Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

People from Lu Country, once they have money, the first thing they think of is to buy a house.

Cultivators are also people from Lu Country, and of course they are no exception. After getting wealthy, Li Family siblings not only bought a team-building base for their team but also bought separate properties for their parents, grandparents, and maternal grandparents in both Xingwang Mansion and Xin'an Economic Zone.

Then, because of Yan Yu's family being besieged and interviewed by the media, all the family members of the team's cultivators were sent to the Military Manor compound for unified resettlement, and all those houses were bought for nothing... nobody lived in them.

By contrast, the Zhenghai Team was more restrained in their spending thanks to Yan Yu's warning, and there was no occurrence of team members having several empty houses to their name.

Of all the houses that the Li siblings bought, it was this mountain villa that saw the most use. It is located deep in Baiyun Mountain Forest Park, with its environment, scenery, and air all being excellent.

The original drawback was the slightly inconvenient transportation, but as cultivators could fly with Sword Flight, they didn't have to take the winding mountain roads, making travel very convenient indeed.

Unlike Zhenghai Team, the Qing'an Team, consisting of four men and one woman, were not keen on housekeeping. Li Minghu didn't mind cleaning, but Li Zhaojiang worried it would tire her, so they ended up hiring a full team of housekeepers to live in the villa, all aunts above forty years old with years of experience in managing luxury houses in the harbor area, very professional.

Upon entering the villa, Lin Ning was researching various high-end kitchen appliances in the kitchen when suddenly an auntie popped up from somewhere (actually from a small door next to the kitchen) and asked,

"Would the guest like to eat something?"

Lin Ning was immediately bewildered. Seeing her puzzled look, the auntie repeated what she had just said in Lingnan dialect.

"Uh," Lin Ning finally reacted and said, "I was just seeing what kind of dishes can be made here…"

The auntie immediately understood, oh'd, and said with a smile,

"Miss, you want to cook, right?"

In fact, many wealthy ladies in the harbor area are like this: although they normally don't do any kitchen work, they still have whims where they want to personally cook for their families.

The housekeepers serving these rich ladies also have a routine: they clean all the ingredients and place them on the cutting board, letting the lady put them in the pot with her own hands, then the ladies play with the spatula, stirring randomly. When they get tired, the housekeepers take over.

All the seasonings are prepared by the housekeepers in small bowls, and the ladies are only responsible for putting things into the pot... The dish that comes out is credited as "personally made by madam," and when served it earns praise from the family and the husband's heart.

"Well..." Lin Ning actually didn't plan to cook; she had simply seen the high-end kitchenware from afar and came over to look.

But indeed, the kitchen was stocked with many and complete items... and it was tempting to give them a try.

"Then let me assist you," the auntie immediately put on an apron and offered eagerly.

While Lin Ning was busy in the kitchen, Su Yunjin had moved to the backyard.

The villa's internal garden in the back harbored some rare flowers from the South China Botanical Garden, obtained through connections by the villa's previous owner, which intrigued Su Yunjin.

Xie Ruoxi went to the second-floor study to play on the computer, while Zhao Yuanzhen and Chen Lingyun gravitated towards the bar, one cracking melon seeds, the other brewing coffee.

In the blink of an eye, the ladies of the Zhenghai Team were scattered to the wind, leaving the men of the Qing'an Team looking at each other—originally, they had wanted to cozy up to the ladies, but since they all acted independently, it was inappropriate to follow and continue making conversation.

The boys sat on the large sofa in the living room, just as Li Zhaojiang picked up the controller and said,

"Old Yan, how about a game?"

"What game?"

"King of Fighters."

"Isn't King of Fighters an arcade game?"

"It's long been ported to consoles, so are you in or out?"

"I'll see if it's fun first." Yan Yu took the controller, gave it a try, and beat Li Zhaojiang handily.

"Can you even handle it, captain?" The guys all laughed boisterously.

"Another round!" Li Zhaojiang said indignantly.

His style of playing King of Fighters was to randomly mash buttons, relying on the belief that "as long as my hands are fast enough, there's no special move I can't pull off." However, facing Yan Yu, who was a genuine "quick-eyed, quick-handed" and "precise" player, his real level was immediately exposed.

