CH 108

TL: Moonlit

Mr. Ning and Mrs. Ning kept holding Ning Shi Hua’s hand, urging her to change her mind.

“It’s our fault, we shouldn’t have forced you into marriage… Let’s just go with the flow from now on, okay?” Mrs. Ning thought about the good marriage prospect her daughter would have at the age of forty-two, which they had ruined due to their impatience as parents. It pained her deeply.

Ning Shihua kept her head down and remained silent.

Going with the flow sounded good, but if a few years passed and she still hadn’t gotten married, her parents would surely pressure her again… Their idea of going with the flow was based on the assumption that she might get married at forty-two.

She sighed and looked up at her parents, saying, “I can’t guarantee anything to you. I can only tell you that I don’t reject the idea of marriage. If fate allows, I will get married and have children. But if there is no fate, don’t blame me. If you can’t accept that, let’s just cut ties.”

“How can you say that!” Mrs. Ning became desperate, tears streaming down her face. “How can you say such things? We’ve worked so hard to raise you…”

Before she could finish her sentence, Ning Shihua interrupted her, “Consider me unfilial, I’m sorry.”

She didn’t want to argue with her parents anymore. The two generations had completely different beliefs, and they would never be able to convince each other.

Shen Ye thought for a moment and used his techniques to shield Mr. Ning and Mrs. Ning’s perception. He said to Ning Shihua, “I just said it’s too late to scare your parents. Everyone’s destiny can change. Your marriage line is indeed blurry now, but if you want to get married, there is still a possibility that the marriage line will reappear. In other words, you still have hope for marriage in the future. If you don’t want to break ties with your parents, you can tell them the actual situation and let them hold onto hope.”

Ning Shihua remained silent for a long time and shook her head. “Forget it. I’m afraid that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. If I don’t get married even after a long time, will they intensify their pressure? What if they resort to desperate measures? I believe my parents are capable of that, and I don’t know how to deal with it…”

Shen Ye shrugged. “There is another option. I can use my techniques to make them never mention marriage again.”

Ning Shihua was taken aback.

If that were possible, she would certainly feel much lighter, and the conflict with her parents would be alleviated. However, it seemed somewhat cruel to her parents if she were to do that.

She couldn’t make up her mind for a moment.

Shen Ye didn’t rush her and said, “Take your time to think about it. When you’ve made up your mind, you can contact me anytime.”

In fact, for parents like Mr. Ning and Mrs. Ning, who were so persistent in pressuring their children to get married, the greatest revenge was to let their children remain single for a lifetime.

However, many children yielded to their parents’ nagging and pressure and ended up getting married.

Besides, it seemed foolish to remain single just for the sake of revenge against parents, so in most cases, parents ultimately succeeded.

Shen Ye handed the decision-making power to Ning Shihua. After all, this was the conflict between Ning Shihua and her parents, and he, as an outsider, couldn’t intervene.

He held Ye Ze’s hand, glanced at Ning Shihua, and changed the subject, saying, “My husband and I are planning to return to the imperial capital. What about you? Are you planning to stay here or go back to Hai Cheng?”

Ning Shi Hua didn’t hesitate for long this time and said, “I’m going back to Hai Cheng.”

She didn’t want to stay. Although her parents wouldn’t be able to lock her up without the fairy aunt, she also didn’t want to argue with them anymore.

Shen Ye nodded and said, “Then let’s go together.”

Ning Shihua agreed and then remembered something. She asked softly, “What about the daughter of the fairy aunt?”

The fairy aunt should have a daughter with cultivation, right?

She was a bit worried. If the fairy aunt’s daughter inherited her legacy and continued to deceive the people in the town, what would happen? Her parents might even go to the fairy aunt’s daughter for talismans…

Shen Ye hadn’t actually thought about this issue before and said, “The fairy aunt doesn’t have a daughter.”

“Huh?” Ning Shihua was stunned and said, “But… but I’ve seen her…”

Shen Ye replied, “That was a paper doll made by the fairy aunt, transformed using techniques. In a rural place like this, a woman without children is often looked down upon, but if she had a daughter, she would appear pitiful. In short, she fabricated a daughter to make her own background seem more reliable.”

He hadn’t initially realized it either, as the fairy aunt did have a daughter in the past.

