And Lin Jianheng finally moved.
The orange blossom pheromones struck again. Not a large amount.
But it was enough to shatter Yan Su, leaving her a disheveled mess.
Her girlfriend-master was truly amazing.
After Yan Su helped the lethargic Lin Jianheng clean up, Lin Jianheng finally regained some energy.
The two of them ate the leftovers from dinner, and Lin Jianheng went to find someone to clean the room.
This was the first time her room had been left in such a mess.
On her way, Lin Jianheng saw another group of attendants heading toward Jian Lingxuan’s room.
It seemed they weren’t the only ones who had a wild night.
“Let’s sleep in another room.” It would take a while to clean up. Lin Jianheng put her arm around Yan Su and led her upstairs.
Jian Heng had three rooms in the old residence. Before, she hadn’t understood why she was given so many, assuming it was simply because the house was huge and had plenty of empty rooms.
Jian Lingxuan had five, which was even more exaggerated.
Only now did Lin Jianheng understand. It’s only when you need them that you realize you don’t have enough rooms.
The two pushed open the door. The room was cleaned weekly, so there was no dust.
This room had a similar layout to the last one, but Yan Su could sense that her master’s scent was much fainter here.
“Go to sleep, girlfriend-sister. I’ll give you a proper confession in a few days.” Lin Jianheng carried Yan Su to the bed, kissing her as she curled up into a small ball in her arms.
Yan Su had received plenty of pheromones today and was completely satisfied. Her tail hooked around Lin Jianheng’s waist as she closed her eyes.
Her breathing soon became even.
The next morning, seeing Jian Lingxuan looking like she could barely walk, Lin Jianheng suddenly marveled at the powerful, high-speed self-healing ability of succubi.
At least her Sister had never been as tired as Jian Lingxuan.
The thought made Lin Jianheng feel a little defeated. Would she ever be able to wear Yan Su out like that?
“What are you looking at! Where’s your wife?” Jian Lingxuan shot Lin Jianheng a vicious glare, like a rabid dog ready to bite.
Lin Jianheng “snickered” right in front of her. “My wife went for a walk with my mommy. Mommy didn’t ask me to go, so I stayed here.”
They were at home anyway. If anything happened, Yan Su could ping her spiritual space, and she could use her domain’s teleportation to get to Yan Su’s side instantly.
“Where’s your wife?” Lin Jianheng had already eaten breakfast and was lazing on the sofa. Watching Jian Lingxuan eat alone, she started clucking her tongue in amusement again.
“I can’t be bothered with her.” Jian Lingxuan was quite fierce, giving Lu Yuanchen the cold shoulder with a sharp glare.
“Xuan’er.” However, Lu Yuanchen’s voice followed right after.
“You don’t want to talk to me?” Before anyone else could react, Lu Yuanchen was already sitting beside Jian Lingxuan.
Jian Lingxuan rolled her eyes at her and scooted away, clearly wanting to be left alone.
Lu Yuanchen didn’t mind. She cut a piece of meat for her and even brought it to her lips, doting on her.
Jian Lingxuan reluctantly leaned over and opened her mouth. After eating it, she shot Lu Yuanchen another glare.
“I never realized you were so thick-skinned, Sis.” Lin Jianheng’s comment made Jian Lingxuan’s face darken. Two seconds later, a cushion was thrown at Lin Jianheng’s face.
Lin Jianheng caught it steadily, with no intention of throwing it back. Having teased her fiery older sister, she settled back down to wait for Yan Su’s return.
According to their normal schedule, they were supposed to go to work today.
Tsk, and she’d have to be with Jian Lingxuan.
Lin Jianheng and Jian Lingxuan were the kind of sisters who couldn’t stand each other when they were together but missed each other when they were apart.
They had been seeing each other too often lately and were thoroughly sick of it, getting annoyed just by looking at one another.
Outside, Yan Su walked with Song Qinghua, feeling a little reserved.
Song Qinghua was very approachable, and after a few words, Yan Su relaxed considerably, no longer keeping such a distance from her.
“I didn’t ask you for a walk for any particular reason. I just wanted to remind you that our Xiao Heng once had someone she liked very much. That person’s sudden departure, a suspected betrayal, was a huge blow to her. Her mother, her sister, and I don’t want to see her hurt by love again.” After walking for ten minutes, Song Qinghua finally got to the point.
