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When they came out of Lanzhuochi's room, before the servant closed the door, Yun Jinglu reached out and held her hand, and stroked her hair affectionately, with curved eyebrows and a tender and affectionate look in her eyes.
The servant closed the door slowly and deliberately. Yun Jinglu's eyes shifted back and forth between her and the door that was still open. Her intention was obvious, as she was doing it for him to see.
Lan Zhuochi was also childish, and she was just doing it to impress her rival. She wanted to please him, so she simply took his hand, smiled brightly at him, shook his hand, and deliberately called him "A Lu" in a coquettish voice.
"Come on, let's go out and play."
The door behind me was finally closed.
Yun Jinglu brought her back to his study, then dismissed his followers, ordered them to close the door, and retreat a hundred meters away.
"I listened to your conversation word for word. Does Jiahe have anything to say to me?"
Hearing this, she suddenly became nervous, wondering if he had also heard her conversation with Achi.
"I didn't listen to him, you know. I was just following the plan. Don't take it seriously, brother."
"I know, I don't take it to heart."
"That's good."
"Jiahe, don't you have anything else to say to your brother?"
If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move.
She threw the question back to him with an awkward smile: "I wonder what exactly does brother want to hear me say?"
"A marriage destined in a previous life, decided in a dream."
"That's it?"
Yun Jinglu frowned, "Are there any other secrets that I haven't heard?"
She immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Given Yun Jinglu's jealous temper, if he had heard her conversation with A Chi, he would definitely have dug deep into the matter.
"No, no."
"Then Jiahe, please explain to your brother what a marriage destined in a previous life is meant to be in a dream."
He changed the subject and said in a sour tone, "If Jiahe wants to keep this little secret from brother, and doesn't want to tell me, just give me a little sweet treat and I can keep it to myself without asking any more questions."
"Will you get hurt if I hold it in?"
"It's okay to hold other things in for too long, so it's okay to hold them in your heart." He raised his hand and gently tapped her forehead, "Don't change the subject."
"I didn't mean to change the subject. What are those little sweet treats that brother mentioned?"
Hearing this, Yun Jinglu looked hurt and stunned, with a look that said: I'm unhappy. She turned her face away.
"I was just joking. If you don't want to tell me, I won't ask anymore."
"Before I found Lan Zhuochi in the desert, I dreamed of him. Actually, in that dream, I was a wealthy female businessman. I met him and was attracted by his beauty. I offered him dry food and fine wine as a token of my gratitude, and used my words to persuade him to marry me out of gratitude. As a result, he also had the same dream as me. Even the scenes in the dream and our conversations were exactly the same. Lan Zhuochi believed that there were many cases where monsters achieved the purpose of reincarnation and renewing the relationship by making the other party dream of the memories of the previous life. Therefore, our strangely similar dreams are also very likely the continuation of the love and marriage in the previous life."
"Then I can also suspect that he used some dirty tricks to take you away from me. As our enemy for generations, he just can't stand our love and affection, so he has to interfere."
She wanted to tell Yun Jinglu countless times that Lan Zhuochi was not Lan Jinchuan's biological son, but an outsider who replaced the real Lan Zhuochi. He had only been in Canghua Mountain for a few months.
But, for some reason, the words were always on the tip of her tongue but she couldn't say them. She didn't know whether it was because she couldn't help but worry about what kind of disadvantageous situation he would be in if the matter was leaked because of her remaining love, or for some other reason.
"Jiahe? You're distracted again."
"Oh, I was just thinking about what you said and I got lost in thought."
"What's this about the continuation of love from a previous life, or the reincarnation of a monster in a dream? Lan Zhuochi is not a monster at all, and neither are you. Your dreams and reincarnation have nothing to do with the continuation of love."
Her head went numb with a buzzing sound.
Yun Jinglu spoke a long paragraph, and the only thing that kept echoing in his ears was: Lan Zhuochi is not a monster at all.
"He's not a monster?"
"Yes, he is a mortal. A lowly human-turned-demon like me might not be able to recognize him, but the Qingsan I recruited is a very powerful demon. You have witnessed her abilities in the bayberry forest, there is no way she would not recognize him. He almost froze to death outside. If he could have hidden his abilities from Qingsan, he would not have been unable to kill me and take you away. Of course, if that were the case, he would also be suspected of deliberately playing pitiful and playing the victim. In short, don't believe him. There is no previous life relationship, no! Wait, why are you asking this question? Did he tell you he was a demon?"
