TVFW 42

Chapter – 42

A Heart Ache for the Matriarch

Jiang Xi hadn’t had noodles in a long time and was momentarily lost in boundless joy, completely unaware of the strange atmosphere in the kitchen.

After all, this household rarely had moments when the atmosphere wasn’t a bit odd.

This time, Yi Yuexi learned quickly.

He inwardly scoffed.

Did Lu Liufeng really need to guard against him so much?

He wouldn’t stay anyway; he wouldn’t fight Lu Liufeng for the matriarch’s favor or compete for her attention.

He, Yi Yuexi, even in this godforsaken Cursed Land, could have females who fancied him line up around the Guardian Wall twice over!

Of course, even if all the females from the seven tribes in the entire Cursed Land were combined, they probably couldn’t fill one lap around the Guardian Wall.

Lu Liufeng simply ignored his gaze.

After all, Mu Ling had also been adamant about dissolving the marriage contract at first.

And now?

Lu Liufeng never thought he could monopolize the matriarch’s affection, but he hoped this time could last a little longer.

After the meal, Jiang Xi walked around the courtyard to aid digestion.

She walked from left to right, then from right to left.

Lu Liufeng’s gaze followed her back and forth the entire time.

Even someone as slow as Jiang Xi eventually noticed his stare.

She looked over and couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong?”

Lu Liufeng quickly lowered his eyes, his voice tinged with nervousness.

“N-nothing.”

He wanted to ask the matriarch when they would start cleansing his abilities.

Yi Yuexi returned with the washed bowls and chopsticks. Seeing the two still standing in the courtyard, he asked directly,

“Aren’t you going to cleanse the abilities yet?”

The stronger the ability, the longer the cleansing process takes.

Add in some… amorous entanglements, and the time would never be short.

Lu Liufeng’s abilities weren’t weak, and it was his first time cleansing, so it would probably take quite a while.

Yi Yuexi glanced at Lu Liufeng, feeling a strange sense of schadenfreude.

“Did the matriarch change her mind?”

He said this quietly, so the matriarch wouldn’t hear.

After all, matriarchs were all the same under heaven, always acting on whims.

Changing their minds was a common occurrence.

Lu Liufeng pursed his lips. “The matriarch won’t change her mind.”

The matriarch had already promised him.

While the two were muttering by the kitchen, Jiang Xi finished her digestion.

She couldn’t wait to speak up.

“Lu Liufeng, let’s begin!”

“Where would you like to do the cleansing?”

“Your room, my room, the courtyard, or the kitchen??”

Lu Liufeng was stunned for a moment, and Yi Yuexi was dumbfounded.

Although it wasn’t exactly impossible, to do the first cleansing… so… so openly like this??

The matriarch… the matriarch was so wild!

After his initial shock, Lu Liufeng’s face instantly flushed bright red. He stammered, barely able to form a coherent sentence.

“An-anywhere is fine.”

Then, spotting a beastman passing by behind the distant houses, he added shyly,

“But… maybe not in the courtyard.”

Back at the hot spring pool, the matriarch hadn’t even dared to look at his body…

“Sure!”

Jiang Xi agreed readily.

Then, considering the kitchen was warmer, she stated directly,

“Then let’s do it in the kitchen! The kitchen is warmer!”

Yi Yuexi inwardly sighed.

He put down the bowls and chopsticks. “Then I won’t disturb you two!”

With that, he quickly fled the kitchen.

With such a wild matriarch, what if she wasn’t satisfied later and wanted to pull him in too?

Yi Yuexi planned to go up the mountain to dig for hibernating snakes, but he couldn’t help feeling a bit curious.

He crossed his arms and leaned against the doorframe of his own room, pricking up his ears to listen to the sounds coming from the kitchen.

He heard Lu Liufeng ask, “Should we close the door?”

Matriarch: “No need to close it, let some air in.”

Yi Yuexi raised a fox-like eyebrow. “Tsk.”

Matriarch: “Oh! I forgot, Duan Si transformed into his beast form. Do you need to transform into yours? The kitchen is so small, is it inconvenient? Maybe we should go outside the tribe.”

Yi Yuexi: “？？？”

An image of the matriarch’s slender figure flashed in his mind, but what he thought was, *Is that possible?*

Would… would she break?

Inside the kitchen, Lu Liufeng was also stunned.

“Beast form? Duan Si used his beast form??”

Then he grew angry.

“How could Duan Si use his beast form!”

“He… he really didn’t consider the matriarch at all!”

Jiang Xi blinked, her head full of question marks.

“Can’t use beast form?”

Lu Liufeng looked into the matriarch’s bright, clear dark eyes, his heart aching with pain.

That damnable Duan Si!

How dare he be so inconsiderate of the matriarch’s body!

“Matriarch!”

Unable to control himself, Lu Liufeng reached out and hugged the matriarch before him.

Jiang Xi was pulled into his embrace, somewhat bewildered.

But sensing something was off with Lu Liufeng’s emotions, she didn’t struggle free.

She wanted to raise her hand and pat his back to comfort him.

But as soon as she lifted her hand, she awkwardly realized she was dressed too bulky, and the young man was too tall, making it impossible for her hand to reach his back…

Lu Liufeng closed his eyes, resting his chin on top of the matriarch’s head.

The unique scent of the matriarch enveloped him. The matriarch in his arms was soft, small, making him feel even more distressed.

He took a deep breath and made a decision.

“Matriarch, let’s cleanse the abilities in a few days.”

The matriarch needed rest to recover, and he also needed to settle the score with Duan Si.

That reckless gladiator from the underground city.

Those guys who lived day-to-day dancing on the edge of blades didn’t deserve to have a matriarch!

Jiang Xi was taken aback.

“Huh? Why?”

She pressed her elbows against his chest, leaning back slightly to extricate herself from his embrace, and looked up at him.

“Do you have other matters today?”

She looked at Lu Liufeng but noticed that the gentle amber eyes of the young man were tinged with an unshakeable gloom.

She sensed something unstable fluctuating in the air.

Subconsciously, she raised her hand and touched the young man’s forehead, wanting to smooth away the tension there.

A soft green light suddenly emanated from her fingertips. She and Lu Liufeng slowly, uncontrollably, closed their eyes.

Outside the kitchen, leaning against his room’s outer wall, Yi Yuexi’s expression changed instantly when he sensed that fluctuation.

Lu Liufeng’s abilities had always been the most stable among everyone. How could they suddenly go berserk!

Not good! The matriarch was still inside!

He immediately moved to go over.

But as soon as he stepped forward, he quickly retracted his foot, even taking several steps back.

With a wave of his hand, ice-blue snowflakes enveloped him as layers of wind blades began slicing toward him.

Yi Yuexi’s expression turned extremely grim.

Only after retreating beyond the courtyard did the wind blades attacking him finally stop.

Fortunately, those wind blades were only unconsciously attacking living beings like him and didn’t target the buildings.

Otherwise, this dilapidated house would likely have turned into rubble.

The kitchen door wasn’t closed. From outside the courtyard, he could see the scene inside.

After clearly seeing the two embracing figures, Yi Yuexi froze.

Because he saw the soft green light emanating from the matriarch’s fingertips.

Was Lu Liufeng injured?

No!

Yi Yuexi frowned, various events flooding his mind.

Finally settling on the matriarch cleansing Duan Si’s abilities…

He abruptly looked up toward the kitchen.

An impossible possibility surfaced in his heart.

Could it be… the matriarch… the matriarch was cleansing Lu Liufeng’s abilities??