Maybe Will Be Bullied by Ye Tong

“Brother Mu, my senior sister did come. She even left me a letter and some pills at my hometown.”

Chen Xuan’s voice came through on the other end. “But why won’t she see me? I’ve searched every place she might have gone, but I just can’t find her.”

Xu Mu could hear the pain in Chen Xuan’s voice, clearly feeling uncomfortable.

“Everything comes down to fate. Maybe your destinies haven’t crossed yet. Since she specifically wrote you a letter, it shows she still cares about you.”

Xu Mu didn’t know how else to comfort the man, so he just said a few simple words.

“Sigh.”

Chen Xuan sighed on the other end. “It’s not going to work for me to just stay here. I’m planning to come back and find you instead.”

“Alright, sure.”

Xu Mu nodded in agreement.

If he and Chen Xuan headed into the ruins together, his own safety index would definitely go up.

After hanging up the call, he grabbed a bottle of chilled iced tea from the fridge and headed for the underground illusion formation.

He lay alone on the grass nearby, taking a sip now and then, feeling completely at ease.

If it weren’t for the fear that those protagonists would develop and eventually kill him, Xu Mu would honestly think life right now was pretty good.

But there was no choice—not every male lead was as reasonable as Chen Xuan.

If he got lazy, once the other protagonists grew far stronger than him, escaping from their grasp wouldn’t be so easy.

……

The phone on the table jolted Xu Mu awake from his nap. Squinting, he picked it up and saw it was a message from Jiang Huihui.

She said she had already arrived at the door.

Xu Mu immediately stood up, used the transfer formation to get to the courtyard, and opened the door of the villa.

Jiang Huihui, dressed in casual wear, rode a small electric scooter into the yard.

“Got a new ride?”

Xu Mu asked with a smile.

“No, I have two space rings now.”

Jiang Huihui lifted her left hand, and on her slender fingers, two rings gleamed—one on her index finger and one on her middle finger.

She touched one of them, and another electric scooter appeared there.

“I use one ring to store my vehicles, and the other to store treasures—though I don’t really have much in the way of treasures.”

Jiang Huihui pushed both scooters to the front of the villa and plugged them into the socket there to charge.

“You didn’t ride the electric scooter all the way here, did you?”

Xu Mu asked curiously.

“That’s right. I just swapped between them and rode all the way from Yang City to here.”

Jiang Huihui tossed her hair and asked with a smile, “So why did you call me out here this time?”

“First, I’m giving you a pill. Take it.”

Xu Mu took out a high-grade replenishment pill from his pocket.

Jiang Huihui looked at it, then up at Xu Mu. She wanted to say something but didn’t know how to start.

In the end, she could only say two words: “Thank you.”

[Affection +20]

She didn’t need to guess—this pill was definitely not something ordinary. Otherwise, Xu Mu wouldn’t have gone out of his way to give it to her.

After swallowing it, a surge of spiritual power flooded her body. Jiang Huihui widened her eyes in disbelief.

“My cultivation has jumped this much?”

She clenched her fist tightly, then blew a bubble. “Xu Mu, you’re really good to me.”

[Affection +10]

“There’s even better coming. After all, you’re my fiancée.”

Xu Mu led Jiang Huihui to the underground illusion formation and walked straight over to Fu Jinyu. “Empress Sister, let Jiang Huihui study this heavenly-grade technique too, please.”

“What? A heavenly-grade technique?”

Jiang Huihui stood frozen on the spot. Could it really be what her grandfather had said—that Xu Mu was hopelessly in love with her?

Why else would he be so kind to her?

This was a Heaven-tier cultivation technique, and he had directly given it to her to practice.

[Affection +20]

"Alright, we've all grasped the basic tricks now."

Fu Jinyu nodded lightly.

"Xu Mu, is this... really okay?"

Jiang Huihui still couldn't believe it.

"Just practice obediently. Haven't you seen the others already cultivating?"

Xu Mu returned to his previous spot, sitting on the grass and drinking iced black tea.

After all, these were life-saving techniques. Once they were sent to the Cold Immortal Sect, getting a chance to cultivate would require quotas.

Xu Mu's twenty quotas were mainly meant for studying another Heaven-tier technique from the Cold Immortal Sect.

He definitely couldn't waste them on this technique, so now that there was an opportunity to learn it, he had to let them start early.

He occasionally glanced at the others in the distance. He saw Fu Jinyu using her own Qi to condense ice for training.

The ice took the shape of a bucket, just big enough to hold a person. Then she used her Qi to extract moisture from the air, filling the ice bucket with water.

One by one, the girls stepped into the water, practicing the Heaven-tier technique to hone their concealment abilities.

Xu Mu watched as the group gathered around discussing the technique. Sometimes they argued heatedly over differing opinions, their faces flushed red. He found it amusing.

Unknowingly, the sky had darkened, but inside the illusion array, it remained bright as day.

Ye Tong walked in through the transfer array. Seeing so many people, her face lit up with joy. "So many people today?"

"I had them come to cultivate techniques. You don't need to cook today—I'll handle it."

Xu Mu called out to Ye Tong from a distance.

Ye Tong nodded. "Okay."

Xu Mu had recently acquired quite a few heavenly treasures and spiritual herbs. He planned to cook a meal and give everyone another boost.

Since so many were gathered today, it was the perfect chance to double Ye Tong's progress.

To advance further now, he needed more cultivation points, so he had to work even harder himself.

Not long after, Feng Yue also walked in. Seeing the crowd, she came over to Xu Mu. "Boss, I was going to invite Mu Qingying over for dinner today, but I didn't expect so many people."

"Mu Qingying?"

Xu Mu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Let her come. I was planning to cook with heavenly treasures today anyway."

"Great!"

Feng Yue nodded eagerly. She really liked Mu Qingying.

This woman always called her "Sister Yue," and she was her only little sister. Feng Yue was determined to find a way to make Xu Mu keep Mu Qingying by his side.

Feng Yue pulled out her phone and immediately called Mu Qingying, inviting her over.

Soon, under Feng Yue's guidance, Mu Qingying stepped into the illusion array.

Seeing the scene before her, Mu Qingying was utterly stunned. She couldn't believe she was actually underground.

Even as Feng Yue explained beside her, she still found it hard to accept.

Ye Tong spotted Mu Qingying and walked over curiously. "I know who you are. You're Mu Qingying. My husband used to pursue you."

Hearing this, Mu Qingying's expression turned uncomfortable. She had heard from Feng Yue that this woman was Xu Mu's legitimate wife.

She didn't understand the meaning behind those words—was it a mockery?

But thinking back, it made sense. Back then, Xu Mu had courted her for months, and she had never agreed.

Clearly, Ye Tong was deliberately targeting her, trying to make things difficult for her.

She felt a bit helpless; it seemed the road ahead would be long and arduous.

If she were to truly become Xu Mu’s woman, she might end up being bullied by this lawful wife in the future.