Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now! Chapter 1310 - 388: [Worry]

Chapter 388 [Worry]

It was hard to find any precise words to describe what Chu Keqing was feeling right now.

She’d finally gotten what she wanted and then—snap—out of nowhere, a "little mom" drops down from the sky?

Hold up, since when do your little moms come with eavesdropping as a built‑in feature?!

And she’s covered in blood, no less!

But from Chen Yan’s tone, he clearly wasn’t joking.

Chu Keqing fell silent for a moment, then took a deep breath. "Okay, then I..."

Right as she said that, something flashed through her mind. "...Should I maybe just go home first?"

When she said this, Chu Keqing’s eyes were locked tightly onto Chen Yan.

These words were her way of showing a gentle, compliant attitude, but also a probe.

Yes, a test.

They had just done the most intimate thing between a man and a woman; the bed was still warm. If at this moment, Chen Yan really let Chu Keqing leave on her own and go home first...

Then it would mean he didn’t have even half a shred of affection or heartache for her.

He’d just purely treated her as a tool.

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Although, to be fair, Chu Keqing had been the one to say first that she wouldn’t force anything, that she only wanted her wish fulfilled.

But now that they had actually slept together, she still wanted to see whether, in Chen Yan’s heart, she held even a tiny bit of weight.

Chen Yan immediately picked up on Chu Keqing’s intention—after all, no matter how gentle she acted toward him, she wasn’t some clueless little girl. As a woman, she’d become a big‑shot Profound Cultivator, a pillar figure in her own right, woven an enormous web of connections, sat on huge wealth, and even served as the Sect Leader propping up an entire sect...

As for scheming and depth, Chu Keqing wasn’t lacking in any of that.

It’s like he’d just said: they’d just rolled around on the sheets, his pants weren’t even back on yet, and he was about to tell her to leave...

Oh, so you use her and toss her? That’s way too inhuman, isn’t it!

Even Chen Yan himself felt it would be wrong to do something like that.

"...You don’t have to go." Chen Yan sighed and said gently, "Could I trouble you to go down to the kitchen and make some breakfast? Looks like it’ll be dawn soon."

Chu Keqing’s face immediately lit up with a genuine smile. "Okay!"

Gu Qingyi didn’t say anything. She just stood at the door, quietly waiting for the two of them to finish talking.

Then she simply watched as Chu Keqing got out of bed, wrapped herself in the blanket, and walked over.

"Senior... Gu." Chu Keqing deliberately greeted Gu Qingyi in a soft, submissive manner, even giving her a slight bow.

Gu Qingyi: "..."

Fine, this woman really was good‑looking—she’d known Chu Keqing before, and even back then Gu Qingyi had thought this woman was anything but simple, and she’d never had much fondness for her.

After Lu Sisi left, sure enough, this woman seized the chance to get her way.

But looking at Chu Keqing wrapped in a blanket, with those snow‑white shoulders exposed and a patch of red kiss marks on them...

Gu Qingyi took a deep breath, pressing down a strand of inexplicable irritation in her chest, and said slowly, "Mm, go on then."

Can’t lose my temper, can’t lose my temper!

I’m the mom here, remember!

By that logic, this woman would be my junior, my junior...

Fuck!! Doesn’t that make me the mother‑in‑law?!

If the daughter‑in‑law type was someone like Lu Sisi—gentle, pure, and likable—maybe Gu Qingyi could pinch her nose and accept it.

But this woman who’s older than her? This gaudy, irritating old vixen!

What right does she have!

In the end, it was her strong cultivation that steadied her. Gu Qingyi still nodded and made a little "mm," then even turned her body to the side on her own, opening up the path to the door.

Chu Keqing, bare‑footed, tiptoed out of the bedroom wrapped in nothing but that blanket.

Gu Qingyi watched this woman’s Back Shadow...

Even a fool could tell that under that blanket, she’d deliberately left herself stark naked.

"You should step out too." Chen Yan’s voice came from behind her.

"???"

Gu Qingyi froze and turned her head, eyes wide, staring at Chen Yan.

Chen Yan let out a helpless sigh. "Come on, even a blind man could tell what we were just up to. Young Lady Gu, could you maybe step out for a bit and let your dear son put some clothes on?"

Gu Qingyi snorted, kept a straight face, turned around, and walked out, closing the door behind her.

Chen Yan didn’t rush out right away. Instead, he calmly went into the bathroom to wash up, then changed into a clean set of clothes before unhurriedly walking out of the bedroom.

"Let’s go to the study." Chen Yan looked at Gu Qingyi, his gaze not entirely steady.

The study was on the other side of the third‑floor hallway. Chen Yan and Gu Qingyi pushed the door open and went in, then turned on the light.

Gu Qingyi stood by the door, her body leaning against the wall.

Chen Yan narrowed his eyes as he looked at her, but the first thing he did was take out an Elixir and hand it to her.

Gu Qingyi raised a brow, looking at the Elixir pinched between Chen Yan’s fingers.

"You reek of blood, and it smells fresh. You’re hurt, aren’t you?"

Gu Qingyi sighed and took the Elixir. "A Bone Pill? Looks like a pretty good one."

As she spoke, she swallowed it in one go, then took the water Chen Yan passed her and gulped down a couple of mouthfuls.

After that, she didn’t stand on ceremony, just went over and sat down on a chair.

Chen Yan looked at Gu Qingyi, his tone finally losing some of its calm as he said quietly, "I didn’t expect you to actually come back."

Gu Qingyi gave a little "mm," lifted her head to glance at Chen Yan, and snapped, "Just seems like I picked a bad time to come back, barging in on you misbehaving like that! Didn’t I warn you ages ago that Chu Keqing’s got impure motives? How could you still..."

Chen Yan shook his head and didn’t answer that. He just looked at Gu Qingyi. "How did you get hurt? Did something happen on your way back?"

The irritation in Gu Qingyi’s heart, under the weight of Chen Yan’s concerned gaze, faded away bit by bit.