Hidden Secrets

"It was just a dream! Dreams can't be taken seriously!"

"If it can't be taken seriously, then why did you take me in just because the dream came true? You care about it too, don't you?"

Seeing her resistance and disgust, Zhuo Chi stopped attacking blindly and silently maintained a distance that made her feel safe.

He didn't want to let things get to this point, but he knew nothing about his past and couldn't find out about his past. The only connection with this world was her in his dream.

Although, it is absurd to like a woman who may not exist just because of a dream.

But, she is real.

He was very glad.

He patiently explained, "I've asked the Dream Demon about this. These unforgettable dreams are either precious, forgotten memories, or, most likely, the creation of magic."

Yunqi Que heard these as if they were listening to a heavenly book.

Seeing her frowning and thinking, Zhuo Chi thought she had heard it and couldn't help feeling happy.

"Also, many monsters say that when immortal monsters fall in love with beings shorter-lived than themselves, and their loved ones pass away, those infatuated monsters will recreate their past love in dreams, meeting their loved ones again and thus promoting reincarnation and continuation of the relationship."

"So? What does it have to do with us? You and I are both mortals..." After a pause, Yun Qique asked tentatively, "You... should be a human, right?"

Zhuo Chi wanted to tease her, so he secretly lit a magic talisman with his hands behind his back, and chanted a spell. A pair of fox ears grew on Zhuo Chi's head, and nine fluffy white fox tails spread out instantly. One of the tails restlessly wrapped around her arm.

"You, you, you are a vixen?"

Yunqi Que was so frightened that he stuttered, and he felt extremely regretful that he had offended this "fox spirit" in front of him because of his dream.

"Fox spirit?" Zhuo Chi chuckled. He imitated a fox cub he had seen before, raised his two paws and deliberately scared her, and actually frightened her to faint.

Zhuo Chi was stunned, and looked at the fox paw he had transformed with suspicion, feeling very distressed.

"Strange, don't women like furry creatures? I didn't even manage to transform into a complete fox head. I remember that fox cub was quite cute like this... What part did I not imitate correctly?"

Zhuo Chi took out the magic weapon he got from his "freeloader dad", and took out a silk satin quilt and a brocade corn pillow to cover her. Then he called over the sand fox Xu Tu, and after giving him a few words, he returned to sit beside her, waiting for her to wake up.

Yunqi Que slept for three hours. When she opened her eyes and saw Zhuo Chi, whose fox tail and ears had been retracted, she was still scared.

"Master, are you still afraid of me?"

"I heard that foxes always repay favors, right?"

"Of course, don't worry, Ah Que. Whether in a dream or in reality, I will fulfill the promises and favors I made to you. I will never regret it."

Yunqi Que waved his hands repeatedly, feigning obedience and respect. "No, no, no, I was blind to my true worth before. But as for some dry food and wine, Master Fox Fairy, don't worry too much. How about this... you rescue me and let me go, and we'll owe nothing to each other, okay?"

"not good."

"Yes, yes, a meal can't compare to saving my life. I don't quite understand how much you're worth, but as long as you send me back to A-Lu, I'll have A-Lu give you a generous reward."

"Only strangers owe each other nothing. You and I are destined to fulfill this destined marriage."

Zhuo Chi took off the necklace that was pressed under her lapel and removed the ruby ​​ring hanging from it. He quickly placed a stillness talisman on her forehead, and while she was unable to move, he put the ring on the middle finger of her right hand.

Finished wearing.

He even threatened her jokingly, "If you dare to take it off, I'll... ah! Eat you in one bite."

He removed the stillness charm from her forehead. Seeing her eyes welling up with tears, she nodded obediently. Zhuo Chi then said, "Don't think you can just be obedient and try to fool me for now. Take it off secretly when you get the chance. I've cast a spell on the ring. If you take it off, I'll know where you are and come over to eat you right away."

"I won't pick them, so don't eat me."

"Very good, my master is very obedient."

Zhuo Chi was in a very good mood and took out a bag of heavy Central Plains dried fruits from his magic weapon and gave it to her.

"As long as the master is obedient and wants something, I will do my best to satisfy you."

She nodded in agreement, but secretly felt dissatisfied: With this tone and attitude, who is the master and who is the servant?

Yunqique held the dried fruit in his arms but did not dare to eat it, for fear of being poisoned. From then on, he and Yun Jinglu were separated by death.

Zhuo Chi's gaze moved back and forth between her and the dried fruit. After a stalemate, Zhuo Chi reached into the dried fruit bag and randomly took out a dried fruit and ate it.

"Even if I'm a super villain, I won't poison the girl I love. It's not poisonous, eat it."

At this moment, before she could say anything decisive, Yunqique's hungry stomach growled in protest, and her cheeks suddenly turned red with embarrassment.

Zhuochi grabbed a handful of dried fruits and started peeling them. After peeling them, he immediately fed them to her mouth.

"This is my first time being a slave, and I forgot that I should serve my master at all times. With me here, how could my master need to do such a trivial task as peeling dried fruits himself?"

Yunqi Que leaned back a little, took the peeled dried fruit from his hand, squeezed it again and again, but refused to eat it.

