What are you doing here?
Xuan Fengqian immediately recognized Leng Ye's voice and suddenly shivered.
Having waited a long time for his response, Xuan Fengqian, looking slightly uneasy, lifted her bridal veil and glanced at him warily.
Leng Ye noticed her fear, raised an eyebrow slightly, and said with a hint of displeasure, "That's a question I should be asking you."
"Living in the Immortal Realm for so long has become quite tiresome. Since Yu Chen's beloved has descended to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation, I thought I'd lend a hand."
"Could it be that you've become addicted to being a substitute bride? Xuan Fengqian, do you know how dangerous this is?"
"Can you stop treating me like a piece of trash? This is the mortal realm. If I can't even handle ordinary people, then what have I been doing all these thousands of years?"
As Xuanfeng Qian was speaking, she inadvertently caught sight of Leng Ye's clenched fist making a "crackling" sound. She immediately fell silent and hurriedly scrambled into the bridal sedan chair, gripping the curtain tightly with both hands to prevent him from suddenly barging in.
Leng Yeyu stared intently at the bright red sedan curtain embroidered with auspicious dragon and phoenix patterns, and said in a muffled voice, "Don't overthink it. I'm just a little worried that you might get hurt by that playboy. What if that playboy also knows some unorthodox methods, and you happen to be unable to handle them? Tell me, what should we do?"
"My affairs are none of your business. If I really encounter a situation I can't handle, I'll just admit defeat, okay?"
"Go ahead and say it again if you dare?"
Leng Ye tried her best to control her emotions, but she still completely lost control because of Xuan Fengqian's indifferent attitude.
The next instant, he ripped open the sedan curtain, grabbed her waist, and shoved her onto the horse without room for argument. "Can't you speak properly? Have you thought about what I'll do if something goes wrong?"
"If something really happens to me, you should be strong and it would be best to forget me. That way, you can live a peaceful life."
Xuan Fengqian no longer cared about the strange looks from the crowd. She tightly wrapped her arms around the horse's neck, afraid that she might accidentally fall off its back.
"Are you trying to anger me to death?"
Leng Ye's face turned pale. He suddenly leaped onto his horse and pulled her into his arms. "What good will it do you to anger me?"
"Don't get so close, it makes me uncomfortable."
Xuan Fengqian tried desperately to distance herself from him, but he clung to her like a piece of sticky candy, ignoring her completely.
"You have to endure the discomfort."
Leng Ye really couldn't understand why she was struggling with what was wrong with her.
I just hugged her, I didn't do anything to her!
"Can you stop messing around? There are so many people watching." Xuan Fengqian was choked and couldn't breathe, desperately trying to pry open the arm that was wrapped around his waist.
"Try moving again! Be careful, or I'll take you right here on horseback." Leng Ye threatened her casually as she became increasingly restless.
Upon hearing this, Xuan Fengqian dared not move again.
After a long while, she coldly questioned him, "What else can you do besides threatening me?"
Leng Ye realized that what he had done might have gone too far, so he lowered his voice and whispered in her ear, "I was just joking with you. If you don't want to, I will never force you."
"Can jokes be made in any situation?"
"I'm still angry, can't you be a little more understanding?"
"I understand you, but who understands me?" Xuan Fengqian was still brooding over Leng Ye's fierce glare earlier, and said in an unfriendly tone, "Don't get so close to me, I'm uncomfortable!"
"Hold on tight to me, or you'll fall off the horse and get a bloody head."
The image of Xuan Fengqian standing close to Yu Chen last night suddenly flashed into Leng Ye's mind, and he felt extremely displeased. He gripped the reins tightly and spurred his horse to gallop away.
"Leng Ye! What are you doing so fast?"
Xuan Fengqian had never ridden a horse before, nor had she ever mounted one. Now, seeing the horse beneath her galloping so fast, she could no longer maintain her composure and kept leaning into Leng Ye's arms.
Leng Ye lowered his eyes to look at Xuan Fengqian, who was curled up in his arms, and the gloom in his heart vanished in an instant.
"You little liar, you say no but your body says yes."
"Stop it right now, I feel nauseous."
Xuan Fengqian felt uncomfortable all over from the jolting, and her stomach churned again.
Leng Ye mistakenly thought that Xuan Fengqian was saying he was disgusting, so instead of slowing down, he secretly cast a spell, making the horse beneath him seem to have wings, and galloped away in a cloud of dust.
vomit--
Xuan Fengqian was in extreme discomfort, clutching his chest with both hands and vomiting bile.
