Su Yuan leaned against the balcony. Beside him, Fufeng tried his best to shrink his presence. Su Yuan had no time to deal with this simple-minded guy for the moment.
Zhaozhao was absolutely right. Song Yao had found a place for her to live. Why would she choose not to live in the house her cousin had arranged and instead come to live with him?
It was strange for her to live with him.
It was a perfectly reasonable and obvious thing, yet Su Yuan couldn't understand why he just couldn't control his feelings of discomfort and anger.
They were just friends, and there was nothing unacceptable about that.
As he had said, he took Zhaozhao as a junior to take care of. Although Fufeng's words were unpleasant, they weren't wrong. But why was he so bothered by them?
Su Yuan couldn't figure it out, or rather, he didn't dare to.
Fufeng huddled in a corner, observing this Dragon Lord who was clearly still lost in love. After thinking for a while, he finally mustered up the courage to try to show his concern. "Did you quarrel with little Zhaozhao?"
Su Yuan felt uncomfortable hearing him call her like that. He frowned and reminded Fufeng, "Her name is Zhaozhao."
"Okay, okay." Fufeng raised his hands in surrender. What kind of baseless jealousy was this? He was really convinced.
"Then what happened between you and the girl in the room?" Fufeng changed his address and asked again. Then he got no answer...
"Nothing. Didn't you want to visit your old friends at the Monster Administration Bureau? Let's go."
Su Yuan wasn't used to sharing his thoughts with others, nor was he used to showing his pain. He had been alone for such a long time that he had long gotten used to it.
Even after he later established the Monster Administration Bureau and met Nanjia and the others, so much time had passed that he had already lost the ability to show weakness and confide in others.
Fufeng looked at Su Yuan's figure. How could he not understand? But it was precisely because he understood that he wanted to do something for this lord who had once saved his life.
How much of Fufeng's eagerness to come here, risking being punished by Su Yuan, was really out of curiosity to watch the fun? Only he himself knew.
"Lord Dragon, nowadays humans and demons co-govern the world. Humans are getting stronger day by day, and the strength of the Monster Administration Bureau should not be underestimated. The two sides are in balance. You... can take a break. Don't push yourself too hard."
Su Yuan paused for a moment. "I know what I'm doing."
"Su Yuan! You always say you know what you're doing. Do you really? Have you been soaking in that cold pool again? How's the sin karma on your body? If you still can't find that thing, are you really going to wait until you go mad and die?!"
This was the first time Fufeng dared to shout at Su Yuan like this.
Actually, Fufeng couldn't be blamed. It was Su Yuan who saved him during that great battle back then. When he was just a child with low magical powers, it was Su Yuan who took him under his wing, taught him magic, and taught him how to be a qualified King of the Underworld.
Su Yuan had never said much, but in Fufeng's heart, Su Yuan had reborn him. Of course, he wanted Su Yuan to be well.
"Nanjia told me everything. That little girl was by your side when your sin karma flared up in Wusuo Village. Maybe she—"
"Enough!" Su Yuan interrupted Fufeng sharply.
Inside the room, Zhaozhao got up from the sofa when she heard their quarrel. With worry in her eyes, she looked in their direction.
Su Yuan saw the little girl wearing his clothes. Her skin was very fair, and her whole being exuded a kind of pure innocence.
He raised his hand and traced Zhaozhao's outline through the glass door of the balcony. He sent a voice transmission to Fufeng. "Don't have any ideas about her. She has nothing to do with this."
Fufeng suddenly slumped his arms and sat on the ground dejectedly. His expression was listless. "I understand."
Su Yuan left the balcony. Zhaozhao skipped up to him and looked up at him. "Did you quarrel with Brother Yama?"
Su Yuan stared into her eyes and answered irrelevantly. "Why do you call Fufeng Brother Yama?"
Zhaozhao was taken aback for a moment and then said, "It seems so strange to call him just Yama directly, and it doesn't seem polite to call him by his name. After all, he's older than me and has helped me."
Su Yuan reached out and ruffled her hair. "It's also impolite to call someone brother casually."
"What should I do then?" Zhaozhao asked seriously.
Su Yuan's gaze unconsciously fell on her light pink lips. His Adam's apple bobbed up and down. He still remembered the touch of those lips, soft and warm...
Wait! What was he thinking?!
Su Yuan pushed Zhaozhao away as if facing a great enemy and turned into the study, leaving Zhaozhao standing there in a daze.
Su Yuan was so strange today. What on earth had happened to him?
When Fufeng came out through the balcony door, he saw Zhaozhao standing there stupidly. He sighed and asked, "Why are you the only one here? Where's Su Yuan?"
Zhaozhao pointed at the study door. "He went in there."
"Can I ask you a question?" Zhaozhao watched as Fufeng sat down on the sofa and then followed him over. She looked a bit hesitant.
Fufeng was lazy. "Sure, go ahead."
"Su Yuan seems unhappy. Do you know why?"
Fufeng thought to himself that he was also unhappy. He didn't want to care about Su Yuan's mood at all. He just wanted to go back to the Underworld now! Go back to watch dramas and eat fried chicken. He was too lazy to take care of this great Buddha anymore.
However, he still patiently asked Zhaozhao what had happened.
Zhaozhao told him obediently. Fufeng couldn't help but scoff after hearing it.
Some dragons might talk so uprightly, but they still couldn't control their possessiveness towards that little girl.
Oh well, forget it. Let's just say that he, the King of the Underworld, was kind-hearted and would help him out.
"Su Yuan has been alone for so many years. He's been lonely. Finally, he has a 'good friend' like you. Of course, he wants to live with you. It's so lonely to be alone! Right?" Fufeng tried his best to deceive the little girl.
Zhaozhao was a bit skeptical. Was Su Yuan... really that pitiful?
"Also, you can't just call others brother."
Zhaozhao asked, "Why?"
Fufeng whispered mysteriously, "The address 'brother' is so intimate! If you call others that, Su Yuan will feel that you're not closest to him. He'll feel left out. Do you understand what 'left out' means?"
Zhaozhao seemed to understand but also didn't quite understand. But... was it really like this?
Wasn't 'brother' just like 'sister'? It was a very common address, right?
Zhaozhao sat on the carpet in distress, resting her chin on her knees. Her head was buzzing.
Oh, it was so complicated! She couldn't figure it out.
"Fufeng, get in here."
Although Su Yuan had entered the study, his ears had been paying attention to the commotion outside.
At first, when he heard Fufeng persuading Zhaozhao to stay, he pretended not to know and didn't stop Fufeng from deceiving her. He gave himself a reason, thinking that he could better teach Zhaozhao if she stayed.
But then he heard Fufeng talking more and more out of line. Finally, Su Yuan couldn't bear it anymore.
The child was already a bit naive and couldn't distinguish these things clearly. With Fufeng's interference, it would only get more confusing.
Fufeng pouted and entered Su Yuan's study. Looking at the books spread out on the table, he asked curiously, "What are you looking for?"
Su Yuan had just received a call from Gu Qing. The little red maple tree he had asked Gu Qing to find had been located, which dispelled his previous doubts.
But thinking of the scene in the Ming Lake of Wuhuang Valley, Su Yuan felt a bit worried. So he came to the study to check if he could find any records.
Since Fufeng asked, Su Yuan just said, "I'm looking for information on what can survive without a heart."
Fufeng stretched lazily and casually said, "Ghosts. Ghosts who have cultivated into ghost cultivators don't have hearts."