Chapter 31: Gossip: One Strike Makes Him Vomit Blood

"Let's go." Lu Xun said softly, naturally taking Chu Youqing's hand.

"Mm!" Chu Youqing nodded firmly, her fingertips lightly returning his grip.

The coffee shop returned to tranquility.

The cultivators who came to investigate and the He family members have dispersed, leaving only a few lingering energy fluctuations.

Besides, there were school leaders from Qingxu Academy and Beidou University who, after learning of Chu Youqing's situation, deliberately left a gilded token, indicating she could directly report to both schools.

After all, Chu Youqing missed the major exam and only now awakened her ancient spirit root.

"Dad even said he doesn't care about me anymore—how can they be like this?"

At that moment, after answering a phone call, Chu Youqing stomped her feet in anger.

Her father probably also knew about this, called to scold her, and father and daughter argued.

"Youqing..."

"No lecturing!" She whirled around, her hair tracing a stubborn arc in the air, "I've long been able to stand on my own!"

In a flash of her gaze, it was clear she was afraid Lu Xun would blame himself.

Lu Xun chuckled, raising a hand to gently ruffle her hair: "I'm just asking—doesn't it seem a bit bad to offend your future mother-in-law like this?"

"Not at all—she herself was so willful back then, and now she wants to arrange me; I won't have it."

Chu Youqing pursed her lips.

"Your mom is such a gentle person—was she also willful back then?"

Lu Xun felt a surge of gossip-mongering curiosity.

"Well, back then the Chu clan hadn't risen yet, my dad wasn't much of anything, and my grandfather wouldn't let her marry my dad, but she insisted on marrying..."

Chu Youqing's eyes lit up as she began recounting her parents' past.

Talking about her parents' gossip, she was surprisingly energetic.

Deep inside everyone's heart, there truly lies a gossip gene.

Upon hearing that, Lu Xun thought, "What a good partner."

Chu Youqing's father, Chu Yuping, was basically a classic playboy back then.

Back then, he made the Chu clan poor and broken; Chu Youqing's father relied solely on a roguishly handsome face and sweet talk to trick Murong Yan into his hands.

Murong Zhan naturally disagreed.

Consequently, the father and daughter fell out badly, and Murong Yan nearly got expelled from the family.

Chu Youqing's father, having no other recourse, came up with a killer move against Murong Zhan.

That was a three-month-old pregnancy.

Seeing his daughter's belly already big, Murong Zhan had no choice but to consent to their marriage.

"This..."

Lu Xun found it highly entertaining.

That woman who now looks gentle and mature—was she once so rebellious?

Then don't blame Chu Youqing.

What kind of mother yields what kind of daughter.

Having set the example, one can't blame later generations for imitating.

Moreover,

Chu Youqing's father was definitely a classic playboy back then.

Lu Xun is a hundred times stronger than him, alright!

He is a system host, the chosen one.

"Hey, Little White, give me a hug."

Chu Youqing said, saying, and then wanted to hug Little White again.

Little White nestled in Lu Xun's arms, unwilling to budge; seeing Chu Youqing reach out, its little paws kept waving, looking utterly adorable.

"Ah, he deactivated my secondary card."

At that moment, Chu Youqing received a text message.

Her father had deactivated the secondary card for him.

Alright,

Now she's completely walking down her mother's old path from back then.

Back when Murong Yan insisted on being with Chu Yuping, Murong Zhan also deactivated her secondary card.

Many rich girls duped by playboys, after having their secondary cards suspended for a few days, often become obedient.

"It's fine, I'll support you."

Lu Xun pulled out a card and handed it to Chu Youqing.

He's no ordinary playboy.

He's a wealthy playboy.

After opening the Heaven Earth Meridian and being admitted by Tsinghua-Peking, Rong Cheng No. 1 High School gave Lu Xun a generous reward.

Lu Xun doesn't need to cultivate himself anymore; all the cultivation resources he gains can go entirely to Chu Youqing.

Enough to keep Chu Youqing beautifully well-fed.

"Lu Xun, I can't use your money."

"Take it—you don't want your parents to laugh at you, right? My strength is rising so fast, future resources won't be scarce."

Lu Xun forcibly shoved the card into Chu Youqing's hand.

"Alright, but I'll say this up front—this can only count as a loan!"

Fine, you decide.

Chu Youqing did not refuse again.

In her heart she secretly made a resolution: she must cultivate well, to let her parents see that choosing Lu Xun was not wrong!

While speaking, the two walked out of the coffee shop, preparing to hail a car to go to Xu Void Academy, first to handle Chu Youqing's enrollment.

Suddenly.

Accompanied by a screech of brakes, a flashy sports car did a cool drift and stopped in front of them.

Lu Xun took Chu Youqing's hand, preparing to change spots to wait for a car.

"Wait."

From the sports car stepped out a youth wearing white robes with golden patterns.

He strode toward Lu Xun, and with each step a flame Crimson Lotus blossomed on the ground.

"I am He Xiao, eighteen years old with perfected Body Tempering, nineteen when I opened the Crimson Lotus Meridian; now twenty, I already have fourth-layer Qi Sea cultivation."

A wisp of red flame ignited on the youth's fingertip, within the fire a dragon shadow coiled; "I don't know what qualifications this friend has to stand beside Chu Youqing."

He Xiao!

Someone from the He family!

This guy, he's here to cause trouble!

"Twenty years old, fourth-layer Qi Sea?"

Lu Xun sized him up from head to toe.

A twenty-year-old with fourth-layer Qi Sea is indeed formidable.

Like that dark web assassin, who's in his thirties, only about sixth or seventh layer of Qi Sea.

However, among the many talents of the capital and Qingbei, it's not that outstanding.

"How come you He family folks keep showing up like ghosts?"

Chu Youqing was displeased, stepping in front of Lu Xun.

He Xiao is fourth-layer Qi Sea; she worries he might be unfavorable to Lu Xun.

"Surname Lu, do you only hide behind women? Ultimately you're just a country bumpkin, relying on sweet talk to deceive naive girls."

He Xiao's tone was full of contempt.

"What do you want to do?"

Lu Xun asked lightly.

"It's simple: if you're a man, come fight me; let This Young Master teach you a lesson, so you know how high the heavens are and how thick the earth."

He Xiao's demeanor was arrogant.

"Heh, come on."

Lu Xun stepped to the side.

"This is what you brought upon yourself."

He Xiao said nothing and launched an attack.

His palm cradled a Crimson Lotus, aiming to knock Lu Xun down with one strike.

"Hmph!" Lu Xun's eyes turned cold, his figure flickering.

Myriad Traces Step!

In a flash, Lu Xun's form strangely split into three.

"Boom!"

Lu Xun's afterimage was shattered by He Xiao.

But the spitting blood sound He Xiao imagined did not come.

The next second,

A tremendous force struck his chest.

Even with true qi protecting his body, Lu Xun's palm sent his Qi Sea churning and his five viscera shifting.

"Pfft!"

Amid the sound of spitting blood, He Xiao's body flew backward violently and crashed heavily to the ground.

"Lu Xun... how are you so strong."

Chu Youqing covered her small mouth, her eyes sparkling with starlight.

"Trash, with just this bit of strength, you dare to cause trouble."

After Lu Xun coldly tossed off a sentence, he took Chu Youqing onto the ride-hailing car that had just arrived.

"Pfft~"

The He Xiao who had just sat up from the ground again vomited blood from anger.