Late Autumn, I Can Help You...

Back at the Leng Family residence.

"Sister! I'm home!"

"Today that loser Gu Yan picked me up!"

Leng Ling'er shouted loudly as she sprinted inside after getting out of the car.

Second floor study.

Leng Qingqiu smiled slightly as she heard Leng Ling'er's shouts from downstairs.

So Gu Yan picked up Ling'er today, that's rare. Calculating the time, it should be dinner soon. I wonder what we'll have tonight.

I'm looking forward to it. If possible, I'd like to have some desserts. Working my brain so much makes me want to replenish some sugar...

Ugh... no, no...

She shook her head, pulling back her thoughts.

Leng Qingqiu realized her mind had wandered again. She was supposed to be planning the specific process for the day after tomorrow.

This was related to her grand revenge plan.

How annoying. Ever since Gu Yan arrived, she found her train of thought constantly interrupted by him. This was seriously affecting her revenge plans.

Leng Qingqiu felt she needed to lower Gu Yan's status in her heart a bit.

She definitely couldn't let him surpass her inner desire for revenge. Of course, Leng Qingqiu was very confident about this.

If divided into 1000 parts, she believed Gu Yan only occupied 1 part of her heart, while the remaining 999 parts were all about how to exact revenge.

Yes, it must be so.

Leng Qingqiu took a deep breath and continued pondering her plan for the day after tomorrow.

According to investigations, the King of Hell Palace's Yan Xing Group was a giant corporation in Jianghai, and Yan Huang was highly respected.

Most of the prominent families in Jianghai would likely be invited to attend the banquet, including...

The Gu family, most certainly.

Leng Qingqiu hesitated for a moment at this thought, then shook her head.

It doesn't matter. She had considered many scenarios. Even if Gu Yan attended the banquet, it wouldn't stop what she planned to do.

Jun Zilan had already used his abilities to investigate thoroughly. There would be over a dozen martial artists and numerous security personnel guarding the banquet venue the day after tomorrow.

As for Yan Huang's side, he would be protected by the death soldiers he trained and several of his adopted sons and daughters.

Of course, apart from Long Zaitian, who was at the early stage of Innate Realm, the others were merely at the level of Third-rate Martial Artists.

PS: [Third-rate Martial Artist, Second-rate Martial Artist, First-rate Martial Artist, Posterior Heaven, Innate Realm, Master, Grand Master]

The death soldiers should be very powerful, but Leng Qingqiu guessed, or rather was certain, they wouldn't exceed the early stage of Master Realm.

On her side, there were currently 9 people, each with different levels of cultivation and abilities...

Leng Qingqiu already had a general idea of the process in her mind.

The next step was simply to have her people infiltrate the banquet venue undetected.

This was actually quite simple. They just needed to be careful not to replace anyone from the Gu family.

Having sorted everything out, Leng Qingqiu opened her eyes, the special symbols in them glowing faintly.

Although she had no cultivation herself, she could still... use some abilities that were inherently hers.

King of Hell Palace... hehe, I'll make you become part of my forces.

Just as Leng Qingqiu was about to let out some sinister laughter, the next second-

Click!

"Qingqiu, I'm here!"

As the door was suddenly pushed open, a voice that made Leng Qingqiu's body tremble rang out.

Leng Qingqiu hurriedly closed her eyes, then unnaturally pretended to be reading and studying.

Gu Yan walked over to Leng Qingqiu curiously and poked her cheek: "Qingqiu, what are you doing? I saw your body shiver a bit?"

Leng Qingqiu was inwardly annoyed, thinking she must remember to lock the door next time.

Then, with a murderous expression, she turned to face Gu Yan and said through gritted teeth: "Next time, can you knock before coming in?! And stop poking my face!"

"Hehe, if Qingqiu makes a request, I'll naturally agree."

Gu Yan walked to Leng Qingqiu's side and put what he was carrying on the table.

Then he said with a smile: "I've safely sent Mei Xue back. Qingqiu, you don't need to worry about your good friend."

As he spoke, Gu Yan started clinging to Leng Qingqiu again.

Hah, Mei Xue is a martial artist at the Innate Realm. Rather than worrying about her, you should worry about yourself.

But... why didn't I sense Mei Xue's presence?

Oh right, because I had instructed her before that if Gu Yan returned to the Leng residence, she didn't need to keep guard anymore.

Leng Qingqiu stopped pondering this issue and instead tried to push away Gu Yan, who kept getting close to her, with an embarrassed and annoyed expression: "Can you move away a bit? Don't disturb me while I'm reading!"

Gu Yan was certainly unwilling. This was a great opportunity to absorb pure love energy!