Yan Su nodded like a chick pecking at rice. “Mommy, I won’t. I really like Mas… Jian Heng.”
“That’s good. Ah, you’re very beautiful. Do you think the two babies will look more like you or Xiao Heng?” Song Qinghua was no longer surprised by the young couple’s master-pet roleplay.
It was just a type of play, after all. As long as they were happy, willing, and comfortable, it was fine.
“Thank you, Mommy. I… I hope they look more like her.” Yan Su was tired of looking at herself.
Besides, if the babies inherited succubus traits, she felt raising them would become very troublesome.
Once a succubus came of age, you had to start looking for a partner for her and prepare Mana supplement potions. Their little treasures would surely be beautiful and elegant; if they got into any romantic entanglements, Yan Su got a headache just thinking about it.
Hearing this, Song Qinghua laughed out loud.
She believed Yan Su’s words. Yan Su truly liked Jian Heng, so much so that she even hoped their babies would look like her.
“Have you ever thought that you might have had a different identity before, that you might not even be from our Empire?” The final topic was a bit heavy.
It touched upon a question Yan Su had also been avoiding.
Recently, fragmented memories had been flashing more and more frequently, always lingering in her spiritual space, constantly trying to invade.
For the sake of being with Lin Jianheng more completely, she hadn’t accepted those memories, but occasionally, some images would still surface.
It was the binary star system characteristic of the Tanmo Star System, and an unknown little girl she had raised.
It was also the heated arguments in certain meetings.
When Yan Su woke up startled at night, she would always remember the words of Meng Qinyi, the person who had tried to take her away.
She had said, You are our king, why would you submit yourself to a mere mortal?
Back then, Yan Su had hesitated. Now, she submitted willingly, and out of this love, she hadn’t unsealed those memories.
She hadn’t expected Song Qinghua to ask so directly.
“I… don’t want to know.” Yan Su made her stance clear.
She bit her lip, her eyes filled with conflict, but her expression eventually became firm.
“Maybe I did, maybe I’m really not from the Empire. But I don’t have those memories. The first thing I could remember was the sound ‘Yan Su’ and that terrifying underground marketplace. It was Master who saved me.”
To Yan Su, Lin Jianheng was a savior in both body and soul.
She had nursed Yan Su back to health from a state of being restrained and suppressed by drugs, and filled a heart so withered it couldn’t even contemplate revenge.
Now she had a self, a lover, and children, and perhaps there would be more in the future.
All of this came from the love Lin Jianheng gave her.
If Meng Qinyi were to come again and say those words, Yan Su would definitely use her special ability to silence that annoying voice the very second she heard it.
“Master and I have an agreement. I won’t betray her.” It wasn’t appropriate to discuss the content of the agreement in front of Mommy, but Yan Su firmly believed that Lin Jianheng would deal with whoever might truly control her actions.
She also had deep faith in another agreement. If she betrayed her, Lin Jianheng would devour her without hesitation.
“Good, that’s good. Walk with me a little longer. I haven’t been back in so many years.” Thankfully, Yan Su was on their side.
Song Qinghua breathed a sigh of relief. All the preceding conversation had been a lead-up to this one question.
She relayed this news to Jian Zunqiu in her spiritual space, but Jian Zunqiu didn’t reply.
In any case, they would all have to make a trip to the border. Their daughter’s daughters were about to be born; how could the mothers not be there?
If any problems arose with Yan Su then, they would be there to watch over things.
The peaceful days only lasted for a little over a week.
When the younger cub reached two weeks, Lin Jianheng took Yan Su to the hospital again.
The person who wanted to go to the hospital even less than them was Lu Yuanchen.
Lu Yuanchen, who was a lazybones in everything except for a certain activity, sighed as she performed the examination, casually pulling up a novel for Yan Su to pass the time.
“Read this, Sister, not the one she gave you.” Lin Jianheng was quick-witted, closing the novel Lu Yuanchen had opened and replacing it with one she had found herself—a normal monster-fighting, level-grinding, plus romance story.
Yan Su didn’t quite understand, but she wouldn’t argue with Lin Jianheng. She even had Lin Jianheng’s hand pillow her head.
Lu Yuanchen paused for a second.
She’d put on her trashy romance novels again. She’d be more careful next time.
Halfway through the check-up, Lin Jianheng received a message from Canglin Jingyuan.
