Xu Qingzhi pulled out two round radishes from the spiritual space and stir-fried them.

When the lean meat and vegetable porridge was ready, the private chef's food was also delivered.

Xu Qingzhi opened it and saw that they were all heavy-tasting dishes, such as fried pork with chili peppers, spicy fish fillets... There was not a single dish that Huo Fengyan could eat.

As soon as Xu Qingzhi brought out the stewed chicken soup, he saw Huo Fengyan coming down from the stairs.

"Why are you down here? I was planning to bring it up for you."

Huo Fengyan chuckled: "Zhizhi, I'm not that serious."

Xu Qingzhi looked at his obviously weak face and said nothing, "I made you some lighter porridge. Don't eat these. They are too spicy."

On the dining table, the chicken soup, which is rich in spiritual energy, has a golden color and an enticing fresh and fragrant taste.

Huo Fengyan thought to himself, "It tastes delicious just by smelling it."

"Of course, I made it." Xu Qingzhi accepted the compliment without any modesty, and reminded him by the way: "Don't eat the angelica in the soup, but the rest is fine."

After dinner.

Xu Qingzhi walked around the yard, picked some flowers and put them in the vase in the living room.

After washing my hands and just sitting down on the sofa, I received a message from Yu Zhou.

"Happy New Year."

For people in Meicheng, as long as it is not the 15th day of the lunar year, it is time to celebrate the New Year.

Xu Qingzhi replied, "Happy New Year."

Huo Fengyan had just called the housekeeper and asked someone to come and clean up. When he walked over, he saw her replying to a message. He didn't look at her on purpose, but his eyesight was so good that he saw the other person's name at once.

"What are you talking about with Teacher Yu?"

The tone of voice was low, with a hint of jealousy for no reason.

Xu Qingzhi replied: "We wish each other a happy new year."

The next second, Yu Zhou sent a reply.

"I heard you came to Kyoto. Are you used to it?"

The man next to him coughed weakly twice.

Xu Qingzhi held the phone in her hand, snuggled into his arms, and typed back, "Nothing to be uncomfortable about. Just treat it as a vacation."

Huo Fengyan reached out and pinched her earlobe.

Xu Qingzhi felt a little itchy, and rubbed his head to avoid it, but saw the other party sent a message: "That's good, I have something else to do first."

She replied: "Okay."

Just as I was about to put the phone down, I received another voice message from Huo Ying.

Once you click play, the audio will be automatically amplified and played.

"Qingzhi, my dear sister-in-law, can I apply to sleep with you tomorrow?"

Xu Qingzhi replied to her and asked, "What's wrong?"

Another voice message was sent, with Huo Ying's pitiful voice.

"I have trouble falling asleep and wake up easily at night. Only when I sleep with you can I sleep soundly."

Xu Qingzhi replied: "It's okay, I'll give you a few bottles of lavender essential oil, I guarantee you'll sleep till dawn."

Huo Ying: "Okay, I'll come see you tomorrow."

There was no need to sell vegetables recently, so Xu Qingzhi did not click on the news about the vegetable selling group 99+, and simply turned off the screen of his phone and put it aside.

I didn’t notice at all that people in the group were complaining about the boss who had disappeared after stopping selling vegetables. He didn’t even give any notice of selling vegetables. How heartless and cruel.

Huo Fengyan's slightly hoarse voice came from above Xu Qingzhi's head.

"Zhizhi, I also want to apply to sleep with you."

She got up from his arms and jokingly asked, "Are you having trouble sleeping like Yingzi?"

Huo Fengyan held her hand and looked into her eyes, "Let me show you a place."

He stood up and strode up to the second floor.

Xu Qingzhi didn't understand and passively followed his footsteps.

It is the study room on the second floor. The books on the bookshelf are neatly arranged. Besides the computer, there is a photo frame on the desk. The photo in the frame is a solo photo of her.

And in the study, there is an inconspicuous door.

Huo Fengyan stretched out his hand and opened the door. It was pitch black inside. Even the light from the study could not illuminate it at all. Xu Qingzhi could not see anything clearly.

She was led by Huo Fengyan and walked towards the darkness inside.

Just like the time a few days ago, when the two of them were in the spiritual space and entered the cave, a ball of fire ignited in the palm of his hand, illuminating the inside a little.

Xu Qingzhi was shocked by the scene before him.

"here it is……"

Cave.

No, to be precise, it's a simulated version of a cave.

When he reached the end, he found that the cave was exactly the same as the one where he had been imprisoned for hundreds of years, with iron chains embedded around it lying on the ground.

Huo Fengyan laughed at himself and said, "During those hundreds of years, I thought about escaping countless times."

His voice was extremely light, and in Xu Qingzhi's ears, it seemed to carry an innate sense of brokenness.

"Later, I finally left that broken cave. I avenged my blood revenge and watched those culprits who murdered my relatives die in front of me. But I never slept well again."

"I tried many ways until one day, I returned to that cave. In that environment that I once hated so much, I actually felt at ease."

"Later, I also built a cave like this in the Sky Palace. Sometimes I could deceive myself, but sometimes I couldn't, and I had to go back to that cave."

Xu Qingzhi listened to his words and recalled the scene that the King of Volume system had shown them before. Feng Yan had made the world restless and finally returned to the cave. He put on shackles and locked himself in the dark cave.

I see……

Xu Qingzhi's heart felt as if it was grabbed by someone and thrown into the air.

When her breath was choked, she heard him ask: "Zhizhi, do you think I'm disgusting like this?"

It was clearly an exquisite cage built for him by his enemies. Even his relatives died in such a cave cage.

But he could only feel at ease in such an environment. He even had to wear shackles and lie on the ground in the same posture he had been forced to be in for hundreds of years before he could fall asleep peacefully.

Xu Qingzhi didn't even need to think about it, and answered subconsciously: "How could it be."

She reached out and hugged him tightly.

"Feng Yan, you are not disgusting, not at all."

She tried desperately to find some explanation for him to comfort his wounded heart: "It's just a habit. You have been forced to stay in this environment for hundreds of years, so you feel familiar with it. I am the same. I always have to sleep in a familiar place to feel at ease."

Xu Qingzhi seldom cries, or rather, she seldom cries for people other than her family.

At this moment, she couldn't stop her tears.

Huo Fengyan reached out and wiped away the tears on her face. "I just think that I should be honest with you here."

He sighed slightly, "I didn't mean to make you cry."

The warm lips covered hers actively, and the breath was filled with the faint fragrance of her body, like the scent of flowers.

Huo Fengyan's whole body stiffened. After a few breaths, he put his arms around her waist and took the initiative to deepen the kiss.

The heating was sufficient and the air was scorching. His usually cold body now seemed to have even boiling blood.

He whispered in a hoarse voice, "Not here, it's dirty here, let's go somewhere else."