CHAPTER 735: CHAPTER 740: FORTUNE ARRIVES

At this moment, inside the wooden hut, Su Mei, with her back to the window, had her smooth, pink back facing the slit in the window where Ling Chen was peeping.

Su Mei stretched out her hand to pick up an intimate garment from the bed and put it on, thus hiding the splendid view.

Ah! What a pity.

Ling Chen shook his head secretly, wishing he could have enjoyed the view a little longer, but it seemed that opportunity was gone.

Seeing Su Mei dressed, turning toward the door to leave, Ling Chen dared not linger any longer and hurriedly ran towards the woods behind him, quickly escaping and returning to the edge of the woods.

Shortly after Ling Chen left, Su Mei walked out of the woods, heading straight to her residence.

It was only then that he noticed a stone stele standing outside the woods, inscribed with the words ’Forbidden Area’.

So that place was Su Mei’s hot springs, no wonder it was declared a forbidden area. Ling Chen remembered Su Mei once said that there was a Heavenly List expert secretly protecting her nearby, which is probably why the expert didn’t follow her due to inconvenience. This, in turn, gave Ling Chen the chance to peep.

However, even though he saw, Ling Chen felt extremely uncomfortable. His whole body felt heated and restless.

Damn it! Ling Chen cursed silently; it was that Prajnaparamita Sutra again, this mental method was too troublesome.

Forget it... Ling Chen shook his head and turned towards his room. Better to rush home and take a cold shower to cool down.

Back in his room, as soon as Ling Chen entered, he saw porridge girl sitting at the head of the bed, one hand supporting her forehead and her beautiful eyes slightly closed, as if she had fallen asleep.

Seeing porridge girl’s tired appearance, Ling Chen felt a heartache. These past few days, she had been bustling about to take care of him, hardly resting at all. She had worked hard.

Immediately, Ling Chen lightened his footsteps, walked behind porridge girl, gently picked up her delicate body, and prepared to lay her on the bed.

But as soon as Ling Chen lifted porridge girl, the slumbering girl instantly woke up, her face wary, her whole body’s strength gathered. However, once she recognized it was Ling Chen, she immediately relaxed her grip and reprimanded him, "Where did you go just now? I’ve been looking for you for ages."

"I... it’s nothing," Ling Chen smiled bitterly and turned to see porridge girl’s stunningly beautiful face, and the small flame that had just died in his heart was instantly reignited. He embraced porridge girl in one swoop, and her complexion changed, her cheeks flushing a deep red, but she did not resist. In her heart, this man had long become her own.

The night passed without a word.

...

Early the next morning.

Knock knock knock! Knock knock knock!

"Little Sixth Brother."

The knocking sound arose, accompanied by Xia Yue’s calling.

Lying on the bed, Ling Chen suddenly opened his eyes and quickly sat up.

"Little Sixth Brother, are you up yet? Open the door."

Hearing Xia Yue’s voice, Ling Chen quickly replied, "Fifth Sister, wait a moment, I’ll be right there." As he spoke, Ling Chen turned his head to look at porridge girl under the covers, whispering, "Quick, get up, my Fifth Sister is here."

Porridge girl, her face red, covered her chest with the quilt, fumbling around with one hand for her clothes, and asked, "My... my clothes?"

"How would I know."

"How could you not know?" Porridge girl gave Ling Chen an annoyed glare and said, "Last night... was it not you who threw them all?" Her voice unintentionally softened as she spoke, her face turning red like it was on fire.

Ling Chen picked up a few pieces of clothing from the ground and handed them to porridge girl, touching his nose and said, "Forget about it for now, just put on a couple of pieces and we’ll deal with Fifth Sister first."

In less than a minute, the two were dressed in outer garments. Then, Ling Chen lay back on the bed as usual with the quilt covering him, while porridge girl stood up and walked towards the door.

Opening the door, Xia Yue who was standing at the doorway saw porridge girl, and seemed somewhat surprised, saying, "I thought Little Sixth Brother was alone in the room; it turns out you are here too. Just now, you guys..."

"Sorry, I was just in the restroom, and Ling Chen was lying in bed, so it took a bit of time. Sister Yue, please come in!"

Xia Yue nodded, did not continue to inquire, and walked straight into the room.

However, once inside the room, Xia Yue sniffed with her nose as if she sensed something unusual and looked at Ling Chen and porridge girl with a strange gaze.

Ling Chen smiled and sat up from the bed, asking, "Fifth Sister, looking for me so early, is there something?"

Xia Yue gave Ling Chen a look and said, "There’s not really anything, it’s just that I wanted to tell you, there was a bit of an accident last night."

"Accident?" Ling Chen asked curiously, "What accident?"

"I just heard while I was outside, some people were talking that there was trouble at Yangxin Pavilion. Someone tried to use underhand methods against Wang Hao, but not only did they fail, they got a taste of their own medicine. There were originally four people in the semifinals, but because two of them were injured last night, there will only be you and Wang Hao left for tomorrow’s martial competition. Little Sixth Brother, congratulations, you’ve advanced directly to the finals."

Hearing this, Ling Chen couldn’t help but grin, not expecting such good fortune. The less competitors, the better—less time and hassle.

It seemed his guess was correct. If someone wanted to play dirty, they would definitely target Wang Hao, not him.

"Ling Chen, Sister Yue, you two chat, I’m going to prepare breakfast for Ling Chen," said porridge girl from the side, then she left the room.

Once porridge girl had gone, Xia Yue poked Ling Chen on the forehead with her finger, chiding without good humor, "You really do have quite the romantic luck."