The Rise of Dragon Son-in-Law

Lan’er rolled her eyes and was completely speechless towards Liuli.

"Just go to sleep, you’ll understand all these questions when you grow up." 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Lan’er said, annoyed.

"Aw, don’t be like that, Sister Lan’er, just tell me!"

Liuli began to act coquettishly.

"Alright, but you have to promise not to say that I told you, you’re still a child, after all."

"Okay, sure, I definitely won’t betray you."

...

Outside, Long Chen quickly returned to Qing Zhi’s room.

Qing Zhi had already changed into her pretty pajamas and was drinking water from a teacup.

Seeing Long Chen enter, Qing Zhi slightly turned her body, "What did you do to Liuli?"

"Killed her, threw her into a dung pit."

Long Chen said, laughing.

"Aiya, I’m having a serious conversation, stop it."

Qing Zhi glared at Long Chen.

"I tied her up and handed her over to Lan’er."

"That’s more like it, that annoying girl, I might have had a baby by now if it weren’t for her."

Qing Zhi muttered.

Hearing this, Long Chen couldn’t help but laugh, "Is it that exaggerated?"

"It is."

"Well, it’s never too late."

Long Chen sat beside Qing Zhi.

"Hmm, I don’t know."

Qing Zhi put down her teacup.

Long Chen reached out to embrace Qing Zhi and slowly lay down.

...

The next morning.

Long Chen proposed to leave and return to Qianzhou.

Qing Zhi walked him down to the base of the mountain, her bright eyes staring at him, clearly unhappy.

Long Chen kissed her, whispering, "Don’t be sad, we didn’t make a baby last night, but there’ll be plenty of chances."

"Hmph, you did it on purpose, you just don’t love me."

Qing Zhi snorted coldly.

"Last night, my thoughts were too scattered, so..."

"It’s alright, you head back to Qianzhou, and I’ll come find you soon enough," Qing Zhi said. "Don’t worry, I’m not angry."

"Qing Zhi, I do have something to tell you." Long Chen said, "I’ve already told Xia Ling and the others about us, so don’t be nervous or scared when you come; they all really like you."

"Really?"

Qing Zhi said excitedly.

"Really."

"You’re so good."

Qing Zhi jumped up, hanging onto Long Chen.

"Alright, I’m off then."

"Wait." Qing Zhi said, "Take Lan’er with you, let her stay by your side to serve you."

"No need," Long Chen quickly waved his hands.

"It’s necessary." Qing Zhi said sternly, "Master once said, if I were to marry someone, Lan’er would have to follow and serve me, and my husband."

"Really?" Long Chen was skeptical, "Why would that be necessary?"

"Aiya, never mind that, if you want to know why just ask Lan’er, just take her with you," Qing Zhi said.

"My lady, when you come to Qianzhou, you can bring her along, no need now."

Long Chen said seriously.

"Sooner or later isn’t it all the same?" Qing Zhi said, "Take her along, she can help keep an eye on you for me, otherwise, I’ll be worried."

"Is that your plan?"

"How’s that? You mind my having someone keep tabs on you?"

"Not at all, not at all." Long Chen said with a bitter smile, "Then I’ll take her."

"Mmh, that’s more like it." Qing Zhi smiled, turning and calling over to Lan’er not far away, "Sister Lan’er, follow him, take good care of him."

"I will do my best."

Lan’er bowed.

"Dear, you can go now."

Qing Zhi waved her hand.

"Alright, I’ll wait for you in Qianzhou."

Long Chen embraced Qing Zhi one last time, then left with Lan’er.

Following behind Long Chen, Lan’er, who hadn’t been involved in worldly affairs for a long while, looked around excitedly at the hustle and bustle inside Martial Immortal City.

Her attire, rather revealing, coupled with her striking figure, drew frequent sideways glances.

"Lan’er, this outfit of yours seems to have a little too little fabric; with a bigger curve, I’m worried something might pop out."

Long Chen chuckled.

Lan’er paused, then narrowed her eyes slightly: "What? Are you getting interested?"

"I just purely like balls, like basketball, soccer..."

Pfft.

Lan’er laughed, her laughter shaking like the branches of flowers.

The scene suddenly became a bit out of control.

"It’s swinging a bit too much."

Long Chen forced a laugh.

