Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Liu Longtao was momentarily stunned; upon closer inspection, he realized it was Cai Qianlong and Song Jia.

He wasn't very familiar with Cai Qianlong, but he had known Song Jia since childhood—she was the eldest daughter of the Song Family, sent by her family to marry Cai Qianlong to bring a quality cultivator's lineage into the Song Family. Cai Qianlong was rather foolish; after confirming their relationship, Song Jia manipulated him effortlessly and he had already become the loyal son-in-law among the Capital City's elite.

"How come you are here?" Liu Longtao asked in shock.

"I brought my wife out to have fun," Cai Qianlong said, oblivious to the situation, while Song Jia, looking at He Ye standing beside him and Yan Yu and Ye Jun behind them, immediately realized something and squinted with a smile:

"Oh, we are also out having fun. We are still deciding whether to play board games here or go next door for an escape room."

Liu Longtao breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Song Jia would tactfully not disturb his plans, and was about to speak when he heard Cai Qianlong say:

"What's there to ponder? It's rare to run into a classmate here; we definitely should play board games together!"

The others were somewhat breathless, only Song Jia, unsurprised, said with a smiling grin:

"I want to play the escape room."

"Do me a favor," Cai Qianlong earnestly said to her, "Old Liu, Old Yan, Ye Jun, all are close classmates! It would be awkward if we don't play together."

We aren't that close, friends! Everyone was speechless at this point.

"Xiao Cai, you don't understand," Yan Yu hurriedly tried to persuade him, "The scripts for escape rooms these days are somewhat scary, and your wife might be too scared to play alone. Now that you can accompany her, it's a great chance to show your manly heroics!"

"That does make sense," Cai Qianlong seemed tempted.

"Exactly, exactly," Ye Jun added his piece, "Escape rooms are way more fun than board games."

"Then you all come along," Cai Qianlong quickly decided. "Let's six of us go play the escape room!"

Everyone: ...

"Let's still stick to board games," He Ye finally spoke up, "I'm scared of escape rooms."

"Are you timid? Then horror themes are not suitable for you," Cai Qianlong nodded, then turned back to Song Jia, "Let's do board games then, taking into account the young lady here."

Song Jia couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Everyone, with their own thoughts, entered the board game private room and started whispering secretly to each other.

"What do you say?" Liu Longtao spoke angrily, "Give a word, friends!"

"It's not necessarily a bad thing," Yan Yu responded, "Xiao Cai is a guy who has a girlfriend, a winner in life; he won't compete with you for He Ye. It's just a bit more uncontrollable factors now."

"Damn, as if I'm afraid of him competing with me for He Ye?" Liu Longtao laughed in fury, "Uncontrollable factors are exactly what I'm most worried about! Who knows what nonsense this blockhead will spout!"

"It's okay," Ye Jun remarked, "I think his girlfriend is quite perceptive."

"Ye Jun, don't just agree with Old Yan; I'm the one in need of help here! It's me!" Liu Longtao cried out desperately, "Sit next to He Ye quickly, help stabilize her emotionally."

Everyone took their seats at the round table in this order: Liu Longtao, He Ye, Ye Jun, Yan Yu, Cai Qianlong, and Song Jia.

Of course, it wasn't exactly six-sided seating. For better observation, Ye Jun and He Ye sat closely. Since they were either in a couple or pretending to be one, Cai Qianlong and Song Jia, as well as Yan Yu and Ye Jun, also sat close together, leaving only Liu Longtao's side empty. However, Lord Master didn't mind, seeing that He Ye didn't show the displeasure of encountering strangers, he secretly relaxed.

"So what are we playing?" Cai Qianlong asked with a smile, "Werewolf? Don't underestimate me, I'm known as the undefeated god of war in this game, I can tell who is the werewolf and who is the good guy at a glance…"

"You guys decide," Song Jia quickly cut him off.

"Then let's play… Monopoly?" Ye Jun suggested.

Werewolf was definitely out of the question because He Ye wasn't the type who could speak freely and analytically in public; it would have been a social torture for her.

"Monopoly is fine," Yan Yu immediately agreed. As Ye Jun's partner, he had to maintain his persona now.

"Playing Monopoly isn't as good as playing Flight," Cai Qianlong complained.

"Can six people play Flight chess?" Song Jia asked.

"Good point," Cai Qianlong realized, "Then let's go with Monopoly."

Liu Longtao saw that He Ye didn't object, so he spread out the game mat and distributed the game pieces to everyone.