"Yes, the nine-tailed fox demon."
"Have you seen him in person or just heard what he said?"
Yun Jinglu had no doubt that she was lying, she was just angry that Lan Zhuochi had deceived her.
Lan Zhuochi! You lied to me again, you bastard!
"He showed me his ears and tail, right after I disappeared in the Western Desert and woke up. I remember it so clearly it couldn't have been a dream or an illusion. I was so frightened that I fainted."
She was afraid that Yun Jinglu would worry too much, so she added, "I fainted the first time I saw him, but I wasn't scared by your snake tail and roses, and I won't be scared again."
Yun Jinglu was both angry and amused at this moment. She was angry that Lan Zhuochi had lied to her, and she was amused because of what she had just said.
"Why? Because my snake-tail rose isn't as intimidating as his fluffy tail with ears?"
"No, yours is much more intimidating, and I'm terrified of snakes. Even the snakes in the picture scrolls of the storybooks scare me so much that I dare not look at them for too long."
She looked up into his eyes and said seriously, "Although I am terrified of snakes, your snake tail is different because it is a part of you. We are future husband and wife. I will accept everything about you, my husband, whether good or bad."
Yun Jinglu blushed quickly, and her eyes widened slightly as she blurted out the name naturally.
"Could you please repeat that last sentence to me?"
Now she felt embarrassed.
How could she have known that she could say this title to him so unconsciously? It must be that she had said the words "husband and wife" too much recently, and she had to change it.
"You can't just say that name casually. If you want to hear it, wait until we get married and your ears will be callused from hearing it. Um... Yun Jinglu, bend down and come down a little bit."
"Oh, okay."
Every time Yun Jinglu blushed and his heart beat fast when she teased him, he was always the most obedient.
To use a metaphor, before the blush faded, his entire brain seemed to be clouded by her sweet words and intimate honey, and he obediently did whatever she told him to do without any thought or hesitation.
His rapid and sudden approach, and his eyes staring straight at her after he bent down, as if he wanted to see through her, caught her off guard and made her panic.
She covered his lips with her right hand and kissed the spot where his lips were through the back of her hand.
"Even if there's no exchange, as long as you're happy, A-Lu, there's a sweet treat. If you want it, you'll have it. Although, I don't know if this counts as a sweet treat that makes my brother happy."
"Well, it's a pretty good deal."
His voice suddenly became hoarse and low for no reason.
Patting her head, Yun Jinglu said with satisfaction: "Jiahe did a great job and remembered my words well."
She knew what he was saying:
You cannot kiss any man except your husband after you marry him. My brother has no objection, but you can have any intimate behavior with me except kissing. However, kissing is an intimate behavior that only married couples can have, so you cannot do it now.
But she had kissed Lan Zhuochi more than once.
She felt a little guilty.
She squatted down and fiddled with her shoes and socks. "Something seems to be pricking me in my shoes and socks."
This move was naturally to avoid Yun Jinglu's gaze which could easily see through her heart.
She admitted that she was treated differently.
There will always be some differences between the sweetheart you truly love and the husband you are about to marry.
"I'm going to take a shower. You can sit on my bed and take off your shoes and socks. When you're done, come back to your room and wait for me. I'll take you to the Demon Control Sect."
Without giving her a chance to respond, he went in to take a shower.
At this moment, she was extremely grateful that her brother was a person who loved cleanliness and bathing.
Speaking of which, since she returned to the Western Regions, she found that Yun Jinglu seemed to take a bath several times a day at home. It didn't seem like she simply loved cleanliness, but more like she loved bathing, so the servants always had warm water ready.
This also means that Yun Jinglu is the most fragrant man she has ever smelled. Unlike spices and perfumes, his unique floral scent for bathing is particularly pleasant, and she always likes to be close to him.
Yun Jinglu smelled even better after taking a bath this time. It was a natural rose scent, but not exactly like the smell of a rose.
She thought, perhaps, this smell came from the flowers on his body. Since his identity had been exposed in front of her, there was no need to hide it anymore.
This smell made her strangely obsessed.
The smell makes people feel inexplicably excited and happy.
So much so that, while sitting in the carriage heading to the Demon Control Sect, she unconsciously sat close to Yun Jinglu, hugging his arm, leaning on his shoulder, and taking a few deep breaths from time to time.
"Brother, you smell so good, especially today. I love this scent. From now on, you should take a bath with this flower petal dew."
