The Shadow Secret Guard smoothly parked the bulletproof Maybach in Cloud Top Manor's parking lot.
Jiang Che pushed open the car door and naturally took Liu Mengxi's bonelessly soft little hand.
Jiang Wantang, Li Qingzhao, Shen Yuxuan, and Xiao Yi followed closely behind, stepping onto the manor's bluestone path together.
Liu Mengxi, Shen Yuxuan, and Xiao Yi had returned here with Jiang Che several times before.
They were already familiar with the place and appeared quite relaxed.
Only Li Qingzhao, who was visiting for the first time, was so nervous that her palms kept beading with sweat.
Her autumn-water eyes were filled with unease as she carefully surveyed her surroundings.
While no one was paying attention, Li Qingzhao quietly moved closer to Jiang Che.
She rose onto her tiptoes, bringing her red lips close to Jiang Che's ear, her voice carrying a faint, barely perceptible tremor.
"Hubby..."
"I wonder what kind of girls Father-in-law and Mother-in-law... like?"
"They won't dislike Qingzhao, will they?"
It would have been a lie to say she was not nervous about meeting her immortal husband's elders for the first time.
Hearing this, Jiang Che smiled reassuringly.
He clasped Li Qingzhao's fair, jade-like hand in his and gently stroked the back of it with his fingertips.
"Put your mind at ease. My parents are both cheerful and easygoing people."
"You're the Number One Talented Woman of All Time, renowned across the land. They'll like you before they even have the chance not to."
Hearing his teasing words, Li Qingzhao rolled her pretty eyes at him coquettishly.
At first, she had felt that the title forced upon her was like thorns at her back, something she did not deserve.
But after hearing it so often along the way, the resistance in her heart had gradually faded...
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