*So this must have been that former lady of the house, right? If it was the current lady, she’d never have used such a tacky trick.*
*It’s totally her style, just like the old lady of the house! Doesn’t match the current one at all.*
Xue Nan’s beautiful eyes flashed with shrewdness, and she secretly rejoiced, *feeling like she’d already seen through everything and uncovered the truth!*
Xiao Ye clicked his tongue as he looked at the watermelon scattered over Gu Qingcheng’s fair, slender thighs, the juice trickling down along the curves of those white legs. *She actually asked me to clean it up?*
*How am I supposed to eat it? Squat down and bite it off?*
Iceberg Dean Yunxi’s cool gaze was filled with seriousness. She wanted to learn!
*Her bestie Qingcheng was getting way too good at this. She felt like she couldn’t let herself fall behind.*
The Starry Sky Giant Beast urged, "Master, this is the lady’s chance for you! You gotta take it, hurry up and eat it. We won’t laugh at you."
"This is definitely the lady gearing up to do something bad, absolutely!"
Xiao Ye twitched his mouth and waved his hand to refuse.
*He just couldn’t bring himself to squat down and eat watermelon off someone’s leg.*
Future Gu Qingcheng flashed a gorgeous smile, her stunning face radiating with a breathtaking expression. Under everyone’s watchful eyes, she lifted her leg into a perfect split and smoothly rested her watermelon-soaked thigh on Xiao Ye’s shoulder. The watermelon pieces stayed right where they were.
Xiao Ye’s mouth ended up just two centimeters from that watermelon. All he had to do was move his neck a little to take a bite.
"Hubby, now you can reach it, right?"
"Come on, eat it! If the watermelon falls later, it’ll just go to waste!"
She playfully winked her right eye, looking incredibly flirty.
"!" Iceberg Dean was stunned, *her bestie was just too good—she could practically worship her at this point.*
Xiao Ye stared at that close-up white leg and watermelon, looking troubled, and said, "Since Sister Qingcheng is so keen on not wasting food, I just can’t refuse, so I guess I’ll reluctantly help out, save you some dinner."
After saying that, he dove in and took a bite.
He licked up all the watermelon and juice, got it perfectly clean!
"Tastes amazing. That was delicious."
"Sister Qingcheng, I, Xiao Ye, have always been helpful and upright. I’m just doing you a favor here, totally not trying to suck on your pretty legs. Definitely not!"
He finished eating and put on a dead-serious face.
Iceberg Dean covered her mouth, giggling in secret. *She’d seen right through Xiao Ye—he just wanted to gnaw on those legs, right? As if he really needed watermelon... There was plenty right there on the table; you could grab it whenever! And that last piece you had, you ate half and tossed it! Saving food, my ass...*
Future Gu Qingcheng’s eyes sparkled with mischief. With a seriously straight face, she nodded. "Mm-hmm, thanks, hubby, for helping me save some food! And I’m someone who always repays a favor. How should I thank you?"
Her gaze roamed up and down Xiao Ye, lingering at a certain spot for several seconds.
"Heehee, I knew it, the lady always has her own goals! She didn’t just want Master to eat watermelon, heehee!" Xue Nan muttered to herself gleefully, *feeling like she’d seen right through it all.*
Iceberg Dean Yunxi gave a big thumbs-up. Qingcheng, *you’re way too good at this, I’m impressed.*
"Ahem!" Xiao Ye sensed Gu Qingcheng’s glance, his old face turning red, and said, "No big deal, just some watermelon. Hardly counts as a favor, you don’t need to thank me."
Everyone thought he was turning down Gu Qingcheng, but then he switched gears!
"But if Sister Qingcheng insists on returning the favor, just give me a few pretty daughters someday, and we’ll call it even."
Future Gu Qingcheng crooked her lips in a sly smile, "But what if I want to give you one right now? What should I do?"
Xiao Ye’s eyes flew open. "Right now? Here? Aren’t we supposed to be chilling, gossiping, and watching the show? Doing that here doesn’t seem right."
