The protagonist stole my spiritual root? Hey, heroine, give birth to me!

"Madam, you seem even more beautiful today!" Zhao Yi said involuntarily.

"Hmph, I've always been like this, it's just that you find me pleasing to the eye today!" Huang Meihua showed no appreciation whatsoever.

"I remember when we first met, you didn't seem as charming as you are now," Zhao Yi said with an awkward smile.

"Alright, no need for flattery!"

"Yes, yes, Madam is right!" Zhao Yi continued with a fawning smile.

But then he noticed that a patch of Huang Meihua's hair was stuck together.

This is so strange. They are all cultivators, they have cultivation levels, so their hair shouldn't be tangled. But Huang Meihua's hair is...

"What are you looking at?" Huang Meihua frowned as she looked at Zhao Yi, who was staring intently at her, feeling a sense of disgust.

"No, I'm just curious, madam, what's going on with your hair?"

"Hmm? Hair?"

Huang Meihua followed Zhao Yi's gaze and looked at her hair. What she saw shocked her!

'Damn Chen Xuan, how could he be so careless as to get this spiritual water on my hair!' she thought anxiously.

"This, this is probably some spiritual water I accidentally spilled on it when I was watering the flowers, don't worry about it!" She quickly wrapped it in her spiritual energy and held it in her hand.

Seeing that Zhao Yi's gaze still held doubt, she had no choice but to grab it and swallow it in one gulp.

"That's what spiritual water is like!"

"Alright! I didn't expect that after not seeing you for half a year, you've become more and more down-to-earth!" Zhao Yi lowered his head, but accidentally saw Huang Meihua's knees.

"Madam, what's wrong with your knees? Why are there some dust on them?"

"Ha...ha, well, this is because I accidentally tripped and fell while watering the flowers, and my knee hit the ground. But it's nothing serious, not even a minor injury!" Huang Meihua said, pretending to be calm.

She hadn't expected Zhao Yi to be so observant, able to notice even such a small detail.

At the same time, she secretly blamed Chen Xuan. If he hadn't insisted on doing that, she wouldn't have exposed so many flaws.

"Alright, since you've said so, Madam, then I won't say any more!" Zhao Yi remained outwardly calm, but his suspicions grew stronger.

He really wanted to ask why Huang Meihua was behaving so strangely today, but out of consideration for Huang Meihua's feelings, he kept his doubts to himself.

"Madam, this..."

"Enough! Are you ever going to shut up?! This is none of your business, get out of here!"

"Yes, yes, whatever you say, Madam. Just go to the Huang family and put in a good word for me!" Zhao Yi said.

"Get out of here!"

"By the way, Madam, now that we've been through thick and thin together, I think there's no need to hide anything from each other."

"What are you saying?" Huang Meihua was extremely nervous. Could it be that Zhao Yi had figured it out?

“I know you have a conflict with my younger sister, but now that she’s married to Chen Xuan, her influence in the Zhao family has risen even higher. Even I, the head of the family, have to consider her feelings when I do things!” Zhao Yi became more and more angry as he spoke.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand what you're trying to say!"

"What I want to say is that, regardless of whether you help me finish this matter or not, I will still choose to take action against Chen Xuan and make him disappear without anyone noticing. Consider it my pledge of loyalty to you!"

"W-what?! You want to harm Chen Xuan?!" Huang Meihua exclaimed in shock. This wasn't for any other reason than that Chen Xuan was currently inside her house!

“That’s right! As soon as my nephew (he’s married into the family, so he’s not my nephew’s brother) is born, I will take action. That way, my little sister will have no interest in getting involved in the Zhao family’s affairs anymore. At that time, most of the power in the Zhao family will return to the two of us!”

"What nonsense are you talking about! There is no conflict between Ling Wu and me, and Chen Xuan is no threat at all. We get along quite well. Don't bring this up again!" Huang Meihua said nervously.

If this kind of loud, secret plot isn't handled properly, she doesn't know how Chen Xuan will hurt her afterwards!

"No, Madam, haven't you always..."

"Shut up!"

"If you bring this up again, I will never help you. Now, before I change my mind, get out of here!" Huang Meihua said angrily.

“Madam, I’m sorry for what I did to you before,” Zhao Yi said. “I know I made a lot of mistakes, and now I just want to make up for them. From now on, I will do everything I can to give you a happy life.”

"Get out of here!"

"Yes, Madam, please don't be angry. I'll leave right away, I'll leave right away!" After saying that, Zhao Yi left in a hurry.

However, as he was leaving, he glanced back at Huang Meihua and a strange feeling welled up inside him.

Huang Meihua's beauty has now captivated him, and he realizes that his wife is not without merit; in fact, she is both beautiful and capable.

And most importantly, this woman, whom he once looked down upon, has now become the Zhao family's lifeline.

He recalled all the evil deeds he had committed against Huang Meihua and suddenly felt a pang of guilt.

However, he then dismissed his feelings of guilt.

"You vile woman, how dare you make me, the dignified head of the Zhao family, kneel outside your door! Luckily, no one saw this at the moment, otherwise I would have truly lost all face!"

"Once you help my Zhao family out of this predicament, see how I deal with you!" Thinking of this, he even felt a little excited. He then quickened his pace, left the Zhao family, and headed to the Yihong Pavilion.

It's said that his son frequents a very good place, so he decided to give it a try.

On Huang Meihua's side.

After seeing Zhao Yi off, she carefully walked back to her room and entered her boudoir, where she immediately saw Chen Xuan sitting cross-legged on her bed, meditating.

Upon seeing Huang Meihua enter, Chen Xuan also stopped meditating. At this moment, his cultivation had been consolidated at the eighth level of Foundation Establishment.

"Come sit down!" Chen Xuan patted himself expressionlessly.

"Chen Xuan, please let me explain, I really didn't..."

"Just sit down, do you think I'm going to eat you?"

Huang Meihua hesitated for a moment, then finally sighed and obediently sat in Chen Xuan's lap.

As soon as she sat down, Chen Xuan wrapped his arms around her tightly and then grabbed her chin.

“Originally, we were even, but now… what do you suggest we do?” Chen Xuan said with a smile.