Leng Ye smiled without saying a word, gently tugged at Xuan Fengqian's sleeve, and walked ahead on his own.
Xuanfeng Qian stared blankly at the blood-stained shuttle in his hand, wondering what the other end of the shuttle was connected to.
As they stepped out of the library, a line of small, blood-red characters appeared on a book that had fallen from the shelf without a dictionary: "The Demon King of Chaos has perished; peace and prosperity are gone forever. Even with the power of the gods returning to their rightful places, they cannot avert the calamity. When that time comes, immeasurable catastrophe will descend, the six realms will be in grave danger, and the world will be doomed."
Xuanfeng glanced at the dictionary book that was turning its pages on its own, and a question arose in his mind.
But when she looked closely, the blood-red characters on the dictionary had disappeared.
"What are you looking at?"
Leng Ye followed Xuan Fengqian's gaze to the unremarkable dictionary and asked softly.
"nothing."
"So, you were just spacing out?" His deep voice carried a hint of anger.
Xuan Fengqian countered, "Can't I be distracted?"
"You are not allowed to be distracted at any moment while you are with me, do you understand?"
Leng Ye could tell that her mind wasn't on him at all. Although he habitually deceived himself, in his moments of clarity, his fragile and sensitive heart felt as if it were being scratched by a cat.
Xuanfeng, unable to bear it any longer, threw the shuttle she was holding heavily into his arms.
Just as he was about to speak in rebuttal, several drops of blood suddenly fell from the void, sliding down Leng Ye's forehead.
She looked up in astonishment, only to see a blood-red human head, twisted into a bundle, floating eerily above her.
"This is the surprise I'm giving you. Do you like it?" Leng Ye gazed intently at Xuan Fengqian, who was standing beside him in astonishment, and gently wiped away the dark red bloodstains that had fallen onto her face.
Xuan Fengqian shivered involuntarily, his eyes filled with fear.
She involuntarily took a few steps back, staring warily at Leng Ye's wicked smile. "Why did you give me this?"
At that moment, she noticed a particularly familiar face squeezed into the center above her head.
I still remember when she was trapped in the Nine Nether Demon Prison, in order to protect herself, she transformed the demon prisoner who had personally torn off her wedding dress into a woman.
The criminal, under the frenzied assault of his accomplices, died on the spot.
Logically speaking, this matter should have been over long ago.
What deeply disturbed her was why Leng Ye would cut off his head, tie it with a skein of thread, and personally deliver it to her.
Could it be that Leng Ye already knows she lied?
"This human head kite I made flew quite high, didn't it?" Leng Ye said with a hint of pride, lightly pulling on the shuttle line.
He saw that her face was covered in blood, which he couldn't wipe clean no matter what he did. He was about to take off his outer robe to cover her when, unexpectedly, she covered her head and squatted down on the ground in fear.
"Don't come any closer!"
Her lips trembled slightly as she shouted repeatedly.
"Were you frightened?"
Seeing this, Leng Ye suddenly released the shuttle in his hand, and with a gust of wind from his wide sleeves, he swept the terrifying "human head kite" into the clouds where no one could see it.
He bowed and explained slowly, "I did not mean to scare you; I just wanted to vent your anger."
"Could you please not chop off my head?"
Seeing the miserable end of those demons, Xuanfeng Qian instantly wilted like a quail.
She had originally been determined to fight Leng Ye to the bitter end, since she was going to die anyway, so she might as well do whatever pleased her.
But now, she is truly terrified of his methods.
"In your heart, am I really that cruel?" Leng Ye asked in a muffled voice.
Xuan Fengqian shook her head repeatedly and said in a gentle voice, "No. You treat me very well, it's me who keeps making you angry."
"..."
Leng Ye understood that she was only saying that because she was afraid.
At that moment, he suddenly realized that what Jingzhe said was absolutely right.
It's understandable that Xuanfeng Qianruo is still willing to lose her temper with him.
Her current cautiousness is truly heartbreaking.
After hesitating for a long time, he finally mustered up his courage, gently pulled her into his arms, and whispered, "You don't need to be careful in front of me. If you're angry, you can beat me up all you want, and I promise I won't fight back."
It took Xuan Fengqian quite a while to calm down.
Realizing that Leng Ye didn't intend to turn her into a human head kite, she tentatively asked, "Are you really not here to take my life?"
"What life are you demanding? I'm here purely to atone for my sins."
"Atonement?"
"I have offended you greatly in the past, and I am truly uneasy about it," Leng Ye said with utmost sincerity.
Hearing him say that, Xuan Fengqian finally dared to believe that he had truly come to apologize.
But who can stand this kind of apology?
At this moment, Leng Ye really wanted to tell her bluntly that she must never believe in any supernatural ability to foresee disasters.
But he didn't want to alert her, so he whispered ambiguously in her ear, "Seeing is not always believing; you must look carefully at everything."
Xuanfeng's eyes flickered slightly, and he was about to speak when he saw Fuchen carrying a steaming bowl of osmanthus cakes on a cloud. He then changed his tune, "I only know that the pain I have personally experienced cannot be faked."
Leng Ye was utterly dejected, his dark eyes filled with despair. "If I were to personally experience the suffering you went through, would you feel any better?"
Xuan Fengqian did not answer, but turned to face Fu Chen, saying, "You're finally back."
Seeing the bloodstains all over her face, Fu Chen asked with concern, "Are you hurt?"
Xuan Fengqian shook her head, took the osmanthus cake he offered, and smiled gently, "I didn't expect it to still be warm."
Fu Chen glanced discreetly at Leng Ye, whose face was gloomy, and felt a secret sense of satisfaction.
From this perspective, Xuan Fengqian's attitude towards her was indeed quite good.
At least, she's still willing to smile at me.
To his surprise, Xuan Fengqian only took a small bite and then handed the osmanthus cake back to him, saying, "For some reason, I suddenly lost my appetite."
Fu Chen had some reservations about this.
He even had the feeling that Xuan Fengqian was toying with him.
He had intended to ask her in person if she had been misled by the slander of others, but she swept past him without even glancing at him and walked briskly back to Qingfeng Palace.
Fu Chen stared sullenly at the warm osmanthus cake in his hand, wishing he could turn it into dust.
"Looking at it, I find it rather appetizing."
Leng Ye snatched the osmanthus cake from Fu Chen's hand and stuffed it into his mouth in big bites.
Xuan Fengqian's leftovers were naturally left for him to clean up.
Fu Chen was already fed up with Leng Ye's arrogant and overbearing attitude, and seeing his behavior, his murderous aura inadvertently leaked out.
Leng Ye habitually narrowed his eyes and glanced at Fu Chen's clenched fist without making a sound.
A few days ago, he had heard from the fairy maidens of Ningxiang Palace that Fuchen always had a serene and indifferent demeanor, as if he had seen through the mundane world and was not interested in worldly affairs.
But in his eyes, the floating dust looked quite different.
Insidious, ruthless, and skilled in psychological warfare...
Perhaps the person who has been lurking beside Xuan Fengqian, controlling her under the guise of "the power of the gods," is none other than Fu Chen.
Fu Chen realized the malevolent energy leaking out and inwardly sighed that something was wrong.
Seeing that Leng Ye was still engrossed in eating the osmanthus cake, he finally felt relieved.
In the blink of an eye, he returned to his usual calm and composed demeanor, lowering his brows and eyes, and left with an air of nonchalance.
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