Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now! Chapter 1450: [He's Just a Coward!]

Chapter 1450: Chapter 434: [He’s Just a Coward!]

After returning to the tea room, Chu Keqing walked over with a smile, picked up the handbag on the table, and looked at Aunt Yun, saying with a smile, “Aunt Yun, do you have the interest to accompany me to Jinling Prefecture for a couple of days?

The air over there is nice. I’ll take you to have a look around, and there are ways to help you recuperate your health.”

Aunt Yun was taken aback at first, then suddenly realized something, and looked at Chu Keqing with great joy.

·

They returned to Jinling Prefecture on the Liu family’s private jet.

When the old matriarch of the Liu family travels, the family’s private plane naturally accompanies her.

For Aunt Yun’s travels, the entourage wasn’t very large; she only brought three assistants who regularly accompanied her—one female assistant was Aunt Yun’s personal attendant, while the other two male assistants looked strong and likely doubled as bodyguards.

Chu Keqing brought Aunt Yun and her entourage to her own Yunzong Academy, but she wouldn’t actually let this matriarch of the Liu family stay in the academy dorms with the students. Instead, she let her stay in the courtyard next door where she used to live before.

The next day, Chu Keqing came to see Aunt Yun with a thermal container.

Without saying much, she poured a bowl of herbal soup from the container, smilingly urging Aunt Yun to drink it.

Aunt Yun had her suspicions but felt it was inappropriate to ask further. Without hesitation, she drank it all down in a few sips.

“There’s more herbal soup in the container. You can drink the rest before going to bed tonight,” Chu Keqing said with a smile. “I’ll come back tomorrow with another batch of herbal soup for you.

After finishing the medicine over these days, the recuperation should be complete.

After that, I might not be able to stay by your side anymore.

I’ll leave my assistant Xiaocai with you. If you’re interested in the scenery of Jinling Prefecture, you can wander around. If you feel bored, you can also listen to the Zen classes offered by our academy’s teachers; it’s just a way to pass the time anyway.”

Having received what she wanted, Aunt Yun felt assured and smiled, saying, “Dean Chu’s generosity is something I’ve noted well, and the Liu family will surely remember it!

Dean Chu, you are a high cultivator and surely busy with many affairs, so I wouldn’t dare delay you in accompanying an old woman like me for too long. I’ll just stay a few days here, and tomorrow my daughter will come to see me. By then, I’ll ask her to take me around.”

Chu Keqing sighed, “It’s not that I’m unaware of the duties of a host, it’s just that there are indeed some matters I need to attend to promptly.”

“Dean Chu, please prioritize your own tasks.” Aunt Yun replied with a smile.

However, she added a sentence afterward: “This herbal soup… is it only for me to drink?”

Chu Keqing was startled, and immediately understood.

Even though Aunt Yun held a high status in the Liu family and possessed shares in some of the Liu family’s businesses, she was still a woman of the inner household and never involved herself in company or business matters.

The current true leader of the Liu family is Liu Zhaoming.

Liu Zhaoming is now the core figure, the soul of the Liu family, of utmost importance.

Aunt Yun’s question was likely posed on behalf of her son.

Chu Keqing smiled, “Today’s herbal soup is meant for women to maintain their youthful looks. It’s not that men can’t drink it, but it probably won’t be of much value to them.

However, tomorrow’s herbal soup is for enhancing bodily functions and slowing down aging. Indeed, we can prepare a portion for Mr. Liu Zhaoming as well.

In that case, I’ll bring two containers of herbal soup tomorrow—one for you, and the other can be sent to Port City. Once the soup is prepared, as long as it’s consumed within three to five days, it won’t have any diminishing effects.”

Sure enough, early the next morning, Chu Keqing came as agreed, bringing two containers of herbal soup.

One of the containers was carefully sealed and carried by the two assistants accompanying Aunt Yun to be flown via the Liu family’s private jet to Hong Kong.

Aunt Yun drank a bowl from her own container, reserving the remaining half portion.

Afterward, Chu Keqing rose to bid farewell and left Jinling Prefecture.

·

In the afternoon, Miss Ah Ruo, the Liu family’s young lady, arrived at the academy.

This Miss Ah Ruo had been staying in Jinling Prefecture for quite a while, originally planning to make good connections with Chen Yan and Lu Sisi.

As it turned out… Lu Sisi was no longer around, and Chen Yan had also left.

But she didn’t stay idle; over the past year or two, she had actually formed quite a good relationship with Chu Keqing, and to outsiders, it seemed they were almost like best friends.

However, Ah Ruo was well aware that although Chu Keqing appeared gentle to everyone, she was actually quite meticulous in both her words and actions.

Even though Ah Ruo had been proactively seeking connections, and their relationship seemed amicable, it was merely on the surface. Chu Keqing had never actually shared any heartfelt conversations with her.

Perhaps, she was simply maintaining a façade of friendship out of consideration for the Liu family.

Still, Ah Ruo wasn’t in any hurry. The real estate guy, Hu Shangke, had already been flirting with her for quite some time!

To someone like Ah Ruo, who came from a wealthy family, Hu Shangke’s status was actually quite low. He merely rose from being a real estate agent.

But he happened to be a good friend of Chen Yan. Additionally, Chen Yan’s worldly assets were managed by him—this was no ordinary matter!

Over a year in Jinling Prefecture, there were already hints of ambiguity between them, though they hadn’t yet pierced the veil of talking it out openly.

They had already gone out for meals and watched movies together on several occasions.

In truth, Ah Ruo did have some feelings—after all, having spent so much time together, one often develops a bit of affection for one another.

Moreover, despite his other ordinary attributes, Hu Shangke exhibited a persistent devotion!

In fact, he was the most devoted even among devotees!

Although Ah Ruo was born into a noble family, she had always been surrounded by the sons of aristocratic families, many of whom were either superficially sophisticated but vacuous inside or deeply scheming yet hedonistic.

When encountering her, they would show diligence and try to please her, yet always maintained a certain boundary and hesitated to make the first move.

But Hu Shangke was different. He genuinely put down all his pride and posturing simply to show his devotion—Ah Ruo had never met anyone as obedient and compliant as him before!

Ultimately, she even began to feel a bit of pity for Hu Shangke. From pity, an indescribable emotion began to grow.

Ah Ruo had even sincerely given him chances.

There were one or two occasions where she deliberately created opportunities, having a few extra drinks, or starting some conversations, subtly indicating that the devoted man could take it a step further.

In the end, Hu Shangke remained immobile!

When she pretended to get drunk, Hu Shangke would escort her home, settle her in her bedroom, lay her comfortably on the bed, remove her shoes and outer garments, and handle her with utmost propriety—even wiping her face with a warm towel.

After that, this devoted man just stayed in the living room, curled up on the sofa guarding through the night!

This left Ah Ruo uncertain whether she should be angry or moved by the gesture.

Gradually, Ah Ruo roughly understood Hu Shangke’s thoughts.

He definitely had feelings—after all, she was the esteemed Miss of the Liu family, with looks and figure both excellent, possessing attributes that Hu Shangke could only dream of.

But for this very reason, he was terrified!

This guy was a devoted man, showing his devotion because he liked her.

But he was undeniably scared!

Deep down, he felt he was unworthy of the Liu family’s young lady.

His devoted actions were genuinely carried out without expecting anything in return.