"MMPH!!"

Qin Yun's mouth was covered by Song Ningran. Song Ningran had been terrified by Qin Yun's shout just moments before and had hastily slammed the door shut in her shock.

There weren't just the two of them in the house now! Xia Shuang and Wu Yuqing were also there, and Wu Yuqing was her cousin. If they found out about this, unpredictable things would surely happen once they returned home.

Qin Yun seemed to realize the gravity of the situation. She stopped making noise and licked Song Ningran's palm with her small tongue, whimpering, "I won't yell anymore, I won't yell. Ran Ran, let me go!"

"Keep your word, okay?" Song Ningran cautiously removed her palm from Qin Yun's mouth but did so very slowly, ready to cover it again instantly if things took a wrong turn.

"Sigh, Ran Ran, do you really trust me so little? You're making my poor heart shatter into pieces," Qin Yun feigned sadness, but her expression betrayed her.

Her bright, wide eyes twinkled as she glanced around the room. They moved back and forth between Qin Heng and Song Ningran, a slight, knowing smile curving her lips.

Song Ningran said in a low voice to Qin Yun, "Little Yun, things aren't what you think." She knew from Qin Yun's expression that the girl had definitely gotten the wrong idea.

"Mhm, mhm, I understand!" Qin Yun said with a smirk, squinting at Song Ningran. "Ran Ran, I never would have guessed. You're quite something! You hardly showed any signs before. How come tonight, suddenly…"

"Little Yun!" Song Ningran felt both embarrassed and desperate, almost on the verge of tears.

"Okay, Little Yun." Qin Heng got off the bed, walked over to Qin Yun, and patted her head. "Stop teasing your Ran Ran."

"Mm, got it." Qin Yun nodded. She looked at Song Ningran and said, "Ran Ran, I know nothing happened between you two because my brother isn't that kind of person. If he wanted you, he would have been upfront, not sneaky. Heh, but still, you were together last night, right? Really, not even a little bit? Hmm, just a tiny bit?"

"Little Yun, if you keep this up, I'm not making your favorite lotus powder meatballs anymore!!" Song Ningran began to threaten Qin Yun, then took a deep breath and said, "We really did nothing, nothing at all this whole night."

"Ah! I believe you! I believe you!!" Qin Yun nodded rapidly. For her, food was paramount, and Song Ningran threatening her with it knew just how to get to her.

"Oh, by the way, Ran Ran, Yuqing and Xia went out shopping, so you can go back to your room without worry; they won't find out. And Brother, if you two really end up together in the future, I want to be the first to know."

After saying that, she left the room. The air once again grew quiet.

"You're leaving Tianhai in ten days, aren't you?" Song Ningran suddenly said.

"Mhm, Beijing University is starting soon." Qin Heng nodded slightly and chuckled. "But for me, I can come back to Tianhai anytime."

His current flying speed is close to the speed of sound. Once the replica of the Chaotic Clock is refined, his flight speed will increase even further. It'll probably take only about fifteen minutes to fly from Beijing to Tianhai—an insignificant amount of time.

"That would be too troublesome; catching flights is time-consuming."

Song Ningran looked a bit melancholic, as she had thought Qin Heng would need to fly back by plane.

But she cheered up and said with a smile, "Still, I'd suggest you come back a few times a month. After all, once you're in Beijing, you won't be able to enjoy this young lady's cooking!"

After that, she left Qin Heng's room.

The faint scent of her perfume lingered in the air. Qin Heng closed his eyes slightly, a smile on his lips. Then, he drew back the curtains and looked at the sky outside.

There won't be much of this peaceful time left.

His eyes saw more than an ordinary person's. Guided by his Divine Sense, he could clearly 'see' the Spiritual Energy between Heaven and Earth beginning to revive, and dormant Laws were awakening as well.

Even the ground beneath his feet and the sky above his head were quietly changing. This was still a bustling urban district. In the remote wilderness, however, and certainly within primeval forests, the revival of Spiritual Energy and the awakening of its Laws would be even quicker. Perhaps wild beasts are already awakening their intelligence, transforming into… Monsters!!

「In the evening, Wu Yuqing and Xia Shuang returned.」

At this time, Qin Heng was reading in the living room, while his Divine Sense roamed outside, sensing the Supreme Law.

Song Ningran was cooking dinner, the rich aroma wafting from the kitchen.

When Yun Lingsu was around, Song Ningran had worked part-time at the museum. Her schedule had been good, so she didn't cook often. Now that Yun Lingsu had left, she was itching to cook more.

She wanted to prepare a feast tonight!

Qin Yun was playing games on the couch, glancing towards the kitchen. Her eyes were wide with anticipation, and she was almost drooling with hunger.

"Qin Heng, Yun Lingsu is back," Wu Yuqing said after putting down her things and coming up to Qin Heng. "She's kneeling in front of the villa's gate. I told her to come in, but she won't."

"She's been kneeling there since 3 p.m.," Song Ningran said, emerging from the kitchen with a dish. "You were right, Qin Heng. She's a smart woman and knows what's best for her."

"Without my brother's permission, she wouldn't dare come in," Qin Yun said offhandedly.

This… Although Wu Yuqing had some concept of Qin Heng's strength and prestige, she didn't have a profound understanding. At this moment, however, she seemed to grasp something. Qin Heng's status in certain fields was probably far beyond her imagination.

"The Qin family's door isn't one she can enter and leave as she pleases," Qin Heng said indifferently. "Since she decided to leave before, coming back won't be so easy."

This was Yun Lingsu's own choice, and naturally, she had to bear the consequences herself.

「In Yuzhang City, deep within the suburban mountains.」

This was the Qihuang Temple, abode of the world's originator of medical practice. Lu Guangyuan lay on a jade platform, undergoing an examination by a Qihuang Temple physician. After a while, a displeased expression appeared on the physician's face. He looked at Lu Jianjia's mother, Gao Xin, and said, "This man's pulse is steady, his vital energy and blood are flowing smoothly, and his body is very healthy. You actually said he doesn't have long to live? What kind of quack made that diagnosis?"

"You... you're telling the truth?!" Gao Xin exclaimed, her face a mask of incredulous joy. "My husband is fine! That's wonderful! I knew that Qin Xuantian was spouting nonsense! He was definitely bluffing!!"

"Hahaha!" Lu Guangyuan also laughed. He sat up from the jade platform and said to the physician, "Thank you for your diagnosis, Physician. It has truly relieved all my worries. I'm deeply grateful! That Qin Xuantian was indeed spouting nonsense!"

"No need for thanks. I performed the diagnosis only out of consideration for the Gao family," the physician said coolly, then snorted. "But you mustn't listen to those quacks anymore. Your body is in perfect health, with no sign of any…"

"PFF!!"

The physician hadn't finished speaking when Lu Guangyuan, who had just stepped off the jade platform, suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and collapsed to the ground, completely unconscious.

Silence instantly fell within Qihuang Temple. The physician's face turned extremely grim.

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