Chapter 142: Is He Hitting On Me?

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"Why hasn't he woken up yet?"

After the white snow, early spring is about to arrive.

After the events in the Ancient Capital concluded, Lv Cheng was brought back to his residence in the Magic City by Su Meng. However, ever since he was brought back from the sky by Tso Lan, Lv Cheng had remained in a deep slumber, and to this day, there was still no sign of him waking up.

"Didn't I say it before? His soul, having just transitioned from the Juvenile Stage to the Growth Stage, needs time to rest. He'll be fine after sleeping for a while," Tso Lan said.

Asking every few days, aren't you annoyed?

"How much longer does he have to sleep?" Su Meng pressed.

"How would I know?" Tso Lan looked speechless.

"He must stay asleep until his soul is completely stabilized."

"Is there any danger?"

"He wouldn't die even if all of you died."

"Then what was his situation when he was in the Ancient Capital?"

"That was the plan."

"Who decided it?"

"He did."

"I don't believe it. He's so timid, how could he possibly do something like that? It must have been you all who instigated him!"

"……"

Listening to Tso Lan and Su Meng arguing yet again, Ye Chang and Xinxia, having shed their disguises, sat in the downstairs hall, watching the spectacle.

With the failure of the Ancient Capital plan, Salang's henchmen in the country had been almost entirely uprooted; now, even if she wanted to stir up trouble, she had no way to do so.

Originally, Salang had wanted to slip away, but Su Meng had caught her and brought her back directly.

"Sister Mu, do you feel like... they look very similar?"

Ai Tutu looked at Ye Chang and Xinxia with a strange expression.

They really were alike—equally quiet, equally frail and weak; it was as if they had been carved from the same mold.

"An illusion."

Before Ye Chang could speak, Xinxia denied it first.

"The world is so big, it's very normal for two people who look alike to appear occasionally."

"But..." Ai Tutu seemed to want to say something more, but Xinxia's death glare made her shut her mouth immediately.

"Then what about this sister?" Ai Tutu looked at Asharuiya, who had been caught and brought back by Su Meng as well.

"I'm... a half-family member, I suppose," Asharuiya said inexplicably.

"Family member?" Ye Chang narrowed her eyes.

You little bitch, when did you start claiming to be family with this kid?

By what logic?

Noticing the murderous intent slowly leaking from Ye Chang's eyes, Asharuiya felt a bit speechless, "An old cow eating tender grass..."

"What did you say?" Ye Chang appeared before Asharuiya in a flash.

Asharuiya was completely unfazed and looked at Su Meng, who was coming downstairs, "Aunt Su, she's hitting on your son."

Ye Chang's expression stiffened, and before she could say anything, the back of her neck was grabbed by an invisible giant hand of fate.

"You, are you serious?" Su Meng appeared before Ye Chang in a flash.

I treat you like a sister, and you're hitting on my son?

She had wanted to ask about this back in the Ancient Capital, but the situation had been chaotic, and she hadn't had the chance.

"Actually..." Ye Chang looked nervous.

"He's the one hitting on me, would you believe that?"

Su Meng narrowed her eyes, "You guess?"

Leaving so many young girls alone to hit on an old woman like you with a screw loose?

Do you take my son for blind?

"If you don't believe me, ask him yourself!" Ye Chang looked innocent.

Su Meng hesitated for a moment before putting Ye Chang down, "You'd better not be lying to me."

Watching Su Meng believe Ye Chang's words so easily, the expressions of Ai Tutu and the others were incredibly strange.

So easy to fool?

Ai Tutu leaned over to Mu Nujiao's ear, "How come it feels like she's even easier to fool than me?"

Mu Nujiao's eyelid twitched.

You know you're easy to fool too?

However, this aunt really was easy to fool; after interacting with her for this period of time, how should I put it...

To describe it as believing whatever she's told might be a slight exaggeration, but it wasn't far off!

It just feels like a three-year-old child could fool her!

Of course, it's not to say she can be fooled about everything, only when it involves Lv Cheng.

Of course, one must also gauge the scale well, otherwise, Ye Chang, who was just held in a hand like a little chick, is a Super-level Mage!

And according to this newcomer Asharuiya, this aunt is a Space Element Forbidden Spell user!

Seconds a Super-level Mage with just a glance!

"If you want to see him, you can go up now," Su Meng said.