"I'm done." Yan Yu handed back the controller and said proudly, "Ah Jiang, you're not good enough. Go back and practice some more."

Li Minghu covered her mouth, laughing at the side.

The game controllers on the table were quickly seized by Jiang Hong and others who started another round with Li Zhaojiang, the joy of boys being so simple.

Yan Yu stood up, looking a tad bored, and asked Li Minghu,

"Besides gaming, what other entertainment do you guys have here?"

"Are you talking about sports activities?" Li Minghu pondered for a moment, "The basement has a swimming pool, the second floor has a billiard table, and there's a basketball court if you go out the main entrance and turn left."

"Never mind, I'll just go for a walk outside." Yan Yu waved his hand.

He left the villa's main entrance, and Li Minghu turned to look at Chen Lingyun, finding her chatting leisurely and smiling with Zhao Yuanzhen, but Sister Zhao couldn't care less about him, just cracking sunflower seeds and playing with her phone continuously.

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Yan Yu strolled leisurely along the road when suddenly he heard someone calling him from behind.

Turning his head, he saw Li Minghu, dressed in sportswear.

"Huff, huff." She ran up to Yan Yu's side and stopped, hands on her knees as she panted, wiping sweat and asked, "How come you walk so fast?"

"I'm not that fast, you're just too slow," Yan Yu replied.

Li Minghu was somewhat speechless, but she could roughly make out the character of Yan Yu—he wasn't the type to treat you specially just because you are a pretty woman. He would say whatever needed to be said.

"Do you usually jog around here?" Yan Yu asked casually.

"Yeah, the air is good here." Li Minghu jogged alongside him, "Jogging here is good for the heart and lungs."

"That's true, I noticed there aren't many cars around, no exhaust fumes either," Yan Yu said.

He waited for Li Minghu to speak. The girl had specifically followed him out, so she must have had something to say to him.

But Li Minghu held her breath well, jogging slowly with Yan Yu for about 1 kilometer and still only chatting about trivial family matters.

"I heard you don't have a housekeeper?"

"It's not that I don't hire one, just occasionally."

"Then how do you handle the everyday household chores and cooking?"

"Yun Jin takes care of the housework, and Lin Ning is in charge of cooking."

"That's pretty good, your own people are always more reliable than someone hired from outside."

Yan Yu found himself increasingly unable to keep his composure. You coming over to talk to me like this, you can't really just want to spend some alone time with me, can you?

Just speak your mind. All this beating around the bush is useless on me! Haven't I seen enough of a woman's sweet talk? Chen Lingyun from my past life was much craftier than you!

"It looks like you have something to say." He decided not to waste any more time.

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"Really can't hide anything from you," Li Minghu said with a wry smile, "Here's the thing."

"Do you remember the last time in the Three Isles Treasure Ship Secret Realm? The two of us appeared on the camera, we might have been standing a bit close, and then the elders in my family saw it, they mistook that you and I had some kind of relationship… Of course, I've already clarified it when I got back home."

"Oh," Yan Yu nodded, "And?"

"And… they want to meet you," Li Minghu said candidly.

"Isn't that the same as not having clarified at all?" Yan Yu suddenly felt a headache coming on.

Meet me for what? Isn't it just because they suspect that I have some relationship with you, wanting to see their prospective son-in-law in advance?

"I've clarified it already," Li Minghu said helplessly, "They… probably still have some doubts, I guess. Mainly because I was quite a good actress when I was younger, they couldn't tell if I was lying, so they thought to find out the truth from you."

Valkyrie was really good at acting? Yan Yu thought back carefully and realized it was indeed the case.

In a past life when she had already run out of ammo and drained of energy on the battlefield, yet the enemy Sorcerer Alliance Army hadn't noticed at all. With her holding the threat of assassinating the Witch King, she cleaved through them with one sword, frightening them all away… It would be hard to say that her acting wasn't good.

But girl, you even deceive your own family, making them distrust you, that really doesn't put me in the best position to judge.

"So you want me to go there and clear things up with your family?" Yan Yu confirmed.

"That's right," Li Minghu admitted with some embarrassment, "Sorry to trouble you."