"My darling~"
The Ma Family's main residence was draped in red curtains and hung with red lanterns. A large red "double happiness" character was pasted up, and beneath the red candles, the Ma Family's patriarch called out tenderly to the concubine he was about to take.
The Ma Family's patriarch was sixty-nine this year, yet he looked to be only in his forties.
When he was young, his "Thunder Transformation Five-Strike Whip" had made quite a name for him in these parts. Later, he found a powerful patron in Jin Yang City, and only then did he make his fortune.
In his youth, he had been busy with his career. The women he chose were merely pleasing to the eye and suitable for bearing heirs.
He had never felt his heart stir, nor did he believe he ever would.
That was until he met the woman before him, Fei Yunshang.
Hearing the Ma Family patriarch's endearment, Fei Yunshang smiled slightly. Her red lips and pearly teeth were like a peony blossoming in the room.
Her big eyes twinkled with amusement as she asked softly, "Am I really your darling?"
"Of course! Of course!" the Ma Family patriarch replied again and again, gazing at Fei Yunshang's delicate, exquisite face in a daze.
"Then would you be willing to be my darling?"
"I would! I would!"
"And would your family be willing?"
"They would! They would!"
"Ha~ You're so good to me~" Fei Yunshang said, covering her mouth as she laughed.
The Ma Family patriarch stared at Fei Yunshang's face, unable to resist leaning in for a kiss. He drew closer and closer, and just as he was about to kiss her, he suddenly stopped.
He had no choice but to stop, because someone had seized his heart and liver.
"You..." His