Jun Lanran placed her hand on her ear. Her expression was rather paranoid.
Yuan Xin calmed himself down and listened for a while. "Lanran, I can't hear anything. Did you hear it wrong?"
"No. Can't you hear it? Brother Yuan, how could you not hear? There's a child laughing."
"Lanran, what's wrong with you?" Yuan Xin turned Jun Lanran's body around. How could she become so neurotic? Jun Lanran, the famous beauty of the Jun family, was known for her pride and cheerful personality. How could she be like this now, speaking incoherently?
"Lanran, you're sick. I'll find someone to treat you, okay?" Yuan Xin held Jun Lanran's hands.
Jun Lanran smiled. She slowly pulled Yuan Xin's hands away. Then, she walked under the pagoda tree, leaned against the trunk, and sat down.
Yuan Xin didn't know why she did this and could only watch her from the side. What on earth had she been through? A once so proud woman, how could she be so down and out today?
Jun Lanran sat on the ground and looked up. Yuan Xin was standing in the sunlight. After all these years, when she looked at him like this, Yuan Xin was still in the light. She couldn't touch him or have him.
"Brother Yuan, when you were intimate with me on the couch, the name you called out was Su Su. An Susu. She should be the woman in your heart, right?"
Yuan Xin didn't know how to answer. He could only say those three words: "I'm sorry."
"At that time, I was just thinking, how could you do this? You were thinking about An Susu in your heart, but you were holding me in your arms. Brother Yuan, why did you run away the next day?"
"I... I was a bit scared."
Jun Lanran laughed. "Right, you were scared. Of course you were scared. You were scared that I would pester you and never let you go again. Then you and An Susu would really have no chance. But Yuan Xin, you've waited for her for so many years. If she liked you, she would have accepted you long ago. Why are you deceiving yourself?"
Yuan Xin only had those three words: "I'm sorry."
Jun Lanran shook her head. Tears fell from her eyes.
"Yuan Xin." She no longer called him Brother Yuan. Because Brother Yuan was only a title for that elegant young man nineteen years ago. The person standing in front of her now was no longer her Brother Yuan.
"Lanran."
"Yuan Xin, you shouldn't have done this. You shouldn't have insulted me like this. The status of the Jun family in the Qingyun Kingdom is the same as that of your Yuan family in the Eastern Abyss Wilderness. Your Yuan family is a big family, and my Jun family is not a commoner family either."
"Why did you run away? You made a mistake back then. You could have explained it clearly to me. Why didn't you say anything? You made me have hope for you, hope for us, hope for our future. Yuan Xin, why? Why did you do this to me?"
Yuan Xin lowered his head. There were two people he was most sorry for in his life. One was the female emperor Ye Ling, the woman who taught him cultivation techniques and protected his family. The other was Jun Lanran in front of him.
To be honest, Yuan Xin had indeed been tempted when he faced Jun Lanran. At that time, Yuan Xin was already the head of the Yuan family, and he lived a very boring life every day. Jun Lanran was like an orchid blooming in a deep valley, appearing in front of Yuan Xin.
She was cheerful and lively, decisive in doing things, delicate and charming, kind - hearted, and never had any defensive heart against Yuan Xin. But she appeared too late.
Before Yuan Xin went to the Qingyun Kingdom, before he met Jun Lanran, he already had An Susu in his heart. Although An Susu had never given him a response, he still made a mistake.
That night, it could be said that he had drunk too much, but his consciousness was not that blurred. He knew that the person under him was Jun Lanran, not An Susu.
"I'm sorry, Lanran. Because you were engaged to the Wei family, I was afraid that what I did would cause a huge turmoil in the Qingyun Kingdom. At that time, I wouldn't be able to handle it. So, I was timid and I ran away."
"That marriage was never my own will. I've already told the people of the Wei family that the person I like is you. I won't marry into the Wei family."
"I'm sorry."
"Besides these three words, do you have anything else to say to me?"
Yuan Xin shook his head.
Jun Lanran stood up. She was unsteady on her feet and almost fell. Yuan Xin quickly held her hand. But strangely enough, there was not the slightest fluctuation of spiritual power in Jun Lanran's body at this time. Moreover, her body was very weak, showing a state of exhaustion.
Yuan Xin quickly let go of Jun Lanran's hand. There were many calluses on her palm. Just by touching them, one could tell that they were not sword calluses, but calluses accumulated from doing laundry and farm work for others for many years.
"What's going on? Lanran, where's your spiritual power? And your hand? How could this happen? Who bullied you? Tell me, and I'll surely get justice for you."
Jun Lanran broke free from his hand. She stared straight at Yuan Xin, making his hair stand on end.
"Don't you know what's wrong with my hand? Don't you know who bullied me?"
"Lanran, I—"
"You should say you're sorry, but this apology shouldn't be to me. Yuan Xin, you've never seen my contracted monster, right? I've never told you that my contracted monster is called the Flying Dragon Green Leaf Butterfly."
The Flying Dragon Green Leaf Butterfly. Isn't that Jun Xin's contracted monster?
"So?"
"It's Jun Xin's monster, right?"
Jun Lanran laughed. She walked towards Yuan Xin step by step. Yuan Xin stepped back.
The people of the Yuan family were very suspicious when they saw this scene. Why was the master so afraid of a woman without spiritual power?
"Yuan Xin, have you ever thought about why Jun Xin was born less than a year after you came back?"
Yuan Xin stepped back. His mind was in a complete mess.
"You... You're joking, Lanran. You're lying to me, right?"
"After you left, I was pregnant with your child. I secretly followed you to the Eastern Abyss Wilderness. I saw you drowning your sorrows in wine every day. Then, I went back to the Jun family. I canceled the engagement and severed ties with the Jun family, all for the sake of bringing your child to the Eastern Abyss Wilderness to join you. Because of my matter, I've already brought shame to the Jun family. I couldn't stay in the Jun family anymore. Otherwise, the people of the Jun family would never be able to hold their heads up again."
Jun Lanran's expression was thought - provoking. "I thought that even if you didn't like me, you wouldn't abandon your own child, right?"
Yuan Xin was panicked. There were big beads of sweat on his forehead. At this moment, his heart felt as if it was being pressed by a thousand - year - old stone, and he couldn't breathe. But Jun Lanran didn't intend to let him go.
"Yuan Xin, am I sorry for you? Your daughter doesn't have the surname Yuan. Instead, she has the same surname as me, Jun."