It wasn’t until their recent confrontation with the fairy aunt that he scanned her consciousness and learned that her daughter had passed away in her thirties. The fairy aunt herself refused to acknowledge this fact and kept using the paper doll as a substitute for her daughter, eventually deceiving herself as well.

Ning Shihua thought carefully and suddenly realized, “No wonder I only saw her daughter once!”

Everyone knew that the fairy aunt’s daughter was working outside and later got married in another city. She rarely returned to her hometown. So even though no one had seen the fairy aunt’s daughter again, nobody suspected anything…

The fairy aunt was truly formidable, being able to fabricate her own daughter out of thin air.

Ning Shihua couldn’t help but sigh in relief. Fortunately, she met Master Shen, otherwise the entire town’s residents would have been in danger…

She was one of the victims herself. That talisman water had caused her skin to ulcerate, but thanks to Master Shen’s help, she was able to recover. She didn’t know what the consequences would have been otherwise.

What she didn’t know was that the fairy aunt actually didn’t harm the residents of the town. The fairy aunt was born there, so she still had some attachment to her hometown. She wouldn’t harm the descendants of her hometown either.

But the girls in the town suffered greatly because the fairy aunt favored boys over girls. She didn’t like girls studying or being strong. She believed that unmarried girls were a disgrace…

Over the years, the girls in the town were deeply affected, including Mother Ning and Ning Shihua.

Mother Ning was a primary school teacher. She came from another place when she married and was the first female teacher in the town.

The fairy aunt particularly disliked her.

In the fairy aunt’s eyes, girls studying was a mistake, and Mother Ning dared to show up and teach boys, which was simply unreasonable.

Since then, the fairy aunt had been constantly criticizing the futility of girls studying in front of Mother Ning, gradually brainwashing her as well.

When Ning Shihua was studying, Mother Ning didn’t pay much attention to her grades. By the time Ning Shihua finished junior high school, under the instigation of the fairy aunt, Mother Ning even let her drop out of school.

If it weren’t for Ning Shihua’s lucky encounter with a director who cast her in a successful movie, and later her own efforts to get into university, her life would have been over.

Many girls in the town, influenced by the fairy aunt, couldn’t pursue education and ended up marrying early and having children.

Just like Third Aunt’s daughter, who clearly had a promising future but was almost forcibly changed by the fairy aunt.

Fortunately, the fairy aunt was gone now, and soon the town would gradually be exposed to outside ideas. It shouldn’t remain so conservative and rigid.

Shen Ye secretly thought to himself that he would mention it to Ye Ze later and ask him to inform the provincial authorities to strengthen ideological education in this aspect.

Changing people’s thinking was a slow process, but no matter what, with each generation, things would eventually develop in a positive direction.

Afterward, Shen Ye used techniques to repair the walls of Ning’s house.

Once everything was restored, Shen Ye grabbed Ye Ze’s hand and whispered, “Shall we go?”

Ye Ze nodded gently and interlocked his fingers with Shen Ye’s.

It was already past 6 p.m. From Qixian County to the provincial capital would take over two hours, and another two hours by plane to return to the imperial capital. They would likely arrive home in the middle of the night, but Shen Ye and Ye Ze still decided to return to the imperial capital overnight.

Ning Shihua also joined them.

She didn’t drive this time. If she could ride in the Ye family’s car to the provincial capital, it would save her a lot of trouble.

Father Ning and Mother Ning wanted to stop her, but they also hesitated due to Shen Ye’s abilities. They could only watch her leave helplessly.

“If you want, I can accompany you to Haicheng and arrange for someone to take care of you,” Ning Shihua said, knowing her parents were watching as she took a few steps before turning back to look at them.

Father Ning shook his head and sighed, “We just want to stay in our hometown and not go anywhere.”

It was a statement made out of stubbornness.

Ning Shihua fell silent for a few seconds and said, “Then I’m leaving. If you need anything, feel free to call me anytime.”

As she was about to walk out of the yard, Mother Ning choked and spoke up, “Xiao Hua, how can you just leave like this…”

Before she could finish her words, Father Ning angrily exclaimed, “Let her go! This unfilial daughter, I’ll pretend I never raised her, she’s a heartless wolf!”

Ning Shihua bit her lip and silently continued walking out.

