Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 372 Red Dust Pass

After Lin Ning and Su Yunjin came out of the animal world, they did not go to the same checkpoint as Ye Jun, but suddenly returned to their home.

"Where is this?" Looking at the familiar furnishings around her, Lin Ning's face changed drastically.

Why did you return to your hometown?
She moved to Qingyuanfu when she was in junior high school, and this was the old house left by her grandfather - in a small fishing village along the coast of the county.

As everyone knows, once the secret realm transforms into a place you are familiar with, it means that torture is about to begin... No, it's time to test your mental fortitude.

Therefore, she quickly prepared herself mentally and secretly kept alert.

Not long after, Lin's mother came out with a plate of food and looked at her daughter in surprise.

"Why are you back?"

Lin Ning was silent.

She scanned Lin's mother over and over with her spiritual sense, confirming that she was definitely not a real person, but an illusion. Therefore, she didn't want to answer, lest the people in the live broadcast room outside watch the excitement... Where's my camera? Why is it gone?

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Lin's mother put the dishes on the dining table in the middle of the hall and went back to the kitchen.

There's no way to continue the strategy like this. Lin Ning could only follow into the kitchen helplessly and said:

"I came back suddenly, are you unhappy, Mom?"

"No." Mother Lin shook her head, but her face didn't look happy. "As long as you are happy."

"Just be happy yourself." In other words, "I can't control you, I'm too lazy to control you." Lin Ning was helpless and took advantage of the live camera being blocked to ask:
"Mom, why are you angry again?"

"I'm not angry." Lin's mother said, "You're almost forty and don't even have a boyfriend, and you don't want to go on blind dates. I don't have the energy to be angry with you. I accept my fate."

Lin Ning:………………

Wait, first of all this is just an illusion, I’m not almost 40 and still single!

Secondly, is this to test my view on love? You think my standards for a partner are too high, and you're deliberately plotting this to break my defenses, right?

It has to be said that after experiencing the Mirror Lake Maze, Lin Ning's mental state has been greatly improved. She did not feel embarrassed at all and just thought calmly.

Since the goal is to test my view on love, as long as I can "convince the secret realm" in this regard and strengthen my own heart, I will surely be able to break through this level.

After careful consideration, Lin Ning said gently:

"Mom, it's not that I don't plan to find a boyfriend, I just want to find someone I like."

"Hmmmm." Lin's mother was completely unmoved. "Then what type do you like? I asked you to go on a blind date but you refused to go. I asked you to find someone on your own but you couldn't find one. When I asked you what kind of man you like, you hemmed and hawed and couldn't say it. I think you just want to be alone and live your whole life."

Lin Ning explained helplessly:

"Mom, no, I'm not making excuses!"

"Then you can tell Mom now." Mother Lin didn't even turn around and was busy killing fish at the sink. "What do you think?"

"I've made up my mind," Lin Ning said patiently. "I like the type who's smart, capable, and independent-minded. I feel safe with him. The blind dates you found for me in the past were all too effeminate. I don't like them."

"Men like that are usually very strong and difficult to get along with," said Lin's mother.

"No!" Lin Ning quickly defended herself, "Being strong doesn't mean being tactless! A man with strong opinions will definitely know where your bottom line is. He may seem overbearing and difficult to get along with, but in fact, he will consider you in every way and won't make you feel uncomfortable. The kind you're talking about is a male chauvinist who doesn't care about his wife at all. The type I'm talking about is two different things."

"Oh." Mother Lin lowered her head and continued to process the fish, saying, "If he's really as good as you say, then why would he choose you? You're already thirty-six or thirty-seven. Why doesn't he go find a young woman in her twenties instead of someone as old as you?"

Lin Ning immediately became angry, and subconsciously imagined herself at the age of thirty-six or thirty-seven. She said rudely and unreasonably:

"So what if he's thirty? As long as he's still single, I can wait for him to think it through! If he dares to choose another girl over me, I'll stay at his house all day, eating his food and using his things, and see what he does!"

