"We're practically an old married couple, and you're still putting on an act?" Chen Lin effortlessly restrained her struggles and lowered his head to murmur in her ear. "After these past three years, every rock in the Hundred-Thousand Great Mountains knows us. What are you getting shy about now?"
"What nonsense are you spouting!" Flustered and furious, Yun Sheng opened her mouth and bit Chen Lin's shoulder.
Clink.
His true dragon physical body defended itself automatically, and Yun Sheng nearly broke her teeth.
"All right, stop making a fuss." Chen Lin shifted her in his arms and strode toward the main house. "Your constitution is special, and the karmic implications of Divine Transformation are too great. We'll try another approach tonight. I refuse to believe this won't work."
"Who said I wanted to try another approach with you... Chen Lin, put me down! It's broad daylight, and Friday is still outside!" Yun Sheng could no longer keep her voice cold; a tremor of exasperation crept into it.
"Friday, power down," Chen Lin ordered without looking back.
The electronic eyes of Friday, the robot watering the courtyard, instantly went dark, and he froze in place.
Chen Lin kicked open the Master Bedroom door, then used true qi to slam it shut behind him with a bang. A barrier of light rose around the entire room, blocking sound and prying eyes.
A breeze swept through the empty Courtyard Compound.
The space beneath the grape arbor suddenly warped.
A little girl in a green dress, seemingly only seven or eight years old, appeared out of thin air. Her hair was tied in two buns, and she floated in midair, her tiny snow-white feet bare.
She was Cangyuan, the artifact spirit of the Cangyuan Hall.
The little girl folded her arms, shot an angry