Cultivation Begins with Caring for Sister-in-law-Chapter 562: Meeting the Parents

In the afternoon, Chen Mo, Yue Ruyan, Xiao Yunxi, and Sun Meng along with a group of personal soldiers, were settled down under the arrangements of the Xiao family. The Xiao family was unaware that Chen Mo, Yue Ruyan, and Xiao Yunxi usually slept together, so they directly arranged three rooms.

Yue Ruyan personally helped Chen Mo tidy up the room. While making the bed, she said softly, "You talked quite a bit with that courtesan Zhihua earlier. Did you take a liking to her?"

Although she had been with Chen Mo for the shortest time, she knew that Chen Mo was good in many aspects, except that he was a bit too lecherous. Zhihua had a delicate and elegant appearance, so it was possible that Chen Mo took a liking to her, otherwise, he wouldn’t have asked so much, including whether she was a local.

Chen Mo shook his head and then said, "I’m just curious."

"What are you curious about?" Yue Ruyan had finished making the bed and turned around to ask.

"Ruyan, have you ever seen a brothel where a courtesan is a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist?" Chen Mo asked.

"She... she’s a martial artist?" Yue Ruyan exclaimed in surprise. She hadn’t noticed.

Even though a Lower-Grade Martial Artist is no different from an ordinary person and it’s hard to tell unless they strike, she was an Upper-Grade Martial Artist and could usually discern from the other’s aura. But earlier, she hadn’t noticed anything unusual about Zhihua.

As for whether brothels have martial artists, she didn’t know since she had never been to one.

Based on her common sense and knowledge, a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist wouldn’t willingly degrade themselves to join a brothel unless they had some serious mental issues.

Moreover, Zhihua claimed that she had been sold into the brothel, but those traffickers wouldn’t give them Cultivation Techniques to train, seeking to control them.

Similarly, a brothel wouldn’t allow its courtesans to cultivate, as they would pose an unstable factor to the brothel’s owner.

Hearing this, Yue Ruyan also sensed many oddities and speculated, "What if the Flower Fragrance Building plans to sell Zhihua at a good price? Exceptions exist in everything, right?"

"Then the owner of the Flower Fragrance Building must be a really good person. Surely, even if Zhihua is an exception, she shouldn’t be unable to control a startled carriage."

"You mean she deliberately approached you?"

At this moment, Yue Ruyan seemed to transform into a constable solving a case, gently stroking her chin, and said after a moment, "Then it’s not surprising. Today, so many ladies and misses were eager to have an affinity with you. It’s normal for Zhihua, as the courtesan of the brothel, to put in some effort to attract your attention."

Yue Ruyan assumed it was Zhihua’s way to attract Chen Mo’s attention, hoping to enter the Duke An’s Mansion and achieve a class leap.

Even if Zhihua’s identity was strange, she didn’t think Zhihua had any malicious intentions.

After all, the difference in strength between the two parties was too great.

"What are you two talking about?"

At this moment, Xiao Yunxi walked in.

Xiao Yunxi had changed into a black dress with gold patterns, wearing minimal accessories, looking solemn and elegant.

"Talking about Zhihua," Chen Mo replied.

"Earlier, my cousin also spoke to me about Zhihua. She is the newly selected courtesan of the Flower Fragrance Building this year and is still a virgin. Recently, the Flower Fragrance Building has begun promoting her, hiring many famous scholars from Yangzhou to write lyrics and tunes for her. It seems they plan to make a fortune from her," Xiao Yunxi said, raising her eyebrows and glancing at Chen Mo, "If husband is interested in her, I can have cousin negotiate with the Flower Fragrance Building, and they will surely send Zhihua to you obediently."

The cousin she mentioned was Xiao Quan.

Chen Mo twitched his mouth and explained to Xiao Yunxi what he had discussed with Yue Ruyan earlier.

"A Seventh-Grade Martial Artist..." Xiao Yunxi was also taken aback. Although she had never been to a brothel, as a resident of Qinhuai County, she had never heard of any brothel that could afford to cultivate a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist to work as a courtesan. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Moreover, Zhihua was under twenty, and being Seventh-Grade at such a young age indicated good talent. But considering she was sold to the Flower Fragrance Building at thirteen, within a few short years, how many resources would it take for the Flower Fragrance Building to raise her from an ordinary person to a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist?

Therefore, Zhihua must have already been a martial artist before being sold to the Flower Fragrance Building.

"Shall I have my cousin investigate her?" Xiao Yunxi suggested.

"Sure."

Chen Mo nodded. Although he wasn’t particularly interested in Zhihua, it was an effortless thing to check.

With a nod, Xiao Yunxi said, "Husband, mother... wants to see you."

Seeing her nervousness, Chen Mo walked to her side, holding her slender hand, and said, "This trip to Jiangnan was mainly to visit your mother. Don’t be so tense, relax."

Xiao Yunxi took a deep breath.

"Ruyan, you take a rest first; I’ll accompany Yunxi over." To meet Xiao Yunxi’s mother, Chen Mo couldn’t take Yue Ruyan along.

Yue Ruyan lightly nodded.

"Let’s go."

Under Xiao Yunxi’s guidance, Chen Mo headed towards the Xiao family ancestral home.

Xiao Yunxi’s grandfather’s father, the legitimate wife of Xiao Yunxi’s great-grandfather, had three sons. Xiao Yunxi’s grandfather was the eldest legitimate son, so the Xiao family was passed to her grandfather, then to her father, Xiao Jing.

However, Xiao Jing didn’t have many offspring, having only one son and one daughter. After the son, Xiao Chongrong, died, only Xiao Yunxi remained.

So Xiao Jing planned to pass the Xiao family to the branch of the second son of Xiao Yunxi’s great-grandfather. Xiao Quan came from this branch.

In the hall of the ancestral home, Xiao Yunxi’s mother, Madame Xu, along with other elders, were present.

Seeing Chen Mo and Xiao Yunxi enter together, especially Chen Mo referring to himself as the son-in-law and addressing them as Xiao Yunxi did, they were surprised at first, then their expressions softened, feeling proud.

Of course, although Chen Mo addressed himself as a junior, they didn’t dare call him "Little Mo" or "Mo’er," and continued calling him Duke An.

Naturally, they didn’t dare give Chen Mo a hard time, instead, they lauded him with a stream of praises and compliments.

"...Godfather." Accompanying Madame Xu, now renamed from Chu to Xiao Zheng, timidly greeted Chen Mo.

Xiao Yunxi looked at Chen Mo with anticipation in her eyes.

"Good boy, Zheng’er." Chen Mo hugged Xiao Zheng and then said, "Godfather brought you a gift. Do you want it?"

"Yes."

"Here you go." Chen Mo, like performing a magic trick, produced a palm-sized Fat Sword made of Peach Wood and handed it to Xiao Zheng.

The three-year-old child liked the Fat Sword very much, showing a happy smile.

Xiao Yunxi and the Xiao family elders all sighed in relief at this sight.

Afterwards, Madame Xu called Chen Mo over to chat about family matters.