Late at night, inside a wooden cabin in the Demon Realm Forest.
Having exhausted her spiritual power, Luo Ruying fell into a deep sleep for a while before slowly waking up.
The moment she opened her eyes, Luo Ruying saw Luo Hongye curled up in her arms.
Looking at Luo Hongye's peaceful sleeping face, Luo Ruying immediately felt at ease. A loving smile appeared on her face as she gently stroked her daughter's cheek.
Just as she was about to look for Ning Yechen, she suddenly noticed a pair of arms tightly wrapped around her waist...!
Luo Ruying's heart jolted, and a trace of panic flashed across her face. She turned around, only to discover that Ning Yechen was hugging her as he slept.
This time, Luo Hongye was not the one lying in the middle.
She was.
Moreover, she was lying on her side, with Ning Yechen's body pressed closely against hers.
She could even clearly feel the warmth against her back, as well as his warm sleeping breath drifting past her ear!
No!
They were far too close!
Luo Ruying's face could not help reddening. She tried to gently remove Ning Yechen's hands from around her waist, but unfortunately, his embrace was too tight for her to pry free at all!
How could this guy hold her so tightly even while asleep?!
Luo Ruying turned back and shot Ning Yechen an indignant glare, then tried twisting her body to break free from his embrace.
However, with Luo Hongye lying in her arms, Luo Ruying was worried about waking her, so she did not dare move too much.
As a result, she simply could not break free from Ning Yechen's embrace.
Instead, her body kept lightly brushing against Ning Yechen's, making her feel a little hot...
And at that very moment, Ning Yechen's leg draped itself over her body, pulling them even closer...!
"Ah..."
In the darkness, the hand around her waist suddenly gave a light squeeze. Luo Ruying instantly flushed scarlet, panic filling her face as she nearly cried out.
Fortunately, she covered her mouth in time and did not let out a moan that could easily be misunderstood...
Her child was still sleeping in her arms. She absolutely could not make any strange noises!
This guy really was...!
His sleeping posture was truly awful!
And his hands were not behaving either!
Luo Ruying was both embarrassed and angry, yet she could not forcefully break free from Ning Yechen's embrace.
With no other choice, Luo Ruying could only blush as she tried calling softly:
"Ye, Yechen...?"
"Yechen, y-you wake up..."
Luo Ruying called several times, but received no response at all.
This guy was sleeping far too deeply...
He simply could not be woken!
After several attempts, Luo Ruying resigned herself to it and allowed Ning Yechen to cling to her as he slept...
So be it if he wanted to hold her...
As long as he did not make any more strange movements...
Just like that, Luo Ruying placed her hands over Ning Yechen's hands at her waist, nestled in his embrace, and fell asleep...
The corners of Ning Yechen's lips, "asleep" in his dreams, curled upward slightly...
By morning, sunlight streamed into the cabin through the cracks in the window.
"Wifey, wifey..."
A tender, intimate call sounded by Luo Ruying's ear as she slept.
Luo Ruying slowly opened her bleary eyes, only to see a handsome face right in front of hers. Startled, she instinctively leaned back at once.
Remembering all of Ning Yechen's improper behavior while sleeping the previous night, Luo Ruying could not help looking resentful, her cheeks faintly flushed.
This guy had made it so she had not slept well at all last night! (In truth, she had slept quite soundly.)
Ning Yechen smiled faintly, sat by the bedside, and reached out to place a hand on Luo Ruying's forehead as he asked gently:
"Wifey, does your body still hurt?"
"I'm already fine..."
Ning Yechen's soft-spoken concern warmed Luo Ruying's heart. The words she had wanted to use to scold him were silently swallowed back down.
Forget it...
He could not be blamed for what he did while asleep...
"Wifey, I brewed some medicine for you."
Ning Yechen brought over a bowl of medicinal broth to nourish her body and, as usual, scooped up a spoonful and held it to Luo Ruying's lips.
This time, Luo Ruying did not stubbornly insist on feeding herself. Instead, she obediently opened her mouth and took the spoonful.
Only by recovering sooner could she guard against any dangers that might arise later.
Ning Yechen tirelessly fed spoonful after spoonful into Luo Ruying's mouth.
Although he could easily heal every injury on Luo Ruying's body, he did not choose to do so.
On one hand, it would easily arouse Luo Ruying's suspicions. Brewing medicinal porridge was easy enough to explain, but if he took out pills or anything of the sort, his identity would no longer remain hidden.
On the other hand, seeing Luo Ruying display such a delicate and moving side due to her weakness made her especially endearing...
And he could take the opportunity to care for her while she was weak...
After taking several sips of medicine, Luo Ruying pondered for a moment before suddenly speaking to Ning Yechen:
"Yechen, pack our things later. Let's leave this place."
This was not a spur-of-the-moment thought, but a plan she had made after repeated consideration.
Ghost Husband and the others had chased her all the way here, which meant her location had most likely been exposed.
Before long, the other side might send even stronger enemies!
With her current cultivation, she could not even stop Ghost Husband and the others, much less more formidable enemies.
The safest and most reliable option was to leave this place quickly before the enemy arrived.
Ning Yechen understood Luo Ruying's plans and worries. Although her worries were entirely unnecessary, he still nodded in accordance with her wishes.
He had chosen to live in seclusion here so he could spend ordinary days freely and happily.
Now that he had a wife and child, wherever his wife and child went, that was naturally where he would be.
After the two discussed it, they began packing their luggage in preparation to leave.
Luo Ruying still had a spare Spirit Ring in her possession. Though there was nothing inside it, it was perfect for storing things now.
With a sweep of her arm, she stored most of the luggage in the room inside the Spirit Ring.
"Whoa, whoa, Wifey is amazing~"
Ning Yechen clapped his hands in praise.
"Anything that needs packing, just leave it all to me."
Luo Ruying said with a smile.
It was clearly just simple storage with a Spirit Ring, yet after being praised by Ning Yechen, she somehow felt a little happy inside...
After Luo Hongye woke up, she too padded around the cabin on her little milk-white feet, tirelessly helping pack things.
"Wifey, I'll go outside and pack up a few things."
"Alright."
Ning Yechen looked at Luo Ruying and her daughter and smiled faintly. He casually found an excuse to leave the cabin, then secretly sent a voice transmission to summon Chaos Demon Bull and the other two.
"I'll be leaving this place for a while."
"I'm giving you two choices."
"First, stay here and help me look after everything. Second, come with me when I leave. Choose for yourselves."
Ning Yechen said blandly as he looked at Chaos Demon Bull and the other two.
It would be fine to leave the three of them here to watch over the house and medicinal garden. But disguising their identities and keeping them at his side, so they could secretly protect Luo Ruying and the others, would not be bad either.
Chaos Demon Bull and the other two exchanged glances, already having made their decision!
"My lord! Please allow us to follow by your side!"
"We are willing to serve you unto death!"
If this had been before, they would certainly have chosen to remain in the Demon Realm Forest and continue being demon kings.
But after he had helped them break through their cultivation and bestowed immortal weapons upon them, they had changed their minds!
Staying by their lord's side was certainly dangerous and terrifying, but it was also an opportunity beyond measure!
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