Gong Mingyue's lips curled up slightly, a sickly smile that met her eyes. He was domineering and obsessive. Ji Jiuying couldn't understand the emotions in his eyes. She subconsciously swallowed. For the first time, she felt that the night was so long.
"You guessed right..."
However, just when Ji Jiuying thought he would let go of her, his devilishly handsome face lowered, and his cool lips covered hers, cautiously rather than tentatively, sometimes gentle and sometimes domineering.
"You guessed right? If she guessed correctly, why treat her like this!" Ji Jiuying was both angry and furious, her eyes wide, her whole body shrouded in his shadow, somewhat at a loss.
Even with his handsome face so close to hers, she was still captivated. She knew she liked him and didn't reject his advances.
Gong Mingyue noticed her expression, slightly opened his eyes, and looked at the tender love in her eyes, his heart skipped a beat!
What was he doing? How could he be so out of control with her?
Suddenly, he abruptly released Ji Jiuying, turning his back to her so that his emotions were unreadable: "You should rest."
After saying that, he left without looking back, leaving Ji Jiuying completely bewildered. What happened to him?
She reached up and touched her lips. Oh well, she'd see him again tomorrow.
In the darkness, a pair of eyes watched her every move until she went to bed to rest, then quietly left. Ji Jiuying opened her eyes with a jolt. It seemed he had really forgotten her. Was he looking at her with such intense eyes, as if afraid she wouldn't notice?
Gong Mingyue soaked in the pool. Even though the temperature had dropped to freezing, he still couldn't suppress the heat in his body. Those clear, loving eyes kept appearing in his mind, and he kept recalling that softness.
He closed his eyes, tilted his head back, and leaned against the edge of the pool. Suddenly, fragmented images flashed through his mind: steam rising from the pool, mist swirling around, sunlight shining through the layers of mist onto the girl's face, and the girl leaning against the pool in the same posture with her eyes closed.
Her long, black hair flowed freely in the water, with a few strands clinging to her fair shoulders and collarbone... Gong Mingyue suddenly opened his slightly reddened eyes, his throat bobbing involuntarily.
This woman, whom he had never seen before since losing his memory, repeatedly drove him to the brink of madness...
Splash! A sound of water rang out as Gong Mingyue submerged his head in the pool, trying to calm himself down.
——
In the Demon Realm.
A man with golden eyes stood in the cave, lingering there for a long time, his eyes filled with reluctance to part with her.
Let's wait, she'll come back to the Demon Realm...
——
Early the next morning.
A door opened and Ji Jiuying emerged from the room. Yingyue and Wuxin, who were hiding in the shadows, stared wide-eyed in shock. Why was the mistress here? And why did she come out of the master's room?
Swish!
Two figures appeared out of thin air in front of Ji Jiuying, and said in surprise, "Mistress, you're back."
"Shadow Moon, Heartless."
Seeing the surprise in their eyes, Ji Jiuying realized they didn't know she had returned.
"Mistress, aren't you in the Demon Realm? How come..."
"A-Yue brought me here. By the way, where's Yin Han? How is he?"
Yin Han was with her in the secret realm, and he didn't know if he and his second uncle had come out safely.
"Yin Han is fine, he's just been sent out on business by his master. Oh, and mistress, Feng Che has also come out, but he's gone to Blue Star Academy now," Yingyue said, then took out a communication stone to let Feng Che know she was safe, so he wouldn't be distracted.
Ji Jiuying looked at Yingyue with a puzzled expression, "What is Second Uncle going to Blue Star for?"
Yingyue and Wuxin exchanged a glance and told Ji Jiuying everything they had found out about the Soul-Locking Needle and Feng Lan. Ji Jiuying frowned upon hearing this. The person behind the Soul-Locking Needle and the disappearance of Feng Lan both pointed to Lanxing and Yucheng? A flash of inspiration quickly passed through her mind, but she couldn't quite grasp it.
"It seems that I will have to make a trip to Blue Star and Jade City in a while."
Whether it's the person behind it or the person who took her mother away, she has to investigate them thoroughly. She has a feeling that the person behind it must know about her ascension, so her appearance in Jade City and Blue Star is very likely to expose his true colors.
Yingyue and Wuxin nodded. Wuxin, remembering something, asked with a puzzled look, "By the way, mistress, I would like to ask what exactly you did in the Dragon Clan's secret realm, and why it attracted divine punishment?"
Ji Jiuying also remembered those divine punishments. She had forgotten to ask Gong Mingyue last night, but she was afraid he wouldn't tell her even if she asked.
"Was it Ah Yue who shielded me from divine punishment?"
Yingyue and Wuxin nodded to each other again. Apart from their master, probably no one could withstand those divine punishments!
"Is he alright? Is he injured anywhere?"
Ji Jiuying asked nervously and anxiously.
"My master suffered the backlash of divine punishment and was unconscious for ten days. After hearing that the secret realm was closed, my master went to Julong Lake. Later, I don't know what happened, but he went to the barrier of the demon realm."
Upon hearing this, a hint of worry flashed across Ji Jiuying's eyes. At the same time, she remembered that she had previously triggered the Threads of Love in the Demon Realm. Could this fool be trying to come to the Demon Realm to save her? Fortunately, she got out quickly. If he had forcibly broken through the Demon Realm's barrier, she couldn't imagine the consequences.
“Yingyue, do you have some time lately? I’d like you to go and take a look at Cangming. I’ve been feeling uneasy lately, like something’s going to happen.” Ji Jiuying said to Yingyue, seemingly thinking of something.
Yingyue lowered his eyes. He wanted to go too, but now his master... Just as he hesitated, an indifferent voice came to his mind: "Since she asked you to go, then go."
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