The woman before him...
How should he describe her?
She was in her thirties. By ordinary standards, her looks could be called quite pretty.
But measured against the standards of an incarnation of the Lunar Star Lord—
She fell somewhat short of expectations.
Lu Chen had assumed that an incarnation of the Lunar Star Lord would at least be a beauty on Sun Yourong's level.
He had not expected her to be merely an ordinary woman with passable looks.
"Could it be that she deliberately made her incarnation's appearance less striking so as not to attract attention?"
That was the only explanation Lu Chen could think of for now.
He "walked" over and stopped beside Chang Suqing.
She was completely unaware of him and continued reading her book.
Lu Chen saw that she wore no makeup, and her lower abdomen already had a slight rounded curve.
Though her features could only be considered delicate, the poise nurtured by a great family put her far above ordinary women. After all, she was a daughter of the Chang family.
"Strange. She's already married, so why is she still living with her natal family? Is she visiting relatives, divorced, or did she take in a live-in son-in-law?"
Lu Chen shook his head, tossing aside those gossipy thoughts.
"There's nothing much to see here. I'll take a look outside."
He walked to the wall and reached out. Sure enough, he passed straight through without the slightest obstruction.
—This felt pretty good!
Lu Chen's interest in exploring was immediately piqued.
It was just dusk. Smoke curled from the kitchens within Chang Residence, and the fragrance of food drifted through the courtyard along with the rich breath of everyday life.
To him, that dense worldly air was an endless source of nourishment, allowing him to move