What bad intentions could my Daoist partner possibly have?

Chapter 16 How could I stare at him so intently? He's the man my best friend likes...

Snapped!
On the way to the city lord's mansion, Shen Jianwei gave Li Qing'an a high five with a big smile. Her face was flushed from receiving a large sum of spirit crystals, making her even more charming and beautiful.

"My fellow villager, I thought I was dark enough, but I didn't expect you to be even darker than me."

She looked at the ring on her index finger, unable to suppress the smile in her eyes.

The feeling of receiving this money is even better than having pocket money from my mother, and it's easier than earning pocket money myself.

No wonder Mom is so happy every day. She only needs to sit at home and say a few words to control the overall situation, and a large amount of spirit crystals will flow into her pocket. How could she not be happy?
"Is it black?" Li Qingan smiled noncommittally: "I was thinking of taking down the Dong family in one fell swoop. After all, we've already made enemies, and they'll definitely make me spit out everything I've swallowed if they get the chance later."

Shen Jianwei tilted her head and looked at Li Qingan, her eyes bright.

She had always thought Li Qingan was a good person, after all, he wasn't in a hurry to chase after the money he was owed, but now he was saying such things...

Was he always like this, or did something happen that made him change?
Shen Jianwei looked at his profile and felt curiosity for the first time...

Oh, my fellow villager's brother has such long eyelashes...

"Huh? Is there something on my face?" Li Qingan looked at Shen Jianwei strangely.

Shen Jianwei blushed and quickly lowered her head to continue eating a few more bites of the corn she hadn't finished. Her left hand unconsciously brushed a few strands of hair behind her ear, and her voice trembled slightly as if she wanted to cover something up: "N-nothing, I just... I just wanted you to take me with you."

After saying that, she gently bit the tip of her tongue. How could she stare at him so intently?
He's the guy my best friend likes.

"Want to come along?"

"Mmm." Shen Jianwei looked down at the ground: "My mother said that in business it's either you die or I live, and it's even more so in the cultivation world, so striking first is definitely the right thing to do!"

“Your mother is right.” Li Qingan nodded in agreement. “But I didn’t expect you to have such awareness, Sister Shen. I admire you.”

Li Qingan looked at Shen Jianwei with a hint of curiosity in his eyes. He originally thought that Shen Jianwei was just an innocent girl who liked to eat, but he did not expect that she also had a fierce heart.

Shen Jianwei looked up at Li Qingan and could clearly feel the curiosity and amusement in his eyes.

Hey... why are you looking at me like that?
You should see Lingyin this way.

Shen Jianwei quickly lowered her head again: "Isn't this how it is in the world of cultivation? Oh dear, let's hurry up and find Lingyin."

As she spoke, she took out her beeping communication compass, glanced at it, and exclaimed, "Hey, my fellow villager brother, Lingyin said we don't need to look for her yet. She's not in Luoxia City right now. She'll come to Mingyue Tower for lunch."

Upon hearing this, Li Qingan smiled noncommittally.

He knew Su Lingyin was in Luoxia City... because his master said that she was the one watching him outside the Dong residence.

So Su Lingyin is lying...

Thinking back to that chilling feeling on my back... um?

Is Su Lingyin jealous?
hiss……

Could that aloof fairy really like me, and actually want to kill her husband to prove her Dao?

Li Qingan suppressed his thoughts and said to Shen Jianwei, "Okay, but I still need to go to the City Lord's Mansion."

Although we managed to get five million spirit crystals back from the Dong family, unfortunately they were all low-grade spirit crystals and wouldn't last more than a few days.

I still need a lot of spirit crystals to improve my strength, so it would be best to go to the quest pavilion in the city lord's mansion.

What if there are other big spenders like Su Lingyin?

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the first watershed moment in life is amniotic fluid.

Are you going to accept a mission?

"Correct."

"Are you... really short of spirit crystals?"

Li Qingan nodded: "Cultivation requires spirit crystals very much."

Shen Jianwei tilted her head and looked at him: "Then why did you buy such an expensive house?"

“Safety.” Li Qingan replied without hesitation, “If a rogue cultivator like me doesn’t have a safe environment, I won’t be able to break through with peace of mind. After all, I’ve offended quite a few people. So in the long run, spending a lot of money to buy a mansion with a barrier in the inner city is a win for me.”

Have I offended many people?
Hearing Li Qingan's voice, Shen Jian frowned slightly, but then realized what was going on.

My fellow villager's younger brother is indeed helpful; many vendors at the morning market have received his assistance. However, it's obvious that helping one vendor will inevitably offend another...

Given his fellow villager's personality, he must have been in the right, but not everyone is as good as him, so he will definitely hold a grudge against him.

Moreover, he killed quite a few demons...

right!

In my mind, this fellow villager who had been pursuing Lingyin was just a nice guy. But how could a nice guy have survived unscathed in the cultivation world?
He's a good person, but definitely not a pushover!
After discovering that she had gained a deeper understanding of Li Qingan, Shen Jianwei suddenly felt that Li Qingan was more mature than she had imagined.

Because while he was busy completing tasks to earn spirit crystals for cultivation, he also patiently helped others...

Shouldn't a young cultivator focus all his attention on himself?

Suddenly, Shen Jianwei remembered the aid pavilion that her mother had specially set up... The actions of her fellow villager brother and her mother were ultimately the same.

"Fellow villager, brother." Shen Jianwei quickened her pace to catch up with Li Qingan: "Aren't you tired?"

"Ok?"

"It's about helping other people..."

"Why not do something that's easy to do?"

"I've noticed you don't look eighteen at all..."

"Do you think I look like an old man?" Li Qingan looked at her with a smile.

Shen Jianwei quickly waved her hand and explained, "That's not what I meant. I meant you're two years younger than me..."

Her cherry lips parted, but she didn't quite know how to describe it.

"You think it's amazing that I can spend my time on other people?"

"almost……"

“You overestimate me.” Li Qingan looked up slightly at the morning sunlight: “There are actually many people like me, and many who have done better than me. I just did what any normal person would do.”

Of course, if they dare to try and extort money from me, that's a different story.

Shen Jianwei blinked, turned her head and stared blankly at Li Qingan's profile in the sunlight.

What I wanted to say seems to be this, but that's not exactly what I meant...

What I mean is that everyone understands this principle, and I've heard it countless times since I was a child, but hearing it from Li Qing'an's mouth makes it resonate with me...

Shen Jianwei was momentarily dazed, then suddenly realized that this kind person had always acted this way, not just said it.

That's why it sounds so ordinary coming from him.

After realizing this, Shen Jianwei suddenly felt that the rising sun was even more dazzling than the midday sun.

The sunlight lengthened Li Qingan's shadow, making him seem to interpret his resilience and perseverance in the interplay of light and shadow.

For some reason, Shen Jianwei felt as if a deer was gently thumping in her heart.

"Hey, wait a minute!"

Shen Jianwei quickened her pace and caught up with Li Qingan again. She took a deep breath, staring intently at Li Qingan, as if she had mustered all her courage: "Don't go to the mission pavilion, I... can you do me a favor?"

For a fleeting moment, she considered returning the spirit crystal that Li Qing'an had given her, but she also knew that Li Qing'an would definitely not accept it.

Since that's the case, let's help him in another way.

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