The Zhou family in the capital.
In contrast to the bustling atmosphere of the Bai family, the Zhou family appears somewhat desolate these days.
The entire manor was dimly lit due to the lack of lights.
In fact, no human voices could be heard throughout the entire manor, and the servants who used to live a life of luxury had all disappeared.
The house was pitch black.
The moonlight revealed mottled bloodstains on the walls and floor.
In the room on the third floor, Zhou Gousheng's white hair flew wildly, and at the same time, a powerful aura erupted from his body.
He is at least a master of the Qi Gathering Realm, and in this world he can be considered a Xuan-rank expert.
This wasn't his first time cultivating, but the feeling of his physical body becoming stronger, his blood and qi becoming abundant, and his power flowing through his entire body still captivated Zhou Gousheng.
After a short while, having calmed the surging Xuan Qi within his body, Zhou Gousheng opened his old eyes, two flashes of blood-red light appearing in them.
"Xiaoyun, what are you afraid of?"
Why do you always want to leave your home? Why do you always want to leave me?
After saying that, Zhou Gousheng disappeared from the room.
Meanwhile, in the manor's back garden, under the moonlight, a woman dressed in black carried a man who had fallen into a coma, stealthily moving through the vegetation.
It was clear that carrying a man was very strenuous for the woman.
Her forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, but she still didn't stop.
"Xuanchen, just hang in there a little longer. We'll escape from here soon. Grandpa has gone mad. I won't leave you here."
While carrying Xiao Xuanchen on her back, she spoke softly to him.
She knew he probably couldn't hear her, but she still spoke to him.
At the same time, Zhou Xiaoyun couldn't help but feel regret.
Half a month ago, Xiao Xuanchen approached her.
He grabbed her, urging her to leave immediately.
At that time, she didn't know what had happened.
She assumed that her husband, in name only, couldn't bear the disdain from Zhou's relatives and friends.
But she never expected that so many earth-shattering changes would occur in the next half month.
"I should have always believed you. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have become like this."
With her teeth clenched, Zhou Xiaoyun's voice choked with sobs.
Thinking about her attitude towards Xiao Xuanchen back then, and even mocking him, Zhou Xiaoyun wanted to slap herself twice.
Half a month ago, when Xiao Xuanchen rushed into the room to take her away, she could still clearly remember his attitude and what he said.
"This is my home, why should I leave?"
What? You finally can't stand being looked down upon anymore?
Have I not told you to stay home and not wander around too much? Nobody in the Zhou family likes you.
If you go out and get scorned, it's my face that suffers too.
What she said at the time was extremely impolite.
Looking back now, she really doesn't know how Xiao Xuanchen could tolerate it.
Looking at his shoulder, his drooping profile was weak, with blood still hanging from the corner of his mouth, and even more blood was flowing from his mouth because she was carrying him.
Zhou Xiaoyun's eyes revealed guilt.
"It was never that you were marrying above your station by marrying into the Zhou family; in fact, it was always me who was marrying above my station."
I was blind; you've always been the one to tolerate my willfulness.
You tolerate my bad temper, yet I still treat you like that.
Even in the end, you didn't abandon me and chose to stay.
Why are you so good to me?
She asked the question that she had never understood, but Zhou Xiaoyun knew she probably wouldn't get an answer.
However, just as Zhou Xiaoyun was preparing to focus on running away...
A faint sound reached her ears.
"What else could it be...?"
We are a married couple, protected by law.
Cough cough cough..."
As soon as she finished speaking, a violent cough spurted out bloody spittouts, soaking Zhou Xiaoyun's clothes.
But she ignored all of that.
Instead, she slowed her pace and quickly asked the person behind her, "Xuan Chen, are you alright? Did I jostle you?"
Zhou Xiaoyun didn't expect Xiao Xuanchen to wake up at this time. Seeing that he was coughing up blood so badly, her face immediately turned anxious, and she didn't know what to do.
They wanted to put the other person down, but they were on the run for their lives and couldn't afford to delay.
He shook his head weakly and coughed a few more times before Xiao Xuanchen felt a little better.
He glanced at his wife's anxious face with somewhat unfocused eyes.
But what he actually said was: "Don't look at me... watch where you're going."
In the dark, Zhou Xiaoyun, a woman accustomed to a life of luxury, was weak.
If he falls, it will be a second injury to him; in his current condition, he can no longer withstand wind and rain.
But Zhou Xiaoyun's words made her feel relieved.
"Don't worry, you won't fall."
He lifted Xiao Xuanchen up a little more on his back, perhaps because the other person had woken up, although the situation was still very bad.
But at least, Zhou Xiaoyun still felt less depressed than before.
I felt inexplicably at ease.
"Xuan Chen, after we escape this time, I will never speak ill of you again. From now on, I will believe whatever you say!"
Having learned her lesson the hard way, Zhou Xiaoyun has genuinely reflected on her actions.
But Xiao Xuanchen shook his head upon hearing this.
"Let's get out of here first."
Your grandfather's cultivation method is very strange. He can devour the blood and life force of your descendants and add it to himself, thus increasing his lifespan.
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