He could even feel her hands trembling slightly due to nervousness.

"Who are you?" Lin Wei stared at Chen Shu vigilantly like a mother animal protecting her cub, her eyes full of hostility.

Chen Shu ignored her and just held Su Nian's hand tightly, protecting her behind him. His deep gaze fell on Su Nian's red eyes, and an unknown anger burned in his chest. Why did this woman touch his baby? !

"You..." Lin Wei wanted to say something, but was frightened by Chen Shu's cold eyes and shut her mouth. Although this man was young, the powerful aura he exuded made her feel inexplicably scared.

"If I see you lay a finger on her again," he said in a low and dangerous voice, "I promise you will regret ever coming into this world."

After saying that, he took Su Nian and left the villa without looking back.

Lin Wei was stunned and couldn't come back to her senses for a long time. She could never have imagined that Su Nian, who was always weak, would have such a scary man by her side.

Chen Shuo pulled Su Nian into his car and started the car without saying a word. Su Nian sat in the passenger seat, lowered her head, and said nothing, letting her tears flow freely.

The atmosphere in the car was so oppressive that it was suffocating. Chen Shuo looked at Su Nian's tearful face, and his heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible big hand, and it hurt so much that he could hardly breathe. He knew that Su Nian needed to vent, so he said nothing, but silently handed her a pack of tissues.

Su Nian took the tissue and wiped her tears gently, but she couldn't stop the tears from flowing.

"Why do you treat me like this? What did I do wrong?" Su Nian asked with a sob, her voice full of grievance and confusion.

Chen Shuo was silent for a moment, then reached out and took Su Nian into his arms, letting her lean on his chest. "You're not wrong," he said in a low and gentle voice, "I was wrong. I didn't protect you well."

Su Nian's body trembled slightly, and then she hugged Chen Shu even tighter, as if she wanted to rub herself into his body. She didn't know who this man was, nor why he wanted to help her like this, but she could feel the warmth and security in his arms.

"Who... are you?" Su Nian raised her head, looked at Chen Shu with tearful eyes, and asked.

Chen Shu looked into Su Nian's eyes, and a complex emotion flashed in his deep eyes. He wanted to tell her that he was the man she would love deeply in the future, but he also knew that now was not the right time.

"I..." Chen Shuo paused, then put on a wicked smile and said in an ambiguous tone, "I am your man."

Su Nian was stunned. She didn't expect Chen Shuo to say such a thing. His tone was overbearing and strong, but also had a hint of irresistible tenderness, which made her already confused thoughts even more confused.

"You...what did you say?" Su Nian's cheeks turned red instantly, like a ripe apple, making people want to take a bite.

Chen Shuo looked at Su Nian's shy appearance, and the smile on his face deepened. He reached out his hand, gently lifted Su Nian's chin, and moved closer to her, with their noses almost touching.

"I say," the statement was made in a low and hoarse voice, with a hint of bewitching magic, "from now on, you are my woman."

When Shen Lang woke up, his mouth was full of the bitter taste of grass roots, mixed with an unpleasant smell of sourness. He struggled to get up and found himself lying in the mud outside the Shen family ancestral hall. His coarse cloth clothes had several holes in them, and the exposed skin was blue and purple. It was obvious that he had been beaten severely.

"Pah!" Shen Lang spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, looking at the ancestral hall in front of him angrily. This ancestral hall was solemn and majestic, with blue bricks and black tiles, flying eaves and corners, all of which showed the centuries-old heritage of the Shen family. But it was such a family that regarded him, a direct descendant, as a shame and allowed others to bully him!

"Shen Lang, you loser, how dare you lie here?!" A sarcastic voice came, and Shen Lang knew without turning around that it was his cousin, Shen Yu.

Shen Yu was fifteen years old this year, three years younger than Shen Lang, but he was already a "genius" at the third level of Qi training. He was wearing a fine brocade gown, with a long sword shining coldly on his waist, and he was standing in front of Shen Lang with a proud look of contempt and disdain.

"Who was it? It turned out to be Brother Yu." Shen Lang stood up slowly, patted the dirt off his body, and a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Why, you are here to worship the ancestors too? With your little cultivation, are you qualified to disturb the heroic spirits of the ancestors?"

Shen Yu's face changed. Shen Lang's words hit his sore spot. Although he had decent talent, he was only above average among the younger generation of the Shen family, far inferior to those real geniuses.

"You!" Shen Yu was furious, pointing at Shen Lang's nose and scolding, "What qualifications do you have to say that to me? You are a waste who can't practice, and living is a waste of food. I advise you to die early to avoid embarrassment!"