"It's not the floral dew...it's the scent of the flowers on my body. I accidentally broke the bottle of floral dew today, and thinking about you saying you liked my scent, I temporarily released a little bit of the floral scent on my body."
"Then can you release a little bit of it for me to smell next time?"
"Um...Okay."
Halfway through the journey, Yun Jinglu suddenly crossed his legs. In this high carriage, which was not suitable for crossing legs, this posture must have been uncomfortable.
Yun Jinglu was flustered and anxious.
"What are you looking at my legs for?"
"Why are you so nervous? What's with that tone? What's so wrong with your legs that I can't bear to see? Stingy guy, in a few months, everything you have will be mine. Let me see what's wrong?"
"I did not mean that."
She sat up straight and tilted her head deliberately to admire his legs from every angle.
Unexpectedly, this guy started to move his legs to the other side, leaning forward a little, and crossing his two forearms on his thighs, blocking most of the impact.
"Yun Jinglu, there's something wrong with you. Why can't I see? The more mysterious you are, like you're protecting your life, the more curious I become. Take your hand away. I want to see what you're hiding."
"I'm not hiding anything, don't look at it."
"Yun Jinglu, I'm getting angry."
Hearing this, Yun Jinglu took his hand away and sat up straight, "Do you really want to know?"
"Um."
"Don't regret it."
"What's there to regret?"
Yun Jinglu had no choice but to put down his crossed legs.
The small bulge between his legs is eye-catching.
It turned out that he was really protecting his life.
He looked at her with tears in his eyes, and was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a gap to get out of the carriage.
She was so embarrassed that she clenched her toes.
"I don't know about your situation. I read in the storybook that you can handle it yourself. If you feel uncomfortable, I'll go hang out outside the carriage and wait for you."
"I solve it? How can I solve it! I... you... the storybook you read also describes this? So, actually, every time I suddenly take a bath, you know why?"
She was too embarrassed to say those words out loud, so she glanced at his hands to hint at them.
"I only wrote a little bit, otherwise I wouldn't have seen it, brother... and then I understood. You love bathing because you love cleanliness, right? However, I've recently begun to suspect that you just love bathing. It's okay, brother. Everyone has some special little quirks, no, little hobbies."
Yun Jinglu breathed a sigh of relief.
"From now on, you should read the new storybooks I buy for you after I've read them all. Also, you should let me review the ones Xia Chan and the others recommend to you first."
"Why? I don't accept it! Hobbies in storybooks are very personal. I respect your love of bathing, brother. Even if you suddenly left me to bathe, I didn't hold it against you. You should also put yourself in my shoes and respect my little hobby."
"I'm not disrespecting your hobby of reading storybooks. You can still read them, but some of the content is not suitable for you to read right now."
She waved at him and whispered in his ear, "Bland and bland stories aren't what I like most."
Yun Jinglu immediately understood what a bland story was.
"Did Xia Chan bring you here?"
"Brother, you can't blame everything on Xia Chan just because I'm close to her. I discovered it myself."
"Oh? You're quite loyal. But not everyone is as loyal to Xia Chan as you are. I'll know after asking you. Do you want me to ask you or do you want me to ask you?"
She was afraid that Xia Chan would be punished and scolded, so she quickly resorted to acting coquettishly and trying to please him in an effort to "convince him with reason."
"Brother, you can't do this. Have you ever thought about how embarrassed I would be if my hobby was revealed? I was afraid that if you knew I liked reading the erotic novels, you would dislike me. I was really distressed by this. But Xia Chan said that our Master is the most considerate Master in the world and would not mind it. On the contrary, it would be very beneficial to our relationship after we get married. Besides, the novels I like to read are not Jin Ping Mei or Erotic Palaces, but just those with a little bit of obscure descriptions."
"You also know Jin Ping Mei and Huo Chun Gong? Did I buy these summer cicadas for you to see?"
"No! I'm not one for books that are so... so... so bland. They just explained to me what this thing is."
"We?"
"Forehead..."
She gasped after she let the cat out of the bag. "Reasoning" didn't make her happy, so she changed her strategy and started to act pitiful and miserable. She learned this trick from Lan Zhuochi.
Holding his arm and leaning against his chest, she began to forcefully hold back tears without blinking, "Brother, please don't dislike me, okay?" She sniffed and continued, "I will only read bland novels from now on. Brother, A-Lu, please don't dislike me, okay?"
