Madam Jin was secretly delighted.
Chu Qing finally dared not bully her anymore.
She lifted her chin slightly and said calmly, "Qing'er, you're grown up now. You can't fool around like you used to!"
"Be good. Go study!"
Chu Qing nodded instinctively and went to study.
But the moment he turned around, he realized something was wrong.
No.
I came here to relax.
Not to study!
He turned back again and stared straight at Madam Jin.
He felt that something was off about Madam Jin.
The corners of Madam Jin's lips curled up in smug satisfaction.
But in the next moment, Chu Qing grew utterly audacious. He directly wrapped an arm around her slender waist, both hands slipping beneath the hem of her clothes.
Madam Jin cried out in alarm and panicked, losing all of her former noble, otherworldly grace.
"Don't do this! Madam Shi is still here!"
Madam Shi propped up her chin and watched with great interest. "Keep going!"
Late at night, when all was still:
Chu Qing stopped fooling around.
He seriously asked Madam Jin, "Why has your temperament changed so much?"
Madam Jin thought for a moment before saying, "I read books. After reading enough, part of my bloodline awakened."
"And then I became like this."
Chu Qing fell silent.
He cultivated bitterly, never daring to stop day or night.
Yet—
Madam Jin did not practice martial arts. She merely read books.
And her changes were even greater than his.
He had also noticed:
Madam Jin's skin was far better than before.
Although she did not practice martial arts, her constitution had improved greatly as well.
At the very least, when he tormented her, Madam Jin could hold out for more than an hour before passing out.
Madam Jin said, "An extraordinary being was born among