The plaza fell into complete silence.
Everyone had been jolted awake by Mo Shuangxing’s words and kept replaying the four words “strength is supreme” in their minds. Some people’s eyes gradually lit up, as if they had gained an insight.
Everyone was pleased.
Only Chen Shu felt his heart pounding in fear.
He wondered whether he had offended Mo Shuangxing somewhere without realizing it. Otherwise, no one should treat him with such an attitude upon first meeting.
Just as he was feeling uneasy, Qing Jingrou suddenly turned around and walked toward him with light, graceful steps, her figure elegant and slender.
“Miss Qing…” Chen Shu’s eyes immediately lit up.
Pa!
A loud slap landed squarely on Chen Shu’s face. It was so fast that he did not even have time to react. There was still a trace of expectation on his face.
The burning pain instantly snapped him awake, and his expression sank.
“Miss Qing, what do you mean by this?” Chen Shu felt both anger and confusion. They had met several times before, and the impression back then had been fairly good. So why now…
Pa!
Another loud slap.
Qing Jingrou’s expression was indifferent as her red lips parted slightly. “These two slaps are to teach you a lesson. My master is a peak master, and in name, I am now also your senior sister. You speak like this. Are you implying that my master and I are blind, deaf, and foolish? Hmph!”
The young woman cast a subtle glance at Su Mu.
In the past, she had known nothing. In order to prevent Su Mu from pestering her, she had even done many things in public that damaged his reputation.
But not anymore.
No one could insult you, Su Mu. No one could.
Her expression was resolute.
After Qing Jingrou finished speaking, not only was Chen Shu stunned, but everyone else present was also frozen in place.
Even Su Mu himself was dumbfounded.
The golden halberd almost slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.
“What the hell is going on? There is definitely something wrong with this plotline!”
Su Mu roared crazily in his heart and hurriedly called out to the system. “System. Get out here right now. Explain to me what is going on.”
[Reminder to host: After system detection, the current world line is completely normal. There are no abnormal conditions.]
“What do you mean no abnormal conditions? You call this normal?” Su Mu wanted nothing more than to drag the system out and beat it up.
[That is correct, host. The system conducted nearly a thousand checks within the past second and confirmed that there are no abnormalities.]
“Then what is this?” Su Mu’s face darkened.
[It may be the butterfly effect caused by the host’s repeated reincarnation. The host may actively search for clues and explore the reason independently.]
“Hah…” Su Mu took a deep breath and forcibly calmed himself down, carefully recalling everything that had happened today.
“Where exactly did things go wrong?”
“Right.”
Su Mu’s eyes suddenly lit up. From the very first meeting today, Qing Jingrou’s state had already been off, and at that time, Su Mu had not even interacted with her yet.
The only possible source of change was someone else. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
And coincidentally, Mo Shuangxing’s state was also off. Her attitude toward Su Mu was far too good.
What did this mean?
It meant that when someone bought her over, the conditions offered had been more than satisfactory.
“If that’s the case…” Su Mu muttered to himself. “Then it must be your doing, old man.”
That was right. Su Mu’s father, Su Ningye, was the patriarch of the Immortal Su Clan and a peak Immortal King Realm cultivator. If he paid a sufficiently enormous price, it would definitely be enough to change Mo Shuangxing’s attitude.
Perhaps he saw his son spending too much to pursue a woman and, as a side effect, also gave the Qing Clan many benefits.
Although Qing Jingrou was usually cold, she still cared deeply about her family. If her family asked her, she would absolutely force herself to change her attitude.
Even if only for one day, as long as it was her family’s request, she would put on a pleasant face toward Su Mu.
Yes.
It had to be this way.
Su Mu’s gaze gradually cleared. Although the logic now made sense, he felt no joy. Instead, a tall, imposing figure appeared in his mind.
“Old man, you actually did so much in silence…”
Thinking about it, his eyes could not help but feel a little moist.
In order not to expose his abnormal state, Su Mu quickly reined in his emotions and devoted himself fully to his role.
The plaza had already fallen completely silent.
After Qing Jingrou finished speaking, everyone sank into silence.
Some were shocked. Some found it hard to believe.
“What’s wrong with the Cold Jade Fairy today?”
“Did her personality suddenly change? Was she stimulated or threatened?”
“Miss Qing was never like this before. Did Chen Shu anger her?”
“Why does it feel like she’s protecting Su Mu?”
“No way…”
Some people murmured, finding it difficult to accept.
Everyone knew that although Su Mu was the young master of the Su Clan, he was an out-and-out foolish simp.
In order to please Qing Jingrou, he had crazily poured out resources, forcibly elevating the Qing Clan to the status of a new first-tier family.
Even though Qing Jingrou herself was not interested and had publicly rejected, ignored, and even humiliated him many times, Su Mu did not care and stubbornly continued to simp for her.
“What’s going on today?”
“I know!”
“It must be because of Su Mu’s father.”
Someone who thought he had figured it out slapped his head and exclaimed loudly. “Think about it. We already noticed earlier that the Cold Jade Fairy’s attitude was off. It must be because of Su Mu’s father.”
After hearing this, the crowd fell silent for a moment. After thinking it over, they felt it made a lot of sense and could not help nodding repeatedly.
“That’s right. It has to be like this. Su Mu’s father is an Immortal King after all.”
“Exactly. Even Peak Master Mo could not avoid it.”
As everyone filled in the gaps with their imagination, they even found excuses for Mo Shuangxing, which made her heart stir slightly.
Su Mu heard these words as well, which further confirmed his own speculation. He forcibly held back his emotions, barely preventing his eyes from reddening.
“Old man…”
In a daze, he seemed to see a tall figure grinning at him, patting his shoulder and saying, “Go on, son. Your father will clear away all obstacles for you.”
Su Mu’s heart trembled, and he was left speechless.
“Old man, I really do not need this. I just want them to think I’m a simp and stomp on me hard. Once they finish stomping on me, I can go home.”
“Old man, don’t do this.”
His thoughts returned to the plaza.
After a brief moment of stunned silence, Chen Shu also reacted. He clenched his fists tightly in secret, almost drawing blood.
Yet he forcibly squeezed out a smile. “Fine. Very fine. Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. Do not bully the young and poor. We’ll see about that. Hmph.”
After speaking, he snorted coldly and turned to leave.
“Wait.”
Qing Jingrou reached out and stopped him.
Chen Shu felt relieved, and a cold smile rose to his lips. “Miss Qing, even if you want to apologize now, it’s already too late.”
He decided that from now on, he would no longer call her Jingrou, making this woman regret offending him.
Who would have thought that Qing Jingrou’s expression would remain unchanged. “You say what you want and then turn around to leave? How could there be such a good thing?”
“Hmph. Get out of here.”
Because they were on the plaza, using cultivation directly was forbidden.
So Qing Jingrou circulated her clan’s supreme technique and stirred up a violent gust of wind.
Chen Shu was already seriously injured and could not withstand it. He shouted in anger.
The next moment, he was blown straight to the ground by the wind, then rolled rapidly toward the outside of the plaza.
Like a spinning top.
In the blink of an eye, he rolled far away, and no sound could be heard anymore.
“Pfft…”
Someone could not help laughing first.
Immediately after, the laughter seemed to carry an inexplicable contagiousness and spread rapidly.
“Hahaha. He really rolled out.”
“The Cold Jade Fairy is too talented. This is killing me with laughter.”
“Chen Shu is famous now.”
“Hahaha…”