Most people had not been permitted to enter the Fan family estate.
There were simply too many people.
Each family had brought dozens of skilled fighters, while the Elder Council alone had sent over a hundred people.
Fortunately, their subordinates had brought their own rations and drinking water. For martial artists, occasional wilderness survival was a basic skill and nothing unusual.
The Fan family still received the people of status quite courteously.
Lu Chengwen and Jiang Yuanshu were in the room... you know.
Jiang Yuanshu was pregnant, so Lu Chengwen did not dare act recklessly.
Little Monkey sat on the rooftop, gazing into the distance with lonely eyes.
Lu Chengwen had always been polite to her, and that politeness made her heart ache.
His eyes practically burned whenever he looked at her aunt. It was affection, an irrepressible desire.
If Jiang Yuanshu had not been in poor condition, Lu Chengwen could practically have stripped her naked with his eyes.
But whenever he faced Little Monkey, Lu Chengwen was always overly polite. Although he acted as though they were quite intimate, somehow... Little Monkey still felt a sense of distance between them.
Heh. Was it really a wound that could never heal?
Lu Chengwen could risk his life for Little Monkey, but when it came to love, he became awkward and at a loss.
Lu Chengwen had his own difficulties too.
For one thing, Jiang Yuanshu was pregnant. If he did anything with Little Monkey in front of her... he was afraid Jiang Yuanshu would be upset.
For another... it was true that he and Little Monkey shared deep feelings. At critical moments, either of them would risk their life for the other.
But Lu Chengwen always felt that something was off. It just was not right.
He could not treat