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Looking at Lou Ji's slender, smooth fingers pointing towards the door, Xu Yuan had an urge to snap them off.

Take a deep breath and turn around.

Xu Yuan immediately met those clear, cold eyes that he hadn't seen in a long time.

Bathed in the sunlight streaming through the eaves, the scene resembled still autumn waters—very quiet and beautiful.

Just like the Ink Sword she carried in her hand.

They gazed at each other for a moment.

"You've arrived?"

Xu Yuan's voice was very calm, without a trace of panic.

"Um."

Nodding slightly, Ran Qingmo stepped into the room, but seemed to have caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye, and her steps subconsciously stopped, tightening her grip on the sword in her hand.

In silence,

Ran Qingmo glanced at the soft, large bed, then turned back to Xu Yuan's face.

It remained calm.

Xu Primordial Spirit, glancing sideways at the bed as well.

Then,

He was starting to lose his composure.

I don't know when,

Lou Ji had already turned over in bed, her body wrapped in a quilt, her fragrant shoulders half-exposed, her back to the two of them, and her slender and full curves could be vaguely seen below.

As his gaze swept over her, Lou Ji turned over at just the right moment, opened her eyes, and sat up unhurriedly. She had somehow changed into a red silk nightgown, and her perfectly shaped, large, smooth shoulders were illuminated by the sunlight filtering through the window.

Subsequently,

He stretched out his long arms.

His eyes held a hint of hazy nobility, as if he had just woken up.

She didn't look at Ran Qingmo as he entered the room, but smiled slightly after meeting Xu Yuan's gaze:

"Changtian, is it already morning?"

"." Xu Yuan.

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Ran Qingmo glanced at Lou Ji, then lowered her gaze slightly, pursed her lips, and asked:

"Xu Yuan. Who is she?"

Just as Xu Yuan couldn't sense her, she couldn't sense the woman on the bed either.

This woman is dangerous.

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In an instant, many solutions flashed through Xu Yuan's mind.

But upon realizing that the woman before him was Ran Qingmo, Xu Yuan chuckled softly, rolled his eyes quite naturally, and explained to Ran Qingmo in a low voice:

"One of my older sisters in the family is always causing trouble for me."

Having said that,

Xu Yuan casually lowered his eyes to look at the official documents on the desk, quite naturally.

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Ran Qingmo stared at Xu Yuan for a few moments, her beautiful eyes thoughtful, and then she let out a soft breath:

"Oh, I see."

After saying that,

Ran Qingmo stopped looking at Lou Ji, whose skin was half exposed, and went straight to sit down opposite Xu Yuan, quietly watching him handle his official business.

For a moment, the sun shone brightly, a faint floral fragrance filled the air, and the room fell silent.

Lou Ji froze in her deliberately yawning motion on the bed, her eyes widening in surprise as she stared at the girl dressed in ink-black robes.

She felt things shouldn't have turned out this way.

The silence lasted for nearly ten seconds before Lou Ji's phoenix eyes revealed a hint of interest. She chuckled softly, got up from the bed, and walked towards Xu Yuan.

As she walked, the silk swayed, revealing her long, slender legs in all their glory.

Xu Yuan caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye, his fingers trembled slightly as he flipped through the official documents, and he wanted to speak, but he didn't have time.

Lou Ji had already walked up to him, plopped down on the armrest, the air filled with the fragrance of flowers, her hair falling loose, her voice carrying a perfectly timed hint of melancholy:

"Changtian, it really hurts my feelings to hear you say that. I just helped you relieve your stress last night."

"." Xu Yuan.

If you're going to press someone's head, just press their head. Why talk about relieving stress?

But it doesn't matter, Ran Qingmo can't understand it anyway.

Thinking about it, Xu Yuan looked up.

Ran Qingmo sat opposite her, watching in silence for a moment, then softly asked again:

"Xu Yuan, is she really your older sister?"

Xu Yuan rubbed his temples and nodded:

"Yes, they watched me grow up."