Why didn't you say you weren't feeling well sooner?
Leng Ye quickly reined in the horse, no longer caring about arguing with her, and carefully helped her down from the horse.
"Why didn't I say that? Haven't I told you several times that I feel nauseous?" Xuan Fengqian squatted on the ground and dry heaved for a while before asking him in frustration.
"I thought you were saying I was disgusting." Leng Ye looked at her pale face, feeling both heartache and annoyance.
"You do have a good sense of self-awareness."
"..."
Leng Ye didn't want to add fuel to the fire, so she pursed her lips tightly and dared not defend herself any further.
Once Xuan Fengqian's complexion had recovered somewhat, Leng Ye tentatively asked, "Aqian, may I ask what I have done wrong? Lately, your attitude towards me seems to have become colder than before."
"Don't you have any self-awareness? Can you swear to God that the person who assaulted me that night wasn't you?"
"..."
Leng Ye's brow twitched, and he instantly fell silent.
He guiltily looked away, about to deny it completely, when he suddenly remembered what Yu Chen had said to him last night.
After hesitating for a long time, Leng Ye finally mustered up his courage and told the whole truth, "I never intended to lie to you. I thought that since you had already decided to marry Di Jun, you wouldn't reject him as much as you rejected me. I never imagined that your marriage to him was just a contract."
"I saw you through the ghost's eyes. While Fu Chen was discussing countermeasures with Ji Shuo, you were lurking in the shadows, weren't you?"
"If I had known their plans beforehand, how could I have let you fall into such danger? The Ghost Eye is an evil thing and cannot be completely trusted."
“The Ghost Eye has already dried up. No matter what you say, there’s no way to prove it to the dead, is there?” Xuan Fengqian said with a hint of doubt.
"..."
At this moment, Leng Ye finally understood how frustrating it was to be misunderstood.
He wanted to explain, but found himself speechless.
With no other options, he could only solemnly swear to the heavens, "If I have uttered even the slightest falsehood, may I be struck by lightning."
Xuan Fengqian looked at his serious expression and believed him to some extent. However, she hadn't forgotten how Leng Ye had helped Xuan Qianning frame her before.
That's why, even though she believed his explanation, she couldn't be bothered to argue with him.
"I truly had no intention of offending you, but since the damage has already been done, I am willing to take full responsibility. If you are unhappy, you are welcome to draw your sword and slash me a couple of times." Leng Ye was at a loss as to how to prove that what he said was true, and in his helplessness, he could only summon the Xuanyuan Demon Sword once again.
Xuan Feng glanced indifferently at the Xuanyuan Demon Sword lying in front of her, and for some reason, her nose suddenly caught a faint smell of blood on the sword...
She furrowed her delicate brows slightly, pushed the Xuanyuan Demon Sword aside with one hand, and clutched her chest with the other, uncontrollably vomiting bile again.
"Ah Qian, are you pregnant?"
Leng Ye stared blankly at Xuan Fengqian, who was retching incessantly, and subconsciously reached out to feel her abdomen.
Xuan Fengqian dodged his suddenly outstretched hand and said irritably, "Don't try to fool me. I'm just feeling a little uncomfortable from the bumpy ride."
Leng Ye, however, was convinced that Xuan Fengqian was pregnant with his child. Overjoyed, he reached out and gently wrapped his arms around her slender waist, saying softly, "Don't be afraid, I will take full responsibility for you."
"Who asked you to take responsibility? Shameless!"
As Xuanfeng Qian spoke, a sudden sense of unease arose in his heart.
In fact, she had not been feeling well since she accompanied Yu Chen down to the mortal realm.
At first, she didn't take it to heart.
But recently, her body seems to have become more sensitive and fragile.
I feel nauseous at the slightest discomfort, and I can't even stand the faint smell of blood...
Upon realizing this, Xuan Fengqian felt as if struck by lightning, his pale face filled with despair.
Could it be that she's really pregnant?!
Leng Ye keenly sensed Xuan Fengqian's emotional fluctuations and became quite nervous as well.
He was deeply afraid that she might do something rash because she couldn't handle the stimulation.
Left with no other choice, he carefully held her in his arms and said in a low voice, "A-Qian, give me a chance to repent, okay?"
"Haven't I told you countless times that we're not a good match?"
"How will you know if it's right for you if you don't try? Do you know that I've already fallen into the web of love you wove yourself, and I can't extricate myself? Don't be fooled by my fierce appearance; I do have moments of fear. Right now, I'm feeling a bit scared. I'm afraid you won't accept me, and I'm even more afraid you'll fall for another man."
