"How do you know?"
Situ Yunfeng almost shattered the roof tiles in his shock.
He hadn't told anyone about breaking through to the Junior Alchemist level, not even his old man.
Ye Lingyuan said with disdain, "Put away your unpromising demeanor. Lin'er saw it at a glance."
"Her?"
Situ Yunfeng looked at Zi Lingling incredulously.
Zi Lingling said indifferently, "Steady yourself! Sit down and let's talk slowly."
As she spoke, she casually sat down and watched with keen interest as Zi Nan and Zi Hanxiao, who had already engaged, fought.
Ye Lingyuan smiled faintly and sat beside her, also with a look of great interest.
The difference was that Zi Lingling watched the spectacle, while he watched Zi Lingling.
Situ Yunfeng felt a bit awkward.
He considered himself someone who had seen a lot, so how could he lose his composure to this extent?
Indeed, the more he wanted to appear better, the worse he performed.
However, the word "thick-skinned" was very fitting for him.
He nonchalantly sat down next to Ye Lingyuan, then took out a jar of wine and handed it to Ye Lingyuan, saying, "Hundred Flower Brew!"
Ye Lingyuan took it, took a sip, and praised, "The aroma is rich and mellow, at least fifty years old!"
Situ Yunfeng said dismissively, "My old man's brews are all top-notch. I stole it while he was away."
To confess to stealing wine so openly was undeniably Situ Yunfeng.
As for why he stole it?
Because his old man had only brewed nine jars in total.
Valuable things were rare, so Situ Jinglei naturally wouldn't part with them easily.
Ye Lingyuan teased, "Aren't you afraid of having your legs broken?"
Situ Yunfeng waved his hand, "I am, but I'm more afraid of running out of wine. However, I left my old man a note."
"Oh?"
Ye Lingyuan raised an eyebrow, "Stealing wine and leaving a note, only Situ would do that!"
Situ Yunfeng took a swig of wine and said, "Because of this note, my old man won't cause any trouble."
Ye Lingyuan chuckled, "I'm very curious, what did you write in the note."
"It's nothing much. I just told him that I took the wine to give to his future daughter-in-law."
Situ Yunfeng subtly glanced at Zi Lingling, feeling a little guilty.
After all, using another person's name was a bit dishonorable.
Ye Lingyuan's mouth twitched slightly.
Giving it to his future daughter-in-law?
But the wine was in his hand.
This counted as...
The mellow fragrance he had just tasted instantly lost its flavor.
Zi Lingling smiled and said, "Situ, you're not really interested in Ye Lingyuan, are you?"
The prince's face darkened.
Situ Yunfeng was speechless.
Looking at the wine jar in Ye Lingyuan's hand, he instinctively retreated a step.
"Little Lingling, don't frame me. I like women!"
"That woman is you!"
However, he didn't say the last sentence aloud.
Some pain was enough for one person to bear; there was no need to make all three of them awkward.
Ye Lingyuan's expression softened slightly and he said, "Think before you speak from now on."
His voice was full of threat.
Situ Yunfeng shrugged and changed the subject, "Little Lingling, you still haven't told me how you knew I broke through?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a strong gust of wind heading for his front teeth.
At the same time, Ye Lingyuan's cold voice sounded, "You're asking for a beating!"
Situ Yunfeng instinctively fell backward, exclaiming, "A'yuan, you're too stingy! You can't play like this!"
With that fall, the gust of wind just brushed past his nose.
Situ Yunfeng was shaken; his front teeth had almost been knocked out.
Of course, this was also because Ye Lingyuan didn't actually intend to knock out his teeth. Otherwise, with Ye Lingyuan's cultivation, how could he have easily dodged it?
Thinking of how his mouth would be toothless, Situ Yunfeng said resentfully, "A'yuan, you actually used such a heavy hand?"
Ye Lingyuan stopped attacking, but warned, "From now on, every time you call her 'Little Lingling,' I will knock out one of your teeth!"
Zi Lingling smiled enchantingly.
Situ Yunfeng looked at her mournfully and said, "Li... little sister!"
As soon as he said one word, he felt a chill and quickly changed his address.
"Uh huh?"
Zi Lingling's expression turned displeased, "Situ, what did you call me?"
Hmph! Even calling her "little sister" was taking advantage of her, and then adding "little"?
Situ Yunfeng was depressed. The word "little sister" was a reaction born of his urgency.
But Zi Lingling was clearly not satisfied!
If Zi Lingling was not satisfied, she would definitely not let anyone off the hook.
He didn't want to end up like Ye Yuanhao, that fool, spitting up three mouthfuls of blood.
What should he do?
If he called her "Little Lingling," A'yuan would kill him. If he called her "Little Sister," Zi Lingling would be unhappy.
Then what should he call her?
He couldn't just call her "Hey" or "Yo," could he?
In his haste, Situ blurted out defiantly, "Ancestor, I'll call you Ancestor, okay?"
"Ancestor? Pfft!"
Zi Lingling laughed brilliantly, "I really can't accept that title. You're not afraid of your ancestors' coffin lids being pushed open, but I am!"
Situ Yunfeng's face turned red with embarrassment.
Zi Lingling and Ye Lingyuan, this couple, had such sharp tongues.
They were the typical kind who took advantage and then acted like victims, infuriating people to no end.
He said regretfully, "Little Ancestor, please show some mercy. I'm begging you."
Situ said, putting on a pleading posture, "How about this, everyone calls you Third Miss Zi. I'll call you Xiao San from now on!"
Xiao San?
Zi Lingling's face darkened, and she angrily said, "You're the Xiao San!"
Situ was bewildered, not understanding why she was angry.
No matter how hard he tried to figure it out, he wouldn't have guessed that the term "Xiao San" in Zi Lingling's previous world was a synonym for a third party.
He asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you?"
Zi Lingling was speechless.
She couldn't explain because the concept of a third party didn't exist on the Tianyuan Continent.
She sighed and said, "You'd better just call me by my name!"
Situ Yunfeng mumbled it a couple of times and complained, "It's too formal, no good!"
Zi Lingling was speechless.
Formal?
In her previous world, wasn't this how people addressed each other?
Situ Yunfeng muttered, "How about calling you Linlin? Or Lingling? Forget it, Linlin is fine!"
Lingling was rejected because there were too many people named "Ling" in the Zi family.
Ye Lingyuan was clearly still a little unhappy; this name was still a bit too intimate.
However, there was no more suitable option.
Zi Lingling reluctantly accepted it; this sounded much better than "Little Lingling" or "Xiao San."
Seeing that neither of them rejected it, Situ Yunfeng's naturally friendly demeanor was activated once more.
"Linlin, hurry up and tell me how you knew my alchemist level had broken through?"
Zi Lingling rolled her eyes and said, "You told me!"
Situ Yunfeng asked in confusion, "I told you? How is that possible? I didn't even tell my old man!"
Zi Lingling rolled her eyes again, "Alchemists deal with elixirs, so they naturally carry the scent of elixirs. The scent on you is extremely strong. Can't you smell it?"
Situ Yunfeng was slightly stunned.
There was such a thing?
But why couldn't he smell it?
As he was about to ask again, he heard Ziyang Chun's voice approaching.