To tell the truth, Monopoly was indeed much simpler than Werewolf. You just had to roll the dice, move according to the number rolled, and then draw cards to decide what to do.

After about ten minutes, everyone had basically gotten the hang of the game. At that moment, Ye Jun drew an Event Card and laughed, saying:

"It's actually a Marriage Card."

Marriage Card: Choose a player to marry, and both parties will share their properties.

"There better not be a Divorce Card that forces a husband to give away 50% of his property," Yan Yu joked, saying:

"Dear, I have more property than you now." Ye Jun pushed the chips that represented wealth towards him, "Didn't you just take out a loan? I'll pay it off for you right now."

"I knew you'd pay it off for me," Yan Yu burst into laughter, "That's why I chose to borrow it in the first place."

Liu Longtao stared intently from the side, as if he couldn't wait to snatch the card from Ye Jun's hands.

Next, it was He Ye's turn to roll the dice. The young girl was incredibly lucky today, quickly purchasing another storefront.

In contrast, Lord Master himself drew a "Traffic Accident Card" and unfortunately had to go to the hospital.

"How can you be so unlucky?" Now more relaxed, He Ye covered her mouth and laughed.

"It must have all been absorbed by you." Liu Longtao immediately joked, saying, "Give it back to me."

"I can't help you there." He Ye smiled and shook her head.

The game quickly came to an end. He Ye reached the target amount and became the ultimate winner, the Monopoly tycoon. Yan Yu and Ye Jun, sharing their wealth, ranked second. Although they didn't have as much money as He Ye, they astonishingly drew two Childbirth Cards and achieved the "Household with Children" milestone.

Cai Qianlong and Song Jia had mixed fortunes, ranking fifth and fourth, respectively. The most miserable was Lord Master, who, in the final round, drew a "Kidnapping Card" and, after paying the ransom, ended up with a negative balance.

Of course, playing games isn't about winning but about quickly bridging social gaps. From that perspective, the game was quite successful, as He Ye was no longer reserved and became much more cheerful and talkative.

"Actually, I'm a bit curious." While Yan Yu was gathering the chips and cards, preparing to start another round, He Ye suddenly asked, "Ye Jun, Yan Yu, how long have you two been together? You really have strong chemistry!"

"Six months." "A year, I guess." Ye Jun and Yan Yu answered at the same time, only they gave different numbers.

He Ye was momentarily taken aback, but Liu Longtao reacted the quickest, quickly saying:

"Yan, you remembered wrong. Ye Jun, you should punish him!"

"Wow, you can't even remember this!" Ye Jun quickly hugged Yan Yu's arm, pretending to pinch him while Yan Yu apologized profusely, smiling sheepishly.

"Six months?" Cai Qianlong suddenly said, "Isn't that last November? I remember something happened then—the higher-ups of the Northern Army ordered to keep an eye on Yan Yu, and Ye Jun was responsible for it... So you two confirmed your relationship then?"

"Oh, I remember now too." Song Jia chimed in. The official was officially wooing civilian Cultivators, but Yan Yu ended up killing one, and the incident almost blew up before they finally managed to suppress it.

"What was it?" He Ye grew even more curious.

"Ahem, it's nothing." The origin of that incident wasn't convenient to reveal to outsiders, so Liu Longtao vividly described the process, "Yan violated military discipline and was confined to a hotel room; Ye Jun was in charge of making sure he didn't wander off. They spent the whole night together in the same room, even sleeping on the same bed. It was just a case of when the tortoise met the green bean [a metaphor for falling in love]…"

"That's enough." Yan Yu quickly messaged Liu Longtao telepathically, stopping him and saying, "You're getting more and more ridiculous! If Cai Qianlong spreads this outside, won't it set my team on fire?"

"Just explain it to them…" Liu Longtao casually remarked, then quickly realized, "Damn! Damn! Damn! Yan, did you sweep your whole team off their feet? Five girls? All fell for you?"

Yan Yu was momentarily stunned before he realized he might have said too much and immediately threatened:

"Shut up! I came to help, not to add fuel to your fire!"

As the two of them whispered back and forth, He Ye, shocked, asked:

"Not even boyfriend and girlfriend, and already sleeping in the same bed?"

"The world is indeed getting worse." Cai Qianlong also clicked his tongue in wonder, "Guarding one's own theft! Sleeping together before marriage! Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect you guys to be so wild!"

"We were just talking, nothing else!" Ye Jun finally couldn't take it anymore and stood up shouting, "Nothing else!"