Lu Chuan cleared his throat, pretending not to understand, and said, "Sister-in-law, please stop joking around. It's late, you should go back to your room and rest."
Mu Nanqing looked at Lu Chuan and said, "When you were taking a shower, Qin Lan called you. She said the man from last night is dead, and his brother is coming to seek revenge on you. I overheard you saying outside your door that the only chance for you to break through and survive this crisis is through dual cultivation."
"I looked up what dual cultivation means online, Xiao Chuan, I can't just watch you in such a dangerous situation without doing anything, so... so let's engage in dual cultivation!"
After saying this, she reached out towards Lu Chuan to embrace him.
Lu Chuan felt a fragrant breeze blowing towards him, instinctively taking a couple of steps back to avoid Mu Nanqing.
Seeing this, Mu Nanqing looked at Lu Chuan with some anger and asked, "Xiao Chuan, do you dislike me?"
Lu Chuan hurriedly explained, "Sister-in-law, that's not what I meant. It's true that dual cultivation seems to be the only way for me to break through quickly to face Lin Hu, but..."
He didn't know how to continue.
Mu Nanqing said seriously, "This is a matter of life and death. What's the point of worrying about other things? The urgent thing is to help you break through as soon as possible. Besides, we have no relationship between us, so you don't need to feel guilty."
After saying that, she directly pushed Lu Chuan onto the bed.
Lu Chuan looked at Mu Nanqing's hair falling down, and the towel covering her chest about to come loose, his heartbeat accelerating like crazy. In order to keep himself sane, he quickly turned his head away.
"Maybe... I should just agree. This is indeed the only opportunity for a breakthrough." He started to feel conflicted, especially since Mu Nanqing was so enchanting that he was about to lose control.
At this moment, Mu Nanqing was even more nervous than Lu Chuan. Since he refused to touch her for his safety, she had to take the initiative for this guy's sake.
She placed her hand on the towel covering her chest and said, "Xiao Chuan, let's... start."
Then she was about to remove the towel.
Suddenly, Lu Chuan remembered all the kindness his big brother had shown him in the past. If he were to take advantage of Mu Nanqing for his own life, wouldn't that make him worse than an animal?
He grabbed Mu Nanqing's hand and pushed her away from him, taking a few deep breaths before saying, "Sister-in-law, calm down. Although Lin Hu is powerful, I still have a chance to defeat him. There's no need for us to do this."
After that, he quickly left the room.
Mu Nanqing lay on the bed in a daze, then sighed deeply after a long time, picked up the box of small umbrellas, and returned to her room.
Lu Chuan sat on the sofa in the living room, raised his hand, and slapped himself hard. "I almost lost control just now. It's really unforgivable!"
After a while, his emotions gradually calmed down.
At this moment, Mu Nanqing came out of her room. She had changed her clothes, but there was still a trace of unease on her face.
She walked up to Lu Chuan and spoke slowly, "Xiao Chuan, I'm sorry..."
Lu Chuan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I know you're worried about me. In this world, only you are willing to be so good to me."
Mu Nanqing asked, "Xiao Chuan, when you said there was no chance of defeating the person who wanted to kill you, were you trying to comfort me, or were you serious?"
Lu Chuan thought for a moment and said seriously, "I was serious."
Mu Nanqing nodded, "Then I'll believe you this time."
After a few seconds of contemplation, her tone suddenly changed, "But if you lied to me, I'll never forgive you for the rest of my life!"
Lu Chuan took a deep breath, "Okay."
He wasn't lying to Mu Nanqing. Although he only had the strength of the first level of Qi cultivation, facing a high-level expert like Lin Hu, he had no chance of winning. However, his inherited memories contained some secret techniques that could temporarily enhance his strength by consuming his own blood essence.
What he was worried about was that even after using these secret techniques, he might still not be able to defeat Lin Hu.
But at this point, he had no choice but to give it a try.
"Sister-in-law, it's late. You should go back and rest. I need to focus on fighting for my chance of survival." Lu Chuan spoke up.
Mu Nanqing nodded and, with a hint of hesitation on her face, gathered the courage to say, "After this crisis is over, I... I will tell you a secret, so you must stay alive!"
After saying that, she quickly returned to her room.
"Secret?" Lu Chuan looked puzzled, not knowing what Mu Nanqing wanted to tell him, but his curiosity was piqued.
However, he felt that Mu Nanqing might be saying this to encourage him not to give up, deliberately making such remarks.
He didn't dwell on it any longer and immediately focused all his attention on studying the secret techniques in his inherited memories.
Meanwhile,
Chu Mengyao drove to the front of a high-end club.
She handed the car keys to the attendant and stepped into the club in high heels.
A woman greeted her respectfully, "Miss Chu."
Chu Mengyao asked, "Where's Sister Hong?"
The woman replied, "She's waiting for you in the room on the top floor."
Chu Mengyao nodded, "I see, you don't need to accompany me."
She took the elevator alone to the top floor and walked along the corridor to a room decorated in an ancient style.
The bed, furniture, and various decorations in the room were all reminiscent of ancient costume dramas. When Chu Mengyao entered, she almost thought she had traveled back to ancient times.
She saw a semi-transparent screen not far away, behind which was a table with an incense burner, shrouding the room in mist. Behind the screen, there was a graceful figure playing the pipa with deep emotion.
The sound of the pipa alternated between urgency and relaxation, lingering in the air, intoxicating.
Perhaps sensing Chu Mengyao's arrival, the sound of the pipa abruptly stopped, and the figure behind the screen stood up and walked out.
She wore a red ancient-style dress, with a dignified posture and elegant temperament, her beauty captivating. Her hair was arranged neatly, with a red lotus flower between her eyebrows, giving her an aura of transcendent grace, like a queen descended to earth.
Chu Mengyao looked at the woman, her face showing a smile, and said pleasingly, "Sister Hong, you played so beautifully just now. Your skill is no less than those famous musicians."
The woman smiled slightly, "You don't often praise me voluntarily. So, what do you want me to do for you?"
Chu Mengyao felt a little embarrassed being seen through and walked over to hold the woman's arm, coquettishly saying, "Sister Hong, can't you leave me a little face?"
This woman's name was Gu Hongzhuang, like Chu Mengyao, she was also one of the four beauties of Yun City, a goddess in the eyes of countless men in Yun City.
But compared to Chu Mengyao, she appeared more mature, with every smile and frown exuding charm, her demeanor calm and composed, as if there were no ripples in the depths of her starry eyes.
She was a woman of means.
Chu Mengyao had known her for many years and quickly became good friends because of their shared interests.
The reason she came to find her this time was twofold: first, because of her extensive connections, and second, because of her special status.
She was Long Tianya's lover.
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