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After spending a delicious night with Lingxi, Xiao Che and the unconscious Lingxi came back to the Xiao Mansion. Xiao Lingxi with her [8th of Nascent Profound Realm] Cultivation had fallen unconscious after some hours of debauchery. Xiao Che had to carry her back to her room after clothing her with the clothes he had stored in his Sky Poison Pearl. And of course, they were not the ones that he had forcefully tore apart. He totally~ had other female clothes stored in Sky Poison Pearl.

Okay, Truth be told, He didn't have extra clothes stored in the Pearl. But he had made sure that no one caught even a shadow of him and Lingxi on his way to her room. He made Lingxi sleep on her bed and covered her with a warm and comfortable blanket.

He did find the scene quite adorable when Lingxi clutched the blanket in her sleep, mumbling his name with a slight frown on her face. Chuckling softly, he patted her head. His head patting eased the frown off her face, blooming a small but happy smile on her face. He left her sleeping to go to his pavilion.

Her cultivation should have increased from their session. After all, Xiao Che is in the [Earth Profound Realm] while she is in the [Nascent Profound Realm]. Though he would have to check after she wakes up, because her energy is very unstable right now.

When he arrived at his room, he saw Xia Qingyue calmly meditating or cultivating while sitting on the bed. But Xiao Che knew that she was anything but calm. Her aura fluctuation was enough for him to know. Her profound energy was encircling around her wildly.

But Xiao Che didn't bother doing anything to her right now. He just took a pillow from his bed and went on to sleep on the couch that was present in his room. Although he is a cultivator and he doesn't actually need to sleep for survival, He chose to sleep. Sleeping was very satisfying, he just doesn't understand why all the cultivators skip sleep to cultivate non-stop.

..Suddenly across the Primal Chaos, millions and millions of cultivators had the urge to puke blood. They just had the feeling that someone insulted their entire way of living.

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Xia Qingyue was conflicted. Never in her life had she felt a situation like this. Her supposed husband, whom she is destined to be connected to for her whole life, has just come to "their" room after spending time with another woman.

She had followed Xiao Che back to the rear mountains. She was a bit shocked after seeing Lingxi over there. Even if that said woman is an aunt of her husband, she can't help but get a bit suspicious. Her womanly instincts were acting up ever since seeing them together.

And then the shock she felt couldn't be described in mere words, when she saw them kissing each other. She couldn't believe that this was the same guy who coldly stared at her and her master, Chu Yueli back in his pavilion. And take a look at him now, He has such a warm smile on his face for another woman now.

She ran away from the mountain after stumbling upon that scene. She couldn't understand anything. All she knew right now was that she had to get rid of the emotions she was feeling right now. She had to meditate…. Cultivate and get rid of these emotions.

She was not used to feeling these sorts of emotions. Heck, she was not used to feeling any emotions at all. She ran into Xiao Che's pavilion as fast as she could given her cultivation level. She got up on the bed, sat in a pose of meditation and tried to spam and cultivate her frozen heart arts. But….

It was clearly not working. She wasn't able to get the frozen heart arts to work. Her mind was still in turmoil and heart in confusion. After a few more dozens of tries, she discarded the thought of using her frozen heart arts as it clearly didn't work. She tried to meditate, get a clear head, focus and concentrate. But once again….it didn't work the way she wanted it to be.

She wasn't able to calm down in any way. No matter what she had done, she just wasn't able to calm down. But she held on trying her best. She stirred away her focus forcefully and tried her best to cultivate…

A few hours passed by…. Xia Qingyue could swear that she never felt the importance of time this much before. She couldn't calm neither her mind nor her heart. Every passing minute felt like hours… even days to her.

After three hours, she saw Xiao Che opening the door of the room and walking straight in. He had a small smile on his face. Again, Xia Qingyue felt like someone clutched her heart when she saw that smile on his face, because she knew that smile wasn't for her.

When she saw Xiao Che coming towards her, A ray of expectations took birth in her heart. She tried to act calm, composed and deeply indulged in cultivation. Unknown to her that due to her profound energy fluctuations, Xiao Che could easily understand that she is anything but calm and composed. But killing those expectations, Xiao Che just took a pillow from and went to sleep.

Qingyue sighed. Looking at Xiao Che, she really felt very weird. She realized that she is not very good with emotions and she is not good with social etiquettes too. Because she has no idea what to do in this situation. After racking her brain, she tried to focus and cultivate.

But that failed as well. She couldn't calm down and cultivate with Xiao Che in the same room as her. She sat in a meditating pose as she gazed at his sleeping face. She thought that his peaceful sleeping face looked cute to her. She didn't believe that this was the same guy who was acting all cold to her.

