Chapter 241: Chapter 145: Black Spider-Man is a Hot Girl

In Taiping City, Zhao Qiao’Er and Song Meiqin got into a squabble—just some playful bickering between the two of them.

Song Meiqin was the first to stop their playful spat. "Alright, we haven’t even seen a shadow of the man, so why are we already fighting over him?"

"Who knows with you?" Zhao Qiao’Er retorted, swaying her hips.

"Alright, alright. I’ll go arrange for the mansion to be tidied up properly to welcome our husband home." With that, Song Meiqin went to find the old butler.

Now that Zhao Qiao’Er was pregnant, many of the mansion’s affairs had been handed over to the old butler.

Meanwhile, Su Liyan, with nothing better to do, sat beside Lu Yuan, resting her head on her hand and gazing at him.

She didn’t know what she was looking for; she just watched Lu Yuan, thinking he was handsome from every angle.

As the carriage wheels turned, round and round, they drew ever closer to Taiping City.

On the road home, even the air smelled sweet.

Su Liyan and her mother were overjoyed to have accompanied Lu Yuan on this long journey.

’It’s so good to get out and see the great wide world!’

"Dear," Su Liyan said suddenly, "after we get home this time, will we just be waiting for our baby to be born?"

Lu Yuan, who was busy beside her, replied, "Yes. Once we’re back in Taiping City, we’re not going anywhere. We’ll just wait for you and Aunt Zhao to have your babies."

Su Liyan nodded. ’He’s so good to me!’

She wanted to have eight or ten of them. "Dear, wait for me to give you eight or ten children, so you can have a house full of them too."

Lu Yuan knew his wife was comparing him to the Emperor. The Emperor had forty children, so Su Liyan wanted to give him many children as well.

Lu Yuan dotingly stroked Su Liyan’s head. "He has so many children because he has many wives and concubines. How could I bear to make you give birth to eight or ten?"

Su Liyan looked thoughtful. She blinked and said, "But there’s also Aunt Zhao and Aunt Song. If we each have ten, that’s thirty children for the three of us."

This made Lu Yuan laugh. ’Her math is pretty good,’ he thought, then said aloud, "Alright, alright. Whatever my dear wife says."

Su Liyan continued, "Dear, if you really want lots of babies, I can find you a fourth wife. I won’t be jealous."

Su Liyan knew her husband loved her. As his wife, she felt it was her duty to find him more concubines to ensure the Lu Family line would flourish.

"Having a beautiful wife like you is already my greatest fortune. For you to be so understanding and well-read... it must be a blessing I earned in a past life."

Lu Yuan leaned in and planted a kiss on Su Liyan.

Su Liyan’s brow furrowed slightly. Noticing this, Lu Yuan asked, "What’s wrong? Am I not allowed to kiss you?"

Su Liyan quickly replied, "No, that’s not it, dear. I think Yue’Er is in danger. I hear the sounds of fighting up ahead."

"Oh?" Lu Yuan closed his eyes to listen carefully. He, too, could faintly sense a disturbance ahead.

Even after cultivating the *Holy Body* for so long, Lu Yuan’s Perception was still no match for his wife’s. Su Liyan’s senses were incredibly sharp.

’I really, really want to lean over to my wife’s face and just... lick her.’

’I want to lick her cheek and ask her just what kind of Secret Manual she’s been cultivating or what heaven-defying legacy she possesses.’

’How can she be so much stronger than me?’

Lu Yuan shook himself from his wandering thoughts, lifted the carriage curtain, and ordered, "Pick up the pace! We need to catch up to King Yan’s second son, Gu Gaoxu!"

Hearing the order, the groom cracked his small whip. "CRACK! CRACK! Giddy-up!"

The two horses neighed and quickened their pace.

The Mansion Guards and the groom driving Su Liyan’s mother’s carriage followed suit, cracking their own whips and staying close behind.

「Just moments before」

Up ahead, Gu Gaoxu and Gu Ziye, who were riding on horseback, had their path blocked by a group of men who looked like bandits.

The bandits pointed at Gu Gaoxu and shouted, "Lord Lu, I’ve been waiting here for you for a long time! If you know what’s good for you, leave the toll money and I’ll spare your life."

Gu Gaoxu looked at the bandits blocking his path and snorted coldly. Without a word, he raised his right hand to stop the servants and Yue’Er’s Personal Guards behind him.

’Let’s see what these bandits are up to,’ Gu Gaoxu thought.

A tall, skinny lackey next to the bandit leader stepped forward, leaned in, and whispered into his boss’s ear, "He doesn’t look like Magistrate Lu from Taiping City."

The bandit leader took another look and whispered back, "How could it not be? The news has spread these past few days that Lu Yuan is taking this road back to Taiping City with his wife."

Clearly, Gu Gaoxu and Gu Ziye, on horseback, had been mistaken for Lu Yuan and his wife.

"But, Boss, I heard Magistrate Lu has the look of a frail, refined scholar. This guy leading on horseback doesn’t look like that at all!" the tall, skinny man continued.

"Hey! You bandits, what do you want with your Grandpa Lu?" Gu Gaoxu taunted, tilting his head up.

’Let’s see what kind of characters these guys are,’ Gu Gaoxu mused.

Seeing that their target had just admitted it, the bandit leader decided not to overthink it.

He hefted his Wolf Fang Club with both hands, yelling and grunting as he feigned a charge.

Gu Gaoxu, now interested in this bunch, swung himself off his horse and walked forward alone.

He angled his body at forty-five degrees—a standard Martial Artist’s stance, meant to minimize the exposed area of his body.

Then, Gu Gaoxu extended his right hand and beckoned the bandits forward with a classic "come at me" gesture, a smirk on his face. "Come on, all of you," he said.

The bandits saw that the man before them wasn’t falling for their act, so they decided to teach him a lesson.

"Everyone, get him!"

Gu Gaoxu held back, but within a few moves, he had knocked the entire group of bandits to the ground.

The bandits were all rolling on the ground, clutching their stomachs.