Being called an unfilial daughter and heartless wolf by her own biological father naturally hurt, but perhaps she had already prepared herself mentally for it, so she could temporarily bear this pain.

She blinked back tears, refusing to look back, and walked out of the gate.

Shen Ye stood by the car, seeing the face of Ning Shihua, on the verge of tears, and sighed, “It turns out parents and children can have such deep conflicts.”

He realized he was quite fortunate. Grandma Shen treated him well, and Grandpa Ye treated him well too. Their marriage with Ye Ze hadn’t encountered any obstacles.

As for the original world, he became even more carefree. His master treated him like a son, and his martial brothers and sisters doted on him.

But his luckiest encounter was meeting Ye Ze. This man always silently supported him, accompanying him no matter what he wanted to do.

Shen Ye hugged the man’s waist tightly and leaned in to peck his chin, smiling happily. “Uncle, you’re really good to me.”

Ye Ze chuckled and reached out to gently pinch his earlobe. “It takes over two hours to reach the provincial capital. You can take a nap.”

Shen Ye had just fought against the fairy Aunt, which consumed a lot of mental energy. Ye Ze was worried that Shen Ye would be too tired.

He still remembered how Shen Ye fainted for three days after killing Yang Yuhang’s master. Although Shen Ye said that nothing would happen now, he still couldn’t rest assured.

“I’m fine.” Shen Ye rubbed his shoulder against the man’s and lazily leaned on him. “I’ll play with my phone for a while.”

Ye Ze simply lifted him up from under his armpits and settled him on his lap. “Alright, if you get tired of playing, you can sleep.”

Shen Ye grabbed the man’s hand and placed it on his lips, giving it a gentle kiss. He grinned and agreed. Then he took out his phone, opened WeChat, and logged into Weibo, completing the actions smoothly. He had encountered many things in Qi Lian Mountain these past two days, and he had almost forgotten the feeling of being online.

Once he logged into Weibo, he received many comments and private message notifications from fans.

For the past few days, fans had been asking him why he disappeared from Weibo.

Usually, Shen Ye was very active, posting a Weibo almost every day, so this time, after several days of silence, everyone speculated that something must have happened.

[Master Shen, nothing happened, right?]

[Don’t talk nonsense. Master Shen married Young Master Ye. It’s probably their honeymoon trip.]

[Hehe, it’s also possible that they can’t get out of bed.]

[Sister, you’re good at guessing! I think that’s the truth. Master Shen must have been bedridden!]

[…]

The comments that followed went off in a wild direction, deviating from seriousness.

Of course, there were also genuine concerns mixed in.

Shen Ye skimmed through the comments, finding some funny and touching ones.

He posted a Weibo: [Thank you all for your concern. These past few days, I was helping someone resolve some matters, and it has now been successfully completed. Here, I want to address two important matters: First, if anyone is facing pressure from their parents for an arranged marriage and doesn’t want to get married, you can come to me for help. Second, if any girls are facing a situation where their parents prioritize boys and force them to drop out of school or marry for a dowry, you can also come to me. If I can help, I definitely will.]

He was reminded of Ning Shihua’s situation. Even an international film queen like her could be troubled by her parents’ pressure to get married, and she had almost been locked up and forced into marriage. What about ordinary girls? Were they subjected to even more severe pressure?

Shen Ye felt that if he could be of assistance, he couldn’t just stand by and do nothing. Even if he couldn’t change everyone’s destiny, at least he would try his best.

Fans were excited to see the return of the missing figure and began leaving comments on Shen Ye’s Weibo:

[Master Shen, you’re finally back in business!]

[Did you crawl out of Young Master Ye’s bed? Does your back hurt? Do your legs hurt? You haven’t been in business for the past two or three days, were they all spent in bed? Goodness, Young Master Ye is quite enduring…]

[Sister above, please mind your words. Don’t be so vulgar… I’m already nosebleeding!]

After a while, everyone calmed down from their excitement and noticed the content Shen Ye posted, gradually becoming more serious.

Some fans started sharing their own experiences in the comments:

[Master Shen is truly amazing. I’ve also been pressured by my parents to get married these past two years. Recently, my mom gave me an ultimatum, insisting that I return to my hometown for blind dates and quit my job in the first-tier city. I don’t want to quit my job; the conditions here are good, and I’ve been working for many years. I bought a house in the first-tier city, but my parents want me to marry back home so they can be taken care of when they’re older. I’m really confused right now and don’t know what to do.]

