In truth, with Lou Qianzong's abilities, he could simply slap anyone who displeased him to death; there was no need for such trouble. It's just that he harbors good intentions and wouldn't indiscriminately kill innocent people. That's why Chu Nian said he was tough on the outside but soft on the inside.
Chen Baiying was shocked to discover that her brother, just like Zhou Qianqian, had started learning to sing, play the piano, and undergo various combat training as Chu Nian had instructed.
She just couldn't understand it. It was one thing for Zhou Qianqian, a young girl, to believe Chu Nian's words, but why would her brother, who was used to seeing all sorts of things, do the same? Did her brother also like Lou Qianzong?
But to say that her brother doesn't like Lou Qianzong... Chen Baiying felt that, judging from how readily he agreed to let Lou Qianzong stay at home that day, it really didn't seem like he didn't like her.
Chen Baiying was a bit dumbfounded when she discovered this possibility: her brother seemed to really like Jiang Yuxuan before, and when she was working as a maid at home, she always defended her. She herself disliked Jiang Yuxuan's affected manner and the way she attracted her brother, and often made trouble for her.
But now that she thinks about it, she feels that her brother still prefers Miss Jiang, since Miss Jiang is at least a woman!
As evening approached, Lou Qianzong returned to the Chen mansion, standing on the stairs just as he had the first time he appeared there. From there, he could overlook everything in the hall…
He ended up seeing Chen Baiying sitting on the living room sofa, looking annoyed and helpless. Upstairs, a woman was singing at the top of her lungs; in the yard behind the building, someone was doing boxing; and another person was lying in bed listening to soothing music on a gramophone.
Lou Qianzong turned and walked upstairs to the room from which soothing music was playing.
Chen Baiying, who was on the sofa, probably heard a sound on the stairs. She turned around and saw Lou Qianzong walking upstairs. She greeted him, "Mr. Lou, you're back?"
Lou Qianzong stopped and turned to her, giving her a soft "hmm." Just as he was about to continue upstairs, he suddenly heard a woman practicing a song in one of the rooms, hitting a high note: "That's me..."
The sound was probably too bizarre, because Lou Qianzong's legs trembled when he heard it. He covered his ears and took a long stride to flip down the stair railing, and in one swift motion, he was behind the sofa.
Fortunately, the noise stopped in time—he probably couldn't keep up the howling, otherwise he would have been squatting behind the sofa...
Chen Baiying had been tormented by this demonic voice all day and had become so used to it that she didn't think much of it. But when she saw Lou Qianzong suddenly fly down the stairs and rush towards her, she was so frightened that she quickly got up and saw that Lou Qianzong almost hid behind the sofa.
She stared in shock at Lou Qianzong, who stood there dumbfounded. His handsome, devilish face still held a hint of infantile terror. After a few seconds of stunned silence, when the corners of her mouth involuntarily turned up, she noticed that Lou Qianzong was already glaring at her with a dark expression.
She quickly covered her mouth with both hands.
The door to a guest room on the second floor opened, and Chu Nian, who had been quietly listening to music, stood in the hallway with her hands on her hips, looking somewhat indignant, and shouted towards Zhou Qianqian's room: "Miss Zhou, can you at least practice your pitch before you sing? And can't you practice at home?"
From the other room came Zhou Qianqian's voice: "Oh, okay, okay, I'll be careful."
Chu Nian turned her head and saw the two people in the hall downstairs, both looking rather strange. However, seeing Lou Qianzong return, she was very happy and came downstairs, asking, "Lou Qianzong, you're back? How did things go?"
"It's done." Lou Qianzong said coldly, and with a flick of his hand, a bloody head fell to the ground and rolled to Chen Baiying's feet.
Chen Baiying, who was trying to keep quiet by covering her mouth, screamed "Ah!" when she saw the human head.
Upon seeing the features of the severed head, Chu Nian was immediately overjoyed. The pent-up anger in her chest dissipated, confirming that it was indeed Zhang Pengju.
With a wave of her hand, the head disappeared.
She said, "I knew that with Lou Qianzong personally taking charge, there was nothing that couldn't be accomplished."
Chen Baiying asked Lou Qianzong, "This...person...was it you who killed them?"
Lou Qianzong's handsome face was filled with a sinister aura, and his voice was even more sinister as he said, "That's right. Don't you know? I'm a zombie! A zombie that kills without blinking an eye!"
Chu Nian said, "The deceased was named Zhang Pengju, a remnant of the Witch Corpse Sect."
Chen Baiying: "Is that the Corpse Witch Clan, which specializes in refining corpses and imprisons the souls of the dead within the bodies to prevent them from being reincarnated?"
Chu Nian: "Yes."
Chen Baiying breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good that this kind of person was killed."
Lou Qianzong snorted coldly and went upstairs to his guest room to rest.
Seeing that he had already gone up the stairs and was some distance away, Chu Nian whispered to Chen Baiying and asked curiously, "What happened just now? You seemed to be holding back a laugh the whole time!"
"Just now? Hehe..." Chen Baiying laughed heartily, about to tell Chu Nian the whole story, when Lou Qianzong heard the commotion and suddenly turned around, glaring at Chen Baiying with a sinister look and a murderous aura.
Chen Baiying quickly covered her mouth, and her laughter and talking came to an abrupt halt.
Lou Qianzong threatened, "If you dare to say anything out of line, I'll chop off your head."
Chen Baiying hurriedly said, "I understand, I... I absolutely won't talk nonsense, really." I just want to tell the truth and not talk nonsense.
Lou Qianzong was slightly relieved and returned to his room.
Chu Nian was still curious, so she set up a soundproof barrier and pressed Chen Baiying for answers. After hearing them, she and Chen Baiying burst into laughter.
When Chen Boteng saw Lou Qianzong appear at the table during dinner time, he was very happy and said, "Mr. Lou, you're back?"
Lou Qianzong gave a curt and indifferent "hmm".
Chen Boteng added, "I've made up my mind. I'll practice martial arts diligently from now on. Also, Miss Nian Nian taught me a set of martial arts techniques, and I'll make the most of every moment to cultivate them."
Lou Qianzong remained silent, glanced at him, and wondered why he was telling her this: "You can practice whatever you want, what does it have to do with me?"
Zhou Qianqian then said, "Lou Qianzong, I'm starting to learn to sing."
Lou Qianzong was immediately speechless.
Chen Baiying's lips twitched several times, but she managed to suppress the laughter that was welling up inside her: if she were to spit out her food, it would be too unbecoming of her to be the eldest daughter of the Chen family.
Unfortunately, Zhou Qianqian was spoiled by her family since childhood and didn't know how to read people's expressions. She was completely unaware of Lou Qianzong's heartache and continued to speak with a hopeful look on her face: "Miss Niannian said that as long as I work hard, one day I will be able to sing a deeply moving song like you."
Lou Qianzong looked at Chu Nian with a deep, unsettling gaze.
Chu Nian hurriedly advised Zhou Qianqian, "I still suggest you start practicing from the very basics. It's impossible to get everything right in one step." After a pause, she added, "You should go home and have your family hire a professional vocal coach for you..."
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