"Alright my sisters, I will tell you my plan now, and if you agree with my thoughts then we shall go through with it when Long'er returns"

Dongxue and Xing Mei just gave her their total focus, as they waited to hear her plan.

"Although I cannot say when… it is clear that both me and Sister Xue have clearly crossed over that line and our feelings for Long'er have developed into that direction… the only problem is that Long'er inadvertently found out when he used his technique, which is what has caused him his current distress, because even though we may have had these thoughts, we obviously would not have ever brought it up, and closed it within our hearts" Hua Mei explained.

The duo just nodded as she continued "My thoughts are like this, Long'er is clearly severely conflicted, which is why the previous pure diamond dragon now fluctuates with a pink colour… since he had no problem with Sister Mei… he may either be afraid that we will reject him, he does not wish to ruin the current structure of our relationships, or he simply views us differently to how he does Sister Mei" she broke down.

"If it is the first or the last case, then my plan will work easily and this will not be a problem… my only concern is if he worries about the structure… since that is something I worry about, let alone I can already see it is the only reason why Sister Xue has not already admitted to him her feelings…" Hua Mei said as she looked at Dongxue.

Dongxue sighed, she then dropped a bomb on Hua Mei's head "I do not think that is his main concern… he is ruthless enough to not care about such things… let alone he already knows that you are his adopted mother…"

Hua Mei's eyes fiercely contracted as she stared at Dongxue in shock "Since when?" she asked whilst shaking.

"Since he was born… he has always known you are not his birth mother" Dongxue said as she closed her eyes.

"I see…" Hua Mei muttered as she took a minute to recover.

"That matters not… it actually helps me now… since I can all but confirm that his main conflict is how he views me compared to Sister Mei… Long'er must be struggling because me and Sister Xue are the ones that had raised him… although Sister Mei is a mother, it is to another person… we are his mothers… " Hua Mei said as she recovered from her slight shock.

"That will settle it, my plan is for me and Sister Xue to take Long'er to somewhere isolated, where he can view my Yin Yang Dragon Mark, I wish to see his response when he views it, if his eyes are still in turmoil then I will begin the plan" Hua Mei said with confidence.

"What is the plan?" Xing Mei asked innocently

"Of course… the plan is to push him down! As his mother I cannot allow for such a small thing to be in the way of us! Since Long'er still doesn't have the boldness, I his mother have to teach him another lesson!" Hua Mei said with great heroic vigour, too bad she was panting hard as she spoke.

Dongxue just sighed as she placed her hand on her forehead… she had almost forgotten this perverted tigress's true self, whilst she is brilliant, this flaw of hers was just too much… although she secretly wished she had her boldness so such matters would not seem so troubling to a mortal such as herself.

"Once I recognise his feelings, I will give you a signal, then I will ask him something, judging from his response, I will make the decision to step over that moral boundary that separates us, or I will decide to lock my hear permanently so that I can still be in Long'er's life without troubling him over something that he doesn't wish to go forth with…" Hua Mei said as she closed her eyes.

Dongxue heard her and felt that she was just saying the last bit just to show off… but looking at her resolute face she knew that even if she did have such feelings, for Long'er there was nothing she would not do for him.

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Another month passed as Hua Mei and Dongxue felt a new presence within the back-side of the Xiao Clan, the area secluded just for Xiao Lie and their family.

When they noticed Long'er going into the hot springs, Hua Mei took it as the heavens gifting her the opportunity to do what she planned, since she now understood that this was the place that was easiest to implement her plan.

She then looked towards Dongxue and she just nodded, since she had spent the past month settling her thoughts, especially when she had a talk with her daughter about it.

~ Flashback ~

"Yue'er… mother wishes to talk to you about what happened last week…" Dongxue said with a light blush.

Qingyue was blushing even further… since the time she woke up, she had wondered who the person who cleaned her room was, since her Big Brother Long was not there and the maid was passed out, she had hoped it was him, but clearly her mother's words just revealed who the person who cleaned them up was.

"En…" Qingyue muttered as she just nodded.

"I will not say I am slightly disappointed that it happened so early, but that is the only problem I have with it, in fact I am happy that you have found your happiness this early my dear…" Dongxue said as she sighed.

"I actually am conflicted about another thing… Yue'er… do you know about Xing Mei?" Dongxue asked as she didn't maintain eye contact.

"Xing Mei… you mean one of Big Brother Long's women? The one that is the mother of his fiancee?" Qingyue asked in surprise.

"En… how do you feel about that my dear?" Dongxue asked.

"How do I feel… I feel nothing towards it… Big Brother Long already explained it… and I do not care much what others say about Big Brother Long… as long as he is happy, I am happy…" Qingyue said.

"Qingyue… the reason I asked is… your mother is just like her…" Dongxue said as she finally was willing to look into her daughter's eyes.

"Just like her…? You… you also are one of his women?" Qingyue asked as her glassy eyes finally showed some shock.

Dongxue quickly waved her hands "No… I just… am unsure what to do about my feelings… even your Mother-in-Law is just like me… but the only problem was that Long'er found about it… so our relationship has become awkward… which is why I came to talk to you…" Dongxue said as she released a tired sigh.

"Found out about what mother?" Qingyue asked as she gathered her emotions.

Dongxue just turned around and revealed her back to her daughter, showing the now diamond phoenix that was slowly turning pink, in fact only a slither of the pure diamond remained.

"Pink Diamond… the Taboo stage?" Qingyue muttered.

"En… your Mother-in-Law, unlike me, is a pure Pink Diamond… although that may be surprising, but guessing from your reactions… did you guess that this would happen?" Dongxue asked calmly.

"Un… Big Brother Long revealed to me most of his secrets when I became one with him, he also removed any of the hidden memories he sealed away, and explained to me my situation and your situation… it isn't surprising that you would fall in love with him after everything he had done" Qingyue replied after she analysed her thoughts.

"But unlike Mother-in-Law… it seems there is something holding you back… since you came to me and your mark is inevitably going to end in the Pink Diamond stage, yet some of it remains as Pure Diamond, it means that the something that is holding back your feelings is me… is that so mother?" Qingyue asked.

"En… after thinking about it, I have confirmed my feelings for Long'er… but my reason for being conflicted is you… Yuanba… and your father… but mainly you… since I feel that I am the worst mother for ŀusting after the man you love…" Dongxue said as her eyes reflected her inner turmoil.

Qingyue thought for a while before she spoke "Although I cannot say anything for Yuanba and father… I have heard from Big Brother his thoughts… keeping a cordial relationship with father is not difficult, and Yuanba will not have much of an opinion on this… "

"As for me… at this point my thoughts have evolved to the point where I no longer care for who Big Brother Long takes as his women… so long as he holds me in his heart then I am fine… when it comes to polygamy, when you allow for one more to come, there is really no difference between one and a million, you will always be one of many…" Qingyue said as she walked out to leave her mother to her thoughts.

~ Present day ~

"Long'er… come, let your mother wash your back like she used to when you were younger" Hua Mei said as she started her plan.