When Yaohua saw him coming, the light returned to her previously listless eyes. She sat up briskly and coquettishly said, "Why did you come back so late?"
Chongming quickly sat down on the edge of the bed and placed his hand on her forehead to check her temperature.
Yaohua couldn't help laughing. "You fool. I'm from the Phoenix Clan. I won't get a fever like a mortal. What's the use of checking my forehead temperature?"
Only then did Chongming realize that his excessive concern had made him flustered. He said rather sheepishly, "It's my fault. Where are you hurt?"
Yaohua pointed to her chest. Chongming was greatly alarmed. A chest injury could be fatal. He immediately rummaged through his space for medicine.
But Yaohua held his hand and softly said, "My injury is not on my body but in my heart."
Chongming thought of those people outside and finally understood. "The engagement rumor is completely baseless. Don't worry. Even if there was really an engagement, I would find a way to cancel it."
He lowered his voice. "I only want to be engaged to you."
Yaohua was somewhat touched, but the system quietly said, "Host, don't believe him so easily. A man's words are often deceiving!"
Yaohua ignored it and seriously said, "Now the rumors outside are flying everywhere, and Fairy Caixia is about to force a marriage. I want to take this opportunity to hold a banquet for the Three Realms and give you a proper status."
Chongming was slightly stunned, then showed a faint smile. "Okay. When shall we set the date?"
"Next month," Yaohua pondered. "We need time to prepare for the wedding banquet. We also have to send out invitations and embroider the wedding dress..."
The date for the official wedding was set, and the venue was on Mount Danxue. Yaohua sent a message to her clan members and then prepared to embroider the red veil herself.
She sat in the room, carefully embroidering stitch by stitch. After half a day, she held up the veil and frowned. "This mandarin duck is so difficult to embroider!"
"It's not that the mandarin duck is difficult to embroider. You simply don't know how to embroider," the system mocked. "Look at your fingers. You've pricked yourself so many times just embroidering the head. You might as well just buy a veil."
Yaohua pouted. "So what? It's my own wedding, so I should embroider it myself."
At this moment, the door was pushed open, and several elder brothers walked in.
The eldest brother, Yanling, carried a redwood tray and smiled. "Sister, Father heard that you're getting married and specially found the wedding dress that Mother wore back then for you."
The second brother, Feng Jing, said, "This is the phoenix coronet that Mother used back then."
The other elder brothers were all holding various things in their hands, all glittering with jewels and making people marvel.
The sixth brother, Mo Qing, came over with a smile and looked at the red veil in her hand.
Yaohua instinctively wanted to dodge, but he still saw the embroidery pattern on the veil.
He praised, "Sister, this duck you embroidered is really nice!"
Yaohua was speechless. "This is a mandarin duck!"
After a short period of joking and teasing, the elder brothers sighed. "I can't believe that in the blink of an eye, you're going to get married."
Yaohua also felt a bit sad. But then she thought of something and smiled. "Whether I get married or not doesn't affect our relationship. I'll still come back home often even after I'm married. This wedding is just to give Chongming a proper status."
"Give him a proper status?" the second brother, Feng Jing, asked doubtfully. "Does that mean he's going to marry into our family?"
Yaohua nodded with a smile.
Hearing this, the elder brothers felt a bit more at ease.
After they left, Yaohua continued to struggle with the veil in her hand.
The system really couldn't stand it anymore and joked, "Host, you're being too love - struck. It's just a mandarin - duck veil. Is it really worth being so serious about?"
In its opinion, even if the veil was finally embroidered, it wouldn't be as nice as the one bought.
But Yaohua was very proud. "You've never been married, so of course you don't understand."
Just then, a paper crane flew to her side. She tapped the paper crane, and her expression changed slightly.
The system asked doubtfully, "Whose message is it?"
"It's from Zhao Wu," Yaohua said with pursed lips. "He's questioning me why I'm suddenly getting married."
For a moment, she was in a complete mess. Memories of her past with Zhao Wu flashed through her mind, and she didn't know how to deal with this demon who had been so kind to her.
The system sighed. "You have to solve the romantic debts you've incurred yourself."
Yaohua actually felt a bit guilty towards Zhao Wu. Although he had done many evil deeds, he had always been extremely kind to her. Not only had he helped her many times, but he had also often been ostracized by the Demon Clan because of this.
If it weren't for Zhao Yue's sister - brother affection, Zhao Wu would probably have died a long time ago.
However, she really couldn't reciprocate his feelings. Instead, she had taken advantage of him several times out of necessity.
After much thought, Yaohua came to the barrier.
Outside the barrier, Zhao Wu was looking inside restlessly. When Yaohua appeared, he immediately questioned her. "What on earth is going on? Why are you suddenly going to marry Chongming?"
Yaohua was a bit afraid to face him. "We're in love with each other, so we're going to get married."
Zhao Wu questioned in disbelief, "Then what am I?"
Yaohua said rather embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Zhao Wu. I lied to you before to achieve my goals. Actually, I've never liked you."
Zhao Wu felt as if a string in his head had snapped. "Never liked me? All the sweet words you said to me before were just to take advantage of me?"
Yaohua lowered her head in embarrassment. "I'm sorry..."
Zhao Wu felt a surge of anger. He angrily said, "Fine. Since you have no feelings for me at all, I don't have to be polite to you anymore."
He took out a talisman and pasted it on the barrier. Immediately, a big hole appeared in the barrier. He rushed in through the hole and was about to forcefully take Yaohua away.
Just then, Chongming flew over and protected Yaohua behind him. "How dare you be so presumptuous!"
When rivals in love meet, their hatred burns. Seeing Chongming come, Zhao Wu not only didn't stop but also used all his strength to attack him. "I want you dead!"
Chongming didn't care about anything else. He unsealed a seal in his body to resist the surging demonic qi.
Boom!
The two sides collided, making a huge noise. In the end, Zhao Wu was a bit weaker and was blasted out of the barrier.
Zhao Wu fell to the ground in a sorry state, his eyes full of scarlet. "Bitch, you two just wait. One day, I'll make you crawl at my feet and beg for mercy!"
Qingque watched this scene from the side and secretly mocked in his heart. Trying to snatch the bride so openly on the wedding day, Zhao Wu was really too impulsive. No wonder he hadn't been able to win the beauty's heart after so long.
He turned around and left. With jealousy towards Chongming and hatred towards Yaohua, he rushed to a black volcano.
Zhao Yue was meditating and practicing in seclusion inside, so she hadn't taken action personally recently.
The inside of the mountain was full of flowing black magma. She sat in the middle, and a continuous stream of black fire energy entered her body.
Sensing someone entering, she opened her eyes.
Qingque said, "Chongming and Yaohua are going to get married."