"Ah, stop it, don’t look anymore."

Lan’er felt a bit shy from Long Chen’s staring.

Long Chen grinned, then suddenly asked, "Qing Zhi said you have to serve both her and me. Why is that? Also, I don’t think Martial Immortal Mountain really needs someone dedicated to being in the kitchen, so why are you there not as a master’s disciple?"

"Want to know?"

Lan’er smiled slightly: "I won’t tell you, but I really am your maid, and could even be your concubine."

"Don’t talk nonsense," Long Chen broke into a sweat: "Tell me, I’m really curious."

"Then you have to promise to buy me a few outfits, and not the cheap ones, okay?"

"Sure, a hundred sets even," Long Chen laughed.

"You said it." Lan’er took a deep breath, calmed her emotions, then said: "Actually, my father was a disciple of Elder Ximen, but my father betrayed the Elder. The Elder crippled his Cultivation and even wanted to kill him. I couldn’t stand to see my father killed, so I went up to Martial Immortal Mountain to ask the elder to spare my father’s life at the price of serving Qing Zhi. If Qing Zhi got married, then I would have to serve both Qing Zhi and her husband for twenty years. It’s only been four years now."

"I see," Long Chen finally understood: "Now that my master has passed away, do you want your freedom? If you do, you can leave, and I will speak with Qing Zhi. There definitely won’t be any problems."

"Not at all," Lan’er didn’t even think before she refused: "If it was before, I would have wished for that, but now it’s different."

"What’s different now?"

"Now, I want to be your maid, your concubine," Lan’er blinked her watery eyes.

"Crazy."

Long Chen waved his hand, saying, "Let’s go, I’ll take you shopping."

"How about we go back to Qianzhou and buy there?"

"Let’s buy here. Although I like watching balls, too many people seeing it isn’t really good, right?"

Long Chen smiled with a hidden meaning.

"Um, then I’ll listen to you."

Lan’er looked down and smiled softly.

Is he protecting me?

Lan’er didn’t dare ask, but she felt a bit sweet.

Shortly after, Long Chen took Lan’er into a mall in Martial Immortal City.

Entering the first store, which was quite high-end, picking up any garment would cost three digits and above.

"This black long dress looks nice; it would definitely look good on you."

Long Chen squeezed a black long dress, feeling its cool, slippery touch which was extremely soothing.

"Don’t touch."

The female sales assistant immediately yelled, "Sir, have you washed your hands? If it gets dirty, it’s hard for us to sell, thank you for your cooperation."

Long Chen was taken aback: "Are you serious?"

"Serious, this dress is priced at seventy-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, no discounts, so please, sir, cooperate."

The sales assistant spoke politely, but with underlying contempt.

"Seventy thousand, not cheap, wrap it up, I’ll pay by card," Long Chen said indifferently.

"Really?"

The sales assistant was surprised.

"Really, pack it up," Long Chen said.

Lan’er heard this, felt displeased, not wanting Long Chen to buy it because of the sales assistant’s poor attitude.

But Long Chen hinted at her with his eyes not to speak.

The sales assistant believed Long Chen and reached for the dress.

"Don’t touch the dress."

Long Chen immediately shouted.

However, the sales assistant had already touched the dress.

Long Chen sighed, saying, "We are germaphobes, have you washed your hands after touching the dress? Ahh, forget it, we don’t want the dress anymore, goodbye."

With that, Long Chen pulled Lan’er and left the store.

The sales assistant stood there dumbfounded, not reacting for a long time.

She wanted to curse a few words, but she couldn’t bring herself to say anything.

Because she had treated them poorly first, now being played, she had brought it onto herself.

"Hehe, I never expected you’d have such a cheeky side. But, it feels like I’ve seen a similar joke before."

Lan’er laughed as if she had discovered a new continent.

Long Chen shrugged, saying: "It was that female sales assistant, not knowing how to speak. Blame me? But I also didn’t expect a joke to come alive, interesting."

"Jokes come from life, after all, it’s normal. Let’s go somewhere else to shop," Lan’er said.

"Why? This is quite nice."

"What’s nice about it? The clothes here are too expensive. Just buy a couple of hundred-dollar outfits; a maid doesn’t need to wear anything too fancy," Lan’er said lightly, laughing.