The two of them were just like that, face to face, eyes meeting eyes.
She was still thinking of resisting, but hampered by the sturdiness of the mortise-and-tenon structure, she remained pinned down, unable to move.
"(*｀▽′*) Little Yanyan, just listen to my plan. As for the Blood Moon Society matter in the Northern Continent, I'll send people to help you handle it. I guarantee it'll be done beautifully."
"As for you, for the next year, you only need to obediently come home with me, rest easy, nourish the pregnancy, nurture the baby, and give birth. With my Senior Sisters and the others keeping you company and looking after you, you won't be lonely."
"And..."
Smack!!
"Get lost!! Lin Heng, this is forcing a sale, not caring about my wishes at all! Do you still treat me as your Dao companion?"
"It's not like you don't know what my body is like. My cultivation cycles, and there will always be highs and lows. What if the time I give birth happens to be when I'm at my weakest? Do you want mother and child to die together, or to discard the mother and keep the child?"
What Jiang Caiyan described was only an extreme situation, meaning that when she was nurturing and giving birth, her cultivation might cycle down to its lowest point, making her no different from an ordinary person.
At that point, even choosing whether to save the adult or the child would be difficult.
The solution was also very simple: replenish True Yuan in advance and prop up her cultivation, but that required a massive amount of resources to sustain.
Clearly, Jiang Caiyan had already taken his words seriously, to the point that her flowerlike face had lost color from fright.
Lin Heng was definitely someone who