Stuck on the highway, I just flew home on my sword!

The courtyard gate was pushed open, and Second Uncle Lin Jianguo walked in, shivering with cold.

He was holding a half-empty bottle of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor) in his hand, humming an unknown tune.

Seeing that the light was still on in Lin Ye's room, Second Uncle pushed the door open and walked in.

"Xiaoye, you're still awake?"

My second uncle pulled up a chair and sat down, his cloudy eyes gleaming with gossip.

"How did your chat with that girl Aunt Wang introduced you to go today?"

Lin Ye put down the teacup he was playing with and turned his head.

He had already prepared his explanation.

"It's off." Lin Ye said calmly.

Uncle was stunned for a moment, then his brows furrowed immediately.

"Why did it fall through? That girl is so great, did you say something wrong again and upset her?"

Lin Ye shook his head.

"Second Uncle, it's really not my fault."

"The girl had only been sitting down for a short while when she suddenly started acting strangely."

"She was shouting at the top of her lungs in the lobby, saying that she had just had her third abortion last month and owed 200,000 yuan in gambling debts."

"Her blond-haired brother couldn't stop her, and in the end, he covered her mouth and forcibly dragged her away."

Lin Ye recounted the story vividly, but he concealed the fact that he used a mantra to flick a drop of water, and what happened later with Scarface and his group in the alley.

The second uncle was dumbfounded.

The half-empty bottle of Erguotou in my hand almost fell to the ground.

"Abortion? Three times? Gambling debts?!"

Uncle's voice suddenly rose, his face full of disbelief.

Lin Ye nodded seriously.

"Dozens of people in the coffee shop heard it at the time, and I estimate that the news will spread throughout Qinghe Town by tomorrow."

My second uncle slapped his thigh and suddenly stood up.

"This is absolutely shameless!"

"That old hag Wang, what are you up to! Introducing my Xiaoye to this kind of slut!"

"No way, I'm going to settle the score with her tomorrow!"

My second uncle was so angry that he paced around the room, his chest heaving violently.

Lin Ye quickly poured a glass of warm water and handed it over.

"Second Uncle, calm down. It's not worth getting angry over someone like that."

"Anyway, I didn't lose out, did I?"

My second uncle took the water glass and drank it all in one gulp, then sighed heavily.

"Oh well, never mind."

"This is my second uncle's fault; he sent you without finding out the details first."

"But don't be discouraged, your second uncle can always introduce you to someone else later!"

"Aunt Li from the east end of town has a lot of resources; I'll go buy two cartons of good cigarettes and visit her tomorrow..."

Lin Ye felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this.

Again?

He was already disgusted enough by encountering Wang Manman today; if a few more came along, he was afraid he would lose his temper and ruin the entire town's matchmaking market.

"No!" Lin Ye hurriedly said.

"Second Uncle, there's really no need for you to trouble yourself."

"Blind dates are unreliable, can't I just find someone myself?"

Second Uncle stopped and glanced at Lin Ye sideways.

"You'll find it yourself?"

"You've always been a quiet, reserved guy, you're never going to say a word. How will you ever find a wife?"

Lin Ye braced himself and patted his chest.

"Don't worry, we'll definitely find it."

"Now I at least work in the city, so I meet a lot of girls."

Upon hearing this, my second uncle suddenly laughed.

He smiled like a smug old fox.

"Okay, you said it."

I won't force you.

Second Uncle held up a finger and waved it in front of Lin Ye.

"Next year's Lunar New Year."

"If you come back alone again, don't even think about setting foot in this house in Qinghe Town."

"Did you hear me?"

Lin Ye's lips twitched suddenly.

Is this old man waiting for me here?

Watching his second uncle walk away with his hands behind his back, looking satisfied, Lin Ye rubbed his temples helplessly.

The current sect leader of the prestigious Shushan Sword Sect has been forced into marriage to this extent.

If those old monsters in the cultivation world knew about this, they'd probably laugh their heads off.

……

For the next few days, Lin Ye didn't go anywhere.

He stayed in the courtyard of the old house, focusing on consolidating his newly broken-through Transcendent Realm cultivation.

