"Who told you to exhaust yourself until you lost consciousness? Do you have no sense of self-preservation?!" Snowball's attitude took a 180-degree turn as he swiftly chastised Li Meirong. He was about to nip her ear again, but this time, she blocked the oncoming attack, turning to lay on the side and covering the abused ear with her wrist.

The Fox hopped off Li Meirong's back and turned to glare at her.

"I simply tried to train on my own! You've seen what I did inside the dimension. For some reason, the cultivation technique didn't work for me…" Li Meirong pouted, looking wronged. She had a terrible day and didn't want to get scolded.

Bai Qingyue felt his heart melting in his chest as he saw the corner of his wife's soft lips tilting downwards. He placed his pink paw on the crown of her head, patting her.

"That's wonderful. Good job, but it's evening now, and you already missed your first classes. If you don't know how to do something on your own, there is no shame in asking someone else! How do you plan on advancing your cultivation if you keep draining your energy?" Despite Bai Qingyue's rather high pitched voice in his fox form, the words he spoke sounded stern and scolding.

'Why does Snowball sound so mature all of a sudden?' Li Meirong thought, slightly confused by her pet's ever-changing attitude.

Although Li Meirong knew she acted irresponsibly today, she felt strangely on edge and strived to defend herself all the same. "I'm not in a hurry to become stronger. These kinds of things take time. It's best to learn cultivation slowly and with a clear mind, isn't that so? I'll just go tomorrow..."

Snowball facepalmed himself. "Master, Senior Zhu Qingyue sent a messenger to inform that your lesson was cancelled for this evening. He wrote that instead, you should go to Grandmaster Zhu Zhang to be briefed on the subjects of today's classes. I told the messenger that you will go when you wake up."

It was another fabrication, however, Bai Qingyue assumed his father was most likely idling anyway and could spare a few hours to teach his daughter-in-law.

As soon as she heard what Snowball said, Li Meirong sighed in relief, exclaiming, "My Snowball is so dependable! You took care of everything when I was sleeping."

Bai Qingyue's eyes squinted as he assessed his wife's reaction.

"You do not wish to meet that man, Zhu Qingyue?" He kept his tone bland as he asked.

"Oh god, no!" Li Meirong blurted without thinking twice about her words. She rose from the bed, placing a palm over her heart. After what she did to his, um… thing, she didn't really think she'd be able to look at him straight in the eye without turning red as a tomato.

For some reason, when she had been touching Zhu Qingyue in the morning, she felt far less embarrassed about her actions than after the deed had been made. Not to mention that afterwards, the whole ordeal with Shu Qianqian doused all the flames in her heart.

But now? She was absolutely not ready to see him!