"Haha, watch me blow you away!" Liu Yingxiong felt an unprecedented strength surge within him; even though he knew he was no match for Li Yingjie, he couldn't resist boasting recklessly.

It was a chestful of bravado, unrelated to actual power!

Ye Chen didn't choose to watch the fight; he knew Liu Yingxiong's meridians had been unblocked and had absorbed the potency of a medicinal concoction, naturally itching for a good spar with Li Yingjie to test their skills.

"Ye Chen, you're back. Is Liu Tianwang's illness cured?" Liu Shihua asked.

With Ye Chen present, Liu Yingxiong's pig-like screams had stopped, implying that Liu Tianwang's illness must have been cured.

"Cured indeed. He's currently in his boxer shorts, full of fighting spirit, battling it out with Li Yingjie!" Ye Chen said something quite meaningful.

"Can't you speak properly!" Liu Shihua blushed at his impropriety.

"Ye Chen, come here, I have something to tell you!" Zhang Xinlan suddenly pulled Ye Chen aside to whisper something.

"What's wrong?" Ye Chen blinked, noticing that Zhang Xinlan seemed troubled.

"Ye Chen, I might be pregnant with your child!" Zhang Xinlan's voice was so faint it was almost inaudible.

"No way!" Ye Chen was shocked; happiness had come too suddenly.

"Really, my period hasn't come yet, and it's already a week late!" Zhang Xinlan said.

"Wait a moment, let me check your pulse!" Ye Chen took Zhang Xinlan's hand, wanting to get to the bottom of it.

Zhang Xinlan's heart fluttered slightly, trusting Ye Chen's unpredictable medical skills and let him take her pulse.

Still, the anticipation made her anxious. She felt a mix of longing for but also fear of pregnancy, a truly thrilling sensation.

"Xinlan, have you eaten anything cold recently?" Ye Chen asked.

"I have, these past few days Shihua kept dragging me out for ice cream," Zhang Xinlan recalled.

Ye Chen couldn't help but smile mysteriously and then laid his hand on her lower abdomen, wanting to sense more thoroughly.

"Ye Chen, don't, Shihua is watching!" Zhang Xinlan's face reddened, thinking Ye Chen wanted to feel for the child in her belly.

"Sweet wife, I want to use True Qi to examine you!" Ye Chen explained.

"Alright then." Zhang Xinlan realized she had misunderstood.

"My dear wife, I have some unfortunate news for you!" Ye Chen looked at Zhang Xinlan with a strange expression and sighed.

"Am I really pregnant?!" Zhang Xinlan's face paled.

"You silly woman. You're not pregnant! If you had a Ye Family baby, that would be the greatest joy!" Ye Chen scolded with a laugh, noticing that Zhang Xinlan still seemed unwilling to have a child.

"I'm not pregnant?" Zhang Xinlan exhaled in disbelief. Strangely enough, upon hearing the answer she desired most, she felt a slight sense of loss.

"No worries. I'll just have to try harder in the future, and you'll get pregnant!" Ye Chen gazed at her graceful figure with a mischievous grin.

"You're terrible!" Zhang Xinlan chided him. "But why hasn't my period come? It's been a week late, which is unusual for me!"

"Firstly, you've eaten cold food. Blood flows when warm and stagnates when cold, but that's just a minor reason!" Ye Chen looked at Zhang Xinlan. "The main reason is your mindset. Possibly you're too eager to get pregnant, or perhaps you really don't want to, and these two extremes in thought can both lead to signs of a phantom pregnancy!"

Zhang Xinlan heard this and nodded almost imperceptibly; however, even she did not know whether she wanted to have Ye Chen's child or not.

"Xinlan, what were you and Ye Chen talking about, and why did he touch your stomach?" Liu Shihua asked, feeling perplexed.

"Nothing, nothing at all!" Zhang Xinlan's face turned unnaturally red. She couldn't possibly admit that she suspected she might be pregnant with Ye Chen's child and had asked him to check, could she?

"No way, you two must have some unspeakable secret!" Liu Shihua said with absolute certainty.

"Xinlan's menstruation is irregular, I was just having a look for her!" Ye Chen walked over and spoke without any hesitation.

"This?!" Liu Shihua was taken aback.

"Yes, it's like that!" Zhang Xinlan quickly agreed. She would rather admit to menstrual irregularities than let Liu Shihua discover her relationship with Ye Chen.

"You..." Liu Shihua stared at Zhang Xinlan and then spoke in a faint voice, "I was wondering why your period hadn't come yet. I even thought you might be pregnant, but it turns out to be menstrual irregularity!"

Hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but chuckle to himself; this Liu Shihua was too clever.

"Mr. Ye, what are you chatting about? You seem to be having a great time!" Just then, Liu Yingxiong and Li Yingjie, who had been fighting in the backyard, strode over, apparently having finished their bout.

"Ye Chen, how come Liu is so formidable now? Did you secretly give him some kind of medicine? I think this old guy is on the fast track to becoming a martial arts master!" Li Yingjie started probing as soon as they met. Liu Yingxiong was originally just a strong average person, but after Ye Chen unblocked his meridians, his strength surged tremendously, making him comparable to a super soldier, which greatly surprised Li Yingjie.

"Brother Liu indeed had blocked meridians, but he has always been diligent in his training. His energy had been lying dormant in his muscles and now that all streams have converged, plus after absorbing the power of that huge pot of medicinal herbs, some achievements aren't strange!" Ye Chen explained.

"I see!" Li Yingjie replied.

Liu Yingxiong also nodded. Although happier the stronger he became, he didn't know where his strength came from. Hearing Ye Chen's explanation, he realized it was all due to the benefits of his long-term cultivation and nourishment.

"Now that you're cured, Brother Liu, you can give me the money!" Ye Chen rubbed his hands together, his mind completely focused on money. "I really can't wait. Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up and give it to me!"

"Be nice when you speak!" Li Yingjie's face darkened.

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"Sister Xinlan, I've never seen a check worth over a hundred million before. It looks like after you marry this bumpkin, you can directly live a life of luxury!" Liu Shihua said, sitting in the back of the car, her hand trembling as she held the check.

"Actually, you also have a lot of money, a whole lot!" Zhang Xinlan said with a smile, acknowledging that Liu Shihua had made a considerable fortune over the years and was a top-tier little rich lady in the entertainment industry.

"How about this, Shihua, I'll take you as my goddaughter, and from now on, you can ask your godfather for money, how's that?" Ye Chen teased while driving.

"You rascal, Xinlan, are you not going to take care of him? He's going to take me as his goddaughter!" Liu Shihua exclaimed.

The provocative nature of Ye Chen's words was strong. Could it be that this guy was interested in her?

"Ye Chen, Shihua is your sister-in-law; you can't joke with her like this in the future, okay?" Zhang Xinlan's face grew cold as she spoke.

"I know, I know!" Ye Chen grinned and took in a sharp breath as Zhang Xinlan pinched the flesh on his thigh, a sensation so exhilaratingly painful it was almost unbelievable to him!

Liu Shihua fell silent because she saw Zhang Xinlan's subtle movement, and her mood suddenly took a turn for the worse.

"Here's your check, go ahead and have fun!"

Liu Shihua was inexplicably in a bad mood and was the first to get out of the car with a sullen face after parking.

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