Watching Tantai Qing’s behavior, Su Chun felt her whole world-view fracturing.
Tantai Qing was like an eight-legged octopus, clinging tightly to Tantai Xuan, rubbing her head against her neck and letting out pampered whimpers.
To Su Chun, this was a green-clad mature beauty—who actually looked more mature than Tantai Xuan—acting like a spoiled child toward another cool, elegant beauty.
It didn’t feel like a mother and daughter; it felt more like a pair of “lilies” (yuri).
Then again, it wouldn’t be wrong to call the Tantai clan a family of lilies.
“Mother, your scent is still the best. It makes me feel like I’ve traveled back to my childhood,” Tantai Qing murmured.
Lan Suxin stood to the side, caught between laughter and tears.
“You child, you’re only a few decades younger than your mother and me. How old are you now? Acting like this… aren’t you afraid your sister will laugh at you?”
Tantai Qing immediately opened her eyes wide and looked at Su Chun with an innocent gaze.
“Chun’er, would you laugh at your sister?”
Su Chun’s head shook violently like a rattle.
She didn’t dare say a word.
After all, Tantai Xuan was currently drawing all the “firepower,” allowing Su Chun to finally catch her breath.
“See, my sister doesn’t mind. Besides, no matter how old I get, I’m still the child of my mother and father. Isn’t it only natural to act spoiled with my mother?”
Tantai Qing had completely reverted to the state of a little girl, a total reversal of her dignified and mature image.
“Besides, Mom,” Tantai Qing turned to address Lan Suxin with a dissatisfied pout, “you’re heartless too.
I’ve invited you to visit the Feng clan so many times, and you always find an excuse.
Mother is the head of the family and busy with affairs, but what about you?”
Lan Suxin’s pretty face twitched. She reached out and poked Tantai Qing’s forehead.
“Did I not go? Over the last few hundred years, I’ve visited the Feng clan every four or five years to see you. But you know your mom—I can’t bear to be away from your mother. Besides, the Feng clan isn’t my home; how could I live there long-term? And you, you’re the Young Madam of the Feng clan now. Can’t you mind your image in front of your children? I saw how you were messing with Chun’er in front of your husband and kids just now.”
Standing nearby, Su Chun complained inwardly: My dear first-aunt, please don’t draw the firepower over to me!
“Hmph! This is my true nature,” Tantai Qing chirped.
“Would you only be happy if I put on a fake ‘virtuous wife and mother’ act in front of you? I won’t! Heehee! Mother’s body is the most comfortable—way better than Feng Qingxuan, that smelly man with his stiff, hard body. Ah, why wasn’t I born with a Yang Vein? If I had a Yang Vein, I could have married nine beautiful, fragrant women too.”
Su Chun’s lips twitched again.
But she quickly convinced herself: being born into the eccentric Tantai clan, a weird personality was just par for the course.
“If your husband heard that, he’d probably start questioning if you actually love him,” Tantai Xuan said, exasperated.
Su Chun felt her common sense taking another hit.
Her eldest sister wasn’t just a “sister-con,” she was a hardcore “mother-con”?
Or more accurately, the sister-con part was probably just a branch of the mother-con part.
Since Su Chun looked exactly like Tantai Xuan, she was effectively acting as a lightning rod for the affection meant for their mother.
“He’s not here. I can say whatever I want.”
Meanwhile, over at the Feng clan’s fleet, Feng Qingxuan was sneezing every few minutes.
“Father, what’s wrong? Why do you keep sneezing?”
Feng Yinyan asked curiously.
Feng Qingxuan didn’t even have to think.
“Is there even a need to ask? Your mother must be badmouthing me in front of your grandparents again.”
Back at the Tantai fleet, Tantai Xuan was finally fed up with being clung to.
She reached out and patted Tantai Qing’s backside.
“Alright, alright, get down. It’s not like you don’t have legs.”
“I don’t want to.”
Tantai Qing hugged her even tighter.
“I want to hold Mother. Unless you promise me that after the Myriad Races Secret Realm ends, you’ll come back to the Feng clan and stay with me for a while.”
“You brat, your mother is incredibly busy with family business. Where would I find the time?”
Tantai Xuan sighed with a headache.
“I don’t care, I don’t care! If you don’t promise, I’m never letting go!”
Tantai Qing began to play foul.
