After hearing her finish speaking, Ling Feng looked away uncomfortably, his fingers gripping the pastry tightening slightly.
"Don't worry, I won't break my promise. If you can really help me have a safe delivery, I will definitely give you a daughter."
Seeing his confident demeanor, Su Qinghe pulled back and grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the fruit box.
"Having only one daughter is not enough; it's better to have more."
Ling Feng was stunned upon hearing this and turned to look at her.
"You said back then that it would be fine as long as you gave birth to a daughter."
Su Qinghe shook her head leisurely, and like a rogue, she stretched out a finger and waved it from side to side.
"Yes! I admit I said those words, but can't I change my terms now?"
"You!" Ling Feng looked at her in disbelief.
He never expected Su Qinghe to have such a shameless side.
He calmed himself down and looked at her expressionlessly. "Aren't you afraid I'll retaliate against you later?"
Su Qinghe scoffed and glanced at him disdainfully. "Don't say you can't, and you wouldn't dare."
"Even if you do that, the Seven Kill Pavilion that you've worked so hard to maintain will cease to exist. Don't believe me? Try it."
Su Qinghe deftly peeled peanuts with both hands, her tone relaxed and calm, as she squeezed a large handful of peanuts in her hands, making a cracking sound.
She glanced up at the silent Ling Feng, and seeing that he still had a stern face, she smirked triumphantly.
After several tests and spending the past two weeks together, she had already figured out this person's personality.
However, despite his cold and ruthless demeanor, he will not actually harm you unless you truly hurt him and he considers the consequences.
Of course, whether she was the mother of his child was a factor in this is unknown.
Perhaps... the men here are like the women of the past; once they have a relationship with someone and there is no hatred involved, they will more or less develop some special feelings?
Ling Feng's face darkened further, but he did not utter another word in rebuttal.
He knew perfectly well that Su Qinghe was right; it was no easy feat for the Seven Kill Pavilion to have reached its current scale, and he absolutely could not allow it to be destroyed.
Seeing Ling Feng humiliated, Su Qinghe felt secretly pleased, and her smile became even brighter.
She popped the peeled peanuts into her mouth and chewed them with a crunching sound.
"After all, judging from what you said, you probably wouldn't survive if you were pregnant with twins. Since I was able to help you give birth safely, I've saved your life."
“Other men say that they can never repay a life-saving grace, so they can only repay it with their bodies, but you have already given yourself to me, so it doesn’t count.”
Su Qinghe threw another handful of peanuts into her mouth, her smile utterly irritating.
"Hmm! I don't want you to be my slave in the next life. While you're still alive, I hope you can give your savior more children. That shouldn't be too much to ask, right?"
She looked up at him intently, waiting for his reply.
Looking at Su Qinghe's bright smile, Ling Feng clenched his fist. He didn't know if it was just his imagination, but he even found it absurdly reasonable that what she said made some sense.
A life-saving grace...
He muttered those words to himself, and after being stared at by her for a while, he lowered his head uncomfortably and let out a very soft nasal sound. "Mmm."
So be it. I was going to have this baby sooner or later anyway. It's just a matter of having a few more babies... I won't suffer any real loss.
He thought that he had lived a life different from other men for the first ten years of his life, and even if he lived the same life as them in the second half of his life, he would still be the one who gained.
Besides, she has the entire Seven Kill Pavilion behind her. If she still wants to use this power, she probably won't dare to go too far. She can't just let herself live like this forever...
Hearing his answer, Su Qinghe narrowed her eyes in satisfaction and handed him the orange she had just peeled.
"Don't worry, I still have some humanity!" she chuckled, silently adding to herself: "Some, but not much."
How could she let him off so easily if he dared to give her that kind of drug? She wouldn't be able to let this go without having five or six children!
Ling Feng took the orange and ate it silently, only believing half of what Su Qinghe had said.
Since they had just left the city, they had brought two plates of fresh food with them when they left in the morning, which was just enough for their lunch.
They instructed the coachman to stop the horses on the side of the road, and after quickly finishing their business, they immediately continued on their way.
Watching Ling Feng carefully place the jar of dried radish into the hidden compartment, Su Qinghe couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.
Judging from how much he treasures it, he really loves it.
"Eating too much of this isn't good; you have to control the amount each time," Su Qinghe reminded him gently after he sat down again.
Ling Feng nodded silently. He knew he couldn't eat too much pickled vegetable.
Silence returned to the carriage, with only the sound of the carriage wheels rolling on the ground.
Ling Feng remained silent the entire way, seemingly deep in thought.
Su Qinghe leaned against the window, admiring the scenery along the way. This was her first time traveling far from home since she came to this world.
"How many towns will we pass through in total?" she asked, looking out the window.
“Six major cities and some small towns along the way,” Ling Feng replied.
Just as Su Qinghe was about to ask another question, she saw the coachman turn the carriage onto another road, and she immediately perked up.
"Will this trip pass through Sanchuan?" Su Qinghe turned to look at him.
Ling Feng was confused. "Hmm."
Su Qinghe was delighted; it would be a good opportunity to check on her business. She had visited before the New Year and rushed back, and although she received occasional updates from there, she still needed to go and see for herself.
There's also the "pregnancy fruit" lottery system, which is only implemented in Tianhe County, so we can arrange it here this time as well.
Just last night, because I didn't know exactly when I would be able to come back, and it had been quite a while since the last lottery draw.
Thinking of giving the pregnant fruit to Wang Lin ahead of time, she went to check on the pregnant fruit tree again, only to be pleasantly surprised to find that two smaller ones had sprouted up next to the original tree.
After studying it for a while, she finally determined that the fertile fruit above had been ripe for too long and hadn't been picked, so it fell to the ground and grew roots.
In less than a month, it grew to the size of a sapling that had grown for two or three years in the outside world, giving her a new understanding of that space.
Because they were so close together, and fearing that they would grow too tall and crowd out the original trees, Su Qinghe dug them up overnight and planted them further away.
After finishing her business, she picked a few pregnant fruits that were about to fall from the tree before leaving.
Perhaps it's because she's been taking too many supplements lately, and she even added a few ginseng slices before, but this time the number of buds has increased significantly.
As usual, she left five for the restaurants in Tianhe County, and put the rest into a basket and stored them in her spatial dimension. She had tried this method before, and as long as they didn't get dirty, they could be preserved for a long time.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that she asked but then remained silent, Ling Feng couldn't help but ask.
Su Qinghe snapped out of her reverie and gave him a mysterious look. "This road is nice, let's do some business while we're at it."
Doing business?
Ling Feng frowned in confusion, but didn't ask any more questions. She always made surprising decisions at certain times.
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