My Wife Is Quite Charming~

"Mother~!"

Luo Hongye swiftly flew into Luo Ruying's embrace.

Luo Ruying stroked Luo Hongye's head, her eyes brimming with affection and tenderness.

Ning Yechen smiled faintly, rose, and left to brew the medicine.

When Ning Yechen returned, Luo Hongye was already asleep in Luo Ruying's arms.

"Come, it's time to drink your medicine."

Holding the medicine, Ning Yechen sat at the edge of the bed. One hand raised the bowl while the other slowly helped Luo Ruying sit up.

Luo Ruying was so weak that even sitting upright was difficult. She could only lean against Ning Yechen's chest.

"Right... what is your name?"

Leaning against Ning Yechen, Luo Ruying asked in a weak, somewhat embarrassed voice.

She had come here with her child and demanded that this man take responsibility, yet she did not even know his name...

"Ning Yechen."

"And you, my wife?"

Ning Yechen said with a smile.

"M-my wife...?"

Hearing him call her his wife, a flush appeared on Luo Ruying's pale cheeks, and her expression turned exceedingly awkward.

She was truly unaccustomed to this form of address...

Once an empress ruling over a realm, being called this by someone now made her feel strangely uneasy...

"Is that not right?"

"You and I have shared the bond of husband and wife, and we have our child. Shouldn't I call you my wife?"

"You can call me husband too~"

Ning Yechen said naturally, shamelessly thick-skinned.

Since she was his woman, then from this day onward, she was his wife.

Though it was rather sudden, he still felt the joy of suddenly gaining a wife and becoming a father.

Luo Ruying had no words with which to refute him, so she tacitly accepted Ning Yechen's way of addressing her.

In any case, she likely did not have much time left. What harm was there in letting him call her his wife for a few days...

But asking her to call him "husband" was truly beyond her...

"I... My name is Luo Ruying..."

Out of habit, Luo Ruying had nearly referred to herself as this Empress, but she quietly changed her words and gave her name.

She was no longer the empress of the Immortal Realm...

Only from this moment onward could the two truly be said to have met one another...

Ning Yechen smiled faintly, scooped up a spoonful of medicine, blew it cool, and brought it to Luo Ruying's lips.

"My wife, drink your medicine. Ah~"

Luo Ruying did not immediately open her mouth to drink. Instead, she gazed at Luo Hongye in her arms, pondered for a moment, then raised her head and solemnly instructed Ning Yechen:

"If I am gone, I entrust this child to you!"

While her injuries were stable, she wanted to entrust everything to Ning Yechen!

She knew her own injuries better than anyone.

Her meridians were damaged, her bones had been dug out, and her heart had been lost. Not to mention healing her injuries, the herbs of mortals were fundamentally useless.

So it made no difference whether she drank it or not.

"Alright, alright, I understand. Drink the medicine first."

In order to get Luo Ruying to drink the medicine sooner, Ning Yechen answered rather perfunctorily.

Her instructions were completely wasted on him, because once she drank the medicine, she would be perfectly fine...

Seeing how dismissively Ning Yechen had answered, Luo Ruying furrowed her delicate brows, her expression filled with displeasure and disappointment.

She was already in such a state, arranging her final affairs, yet he acted as though he did not care at all!

"Were you even listening... mmph, mmph..."

Just as Luo Ruying was about to say more, Ning Yechen seized the chance to stuff the spoon into her mouth...

The medicinal soup he had specially brewed would have been exceedingly precious even in the Immortal Realm!

Its efficacy dissipated quickly, so it could not be wasted.

Having suddenly been force-fed a mouthful of medicine, Luo Ruying was about to get angry when she abruptly sensed something was wrong. Her expression froze.

She could feel vast Herb Spirits spreading through her body, flowing throughout every inch of her!

It was as if her entire body had been wrapped in a warm current. Her injuries recovered in the blink of an eye, and even her damaged meridians were rapidly repairing themselves!