Opening her spiritual space to someone she didn’t trust, someone who was practically an opponent, felt terrible.
Not to mention she had promised this person she would resolve the spiritual power collapse incidents on the Capital Star.
“I’m with my wife for her prenatal check-up. Is something wrong?” Lin Jianheng spoke quickly, afraid she’d be assigned a mission if she delayed.
Canglin Jingyuan offered no humanitarian concern, simply waiting for Lin Jianheng to finish before speaking.
Her tone was cold, but unfortunately, her voice naturally sounded a bit childish. Lin Jianheng found it jarring every time she heard it.
“In ten minutes, A-District Street 88, B-District 595, 123…” Canglin Jingyuan didn’t stop until she had listed a full ten streets.
Lin Jianheng mulled over the phrase “in ten minutes” with amusement.
The royal family really did have a lot of tricks up their sleeve. While others could only find out after an incident occurred, the royal family could already predict it.
“I’m only one person. Besides, my wife’s check-up won’t be over for a while.” Lin Jianheng refused to leave Yan Su at a time like this.
“Ten minutes,” Canglin Jingyuan repeated emphatically.
“This time it’s a large-scale detonation. We need you to contain them as much as possible. We have other work to do.” It sounded as if the Empire had a mole on the other side.
That seemed normal. The royal family had to make moves to truly counter the Mechanical Lifeforms; otherwise, they’d just be waiting to be attacked.
Lin Jianheng sighed. “Fifteen minutes.”
“This is not something you can bargain over.”
“Fine. Where do I need to go?” Seeing that Yan Su’s check-up was finished, Lin Jianheng had no choice but to relent.
“The central commercial district in B-District. Try not to let anyone notice what you’re doing. You need to expand your spiritual power to cover these areas.”
Lin Jianheng sized up the task. Sometimes she felt Canglin Jingyuan overestimated her.
She had only just crossed the threshold to 3S and felt she was still far from her peak. And yet she was being asked to handle a spiritual power collapse event spanning three districts: A, B, and C.
Lin Jianheng searched her memories; she had never received this kind of training before.
“What if I fail?” She had to ask. Lin Jianheng didn’t think she could handle it.
Canglin Jingyuan fell silent for a moment, as if the connection had been cut, before speaking slowly. “I will come and handle it, but it will take time. At the very least, you cannot fall into collapse along with them.”
Was that telling her to run if she couldn’t do it?
Lin Jianheng reluctantly accepted.
She would have preferred if Canglin Jingyuan just drew on her spiritual power directly instead of ordering her to the scene.
Sorry, she was lazy. If her spiritual power could be drawn remotely, she could just stay home and laze around in Yan Su’s arms.
“Sister, something’s come up.” Lin Jianheng left her spiritual space and pressed her face against Yan Su’s shoulder.
“What is it, Master?” Yan Su turned her head to look at Lin Jianheng, only to see a tuft of hair.
“Canglin Jingyuan called me to cooperate with their operation.” Lin Jianheng sighed, already sending a message to her mommy.
“I don’t know how long it will take. It seems quite tiring—it’s a mass spiritual power collapse event. I don’t really want you to come along.”
Yan Su’s spiritual power had collapsed once before, and now she was pregnant. Lin Jianheng didn’t dare let her take the risk.
“But…” Yan Su instinctively started to object, insisting on going with Lin Jianheng.
“No, Sister. I don’t know how dangerous it will be. I’ve asked Mommy to come pick you up. You can wait for me nearby, but you can’t get close.” Lin Jianheng didn’t allow Yan Su to refuse, pinching her cheek.
“I’m afraid you’ll get hurt, and I’m afraid our babies will be affected. Be a good girl and stay with Mommy, okay? Our mommy can take you shopping.” For the first few times, at least, Lin Jianheng wanted to test the waters first.
If there was no danger, she could finish it just by extending her spiritual power, and she could bring Yan Su along next time.
If it was dangerous, then forget it.
Yan Su was carrying two lives right now.
Hearing the word “babies,” Yan Su deflated and gave in, looking pitifully at Lin Jianheng with tears welling in her eyes.
“I’ll be as quick as I can. If anything happens, you can leave me a message in my spiritual space.” If something really did happen to Yan Su, Lin Jianheng would have to flee immediately to find her.
