The night was deathly silent. After Fufeng gritted his teeth and finished speaking, he didn't hear Suxuan's response for a long time. He hesitantly looked up and stole a glance, only to see Suxuan with his eyelids drooped, lost in thought.
"Suxuan..." Fufeng reached out and waved his hand in front of Suxuan tentatively. "Did you hear what I said?"
It was really worrying. Fufeng sighed silently in his heart.
When he had tried his best to match Suxuan and Zhaozhao back then, he never expected things to turn out like this.
If it weren't for that mortal named Liang Yueshu this time, he wouldn't have thought of opening the Book of Fate, let alone discovered the clue of this matter.
Still not getting any reaction from Suxuan, Fufeng carefully thought about trying to persuade him: "Don't be like this. Actually, now..."
"Got it." Suxuan interrupted Fufeng's words indifferently. There was not a single ripple in his long and narrow phoenix eyes.
Damn it!
Just looking at Suxuan like this, Fufeng had a bad premonition. He stammered and asked, "What... what do you know?"
"It's very late. If I don't go back, Zhaozhao will be worried. She's still waiting for me. You go back."
Suxuan didn't answer Fufeng's question. Instead, he said something that seemed completely unrelated to the topic they had been discussing earlier. Then he turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait!" Fufeng chased after him anxiously, blocking Suxuan's way and spreading his arms in front of him. He said angrily, "Lord Dragon Sovereign, can you stop being so calm! Do you know what this means? She is a being beyond the laws of heaven and earth. The Heavenly Dao will not allow her to exist as a deviation from the rules. Sooner or later, she will be struck by the thunder penalty. This is inevitable!"
"So what?" Suxuan's tone turned cold, and his eyes looking at Fufeng also became a bit fierce.
"So..." Fufeng originally planned to have a good talk with Suxuan about the seriousness of the matter, but when he saw Suxuan like this, he suddenly lost his spirit. He asked Suxuan feebly, "If you go against the Heavenly Dao for Zhaozhao, you will die. Do you understand?"
"Then let's give it a try."
Leaving such a carefree remark, Suxuan disappeared from the spot in an instant.
Fufeng stood there stupidly, and after a while, he helplessly shook his head and smiled bitterly.
He should have known earlier that in Suxuan's eyes, what was death? He had lived for tens of thousands of years. Compared to something happening to Zhaozhao, death was simply the most insignificant thing to him.
It was just that while Suxuan could calmly face death for the one he loved, Fufeng couldn't just sit back and watch his former savior and the respected mentor and friend in his heart die and his Dao vanish.
Fufeng put away the Book of Fate and silently made a daring decision in his heart.
In a corner unnoticed by anyone, a flustered figure hid in the night and gradually walked away.
When Suxuan returned to the villa, Zhaozhao was sleeping soundly in bed, hugging a pillow in her arms. It was a very cute and childish sleeping posture.
From a short distance away, he quietly stood by the door and watched her for a long time.
The warm yellow wall lamp beside the bed cast a small shadow on Zhaozhao's face, making her eyelashes look very long. It brought a very warm and comfortable sense of security - a sense of security unique to Suxuan.
To hell with the Heavenly Dao, to hell with the thunder penalty, to hell with death and the vanishing of the Dao... For Suxuan, as long as Zhaozhao could live happily and healthily, he didn't care what price he had to pay.
The only one he truly cared about in this world was Zhaozhao. Everything else was just passing clouds to him. There was nothing worth lingering over.
Only when Zhaozhao was safe could Suxuan be safe.
Suxuan closed the door behind him and walked to the bedside. He lowered his head and planted a kiss on Zhaozhao's forehead.
It was a very gentle gesture, but it woke Zhaozhao up from her dream.
"Suxuan... You're back?" Her voice was still sticky and sleepy, which made Suxuan's heart melt.
"Yeah. Did I wake you up?"
It sounded like a useless question, but Zhaozhao didn't think so.
Maybe she was still a bit muddled in her half - awake state, or maybe Suxuan seemed even gentler than usual under such warm lights, or maybe Zhaozhao was simply bewitched by the Lord Dragon Sovereign's good looks... In any case, when she heard Suxuan's words, her mind was in a complete mess. She couldn't sort anything out. All she wanted to do was kiss him.
Zhaozhao reached up and wrapped her arms around Suxuan's neck, pulling him closer to her. Then she raised her head and kissed him.
She wasn't very good at kissing. She only knew to peck at his lips like a dragonfly skimming the water, which was really like "stoking the flames".
Suxuan's heart gradually grew hot from her childish kisses. There was something burning in his eyes. He turned his head to avoid Zhaozhao's kiss and said hoarsely, "Our Zhaozhao doesn't seem to be very good at it. So clumsy."
"Then teach me quickly." Hearing Suxuan say she was clumsy, Zhaozhao got anxious. She hugged Suxuan and looked at him aggrievedly.
Suxuan held her face in his hands, pressed one hand on her shoulder and gently pushed her back onto the bed. He lowered his head and kissed her. "Okay. Husband will teach you."
After a night of passion, Suxuan contentedly hugged the sleeping Zhaozhao into his arms and closed his eyes.
Early the next morning, when Zhaozhao opened her eyes, the soreness in her waist and abdomen almost made her cry out.
Suxuan was very different last night. A bit fierce...
Even though her recovery ability was extremely good, she still found it a bit hard to bear.
Zhaozhao recalled and silently condemned Suxuan's excessive actions in her heart. However, as she recalled, she inevitably thought of some indescribable scenes. Her face quietly turned red. She shyly pulled up the quilt to cover her face.
She lingered in bed for a few more minutes before slowly getting up.
When she finished washing and went out, she found that Suxuan wasn't there. There was a sumptuous breakfast prepared for her on the dining table and a note saying that he had something to go out for a while and would be back soon.
Zhaozhao looked at the note and ate breakfast while thinking to herself. She could understand that Suxuan had something to do and left early, but why did he set up barriers all over the house?
She felt it as soon as she came out of the room. The barrier felt very powerful and mysterious. If she didn't use brute force to break it, she probably couldn't solve it.
And if she couldn't solve the barrier, she couldn't get out...
A strange thought flashed through Zhaozhao's mind for a moment, but it was too fast to catch.
"Suxuan definitely doesn't want to lock me up. Then why?"
Could it be that he was afraid that some bad guys would come and hurt her? But that didn't seem right. She didn't seem to have offended anyone...
The more she thought, the more confused she became. Zhaozhao simply decided not to think about it anymore. She'd wait for Suxuan to come back and ask him properly.
"Stupid master, are you awake? Are you awake?"
The extremely penetrating voice of Taotie suddenly rang out in Zhaozhao's mind, which gave her a big scare.
She subconsciously looked around but didn't see it. Then she realized that the other party was using the telepathy between the spiritual pet and the master to transmit the voice.
"Keep your voice down." Zhaozhao covered her head that was hurting from the noise and asked, "What do you want from me?"
Taotie's voice became a bit softer. "It's not me who wants to find you. Your elder sister came to our place. Seeing that you weren't there, she asked me to pass a message to you."
"Cousin sister? What did she ask you to tell me?" Zhaozhao felt a bit guilty. It had been a long time since she last saw her cousin sister. Could it be that she was going to tell her to pay attention to her studies?
"She said you're not allowed to go back to the Xuan Sect for the time being. Don't go back even once before she sees you."