Th-this... what kind of medicine was this...?

Why did it possess such vast, astonishing medicinal power?!

Even in the Immortal Realm, she had never drunk medicinal soup so brimming with potency!

How could the mortal world possess such precious medicinal ingredients to brew this kind of medicine?

"Th-this is... what medicine?"

Luo Ruying could not help asking.

"Uh... just some mountain herbs I casually picked while wandering in the mountains..."

"Come, don't waste it. Hurry and drink it while it's hot."

Feeling somewhat guilty, Ning Yechen hurriedly scooped up more medicinal soup and brought it to Luo Ruying's lips.

It truly was difficult to explain how a "mortal" like him had produced so many precious Immortal Herbs and Spiritual Medicine...

Luo Ruying was only half-convinced. How could an ordinary mountain forest possibly contain such precious "mountain herbs"?

From what she had tasted alone, there were at least several immortal medicines that were a thousand, or even ten thousand, years old!

Yet in order not to waste the precious medicinal effects, Luo Ruying temporarily gave up questioning him and obediently opened her mouth to drink every spoonful of medicinal soup Ning Yechen fed her.

It was the first time she had ever been cared for like this...

And by a mortal at that...

Ning Yechen also greatly enjoyed feeding her medicine. Life suddenly seemed to hold much more amusement...

Luo Ruying gently parted her cherry-red lips and took the medicine spoon into her mouth, greedily licking it clean without wasting a single drop...

Who would have thought that feeding medicine could be rather interesting too...

Noticing Ning Yechen's gaze, Luo Ruying lifted her brows in confusion and asked:

"Hmm? Is something wrong?"

"Nothing..."

"I just think my wife is quite charming~"

Ning Yechen praised her without reservation.

"H-how rude...!"

That straight ball caught Luo Ruying completely off guard. Whether it was the medicine's effect or not, a rosy blush spread across her cheeks. She lightly pressed her red lips together and lowered her eyes again.

If it had been before, she would certainly have angrily rebuked him as a shameless scoundrel for daring to speak so frivolously to her, then punished him.

Yet now, an indescribable strange feeling stirred in her heart.

She was not especially angry...

"My wife, can you tell your husband what happened?"

After feeding Luo Ruying another spoonful, Ning Yechen took the opportunity to ask.

If he could learn any clues from Luo Ruying, things would become much more convenient...

Luo Ruying's expression dimmed, and she shook her head with absolute resolve.

"Only this matter... please do not ask about it again..."

"The less you know, the better. Otherwise, it will be very dangerous for you!"

Luo Ruying did not want Ning Yechen to get involved in her affairs.

Even if he knew, what could he do?

She could not sense even a trace of cultivation or spiritual power from him. How could an ordinary mortal with no cultivation possibly contend against the forces of the Immortal Realm?

She did not tell him because she did not want him dragged into danger.

Although he knew Luo Ruying might not tell him, Ning Yechen could not help feeling regretful.

If he knew which Immortal Realm faction it was, he could simply deliver a precise strike...

The Immortal Realm Divine Domain was vast, with countless holy lands of all sizes, divine palaces and sects spread everywhere, and reclusive clans hidden deep away. Searching for them would truly be troublesome...

It seemed he would have to make a trip to the Immortal Realm himself!

After feeding her the medicine, Ning Yechen slowly laid Luo Ruying flat on the bed and pulled up the quilt, covering both her and Luo Hongye properly.

Having consumed immortal medicine containing vast medicinal power, Luo Ruying soon felt drowsy and fell into a deep sleep, her body continuing to absorb the medicine within her.

Ning Yechen tenderly stroked her cheek, then rose and walked outside. With a single leap, he transformed into a streak of black divine radiance and shot straight into the clouds of the nine heavens!

At that moment, the barrier between the mortal world and the Immortal Realm was shattered!

After a hundred years, Immortal Realm, I have returned!