Chapter 1 The Peach Blossom Charm's Troubles

“Sigh, the Peach Blossom Talisman lasted longer than I thought…” Zhang Yuanqing silently released his grip on his underwear, which he had been about to remove. He looked at the doorway and said helplessly, “I’m changing. Can you knock before entering someone’s room?”

“I, I, I called out to you…” Little Green Tea hadn’t expected to see such a scene. She was caught off guard and stuttered, but her eyes were fixed on Zhang Yuanqing’s body, shining with light.

Strong, taut chest muscles, defined abs, sexy V-lines, long and powerful legs, a perfect body proportion, and smooth muscle lines… Xie Lingxi almost couldn’t tear her gaze away.

“Hurry up and leave after you’re done looking. If I were more delicate, I’d be covering my chest right now, no, covering my crotch and screaming.” Zhang Yuanqing made a gesture of chasing her away, annoyed.

“Yuanshi gege…” Xie Lingxi didn’t leave. Instead, she asked a question that was completely unrelated, “Is Guan Ya jiejie your girlfriend?”

“Yes!” Zhang Yuanqing gave a definite answer.

“Liar,” Xie Lingxi wrinkled her nose. “Then, then why don’t you sleep together at night? I haven’t even heard the sounds… Oh, right, this girl has a small-range clairaudience…” Zhang Yuanqing’s gaze fell on the pink headphones around her neck.

This item could monitor nearby sounds. When they went to Wuhen Hotel to deliver the “Unworthy Father” will, she used this item to monitor Little Yuan’s movements after entering the hotel.

“Just because a man and woman are dating doesn’t mean they have to go to bed,” Luo Yuanshi said righteously. “Platonic love is the most sincere and charming. Of course, I think Guan Ya will come around sooner or later.” Maybe tonight… he added silently in his heart.

Xie Lingxi suddenly understood, and a smile bloomed on her face, seemingly very happy. Then, as if she had made a decision, she mustered her courage and said in a low voice, “Actually, actually… Yuanshi gege, I’ve always admired you. I don’t like people my age because they’re too childish. And even for guys Yuanshi gege’s age…”

“But Yuanshi gege, you’re different from them. You’re more mature than people your age, you’re so handsome, so smart, and I always feel happy and safe with you. I’ve been observing you for so long, and before I even had a chance to get close, that hateful Guan Ya stole you away!”

Zhang Yuanqing thought, *You better think carefully before you say these things. You’re coming on too strong, I don’t even know how to respond. This isn’t like you.* *Hmm, confessing when no one’s around does suit her personality, but she’s definitely being influenced by the Peach Blossom Talisman.*

Just as he was thinking about how to tactfully reject Xie Lingxi, he saw the little girl quickly approaching him. She walked up to him, stood on her tiptoes, pecked him on the cheek, and said with a blushing face, “Yuanshi gege, next year on this day, I’ll be eighteen years old. I won’t be as uptight as Guan Ya jiejie. You guys…”

A shocked and angry voice came from the doorway.

Xie Lingzhao and Zhang Yuanqing were startled and turned to look. It was the Queen, wearing short shorts and a shoulder-baring short-sleeved shirt. She stood in the doorway wearing white flip-flops, looking at them in shock.

The Queen had felt a strange agitation in her heart just now, and then she had gone upstairs almost involuntarily, and then she had wanted to see the Captain almost involuntarily, but instead she had seen a scene that made her extremely angry.

“Queen, you, you misunderstand…” Zhang Yuanqing thought, *Is the Peach Blossom Talisman really this powerful? Attracting one after another!*

At this moment, the Queen quietly closed the door. Her eyes swept back and forth between the two of them. “Captain, you don’t need to explain. I know Xie Lingxi is seducing you.”

As she said this, an ambiguous smile appeared on her face. “Captain, you don’t want Guan Ya to find out about what just happened, right?”

*Queen, are your ancestors from Japan?* Zhang Yuanqing said helplessly, “Are you asking for a raise, or are you requesting long-term use of a certain item?”

The Queen shook her head, her silver earrings swaying. She stared at Zhang Yuanqing and said with a smile, “Captain, there are some things I’ve wanted to say to you for a long time.”

Zhang Yuanqing’s mouth twitched. *Don’t tell me you also want to say you’ve admired me for a long time?*

The Queen was stunned. “How did you know… Okay, I’ve admired you for a long time. Give me a chance, I want to compete with Guan Ya fairly.”

After saying these words, she breathed a heavy sigh of relief, feeling relaxed all over.