*Not right? What’s not right about it?*
*Today’s our third day after the big wedding, and it’s finally my turn to have you. Just watching other people fight while we waste the day would be such a waste of time.*
*You’re mine today. If reality weren’t getting in the way, I’d have you stuck in our room all day!*
Future Gu Qingcheng’s eyes burned with fire, her gaze scorching hot.
Qingcheng’s soul body, inside her Sea of Spirit, overheard everything. *She felt both mortified and all riled up at once.*
"Aaaaah! Old Gu, you old, resentful hag! Seriously, shameless! Using my body, my reputation, to satisfy your urges..."
"You’d best move into the attic space in my realm—do anything you want up there! Otherwise, don’t even think about ever controlling my body again!"
Future Gu Qingcheng’s voice echoed in the Sea of Spirit, "Relax, Xiaogu, I know what I’m doing. I won’t get reckless."
"You are me, I am you. I’m not about to ruin my own reputation."
Xiao Ye coughed and said in disbelief, "Here? Forget it, let’s wait till it’s dark and settle this at home."
"Well, if you insist, I’m game too."
*He really did feel tempted.*
*Doing it here? Yeah, he actually could!*
Future Gu Qingcheng watched his reaction and grinned wickedly. "Fine, then let’s wait till we’re back at the palace in Hang City, do three hundred rounds on the palace rooftop—this place isn’t the right vibe. It can wait."
"I’ll reward you when we’re home!"
*You crank me up, and now you’re hitting pause?*
*Sister Qingcheng, are you just dangling me like a hooked fish?*
Iceberg Dean Yunxi scratched her head, *her brain actually felt a little itchy—like she might grow a few extra brain cells from this.*
*So this is how you make a man obsess over you?*
*Qingcheng was turning into a love guru on the spot!*
The Starry Sky Giant Beast suddenly announced, "Those four factions wiped out all the Wu Family disciples! Now, unhappy with how the loot’s getting divided, they’ve started fighting each other!"
Everyone looked over.
Sure enough, down below, the five factions’ Quasi-Emperor Realm powerhouses were arguing fiercely, then threw down, fighting so hard the aftershocks nearly demolished half the Wu Family estate.
The Red Dragon Fierce Beast whipped the Water Demon with a full-force Divine Dragon’s Tail Whip.
The Water Demon kept spitting out high-pressure water jets, but the Red Dragon Fierce Beast blocked every one of them.
Even though the Red Dragon Fierce Beast got soaked to the bone, its dragon body still looked iron-tough, full of vigor, and actually had the upper hand.
Elsewhere, there were two old sly dogs, the four Quasi-Emperor Realm-level Spirit Martial Turtle Armor Beasts and Hell Rock Beasts fighting each other. Their battle looked flashy and fierce, but really, it was mostly smoke and mirrors—big noise, little actual damage done.
*Clearly, those two were planning to let the others fight to exhaustion, then swoop in later. Total opportunists!*
Xiao Ye chuckled, "Those old monsters sure are sneaky! And I even saw through this little act."
Iceberg Dean Yunxi covered her mouth, laughing, "You’ve got the bystander’s view. The Quasi-Emperors actually fighting are too heated up to notice any of that."
The Starry Sky Giant Beast giggled, "Can we jump in now? No matter how hard they scheme, we’ll just flatten ’em with pure power. Against real strength, all those tricks are worthless—might as well be chickens and dogs!"
Future Gu Qingcheng kept watching, her eyes flashing in that ’I totally get it’ kind of way. Her fair hands clapped loudly. She said,
"I just had a breakthrough!"
Xiao Ye was surprised. "Sister Qingcheng, you’re about to level up?"
Yunxi was surprised too.
Future Gu Qingcheng shook her head, looking serious, and said, "No, I just figured out exactly how to reward my hubby when we get home!"
"I’m gonna find a whip and have hubby give me a good beating!"
*Sister Qingcheng, you’re just too much!*