Liu Yunyi's Mother, Qi Yingqiu

Not long after the group entered training mode, they heard a doorbell ring from far away.

Hearing it, Su Luo flew straight to the gate.

When he arrived, he found a lavishly dressed woman standing outside, carrying a large thermos flask in her hand.

The moment the woman saw Su Luo, a trace of anger suddenly rose on her face.

Standing before the gate and seeing the woman's expression as though she wanted to bite someone, Su Luo could not help feeling puzzled.

"Excuse me, who are you? Who are you looking for?"

"I'm Liu Yunyi's mother, Qi Yingqiu. Tell her to come out and see me at once!" Qi Yingqiu said with a hint of anger in her voice.

"...Alright, please come in first. I'll go find her." Su Luo opened the gate and let Qi Yingqiu into the courtyard.

He then immediately flew toward the backyard, arriving before the three girls.

"Yunyi, your mother, Qi Yingqiu, is here. She wants to see you!"

Upon hearing the news, Liu Yunyi felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

Her body froze in place as she considered how to deal with what came next.

Just as Liu Yunyi was thinking of a response, Qi Yingqiu had already arrived in the backyard and set down the thermos flask she had been carrying.

She glared furiously at the embarrassed-looking Liu Yunyi.

"Yunyi, you said you wanted to stay at a classmate's house. Fine."

"I made you promise me that you weren't living with any boys, and you promised me."

"So what is this supposed to be? Explain yourself properly!" After pointing at Su Luo, Qi Yingqiu pointed at Liu Yunyi.

Liu Yunyi was at a loss.

She had indeed lied. She had not dared tell her mother there was a boy here.

But the reason she wanted to stay here was because Su Luo could help her become stronger. Without Su Luo, she would not have stayed here at all.

Seeing Liu Yunyi fall into awkward silence.

The Shen sisters, who had understood what was going on, let out a deep sigh.

They waved Su Luo over.

Su Luo walked up to Shen Huaiyue, only for Shen Huaiyue to suddenly raise her hand.

She yanked off the mask that had been hiding Su Luo's charm.

Then she gave him a hard shove, pushing Su Luo right in front of Qi Yingqiu and Liu Yunyi.

Liu Yunyi only glanced at him briefly before instantly lowering her head again, no longer daring to look up.

Qi Yingqiu caught sight of Su Luo from the corner of her eye, and he still had the nerve to step forward.

She had just raised her hand, intending to slap this deeply sinful man.

But when she fully saw Su Luo's face.

Her raised hand froze in midair in an instant.

For a moment, the entire courtyard fell into an eerie silence.

It was not until Qi Yingqiu turned her head away and let out several awkward coughs that the quiet atmosphere in the courtyard was broken.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Gradually recovering, Qi Yingqiu forcefully suppressed the strange feeling in her heart and turned back to face Su Luo.

With an exceptionally kind smile, she asked:

"Child, what is your name?"

Seeing this, Su Luo returned her smile and said:

"Auntie, my name is Su Luo."

"Please don't misunderstand our relationship. We're just very good friends."

At those words, the smile on Qi Yingqiu's face gradually disappeared.

"...Misunderstand?"

She then turned to look at Liu Yunyi, who had her head buried low.

She shot her a vicious glare of disappointment, as if she hated iron for not becoming steel.

Then she looked back at Su Luo, picked up the thermos flask from the ground, and said:

"Xiao Luo, take this thermos flask."

"I've been simmering this ginseng black chicken soup since last night. It's incredibly nourishing!"

"Save it for lunch and have a taste of Auntie's cooking."

Su Luo accepted the thermos flask with both hands and nodded with a smile.

"Thank you, Auntie! We'll definitely drink it all!"

After receiving his answer, Qi Yingqiu abruptly turned around, grabbed Liu Yunyi's hand, and pulled her aside.

"Yunyi, what were you thinking?"

Liu Yunyi thought she was referring to her lying.

"Mom, I was wrong. I won't stay here anymore. I'll go home and live there."

Hearing that.

Qi Yingqiu angrily raised a finger and jabbed Liu Yunyi hard in the forehead.

Liu Yunyi bared her teeth and sucked in a sharp breath.

"Mom, what are you doing!"

"I already said I won't stay here anymore, so why are you still jabbing me!"

After hearing that, Qi Yingqiu jabbed Liu Yunyi again in irritation.

"Why do you think I'm jabbing you? I'm jabbing you because you're hopeless!"

"All you do at home is practice swordsmanship. I thought you'd never have a man for the rest of your life."

"Who would've thought you'd be so lucky as to meet such a top-notch catch?"

"But you actually handed a catch like that over to those two biological sisters!"

"They're connected by blood. They'll definitely devour that man so thoroughly they won't even leave you a scrap!"

"By then, it'll be too late for regrets. You can just cry about it!"

Naturally, Liu Yunyi understood what Qi Yingqiu meant.

But she felt that something like that would definitely not happen to her.

"Mom~ You're overthinking it."

"We're just ordinary friends. There's nothing ambiguous between us."

"I only came here because I wanted Su Luo to give me special training and help me get stronger."

Qi Yingqiu curled her lips at that.

"You think I'd believe you?"

"Don't think I can't tell that Xiao Luo is the same age as you girls!"

"Getting him to train you? You really thought of such an excuse to fool me!"

Liu Yunyi's lips curved into a helpless smile.

"Mom, I'm not lying to you."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that Su Luo is the same age as us. His Ability Level has already reached Mortal Transcender!"

"What? Mortal Transcender?" Qi Yingqiu turned to look at Su Luo, who had already put his mask back on.

Despite her own Noble-level strength, she truly could not see through Su Luo's actual power.

"Then you need to win him over even more!" Qi Yingqiu grabbed Liu Yunyi by the shoulders.

Then she whispered secretly into her ear:

"Yunyi, find an opportunity to be alone with him."

"A lone man and a lone woman, sparks flying and the raw rice cooked into cooked rice—isn't that perfectly normal?"

"If you happen to get pregnant, then he can only be yours."

"Yunyi, don't tell me you don't want that."

Her mother's blunt words made Liu Yunyi blush scarlet.

Alongside her embarrassment, she also felt somewhat angry.

Was there really a mother who rushed her own daughter into offering herself up?

"Mom, was I picked up from the street?"

"What kind of mother teaches her daughter like this? It's like you're afraid your daughter can't be sold off!"

At those words, Qi Yingqiu seemed to think of something. She let out a deep sigh and said earnestly:

"Yunyi, I'm afraid you'll regret it."

"With his peerless talent alone, his future status definitely won't be low."

"Not to mention that he has such a handsome face."

"Once he truly leaps into the vast sea and begins his dazzling life."

"By then, you'll only grow farther and farther away from him."

"You might not even be able to see his taillights."

"Perhaps at some moment, he'll suddenly remember someone like you."

"But it will only be for an instant. He won't take it to heart."

"Because there's nothing special about you to him. You're merely a blade of grass by the roadside on his journey."

Qi Yingqiu's words directly left Liu Yunyi emotionally shut down. She stood there foolishly, completely motionless.

Seeing Liu Yunyi sink into thought, Qi Yingqiu stepped forward and hugged her.

"Baby, think it over carefully."