Just thinking about his cold face brought a shiver down her spine. For some reason, these shivers brought delight to her. Once again, the emotional conflict in her heart resurfaced. She sighed ruefully, she really wasn't good with emotions. For the whole night, she just kept gazing at the sleeping Xiao Che. Unbeknownst to her, a small smile graced her beautiful face.

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Xiao Che had a wonderful sleep. Even if it was like a short nap of a few hours, it was very very satisfying. Maybe after having sex, the sleep felt heavenly. He doesn't know the exact reason.

Getting up from his couch, He stretched his arms and body. Looking around the room, He saw a pair of deep oceanic eyes staring right at him unblinkingly. Obviously, It was Xia Qingyue.

Patting away the wrinkles on his robe, he greeted her with somewhat awkwardness seeping into his voice. "Good morning, Xia Qingyue." This time, his voice wasn't cold like the last time.

Qingyue was somewhat taken back when she saw Xiao Che greeting her. She had thought that he would be cold to her. So, seeing him greeting her was a surprise to her. Though she greeted him back with equal awkwardness. "Good morning, Xiao Che."

Her awkwardness was because she never indulged herself in social etiquettes. Her communication skills were… butchered for the lack of better words. But Xiao Che's awkwardness was for a whole different reason. He felt quite awkward talking to Xia Qingyue when he lashed out on her just yesterday.

Although straightening her attitude was his plan from the get go, his behaviour was influenced by his rage. He had got angry when Xia Qingyue had tried to sting him with her ice cold profound energy. He held that in and lashed out on Xia Qingyue.

Every human...scratch that every species has at least one flaw in them. No one is flawless or perfect. At least, Xiao Che isn't. He lashes out from time to time. He normally tries to hold in his anger. But last night, he just couldn't hold his rage in…

Scratching the back of his neck, He apologized to Xia Qingyue. "Qingyue, I was ..kind of angry last night. I am very sorry for lashing out on you and your master. Do tell her that I am apologetic for my behaviour last night. Though that doesn't mean that I will be scared when she tries to involve my family in matters and dares to threaten them."

Understanding that he was once again becoming somewhat cold to Qingyue, he sighed. He then asked the frozen beauty who was sitting on the bed. "How many days are you here for? I had noticed that your master's energy is not here anymore. So, she left back to your sect?"

Xia Qingyue nodded. "Yes, Master left me here to visit the sect. She said that she will be back in a month. Although she is a cultivator of Sky Realm, our sect is far away from here. It will take some time for master Yueli to reach there. So, instead of 3 days, I would like to stay a month here if you don't mind."

Xiao Che lamented in his mind. 'I might have scared her a bit too much.' To her request, he agreed as it shouldn't cause any harm to him. Rather it helps him by giving him enough time to stabilize his position in her heart.

"I don't have any problem with that. And Qingyue, in front of others such as my grandpa and your father, we would have to act like a married couple. Can you do that?" Xiao Che asked, unsure if her acting skills were up to the mark or not.

Xia Qingyue nodded assuringly. "Don't worry, I will be able to do -" Just as she was about to say that a plan circulated in her head.

Xiao Che obviously took a worried glance at her. He was very much attached to his grandpa and he didn't want to hurt his grandpa's sentiments. Orion, who was aware of Xia Qingyue's thoughts, only smirked but he didn't say anything to Xiao Che. Xiao Che didn't ask, so it wasn't for him to say it upfront.

"While I am pretty sure that I will be able to pull it off, we should practice acting to polish our skills." Xia Qingyue advised. Xia Qingyue wasn't sure what were the emotions that she was feeling. She just knew that she wanted to explore them.

Even though he felt something amiss with this ordeal, Xiao Che nodded. "Fair enough, I guess. What do you think we should do?"

Although a bit nervous, Qingyue spoke her mind out. "We should practice calling each other a bit more intimately. For example, you should call me 'Yue'er', while I should call you 'Husband'."

Once again, Xiao Che felt that something was fishy but he was gonna take up for Qingyue's advice for now. So, he just nodded his head. "Okay, Yue'er."

Qingyue's heart flipped, she felt like dancing for a moment. But she suppressed it all and like a dutiful little wife, she bowed her head towards her husband. "Okay, Husband."

Orion, at his dorm, was chuckling after seeing this scene. His 'disciple' Che'er normally was very sharp but when it came to heart's business, the guy is kind of an idiot.

While Xiao Che and Xia Qingyue were get familiar with each other. A knock came on the door and a voice soon followed. "Young Master and Young Mistress, Can I enter the room?"

Xia Qingyue recognized that voice very well, it was her personal maid, Xia Dongling.