This feeling made Jiang Zuo extremely uneasy.

He immediately pulled out his phone to call Su Qi, then took out a coin and jumped straight out the window.

He had to find Su Qi as fast as he possibly could.

Jiang Zuo jumping out the window didn’t startle many people. It was probably a common occurrence.

Just as Jiang Zuo landed on the roof of a tall building, the feeling vanished.

At that moment, the call to Su Qi connected.

"What’s up? Miss me already?" Su Qi’s voice was playful, and she sounded delighted to get his call.

Standing still, Jiang Zuo asked, "Where are you?"

Su Qi glanced back in confusion before answering, "On my way to my senior sister’s place. What’s wrong? Did you come home and not see your wife, worried she’d gotten lost?"

"Yeah. Don’t go out unless you have to."

"I know, I know. What do you want for dinner tonight? I’ll make it for you."

"Anything is fine. I’ll like whatever you make."

"Such a cop-out. Anyway, I’m at my senior sister’s place now."

After that, Jiang Zuo hung up.

Su Qi was fine, but his earlier feeling couldn’t have been wrong.

Someone had definitely targeted Su Qi. Otherwise, he never would have felt that.

A dark look filled Jiang Zuo’s eyes. The thought that someone had actually tried to harm Su Qi put him in a foul mood.

*******

Meanwhile, by the side of a road, a youth, invisible within a dark shadow, clutched his right hand in agony.

His arm had completely withered.

’Who is this woman? Why does she have so many layers of protection?’

The youth then shook his head. ’No, that’s not important. Those powers can protect her, but they definitely can’t hurt me.’

’There’s something wrong with this woman.’

The youth mulled it over for a long time before reaching a conclusion. ’Celestial Favor. Only Celestial Favor could obliterate anything during this sealed period.’

’But how could a Daughter of Celestial Favor be afflicted with such misfortune?’

’I’m starting to not understand this world.’

In the end, the youth departed. Staying any longer would be suicide. He needed to find another way to complete the final step of his reality Dream Realm, or he would be discovered sooner or later.

If he hadn’t run into that cheater, if he hadn’t happened to get close to the Daughter of Celestial Favor, he wouldn’t be in such a sorry state.

Still, this was a major discovery. When he was powerful enough, those two would be the first he would kill.

With that, the youth vanished completely.

No one had noticed him. No one knew he had been here, much less what he had been trying to do.

Of course, while no one else knew, there was always an exception.

Not long after the youth disappeared, Jiang Zuo arrived at the very spot where he had been standing.

Jiang Zuo stood there, his face grim. ’Trying to use her misfortune to complete the final step? Then why did you retreat?’

’Although having her misfortune siphoned off wouldn’t be fatal, it would definitely have weakened Su Qi. But she showed no signs of weakness, which means the enemy must have failed.’

’But from my perspective,’ Jiang Zuo thought, ’even if Su Qi was protected by the Hairband, and even if it could stop this person, the fact that he could see her misfortune means he’s no ordinary powerhouse.’

’No matter how restricted, a powerhouse like that shouldn’t have left empty-handed. So how did he fail?’

Jiang Zuo didn’t know the answer, but he knew he had to get more Protective Treasures for Su Qi.

Just one wasn’t enough to put his mind at ease.

Eventually, Jiang Zuo also arrived at Jingyue House. Aside from Su Qi and a few others, almost no one ever stayed here. It was probably a residence for the Saintess or a Candidacy Saintess.

Jiang Zuo walked straight up to the entrance. He had a key to the main door, so he unlocked it and went right in.

Just as Jiang Zuo opened the door, he saw Su Qi on the other side, holding a box and about to head out.

Jiang Zuo: "..."

Su Qi: "..."

Neither of them had expected to see the other when the door opened.

That’s right—as Jiang Zuo was opening the door, so was Su Qi.

Su Qi blinked, looking at Jiang Zuo as if wondering why he was there.

Jiang Zuo said with a sigh, "I missed you, so I came to find you."

Su Qi stepped aside to let Jiang Zuo in, then turned back inside. "So, you were already on your way when you called me just now?"

’How else could he have gotten here so fast?’

Jiang Zuo nodded. "Yeah."

He had, in fact, been on his way.

"Did something happen? You wouldn’t just suddenly come running over because you miss me. It’s not like we just started dating," Su Qi said with a pout.

"I felt a sudden panic earlier. A really strong one. I just had to see you, right away," Jiang Zuo said honestly.

He was completely serious, without a hint of exaggeration or falsehood.

Seeing how serious Jiang Zuo was, Su Qi smiled. "You didn’t have to do that. You could have just told me to come to you. I could have been there in minutes. Your wife is a Cultivator, you know. A really power..."

Before Su Qi could finish, Jiang Zuo suddenly pulled her into a tight hug.

This startled Su Qi, and she dropped the box.

Su Qi then wrapped her arms around Jiang Zuo as well. "It’s okay. I’m perfectly fine, see?"

Jiang Zuo didn’t say anything. He had hugged her on impulse, and besides, Su Qi didn’t know she might have just been in danger.

Still, hugging her was good. It calmed him down a lot.

After a moment, Jiang Zuo released her and asked curiously, "What were you doing here?"

"Oh, right." Su Qi remembered the box on the floor and immediately set it upright. "If anything in here broke, you’ll have to pay for it. And if you can’t afford it, my senior sister might just make you sell your wife back to the Holy Land."

Jiang Zuo had no desire to engage with that kind of talk.

’She wouldn’t be willing to be sold back anyway.’

Then, Jiang Zuo asked, "What’s in here?"

Su Qi shook her head. "My senior sister said she left it for us. I was going to take it home to open with you, but since you’re here, we might as well take a look now."

Then, Su Qi suddenly looked up at Jiang Zuo. "By the way, it’s still early. Did you skip work again?"

Jiang Zuo: "..."

’Is this really the time to be bringing that up?’

Su Qi sighed. "I feel like we’re going to go hungry in the future."

"..." Jiang Zuo said, "Let’s just see what’s inside. And besides, you’re not going to go hungry."

"Yeah, yeah, ’Even if I starve, I won’t let my wife go hungry,’ right? I’m getting tired of hearing that."

Then she smiled again. "But I wouldn’t mind if you said it one more time."

Jiang Zuo had indeed said things like that often in the past. Back then, he thought they were both ordinary people, and that jobs were hard to find and money wasn’t easy to make.

With no one to help them, it was hard to say if a day would come when they couldn’t even put food on the table, so he had naturally stated his position.

But now, Jiang Zuo had no such concerns.

He could earn money—earn it through normal means.

So he didn’t say it.

Su Qi said with mock disdain, "You’re not as honest as you used to be, and you don’t know how to sweet-talk me anymore. Hmmph. Then just say you love me."

"Let’s just see what’s in here. It would be bad if it really broke," Jiang Zuo said, crouching down.

He was also quite curious about what Jingyue had left for them.