not wait to descend the mountain and enter the city for some fun. Who would have thought that I would run into you again at once? You had grown up, but you were still just the same."

"I thought that was our first meeting. Who would have thought... it was actually the second." Estate Master Ming suddenly understood.

"Yes. Afterward, I fell in love with you, married you, and everything was like a dream. I could hardly believe that living as a human could be so happy." Madam Ming smiled bitterly. "Until that day, when I became pregnant."

"Wife, y-you could become pregnant?" Estate Master Ming was shocked again.

"Of course I could, but I did not dare..." Madam Ming said. "Because I could not truly attain the Dao and fully transform. What I carried was a Demon Fetus. Once the child was born, my identity would be exposed at once... So I lied to you and said I was returning to my family home, but in truth... I secretly went into the mountains and aborted the child."

"Wife..." Estate Master Ming held her hand, tears pouring down his face as well. "So what if you are a demon? All these years, our love has run deep and our devotion has been true. How could it become false merely because one is human and the other a demon?"

"I never expected our child to become a Vengeful Spirit..." Madam Ming mournfully said. "I was exposed because of this. Perhaps it was retribution."

"No!" Estate Master Ming cried. "What wrong did you commit? If there is retribution, it should fall upon me!"

"To have shared ten years of fate with you in this life, I am already content." Madam Ming looked at Chu Liang. "If you wish to kill or torture me, then come at me."

"No, no!" Estate Master Ming suddenly dropped to his knees and grabbed Chu Liang. "Young Master Chu! I am willing to give you my entire fortune in exchange for sparing my wife and me. I beg you! Please spare my wife!"

Chu Liang looked at the deeply devoted couple before him, his gaze profound.

If he struck down Madam Ming with a single sword, it would be perfectly justifiable to others. A demon living in a human city was something the world would never tolerate.

He could even receive a reward from within the White Tower afterward.

If he let her go and left with Estate Master Ming's fortune... that would not be a bad choice either. Even the accumulated wealth of several generations belonging to a mortal rich man was not something easily obtained.

No matter what, he would make a killing.

But...

Chu Liang shook his head without the slightest hesitation.

Just as the couple's gazes grew desperate, he continued, "If Madam Ming truly has never harmed anyone, then the two of you may return to the sect with me. Perhaps... I can petition for an official title for Madam Ming."

Thanks to "So Hard to Be Human, Don't Expose It" for becoming this book's first Alliance Leader. An extra chapter for my great brother.