"Child? What child?"
The woman walked ahead, still holding Mo Bai's left hand with her right.
Mo Bai was caught off guard and just followed the woman slowly.
He didn't like being touched by this woman, but it was different with Ning Ning.
Mo Bai noticed a bronze medal hanging around the woman's neck. Engraved on it were the characters "Mo Bai". That's why he didn't push away the woman's hand. This was the very medal he had tied around Zhao Shuning's neck himself.
Even though Mo Bai knew this might be an illusion, he still didn't break this rare tranquility.
Maybe it was because this illusion was the future he yearned for, so he was willing to indulge in it.
"Mo Bai, you—"
The woman stopped in her tracks. When she turned around, her face bumped right into Mo Bai's chest.
Mo Bai's heart skipped a beat. Just as the woman was about to pull away, Mo Bai wrapped his arm around her and pulled her into his embrace. Then, with a swift turn, he pinned Zhao Shuning against the wall.
The woman was trapped within Mo Bai's arms and couldn't move.
Mo Bai just stared at the woman in his arms. Her skin was as smooth as porcelain, and her lips were as red as cherries. They were so close that Mo Bai could clearly see the tiny down on her face.
He couldn't help but swallow hard.
The woman looked up at him.
"Mo Bai, what's wrong?"
"You're Ning Ning."
"Yes, I am. What's going on with you?"
"What's our relationship now?"
The woman in his arms smiled. Even a faint smile could stir up a storm in Mo Bai's heart.
"Mo Bai, are you silly? I'm your wife, and you're my husband. How could you forget this?"
Mo Bai stared at this unreal face.
Suddenly, he didn't want to leave.
For so many years, this was the first time he had seen her like this in a dream.
Mo Bai leaned down. His heavy breathing echoed in the woman's ear.
His voice was so magnetic, deep, and alluring.
"Since we're married, why don't you call me husband but call me by my name instead?"
The woman was stunned for a moment.
"If you want me to call you husband, I'll change my way of addressing you right now."
Did he want that?
Mo Bai surely did.
But at the same time, he didn't. He didn't want to hear her call him husband because he knew the woman in front of him wasn't the real Zhao Shuning.
Even if she did call him that, it would mean nothing.
"No need."
"Mo Bai, shall we go downstairs and take a look? There's a wedding today. While the child is sleeping, let's go to the door and have a look, okay?"
Facing this face,
Mo Bai really couldn't say no.
Amid the pushing and shoving, they reached the door.
At the front of the long procession, a man was riding a horse on the street.
"Who's that man in the blue robe?"
"Mo Bai, that's the groom today. He's so handsome. You'll see him clearly in a while."
The groom in blue?
Mo Bai was puzzled.
In all the weddings he had seen, the newly - weds always wore red robes. But this man was wearing a blue robe on his wedding day.
This dream was really strange.
"Who is this man?"
The woman beside him suddenly said, "He's my master, Yan Ruyu. Mo Bai, have you forgotten?"
Hearing what Zhao Shuning said, Mo Bai rubbed his eyes and finally saw clearly that the leading man was indeed Yan Ruyu.
This dream was really absurd.
Yan Ruyu was a millennium - old imperial teacher. How could he get married?
Mo Bai casually asked, "Ning Ning, do you know who Yan Ruyu's bride is?"
He just asked casually and didn't expect a definite answer. After all, this was all fake.
But the woman's tone changed at this moment.
"Of course, he's going to marry me."
Hearing this, Mo Bai quickly looked at Zhao Shuning beside him.
Before he knew it, the woman beside him had changed into a red wedding dress, wearing a phoenix crown and holding a wedding veil in her hand.
"Ning Ning, don't joke around."
"I'm not joking. Mo Bai, do you think my wedding dress looks good?"
"Ning Ning, take it off. You can't marry him."
Even in a dream, Mo Bai wouldn't allow Zhao Shuning to marry another man.
But at this moment, Yan Ruyu had already reached the door.
"Ning'er, I'm here to pick you up."
Zhao Shuning stretched out her right hand and leaped onto Yan Ruyu's horse.
Mo Bai narrowed his eyes dangerously. With a quick step, he blocked the horse.
"Ning Ning, you can only be my woman."
"But I don't like you."
"Nonsense. You clearly said before that we were married and we even had a child."
"Mo Bai, you're crazy. If we were married, why wouldn't I call you husband but call you by your full name?"
Mo Bai's head ached as if it was about to split.
This dream was so strange.
None of the details made sense.
He clearly knew this was just a dream, but Mo Bai still couldn't let go.
"Anyway, you can't leave."
"I'm going to leave."
"The wedding wine between me and Ning'er can surely be shared with you."
In a blink of an eye, the scene where Mo Bai was located shifted to a large courtyard. At this time, Yan Ruyu was holding a wine cup and standing side by side with Zhao Shuning, toasting Mo Bai.
Mo Bai angrily threw the cup on the ground and left without looking back.
When he reached the gate of the courtyard, he turned around and looked at the hustle and bustle inside. What a strange dream. He clearly knew it was all fake, but when he saw Zhao Shuning holding Yan Ruyu's arm, his heart still ached.
This feeling tortured Mo Bai.
He felt extremely disgusted.
He threw a match, and the large courtyard was soon engulfed in flames.
"Trifling skills, just a trick to deceive the eye."
Sure enough, after the courtyard burned down, the phantom beast he had subdued yesterday appeared in front of Mo Bai.
Phantom beasts were good at weaving dreams and creating illusions, making those trapped in the dream experience the most real emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.
A hundred years ago, because of the appearance of phantom beasts, many alchemists fell into a dream and never woke up.
Mo Bai was powerful and could surely see through all these.
Before, he didn't want to wake up just because he could see Zhao Shuning in this dream created by the phantom beast.
But once Ning Ning belonged to someone else, he could break free from the shackles quickly.
Because he knew that as long as he was alive, such a thing would never happen.
It was really ridiculous for this phantom beast to think that he could be trapped in this little dream and suffer.
Mo Bai stretched out his right hand and suddenly clenched it.
The core of the beast turned into powder.
The soul of the phantom beast in front of Mo Bai also vanished into thin air.
"Ning Ning will never belong to anyone else."
"She can only belong to me!"