“Sister-in-law, I’ll have to trouble you.” She had only been given ten minutes. Comforting Yan Su had taken two, and now Lin Jianheng had to rush to B-District by cab.
She couldn’t be blamed if she didn’t make it in time, right? Lin Jianheng was a bit speechless after getting in the car.
They told her to go but didn’t even send someone to pick her up. Did they really think her teleportation range was that long?
She hadn’t fully mastered this skill yet; she could move five meters at most.
At this thought, Lin Jianheng started to slack off.
Anyway, if something went wrong, someone else would clean up the mess. She closed her eyes and relaxed.
Two minutes after Lin Jianheng left, Li Zhaoge’s car arrived.
She jumped out of the car, glanced at the instructions from Canglin Jingyuan, and tried to contact Lin Jianheng, but there was no reply.
She could only ask Lu Yuanchen and was given a room number.
The hospital again. Li Zhaoge was a bit confused. After her confession failed, to avoid hurting herself and to not make things difficult for Lin Jianheng, Li Zhaoge had avoided seeing her for a while. Other team members had been responsible for her transportation needs.
She had just started to move on, and now she found Lin Jianheng at the hospital again.
Was that succubus sick?
Li Zhaoge frowned and walked on. When she finally arrived and looked up, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
A huge sign hung on this floor, with two words written on it.
Obstetrics.
Li Zhaoge took a deep breath, her teeth chattering.
She didn’t dare to think about it. When she had confessed to Lin Jianheng, was Yan Su already pregnant?
Lin Jianheng probably didn’t know at the time, otherwise she wouldn’t have even agreed to meet with her.
She had truly lost completely.
Li Zhaoge covered her mouth, trying to suppress her unsightly expression, and finally managed to walk in.
She saw Song Qinghua accompanying Yan Su, listening to Lu Yuanchen explain the development of their daughters.
“…Sorry to intrude.” Li Zhaoge didn’t see Lin Jianheng and wanted to leave immediately.
Wasn’t staying here just asking for humiliation? Knowing the person she liked was unattainable, yet having to watch her go for a prenatal check-up with her new love. By this time next year, their daughters would be born, and she would have to attend the child’s one-month celebration.
“Xiao Li? Are you looking for our Jian Heng? She just left.” Song Qinghua glanced over, her hand still resting on Yan Su’s shoulder. She looked as if she had completely accepted this daughter-in-law.
“Yes, sorry to bother you. I… I’ll be going now.” Next time, she would have another guard handle this.
Perhaps that confession had been their last time alone together.
Lin Jianheng already had a new girlfriend, a new family.
It would be rude to intrude any further.
Besides, Li Zhaoge truly couldn’t bear it. In those two minutes, her heart had ached with an unbearable bitterness.
She fled in disarray. Yan Su didn’t look at her, but her spiritual power had been silently monitoring her movements.
This love rival had finally been suppressed by her. Yan Su’s tail twitched, and she felt an inexplicable joy.
So what if Li Zhaoge liked Lin Jianheng? So what if they had known each other longer and spent more time together?
In the end, Lin Jianheng had still chosen her. And they were about to start a new little family.
This thought seemed a bit mean. Yan Su reflected for a second, wondering if she was getting arrogant because she was being spoiled.
Lu Yuanchen tapped her knuckles on the table.
“Sister-in-law, please continue.” Yan Su came back to her senses, no longer dwelling on Li Zhaoge.
“As expected, the older cub is indeed taking nutrients from the younger cub.” Lu Yuanchen displayed a few comparison images.
On the left was the size of the older cub at two weeks, and on the right was a picture of the younger cub taken today.
The older cub was clearly a size larger than the younger cub at the same stage, not to mention it was still twice the size of the younger cub now.
“But we really did feed them pheromones separately…” Yan Su grew a little anxious.
It was rare to conceive two at once; everyone would want to keep all the little ones.
If the younger cub was malnourished for a long time, there was a high probability she would not survive.
“The Alpha pheromones are like that. But Miss Yan Su’s own pheromones might not be. The older cub is developing quite well, even showing signs of being over-nourished.”
A fetus without consciousness or spiritual power cannot recognize how much nutrition it needs to grow; it will only absorb as much as possible.
Especially when it has a competitor of a different size right next to it.
If the little cub developed spiritual power, the two mothers could tell her to leave the excess nutrients for her younger sister.
