CHAPTER 602: CHAPTER 259: I AM PROBABLY A BAD WOMAN.

Cuiqing Inn.

Xiao Yinruo placed a chess piece down and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear: "Your chess ability has improved quite a bit."

As her words fell, she glanced out the window, feeling a bit regretful.

Last night, Jin’an and Qingyue did nothing—she naturally didn’t enjoy ’empathizing’ with some of Qingyue’s pain, but aside from pain, there were other feelings to empathize with.

First Wanyu, then Nanzhi... Only in this way could she divert the guilt she felt when talking to them.

But last night, Qingyue didn’t go.

It was quite tormenting.

Retracting her gaze, she again looked at Zhu Nanzhi sitting across from her, with some suspicions already forming in her heart.

This child is probably doubtful about the relationship between her Master and her husband; otherwise, why would she leave Lu Jin’an and stay here for the whole night?

When did the suspicions start?

Was it from her strange reactions when I was ’empathizing’ with Qingyue, or was it simply overthinking about what happened between me and Jin’an in the Green Lotus Secret Realm?

Of course, Xiao Yinruo couldn’t read minds, but she was too lazy to dwell on this matter.

After all, she did have an affair with her disciple’s husband that should never have happened.

She had figured out a way to deal with Wanyu, but how should she confess to Nanzhi?

Xiao Yinruo didn’t want to use the same method, after all, Wanyu knew from the start that she was empathizing, but Nanzhi didn’t know.

So, how to solve this?

While pondering, she saw Zhu Nanzhi showing a relaxed smile: "I still can’t beat Master."

Saying this, she also glanced out the window, inexplicably feeling much more relaxed.

Master didn’t have any strange reactions all night.

Whether she asked about what happened in the Green Lotus Secret Realm, or ’empathized’ with Qingyue, Master showed no unusual reactions.

Clearly, she had already arranged things with Qingyue.

But it might also be because Master retracted the ’empathy’ Daoist skill.

Regardless, it didn’t hinder her current state of relaxation.

She was truly a bit afraid, afraid of what might have happened between Master and her husband, especially dreading the idea of Master and her husband hiding it from her.

But at least for now, maybe she was just overthinking.

Recalling the time she overheard Master’s voice at Yunqi Palace, Zhu Nanzhi hesitated for a moment after retracting her gaze, then directly asked, "Were you ’empathizing’ with Qingyue?"

That night, Master couldn’t fake it, and Zhu Nanzhi wanted to understand what Master was really thinking at that time.

"Disciple listened outside Yunqi Palace all night that day."

Once she brought it up, Zhu Nanzhi felt a sense of confidence welling up, and her gaze became sharper.

For the first time, she faced Xiao Yinruo with such an attitude, just wanting to find out if Master harbored ’ill intentions’ towards her husband.

Back in the Nanzhuo Domain, many female Demon Cultivators in the Blood Emperor Sect harbored desires to bed her husband, and at that time, her response was simple: handle it secretly.

What right did they have to sleep with her husband?

But now, it was her own Master who was suspected.

The Master who had raised her single-handedly.

Not to mention the relationship that surpassed mother and daughter, more importantly... she couldn’t defeat Master.

So, she had prepared another way to deal with Master.

"That night..." Zhu Nanzhi lowered her eyes, "Yunqi Palace reverberated with an indulgent sound all night, and now I know of Qingyue’s actions, so you were ’empathizing’ with her, right?"

Her words made Xiao Yinruo’s heart unknowingly accelerate, the guilt she had managed to deflect for a night pouring out like a flood.

Xiao Yinruo never imagined that night her own voice had been overheard by Nanzhi.

Even though she had activated the Barrier around Yunqi Palace, how had she heard it?

"I rushed in before the Barrier was fully set up," Zhu Nanzhi explained on her own, "Although you are an Immortal, in that kind of situation, even you wouldn’t have the energy to focus on other things."

Zhu Nanzhi knew that kind of feeling, where one indulges to the point of forgetting oneself, especially after tasting the forbidden fruit for the first time and experiencing the exquisite delight that lingers, who would have extra thoughts on other matters?

And Master was in the safest area of Qingmiao Palace’s Yunqi Palace at that time, certainly not observing much around.

It’s all been overheard...

Xiao Yinruo thought Nanzhi truly didn’t know, but to her surprise, not only did she know, she had heard it!

She had heard it all, crystal clear!

Especially now, when Nanzhi directly spoke about it.

Xiao Yinruo wasn’t sure if her face showed any change, but she clearly felt her body slightly stiffening, and cold sweat seemed to seep from her back.

Apparently, being discovered felt like this—cold, suffocating.

This was just the feeling after Nanzhi detected the ’empathy’; if she discovered that I truly seduced her husband to bed, my mood would probably be even more panicked than it is now?

After all, the person I like isn’t some outsider, but the child who would call me "Mother-in-law" in the future.

Xiao Yinruo’s fingers on the chessboard seemed to tremble slightly. Seeing her Master’s expression, Zhu Nanzhi’s heart uncontrollably sank.

Even though Master didn’t speak, her pale face already said it all.

Now, Master’s ’empathy’ with Qingyue to feel her husband became an undeniable fact.

’Why didn’t she say no?’

Zhu Nanzhi opened her mouth, but no words came out.

Even though she had taken the initiative to ask and was prepared to hear Master’s confession, when the moment actually arrived, her emotions were not as calm as she had anticipated.