Xuanfeng's shallow eyes flickered slightly. She had never known that Leng Ye had a vulnerable moment, nor could she imagine that all his concerns were related to her.
"Ah Qian, I swear to the heavens that in this life, I have only ever loved you. This has been true in the past, it is true now, and it will be true in the future. As for Zhi Mo, Xuan Qian Ning, and the like, I have truly never cared about them, nor have I ever touched them. Right now, I only want to marry you. If you don't want to marry, I can also become a son-in-law of a celestial family. In short, wherever you go, I will follow."
Leng Ye spoke in a deep voice, his normally deep and magnetic voice becoming unusually hoarse due to excessive tension.
Hearing him say that, Xuan Fengqian felt even more agitated.
After a long silence, she suppressed her panic and said calmly and restrainedly, "To be honest, I don't seem to hate you as much as before. I'm also willing to believe your story, to believe that the reason you transformed into Di Jun's appearance was just to make me feel better. So, let everything from the past go with the wind."
What do you mean by that?
Leng Ye's eyelids twitched wildly; he was truly terrified of Xuan Fengqian's calm and rational demeanor at this moment.
Xuan Fengqian took a deep breath and said with particular certainty, "Everything before was a misunderstanding, and it was all beyond our control. However, don't worry, I don't need you to take responsibility for me. I only hope that you can be lenient and let me go, and let yourself go as well."
"How can this be? Since you have laid hands on me, you should take responsibility for me," Leng Ye protested repeatedly.
"Leng Ye, there's one thing you need to understand: not disliking someone is not the same as liking them."
"Do you have someone you like? What kind of person do you like? I'm willing to change for you."
Xuan Fengqian shook his head, then suddenly asked, "Do you know why I'm willing to reconcile with you?"
Why?
"The reason I am willing to reconcile is mainly because you are not that important to me. In other words, if you had always held a place in my heart, I would never have been able to reconcile with you so easily after being tormented by you."
"A-Qian, why did you say such hurtful things?"
Leng Ye was heartbroken, her heart aching so much that she could hardly breathe.
He would rather Xuan Fengqian still harbor hatred in her heart as before than reconcile with her in this way.
Xuan Fengqian glanced at Leng Ye's injured face and was about to say a few words of comfort when, unexpectedly, a bolt of lightning suddenly appeared in the azure sky and struck her head without warning.
"A-Qian, watch out!"
Leng Ye sensed the approaching thunderbolt and pulled her into his arms, taking the brunt of the lightning bolt for her.
Xuan Fengqian slightly raised his eyes and looked at Leng Ye, whose face was charred black from being struck by heavenly lightning, and said repeatedly, "Get out of the way! I'll take the heavenly tribulation myself."
She was unwilling to owe him anything more, and pushed him away with particular agitation.
"If you dare to hurt yourself, see how I deal with you." Leng Ye was afraid that she would be harmed in the slightest, so he held her tightly in his arms and shouted sternly.
“The Tribulation of the Supreme God is no joke. Leng Ye, as the Demon Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, how can you disregard your own life? If something happens to you, what will the Nine Netherworlds do?” Xuan Fengqian placed her hands on his chest and said matter-of-factly.
"This is hardly a tribulation for a god. It must be that the celestial officials in charge discovered your act of marrying in place of someone else, which is why you were struck by lightning." Leng Ye chuckled and stared intently at the worried Xuan Fengqian in his arms.
Feeling her concern, Leng Ye felt a quiet joy rise in his heart.
Despite the headache from being struck by lightning, he still felt that it was worth it to earn her concern in return for a single bolt of lightning.
"Does it hurt?"
Xuan Feng glanced at his ashen face and asked with particular guilt.
"It doesn't hurt. This level of lightning tribulation is nothing more than a light drizzle to me." Leng Ye's mood suddenly brightened, and the corners of his mouth turned up wildly.
"Really no pain? Were you struck by lightning and went mad...?"
Xuan Fengqian looked at Leng Ye, who was grinning foolishly, with suspicion, feeling that he had been struck by lightning and his brain had been damaged.
"If I am struck by heavenly lightning and become mentally impaired, are you willing to take responsibility for me?"
Leng Ye was absolutely smitten with her bewildered expression. He pulled her into his arms and gently kissed her lips. "Stubborn thing, you clearly have the real person in your heart, so why won't you admit it?"
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