Chapter 126

"Are you even my real mother? How could you say that?" Xiao Beibei asked, exasperated.

"What did I say wrong?" Li Qiulan replied. "I'm giving you good advice. Feelings are something you have to seize when you have the chance. Besides, since you want to test him, why not do it while you're actually together? It's much better to test him while you're dating. If he can truly pass your tests, then you won't have to worry about him looking for anyone else."

Xiao Beibei’s face flushed red. She muttered, "I’m not talking to you anymore," and ran off to her room.

Meanwhile, at Zhou Yu’s villa:

"No way," Wang Lingling insisted. "If you don't teach me, I’m not leaving."

"Where am I supposed to find the time?" Zhou Yu countered. "I’ve got two wives waiting for me to coach them as it is."

"It's fine, it's fine! I can just learn along with them," Wang Lingling chirped.

Zhou Yu took a deep breath. "But what you’re learning is completely different from them." He was at his wit's end with this stubborn girl. He couldn't hit her, and he couldn't really scold her since she hadn't actually done anything wrong. She had been pestering him for over ten minutes, refusing to listen to reason; she was dead set on having him teach her spear techniques.

"It’s no big deal," Wang Lingling argued. "Leng Yuhang told me that your two wives are learning different things anyway. You can just teach them first, then teach me."

Zhou Yu glared at Leng Yuhang, who was sitting to the side. Leng Yuhang acted as if he hadn't noticed, busying himself by looking around at everything but Zhou Yu.

"Aren't you supposed to be learning extreme parkour from Little Leng?" Zhou Yu asked.

Wang Lingling smiled. "That's fine. He can teach me whenever, but you’re different. If you don't agree, I’m just not leaving."

Zhou Yu curled his lip. "Why is it that he can teach you whenever, but I can't?"

Wang Lingling gave a mischievous grin. "If I called you out at night, would you come? Would you even dare to?"

Zhou Yu was about to say he absolutely would, but he caught himself just in time. It was a trap. If he said yes, it wouldn't just cause misunderstandings with his wives and Leng Yuhang, it would be a tacit agreement to whatever Wang Lingling wanted.

"I haven't even agreed to anything yet," Zhou Yu said. "What is this talk about night or no night?"

"That’s settled then," Wang Lingling said. "If I call Leng Yuhang out at night, do you think he wouldn't come? If I ask him to teach me, do you think he’d refuse?"

"What does that have to do with whether I teach you or not?" Zhou Yu asked.

"It doesn't have anything to do with it, but if you don't teach me, I'm staying right here."

Zhou Yu sighed. "Fine, you win. After you finish your lessons with Little Leng, I'll teach you."

"No," Wang Lingling insisted. "You have to start tomorrow."

Zhou Yu’s patience was wearing thin. "Do I have to work around your schedule now?"

Sensing his irritation, Wang Lingling quickly added, "You teach your wives during the day, then just teach me afterward. I already have a foundation; a little guidance from you is all I need."

At that moment, Pan Yuxin walked downstairs. "Brother Little Leng, just teach her," she said. "Don't let her keep bothering Brother Zhou Yu; we need to get some rest." Then, turning to Wang Lingling, she added, "You said it yourself—you have a foundation. Brother Little Leng is perfectly capable of guiding you."

Leng Yuhang stood up as well. "Let's go, Lingling. It’s late; let them get some rest. I can help you just the same."

Wang Lingling remained unconvinced. "But you don't know how! Besides, why can’t he teach me?"

"Because I said so," Zhou Yu replied firmly. "I don't want to teach anyone right now. I’ll only consider it after I’ve finished training my own lovers."