Mother Lin was silent for a while, then suddenly said:
"So, you have someone you like?" "Ah?" Lin Ning was stunned.

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Su Yunjin's illusion was not at home, but in a hotel.

Chen Lingyun was wearing a wedding dress and having her makeup done by a makeup artist. Su Yunjin was wearing a bridesmaid outfit and kept comforting herself in her heart:
"Illusions, they are all illusions... They are meant to test my mental fortitude..."

But I’m still angry!

She looked at the wedding invitation on the table. The groom's name on it was clearly written as "Yan Yu", which made Su Yunjin feel like having a myocardial infarction on the spot and turning the wedding into a funeral.

I wish I could commit suicide right now to ruin your wedding!

Of course, it was just a momentary impulse.

Even if this really happened in reality, with Su Yunjin's temperament and upbringing, he would probably just swallow his anger temporarily and bury all his feelings deep in his heart.

Of course, we still need to make friends.

When the captain hits the seven-year itch, and he and Lingyun have a quarrel, a cold war, separation, and then divorce, I will use the excuse of "comforting the captain" to ask him out for a trip, accompany him to travel, see flowers, and appreciate the scenery, travel all over Lu Country in two or three months, and then find a place to confess my feelings decisively. It must be the kind of occasion and atmosphere that makes it impossible for him to refuse!

Oh, that's too unreserved. What if the captain doesn't really like me and is just being with me to fill the void in his heart? That would be so unfair to me.

Su Yunjin was lost in thought, fidgeting restlessly, when he heard Chen Lingyun say with a smile:

"Yunjin, I'm really happy that you can come this time."

Su Yunjin ignored her.

The results of the spiritual sense scan confirmed that the Chen Lingyun in front of him was just a fake conjured from the secret realm - of course it was fake. The real Lingyun would definitely not deliberately say such hurtful words, and she was also thinking about building a harem for the captain.

What a strange idea, why would she do that?
"Alas." Seeing that she ignored him, Chen Lingyun suddenly sighed. "I was thinking of finding him a few more girlfriends, but he was so eager to marry me. Sigh. I'm sorry to call you all over at this urgency, but we agreed on this, right? No matter who gets married, the other four will be bridesmaids."

There was no such agreement! Su Yunjin shouted in his heart.

Of course, if the captain and I are getting married, it's not impossible for the four of you to be bridesmaids, but if you don't want to, can I force you?

Now that you are married to the captain, stop showing off and hurting the feelings of your sisters!
She sat quietly on the side, secretly forming spells in her hands, imagining flooding the entire hotel with water. She only heard Chen Lingyun laugh again:
"Actually, Yunjin, I was completely surprised that you were willing to come. Sister Zhao and Ningning both said they had something else to do."

"Is this fun for you?" Su Yunjin asked coldly.

"Are you angry?"

"Yes."

"why?"

"Can't you see?"

"I can't tell." Chen Lingyun smiled and said, "I gave you a chance, Yunjin. Before Yanyu and I became a couple."

Su Yunjin was really angry now, and said angrily:
"Don't say such malicious words in her presence! A true spiritual charm wouldn't wantonly poke at someone's sore spots like this!"

"So you admit this is your sore spot." Chen Lingyun said with a smile, "You like him, Yunjin. But you're afraid of being rejected by him, so you haven't dared to really express your feelings. You can only hint at him and provoke him in various ways, hoping that he will take the initiative to understand your feelings."

"That's why you failed. You never considered that from Yan Yu's perspective, he had too many choices, and there were many who were just as good as you. Many men would subconsciously choose the one who was most likely to get them."

"Remember my words, Yunjin. Either take the initiative and fight with all your might, or rely on the elusive power of luck. You can't choose your ultimate victory or defeat, but you can at least choose not to regret later, 'If only I had taken the initiative.'"

(End of this chapter)