Xuanchen gave a faint smile and said, "Not hard." Then, changing his tone to one dripping with danger, he asked, "However, little You'er, what should you call me?"
Xia Yueyou's face flushed crimson. Stifling her shyness, she softly murmured, "A'chen."
"Ah, what a good girl," he replied with a look of pure satisfaction.
She glared at him, using her eyes to urge him to make his move already.
The little loli chimed in from the side, pleading, "Big uncle, please."
"Mhm."
Xuanchen gave a soft acknowledgement, his eyes half-closing as his two fingers shot out like swords!
With a sharp snap, the black talisman shattered, dissolving into black mist that vanished into thin air.
"Alright, the person who cast the talisman will sleep for a month. If you still can't find them after that, it can only mean it's simply your destiny," he said pointedly.
Murong Xue smiled and expressed her gratitude. "Thank you, future brother-in-law."
"Mhm, little girl, I like that title."
"Xiao Xue, don't go running your mouth," Xia Yueyou chided with a blushing, angry look.
"Hehe, Sis, it's only a matter of time." Having resolved the problem weighing on her mind, the little loli recovered her cheerful smile.
Xia Yueyou was left speechless—they weren't even officially a couple yet—so she simply ignored her.
Turning to Xuanchen, she said, "Xuan... A'chen, the car we came in is at the village committee courtyard in the village ahead. We can go over there now, drive to the airport, and catch a plane back to Kyoto."
Calling him by that name still felt somewhat unfamiliar, but she didn't want to go back on her word, so her cheeks flushed brilliantly every time the name passed her lips.
"Whatever little You'er says."
...
Manfei Village, a settlement under the jurisdiction of Hongjing City in Yunnan Province. Xuanchen and the two women walked into the village committee courtyard.
"Ms. Xia, Ms. Murong, you're back," a middle-aged man said as he walked over, wearing a perfectly measured smile.
Xia Yueyou nodded in reply. "Village Chief Yu, sorry to trouble you."
"No trouble at all, no trouble at all. Ms. Xia, the three companions who came with you drove off early this morning."
Her eyes narrowed slightly, but she quickly put on a gentle smile. "Thank you for letting us know, Village Chief Yu. We'll be heading back to Kyoto now."
"Safe travels, you three."
...
A formidable-looking off-road vehicle sped along the national highway, racing toward the Hongjing City International Airport.
Xuanchen lay lazily in the front passenger seat, casually picking up Xia Yueyou's phone from the center console.
He asked offhandedly, "Little You'er, what's the password? I've been out of the mountains for too long, figured I should catch up on the ways of the mortal world."
"..."
"A'chen, that's my phone," she said, her voice carrying a hint of helplessness.
"I know. I wouldn't want to use anyone else's phone anyway."
"I'm not telling you. If you want a phone, I'll buy you one when we get to Kyoto."
Her phone held quite a few little secrets; how could she possibly let a man look through it?
"Tsk, how stingy."
Xuanchen tried punching a string of numbers into the screen, and to no one's surprise—least of all his—it unlocked.
Hearing the sound of the phone unlocking, Xia Yueyou's expression shifted drastically. She immediately pulled the off-road vehicle over to a small path beside the highway.
Hastily snatching the phone back, she stared at him in utter shock and asked, "How did you know the password?"
Knowing he possessed the Heart-Communication Technique, she hadn't even thought about the password in her mind just now. The password was her birthdate; aside from her family members, only Xiao Xue knew her real birthday.
"This deity gave it a little divination—knowing the past above, and foreseeing the future below," Xuanchen said solemnly.
Xia Yueyou stared at him fixedly, her face broadcasting a clear *do you expect me to believe that?* expression. She knew people who could divine major events, but she had never heard of anyone who could divine someone else's phone password.
"Little You'er doesn't believe me? Then lean your ear closer, and I'll tell you a secret." His smile was enigmatic.
Skeptical, Xia Yueyou leaned her head closer.