[I’m still in college, and my parents haven’t pressured me to find a boyfriend. But my cousin is thirty-six years old and still unmarried. All our relatives take turns introducing boyfriends to her, and she has at least two blind dates every day. It looks really tiring.]

[In my hometown, there are indeed many girls who drop out of middle school to work outside and support their brothers’ education. One girl in our dormitory told us that she is the only college student in her village because the other girls have already dropped out of school.]

[I also heard from my dormitory classmate that most of her middle school classmates are already married. Some of them even have children who are several years old. We’re only twenty years old now, just reaching the legal age, but their children are already several years old… It’s terrifying to think about it!]

Everyone commented with genuine feelings. They usually don’t talk about these issues, and they don’t think deeply about them. But now that they are discussing them seriously, they realize that there are always such cases around them, which is heart-wrenching.

Shen Ye looked at the comments and posted another Weibo: [If you’re really in difficulty, you can private message me or contact my manager, Sister Si.]

He wasn’t deceiving or putting on a show. He had made up his mind that even if the person seeking help was in a remote mountainous area, he would rush over to assist.

However, his efforts alone were not enough.

The most important thing was to carry out ideological education and gradually change people’s perspectives.

Shen Ye put his phone aside, hugged Ye Ze’s neck, and shared his thoughts with him.

Ye Ze kissed his cheek. “Hmm, I will make suggestions to the relevant departments. We can also establish a fund to help girls who have dropped out of school.”

Shen Ye couldn’t help but smile.

He knew that his man would always support him.

“Husband, I love you so much.” Shen Ye leaned in to kiss the man’s lips and coquettishly said.

Ye Ze’s lips curved up as he held the back of Shen Ye’s head, deepening the kiss.

When Shen Ye was released, his waist and legs felt weak.

He thought of the comments from his fans and secretly thought that his husband was not only enduring but also skilled in kissing…

If it weren’t for the fact that they would be home soon and could indulge in driving, Shen Ye would have wanted to fool around with Ye Ze in the car.

He licked his lips, savoring the feeling of being kissed by the man, and continued holding his phone while surfing the internet in the man’s embrace.

At this moment, he received a WeChat message from a classmate in his chat. Seeing that he had posted a Weibo, the classmate asked where he was now.

After the summer vacation, Shen Ye had minimal contact with his classmates.

Most of his classmates were immersed in the film and television industry. Those who hadn’t signed with a company would go to the set as extras.

The most common question from his classmates was when Shen Ye would have his wedding.

Shen Ye sent everyone a red envelope and replied: [The wedding doesn’t need to be rushed. I will definitely send out invitations when the time comes.]

After everyone grabbed the red envelopes, they congratulated him one after another.

Cai Zhiwei suddenly sent him a private message: [When are you returning to Haicheng? Do you know Chen Zi? She found me this morning and said she wants you to help her with fortune-telling.]

Chen Zi was a female artist from the same company as Cai Zhiwei. She had recently played several leading roles in popular TV dramas and had gained a lot of popularity and audience love.

When she approached Cai Zhiwei, he was quite surprised.

In his opinion, Chen Zi was doing very well. Her popularity and positive reviews were high, so why would she have any trouble?

Unfortunately, Chen Zi didn’t tell Cai Zhiwei why she wanted Shen Ye to read her fortune, and Cai Zhiwei didn’t feel it was appropriate to ask further questions, so he could only keep his doubts to himself.

Shen Ye: [It will be a few more days. I have to discuss the specific timing with my husband. Is she in a hurry? If she is, she can come to the Imperial City to find me.]

Popular artists like Chen Zi must be traveling all over the country for various activities, so there would definitely be opportunities for her to come to the Imperial City.

Cai Zhiwei replied: [I’ll ask Sister Chen. She has a program recording in the Imperial City recently. I’ll have her come find you then, is that okay?]

Shen Ye: [Sure, tell her to contact Sister Si and schedule a time.]

Thinking about having business opportunities as soon as he arrived in the Imperial City, Shen Ye was quite happy.

He realized that he couldn’t sit still. His greatest enthusiasm was making money to support his husband!