"He won't let us leave until I successfully help Xu Tu capture his fiancée. Are you planning to starve yourself to death? Or are you so frantic you'll be too exhausted to run away and be killed by his fiancée?"

Compared with this, Yunqi Que made up his mind, decisively threw away the dried fruit in his hand, and took the newly peeled dried fruit he handed to him and ate it.

He said no more and continued peeling until she was full.

After packing up the remaining half bag, Zhuo Chi practiced the tone and wording in his mind countless times, trying his best to make his words sound gentle and sincere.

"Master, you can trust me with complete peace of mind."

“…”

"I know you don't want to believe me right now, but I will prove to you with my actions that I can raise you better than you would with him."

"So what... I just want my Yun Jinglu."

She turned her head away and didn't look at him again.

Although Yunqique's voice was small, it was more firm and sincere than any words she had said since they met outside the dream.

"Bang!"

The loud explosion was deafening, and even the sand cave they were in was shaken by the vibration coming from afar, causing sand and gravel to fall continuously.

Zhuo Chi put aside his joking attitude and carefully performed the spell to help her escape into the earth. However, the sand wall was as solid as a rock and the path was entangled. It was difficult to find a way out in this maze of sand.

The stack of talismans in his hand quickly burned out, and before he was about to faint from the heat, he was finally carried by the "coming alive" yellow sand to an empty sand cave.

Once you enter here, the stuffiness disappears completely.

Compared to other living creatures that might exist here, Yunqi Que chose to trust Zhuochi more.

She always followed closely behind him, frequently looking back. The creepy feeling brought by fear made her always feel that the darkness behind her was "very lively", as if there were many pairs of "hidden" eyes staring at her.

Zhuo Chi used many methods to break the formation before he brought her back to the ground. The dazzling sunlight made it difficult for them to open their eyes, which had just adapted to the darkness.

At the edge of the desert farthest from her, half of the city wall of Zhisha Pass, the first checkpoint connecting the Western Regions and the Central Plains, could be seen.

Zhisha Pass is the only way for Yun Jinglu to enter the Central Plains.

He squinted his eyes and couldn't see clearly the bustling caravan in the distance, but the totem patterns on the flags of the caravan looked very similar to Yun Jinglu's caravan.

Qi Que raised the back of her hand to block the sunlight so that her eyes could gradually adapt. She tried to open her eyes as wide as possible and look straight ahead through her fingers.

Sure enough, it was A Lu!

Before he could even shout "Alu" with excitement and joy, he saw a beautiful woman in a bright red gauze skirt, a sari on her head and covered with jewels approaching Yun Jinglu.

Calculating the time, if Yun Jinglu didn't look for her and continued to travel at his usual speed, he should be here by now.

My heart was instantly filled with the sight of seeing it with my own eyes.

"Master, do you want to know who the beautiful woman next to Yun Jinglu is?"

Yunqi Que said in a double-talking tone, "I don't want to know."

But his eyes were fixed on them.

"What if I tell you that the beautiful woman is also Yun Qique? Master, don't you want to know the secret that Yun Jinglu adopted you as his sister, Yun Qique?"

"secret?"

"Yes, a secret that allowed him to use his beloved sister to secure the Central Plains royal family's business."

Zhuo Chi's words made Yunqi Que, who was already sensitive and thoughtful, instantly start to imagine what the so-called secret might be.

"No matter how you provoke me, I will not doubt A-Lu because of what you said."

“Seeing is believing, indeed, and speaks louder than words.”

After saying that, Zhuo Chi took out two demon summoning stickers, dripped blood and chanted a spell, and summoned a fat hippopotamus demon. The demon was transparent and its round belly was so huge that it could directly accommodate and wrap the two of them.

Although the hippopotamus monster looked naive and adorable, it was a monster after all. Yunqi Que hid behind Zhuochi in fear and did not dare to look at it.

Zhuo Chi explained to her, "Don't be afraid. This hippopotamus demon has been tamed and has been obedient for many years. It won't harm you. Its special skill is invisibility."

Yunqi Que nodded.

The hippopotamus monster smiled at her friendly, then used its round belly to bump into Zhuochi and Yunqique. Instead of being hurt, they were completely wrapped by the hippopotamus monster's belly and floated in the air in its transparent belly.

"So we can become invisible along with it?"

"Well, I'll take you to see the secret with your own eyes."

The hippopotamus demon moved very quickly with its strong legs and approached the caravan. Yun Qique saw it at a glance. Yun Jinglu smiled and called the beautiful woman in the bright red gauze dress "sister".

As gentle as when he called her.

Yunqi Que felt depressed and sad.

At this moment, her firm belief that Yun Jinglu only belonged to her began to collapse.

This woman is nothing like her except her figure.

The caravan was welcomed into the city by the general stationed at Zhisha Pass and stayed in the embassy. Along the way, Yun Jinglu was extremely gentle and considerate to her in front of others and behind their backs.

At night, an eagle delivered a secret letter.

The person in the letter praised Yun Jinglu's sincerity, his sister Yun Qique's beautiful face and graceful figure, and even praised her graceful manners as that of a princess.

I fell in love with the person in the letter at first sight.

The letter ends with the following words: The two families are united in marriage, a bond that will last forever.