Was it you that night?
Chapter 279 - 277: Father-in-law, Just Wait to Embrace Your Great-Grandchild!

Chapter 279: Chapter 277: Father-in-law, Just Wait to Embrace Your Great-Grandchild!

Shen Qinghe looked at Dongfang Wuya in disbelief, "Are you serious?"

"Would I lie about something so important? Let’s go, you’re just wasting time." Dongfang Wuya took Shen Qinghe and headed for the Heaven Realm.

Meng Yun saw Shen Zhiyao about to leave and hurried after her, asking, "Zhiyao, what will I do if you go?"

Shen Zhiyao turned back to look at Meng Yun, indeed feeling a bit reluctant to part.

"You’ve stayed in the Sky Pole Sect for such a long time, it’s time for you to return. I will come back..."

Upon hearing this, Dongfang Wuya said, "Shen Zhiyao, you will not come back!"

"Can’t you just stop talking?!" Shen Qinghe said to Dongfang Wuya.

Meng Yun likes Shen Zhiyao, knowing Shen Zhiyao will not return must be really heartbreaking, right?

Dongfang Wuya didn’t understand why he was again disliked by Shen Qinghe, her fierceness now made him question his life.

"Zhiyao, are you really not coming back?" Meng Yun asked, looking utterly heartbroken.

Shen Zhiyao glanced at Dongfang Wuya and then at Meng Yun, who looked like he was about to cry, not quite understanding the situation, "Of course I’ll come back, how could I not?"

She simply didn’t understand why Meng Yun seemed on the verge of tears.

Immediately feeling reassured, Meng Yun put on a smile, "Then you have to come back. I’ll be waiting for you at the Sky Pole Sect."

"You should return to Thousand Dreams Retreat, always staying at the Sky Pole Sect isn’t very appropriate." What Shen Zhiyao left unsaid was that if Meng Yun kept lingering around the Sky Pole Sect, those who didn’t know might think he was a disciple of the sect.

"No one can control what I do. By the way, if you have nothing to do in the Upper Heaven Realm, remember to come back and see me early. I’ll be cultivating well at the Sky Pole Sect," Meng Yun advised, still worried.

Shen Zhiyao thought that wasn’t something she could control.

Listening to the endless chatter between the two, Dongfang Wuya, who might be mistaken for a bystander, decided to leave first and let Xiao Bai accompany Shen Zhiyao to the Heaven Realm.

"Shen Qinghe, don’t you think we’re not quite right? Shen Zhiyao and Meng Yun are so infatuated, and we are about to be married, how can we still be behaving like this?" Dongfang Wuya said, bringing his face close to Shen Qinghe, "How about you kiss me once, for us to be more intimate?"

Shen Qinghe pushed Dongfang Wuya’s face away, uninterested in dealing with him.

Undeterred, Dongfang Wuya took the initiative and kissed her face. If the mountain won’t come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain, no big deal.

Shen Qinghe felt awkward, almost as if she had been kissed by a stranger.

"Shen Qinghe, why have you become so old-fashioned? You weren’t like this in the past. You’re a bit unromantic now," Dongfang Wuya observed, telling her the blunt truth as Shen Qinghe glared at him.

"You’re perfectly free to marry a woman who is more romantic," Shen Qinghe retorted indifferently.

It’s not like she wanted to marry him; he himself was as dull as an old scholar, and still had the nerve to criticise her for being unromantic?

Dongfang Wuya couldn’t tell if Shen Qinghe was happy or not, so he took a moment to choose his words before saying, "Although you’re unromantic, I still like you, and I only wish to marry you."

Shen Qinghe couldn’t be bothered to continue talking to him.

After that, no matter what Dongfang Wuya said, Shen Qinghe didn’t respond to a single word, which made Dongfang Wuya feel that his woman had personality, and he liked it very much.

Upon returning to the Imperial Palace, Dongfang Wuya asked Shen Qinghe to close her eyes, saying he had a surprise for her.