Yun Jinglu wiped away her tears with his hand. "How could I hate you? I certainly don't dislike you. This isn't a shameful hobby. It's nothing. It's my fault. I can't control my desires. I didn't let you read it before marriage because I was afraid you'd see through me as easily as you did just now, and think that brother is... a disgusting bad person. If you saw through me, I'd feel humiliated too. I'm asking you this because I'm afraid the reason you know all this is unusual. Okay, okay, look, brother won't interfere with your freedom to read the novels, even if, even if you like to read Jin Ping Mei, it doesn't matter."
His words dispelled the worries caused by the little secret she had been hiding in her heart.
She also wanted to comfort him, so she whispered in his ear, "Brother, don't feel ashamed. This proves that your body really likes me. I don't hate you, and we will get married eventually."
"Uh-huh."
"Should I get off the carriage then?"
"No need, dear."
"Huh? But I'm not ready for you to do it next to me. I'd be so embarrassed."
If that were true, he would be the one who would be extremely embarrassed!
Yun Jinglu didn't say anything for a long time. Her tone sounded too serious to be a joke, but her words gave people the feeling that she was teasing him.
Whatever it was, he had to change her habit of saying scary things at any time.
Yun Jinglu picked her up and sat her on his lap, just in the right position so that the outside of her thigh could touch his nipple.
She was shocked and shy and wanted to move her legs away, but Yun Jinglu calmly bends her legs back together and holds her legs so that she cannot move.
"Those narrated stories you love to read are no match for the realism of a brother acting them out for you. I'm a well-read sister, don't you know? There's more to it than just using your hands. And I'm not the only one who can help you, you can do it too."
"You, don't say such things. The driver is still outside and he will hear it."
"When my sister told me to use my hands to relieve myself, why wasn't she afraid that the driver would hear my brother's embarrassment?"
"I didn't notice that much at the time. I was wrong."
"But he has heard it. How are you going to make up for my loss of face? A kiss through my hand isn't enough."
"Yun Jinglu, can you please stop calling me sister when you say something like that? It's weird."
"I never thought you'd say something like this one day. You know calling me brother or sister is... weird at a time like this, right? Then why did you keep calling me brother just now? I've never been your brother."
"I understand now, and I will never do it again."
"What did you call me then?"
"Shocked Heron."
Yun Jinglu pursed his lips and sighed, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, what a distant Jinglu! Didn't you always call me Ah Lu before? What, am I not your most precious treasure now?"
What a showy tone!
Without thinking, she covered his sarcastic mouth with her hand.
Nothing could be more embarrassing than him reading out the original words from the script she had recently read at this moment. Moreover, this sentence was a subtle description of what the male protagonist said during the protagonist's bridal chamber.
"Hush! Hush! Hush! Stop reading from my book!"
Yun Jinglu was about to laugh out loud, but she pressed him down and made him nod.
"I let go, don't talk nonsense!"
"Uh... yeah."
"No strange noises like this are allowed!"
"Um."
She loosened her hand half-believingly, but her nerves were tense and she dared not relax at all. She was ready to cover his mouth if he said another strange word.
"In fact, I have already cast a spell on this carriage. No one else will hear any sound."
"Why didn't you say so earlier!"
"I want you to remember this."
Yun Jinglu moved his hand away from her leg and hooked her hanging hand. While interlocking their fingers, he did not forget to rub the back of her hand with his fingertips as if tickling it.
"You haven't answered my question yet."
She could clearly feel the blush on her cheeks. "We're not married yet, and this is in a carriage."
"What I'm asking is, am I not your most precious treasure now? And you're thinking about another problem? So, tell me what you're thinking about. So, how are you going to help me solve it? I'm waiting."
"Are you serious, Yun Jinglu? You said kissing is not allowed, let alone something like this."
"What were my exact words?"
"You are not allowed to kiss any man except your husband after marriage. I don't object, but you can have any intimate behavior with me now except kissing, which is an intimate behavior that only married couples can have. I can help you solve this intimate behavior that only married couples can have, but isn't it also not allowed? Ah Lu, you must lead by example."
"I remember it very clearly. Very good."
Yun Jinglu carried her back to the bench and asked, "Have you learned your lesson this time?"
"I've learned my lesson."
"Then answer my question now. Am I not your most precious treasure now?"
"yes."
"I want to hear you say this in full."
"Yun! Jing! Lu! You're not done yet, are you?"
"Please~"
"You are still my most precious treasure."
She spoke quickly and slurred her words.
"I didn't hear clearly."
"You are still my most precious treasure."
"You are still my most precious treasure."