As an outgoing woman who dared to love and hate, she wouldn’t act coy like a little girl when she saw a boy she liked. If she liked him, she would just pursue him.

Zhang Yuanqing sighed. “Giving you a chance isn’t a problem, I just hope you two don’t feel so awkward that you crack apart later.”

“No!” Xie Lingxi hugged Zhang Yuanqing’s shoulder and puffed out her cheeks at the Queen. “Yuanshi gege is mine, you can’t steal him.”

The Queen glanced at her a few times. “Wait until you’re an adult. Besides, the Captain isn’t yours either. He’s nominally Guan Ya’s. If you have the guts, go tell Guan Ya.”

Little Green Tea said coquettishly, “Gege is never anyone’s! How can you treat Gege like merchandise!”

Just then, the bedroom door burst open with a "bang." Guan Ya stood in the doorway, smiling charmingly. “Everyone’s here? Let’s go to the combat room for training together.”

Fu Family Bay, restaurant.

Fu Qingyang, dressed in white, returned to his residence, dusty from travel. Entering the restaurant, he was immediately stunned. Ling Jun sat dejectedly at the table, his eyes hollow, staring blankly, looking greatly affected. And the cook standing not far from him had disappointment hidden in her beautiful eyes.

“Prepare dinner.” Fu Qingyang instructed the cook, pulled out a high-backed chair, sat down, and stared at Ling Jun across from him. “You look like you did the last time when ‘The ancients never deceive me’ came true.” Last time, Ling Jun said those words after being rejected by Annie.

Ling Jun sighed. “This time it’s more serious, this time my Dao heart has collapsed…”

Fu Qingyang thought for a moment, and said, “This time Yuanshi tianzun snatched two away?”

Ling Jun, “It’s not that, but Yuanshi tianzun is your quasi-sister-in-law, and you’re so calm about him hooking up with women?”

Fu Qingyang said lightly, “Am I supposed to cry and beg Guan Ya not to beat him? Damn it, what a violent woman.”

In a mess of a bedroom, the bruised and swollen Queen hung on the edge of the bed, her upper body on the floor and her lower body on the bed, groaning in pain. “I, my arm seems to be dislocated. Captain, do you really want to be with Guan Ya? You’ll be subjected to domestic violence in the future, consider me instead.”

The bruised and swollen Zhang Yuanqing lay flat on the ground, wincing in pain. “Shut up, do you want to get hit more?”

“Tsk, my knee seems to have a comminuted fracture, I’ll have to lie down for at least an hour to recover.” Xie Lingxi, who was also bruised and swollen, silently shed tears.

“Wuwuwu~ How could she do this? I already said I didn’t want to go to the combat room, so she beat me here… Gege, your girlfriend is so scary!”

*Could it be that the Peach Blossom Talisman not only attracts peach blossoms, but also attracts peach blossom karma? Tomorrow I’ll draw another one and give it to Ling Jun, and use him as a guinea pig to experiment…* Zhang Yuanqing sighed. “Lingxi, if you’re wrong, you have to admit it. If you get hit, you have to stand straight.”

Jiang Chen’s apartment, balcony.

Mr. Bill, wearing big shorts and a black vest, leaned on the railing with one hand and held his phone in the other. “Chairman, what are your instructions?”

“What are the crazy members of the Dionysus Club up to?”

“Since the last attack on Ant Pharmaceutical, they’ve been lying low. The Five Elements Alliance hasn’t found any clues about them yet.”

“Hey, are the people in the government all useless? They’re better than anyone at corruption and bribery, but they’re useless when it comes to getting things done.” The old man complained on the phone.

“Chairman, in terms of finding a needle in a haystack, all the governments in the world are equally incompetent,” Mr. Bill said fairly.

“Hey, your Chinese is getting better and better. Next Saturday, find a place to have dinner, I have something important to tell you. Heh, never talk about big things on the phone, I’m telling you, technology is so advanced now, you don’t even need to install a bug to listen in on phone calls.” The old man seemed to be showing off his amazing knowledge.

“Now you know why the governments of various countries support their own mobile phone brands, right? Our Merchant Guild should also have its own dedicated communication equipment, I’ll go to Lingjing to find money another day.”

*What is all this…* Mr. Bill sighed silently in his heart and said, “Understood, I will be there on Saturday.”

After hanging up the phone, footsteps sounded from behind.

The live-in assistant, draped in a thin silk nightgown, walked out with her blonde hair flowing, holding a glass of whiskey.

“The chairman asked me to meet him on Saturday, but he didn’t say the specific reason,” Mr. Bill took the wine glass, took a sip, and sighed.

