Chapter 1456 - 425: Mother! (6k)_3

This guy, just how many times did his sister beat him up when he was a kid?

This bloodline suppression is way too ruthless, isn’t it?

...

Not long after, Shen Yunzhou came out of Shen Hanyi’s room looking timid, dragging his feet as he walked toward Zhou Qing, muttering something under his breath.

No idea how his big sister had just lectured him again.

Zhou Qing had just been about to tease him with a grin, when he suddenly felt a strange tingling across his face.

Right after, his whole visage began rippling like water, the slightly worn contours of a middle-aged man gradually fading away, replaced by the gloss and vigor unique to youth.

In just a few breaths, that steady middle-aged Cultivator had vanished; standing where he had been was a bright-eyed, spirited young man.

Zhou Qing instinctively touched his now-smooth cheek, brows faintly furrowing.

Second Uncle said this illusion was supposed to last for several years, so why did it suddenly fail?

What’s going on?

Seeing Zhou Qing’s live-action transformation, Shen Yunzhou was stunned at first, then a grin spread across his face.

He rushed forward in a few quick strides, and swung an old-fashioned punch at Zhou Qing’s shoulder, not too heavy, not too light. "You’ve been playing spooks for so long, made this young master worry about you all that time for nothing!"

Zhou Qing staggered back half a step from the blow, rubbing his chest with a wry smile. "Brother Shen’s greeting is really... substantial."

"Cut the crap!" Shen Yunzhou hooked an arm around his neck, leaning in with a sneak-thief look.

He lowered his voice and said, "Come clean. You racked your brains to dress up as that Master Qingzhou and sneak into the Shen Family—was all that just for my sister?"

As he spoke, he kept waggling his brows in the direction of the side room.

Zhou Qing coughed lightly, then nodded openly. "More or less."

"Heh heh!" Shen Yunzhou’s face lit up, and he thumped Zhou Qing’s shoulder. "Then shouldn’t I start calling you brother-in-law?"

"No need, little brother-in-law. The wedding characters haven’t even got the first stroke yet!" Zhou Qing replied deadpan.

Shen Yunzhou curled his lip. "Isn’t that just a matter of time... wait, what did you just call me?"

"Didn’t call you anything, little brother-in-law!" A trace of slyness flashed in Zhou Qing’s eyes.

"Oh, you’re something else!" Shen Yunzhou’s grin was all teeth and no eyes. "So you’re dead set on being my brother-in-law. I knew it, why else would Miss Lu be so eager to matchmake you two back then..."

Zhou Qing only smiled without answering, but his gaze couldn’t help drifting toward the side room.

Shen Yunzhou suddenly straightened his expression and bowed with exaggerated solemnity. "Brother-in-law!"

"Hey—" Zhou Qing deliberately drew out the sound. "You’re calling it too early. Your sister hasn’t agreed yet."

"Don’t worry, brother-in-law!" Shen Yunzhou patted his chest in guarantee. "With me as your inside man, I’ll make sure all your wishes come true!"

"Then I’ll be counting on you, little brother-in-law."

"We’re family, no need to be so polite!"

The two of them shared a smile; who would’ve thought that accidental meeting back then would lead to this kind of bond today.

Just then, the door to the side room creaked open.

They instantly dropped the joking and turned their heads in unison.

Shen Hanyi stepped out slowly, her cool gaze sweeping over the two of them.

Her vermilion lips parted as she was about to speak, when her expression suddenly changed.

She abruptly grabbed the doorframe, a fit of violent dry heaves forcing her to bend over, even her pale cheeks flushing with an unnatural redness.

"Han Yi!" Zhou Qing’s face changed at once, and he flashed to her side in an instant.

One hand gently soothed her thin back, the other steadily supporting her wavering body, his voice full of distress. "Feeling any better?"

Shen Hanyi weakly shook her head and retched again.

Watching this, Shen Yunzhou’s eyes went wide, his jaw nearly hitting the floor.

That sister of his—whom no one ever dared lay a finger on—was actually letting Zhou Qing get this close?

What shocked him even more was that the sister who was usually cold as ice actually appeared faintly fragile in Zhou Qing’s arms.

Wait a second—

Zhou is patting my sister’s back?

And Sis isn’t resisting at all?

You have to know, before, any idiot who tried to touch Sis even once—best case, lost a hand; worst case, lost his life!

When did their relationship get to this stage?

Brother-in-law’s speed is way too fast, right?

He managed to win Sis over right under my nose?

Shen Yunzhou shook his head hard, trying to shake off that absurd thought.

But when he looked up again and saw his sister retching in pain, plus Zhou Qing’s expression of heart-wrenching concern, a terrifying guess exploded through his mind like thunder.

"Sis... is pregnant?" he muttered, his voice even trembling.

Over the years, he’d actually seen his sister in this kind of state more than once, but had never thought in that direction.

No, this, this, this...

"He’s completely hopeless!" A faint voice suddenly came from beside him.

Shen Yunzhou turned his head to see Lu Yaoyao standing there with her arms crossed, shaking her head in helpless resignation.

"I thought once Zhou knew the truth of it, he’d give up in despair. I didn’t expect him to keep taking care of her..." Lu Yaoyao went on, her tone complicated.

Shen Yunzhou stared wide-eyed. "You knew my sister was pregnant already?"

Lu Yaoyao arched a brow at him. "You didn’t?"

"How would I know!" Shen Yunzhou almost jumped.

Lu Yaoyao let out a helpless sigh. "Men, honestly..."

Then Shen Yunzhou looked back at the two in the distance again and suddenly got worked up. "So that means... I’m going to be an uncle?"

He rubbed his hands together excitedly. "Brother-in-law is too impressive, how’d he get Sis pregnant in just one go?"

Lu Yaoyao’s heart jolted at that.

The words "brother-in-law" that Shen Yunzhou had blurted out clearly meant he knew exactly who that person was.

She immediately acted as if she’d long been in on it, mumbling softly, "I still don’t know what part of your brother-in-law Sister Shen sees in him."