Chapter 95: Undying Douluo Ye Yinzhu!
"...When are you going to meet my mother? When are you going to get engaged to me?"
Ye Lingling's rapid-fire questioning immediately left Zhou Chen speechless.
Over the past few days, Ye Lingling had come almost every day, asking Zhou Chen to go with her to meet her parents.
However, Zhou Chen had been busy improving the strength of the subordinates of the Purple Tenuity Palace and simply had no time.
This made Ye Lingling extremely angry.
She could not possibly let her parents come to visit their future son-in-law instead, could she? Was there no regard for the rules of respecting elders and cherishing the young?
Today, if Zhou Chen still did not go with her to the Ye family, then she would… she would cry for him to see!
"Zhou Chen, do you not like me? Do you not want to get engaged to me?"
Ye Lingling looked as though she was about to cry. Even though she was wearing a black veil, anyone could see her sadness.
"No, no, no, Lingling, listen to my explanation..."
"I will not listen, I will not listen!"
Ye Lingling pressed her two fair, jade-like hands over her ears and shook her head desperately. Seeing this, Zhou Chen helplessly covered his forehead and subconsciously glanced to both sides, only to find that Dugu Yan and Max had already disappeared.
Clearly, both of them wanted to avoid this terrifying battlefield of emotions.
"Such disloyalty!"
Zhou Chen complained softly, then walked up to Ye Lingling.
"Lingling, stop crying. It is my fault. This is all my fault."
Zhou Chen pulled Ye Lingling into his arms and kept apologizing.
As someone with rich practical experience, Zhou Chen understood that when a girlfriend was angry, one must never reason or argue. Admitting fault was the only correct choice.
Sure enough, upon hearing Zhou Chen admit his mistake, Ye Lingling's emotions immediately calmed down a great deal.
She raised her head and looked at Zhou Chen through the black veil, her eyes brimming with tears, and said, "Can you go back to the Ye family with me today to meet my mother?"
"Yes. I happen to be free today, and it is time to meet my future mother-in-law."
Zhou Chen casually lifted Ye Lingling's veil, intending to wipe away her tears, and only then did he see clearly that Ye Lingling had an exceptionally beautiful pair of sea-blue eyes.
Her gaze was clear and pure, without the slightest impurity. Her long eyelashes curved slightly upward, and with a gentle blink, they stirred one's heart.
Gently wiping away her tears, Zhou Chen said tenderly, "There is no time to lose. Let us set off now."
"Okay."
Hearing that Zhou Chen was finally willing to go home with her, Ye Lingling immediately stopped crying. Without another word, she grabbed Zhou Chen's hand and jogged off in one direction.
The more she ran, the happier she became, her emotions growing more excited as the gentle breeze lifted around them.
Feeling the joy in the girl's heart beside him, Zhou Chen's own mood was also uplifted.
The Nine-Hearted Sea Begonia Ye family was one of the foremost noble families of the Heaven Dou Empire. Naturally, their residence was located in the noble district not far from the imperial palace, and it was also not far from Dugu Bo's residence.
Therefore, after only about ten minutes of light jogging, the two of them arrived.
"Huff, huff..."
Ye Lingling panted lightly and adorably wiped the faint sweat from her forehead. She then pointed toward a massive compound several hundred meters away and said, "Our home is right there."
Zhou Chen looked in the direction she indicated and saw a compound with golden roofs, vermilion gates, glazed tiles, and walls five zhang high, stretching so far that the end could not be seen. It looked like an enormous palace.
Above the two vermilion-lacquered gates that were ten meters tall were five large characters: Begonia Marquis Residence.
"Marquis..."
Zhou Chen's gaze sharpened. Clearly, the Ye family had accepted the Heaven Dou imperial family's investiture, becoming a family allied with the royal house, much like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
It seemed that every empire capable of enduring had its reasons for existence.
Although the Heaven Dou royal family was relatively weak in strength, it excelled at diplomacy. By allying with these powerful soul master families and sects, it had barely gained the qualifications to contend with the Star Luo Empire and the Spirit Hall.
"Miss, you have returned."
Several guards standing at the entrance of the Ye residence, each with strength around the level of a thirty-level Soul Elder, immediately stepped forward to salute when they saw Ye Lingling return.
However, when they noticed Zhou Chen beside her, especially seeing that the two were tightly holding hands, they all revealed looks of astonishment.
The eldest young lady of the Ye family, who had never shown the slightest courtesy toward men, had actually found springtime at last?
Moreover, this young man was truly handsome. No wonder he had won the young lady's favor.
Thinking that this young man might one day become the male master of the Ye residence, the guards immediately treated Zhou Chen as an honored guest and bowed respectfully to him.
"Let us go, let us go. My mother is waiting for you."
Ye Lingling pulled Zhou Chen straight through the gate, and upon hearing this, the guards immediately knew that they had bet correctly.
Being able to receive an audience with the head of the Ye family showed that this young man had already earned the recognition of the entire Ye household. His union with Ye Lingling was, in all likelihood, almost certain.
As soon as he entered, Zhou Chen immediately saw a massive sculpture of a begonia flower in the front courtyard, from which there faintly emanated a kind of energy that even made his heart tremble.
Zhou Chen originally wanted to stop and study it for a moment, but the anxious Ye Lingling dragged him along, rushing through several courtyards and running several hundred meters before finally stopping when a small lake appeared before them.
The water of this small lake was sea-blue in color, and its surroundings were encircled by long waterside corridors.
On the opposite shore of the lake, there was a faintly discernible human figure.
This figure was shrouded in a layer of milky-white mist. The mist seemed similar to an illusion technique, but far more sophisticated, because even Zhou Chen's Heavenly Vision technique was unable to see through it.
"Mother."
As soon as Ye Lingling saw the figure, she immediately pulled Zhou Chen along the corridor, crossed the small lake, and came before the figure.
Only then did Zhou Chen see the true appearance of the person.
She was a beautiful woman who looked to be in her early thirties. She wore a long white silk dress, her dark hair neatly tied up high, her features delicate and picturesque. She bore seven or eight parts resemblance to Ye Lingling.
Seeing her daughter pulling a young man over while panting slightly, the beautiful woman smiled gently. Her sea-blue eyes examined Zhou Chen from top to bottom, and she nodded in satisfaction before speaking in a soft, pleasant voice.
"You must be Zhou Chen. I am Ye Yinzhu, Lingling's mother."
Upon hearing this, although Zhou Chen had already been mentally prepared, he could not help but carefully examine the beautiful woman before him.
After all, the person standing before him was the only publicly acknowledged healing-type Title Douluo on the Douluo Continent, the Undying Douluo Ye Yinzhu!
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