For now, they could only rely on the two mothers to control it manually.
“Do I have to feed them separately too?” Nutrient absorption was usually done spontaneously by the cubs. Yan Su didn’t know if it was controllable.
“My advice is for you to supplement the younger cub with some pheromones separately and spend more time with her. Of course, you can’t forget to coax the older cub at the same time, or she’ll get jealous and snatch nutrients.” Lu Yuanchen had seen many cases of siblings competing for nutrients.
In most cases, it was fine to not intervene. As long as the pregnant mother’s own nutrition was sufficient, even if the older child took a bit more, there would be enough left for the younger one.
But there were extreme cases. For example, the previous King and her younger sister. In the same womb, the previous King was too strong and unconsciously absorbed excessive nutrients, leaving insufficient amounts for her sister. The sister was naturally larger, so by the time it was discovered, it was a bit too late, and it affected her sister’s health.
Lu Yuanchen felt that intervention was necessary. The little cubs only had instinct. Letting them develop freely could lead to bitter consequences, and it would be the mothers who would be heartbroken.
“It’s fine as long as you do it with Xiao Heng. If it’s inconvenient for you, just pass your pheromones or spiritual power to Xiao Heng. She should know what to do.” Lu Yuanchen didn’t teach them how.
Those two were exceptionally talented; she didn’t need to say much.
Yan Su noted this down very seriously.
Song Qinghua watched from the side, her eyes full of gratification.
Before leaving, Song Qinghua glanced at Lu Yuanchen.
Lu Yuanchen’s delicate, porcelain-like eyes were lowered as she processed file records. Feeling the gaze, she looked up in confusion.
Song Qinghua sheepishly looked away.
She felt that the possibility of her younger daughter having a second child was greater than the possibility of her elder daughter having any.
What a pity. She and Jian Zunqiu should just try hard and have a precious child in their later years.
Lin Jianheng arrived at the central commercial district alone and only then saw Li Zhaoge’s message.
She supposed that counted as Canglin Jingyuan sending someone.
The traffic was bad, so Lin Jianheng had really relied on teleportation to get there. Fortunately, the commercial district wasn’t too far from Lu Yuanchen’s hospital, so it didn’t consume too much of her energy.
It was her first mission, so Lin Jianheng didn’t plan to be too serious. She wanted to slack off a bit and see how it went.
Of course, if Canglin Jingyuan was willing to tell her what today’s plan actually was, that would be a different story.
Lin Jianheng wandered aimlessly through the streets and realized it was the weekend again.
This was a long weekend, with Monday off as well. Many residents from outside the Capital Star had come to visit relatives, travel, and shop.
The Capital Star didn’t have much to offer in terms of natural scenery, but it had a rich culture and history, so many people came to visit.
What was Canglin Jingyuan planning by choosing this moment to let the other party detonate a mass spiritual power collapse event?
With so many people, it would be hard to cover up. Was she planning to use the opportunity to expose the matter of the Mechanical Lifeforms?
Or was it because the other party had planned it this way, and she was turning their plan against them, waiting for them to get arrogant from a temporary victory before launching a fierce counterattack to take them down in one fell swoop?
Perhaps it was both. Lin Jianheng recalled Canglin Jingyuan’s lack of guidance or control over public opinion.
Ever since the first mass spiritual power collapse, there had been all sorts of speculation.
In the terms of Lin Jianheng’s era, although the video of Canglin Jingyuan descending from the sky in a mecha to save people had “gone viral” the most, all kinds of theories were endlessly popping up in various forums.
There were even “knowledgeable experts” who came out to talk about AI rebelling against humanity, which was very close to the true nature of the Mechanical Lifeforms.
Not many people believed it, but it was still a trend.
Lin Jianheng’s idea was to use the media to build momentum first. You couldn’t just announce the crisis right away and tell everyone to throw out all their electronic devices.
The royal family should have thought of this. Although the King was the supreme leader of each generation, the King also had their own cabinet that would offer various suggestions on their actions, some of which held significant power.
It’s just that this generation’s King…
Lin Jianheng could already feel that her brain wasn’t working too well.
At this thought, Lin Jianheng realized she had walked into a mother and baby supply store and couldn’t help but smile.
She wondered what the little cubs would like.
Lin Jianheng decided to browse, wanting to see what this kind of store in this world had to offer.
