After a long silence, Huo Ziyan finally mustered her courage. "Do you know? Ever since I was born, aside from my father, only you have treated me this well. I'm really, really grateful to you."

It wasn't just gratitude—she was even willing to give herself to Him.

She waited, hoping Lin Beichen could hear the implication between the lines.

For a girl, the two most important men in her life are her father and her husband. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

A father is the protector who holds his daughter in the palm of his hand before she marries, while a husband is the partner who accompanies her all her life and cherishes her like a treasure.

But Lin Beichen didn't get it at all. "I'm not as good as you think, and I can't be compared with your father."

"No, in a sense, you might even be more important to me than my father. If possible, I also want to become the most important person in your life, it's just… just that I don't know if you'd be willing."

When she said this, Huo Ziyan didn't even dare lift her head to look at Lin Beichen.

She was afraid that once she saw Lin Beichen, she wouldn't be able to control herself and would do something excessive, making Lin Beichen think she was too forward.

He hadn't understood what she said earlier, but this time Lin Beichen got it.

He felt a bit of a headache. To Him, this was absolutely not something he should be thinking about right now, because he carried a much more important responsibility.

"I think you're still young, and I also have very important things unfinished. Right now, in the eyes of the public, Daoism is almost equated with con men. I don't want to see that happen."

Lin Beichen looked at Huo Ziyan, his gaze incomparably sincere.

"My wish is to make Daoism the faith of many people, to restore its good name. Daoism doesn't just give people faith; it has a lot of valuable content. That content can't be lost; someone has to carry it forward."

Hearing this, Huo Ziyan noticed that Lin Beichen was changing the subject.

She understood that this was Lin Beichen tactfully turning her down.

However, even if Lin Beichen rejected her, she would never give up easily. As long as Lin Beichen remained unmarried, she still had a chance to become the only one in his heart.

"If you don't want to talk about it, I won't force you. Your goal is my goal. Don't worry, I'll definitely keep my word and help you realize your dream."

Hearing Huo Ziyan say this, Lin Beichen secretly let out a breath of relief.

In this era, single people are everywhere, but He had never thought that one day He would be caught between two women, stuck in such an impossible situation.

You could say that for the first time in his life, He felt that dealing with those villains or evil beings was far easier than dealing with women.

The conversation cut off abruptly, and the atmosphere between Lin Beichen and Huo Ziyan suddenly became awkward.

"…It's getting late."

"…It's getting late."

Lin Beichen and Huo Ziyan spoke in unison, their eyes meeting.

"You go first…"

Again, they spoke at the same time.

This time, Huo Ziyan laughed. She seized the chance and spoke before Lin Beichen. "It's getting late, I'll go back to rest first. You should rest early too, you hear me?"

Lin Beichen nodded. He had just opened his mouth to speak when a sudden boom yanked everyone's attention away.

The door.

A group of people kicked the door open and rushed in, immediately surrounding Huo Ziyan, who hadn't had time to leave Lin Beichen's bedroom, and Lin Beichen, who had been about to walk her back.

At the sight before her, Huo Ziyan was so frightened her face went pale with shock. Her hands clutched tightly at Lin Beichen's sleeve.

"Who are you people?" Lin Beichen's brows knitted tightly as he swept a cold gaze over the group in front of Him.

The fact that these people had managed to find this place meant they'd done their homework beforehand. Lin Beichen vaguely suspected this had something to do with Huo Minghao.

But for the moment, He couldn't find any concrete evidence to prove it.

However, the intruders clearly had no intention of wasting words with Lin Beichen. The leader waved his hand. "Take them away."

At that moment, Huo Ziyan was truly scared.

She never imagined that in this day and age, there would actually be thugs who broke into a room to abduct people.

Wasn't this kind of thing supposed to only happen in movies and TV dramas?

At some point, Lin Beichen already had the Peach Wood Sword in his hand.

"If you want to take her, you'll have to ask whether the sword in my hand agrees."

At Lin Beichen's words, a trace of contempt flashed across the leader's face.

"A Peach Wood Sword…"

He hadn't even finished speaking when Lin Beichen's figure vanished from where He stood.

Using a strange Body Technique, Lin Beichen shuttled through the crowd. The others couldn't see his movements at all; they could only hear cries of pain one after another.

In just five minutes, Lin Beichen reappeared at Huo Ziyan's side, and all around Him were people either sprawled on the ground groaning or already unconscious.

Having never seen such a scene before, Huo Ziyan was practically hanging off of Lin Beichen.

As for the middle-aged man from earlier, Lin Beichen hadn't laid a hand on him. Now, He looked at the leader and let out a cold laugh. "So, are you going to crawl out of here yourself, or do I beat you until you crawl? Pick one."

If He could avoid a fight, He certainly would. After all, once He made a move, it meant one more person knew He possessed abilities ordinary people didn't.

That went completely against his wish to keep a low profile.

"You… just you wait!"

As he spoke, the leader pulled a handgun from his waistband.

Judging by the looks of it, the gun was definitely off the books, but in his eyes, no matter how good Lin Beichen's martial arts were, He could never be a match for bullets.

"So, what exactly do you want?"

Seeing how unconcerned Lin Beichen looked, the leader was thoroughly enraged. He raised the gun and fired a shot straight at Lin Beichen.