After a moment of surprise, Si Shulan quickly stepped forward, looked him over, and even reached out to pinch his cheek.

"Alive?"

Su Nian raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Or you'll die?"

"Ah, no." Si Shulan looked at him suspiciously. "Weren't you taken to the Demon Realm unconscious? Weren't you chopped into mincemeat?"

Su Nian felt helpless. "Please~ the Illusion Demon Clan doesn't eat people. She went to so much trouble to bring me to the Demon Realm. If it's just to be made into a dish, wouldn't that be a loss?"

“Yeah, that’s true. If she wanted to eat you, she would have done it on the spot. You’re a menace to the demons, so it’s better to kill you sooner rather than later.” Si Shulan crossed her arms and nodded seriously.

Su Nian could no longer bear it. He stood up from his chair, walked up to Si Shulan, and looked at the girl who was a head shorter than him with a dangerous smile on his face.

"W-What are you doing!" Si Shulan felt the pressure coming from Su Nian and couldn't help but swallow.

"Speaking of which, I'd say I'm your master's father now, right?"

Si Shulan curled her lip in disdain, "Bullshit Master! You haven't even married my Master yet! We're peers! Besides, you're younger than me. If you're willing to call me 'sister,' I'd be honored!"

"You're already engaged, so marriage is just a matter of time, isn't it?" Su Nian rolled up her sleeves. "Looks like I'm going to show you what I'm capable of today! Otherwise, once Qiu Shan and I get married, you'll definitely be secretly ruining our relationship!"

As he spoke, he picked up Si Shulan, sat down, and pressed her onto his lap.

This awkward position instantly made Si Shulan realize that the situation was bad. Her face changed, and she said in a trembling voice, "What are you doing? I'm warning you! Even if you become my master's father, you can't touch me like this!"

"Don't worry, I won't have any physical contact with you."

Su Nian smiled mysteriously and took out a blade of grass from her storage ring.

Si Shulan subconsciously thought that Su Nian was going to spank her, but to her surprise, Su Nian took off her shoes and started tickling the soles of her feet with grass.

The tingling sensation instantly spread throughout her body. Si Shulan bit her lower lip tightly, gripping Su Nian's thigh without uttering a sound.

"Are you going to keep enduring this? This isn't just any ordinary grass; it's a Xuan-rank spiritual treasure, specifically used for interrogating prisoners." Su Nian smiled eerily. "None of the prisoners interrogated with it have been able to endure it..."

As she spoke, Si Shulan's patience finally reached its limit, and she could no longer control herself, bursting into laughter.

She laughed until tears streamed down her face, and when she could no longer bear it, she changed her mind and said, "Stop...stop tickling me, I was wrong, I was wrong, okay?"

"Where did you go wrong?" Su Nian slowed down the grass in her hands and asked sternly.

Si Shulan forced back her tears of laughter and said, "I shouldn't have spoken so rudely to you. Please forgive me, please forgive me."

"Hmm...that's more like it."

Su Nian nodded in satisfaction and released Si Shulan.

Once she regained her freedom, Si Shulan immediately put on her shoes. She took a few steps back, widening the distance between herself and Su Nian, and looked at him unwillingly, her eyes slightly misty.

"What? Still not convinced?" Su Nian asked teasingly, arms crossed.

"Hmph!" Si Shulan snorted, then shouted, "Even if you conquer my body with despicable means, you can't conquer my heart!"

Su Nian: "..."

That sounds really strange.

After saying that, Si Shulan ran out of the courtyard feeling wronged.

Watching Si Shulan's figure gradually disappear into the distance, Su Nian couldn't help but ponder whether her punishment of tickling her feet was too severe.

Si Qiushan then came to Su Nian's side, glanced down at the grass in his hand, shook her head with a hint of helplessness and smiled, "Now... you're going to be completely hated by Shulan."

Su Nian said helplessly, "We have to make her realize the difference in our status. We are engaged, and after I marry you, she will most likely stay by our side. If she continues like this, we probably won't even have any space to be alone."

Si Qiushan covered her mouth and chuckled, "Actually, Shulan has been a very filial child since she was little. She didn't go through any rebellious phase. It's just that she becomes like this whenever you're mentioned."

Su Nian scratched her head. "Is she really that reluctant to let her master marry someone else?"

Si Qiushan gave him a meaningful look. "Actually... it's not entirely true."

Su Nian thought for a moment, then said with a hint of helplessness, "We're of the same generation, and she's always considered me a rival. Now that her rival is about to become her master, that's probably why she feels awkward."

"Maybe?" Si Qiushan tilted her head playfully.

Su Nian suddenly grimaced and gasped for breath.

Si Qiushan asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"That girl really went all out just now, she pinched my thigh until it turned purple, you should rub it for me."

"Pinched until it turned purple?" Si Qiushan blinked curiously.

Shulan could pinch Su Nian's thigh until it turned purple?

"Yes! It's quite serious! We definitely need to massage it properly!"

As she spoke, Su Nian lifted Si Qiushan up in her arms.

Feeling the overwhelming masculine presence, Si Qiushan blushed and felt extremely shy.

"Shall we go inside and rub each other? The living room is too bright and not suitable for such intimate things."

Si Qiushan did not resist, but leaned against Su Nian's chest and softly hummed in a voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz.

With Si Qiushan's permission, Su Nian carried her into the inner room.

Si Shulan never saw her master again until noon the next day.