"Oh," Ran Qingmo glanced at the alluring Lou Ji with her cool, beautiful eyes, then lowered them.

"How?"

Lou Ji interjected at this moment, her slender arm hooking around Xu Yuan's neck as she stared at Ran Qingmo: "Don't you think I'm like Changtian sister?"

Ran Qingmo pursed her lips and uttered two words:

"Fine."

"So it's not like that, huh?" Lou Ji chuckled. "Is it because I sleep on Changtian's bed?"

"It's not because of that." Ran Qingmo shook her head.

Lou Ji narrowed her beautiful eyes:

"Oh?"

Ran Qingmo opened her mouth, but then closed it again, hesitating to speak:

"I can't say."

"Why?"

Ran Qingmo honestly replied, "That's impolite."

Lou Ji raised her eyebrows, stood up and smiled:

"It's alright, I hear your name often, it's just that we're all on the same side, so it's fine."

Ran Qingmo glanced at Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan didn't look at her, rubbing his temples with a headache.

Ran Qingmo thought for a moment, then tentatively said:

"Because... sister, your speech and clothing are a bit like those aunties sitting by the alley in Pingshui Bay, so it doesn't seem like it."

"." Lou Ji.

"Pfft!" Xu Yuan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

They weren't even courtesans; at least courtesans in the Imperial Music Bureau) had official positions.

Lou Ji smiled but didn't say anything.

Ran Qingmo continued speaking without stopping, shaking her head and saying very seriously:

"But your cultivation level is very high; someone with that level of cultivation wouldn't do such a thing."

Xu Yuan Yuanku lowered his head, trying to suppress a laugh.

It's hilarious how this Big Ice Block uses a negative sentence to insult someone, even when it's curved.

However, he had only laughed halfway through when he felt a sharp pain in his stomach. This familiar feeling of punishment made him quickly stop laughing, and as soon as he stopped, the pain disappeared.

Xu Yuan tapped the table and solemnly echoed Ran Qingmo:

"Ran Qingmo, this is just my sister's occupational hazard, how can you say that!"

Halfway through his sentence, a sudden, sharp pain in his stomach made Xu Yuan swallow the rest of his words.

Ran Qingmo's eyes showed concern, but he didn't speak. Lou Ji then knelt down beside Xu Yuan, smiling and whispering:

"Changtian, are you alright?"

Xu Yuan gazed at the alluring face so close to his:

"Fine."

As he spoke,

Xu Yuan slowly sat up straight.

Lou Ji used the same methods she had used to punish him back then, which were nothing to him after he had endured countless painful marrow cleansings.

My pain tolerance is amazing these days.

However, since interrogation was exactly what this woman was good at, Xu Yuan cautiously added a sentence to avoid Lou Ji using other methods:

"Hmm, it must be a problem with last night's meal."

He paused for a moment,

Xu Yuan didn't let Lou Ji make a fuss about it and directly steered the conversation back to the main topic:

"Ran Qingmo, it was my sister's idea to ask you to come here; she probably needs to talk to you about something."

He knew perfectly well that Lou Ji hadn't called Ran Qingmo over just to provide fire.

Ran Qingmo looked at Lou Ji with a puzzled expression.

Lou Ji, standing to the side, sighed; she found Xu Yuan and Ran Qingmo's behavior rather uninteresting.

It's pointless.

Next time I have a chance, I'll tease that Charm Soul Demon Body named Su Jinxuan. I heard she got a pretty good Cultivation Method near the Burial Village, heh~

Thinking it over, Lou Ji waved her hand, turned around, and walked towards the bed.

As she turned around, her red silk nightgown subtly transformed into a black and green, form-fitting, low-cut brocade robe.

Lou Ji walked back to the bed, sat down, crossed her legs, and suddenly became as aloof as a queen, casually looking at the still indifferent girl and saying:

"Ran Qingmo, Ran Jianli asked me to tell you that you need to return to the Sword Sect within three months."

I'm having some writer's block, so this will be a single update today.

sorry