So he said righteously: "Qingqiu! What are you saying? I'm just leaning on you, not talking or doing anything. How am I disturbing your reading?"

As he spoke, Gu Yan stuck to her like glue, touching Leng Qingqiu here and flipping through her Braille books there.

This caused Leng Qingqiu's expression to gradually become more amicable as she clenched her fists tightly.

No, no, must endure... must endure...

"Qingqiu~ Your shoulders seem a bit stiff. Want your good husband to give you a massage?"

Leng Qingqiu, oh Leng Qingqiu, getting angry over such small matters, how will you exact your revenge in the future?

"Qiuqiu, say something. Hey, what brand of shampoo did you use? It smells so good! Let me sniff sniff *inhales deeply*."

You need to be calm, you are the King of Night, you are...

"Qingqiu, you look a bit upset. What's wrong? Is your stomach hurting?"

Calm my ass!!

"Ahhh!! I'm going to sew that mouth of yours shut!!"

Leng Qingqiu stood up with a bang, then accurately located Gu Yan's position and grabbed his collar tightly.

She shook him back and forth: "You bastard! Are you that free?! You talk too much! I-I-I-I-I'm going to be angered to death by you!!"

Leng Qingqiu didn't know why she always couldn't stay calm in front of Gu Yan.

Seeing this, Gu Yan smiled even more happily and said intermittently as he was being shaken: "Qingqiu wait... wait... I bought you something delicious."

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Hearing this, Leng Qingqiu slowly made a question mark. She let go of her hands, crossed her arms, and snorted coldly: "What did you buy? Let me tell you, I never eat high-calorie food from outside."

"Don't worry, it's not high in calories, just high in sugar."

As Gu Yan spoke, he took out the dessert he had just bought on the way - cream puffs.

He took one out and said: "Want to eat a cream puff, Qingqiu? They say this shop only sells 100 cream puffs a day, and once they're sold out, that's it for the day."

Cream puffs? Those soft, sweet pastries filled with cream?

Wow... I used to love those so much...

Gulp...

Leng Qingqiu swallowed inwardly, but on the surface, she still sneered: "? Did you not understand what I meant?"

"As a member of the Leng family, I have a very strict and regular... mmph mmph mmph..."

Before she could finish speaking, Leng Qingqiu felt something big and soft being stuffed into her mouth.

She was suddenly gagged.

As Gu Yan stuffed it in, he smiled and said: "Although I don't understand what you're saying, I think you'll like this taste, Qingqiu."

Who! Who would like it!

Leng Qingqiu cursed inwardly with embarrassment, but the delicious taste stimulating her taste buds still made her face show an extremely happy expression.

Ah... this taste... it's so good...

In no time, the cream puff was finished. Leng Qingqiu licked her lips, still savoring the taste.

"How was it?" Gu Yan asked with a smile.

"It's... it's just okay. I don't really like sweets that much. After all, they make you gain weight."

Leng Qingqiu said unnaturally.

"Is that so? I really thought it would taste very good."

He said this while curiously taking out another one, preparing to taste it himself.

However-

Smack!

Leng Qingqiu snatched it away, accurately locating it by sound. Under Gu Yan's stunned gaze, Leng Qingqiu's face turned slightly red: "I told you it makes you gain weight!"

"Gu Yan, aren't you always working out? You can't eat this kind of thing."

Saying this, as if feeling embarrassed by Gu Yan's stare, she pretended to be angry and said: "Also! Shouldn't you be making dinner now? Hurry up and go!"

Gulp. Gu Yan looked at Leng Qingqiu like this and nodded blankly.

He didn't even remember how he left the room.

Ah... so cute... Qingqiu still has cream at the corner of her mouth.

Oh right!

Gu Yan opened the door again and asked excitedly, "Qingqiu, there's some cream on the corner of your mouth. Can I help you lick it off......"

"Get lost!"

Ah, it seems that didn't work after all.

Gu Yan left with a disappointed look on his face.

Inside the study.

Leng Qingqiu was breathing heavily, embarrassed and annoyed. That bastard! He has no shame!

How could he say something like that!

She calmed down a bit, then reached out to wipe the cream from the corner of her mouth.

Feeling the cream on her fingertip... lick it off for me...

Leng Qingqiu's face turned red, and she quickly shook her head.

Idiot! As if I'd ever let him do something like that!! It's too perverse!

But she couldn't let it go to waste either. Leng Qingqiu put her cream-covered fingertip in her mouth, a blissful smile spreading across her face.

Hehe, there's still so much left. I can really indulge myself.

Oh right, what was I thinking about earlier? Never mind, I'll finish eating first and then get back to work.