"I can't practice?" Shen Lang seemed to have heard a funny joke and laughed up to the sky, "Shen Yu, you think too highly of yourself. Nothing can stop me from doing what I want to do!"

"Just you?" Shen Yu looked at Shen Lang as if he were an idiot. "Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? A waste like you can't even hit me with a finger!"

"Oh? Really?" Shen Lang's eyes flashed with a cold light, "Why don't we give it a try?"

Shen Yu was stunned at first, then burst into laughter, as if he had heard some big joke: "Just you? Are you worthy? Don't think I don't know what you are up to. You want to irritate me and then take the opportunity to blackmail me, right? I tell you, no way!"

"In that case, don't blame me for being rude!" Before Shen Lang finished speaking, his figure flashed and he pounced on Shen Yu like a cheetah.

Shen Yu never expected Shen Lang to attack suddenly. By the time he reacted, Shen Lang's fist was already in front of him.

"boom!"

With a muffled sound, Shen Yu screamed, and the whole person flew out, falling heavily to the ground, with a trace of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

"This...how is this possible?" Shen Yu's face was full of disbelief. He couldn't understand how Shen Lang, who had always been like an ant in his eyes, could suddenly become so powerful!

Shen Lang ignored Shen Yu's shock. He slowly walked in front of Shen Yu, looked down at him, and raised a cold arc at the corner of his mouth: "I said, nothing can stop me from doing what I want to do!"

"You...what do you want to do?" A trace of fear finally flashed in Shen Yu's eyes. He struggled to stand up, but found that he couldn't move at all.

Shen Lang squatted down, leaned close to Shen Yu's ear, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Haven't you always wanted to know why I can't practice? Today, I will let you see what real power is!"

After that, Shen Lang pressed his palm on Shen Yu's Dantian...

Shen Lang's palm seemed to contain an invisible suction force, tightly pressed against Shen Yu's dantian. A piercing pain came from the dantian, Shen Yu's face was distorted with pain, and cold sweat was pouring down. He was horrified to find that the true energy in his body was uncontrollably surging towards Shen Lang's palm!

"You...what did you do to me?!" Shen Yu's voice trembled, his eyes filled with fear and despair. His cultivation, which he was so proud of, was so vulnerable in front of Shen Lang, as if it was forcibly taken away and disappeared rapidly.

Shen Lang raised his lips to an evil smile, his eyes as cold as a knife: "Don't you want to know why I can't practice? Now I will let you experience for yourself what it means to be worse off than dead!"

As Shen Lang finished speaking, the Qi in Shen Yu's body dissipated more quickly. He felt as if his body had been hollowed out, and he was powerless, not even able to speak. He watched helplessly as his cultivation level dropped from the third level of Qi training to the second level, then to the first level, and finally completely disappeared, turning him into a complete waste!

"No... don't..." Shen Yu let out a desperate roar from his throat, but he couldn't stop all this from happening. The talent he was proud of, the cultivation he had worked so hard to obtain, all vanished at this moment. He fell from the clouds into the quagmire, and the glory and pride he once had turned into shame and despair today.

Shen Lang looked at Shen Yu, who was like a dead dog in front of him, with no mercy in his eyes, only coldness. He stood up, looked down at Shen Yu, and said word by word: "I will return the humiliation today a hundredfold! From now on, you'd better pray not to fall into my hands again, otherwise..."

Shen Lang did not say anything more, but the murderous intent in his tone made Shen Yu feel like he was falling into an ice cave. He huddled up in fear, no longer daring to look Shen Lang in the eye.

Shen Lang no longer paid attention to Shen Yu, and turned to walk out of the ancestral hall. His back was tall and proud, like an awakened tiger, with an imposing manner that looked down upon the world.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully activating the 'devouring system'!"

"Ding! Detected that the host is absorbing low-level energy, do you want to start absorbing it?"

A cold mechanical voice suddenly sounded in Shen Lang's mind. Shen Lang paused, and a hint of surprise and confusion flashed in his eyes.

"Devouring system? What is this?"

Shen Lang felt a roar in his head, as if an invisible force was forcibly squeezing in, causing his head to split. He staggered back a few steps, holding onto the wall of the ancestral hall before he could barely stand.

"Swallowing system? Absorbing low-level energy?" Shen Lang murmured in a low voice, his eyes full of confusion and bewilderment. He tried desperately to recall everything that happened before he fell into a coma, trying to find a clue, but apart from Shen Yu's terrified and twisted face, his mind was blank.

"Host's questions detected, do you want to start the system description?" The cold mechanical voice sounded again, like an echo from the distant void, constantly echoing in his mind.

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