After about half an hour, the car crossed the boundary of Qixian County and headed towards the provincial capital.

Shen Ye put away his phone, turned around to look at the Qi Lian Mountains hidden in the setting sun, and whispered to Ye Ze, “Uncle, do I have any celestial aura?”

Ye Ze had one arm around his waist and the other holding a tablet as he replied to emails. He lowered his gaze slightly and looked at Shen Ye.

“No, you don’t.” After about half a minute, Ye Ze withdrew his gaze and shook his head gently. “But I see golden merits and purple aura on you…”

“Huh? Do I have purple energy?” Shen Ye sat up in surprise from the man’s embrace. “Is it because I absorbed your purple aura after we drove together? I guess the process of you and me intertwining caused the purple aura to flow into me… Hehe, am I right?”

Ye Ze: “…”

Hearing the childlike phrase “you and me intertwining,” Ye Ze inexplicably felt a warmth spreading through his ears.

Shen Ye didn’t notice the man’s expression. Excitedly, he knelt on the man’s lap, embracing the man’s neck, and said, “The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced that it’s true. I must not be wrong!”

Ye Ze: “Hmm.”

“If only I could share my cultivation with you,” Shen Ye thought to himself, deciding that he needed to prioritize dual cultivation.

He had already absorbed the man’s purple aura, so he couldn’t let the man lose out.

Purple aura was a good thing… No wonder he was unaffected by the spiritual power and divine soul when dealing with the fairy today.

Ye Ze’s lips curved slightly as he touched Shen Ye’s face and said, “No need.”

He didn’t want to share Shen Ye’s cultivation. He would cultivate on his own and strive to catch up with the child’s progress.

Shen Ye smiled affectionately and kissed him, saying, “Dual cultivation is beneficial for both of us. You can’t refuse.”

“…Alright.” Ye Ze agreed good-naturedly and gently returned the kiss.

The two of them cherished each other for a while, but Shen Ye remembered the topic of spiritual energy and hurriedly said, “I asked you earlier if I have any spiritual energy because I thought of something.”

Ye Ze gazed at him quietly, waiting for him to continue.

“I don’t have any spiritual energy, and the little golden dragon doesn’t have it either. That strand of spiritual energy flew into the fairy… I was thinking, extracting the spiritual energy from the fairy might be one of the elements to open the passage between the two realms.”

He had a feeling that once his divine soul was complete, he accumulated enough merits, and combined with the purple aura from Ye Ze, he should be able to open the passage by reclaiming the spiritual energy left outside.

So, this time, he came to help Ning Shihua to solve the forced marriage problem and deal with the fairy. It was probably fate guiding him.

After hearing his analysis, Ye Ze pondered for a moment and said thoughtfully, “Could there be other spiritual energies left outside?”

Shen Ye: “…”

… That’s a good question, but he didn’t know how to answer it.

“Based on my intuition, there shouldn’t be any remaining spiritual energies.” Shen Ye tilted his head and contemplated. “But I can’t say for sure…”

He was considering whether or not to turn back to Qi Lian Mountain and see what was going on beneath the deep pool.

Previously, because of the little golden dragon’s explanation, Shen Ye thought there wouldn’t be anything valuable at the bottom of the pool, so he didn’t go down. But now, he realized that he should have gone down to investigate.

However, they had already left Qixian County, and if they went back now, it would be dark by the time they arrived. Would they have to spend the night on the mountain?

He didn’t mind, but he didn’t want Ye Ze to endure any hardships.

Even if he could create a beautiful room and bed through illusion, it wouldn’t be a real hotel, and he was afraid that Ye Ze wouldn’t be comfortable staying there…

After considering it, Shen Ye finally said, “Uncle, how about you summon the little golden dragon? I have something to ask it.”

Ye Ze looked deeply at him and asked, “Are you really going to make me call the little golden dragon?”

“?” Shen Ye blinked. “Yeah, I want to ask it if it knows whether there are any other spiritual energies left outside.”

Ye Ze silently looked at him for a few seconds before saying, “…Alright.”

He summoned the little golden dragon.

Not long after, the roar of the little golden dragon sounded in the car, “I, the King of the Dragon Clan, am your spiritual pet! Not a slave!”

I’ll revise the article another day~=3=

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