Zhaozhao left such a remark and didn't bother to care about Suyuan's reaction behind her. Instead, she ran straight towards Chengsang.
"Fifth Senior Brother, let's go back." Zhaozhao nudged Chengsang's shoulder and then walked towards the community gate first. Chengsang was stunned for a moment. His drooping eyelids seemed to be lost in thought. After two or three seconds, he slowly started to follow his junior sister. When they reached the community gate, he somehow looked back at Suyuan.
The man standing in front of the greenhouse seemed to be in a daze, but Chengsang knew he wasn't. The words his junior sister had said had faintly reached his ears, making his mood drop. All the things he had envisioned before were no longer valid. The future he had looked forward to seemed to be gone. His junior sister had found the person she liked, and he was doomed to be just an on - looker, an admirer, and a peeper in the dark.
"Fifth Senior Brother, what are you thinking? Hurry up and catch up!" Zhaozhao noticed that her fifth senior brother was getting distracted more and more often. Standing not far ahead, she couldn't help but urge him.
Hearing his junior sister's call, Chengsang shook his head helplessly and let out a couple of bitter smiles before catching up.
"I'm coming right away! Don't worry. I'll always catch up with you..." Only Chengsang himself knew how many meanings were hidden in this sentence.
I don't know how much time had passed. After Suyuan had left the community, a figure slowly emerged from behind a big tree far from the greenhouse. It was actually Lou Qingzhuo, who had been guarding downstairs of Zhaozhao's apartment building before.
Lou Qingzhuo had been guarding downstairs of Zhaozhao's apartment building. He originally wanted to find an opportunity to get close to Zhaozhao. But then he saw Zhaozhao go out with a strange man, so he decided to follow them. Unexpectedly, he was forced to hear Zhaozhao's heartfelt confession to Suyuan. He was so angry that he felt like his chest was about to explode.
While being angry, he couldn't help but blame the man beside Zhaozhao in his heart.
He could tell that the man obviously liked Zhaozhao too. The way he looked at Zhaozhao was full of affection. As a man, when faced with the woman he loved running towards another man and making a passionate confession, how could he remain indifferent?! If it were Lou Qingzhuo himself, he would never be able to tolerate it.
But right now, he didn't have the time to care about his rival's reaction. Just hearing Zhaozhao's confession from afar had almost touched his heart, let alone Ruyuan, who already had feelings for Zhaozhao. Now it was all right. If these two really got together because of this confession, what should he do? Could he still snatch the little girl from Suyuan's hands?
No, he definitely couldn't just sit back and do nothing. It seemed that it was time for him to take the initiative!
Having made up his mind, Lou Qingzhuo also turned around and left the community.
Zhaozhao and Chengsang returned to the apartment. Zhaozhao took out the tree branch from her cloth bag and placed it on the coffee table in the living room. She looked up at her fifth senior brother opposite, her eyes looking like she was seeking help.
"Fifth Senior Brother, are you sure you didn't misread what you said before?" Zhaozhao nervously looked at the tree branch over and over again.
She didn't know if it was because of what her senior brother had said, but the more she looked at the tree branch, the more familiar it seemed. It seemed as if it had really fallen off her body.
Seeing her nervous look, Chengsang reached out and took the tree branch. Then he held her shoulders and said seriously, "Zhaozhao, I'm sure I didn't misread. But you don't need to be nervous. No matter what happens, senior brother will be with you. We'll find out the reason together, okay?"
"Okay." Zhaozhao nodded. "So what should we do now? How can we confirm whether it really came from me?"
Chengsang smiled and tapped his junior sister's forehead. "It's obvious that you didn't listen to Master carefully. You also didn't read the books Master told you to, right? Did you just follow your third senior brother running all over Wutong Mountain and being lazy?"
Zhaozhao covered her forehead and shifted her gaze guiltily, looking around. Because her fifth senior brother was right. She really wasn't very hard - working at that time. She was very playful. Most of the time, as long as her third senior brother said a few words, she would follow him. Most of the time, she had to finish the tasks left by Master in the middle of the night.
"Okay, senior brother will teach you what to do." Chengsang didn't scold his junior sister. Instead, he just looked at her tolerantly. "To see if it has the same origin as your original form, you first have to show your demon form."
"Okay." Zhaozhao nodded after hearing her senior brother's words. Spiritual energy surrounded her. A pair of tree - branch - like horns, similar to dragon horns, began to grow on her forehead. Her hair grew very long and dragged all the way to the ground.
She completely restored her demon form.
Chengsang held his breath. His eyes were firmly fixed on his junior sister, and his breathing became much lighter, as if he was afraid that he would startle Zhaozhao in front of him with one careless move.
No matter how many times he saw it, he would still be touched by his junior sister's appearance. Noble, sacred and inviolable, with a trace of mysterious aura from ancient times, it was fascinating.
"Then what should I do, senior brother?"
Chengsang came back to his senses. He picked up the tree branch on the table and said softly, "You're a tree demon who has already taken form. If a tree branch belongs to you, no matter what disguise it has, its root will never change. Now try to use your spiritual power to control it. Let it follow your will, let it take root, grow and sprout. It would be even better if it could bloom."
Zhaozhao took the tree branch from her senior brother half - believingly. It was easy for her to make it sprout. After all, it was originally a dead tree, and it had sprouted again because of her spiritual power. But she wasn't sure if it could take root.
She had once tried to save a dying tree on Wutong Mountain. But at that time, the tree's roots were completely dead. No matter how hard she tried, it was useless. Since then, Zhaozhao had probably understood one thing. Maybe she could make many plants bloom, but she couldn't bring them back to life.
Zhaozhao closed her eyes and urged her spiritual power, injecting it into the tree branch.
After a moment, the tree branch actually took root! It also grew many leaves. It no longer looked like a simple tree branch, but rather like a young sapling. Its roots grew crazily.
"Zhaozhao, stop..." Chengsang stopped his junior sister's action and motioned for her to look at the tree branch.
Zhaozhao opened her eyes and was stunned by what she saw. "This... How could this be? It's really my tree branch?! But I clearly didn't..."
Her mind was in a complete mess. Zhaozhao couldn't sort out the relationship for a moment. She suddenly remembered what Zhuang Ming had said. So, was the big tree that Zhuang Ming's mother was looking for actually her?
Zhaozhao frowned. Suddenly, Master's words flashed through her mind. She bit her finger, and blood gushed out from the tip of her finger. She dripped it onto the tree branch.
In an instant, the tree branch, which had already become a sapling, slowly bloomed a few white flowers, exactly the same as the small flowers on her main body's vines.
The one they were looking for... was really her!