He called Shen Jingzhe.

Right now, she was the only one who could ensure Su Qingning's safety and also help him protect Chu Xiangxue.

After a few rings, Shen Jingzhe finally answered.

"Speak!" Her voice was as indifferent as ever.

Lin Xiao smiled. "Come to Jinhai City!"

"Not going!" Shen Jingzhe's voice grew even colder.

Lin Xiao asked curiously, "Why not?"

"I don't want to be a third wheel, and I certainly don't want to deal with a liar!" Shen Jingzhe said icily.

Lin Xiao suddenly remembered that he had promised to help her with her poison every evening, but he had completely forgotten last night.

"I'm sorry, that was my fault. I honestly didn't do it on purpose. Tell you what, come to Jinhai City now, and I guarantee I'll help you with the poison tonight!"

"No need," Shen Jingzhe said coldly.

"Come on, don't be like that. I need your help. Without you, I'm afraid I'm a dead man!"

"All the better if you die. After all, I'm here to kill you!"

"But don't you want to kill me with your own hands?" Lin Xiao retorted.

Shen Jingzhe fell silent.

After a moment, she said in a frigid tone, "Address!"

Lin Xiao was delighted.

"Sending it now!"

Shen Jingzhe immediately hung up.

Lin Xiao hurriedly sent the address to her, then sent another message to Xiao Shixiong, asking him to investigate as quickly as possible who was planning to harm Chu Xiangxue.

After handling all this, he noticed Su Qingning staring intently at him. Her gaze was complex, a mixture of jealousy, suspicion, confusion, and curiosity.

"Honey, why are you looking at me with such loving eyes?" Lin Xiao asked with a grin.

Su Qingning rolled her eyes at him flirtatiously.

"Hmph, so after all that song and dance, you were just planning to call Shen Jingzhe over?"

"That's right. I didn't want to call her at first, but I think you were right, darling. With my pathetic skills, I can't protect both you and Chu Xiangxue. Shen Jingzhe is a different story, though. You know how strong her cultivation is. With her here, we'll be perfectly safe!"

"I guess you're not completely stupid."

"What do you mean, 'not completely'? Honey, I'm brilliant!"

"Give you an inch and you'll take a mile," Su Qingning said, unimpressed.

Lin Xiao chuckled. "Honey, where to next?"

"Since you've already agreed to protect Chu Xiangxue, we should go to her villa. How else are you supposed to protect her?"

"Brilliant, my dear wife!" Lin Xiao gave her a thumbs-up.

Su Qingning shot him a glare. "You lecher, if I ever catch you sending those shameless messages to them again, I'll stop speaking to you for good. I mean what I say!"

She said this with the utmost seriousness.

Lin Xiao's heart lurched. It wouldn't be hard for me to stop sending those brainless messages to Chu Xiangxue and the others. The real worry is what will happen if those two do something outrageous to me and Su Qingning sees it! No, I have to find some time to have a proper talk with them. They need to be more restrained in the future.

Having made up his mind, Lin Xiao drove back to Chu Xiangxue's villa.

I have to admit, my brainless stunt almost ruined things with Su Qingning just now. But, because of this incident, I also got the chance to say a lot of what was on my mind, successfully bringing our hearts closer. At least, that's how I feel. But I'm sure Su Qingning feels the same way. After being married for this long, I think I have a decent understanding of her.

When they arrived back at Chu Xiangxue's villa, she was almost ready. Upon seeing Su Qingning, Chu Xiangxue's face filled with guilt. She opened her mouth to explain, but Lin Xiao gave her a subtle shake of his head, stopping her.

Since the matter was already resolved, any further explanation from Chu Xiangxue might just overcomplicate things. If it backfired, the loss would far outweigh the gain.

The two women were discussing the concert that evening when Xiao Shixiong called. Lin Xiao took the opportunity to answer the phone.

"Master, we've found out!" Xiao Shixiong said respectfully.

"Speak!"

"The ones who want to make a move on Miss Chu are scum from Cherry Blossom Country!"

Lin Xiao's brow furrowed slightly. "Scum from Cherry Blossom Country?"

"That's right, and from one of their four major families—the Kishida Family. The piece of trash you killed at Chunyu Pavilion was also from this family!"

Lin Xiao's frown deepened. It wasn't out of fear, but because the situation felt illogical. I killed one of their family members. Logically, they should be coming after me for revenge. So why target Chu Xiangxue? Could it be they think she's important to me, so they decided to attack her? But that's not right either. If they really wanted to target someone close to me, shouldn't they go after Su Qingning? She's far more important to me than Chu Xiangxue is.

"Do you know why they want to make a move on Chu Xiangxue?" Lin Xiao asked.

Xiao Shixiong quickly responded, "Master, it's about business!"

So that's why.

Lin Xiao nodded. "Alright, I understand. Do you know how many people from the Kishida Family have come?"

"One. Kishida Kazuo, a third-generation core member of the Kishida Family. His own cultivation is said to be quite impressive, but he's also brought in external help!"

"What kind of external help?"

"Reporting to you, Master: they're from the Ghost Medicine Sect!" Xiao Shixiong said, his voice filled with killing intent.

Lin Xiao was amused. It's true that birds of a feather flock together. Trash really does attract trash.

"Alright, I understand. Get back to what you were doing."

"Master, Kishida Kazuo and the people from the Ghost Medicine Sect have already arrived in Jinhai City. I've ordered Tie Shankao to go and assassinate them!"

"Nonsense! Call Tie Shankao back. The opponents are strong; with his level of cultivation, he'd just be throwing his life away. Send me Kishida Kazuo's address. I'll deal with him myself!"

The enemy clearly came prepared. With Tie Shankao's strength, he would only be going to his death! I quite admire him, and I think he has a great future ahead of him. I can't bear to send him to die.

Xiao Shixiong sounded moved. "Yes, Master!"

Lin Xiao hung up. Just as he was about to rejoin the two women, his phone rang again.

It was Shao Mei'er this time.

Lin Xiao answered the call.

"Stinky Daddy, are you in Jinhai City?" Shao Mei'er's voice was frantic.

"I am. What's wrong?" Lin Xiao asked.

"Then you have to come save me!" she pleaded pitifully.

Hearing this, Lin Xiao's expression turned serious. He quickly asked, "What happened?"

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