Xuanchen slowly moved to her ear. First, he blew a gentle puff of air, then whispered softly, "Because when little You'er was born, I even held you."
Her ear twitched, followed by a full-body shudder. She instantly jerked back into the driver's seat, her face flushed with a deep red.
Pressing the accelerator all the way to the floor, the Tank off-road vehicle shot onto the highway like an arrow released from a bow, hurtling toward the airport. As for what he had said, she certainly didn't believe a word of it.
He wasn't an obstetrician, after all.
Murong Xue sat in the back row, gripping the overhead grab handle for dear life. When her sister went wild, even she was scared!
Two hours later, the off-road vehicle arrived at the parking lot of Hongjing International Airport.
Two men in suits hurried over, eagerly pulling open the driver-side door.
"Ms. Xia, the plane is ready. We can take off at any time."
"Mhm, thank you for your hard work."
When facing outsiders, Xia Yueyou's aloof demeanor returned in full force.
"Ms. Xia, you're too kind. It's our duty."
"Arrange for someone to ship my car back to Kyoto." Although the car wasn't expensive, it suited her tastes perfectly.
"Understood. We will make sure your beloved car is delivered back to Kyoto without a single scratch." His tone was dripping with flattery.
"Ms. Xia, please follow me."
He turned and led the group to the terminal, guiding them through a special passageway and onto a shuttle bus that brought them directly to a private jet.
Just as Xia Yueyou was about to board, Xuanchen caught her hand while simultaneously transmitting a stealthy voice message directly into her mind:
"Little You'er, the plane has been tampered with."
Hearing this, a boundless chill flooded Xia Yueyou's eyes. It seemed that ever since her grandfather fell ill, many people had started growing restless.
She didn't know how to use voice transmission, but knowing he possessed the Heart-Communication Technique, she thought directly in her mind: *Is there anything you can do?*
"Don't worry, with me here, no one can hurt you. Just board normally; I only mentioned it so you'd be mentally prepared."
A dark glint flashed in Xuanchen's profound eyes.
"Sis, what are you guys doing? Hurry up and get on," the little loli called out from the cabin door, looking puzzled.
Feigning complete normalcy, Xia Yueyou boarded the plane, and Xuanchen followed with a smile playing at the corners of his lips.
The cabin door closed, and upon receiving clearance from the control tower, the captain steered the aircraft as it pierced through the clouds.
Once the plane leveled off for steady flight, the two girls went to the restroom to wash up and change out of their travel clothes, which had grown slightly torn.
The little loli, dressed in a goose-yellow long-sleeved dress, collapsed onto a large bed inside the cabin, letting out a comfortable sigh before promptly falling fast asleep.
Xuanchen looked at Xia Yueyou's outfit, the corners of his lips curling upward slightly.
On her upper body, she wore a pristine white silk shirt, paired with dark black wide-leg trousers on the bottom. Combined with her slender 1.7-meter frame, she looked breathtakingly, peerlessly beautiful.
He glanced up at the magnificent curves of her chest, then down at his own palm. *Hmm, perfectly graspable.*
"Xuanchen, where are you looking!"
Catching his gaze and his little gesture, Xia Yueyou flushed crimson and chided him angrily. This man was nothing like some powerful immortal cultivator—he was an absolute hooligan!
Caught red-handed, Xuanchen felt not a shred of awkwardness. Instead, he teased playfully, "I was looking at our future child's..."
Before he could finish, she lunged forward in a flash, tightly clamping a hand over his mouth and pressing him down onto the sofa from above.
From this angle, Xuanchen could catch a glimpse of pale skin through her drooping collar, so he simply stopped resisting and quietly enjoyed the view.
Furious beyond measure, Xia Yueyou unleashed a flurry of rapid-fire punches, hammering them *thud, thud, thud* against his chest.
Little did she realize that doing so caused the magnificent curves of her chest to bounce and jiggle along with the blows—what an absolute masterpiece of human scenery.