"Soul bone soup... How extravagant... Young Master, you really are loaded."
Lan Mengqin leaned against the large iron barrel, staring at the exquisite skull within, white as jade, with a conflicted expression. This was her first time seeing someone use a soul bone to make soup.
Chen Ming stood beside it, stirring the broth with a large ladle while adding all kinds of seasonings.
"Don't you know whether I've got what it takes?"
His sudden retort caught her off guard. What it takes... couldn't he mean the kind of "ability" she was thinking of?
At the thought, Lan Mengqin's cheeks flushed pink. She gritted her teeth, glared at him, then cursed.
"Pervert!"
"Why are you calling me that? I meant overall strength. As the perennial runner-up, don't you know my strength?"
Chen Ming narrowed his eyes and gave her an odd look. Lan Mengqin's face turned even redder. In the end, she turned and walked away, heading over to Dong Qianqiu, who was chopping scallions, ginger, and garlic for the seasoning.
"Qianqiu, don't let that big pervert Chen Ming fool you. You have to be careful around him."
Lan Mengqin began earnestly warning her. To keep her good sister from being tricked by Chen Ming into becoming some foolish wife, she had to stay vigilant at all times. If anyone was going to get fooled, she should be first!
"Huh? Sister Mengqin, did you and Chen Ming argue again?"
Dong Qianqiu understood perfectly well. Her entire person already belonged to Chen Ming—was she afraid of being tricked away? She had long since been whisked away.
After all, Dong Qianqiu and Di Qiu'er were both Soul Beasts. They were family, while Chen Ming was an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon, leaving Lan Mengqin all alone.
Di Qiu'er represented the land Soul Beasts,