Su Chun watched, dumbfounded.
She had never seen a woman pull off the “spoiled brat” act so thoroughly.
Luo Li and Luo Yu had also made their way onto the deck at some point, and seeing this scene, they looked quite awkward.
“How about this?”
Tantai Xuan compromised.
“I definitely won’t have time. But after the Myriad Races Assembly, your sister will be marrying the daughter of the Wang family as her third wife. Why don’t you come home and stay for a while then?”
Tantai Qing’s eyes lit up with excitement.
“Deal! It’s a promise!”
Su Chun, however, felt like fainting.
She thought: Mom, don’t throw me under the bus!
Tantai Qing finally got off Tantai Xuan.
But she didn’t stop acting spoiled.
“Mother, you smell so good. What incense are you using?”
“Just ordinary Purple Smoked Incense.”
“I want some. Also, that hairpin is so pretty.”
“Your grandmother gave this to me.”
“I want it too.”
“This table, I want it too…”
Su Chun’s eyelids jumped.
Tantai Qing seemed to want every single thing on Tantai Xuan’s person.
The vibe was getting weirder by the second.
“Enough, enough, I’ll give it all to you! Go play with your mom!”
Tantai Xuan shoved Tantai Qing toward Lan Suxin.
But clearly, Tantai Qing’s dependence on Lan Suxin wasn’t as strong as her attraction to Tantai Xuan.
There was a bloodline factor at play—in the Tantai family, Yin Veins and Yang Veins naturally attracted each other.
“Um, Sis, you talk with Mother and Mom. I have some things to do, so I’ll be going now!”
Su Chun tried to seize the chance to escape.
“Where do you think you’re going? I told you, until we reach the Secret Realm, the two of us must stay together.”
Tantai Qing flicked her finger, and a strand of purple energy instantly bound Su Chun, rendering her unable to move.
Su Chun hurriedly threw a pleading look at her mother.
“Qing’er, stop messing around. Chun’er needs to rest and gather her spirit for the assembly. If you keep pestering her, you’re just wasting her energy for nothing.”
Tantai Xuan flicked her wrist, dispelling the binding on Su Chun.
Su Chun immediately scrambled behind Luo Li and Luo Yu.
Honestly, compared to Tantai Qing, her two wives were like gentle lambs.
“Fine, fine. I just felt like Chun’er is safest by my side.”
Just then, another commotion broke out nearby.
Another super-power’s fleet had arrived next to the Tantai clan.
“Look! Isn’t that the fleet of the Great Luo Heaven Sword Sect?”
“Wow! On the bow… is that the Young Sect Master, Lin Yizhou? He’s so handsome!”
Su Chun followed the crowd’s gaze.
In the distance, a giant sword-shaped flying ship appeared, flying a white flag embroidered with an ancient longsword.
At the very front of the ship stood a youth in snow-white robes.
He stood with his hands behind his back, looking like a banished immortal.
“He really is handsome. Dammit, if I were still a man, I’d want to be that handsome too,” Su Chun admitted. This guy was indeed a stunner; no wonder Wang Yun was pining for him.
Lin Yizhou’s gaze was like a calm pool.
He held a sword in his arms and looked straight ahead, seemingly completely unaffected by the noise around him.
“Hey! Lin Yizhou! Long time no see! Why are you still acting so pretentious?”
Suddenly, Tantai Qing shouted loudly toward him.
Lin Yizhou, who had shown no reaction until now, had a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth.
“Young Madam Feng, please behave yourself.”
After saying that, he ignored her and went back to meditating with his eyes closed.
“Tch, what a block of wood. Still the same as back then,” Tantai Qing rolled her eyes.
“Eh? Sis, are you close with him?”
Su Chun asked.
Tantai Qing put her hands on her hips proudly.
“He almost became your brother-in-law.”
That answer almost made Su Chun bite her tongue. “Huh?”
“What’s with the ‘huh’? Before I married Feng Qingxuan, your sister was a famous beauty across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, and the eldest daughter of the Tantai family to boot. Plenty of people chased me. But unfortunately, when I met this guy, he said his sword was better-looking than me. I disqualified him immediately and chose your current brother-in-law.”
Su Chun was speechless. She was now very curious about what her sister was like in her youth.
However, for the next three days, life for Su Chun and the Luo sisters was bound to be an ordeal.