"Big Black Dragon, you're awake. Is there anything else that's bothering you?" Bai Qingnian reached out and grabbed her hand, asking with concern.
Long Qianling didn't know what happened, but his injuries had healed. Even the pain from removing the protective scales had disappeared. He felt as if he had been cured and returned to normal.
What she didn't know was that her body was able to recover because the Heavenly Dao used divine power to heal her injuries.
Long Qianling shook her head at Bai Qingnian and said, "I'm fine now." She withdrew her hand and stretched her body, feeling full of strength.
Bai Qingnian breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "That's good. You worried me so much."
Long Qianling stared at him, a warmth welling up inside her. How long had it been since someone had cared for her like this? She said softly, "Thank you, Bai Qingnian."
Bai Qingnian was slightly taken aback, then laughed and said, "There's no need for such formalities between us."
We have a marriage certificate!
Long Qianling looked at the umbrella he had placed aside and realized that he had been with her for a long time. Remembering that he was still carrying the dragon egg, she asked, "Are you... alright?"
Bai Qingnian shook her head and touched her belly: "I'm fine, our baby is fine too."
Long Qianling's gaze fell on his stomach, and upon hearing his words, a strange flutter surged within her.
Our...our little one.
Long Qianling turned her gaze back to his face and saw him gently stroking his belly with his eyes lowered. Something seemed to rise in her heart. She didn't know what it was, and she didn't make things difficult for herself. She just quietly looked at Bai Qingnian.
"Big Black Dragon, I should go back now, otherwise Father will worry if he can't find me. I'll come to see you again next time." Bai Qingnian looked up at Long Qianling.
Long Qianling felt like she'd been caught peeking, so she quickly looked away and gave a faint "hmm."
Bai Qingnian picked up the umbrella from the ground and put it away before leaving. However, he turned back to look at Long Qianling as soon as he took a step.
"Great Black Dragon, I'm leaving."
"Get out of the way, don't get in my way!" Long Qianling was caught off guard and met his gaze again, unable to help but speak out angrily.
Seeing her furious outburst, Bai Qingnian pursed his lips, and finally left.
After Bai Qingnian left, Long Qianling sat alone, her thoughts becoming increasingly chaotic.
Bai Qingnian's words and actions inexplicably kept replaying in her mind, especially when he mentioned "our baby," his gentle expression made her heart flutter.
Long Qianling suddenly realized that her feelings for Bai Qingnian seemed to be undergoing a subtle change.
Could she have fallen for that dead fox? But when exactly?
She remembered that when they first met, she wanted to kill him. She followed him afterward only because of an accident. Even when she saved him, it was only so that she could kill him with her own hands in the future.
How could she possibly like him!
She's not the kind of fool who can be swayed by a few words of concern!
Why is that?!
Long Qianling felt that she understood herself less and less. Her mind was in chaos, and she wanted to be quiet but couldn't calm down.
What she didn't notice was that a golden light flashed quickly across her wrist, so fast that even Long Qianling herself didn't see it.
Far away in the Dragon Clan's land, a golden light flashed on the marriage contract stone, and the names of Long Qianling and Bai Qingnian appeared out of thin air on the stone. The names emitted a strong light, then dimmed, and finally disappeared from the stone.
The contract is established.
The divine consciousness in Bai Qingnian's mind was pulled back into Long Qianling's body by a powerful force.
Long Qianling was shocked; her divine consciousness had actually returned!
What exactly happened?
Long Qianling was completely baffled.
On the other side, Bai Qingnian had just stepped out of the Abyss of Evil when he felt a warm sensation on his wrist. He looked down and saw a golden ray of light swirling around his wrist.
"This is..." Bai Qingnian curiously reached out and pointed, and the golden thread disappeared instantly. A powerful force inexplicably appeared in his body.
Golden? Could it be a great black dragon?
Bai Qingnian felt that it was very likely related to the Great Black Dragon, so he wasn't so worried. He was anxious about his father and didn't care what it was. Anyway, the Great Black Dragon wouldn't harm him.
However, what Long Qianling and Bai Qingnian did not expect was that their marriage contract had already been officially established.
Whether the two of them knew or not didn't matter, since they had always thought that their marriage contract was already established, and that it wouldn't be established until Long Qianling fell in love with Bai Qingnian.
However, this is actually a good thing for them.
Although the contract between Long Qianling and Bai Qingnian has been established, Long Qianling still cannot sort out her own feelings.
Because of Bai Fengfu, she also disliked Bai Qingnian, but she couldn't bear to hurt her. Every time she saw him being bullied, she couldn't help but step in to save him.
Whether she likes Bai Qingnian or not, perhaps...
She didn't know when it started...
...
Bai Qingnian returned to his small courtyard and ran into his father.
"Father." Bai Qingnian smiled and stepped forward to hug Zhiyan's arm.
When Zhiyan saw him return, she reached out and patted his head, smiling, "You're back. Are you tired?"
Bai Qingnian shook his head and pulled Zhiyan into the house.
He didn't tell his father that he had accidentally entered the Bloodstained Secret Realm, afraid that his father would worry about him again, and he didn't want him to worry too much about him.
“You know you’re not feeling well right now, yet you still went out to see the lanterns and stayed for days. You have no idea how worried your father was about you,” Zhiyan tapped his forehead.
Bai Qingnian wasn't upset about being scolded; instead, she cheerfully flashed him a big smile: "Father, I went with the Great Black Dragon, what are you worried about?"
"Oh, now that you have that big black dragon of yours, you don't need your father anymore?" Zhiyan scolded, though it sounded like he was reprimanding him, his brows were full of smiles.
"Father!" Bai Qingnian blushed and lowered her head shyly.
"Hmph, you little ingrate." Zhiyan snorted softly, but the doting look in her eyes was impossible to hide.
"No, Father is the best." Bai Qingnian tugged at Zhiyan's arm and shook it.
"Alright, alright, stop being so cutesy," Zhiyan said with a smile. "By the way, how are things going with you and her?"
“That’s great, the Black Dragon takes good care of me,” Bai Qingnian replied truthfully.
"That's good." Zhiyan nodded and then said, "But you should also be careful, after all, they are dragons."
"Yes, yes, I know, Father." Bai Qingnian nodded obediently.
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