Liu Nian looked at Su Mo's expression and smiled smugly, pulling the Phoenix Venerable down to sit opposite him.
"Jealous? I have an heir now."
As he spoke, Liu Nian even raised his chin at Su Mo. Beside him, the Phoenix Venerable smiled reproachfully...
Yet Su Mo only continued looking at the Phoenix Venerable's belly, sensing the faint presence within.
The Phoenix Venerable looked at Su Mo in puzzlement, then lowered her head to look at her own belly, a seemingly uncomprehending light in her eyes.
Su Mo said nothing. Liu Nian snapped his fingers in front of his face. "What are you thinking about?"
"You still haven't told me why you swindled me out of my silver. Didn't you say you weren't the Confucian Sage?"
Su Mo came back to himself and gently shook his head.
"I'm not the Confucian Sage! But there's no need to look for him anymore, either. There doesn't seem to be much point..."
Hearing Su Mo's words, Liu Nian seemed somewhat displeased... Then why did I go to all that trouble issuing a Saint-Seeking Edict for you?
Most importantly, he had lost twenty taels of silver!
After agonizing over it for a while, Liu Nian felt thoroughly jinxed. "Bring the wine, bring the wine!"
Seeing that Su Mo did not move, Liu Nian stood, pointed at his nose, and snorted. "I'll get it myself!"
With that, Liu Nian got up and went downstairs to fetch the wine himself.
Su Mo watched Liu Nian's retreating figure, his expression blank.
The Phoenix Venerable looked at Su Mo and suddenly spoke:
"Do you... know the child in my womb?"
The question came out of nowhere. She had only just become pregnant, so how could Su Mo know the child in her womb?
Yet that very question seemed