Puff, puff...
Zhu Xu almost scoured the entire Nine Heavens before finding Zhao Xue, who was holding a fishing rod by a pond surrounded by mountains.
Zhu Xu looked at Mu Qi's retreating back, her heart trembling violently. Only when her heartbeat calmed down a little did Zhu Xu slowly walk to Zhao Xue's side.
"Zhao... Zhao Xue, the Wine Immortal said you went to Fen Shen Yuan because of me."
Zhu Xu murmured these words. Mu Qi showed no reaction.
Zhu Xu's heart felt like it was being squeezed into her throat.
"Zhao Xue, we..." Zhu Xu painstakingly uttered each word, her heart sinking bit by bit.
Zhao Xue's lack of reaction; was this her one-sided affection?
Zhu Xu pursed her lips, thinking she had to make things clear. She raised her slightly trembling hand and gently tugged at Zhao Xue's clothes.
With a bang.
Zhao Xue finally turned around, and Zhu Xu's back slammed against a rough, uneven pit stone.
"Zhao Xue." Zhu Xu's vision went black; she could only smell the fragrance emanating from Zhao Xue.
Then Zhu Xu felt the hands gripping her arm tremble, and Zhao Xue quickly stood up.
At this moment, Zhu Xu's thoughts paused. Instinctively, she hugged Zhao Xue from behind.
Zhu Xu didn't know what to say. The hands around Zhao Xue's waist tightened.
"Zhao Xue, I like you."
As soon as Zhu Xu finished speaking, their bodies, stuck together, stiffened like two wooden planks.
Zhu Xu paused for a moment and then continued, "Can we become immortal companions?"
After a long while, Zhao Xue's hand slowly moved to Zhu Xu's hand. Then Zhao Xue separated the hands around her waist, turned around, and pulled Zhu Xu into her embrace.
"You said you like me?"
The faint touch of Zhao Xue's breath was by her ear, and Zhao Xue's scent filled her nostrils. Zhu Xu's soul had long since drifted away: "Mm."
"You said you want to be with me?"
Zhu Xu obediently nodded again.
"Really? Do you really like me? Even just a little bit?" Zhao Xue's voice was urgent, and the arms that held Yun Shu Nian's back tightened even more.
"Mm, I really like you." Although Zhu Xu's expression wasn't very intense, her face flushed with shyness.
"Then it's settled. You can't go back on your word."
Zhao Xue's usually clear voice now carried a hint of lingering tenderness, with a touch of subtle possessiveness beneath it.
Zhu Xu nodded forcefully. The person in her arms tonight had become real. No one would cherish this more than her.
The two held each other tightly. A few moments later, several birds flew across the sky.
A few ordinary bird calls gradually cleared Zhu Xu's mind, which had been clouded by joy, and a hint of awkwardness began to surface.
Cough, cough.
Zhu Xu coughed awkwardly, trying to break the silence.
"Zhao Xue, my true form is a fire-breathing phoenix. Is it quite hot to hold me?"
Zhu Xu's tone was now considerably gentler than before.
"Not hot," Zhao Xue replied, pressing even closer to Zhu Xu.
"Haha, is that so?" Zhu Xu gave a few awkward laughs, then fell silent again, feeling embarrassed.
As the huge moon began to rise slowly, Zhu Xu tried again to break the awkwardness.
"Zhao Xue, wasn't the fire in Fen Shen Yuan very hot?"
Zhao Xue didn't reply. Zhu Xu continued on her own, "If I had been braver then and confessed my feelings directly to you, you wouldn't have had to go to that place."
A few seconds later, Zhao Xue's well-defined hand moved from Zhu Xu's back to the nape of her neck. "Then why did you throw away the Bu Fen Pearl?"
Zhao Xue tilted his head slightly, staring intently at Zhu Xu's profile.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Xu looked at him with equal confusion.
"Zhao Xue, did you get the Bu Fen Pearl? I didn't know." Zhu Xu's eyes widened slightly as she looked at Zhao Xue innocently.
Zhao Xue froze, then lifted his other hand from Zhu Xu's waist. A hairpin inlaid with the Bu Fen Pearl appeared in his hand.
"Is this it? Zhao Xue, I've never seen it before." Zhu Xu took a single glance and then immediately looked up at Zhao Xue innocently.
Zhao Xue silently lowered his head and looked at the Bu Fen Pearl in his hand. "You didn't see it?"
"Mm-hmm. Zhao Xue, I really haven't seen it before." Zhu Xu nodded without hesitation.
"You didn't throw it away, did you?" Zhao Xue paused for a moment, then looked up into Zhu Xu's eyes.
Zhao Xue's lips were slightly pursed. Zhu Xu seemed to detect a hint of pleading in his eyes. Zhu Xu was taken aback and involuntarily raised her hand to make a gesture of oath:
"Zhao Xue, I swear, I really didn't..."
Before Zhu Xu could finish, Zhao Xue's large hand covered her lips.
"I understand. Don't throw it away again." Zhao Xue's tone lost its previous subtle coolness, and his expression softened considerably.
Unable to speak, Zhu Xu nodded.
Zhao Xue's phoenix eyes flickered slightly, and he then reinserted the hairpin inlaid with the Bu Fen Pearl into Zhu Xu's hair.
Zhu Xu's cheeks grew hotter and hotter. By the time Zhao Xue removed his hand from her face, her cheeks had turned as red as a cooked shrimp.
Fortunately, because Zhu Xu's true form was a fire-bathing phoenix, Zhao Xue didn't feel anything unusual because of it. Sudanyy.com
"Zhao Xue, can I take the Fen Pearl off and put it away safely? I'm worried I might lose it." Zhu Xu was telling the absolute truth at this moment; she dared not even move her head much.
Zhu Xu's words made Zhao Xue's heart plummet and then soar. After Zhu Xu finished speaking, Zhao Xue took a deep breath. "No need. I've cast a spell. Wherever you are, it will be there."
Just like him, his gaze had been following Zhu Xu's every move.
Zhu Xu nodded, a clear smile on her face.
Wearing this hairpin, Zhu Xu was even more certain that she and Zhao Xue were in love with each other.
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"What did you say?"
"Zhao Xue and Zhu Xu are together?"
At this moment, in a remote area of Qing Qiu, "Ling Xue" looked at the scene transmitted by his subordinate with a complex expression.
After a moment, "Ling Xue" suddenly let out a loud laugh and then looked in the direction of the Nine Heavens.
"How can Zhu Xu be with him?"