Although the spiritual energy on Earth is thin, fortunately, it has a top-tier cultivation technique like the "Heavenly Evolution Dao Chapter".

Even the smallest mosquito leg is still meat.

Every morning, Lin Ye would sit under the old locust tree in the courtyard, breathing in and out the first wisps of purple dawn light.

The vortex of spiritual energy within his body gradually solidified.

The power within the meridians flows ceaselessly like the Yangtze River.

However, this peace and quiet did not last long.

That little girl from Longge named Baizhi has practically become a regular at Lin Ye's doorstep.

I report for duty promptly at eight o'clock every morning.

They were either carrying pan-fried buns from the town's time-honored shop or freshly made soy milk and fried dough sticks.

Under the guise of "caring for lonely young people," they brazenly entered the premises.

"Hey bro, breakfast's ready!"

Bai Zhi was wearing a pink tracksuit today, looking youthful and energetic.

She placed the steaming hot pan-fried buns on the stone table, rested her chin on her hands, and stared intently at Lin Ye with her big eyes.

Lin Ye sat on a recliner, holding a yellowed ancient book that he had found somewhere.

He didn't even lift his eyelids.

"I'm not hungry, take it."

The voice was cold and devoid of any warmth.

Bai Zhi pursed her lips.

These past few days she has truly witnessed what "aloofness" really means.

No matter what she says, this person always has an indifferent, deadpan attitude.

But who is Bai Zhi?

The Dragon Pavilion's ace investigator has never known how to write the word "give up".

Her eyes darted around, and she suddenly reached out and grabbed a pan-fried bun.

A sudden burst of force from the wrist.

The hidden energy of the peak of the Steel Bone Realm erupted instantly.

The pan-fried bun transformed into a blur, accompanied by a whistling wind, heading straight for Lin Ye's face.

If that hits hard, an ordinary person's nasal bridge would be shattered on the spot.

Bai Zhi just wanted to force Lin Ye to make a move and see how he used that mysterious energy.

however.

Lin Ye remained in the position of reading.

Just a moment before the pan-fried bun was about to hit the tip of his nose.

His right index finger, which was turning the pages, flicked upwards very casually.

"Buzz".

An invisible ripple seemed to spread through the air.

The pan-fried bun, carrying terrifying kinetic energy, suddenly hovered three inches in front of Lin Ye.

Not moving at all.

It's like the pause button has been pressed.

Immediately afterwards, the surface of the pan-fried buns was enveloped in a faint white light.

The meat juices and heat inside are perfectly locked in.

Lin Ye finally put down the book.

He opened his mouth, and the hovering pan-fried bun flew into it automatically.

I chewed it twice.

"It's a bit too salty."

Lin Ye gave a fair assessment.

Beside the stone table.

Bai Zhi was completely dumbfounded.

She looked at her hands, then at Lin Ye.

Telephoto capture?

And yet, she did it with such ease that she didn't even tear the thin skin of the pan-fried buns!

What kind of divine power is this?!

"How...how did you do that?"

Bai Zhi stammered, her eyes sparkling with fervent admiration.

Lin Ye stood up and patted the crumbs off his hands.

Looking down at the girl whose face was full of thirst for knowledge.

"Want to learn?"

Bai Zhi nodded frantically, her ponytail leaving afterimages behind her head.

Lin Ye's lips curled into a wicked smile.

"I won't teach."

After saying that, he turned around and went back into the house, closing the door behind him.

"Bang."

They were firmly turned away.

In the courtyard, only Bai Zhi was left, bewildered in the wind.

"You jerk! You cheapskate! You chauvinist!"

Bai Zhi was so angry that she stomped her feet, wishing she could go up and tear that wooden door down.

But she dared not.

The image of eight steel pipes being instantly severed in the alley that night was still deeply imprinted in her mind.

She was very unhappy.

I'm very unhappy.

As the apple of the Dragon Pavilion's eye, when has she ever suffered such humiliation?

But ironically, the more aloof the other person was, the more unfathomable they seemed to her.

"Hmph, you just wait!"

"I refuse to believe there's any shell in this world I can't crack!"

Bai Zhi waved her little fist at the closed door, then turned and left the courtyard in a huff.