Chapter 25

Lee Hyori said, "Seong-won, where did you get this? It’s obvious that it’s a fake. Look how rough the carving is; it must have been made by a beginner."

Lee Jin said, "Is this made of jade? How can there be such strange jade, red, black, blue, and white? Although I have heard of red jade, ink jade, and white jade, they don’t look like this. This looks like it’s artificially made, and I’ve never heard of blue jade."

Seong Yu-ri said, "There is blue chalcedony and sapphire."

Yoo Chae-hyun said, "Seong-won must have been cheated. Let’s go find him and settle the score."

After the four of them finished speaking, they all looked at Zhang Chengxuan, waiting for him to explain how he was cheated.

Zhang Chengxuan shook his head, a bit dejected, and said, "This jade pendant wasn’t bought; I carved it myself. The colors were dyed by a jade shop at my request. My family is not wealthy, so I can’t afford high-quality natural jade with uniform color. I can only rely on artificial processing. This is a small token of my heart, please don’t look down on it, sisters."

Lee Hyori widened her eyes and glanced at Zhang Chengxuan, saying, "I do! Why shouldn’t I! Using this little thing to win our favor is too cheap for you. Remember to buy us the best one when you make big money." As she spoke, she put the necklace on her white neck, turned to look at Yoo Chae-hyun and the others, and continued, "How does it look?"

Yoo Chae-hyun, Lee Jin, and Seong Yu-ri all said, "Not bad, let me try it on too." Originally, they didn’t think this small gift was anything special, but since it was from Zhang Chengxuan, they were interested in wearing it. After putting it on, they immediately felt a warm and comfortable sensation that was soothing to the soul, and they all felt a bit pleased.

To be honest, Zhang Chengxuan didn’t have much artistic talent, and the necklaces he made weren’t very beautiful. Even Zhang Chengxuan himself thought they didn’t match the beauty and status of the four women. Seeing that they didn’t mind, he was deeply moved, and his eyes were slightly moist. After practicing Dao for so long, the only thing he still found hard to let go of was "emotion," be it family, friendship, or love.

The four women played with each other for a while, and suddenly, Seong Yu-ri exclaimed, "Hey! Hyori’s fox seems to have nine tails." After counting, there were indeed nine. Lee Hyori immediately became unhappy and shouted, "Seong-won, why did you carve a nine-tailed fox, which is said to eat human hearts and livers, for me, while you gave them a black bear, penguin, and swan, which are cute animals? Do you think I treat you the worst?"

Yoo Chae-hyun said, "What’s wrong with a nine-tailed fox? At least it shows you have a lot of charm and can captivate people. Unlike my black bear, which is chubby, you must think I’m fat, so you gave me this."

Lee Jin said, "My penguin isn’t good either; it walks like a puppet, definitely mocking my poor dancing. Still, Yu-ri’s swan is the best, both beautiful and pure." Thinking of Lee Jin’s nickname "wooden puppet," the other three women burst into laughter, causing Lee Jin to "fiercely" hit Zhang Chengxuan’s shoulders and back several times.

Those hits didn’t hurt Zhang Chengxuan at all, but he quickly pretended to be pitiful and fell down. The innocent Lee Jin immediately felt soft-hearted and let him off, even comforting him by patting his back for a while.

At this moment, Seong Yu-ri also said a bit unsatisfied, "What’s good about a swan? Every day, toads want to eat it. I don’t want to be pursued by men every day."

The four women began to criticize Zhang Chengxuan’s "malicious intentions" one by one, making Zhang Chengxuan too afraid to even lift his head, thinking, "Confucius was right, women are really hard to deal with!" But he didn’t dare to contradict them, fearing a stronger verbal attack from the four sisters.

After enduring the criticism from the four sisters for a while, Zhang Chengxuan couldn’t help it anymore. With a thought, the true qi in the four jade pendants suddenly stirred.