“…”
The carriage drove to a desolate and uninhabited corner of the desert. There was a large cactus garden there. The Yun family's flag was hung on the wall. Dozens of people dressed as farmers were standing at the base of the wall behind the courtyard wall made of huge stones.
When they saw them, they all bowed respectfully, "Greetings, Sir! Greetings, Miss!"
Yun Jinglu brought her to the entrance of the cactus garden. Densely packed cacti grew in a crisscross pattern, covered with sharp thorns. He didn't know what he did, but the cacti seemed to come back to life and automatically moved to make a path.
When they reached the center, Yun Jinglu cast a spell and all the cacti around them glowed white.
In the blink of an eye, the scene around him turned into a dense plum blossom forest.
"arrive."
Yun Jinglu blew the whistle, and a huge white crane responded with a cry and landed above them. Yun Jinglu hugged her with one hand, used light skills, and jumped into the air to sit on the back of the white crane.
The white crane flew slowly and low, and the entire Yuyao Sect came into view below.
It was also situated on a picturesque green hill, shrouded in mist and clouds. The towering houses stretched out in layers, reaching the summit. The staircase leading from the foot of the mountain to the top was breathtakingly long. Countless disciples of the Demon Control Sect were swarming like white ants, and even flying disciples on swords could be seen not far away.
It is as magnificent as the immortal cultivation sects described in the storybooks.
"Wow~ Yun Jinglu, I thought you were rich, but I didn't expect you to be this rich! What a magnificent sect!"
"How is it? How does it compare to Canghua Mountain?"
"It's like heaven and earth."
Yun Jinglu was very happy to hear it again.
"Now, you are also the master of this place."
A bell rang.
She looked in the direction of the sound and saw an obvious temple located at the foot of the mountain.
"What kind of temple is that? It's so big and magnificent."
"Broom Star Temple."
"Did you really offer it?"
"Of course, your words must be carried out immediately. Is this satisfactory to you? I'll take you down to have a look."
Another whistle was blown, and the white crane descended and hovered in the sky next to the temple.
Yun Jinglu put his right hands together and raised them to the sky, chanting a qi spell. A sword swooped down from the top of the mountain like breaking through the clouds and stopped steadily beside him. The red sword trembled and made a sword sound, which dispersed the surrounding clouds.
"Would you like to try flying with a sword?"
“Think about it!”
Yun Jinglu immediately held her and jumped onto the sword. She held on to him tightly and did not dare to step on the narrow sword body. This height was still very high for her, so high that it was scary.
"Don't be afraid, I'm holding you, you won't fall, try it."
With his patient teaching, she soon managed to stand firmly on the sword. Of course, she still needed him to hold her to feel at ease.
She landed steadily on the steps in front of the main entrance of the temple. She felt as if she was floating in the air even when she stepped on the ground. Her heart was pounding with excitement, and her body was still trembling with nervousness and excitement.
"So flying with a sword is so cool! Brother, you never told me you could fly with a sword! How come you can do everything? That's amazing!"
"I have to slowly show my abilities so that you can feel fresh towards me every year. Otherwise, you'll get tired of me too quickly and you won't want me anymore."
"No, no, I'm not that kind of person."
Yun Jinglu couldn't stop smiling.
She turned around and prepared to enter the temple, then looked up and found that eight disciples of the Demon Control Sect were standing under the spacious temple gate.
She was so excited just now that she forgot to control the volume, so they must have been able to hear her conversation with Yun Jinglu clearly.
She asked Yun Jinglu awkwardly in a low voice: "When were they here?"
"It was already here when we landed."
"Then they heard everything?"
Afraid that she would feel embarrassed and uncomfortable, Yun Jinglu made up a story: "No, they are all poor people who were born deaf and dumb."
"So it was my brother who took them in?"
"Uh-huh."
"Alu, you are such a great leader."
"You think I'm good, that's enough. Let's go in and take a look."
Several disciples saluted silently, and she imitated their gestures and returned the greeting. Just like what she saw in Canghua Mountain, the disciples would return the greetings to each other.
Unexpectedly, they were so scared that they knelt down in a row with a plop.
"You won't let them get up?"
"It's not me they're kneeling to, so naturally you're the one who makes them stand up."
"Kneel before me? Why? They can't hear me, so what gestures should I use to tell them to stand up, in sign language."
"The Sect Master's wife returned the greeting, so they naturally had to respond with an even higher kneeling gesture."
Yun Jinglu held up her right hand and raised it, and glanced at them secretly, and they stood up.
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