The store had two sections: one for supplements and equipment for expectant mothers and their partners, and one for newborn clothes and food.
I should bring a gift back for Sister. Lin Jianheng’s eyes glazed over as she looked at the various “Pheromone Supplements” and “Rapid Spiritual Power Recovery Agents” on the shelves.
As a salesperson walked over, she suddenly felt a vibration through the soles of her feet.
At first, it was as faint as a light rain.
A soft pattering, but it immediately pulled Lin Jianheng out of her everyday mindset.
The moment she sensed it, she expanded her spiritual power. An unconscious royal instinct taught her how to dispel the public’s emotions and stabilize their spiritual power.
The public’s emotions were already spreading silently, engulfing the entire block like smog. She had to suppress it all before it fully erupted.
Her spiritual power was being consumed rapidly. It was completely different from handling Yan Su’s spiritual power collapse alone.
Just by extending it to cover two streets, Lin Jianheng already felt strained.
Her head felt like it was being scraped by a razor blade, the pain tearing at her nerves and soul. Every inch of progress urged her to retreat.
There was nothing good about the emotional resonance from an area of spiritual power collapse. It was like biting into a rotten banana—if the first bite is foul, how could the second be sweet?
But this rotten banana had already locked onto her spiritual space and was about to spread its contamination—
That foul, desperate emotion was trying to flow back and invade her, tearing at her stable spiritual barrier, trying to drag her down to drown with it.
And it wasn’t isolated.
The people’s spiritual powers were entangled with each other. The collapse was a rolling snowball, a whole area collapsing into a torrent.
It was either it died, or she lived.
Lin Jianheng couldn’t yield to a mere spiritual power collapse. She would bear this pressure even if she had to do it on her knees.
She pushed her spiritual power to its limit, slowly extending it toward A and C Districts.
She could faintly hear people crying out in pain, their consciousness falling into chaos, only to gradually calm down under her protection.
The salesperson next to her was dazed at first but had now calmed down. Her spiritual power stabilized and slowly connected with Lin Jianheng’s, forming a web.
Was this… the prototype of the Star Net?
Lin Jianheng found it strange at first, but her instincts were accepting it, even cheering for the birth of this connection.
She seemed to hear an ancient cheer from deep within her body. Her blood and soul felt as if they were being summoned by a long-lost homeland, her emotions soaring.
More people connected to the temporary Star Net.
Their spiritual powers were weak and immature, but under Lin Jianheng’s guidance, it was as if they were learning to breathe for the first time, connecting to this temporary Star Net and truly weaving a web.
The spiritual burden she had been struggling to bear was finally distributed, making Lin Jianheng’s purification process easier.
Until all ten streets were under her wing. The temporary Star Net slowly solidified, and the joy of being watched over by the King rippled through it.
Lin Jianheng slowly looked up. Accessing the Empire’s true Star Net from her spiritual space, she saw a hazy flash of light in the distance.
That was the temporary Star Net she had just established. It was only for this one purification and healing, yet it had created a streak of light in the Star Net.
A sudden brightness in the dark night.
Staring at that light for a long time, Lin Jianheng even felt it was “dazzling.” She was clearly looking with her spiritual power, so how could it be blinding?
It was just that the urge to cry was an instinct carved into the people of the Empire, integrated into their very blood.
Lin Jianheng closed her “eyes,” waiting for the tremors of joy to slowly fade.
Until Canglin Jingyuan’s spiritual power descended beside her, looking up with her at the deep purple starry sky.
“…Was the old Star Net, like the sky of the Capital Star, once as bright as the moon?” Lin Jianheng kept her eyes closed, not looking at Canglin Jingyuan’s spiritual power, but she knew it was her.
“I’ve heard that it was,” Canglin Jingyuan said, gazing at the light that was reluctantly fading. Her heart trembled again and again.
As expected, she was still no match for…
Only Diexun’s bloodline could do this.
“No wonder Xilan said there was a problem with the Star Net.” Based on Lin Jianheng’s observations, the problem was internal.
She had always thought the problem was related to the Mechanical Lifeforms, but now it seemed it was due to the decay of spiritual power.
The Xuanxing Empire was seven thousand years old. People’s spiritual power had gradually decayed, gone mad, and the royal family was inevitably affected.
So the Star Net broke.
At first, it was just a few dark specks in the night, which didn’t attract the attention of the King at the time.