Immediately, the four women felt a warm current rise from their dantian, flowing along the route Zhang Chengxuan had taught them. Zhang Chengxuan knew that Lee Hyori and the others were busy with work and had no time to practice systematically, so he came up with this method to activate the true qi he had previously transferred to them, making it flow automatically and continuously, which would naturally strengthen their bodies and slow down aging.

Once the true qi started, the four women stopped scolding Zhang Chengxuan and hurriedly closed their eyes to feel the flow of true qi. After a while, seeing no problems in their bodies, they calmed down and looked at Zhang Chengxuan, asking, "Seong-won, I feel that the true qi in the jade pendant is resonating with the true qi in my body, making it active and flowing automatically. What’s going on?"

Zhang Chengxuan explained, "The true qi in the jade pendants and the true qi in your bodies both come from me, so they have a natural connection, like the bond between father and son or mother and daughter. Its purpose is to help you enter a state of cultivation more easily and quickly, and even make your true qi flow automatically while you sleep, allowing you to improve your cultivation without affecting your work or rest."

Yoo Chae-hyun asked, "How do we activate the true qi in the jade pendants?"

Zhang Chengxuan said, "There are two methods. One is for me to activate it for you, like what you just felt. The other is for you to activate it yourself. Just wear the jade necklace around your neck or hold it in your hand, then focus your mind on it, and the true qi will activate naturally."

Lee Jin said, "So you were the one causing trouble just now, scaring us! You deserve a beating!"

Lee Hyori, Yoo Chae-hyun, and Seong Yu-ri said, "You do deserve a beating, becoming more and more mischievous, even daring to play tricks on us. Let’s deal with him together!"

Lee Hyori went up and tapped Zhang Chengxuan’s forehead several times, Yoo Chae-hyun hit his chest, Lee Jin knocked his back, and Seong Yu-ri took the opportunity to squeeze and pinch Zhang Chengxuan’s face, which she envied for being smoother and finer than hers, and even couldn’t resist lightly biting his face.

In fact, Seong Yu-ri had long wanted to do this, but before, she and Zhang Chengxuan weren’t as close as they are now, and she felt a bit embarrassed, and there was no good opportunity. Now, for some reason, she naturally made this intimate gesture. This desire is quite common and not surprising, but it’s just that Zhang Chengxuan is too attractive to Seong Yu-ri, and he has put away his usual cold and distant demeanor in front of the sisters, looking especially handsome and cute, making Seong Yu-ri unable to resist doing what she wanted to do, just like some adults can’t help but want to lightly bite a very cute child.

However, it was the first time Zhang Chengxuan had experienced this after growing up. Being kissed and bitten by Seong Yu-ri, he immediately froze, staring at her with wide eyes, his mind blank. Lee Hyori, Yoo Chae-hyun, and Lee Jin were also stunned by Seong Yu-ri’s actions for a moment, then they laughed, "Oh! Yu-ri likes..."

Seong Yu-ri’s face had already turned red when she realized what she had done, and she defended herself, "I didn’t... I didn’t! Don’t say nonsense." She jumped to the other side of the sofa and sat down, not daring to look at anyone.

Lee Hyori said in a strange tone, "Seong-won, this is Yu-ri’s first kiss, you got lucky."

Seong Yu-ri stomped her feet and swung her arms, "No, we didn’t touch mouths." Her voice became lower and her expression a bit unhappy.

Yoo Chae-hyun defused the situation, "Seong-won is indeed too handsome and cute, I also want to kiss him. Yu-ri’s actions are very normal." Hearing this, Seong Yu-ri’s expression eased. Lee Jin and Lee Hyori glanced at Zhang Chengxuan and nodded in agreement.

Lee Hyori suddenly bent down and kissed Zhang Chengxuan’s face hard, then sighed, "Sigh! I guess in a year or two, when Seong-won grows up, he won’t be as cute as he is now. Yu-ri has good eyesight and knows how to seize the opportunity."

Seeing Lee Hyori do this, the others weren’t too surprised because they knew that this big sister sometimes acts directly and straightforwardly, and even more outrageous things have already happened, so kissing on the face is nothing to mention.

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