White fog on the river
He walked slowly towards them, and when his toes stepped lightly on the water, ripples appeared on the surface and the ethereal sound of dripping water could be heard.
Yuanli telepathically communicated with Hengjin and asked, "The white mist, the floating coffin, and the man walking on the river as if it were flat ground—they look very much like the Jiang Chen, Xie Yuan's subordinate, that Heqi told me about back in Yuemang Mountain. You should know Jiang Chen, right? Could this be the Baiwu River?"
Heng Jin responded by squeezing Yuan Li's hand twice with a little more force.
"Look, Heng Jin, you once said that the heavens have eyes. I didn't believe it before, but now seeing your end, I think it's somewhat believable. The lover you got by breaking up someone's marriage will eventually be returned by the arrangement of the wise heavens. Your new love, just like Li Wan, fell in love with her fiancé first. Haha, it's really a blessing from heaven. I was just worrying about killing the wrong person and how to do it again, and she came to me personally for him, hahaha..."
"Jiang Chen, it seems you haven't fully remembered the last time you crawled back to the bottom of the White Mist River to sleep and recuperate."
"Isn't this an invitation for you to try sleeping in the White Mist River?" After saying that, Jiang Chang turned around and walked into the white mist, and the sounds he made when walking were completely hidden.
"Do you know Jiang Chang?" Yuanli asked.
"Yeah, I just didn't expect that he could drag people into the Baiwu River without anyone noticing. It's my fault for not being on guard."
Heng Jin transformed into his true form, unsealed his divine power, and stood up to examine the coffin. It was empty, though the wood was slightly rotten and dirty. He transformed his right hand into a true-body wing, plucked a feather, and threw it into the water. It transformed into a seemingly ordinary coffin, and he took Yuanli by the hand and jumped into it, closing the lid.
The coffin was a bit cramped, a bit smaller than a double coffin, but larger than a single coffin. They couldn't fit side by side, so they had to lie sideways, embracing each other, with no way to retreat. When Heng Jin led her into the coffin, she hadn't realized it was so small. Now, facing him, there was some room, but not much, not enough for her to turn around. His feather-made coffin looked like an ordinary one, but it was much softer than the one she had just sat in.
"Since you transformed from feathers, can't you make them bigger?"
As she finished her words, the coffin loosened slightly, just enough for them to lie flat, but only wide enough for the two of them to sit side by side. Suddenly, the dark coffin was illuminated by a faint red light. Heng Jin was holding a red string used by the matchmaker, wrapping it around their clasped hands several times before tying a knot. The light from the string was soft and faint, just enough for her to see his face clearly.
After tying her up, Heng Jin lay on her side, looking at her, and asked, "Do you really dislike sleeping with me in your arms? You used to like it, why don't you like it now? Is it because I'm not that wild man?"
"I liked you before, so I can't like you now? Haven't you seen my husband? You who are with me now are the wild man, right?"
"I'm not, he is! Ah Li, the second life is over, he is no longer your husband. If you insist on thinking that he is, then I am also the husband you married, my good and unfaithful wife, I am the husband you married for the first time. You promised me your lifelong marriage, even if you are temporarily dazzled by a wild man, you still have to remember these words, and you still have to love me the most."
"Axun and I agreed that even if we perish in this mortal world, he would still marry me again in the netherworld after death. How can a husband who has never been married not be considered a husband?"
Heng Jin was so angry that he took several deep breaths to calm down. He remained patient with her and said gently, "It's okay, Yuan'er. I have plenty of ways to prevent you from getting married with him in the underworld. Even if we get married, so what? I will tie you back to me even if I have to tie you up." He used a little trick to make the coffin return to its previous size, and quickly hugged her back in his arms. By the time she reacted, she was already tightly held in his arms.
He rubbed her head with his chin tenderly and said, "Yuanli, you can only be mine."
"Let go of me, Heng Jin. Why should everything you say be true? You are so arrogant and domineering!"
"You were the one who told me to quickly return to my Heng Jin ways. You were the one who said you wouldn't regret anything Heng Jin did to you. I'm not his type. I'll never give in on you. Even if you want to leave me, I can't. I have plenty of ways to win your heart back. Get to know me again slowly, Yuanli. This is my nature."
Yuanli wanted to break free from his arms, and even tried to use her own divine power to change the size of the coffin, but it was useless.
She glared at him with hatred and said, "I will never share everything of my husband with another woman. Therefore, Heng Jin, you will never be worthy of my heart again."
He retracted his arm around her, bringing them closer together. He lowered his eyes and gazed at her tenderly and lovingly, "I, Heng Jin, swear hereby that if ever I fall in love with someone else, if I have feelings for anyone other than you, I will be punished by heaven and earth, and I will perish and disappear, never to be reincarnated again."
