The next morning, when Shen Qiang woke up, the curtains were already illuminated. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Qian Dai lying beside him, pretending to sleep nervously. Unfortunately, her stillness that didn't dare to breathe and the uncontrollable eyelashes deeply betrayed her.

Shen Qiang laughed as he turned to her side, gently holding her slender waist, looking at her stunning face with a soft smile, and said, "Stop pretending to sleep, the sun's already on your butt."

Upon hearing this, Qian Dai burst into laughter, then immediately pretended not to laugh, but after just one second, she shyly opened her eyes, glanced at Shen Qiang, and playfully said, "Life is hard enough, can't you just believe I'm truly asleep?"

Shen Qiang laughed, looking at her charming face, and said, "But I think the cooperation between Baihua Palace and Heshenghe almost has a clear direction, so when they find out you're missing, they'll definitely go crazy."

Qian Dai froze for a moment, then suddenly sat up, exclaimed, "Oh no, the elders will scold me miserably."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang laughed.

He pulled her back gently and softly said, "Qian Dai, don't worry, it's okay, actually, regardless of how Heshenghe and Baihua Palace talk, there's someone responsible for it, no need to fuss about it."

Looking at Shen Qiang, Qian Dai's beautiful eyes suddenly became shy, and she said shyly, "I know, but I..."

"Try to forget about those rules for now." Shen Qiang smiled, looking at her, and said, "Everyone wears a mask, and when you're tired, taking it off to breathe isn't a bad thing."

Qian Dai's pretty face flushed red, then she hurriedly and shyly said, "I lost my composure last night."

Shen Qiang laughed, then said, "I didn't think so. If you were just like a saint, I'd actually feel you're too pretentious, so I prefer the real you."

Qian Dai blushed and said, "I don't even know what happened to me yesterday, so embarrassing, if others found out, I'd truly have nowhere to hide."

Shen Qiang laughed, "Don't worry, if anyone dares to criticize you, I'll scold them for you, or even beat them."

Qian Dai burst into laughter, charmingly said, "Don't you really think we went overboard last night?"

"There's too many hypocrites, preaching morality but quick to attack others from a moral standpoint when they can find no other fault." Shen Qiang laughed, "So don't stress over it, sometimes relaxing isn't bad; doing good deeds isn't about merely professing lofty morals."

Qian Dai shyly, then nervously said, "But as a woman, first learn to stand upright. The way to stand upright is to be pure and chaste, pure means clean in body, chaste means honored in integrity, never looking back, never speaking wantonly…"

Shen Qiang interrupted with a laugh, "Stop, don't say anymore, what you're saying makes sense! But I always believe, in everyone's heart, there's the highest ideals, and the evil desires, ideals are mostly the same, but desires are different."

"So sometimes, don't be too harsh on yourself, because you need to learn to forgive yourself, it's not about how high your morals are, it's simply human nature."

Looking at Qian Dai's surprised beautiful eyes.

Shen Qiang laughed, "Does it sound a bit outrageous? I like beauties, that's my desire, I've never hidden this, yet I've never given up on trying to live well, and I know you've been loaded with expectations since you were young."

"Ever since you could remember, what you've heard all day is, no lying, no this, no that, must do this, should do that."

"But in reality, not being able to lie in interpersonal interactions makes one useless!"

"Air conditioning chills the head, seats burn the bottom, it's ready to fly when fueled. Such words, second-hand car dealers say with ease. Quiet, elegant, enjoy the view, give her a home if you love her, real estate agents repeat these lines, even for things no one wants, they'll tell you, many are queued up waiting."

Looking at Qian Dai's shocked expression, Shen Qiang laughed, "Those who dare to lie like this become executives, earnest, honest, and truthful people end up as hard workers, if you still don't understand what I mean, let's talk about schooldays.'

"My Chinese teacher was the homeroom teacher, her favorite essay topic was, 'My Homeroom Teacher.'

"At that time, I racked my brains guessing what she liked to read every day, so I wrote daily about the noble homeroom teacher, the perfect teacher with love, who bravely illuminated my life, hence my essays were always graded excellent, often representing the class and school in essay competitions."

Smiling at Qian Dai's beautiful, stunned eyes, Shen Qiang laughed, "But there was a classmate named Li Mingyu, he was extremely honest, he wrote about the homeroom teacher eating a student's apple, telling them her birthday, and the class president organizing a fundraiser to celebrate her birthday."

"The result was, he got slapped by the teacher in class, punished to stand in the corridor for a week, and had a parent-teacher meeting for needing improvement in moral education."

"So sometimes, when you think everyone is pure in and out, that's when you're wrong." Shen Qiang raised his brows and laughed, "Even cultivators, even the Jade Girl of Baihua Palace, aren't necessarily like the mythical Holy Maiden."

"Sometimes, allowing yourself to do something seemingly less noble might not be harmful."

Looking at Qian Dai's sparkling eyes, Shen Qiang laughed, "Because it can release some of that pressure, plus, I hope you can walk out bravely like a true fighter, without living constantly in the shadow of others' gaze."

Qian Dai burst into laughter, cutely pouted and said, "Got it, thank you, Mr. Shen."

Shen Qiang laughed, "Alright, though your attitude isn't sincere, now open your mouth."

"Why?" Qian Dai asked, puzzled.

Shen Qiang smiled, placing a Timeless Beauty Pill into her mouth, laughed and said, "This is my gift to you because I hope you'll always be as beautiful as this moment."

Qian Dai, with charming eyes, softly spoke, "Is this true or false?"

Shen Qiang smiled, "As long as you like to hear it, why worry about truth or falsehood?"

Qian Dai laughed, her lovely eyes welling with endless tenderness, she gently leaned on Shen Qiang's shoulder, softly speaking, "Thank you, Shen Qiang, I understand, you don't want me to be too bound by constraints, but life must go on, whether I like it or not, I still have to play the perfect Jade Girl of Baihua Palace."

Shen Qiang laughed, "You can be uninhibited when no one else is around, beside me, without any restraint."

Qian Dai burst into laughter, then she gently kissed Shen Qiang's cheek, seriously saying, "We agreed then, in front of others, I'll be the best Jade Girl, but in front of you, I just want to be a bad girl."

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