"However, don't disturb him, be a little quiet."

"Mm!"

Ai Tutu and the others, having finally received permission, ran up impatiently.

Inside the living room, only Ye Chang, Su Meng, and Asharuiya, who found it inconvenient to go up, remained.

"Aunt Su, do you... still remember me?" Asharuiya asked.

Lv Cheng no longer remembered her, and she was not sure if Su Meng still remembered her.

Su Meng nodded.

"Is Uncle Lv... is he doing well?" Asharuiya asked.

"He is dead," Su Meng said.

"..."

"I'm sorry," Asharuiya lowered her head.

"It has nothing to do with you," Su Meng said with a calm expression.

"That was his own choice."

After entering the Dark Verdict back then, Lv Chengze's soul was severely damaged; although she had forcibly dragged him out, his injuries were too grave. After bringing Lv Cheng back to the country, Lv Chengze could not hold on for more than a few months. He did not want his son to witness his death, and also to seek a way to heal his injuries, they left.

The Holy City was looking for her, the Black Vatican was looking for her, and those people she had offended while serving as a Heterodox Mage were also looking for her, so she had no way to take Lv Cheng with her.

As it happened, Ye Chang, who was being hunted by the Parthenon at that time, had also followed to Bo City. They prepared to leave and, in passing, helped Ye Chang draw away the Parthenon's pursuit, and Ye Chang promised her that she would look after her son.

But this woman lied to her!

Not long after she had left, this woman actually ran off too!

And all these years, this woman had kept in contact with her, giving her a little news from time to time, telling her that Lv Cheng was being well taken care of!

There was no need to worry!

She worried that if she accidentally exposed her tracks, it would lead to Lv Cheng being targeted. She came from the Holy City; she knew best what kind of strength the Archangels of the Holy City possessed. Even she, a Space Element Calamity, was not qualified to fight an Archangel. If it weren't for her mastery of the Space Storm, she would never have been able to leave the Holy City back then.

So, she had never returned all these years, until last year, when the Holy City was attacked by an unknown person and suffered heavy losses. Not long after, information about Lv Cheng was brought up!

"Is this how you take care of my son?" Su Meng said coldly.

"A Forget-Worm? You really know how to play games!"

Ye Chang had erased all of Lv Cheng's memories related to the Holy City and the Parthenon!

That child remembered nothing!

How convenient for her!

Noticing Su Meng's faint killing intent, Ye Chang felt a chill run down her spine, "That, that was also... for safety's sake..."

"Besides, I really did have people watching him all these years."

Yi Zhisha's pursuit of her had never stopped. Su Meng had only drawn away the wave that was chasing the tightest; she did not know if another wave would come, and she had made a deal with the Black Vatican, so she needed to take action.

On that land of Bo City, the Mu Family were the local tyrants. Su Meng and the others had saved Mu Zhuoyun back then, and with Mu He, whom she had arranged, they occupied both the black and white paths; Lv Cheng would not be in any danger at all!

She was even worried that Lv Cheng would be too lonely staying by himself, so she specifically arranged for Mu He to find an opportunity to bring Lv Cheng into the Mu Family. And that little girl from the Mu Family—she had specifically arranged for Mu He to find a chance to play matchmaker!

Wasn't that thoughtful enough?

But Lv Cheng wouldn't go!

As for later on, when Lv Cheng had a falling out with the Mu Family, Mu He was afraid that his failure to handle the matter would anger her, so he didn't dare to tell her at all!

"Safety?" Su Meng's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Isn't it because of your own great cause? The great Red Cardinal, Lady Salang?"

At that time, she saw Ye Chang alone with the physically disabled Ye Xinxia, and both were severely injured, so she thought to let Ye Chang stay to take care of these two children while she drew away those who were hunting them.

But this woman, she really knows how to save trouble!

A dose of Forget-Worm, and she ran off!

And looking at Ye Xinxia's state, that child also didn't remember the past, and didn't even remember Ye Chang.

To save trouble, she even drugged her own daughter!

"Should I call you heartless, or should I say you are career-minded?" Su Meng slowly approached, and a terrifying space pressure squeezed toward Ye Chang from all directions.

"Wait a minute! Don't forget, in his perception, it was you who abandoned him without a word. The only person who still treated him as someone back then was me!" Ye Chang reminded her.

"If you kill me, guess whether he will still acknowledge you!"

(End of chapter)