I got up from the ground, my eyes level with Dan Zhu's. There were some things I could tolerate, but if someone tried to drive a wedge between Gu Yuan and me, that was absolutely unacceptable.
"Fairy Dan Zhu, I respect you as a celestial being and Gu Yuan's friend, so I don't want to fight with you. But don't think that my repeated tolerance means I'm afraid of you."
"You know perfectly well that Gu Yuan and I are a proper married couple, yet you're trying to drive us apart. What's your real intention? You act one way to our faces and another behind our backs. You're a typical green tea. Don't you think you're disgracing the celestial beings?"
With each word I said, I took a step forward. If I didn't wake this kind of person up, she'd never know how annoying she was.
"How dare you! You're the green tea! I came here out of kindness to help you, and yet you scold me like this. You're just a shrew. How could Gu Yuan take a fancy to you? I'll teach you a lesson on Gu Yuan's behalf today."
As she finished speaking, she raised her hand to slap me. I wasn't a fool; there was no way I'd just stand there and let her hit me.
Just as I raised my hand to stop her, Dan Zhu's wrist was grabbed by a big hand.
And the person was none other than Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan looked calm. He gave me a cold look and then let go of Dan Zhu's hand.
"Lan Lan was abrupt and offended Fairy Dan Zhu. Please forgive her. I apologize to Fairy Dan Zhu on Lan Lan's behalf."
Gu Yuan was no ordinary person. He wasn't someone who'd easily bow to others. I never thought he'd actually bend to this green tea today.
"I didn't do anything wrong. Why should I apologize? It was clearly her who was trying to drive us apart..." I stood my ground and said defiantly.
"Lan Lan, how long are you going to keep this up?" Gu Yuan's tone grew sterner. In front of that green tea, he said I was causing a scene. If I were really causing a scene, I wouldn't have let her scold me to my face today.
I was so angry that I felt like my lungs were about to explode. Had Gu Yuan been bewitched by this so - called fairy?
I was about to step forward and argue further when Long Lin grabbed my shoulder and said, "Alright, alright. Let's each take a step back. Little lady, don't you have something to ask me? Let's go somewhere else and talk."
I wanted to shake off his arm, but I couldn't resist him since he was a celestial being. With a flick of his fan, he took me out of the park.
When we landed, I thought Gu Yuan would follow. I waited for a long time, but he never showed up.
I was so angry that my stomach felt like it was about to burst. My heart was as cold as the snow in the coldest winter months.
Out of anger, I kicked a stone pillar. Who would've thought I'd use so much force that I almost broke my toe. I hugged my foot and grimaced in pain.
"What are you doing? Hurting yourself? I've told you following him would only lead to suffering, but you just wouldn't listen. If you followed me, I'd never let you be treated like this."
"You're not a good person either. Do you really want me to follow you? Do you like me, or are you just eyeing the full - moon soul in my body? So what if I'm a spirit vessel? Spirit vessels also have dignity. If the full - moon soul left my body right now, would you still stick with me?"
Long Lin looked stunned for a moment after hearing my words. He grabbed my hand and asked, "What are you talking about? You're a spirit vessel?"
Seeing his expression, I realized I might have let something slip, but it didn't matter. It was better for him to know anyway; at least he'd stop pestering me.
"What? Is that a problem?"
"You're not the full - moon soul. You're the spirit vessel that carries her soul?"
"Didn't I make myself clear just now?"
After hearing this, Long Lin suddenly seemed to have an epiphany. He kept muttering, "No wonder, no wonder you have the full - moon's aura. Gu Yuan, what on earth are you up to?"
"What do you mean?" I didn't quite understand and quickly asked.
"Fairy Dan Zhu is also a spirit vessel. Gu Yuan has been getting so close to her lately. Don't you find it strange?"
After saying this, Long Lin seemed extremely angry. He gritted his back teeth so hard that they made a clicking sound.
"Little lady, you go back by yourself. I have something important to do."
With that, he turned into a golden light and disappeared into the sky.
I looked up at the sky and shouted, "But I still have something to talk to you about."
"We'll talk another day."
These people were really strange. Couldn't they just speak clearly? Did they have to make me guess?
At the very least, they should've told me where I was.
There was nothing I could do. I had to take out my phone to check my location. It took me a long time to find a road. Then I hailed a taxi and went home.
On the way, I kept thinking about the words of Gu Yuan, