"Brother, you're not leaving this time after coming to the Continent of Nine Provinces, right?"
Feng Zhan looked at Yu Ge, then swallowed hard, stepped forward, and said, "No, I'll stay here to accompany you."
Yan Ruyu smiled, a happy smile, completely different from before. It seemed that this great battle had even changed his personality.
"What are you smiling at?"
Yan Ruyu replied, "I'm smiling because what Mother told me before was inaccurate."
Yu Ge asked, "What?"
Yan Ruyu explained, "Mother told me that I have the fate of a millennium lone evil, doomed to be alone for a thousand years. Even those close to me won't accompany me for long. But look, Brother has also come to the Continent of Nine Provinces. I know the bloodline of the Feng family well. There won't be sudden deaths. So, that so - called fate of a millennium lone evil must be just a random saying and not to be taken seriously."
The smile on Yu Ge's face froze. Looking at the smiling Buran, she felt extremely heart - ache. She turned her head, turned her back, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Feng Qingchen turned around and said, "Zhan'er, talk to your younger brother for a while. I'll talk to your mother for a few words and then come back."
"Okay."
Feng Qingchen hugged Yu Ge and walked towards a big tree on the other side of the Divine Mountain.
Yan Ruyu watched the figures of his mother and father embracing each other. He felt extremely happy. Before his eyes, a scene seemed to flash by. It was him, hugging a woman in red.
"Buran, are you okay?" Feng Zhan asked.
Yan Ruyu replied, "I'm fine."
"Why are you looking at Father and Mother like that?"
Yan Ruyu said, "I just think the relationship between Father and Mother is really good."
Feng Zhan lowered his eyes and sighed. Without that little girl, Buran had become more and more strange. The smile on his face was so bright, but the smile in his eyes could never reach his heart. This Buran made Feng Zhan feel a bit uncomfortable. He would rather Buran be the same as before. Even if it was just a few words from him, it could still make him angry.
"Buran, are you really okay?"
Yan Ruyu nodded and asked doubtfully, "Brother, what do you think could be wrong with me?"
Feng Zhan quickly shook his head and waved his hands. "Nothing, nothing."
Oh my god. Staying with Buran now was more terrifying than killing him. Feng Zhan was really afraid that if he said the wrong thing, the Buran in front of him would lose control.
In the distance, Yu Ge finally couldn't hold back when she reached the big tree. She lay on Feng Qingchen's chest and sobbed softly. Feng Qingchen gently patted Yu Ge's back. Seeing Ge'er so sad, Feng Qingchen's heart sank to the bottom.
"A Li, it's all our sin. No, it's all your father's sin." Yu Ge had no place to vent, so she was being unreasonable and blamed it on the ancient Great Emperor of Eternity.
Feng Qingchen was helpless and could only comfort her softly, "Yes, yes, it's all my fault."
Yu Ge said with a crying voice, "It is your fault. Tell me, why? Our Buran is so sensible. He was the child I carried for ten months and gave birth to with great pain. He has your blood in his veins. What does he have to do with that ancient old man who has passed away? He has never seen Buran or held him. Why should he place such a heavy burden on a child?"
"I thought Buran would live an ordinary life, just like Jin'er."
The more Yu Ge talked, the more emotional she became. "Buran has been so sensible since he was a child. When he was born, you weren't by my side. It was Aunt who helped with the delivery. He was so young and had to drift with Aunt. He suffered so much. When he came back to us, do you really think he didn't remember anything? But he never blamed us."
"We, as his parents, originally thought we could protect him well after he came back safely. But you, somehow got some ancient book and insisted that there was a power in Buran's body left by your father, the Great Emperor of Eternity, thousands of years ago. You also said he was the founding ancestor of the Continent of Nine Provinces. Since he was born, he has had to bear the fate of a millennium lone evil."
The fate of a millennium lone evil. At first glance, it's just a few simple words. But for a thousand years of loneliness, Buran really spent it alone. Just thinking about that kind of life makes one know how sad it is. But when Buran saw them again, there was no trace of complaint on his face. He never told them how difficult his thousand - year life had been. He didn't even show a tired look in front of them.
"Is that little girl really...?"
Feng Qingchen shook his head. "Ge'er, some things are predestined."
"But man can conquer nature, right? You also defied fate back then."
Feng Qingchen sighed. "Ge'er, things have come to this. From now on, we have to try our best to soothe Buran's emotions. His current state is very scary."
Buran now didn't really forget that little girl, Zhao Shuning. He just couldn't accept it. He couldn't accept that the little girl had disappeared from his life forever.
Zhao Shuning was a ray of sunshine in his lonely and dark days for hundreds and thousands of years. Now that the light was gone, Buran's heart was lost.
The importance of Zhao Shuning to Buran was just like Yu Ge to Feng Qingchen. She was the medicine that had penetrated into the bone marrow and couldn't be quit. She was the tendon that had penetrated into the flesh and couldn't be broken. How could he forget Zhao Shuning? He couldn't forget. He was just too scared and didn't want to accept it. So he suppressed this person and this feeling deep in his heart. As long as someone mentioned it. No. Or even without anyone mentioning it, he would think of her.
Yu Ge also knew that deep in Buran's heart, he was going through extremely painful struggles.
"Will Buran get better?"
"Buran has never run away from anything since he was a child."
Even when Yu Ge and Feng Qingchen disappeared, and Feng Zhan and Feng Lingtong were also missing, although he was flustered, he still calmly dealt with these things. They were his closest relatives, and he chose to face them directly. But now—
"Things will work out in the end, Ge'er. Don't think too much."
Yu Ge felt extremely heart - ache. She looked in Yan Ruyu's direction, steadied her mind, straightened up, and said, "Let's go. Take Buran back first. He needs a good rest now."
"Take care of things in the Heavenly Realm and the Underworld, A Li. In the Underworld, Big Sister and the others definitely won't touch Buran. In the Heavenly Realm, if they dare—"
Feng Qingchen quickly said, "With me here, they won't."
Yu Ge felt relieved. She took Feng Qingchen's arm, put on a smile again, and walked towards Yan Ruyu.
When Yan Ruyu saw his father and mother coming, he stood up with Feng Zhan.
"Buran, let's go back first."
The familiar sharp pain struck again. The intense pain made Yan Ruyu's vision start to blur with multiple images.
"Buran, what's wrong with you?" Yu Ge quickly supported him.
Yan Ruyu endured the pain and looked up. Just as he was about to speak, he saw a woman behind his mother smiling at him and reaching out her hand.
"Buran, don't scare Mother. What's wrong with you?"
Yan Ruyu smiled faintly. "Mother, I'm so tired."
As the words "so tired" fell, Yan Ruyu's world spun. He completely lost consciousness.