Jiujin turned around, staring at the tranquil courtyard behind him, after a long moment, he suddenly held his head and squatted down in pain.
"Mom, please stop pressuring me..."
Seeing her son in pain, Aunt Zhou’s heart ached. She stopped pushing him and just said, "Jiujin, you’re the only son your father and I have. Our greatest wish in this lifetime is to see you marry a good daughter-in-law, start your family and career soon and let us hold our grandchild. If you don’t want the young lady of the An family, your father and I won’t force you. But remember, you will have to get married one day..."
"Gui Lan, it’s late. Come in and go to sleep!" Uncle Zhou propped open the door while calling for Aunt Zhou.
Aunt Zhou sighed when she heard him and walked away from her son.
As soon as she entered the door, Uncle Zhou nervously, but excitedly, asked, "Did you talk to him? How did he react?"
Aunt Zhou shook her head, sighing. "You wouldn’t understand. This boy has been headstrong since he was small. His heart only has room for Girl Wei, and he can’t accept anyone else!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Laowu’s expression of excitement vanished without a trace. He followed Aunt Zhou into the house, deflated like a ball that lost its air.
Cai Wei was awoken by Brother Ying’s low call in the middle of the night, "Master, Lü Junchen has come out. Oh, he’s armed. His martial arts skills are not bad!"
Cai Wei was instantly wide awake, all sleep suddenly gone. She quickly put on her clothes and instructed Brother Ying, "Follow him. Be careful and remember, don’t let him discover you..."
"Master, he has headed towards the west side of the town..."
"Alright, I’ll be there right away..."
Upon leaving the house, Cai Wei saw Jiujin sitting at the entrance of her home and was startled.
"Jiujin? What are you doing here?"
Jiujin stood up, looking somewhat awkward as if his secret had been discovered, "Wei’er, I was worried about the flower-picking thief, so I... I..."
He faltered and then seemed to remember something. "Why are you coming out?"
Cai Wei coughed, massaging her brow. She couldn’t tell Jiujin what she was about to do. It would definitely frighten him, and he would certainly insist on coming with her. Therefore, she could only apologize to him.
"Girl Wei, in this pitch-black night, you are all dressed up. What are you going to do? Do you know how dangerous the...uh..."
Before he could finish speaking, he had already passed out.
Cai Wei struggled to help him up, heading towards her home.
Although Jiujin was only seventeen, his stature was already like that of an adult. His weight of more than 100 jin pressed onto Cai Wei, quite heavy indeed!
After exerting a monumental effort, Cai Wei finally managed to help Jiujin into the eastern room of their home. She placed him on the couch where her parents slept, removed his shoes, covered him with a blanket, bolted the door, and rushed out.
"Master, where are you? Hurry up, something’s wrong! It turns out that the flower-picking thief is Lü Junchen!"
Brother Parrot was anxiously calling, "He has broken into a family’s home and is preying on their daughter!"
The flower-picking thief turned out to be Lü Junchen!
Cai Wei’s heart pounded. She hadn’t forgotten what Brother Ying had reported. Lü Junchen had been training all day today, seemingly studying some demonic technique under the guidance of Tianjizi. But now he suddenly appeared as a flower-picking thief, could it be that he is truly practicing a technique of harvesting yin to replenish yang?