Shen Qinghe thought he was making a fuss over nothing, "What kind of surprise? It wouldn’t be a scare, would it?"

Dongfang Wuya laughed, "Close your eyes, it will just take a moment. You’ll definitely be happy afterward."

Shen Qinghe was skeptical, but still she closed her eyes.

Dongfang Wuya then approached the sleeping Shen Zhuo and lightly tapped his forehead.

Shen Zhuo woke up groggily.

All he remembered before he fainted was seeing Dongfang Wuya, to whom he had pleaded to save Qinghe. That’s right, Qinghe...

He sprang up: "Qinghe—"

Shen Qinghe had her eyes closed, awaiting the surprise Dongfang Wuya promised, wondering if it might turn into a shock instead, until she heard Shen Zhuo’s voice.

Confused, she opened her eyes, only to see her father sitting on the bed, which left her dumbfounded.

The moment he saw Shen Qinghe, Shen Zhuo lunged forward excitedly: "Qinghe, are you all right?"

Shen Qinghe instinctively looked at Dongfang Wuya, whose lips curled into a light smirk: "I told you that you would like this surprise."

Shen Qinghe did indeed like the surprise, her eyes reddened slightly: "Dad, I’m fine, nothing’s wrong, Mr. Wuya saved me."

Shen Zhuo took Shen Qinghe’s hand, spinning her around, then checked her pulse, only then realizing that something was off with his precious daughter.

"You—what’s wrong with you?" Shen Zhuo looked around and noticed the place was filled with Immortal Qi.

No, this couldn’t possibly be the cultivation world.

"Listen to me slowly explain..." Shen Qinghe then roughly went over everything that happened in the recent years.

Dongfang Wuya listened intently at the side. Although Shen Qinghe mentioned many people, she merely touched upon his deeds, saying he had saved her but mentioned nothing else about him, not even their upcoming marriage. This simply would not do.

He coughed lightly to remind Shen Qinghe that she had omitted the part about their marriage.

Shen Qinghe, however, ignored him, which did not sit well with him: "Qinghe is shy, so let me announce it. Father-in-law, Qinghe and I are about to get married!"

His call of "Father-in-law" nearly made Shen Qinghe choke on her saliva.

Shen Zhuo was even more alarmed, his eyes wide: "What did Mr. Wuya just call me?"

He must have heard wrong.

"Father-in-law, Qinghe and I are about to get married." Dongfang Wuya said, forcibly taking Shen Qinghe’s small hand and deliberately positioning their intertwined hands in front of Shen Zhuo for the father to see clearly the scene of their fingers locked together.

Shen Zhuo’s face was a picture of mixed emotions.

Although before falling asleep he indeed wished Dongfang Wuya to save his daughter, and he indeed had entertained the thought, he knew it was an impossible matter.

His little girl was still so young, how could she marry Dongfang Wuya, this old and undying man? This guy was even older than him.

"Well, I think, there are many women in this world, perhaps Mr. Wuya would like to look again? Our Qinghe is still young, she can’t even take care of herself, how could she take on the role of a wife and mother?" Shen Zhuo said as he tried to pull his little girl to his side.

Dongfang Wuya’s eyebrows and eyes turned cold: "What, are you unwilling to let Shen Qinghe marry me?"

Seeing Dongfang Wuya’s fierce and intimidating expression, Shen Zhuo felt that saying "yes" might get him strangled to death by Dongfang Wuya.

"It’s not that I’m unwilling, it’s just that our Qinghe is still young, only in her twenties. It’s not good to marry off so early. How about Mr. Wuya waits another hundred years?" Under Dongfang Wuya’s glare, Shen Zhuo bravely spoke his mind.

Dongfang Wuya let out a cold laugh: "The wedding date will be set as soon as possible, roughly within half a month. Father-in-law, just wait to hold your grandchildren!"