The other women might have been easier to handle.
Whether it was Xu Bingning, Li Menglu, or Haruno Momoka, whom he already had firmly wrapped around his finger.
Even if they happened to cross paths.
Jiang Che was confident he could keep the situation within limits he could handle.
But Dugu Linglong was different.
She had spent twenty-eight years in secluded cultivation.
Before this, she had never truly developed feelings for any man.
For her to willingly admit her reluctance to part with him and accept his embraces and kisses, she had already shattered the Dao Heart she had forged through years of secluded cultivation.
Their relationship seemed to be progressing quickly, but in truth, it was still far from stable.
Dugu Linglong was willing to sit in his lap.
She was willing to trust him.
That was because his companionship over these past seven days had given her a sense of understanding and security she had never experienced before.
But that did not mean she was ready to share a man with other women.
If, at a time like this.
He had her meet his officially acknowledged fiancée without any warning.
And then let Dugu Linglong discover that, besides Elizabeth, he had a whole group of female confidantes whose relationships with him were far from clear...
The aloof and proud Zhiheng would probably close off the heart she had only just begun to open to him.
Even if she did not turn against him on the spot, the trust he had painstakingly built would inevitably suffer a serious blow.
Of course, Jiang Che did not intend to keep her in the dark forever.
There were things Dugu Linglong would have to learn sooner or later.
But he had to control when she learned them and how to present them