Chapter 376 158: Another 3 Years Pass in a Flash

A thrill shot through him.

"Sister Xixi." He reached out and took her hand.

"Grand General!" Di Xixi blushed. "Let's go to the room!"

Xu Lei led her into the room. Without wasting any time, Di Xixi lay face down on the bed.

"Grand General, you'll have to make do."

She cooed, "After all, I have to go out in a little while. It wouldn't be right to take all my clothes off!"

"Good girl."

Xu Lei stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Di Xixi's soft, pliant body.

Then he began the Charitable Giving.

「An hour later.」

Di Xixi finally stepped onto the carriage to go home.

As Xu Lei bid her farewell, promising he would propose marriage very soon, Di Xixi gave him a coquettish eye-roll.

After all, Xu Lei had just said "soon."

But he had kept her for an entire hour before letting her go home.

「The next day.」

Xu Lei and his mother arrived at the Di Family's home with a generous number of betrothal gifts to formally propose marriage to Di Xixi.

At the Di Family home, gongs and drums sounded, and the atmosphere was electric.

Naturally, everyone was overjoyed.

Neighbors and townsfolk all came over, eager to curry favor.

"Her first marriage wasn't this grand, was it?"

"A second marriage being grander than the first… that's unprecedented around here."

"It's what she deserves. She never abandoned Madam Xu back then. Tell me, which of you could have done the same?"

The crowd murmured amongst themselves.

Although Di Xixi had married two men from the Xu Family in succession, everyone knew the whole story, so no one criticized her.

On the contrary, most people admired Di Xixi.

And they also praised the Xu Family for repaying kindness.

That evening, Xu Lei had dinner at the Di Family home.

"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law! When I grow up, I want to be like my big sister and marry a Grand General!"

At that moment, one of Di Xixi's younger sisters said naively, "When I grow up, can you introduce a Grand General to me, too? Please?"

Her younger sister was her parents' youngest daughter.

She had delicate features and fair skin, with the budding promise of a great beauty.

However, she still seemed quite childish.

"Yes, yes, of course."

Xu Lei couldn't help but laugh. "We'll talk about it when you're older."

The people around them roared with laughter.

"You silly child, do you think it's so easy to marry a Grand General?"

"Unless you also marry into the Xu Family in the future, then it might be possible."

"But you could only be a Concubine Ping, since your sister is already the main wife."

Everyone chimed in.

The little girl just blinked her big eyes, looking around naively.

"She's still young. There's no need to talk about such things."

Xu Lei said, "When she's older, she'll find her own love. Who knows, her fated one might be an official of even higher rank than me!"

The banquet ended after a round of lively chatter.

However, the various wedding ceremonies were not yet complete.

Therefore, he couldn't take Di Xixi back to the Xu Family home today.

Unexpectedly, just as Xu Lei was about to leave, Di Xixi pulled him directly into her room.

And kissed him directly on the lips.

Then she leaned over a nearby table.

"Is this appropriate?"

Xu Lei said, "I'm here to deliver the betrothal gifts. I haven't even officially married you yet, and we're doing this in your family's home? Is that proper?"

"You're a Grand General who isn't afraid of rumors."

Di Xixi replied, "You're willing to take a twice-married woman like me as your official wife. So what do I have to fear? But we can only have a little secret fun. You can't stay the night."

"Since you put it that way."

Xu Lei smiled and embraced Di Xixi. "In that case, I won't stand on ceremony."

Two hours later, Xu Lei left the Di Family home, thoroughly satisfied.

After that, however, he had to wait a full three days for all the wedding ceremonies to be completed.

Finally, he brought Di Xixi into the Xu Family as his bride once more.

「On their wedding night.」

"Sister Xixi."

Xu Lei lifted her wedding veil.

"Grand General, you should be calling me your wife now!"

Di Xixi said, giving Xu Lei a kiss.

"Wife, you can change how you address me as well."

Xu Lei wrapped his arms around Di Xixi and began to undo the sash of her robes.

"Mm, Husband," Di Xixi said. "You can stay tonight. You don't have to leave like before."

"We won't stop all night," Xu Lei said, tossing aside her outer robe. He gazed at her fair, delicate body, clad only in a silk bodice. "Wife, you're so beautiful."

"Husband, love me! Let me carry a child of our Xu Family bloodline!" Di Xixi clung tightly to Xu Lei.

「Over a year later.」

On this day, Xu Lei sat cross-legged in his Cultivation Room at home.

He had, of course, converted one of the rooms in his home into a Cultivation Room.

He had also set up the Spirit Gathering Array he had gotten from that cave.

He had the Spirit Gathering Array and the Demon Core to aid him.

*Phew.*

On this day, Xu Lei let out a long breath and recalled all of his Magical Power into his body.

'Even with the help of the Demon Core, I haven't managed to advance my Realm in a year. It might take more than another year. I'll just have to take it slow.'

Then he stretched and walked out of the Cultivation Room.

Outside, a heavily pregnant Di Xixi was walking cautiously, supported by a maidservant.

"I'll do it."

Xu Lei walked over and took the maid's place, supporting her himself.

Indeed, Di Xixi's belly was now huge. She was about to give birth.

After Xu Lei married her, she did not get pregnant quickly.

Because Xu Lei had discovered that Di Xixi had a somewhat cold constitution, he spent some time helping her recuperate. It was only after their wedding, and more than four months of his vigorous Charitable Giving, that Di Xixi finally conceived.

This was also the reason why Di Xixi hadn't gotten pregnant before.

At the time, Di Xixi had grown quite anxious from being unable to conceive.

But Xu Lei would always hold her, patiently comforting and explaining things to her. Whenever she was too anxious to listen, he would simply hold her and perform a frantic round of Charitable Giving until she calmed down.