Then the black spots spread like overgrown weeds, and by the time anyone wanted to stop it, it was too late.
The consequence of letting it go was the current darkness, riddled with holes, waiting for someone to pour in.
Lin Jianheng thought, this was the real reason Canglin Jingyuan wanted her to complete this mission personally.
She didn’t want her to see the mutated “people,” nor to personally handle the collapses and casualties. She also didn’t need her spiritual power for suppression.
She just wanted her to purify and expel it in her own way.
She didn’t know if it was to test her potential, or… to teach her.
“Perhaps one day—” Canglin Jingyuan’s words broke off there.
“Go to C-District, Street 707.” It changed to a command.
Lin Jianheng pulled her spiritual power back a bit. “I have to go be with my wife. She’s nearby, I just sensed her.”
“…There’s something I want to show you.”
“Not interested. My wife is pregnant, I have to take care of her.”
“…” Canglin Jingyuan was left completely speechless and let Lin Jianheng go.
Didn’t she say she was interested in the Mechanical Lifeforms’ power and infiltration situation?
This was a perfect opportunity to catch the mole and clean up the invasion.
She had even finished the first part and was just waiting to show Lin Jianheng the finale.
Why wasn’t she watching?
Leaving Canglin Jingyuan to her confusion, Lin Jianheng exited the Star Net.
She dispersed the temporary pseudo-Star Net she had constructed, not caring how the news would report it later.
She had truly sensed Yan Su nearby during one of the connections. Their spiritual powers had even met, and Lin Jianheng had even seen their thriving elder daughter inside Yan Su’s body.
The little cub’s spiritual power was still very weak, but it made Lin Jianheng’s heart melt in an instant.
Lin Jianheng was getting a little impatient. If it was always at this level, she could totally bring Yan Su along next time.
They should always be together. If there was no danger, there was no need to be apart.
“Sister!” Lin Jianheng ran toward the location she had sensed with her spiritual power.
And threw herself into Yan Su’s arms.
“You only see her, not me?” Song Qinghua held a hot milk tea, standing next to Yan Su and watching Lin Jianheng.
“Aiya, Mommy, of course I’ll hug you right away.” Lin Jianheng freed one arm to hug Song Qinghua.
“Thank you for taking care of my Sister, Mommy~”
Song Qinghua was practically pressed against Yan Su. Yan Su tried to move away, and only then did Lin Jianheng let go of both of them.
Song Qinghua just laughed at how timid her daughter-in-law was.
Yan Su lowered her head, blushing with embarrassment.
“I sensed you just now, Master.” Yan Su’s tail swayed gently. Despite her blushing face, she pressed herself against Lin Jianheng’s arm.
“Me too. I saw you~ I really wanted to kiss you then.” Lin Jianheng put one arm around her wife and linked the other with her mommy’s.
It was perfect; the three of them could go shopping again. This area had been purified by her, so the Mechanical Lifeforms couldn’t hide here. It was very safe.
“I gave you a secret kiss,” Yan Su’s voice was low, but Lin Jianheng still heard it.
She checked her spiritual space, and sure enough, there was a kiss, gently placed on her spiritual power.
It was a secret one, given while avoiding Song Qinghua’s notice.
It also came with a message: 【For my favorite master-girlfriend】 and a heart.
“I like you the most too!” Lin Jianheng imprinted this kiss in reality, making Yan Su’s ears turn red.
A few minutes later, Lin Jianheng also felt a softness on her ear.
It was her little kitten, carefully leaning in.
On the bustling street, she quietly returned her kiss.
Lin Jianheng rubbed her ear. They had played the kissing game too many times while shopping that afternoon.
Song Qinghua was right there with them, which made it an indescribably thrilling experience.
She didn’t know if Song Qinghua genuinely didn’t see or was just pretending. In any case, Lin Jianheng and Yan Su had fun.
As night fell, before feeding her wife and daughters, Lin Jianheng hid in the bathroom.
She opened her chat with Xu Yuantong.
【Psst psst. Did you go check out that place I found?】
Lin Jianheng was talking about the place she had prepared for her confession to Yan Su.
She had been too busy lately, so she had tossed this task to her best friend, who was as idle as a hedonistic heir.
Xu Yuantong sent a photo.
It was a picture of her having dinner with Li Zhaoge at that very restaurant.
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