With his life on the line, Wang Shouzhe's mind spun at lightning speed.
He looked at Liu Ruolan with deep, doting affection. "My wife's cooking is simply too much to my liking. If you cooked for me every day, how could I possibly restrain myself? Wouldn't I end up stuffing myself without restraint? In time, that would naturally harm my health. Wouldn't that be plotting the murder of your own husband?"
"So, it is enough for my wife to cook once in a while. That way, your husband will have something to yearn for, won't he?"
The chill on Liu Ruolan's face gradually faded. She shot Wang Shouzhe a happy sidelong glance with her lovely eyes. "My husband truly is gifted. Even when praising someone, you make it so soul-stirring and original."
To divert Liu Ruolan's attention, Wang Shouzhe wrapped an arm around her slender waist and said softly, "I have been away from home all this time, and everything has been inconvenient. It has been a long while since I last experienced my wife's attainments in the Profound Water True Art."
Liu Ruolan's pretty face reddened slightly as she replied in a low voice, "I, too, have not checked my husband's cultivation progress in the Evergreen True Art for quite some time. It is just that... the two children are still studying next door in the study..."
The husband and wife had been away for too long and had not kept an eye on the children's lessons, causing the two little ones to completely let themselves go. They were now desperately cramming to catch up.
Bratty children truly were troublesome.
Wang Shouzhe shook his head regretfully and was about to turn his attention back to the sand table.
Yet Liu Ruolan blushed, bit her lip, and said, "Forget it,