Medusa's Jealousy Runs Wild, Lu Heng Soothes His Wife from Afar

In the Mittel Family's rear courtyard, within a stone pavilion.

Xiao Yi Xian was chatting with Qing Lin, while Cai Lin sat by herself off to the side, listlessly watching the koi in the pond. Her entire body radiated a chilly aura that warned strangers to stay away.

Clearly, she was still wildly jealous.

When Ya Fei led Lu Heng and Yun Yun into the courtyard, all three women turned their gazes toward them at once.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were fine; they were merely somewhat curious.

But the moment Cai Lin saw Yun Yun beside Lu Heng, her narrow golden snake eyes instantly narrowed.

"Well, well. And you still claim she isn't your little lover?"

Cai Lin's voice was icy, steeped in jealousy.

"You're bringing her straight home now. Lu Heng, you're quite something, aren't you?"

The moment those words fell, the atmosphere in the courtyard became subtly awkward.

Yun Yun's face, which Ya Fei had only just managed to calm, flushed crimson again. She stood there, unsure whether to leave or stay, so embarrassed that she did not know where to put her hands.

"Pfft!"

"Hahahaha..."

Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and even the usually timid Qing Lin could not hold it in. They all burst out laughing.

They had long grown used to Cai Lin acting jealous like this and found it rather amusing.

Lu Heng rubbed his brow with a headache, then quickly walked over to Cai Lin and coaxed her in a low voice.

"Cai Lin, it was all my fault. My fault, all right?"

Cai Lin snorted coldly and turned her head away, refusing to look at him. Yet the faintly upturned corners of her lips revealed that she was not truly angry.

"Cai Lin?"

Upon hearing that name, Yun Yun's face