Oh no! My grandmother made me shoulder the responsibility for eight households!

Chapter 273 In the end, lust prevailed.

Lin Chen walked out of the palace and took a deep breath.

Dawn was breaking, and the eastern sky was already turning a pale white.

He was just about to return home when he suddenly stopped.

A faint fragrance wafted into my nose.

It was faint, yet familiar.

It is Mei Jiu Niang.

Lin Chen was stunned for a moment, then looked up.

On a rooftop not far away, a figure stood quietly.

The moonlight shone on her, revealing her purple dress, her fair legs, and her fox-like eyes.

Mei Jiu Niang.

Lin Chen laughed: "Sect Leader Mei, didn't you say you were going back to Zhongzhou? Why are you still here?"

Mei Jiu Niang floated down from the roof and landed in front of Lin Chen.

They are very close.

The aroma became even stronger.

She looked at Lin Chen and smiled seductively.

"I was about to leave, but as soon as I left the city, I saw you holding off six continental gods all by yourself."

"If I miss such a lively scene, wouldn't I have wasted over three hundred years of my life?"

Lin Chen coughed lightly: "So you're staying to watch the show?"

Mei Jiu Niang nodded: "Watching the show was quite enjoyable."

She leaned forward and lowered her voice:

"Lin Chen, you're really something, hiding those eighteen terrestrial immortals so well."

Lin Chen leaned back slightly: "Sect Leader Mei, please speak freely, don't stand so close."

Mei Jiu Niang laughed: "What? Afraid I'll eat you?"

Lin Chen said with a serious face, "I'm scared, scared to death."

Mei Jiu Niang laughed so hard her body trembled.

After she finished laughing, she suddenly stopped laughing and looked at Lin Chen with a serious expression.

"Lin Chen, I'm leaving."

Lin Chen smiled slightly, "Would you like to have breakfast before you leave?"

"What kind of breakfast?" Mei Jiu Niang blinked and giggled.

Lin Chen coughed lightly: "Fried dough sticks and tofu pudding, the proper kind!"

Mei Jiu Niang took a step forward, reached out and tapped Lin Chen's chest, her smile carrying a deeper meaning.

"Next time, you know I'm always a bit of a glutton. Come find me anytime you come to me when you've figured things out."

Lin Chen opened his mouth, unsure of what to say.

Mei Jiu Niang chuckled, lightly touched the ground with her toes, and leaped into the air.

It drifted a long way away, then suddenly turned back and waved to Lin Chen.

"Take good care of Yao Yao and the others! If I find out they've been wronged, I'll make you pay!"

Lin Chen stood there, looking in the direction where Mei Jiu Niang had disappeared, and didn't move for a long time.

Then he turned and walked towards the Prince's Mansion.

After walking a few steps, they suddenly stopped again.

"wrong."

He glanced back at the large tree not far away.

Under the moonlight, the shadows of the trees swayed, and there was nothing there.

Lin Chen narrowed his eyes: "Sect Leader Mei, when you say 'walked away,' do you mean you stop after taking three steps?"

There was no movement in the tree.

Lin Chen sighed: "I saw the hem of your skirt."

"Pfft—"

A laugh.

Then Mei Jiu Niang peeked half her head out from the treetop, her fox-like eyes blinking.

How did you know I was still here?

Lin Chen tilted his head back and said, "I can smell the fragrance on you from two miles away."

"Yo."

Mei Jiu Niang floated down from the tree, this time not landing in front of Lin Chen, but beside him, circling him once, and sniffing him closely.

"Then why didn't you say so earlier?"

Lin Chen looked completely innocent: "I thought you were really leaving, so I had to save you some face, right?"

"Save face?"

Mei Jiu Niang laughed and pinched Lin Chen's waist.

"You little brat, trying to pull this on me?"

Lin Chen tried to dodge, but failed, and grimaced in pain.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch—Sect Leader Mei, your grip strength, have you practiced before?"

Mei Jiu Niang released her grip but didn't back away. She just stood in front of Lin Chen, looking up at him.

The moonlight shone down, and her eyes shone brightly.

Lin Chen felt a little uneasy under her gaze: "What are you looking at?"

Mei Jiu Niang didn't say anything, she just watched.

After watching for a while, he suddenly spoke:

"Lin Chen, tell the truth."

"Um?"

"Just now, when I was about to leave," Mei Jiu Niang's voice lowered.

"Is there even a tiny bit of something in your heart—"

She held up her little finger, making a gesture the size of a fingernail:

"You can't bear to part with such a small amount?"

Lin Chen was stunned for a moment.

Mei Jiu Niang stared at him without even blinking.

Lin Chen blinked, then smiled.

He leaned forward and lowered his voice:

"Sect Leader Mei, what a question you ask—"

He paused, then suddenly reached out, put his arm around Mei Jiu Niang's waist, and pulled her towards him.

Mei Jiu Niang was caught off guard and pressed herself against Lin Chen.

"you--"

Before she could finish speaking, Lin Chen had already grabbed her chin with his other hand and lifted it up.

Under the moonlight, the two faces were very close together.

Lin Chen looked at her, a roguish smile on his face.

"You say you can't bear to part with it? Of course you can't bear to part with it."

Such a beautiful woman, standing under the tree waiting for me in the middle of the night, if I said I was willing to let her go, would I even be human?

Mei Jiu Niang was completely bewildered by Lin Chen's actions.

She's lived for three hundred years. What kind of people hasn't she seen? What kind of scenes hasn't she experienced?

But now, with a young man in his early eighteens putting his arm around her waist and pinching her chin, she actually—

My heart skipped a beat.

She composed herself and squinted:

"Lin Chen, you've got some nerve."