“I even want to go back to my country. It feels terrible to be targeted by the Dionysus Club. Fortunately, I bought a Po Sha Talisman from Yuanshi, it gives me enough ability to prepare for accidents.”

The female assistant disagreed. “Consumables, no matter how strong, are gone after they’re used up, but props can be used repeatedly. Honey, this deal isn’t worth it.”

“No, it’s worth it!” Mr. Bill said with a smile, “The Sliding Shoes can only protect me five times, but the Po Sha Talisman can protect me twenty times, so in my eyes, it’s more important than a prop. The value of an item can’t be simply judged by itself, it has to be based on demand.”

“Moreover, it’s a Void Profession prop, overlapping with my attributes, not irreplaceable.” “In addition, I also got a prop from an ancient cultivator. It may not be very strong, but it has a valuable attribute – scarcity!”

“When I go back to my country, I’ll auction it off. I’ll notify the Lingjing Xingzhe among the Chinese diaspora, I have a prop from an ancient Chinese cultivator, it’s an antique with great historical value, symbolizing the glory of an ancient civilization, but it unfortunately fell overseas… Believe me, they’ll be eager to buy it back, not letting the antiques of their motherland be lost abroad.”

The blonde woman was persuaded, her face full of admiration. “Oh, honey, you’re such a shrewd businessman.”

The next day, Zhang Yuanqing came out of Guan Ya’s room, yawning lazily.

Last night’s beating wasn’t for nothing. After he had healed his knee, he quietly slipped into Guan Ya’s room, and on the grounds that the room was too messy, he proposed to sleep together. Guan Ya rarely refused, probably because she also felt the crisis and thought she should give her little boyfriend a little sweetness.

Although his *thing* couldn’t plug Guan Ya’s loophole, Zhang Yuanqing felt that sleeping with the mature, soft, and plump body of his *jie jie* was a big step forward in the revolution towards victory.

*They’ve shared a bed, so sharing a rub won't be too far off. If they can achieve a gentle rub, can exploring the children's palace be far away?* He hummed a cheerful tune and went to the bathroom to wash his underwear.

Only he, Guan Ya, and Jiang Jingwei were at the table today. The Queen and Xie Lingxi refused to attend breakfast for reasons such as physical discomfort and stomach upset.

After the effects of the Peach Blossom Talisman wore off, they both felt like they were done for, so embarrassed that they questioned their lives, and couldn’t react for an entire night.

“Aren’t they eating breakfast?” Jiang Jingwei was overjoyed when she heard this, *There’s such a good thing?* and said, “Then give me their portions, from childhood the teacher taught me that you can’t waste food.”

*Ring ring ring~*

Zhang Yuanqing’s phone rang in his pocket. When he saw the caller ID, he was immediately invigorated and quickly answered the phone. “Brother Li, have you thought it over?” he said with a smile.

“I can join the patrol team, but I can’t fill in my identity information, and I won’t join the official organization. I’ll exist as a temporary worker,” Li Chunfeng said. “In terms of work, I will do everything I can to help you. Outside of work, you can’t force me, and you can’t inquire about my privacy. If you agree, I can report to Songhai today.”

*As expected, he’s a member of a secret organization, but you’re making so many demands, it’s as if you’re telling me you have problems, but this can be considered a kind of honesty, no wonder we’re friends who have gone through thick and thin together…* Zhang Yuanqing smiled. “No problem, but we have to sign a contract, you can’t try to harm me in any way.”

Li Chunfeng didn’t hesitate. “Okay!”

After ending the call, he immediately sent the address of the Fu Family Bay villa to Li Chunfeng.

After finishing breakfast, the phone rang again, the caller ID was Fu Qingyang. “Boss, what’s the matter? I was just about to tell you, a new colleague will be arriving in Songhai today, I’ll bring him over to handle his employment procedures. His problem is a bit troublesome…” Zhang Yuanqing told him Li Chunfeng’s request.

“Okay,” Fu Qingyang agreed as usual.

“But this doesn’t comply with the procedure, boss, do you really agree?”

“He’s your own subordinate, you’re responsible for controlling him. If something goes wrong, you’re responsible!” Fu Qingyang said lightly. This was Fu Qingyang’s style. He could generously meet most of your requirements, but he would never be a babysitter or a teacher.

“Then what about me?” Zhang Yuanqing pulled the topic back.

“There’s a mission that requires you to take a trip,” Fu Qingyang said.

PS: I’ll update with the corrected typos later.