Chapter 438: The Strange Aunt

In a secluded corner of the Second Peak’s backyard.

Shangguan Yunlan finally understood why her little disciple Qian Anning wanted to move in and spend every day with Wang Haoran.

Because now, she too, found it incredibly hard to leave.

But she had no choice; as the master of Piao Miao Holy Land, she had responsibilities.

And, out of shyness and embarrassment, fearing gossip, she instructed her martial nephew.

Whenever others were around, she was just his martial aunt.

This meant no kissing or hugging.

Even in front of her junior sister Zhao Nishang—

Though she knew her junior sister already knew.

She still lacked the courage to face it openly, choosing to “deceive herself.”

So now.

Sensing her junior sister’s approach.

She quickly seized the moment, holding her martial nephew’s neck tighter.

And kissed him more passionately.

Until a figure walked through the backyard gate—

“J-Junior sister, you’re here!”

Shangguan Yunlan guiltily greeted.

“Auntie!” Wang Haoran chimed in.

At this moment.

Though they stood far apart.

Shangguan Yunlan’s flushed face was a clear giveaway.

Both expected Zhao Nishang to tease them with a smirk.

But—

“Ha-Haoran, Senior Sister, you’re both here…”

Zhao Nishang’s tone and demeanor were unusually serious, almost deliberately so.

With his keen senses, Wang Haoran even detected a hint of… embarrassment and awkwardness?

“Auntie, is there something you need?”

Wang Haoran walked over to her.

Usually, his aunt would approach with a smile.

But now.

“I’m fine!?” Zhao Nishang, as if startled, involuntarily stepped back.

Seeing her good nephew’s puzzled face, a faint blush appeared on her cheeks—

As a legendary expert, she didn’t need to rest like normal people.

But for some reason, recently, she’d been sleeping longer than usual…

“This is my bed; it’s reasonable for me to sleep here!”

She reassured herself.

Yet every time she lay down, she recalled her senior sister “healing” there…

And so, thinking and thinking, her fantasies finally manifested in last night’s dream—

In the dream, she took her senior sister’s place…

“This is just a dream! It’s not real!”

“Haoran is a good boy; he wouldn’t turn bad!”

—However, lacking experience, she couldn’t conjure the corresponding feelings in her dream.

Upon waking.

“…………..”

In the quiet of the night, she felt a sense of loneliness and regret!

So now.

Looking at Wang Haoran’s face so close.

Zhao Nishang, internally flustered, felt entirely unnatural.

How could she tease her senior sister like before!

“I-I have something to do, so I’ll go first! You two continue!”

Without waiting for a response, she fled.

“……”

“……”

Leaving Wang Haoran and Shangguan Yunlan bewildered.

Especially Shangguan Yunlan: “Junior sister… is acting strange…”

Though she didn’t want to be teased by her junior sister, but…

“Isn’t Junior Sister usually mischievous? Why so serious now?”

“It’s bizarre!”

Knowing his aunt had peeked, Wang Haoran sensed something was amiss.

But he wouldn’t mention it to Shangguan Yunlan—

“Lan’er, how can you speak of ‘gentle’ and ‘kind’ Auntie like that!”

“She’s your aunt now too!”

—Naturally, this made Shangguan Yunlan blush:

“W-what do you mean my aunt… she’s my junior sister…”

“Of course! Because you’re going to marry me!”

Wang Haoran held his martial aunt’s shoulders, their faces mere centimeters apart, gazing intently.

And Shangguan Yunlan, avoiding eye contact, felt both nervous and expectant:

“Well… alright then…”

For Haoran, she’d accept the generational demotion, as it didn’t cause any real harm…

And so.

Interrupted by Zhao Nishang, the two resumed their sweet kissing.

……

Finally, having to leave the backyard.

The “practice” completed, they walked back to the Second Peak’s main hall.

There, Zhao Nishang, Lin Xixue, and Qian Anning were already present.

At this moment.

Zhao Nishang was “calmly” sipping tea, not even glancing at them.

While Qian Anning couldn’t resist hugging him, “Haoran~”

As for Lin Xixue, she remained reserved because her martial aunt was present.

Yet she sat in place, gazing at Wang Haoran with adoration.

Naturally, in such a situation, Shangguan Yunlan felt genuinely awkward inside.

Yet inexplicably… excited—

“Just now, Haoran and I… felt like we were sneaking…”

Sitting with her junior sister, sipping tea, her mind was filled with little calculations.

Unbeknownst to her, her upright junior sister’s thoughts were even wilder.

“Speaking of which, among us… I’m the only one who hasn’t let Haoran…”

“Hear a pleasant voice…”

“After all, I’m an elder… must maintain my image before Haoran…”

But as Zhao Nishang thought, she recalled last night’s dream.

At this moment, in her heart.

She suddenly felt a desire to sneak around with Wang Haoran!

“……”

“Ah~ pfft!” Blushing, Zhao Nishang began to scold herself!

“If Sister Xiaoyun’s ghost knew you had such thoughts about her son!”

“Sister Xiaoyun would surely scold and despise you!”

“So, you can’t think, can’t think!”

Zhao Nishang tried to use her respect for Sister Xiaoyun to forcibly calm herself.

But—

“Ah… speaking of which, Sister Xiaoyun once said she’d find me a man…”

“Though I said no… Sister Xiaoyun insisted… ‘You must, you must, I’ll definitely find you a good man!'”

“Now Sister Xiaoyun is gone…”

So, a mother’s debt is repaid by her son…

What was once a joke between sisters.

Now, Zhao Nishang recalled it as if grabbing a feather to make an arrow!

Giving her “desires” a legitimate reason!

“After all, I can’t let Sister Xiaoyun’s words go unfulfilled…”

—And so, Zhao Nishang’s thoughts wandered again.