Lin Chen looked completely innocent: "I've never been very brave, but when I saw you, it suddenly became bold."

Mei Jiu Niang made Lin Chen laugh in exasperation, "Where did you learn that mouth of yours?"

Lin Chen said seriously, "Self-taught."

As he spoke, he moved his hand down and gently patted Mei Jiu Niang's lower back.

"Sect Leader Mei, your waist is so slender."

Mei Jiu Niang's eyes sparkled: "Just a slim waist?"

Lin Chen looked her up and down, then clicked his tongue:

"I dare not accept that; if I did, you would probably eat me alive."

Mei Jiu Niang laughed so hard her body trembled, her body shaking in Lin Chen's arms.

"Then why are you taking advantage of me?"

Lin Chen thought for a moment, then honestly shook his head:

"If you think about it, you've already claimed it."

As he spoke, Lin Chen tightened his grip again, pulling the person closer to his chest.

Mei Jiu Niang was truly stunned this time.

She looked up at Lin Chen, her eyes filled with a complex emotion.

This kid—

She's incredibly audacious, accepting anyone who comes her way!

Lin Chen looked down at Mei Jiu Niang and suddenly sighed:

"Sect Leader Mei, please don't look at me like that."

"What do you think?"

"That kind of look, like you want to eat me but can't bear to."

Mei Jiu Niang felt embarrassed that Lin Chen had guessed her thoughts, and reached out to push him away.

"Get lost—"

There was no progress.

Lin Chen held her tightly, then leaned down and whispered in Mei Jiu Niang's ear:

"Sect Leader Mei, I have something to tell you."

Mei Jiu Niang's ears itched from Lin Chen's hot breath, so she tilted her head to the side.

"Just say it, why are you standing so close?"

Lin Chen didn't back down; in that position, he whispered:

"Do you know what you discussed with Whitebrow and the others outside the city tonight?"

Mei Jiu Niang stopped struggling and quietly looked at Lin Chen.

Although she knew that Lin Chen and Bai Mei were negotiating, she dared not approach them and therefore did not know the details.

Lin Chen chuckled softly, finally releasing his grip and taking a step back.

Then, taking Mei Jiu Niang's hand, they walked towards the large tree nearby:

"Come, sit down and talk."

……

The two sat under the tree.

Mei Jiu Niang leaned against Lin Chen, not saying a word, just waiting.

Lin Chen recounted the negotiations that had just taken place.

After she finished speaking, Mei Jiu Niang remained silent for a long time.

Then she suddenly laughed, "Lin Chen, you're really something."

Lin Chen smiled modestly: "It's alright."

Mei Jiu Niang rolled her eyes and said:

"So you plan to build a small town outside the main city to centrally manage those forces from Zhongzhou?"

Lin Chen nodded: "Yes, rather than letting them sneak around, it's better to manage them openly and centrally."

Mei Jiu Niang paused for a moment and then said:

"If your power is only what you've shown tonight, then you're delusional. There's a world of difference between a celestial being and a terrestrial immortal!"

"I know!" Lin Chen smiled without changing his expression.

"But I have my own reasons for doing this."

Mei Jiuniang gave Lin Chen a deep look, then giggled:

"Does your small town even have a place for my Hehuan Sect?"

Lin Chen looked at Mei Jiu Niang; under the moonlight, the woman's eyes shone brightly.

There was a mix of anticipation, trepidation, and—something indescribable—in my mind.

Lin Chen suppressed his inner thoughts and chuckled softly:

"Sect Leader Mei, if your Hehuan Sect wishes to move in, that's fine too."

Mei Jiu Niang's eyes lit up. "Really?"

"Really!" Lin Chen nodded.

"I'll talk to Bai Mei and the others later and ask them to reserve a place for you. They shouldn't refuse my request."

Mei Jiu Niang looked at Lin Chen and remained silent for a long while.

Then she suddenly leaned over and kissed Lin Chen on the cheek.

With a crisp "pop," it made a clear sound.

Lin Chen was stunned.

Mei Jiu Niang had already stepped back, smiling like a fox:

"This is a reward for you."

Lin Chen touched his face and laughed, "Sect Leader Mei, you're being too stingy."

Mei Jiu Niang licked her lips and gave him a flirtatious wink.

"What do you want? My house is still there, or this place will do!"

Lin Chen's throat moved, then he coughed lightly:

"Forget it, I won't disturb your journey."

"Coward!" Mei Jiu Niang rolled her eyes, looked at the pale dawn sky, and said softly:

"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore. I really have to go. There's a ton of stuff waiting for me at the Hehuan Sect. I don't know how chaotic it'll be while I'm gone."

After saying that, she stood up and leaped into the air.

After drifting a long way, it suddenly turned back and shouted to Lin Chen:

"Lin Chen—"

Lin Chen looked up at her.

Mei Jiu Niang waved to him in the morning light, her smile radiant:

"Next time I come over, I'm going to eat you alive!"

Lin Chen smiled slightly and waved to her.

"Let's wait and see!"

Mei Jiu Niang's laughter came from afar, growing farther and farther away, fading into the distance.

Finally, it disappeared into the morning light.

Lin Chen sat there, staring in the direction where Mei Jiu Niang had disappeared, and didn't move for a long time.

Then he looked down at his palm and saw a hairpin that had appeared out of nowhere.

It is made of jade and carved into the shape of a fox, with a small ruby ​​inlaid on its tail.

Lin Chen shook his head and chuckled softly, murmuring in a low voice:

"Mei Jiu Niang, you've put me in a difficult position!"

After saying that, he sighed and put the hairpin into his bosom.

Then he got up and strode towards the Prince's Mansion.