At this moment, Yuanli's heart was filled with ripples for him again, and she just wanted to slap herself a few times to wake herself up.
"I don't believe that you don't have me in your heart at all, even though you lied all the time and said you wanted to leave me."
Outside the coffin, the mermaid's singing begins. The voice is like the sound of nature, plaintive and lamentable, as if telling of a thousand years of loneliness and longing, irresistible and irresistible, making one unconsciously indulge in it. He Qi once said that the moment the mermaid's singing begins, it will take one back to the time they most desire to return to, but the coffin will eventually be overturned by the mermaid, and after sinking into the river, they will wake up for a moment before quickly sinking back into the dream, until the dream collapses as their memories fade, and they become a wandering soul without memory or consciousness.
Yuanli forced herself to break away from the attraction of the mermaid's beautiful singing. She didn't want to end it here, but she soon sank into it again. Hengjin's face gradually became blurred. She wanted to grab him, like grabbing a life-saving straw.
The desire to relax reached its peak, and a smile appeared on Heng Jin's blurred face again. He lowered his head and kissed her lips. With the lingering touch he brought, Yuanli's consciousness slowly returned, and his face and her touch began to become clear. Yuanli's powerful desire replaced it with a kiss. Don't let go, you can survive.
Gradually, Yuanli's jaw became numb and painful from the kiss. As soon as she relaxed her grip, she felt her body begin to sag and sink. Using the red string to bind her, she pressed herself back, turning passive into active. But her consciousness ultimately overwhelmed her, and she fell asleep.
When she opened her eyes again, she was already in a soft bed filled with pleasant fragrance. The familiar aroma made her let down her guard instantly and she felt that she was home and safe.
A pair of large hands trembled as they fumbled anxiously and carefully under the covers until they felt her presence and pulled her up. The moment her head emerged from the covers, the fragrance became even stronger.
"Don't be afraid, no bad guy will hurt you, no need to hide anymore."
It was obviously he who was trembling with fear, and it was also he who spoke with a heavy nose from crying, but his first words were never to blame, nor himself. He would only comfort her not to be afraid, that no bad person would hurt him again, and that she didn't need to hide anymore.
It was still the familiar bed of A-Cha in the Netherworld Palace, the familiar A-Cha, everything was exactly the same, the difference was that she was in human form, no longer just a small blue fireball.
On numerous occasions like this, Yuanli had always assumed he was afraid of the dark, so she would wait in his arms until he calmed down and stopped trembling, then immediately crawl out of bed and return to the lotus lantern by his bedside, striving to keep its flames burning brightly, trying her best to dispel the darkness in the chamber. Although she also worried that it was too bright, keeping him awake for the rest of the night, she would just watch over him until he fell asleep due to fatigue. It wasn't until she heard him say in person at the inn that he wasn't afraid of the dark, but that he was afraid she would disappear and he wouldn't be able to find her.
She patted his back, caressing it gently and responding to him softly, "I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere and I won't disappear. Don't be afraid, A-Cha."
"Okay, don't go anywhere, stay with me forever..."
Before she could hear Cha Suxun finish his words, she was lost in thought, transformed back into a fireball, nestled within the lotus lantern. Just as she was wondering, Cha Suxun, wearing his familiar, loose, dark-patterned black robe, sat down beside her on the couch. He took out an echoing conch and placed it on top of the small cabinet where her lantern sat, right next to the base.
"Did you sleep well last night? Did you have any new dreams? What pattern should we draw today?"
Yuanli didn't have any sweet dreams, so naturally she didn't immediately and excitedly describe to him what pattern she wanted like she had in the past.
He paused and said, "It seems that last night's dream was not sweet."
"Paint the flames."
Cha Suxun was stunned for a moment and asked, "Which one do you want to draw?"
Yuanli descended from the lotus lantern, transforming her flames into two small hands. She came to Cha Suxun's couch. She carefully examined the patterns on each conch, finally spotting the one with the ear. She lifted the conch and placed it to her ear, but there was no sound. She held it in front of Cha Suxun and placed it in his palm. "Will the conch break? There's no sound now. Listen."
Cha Suxun put it to her ear and listened, then frowned and asked in confusion, "How could the conch be broken?" He looked at her again and said, "Don't worry, I'll find a way to fix it for you."
"How do I fix it? Can I fix it now?"
"It can't be fixed now. I have to go to the East Sea to ask Suicune first to see if he can fix it. Are you in a hurry? I'll go to the East Sea to find Suicune after I finish what I'm doing, okay?"
"good."
Yuanli followed Cha Suxun to his study, and lay on another lotus lantern on his desk, watching him handle official business. While waiting for him to finish his business and go to the East China Sea to find Suicune to repair her conch, she lay down and thought of a way to escape.
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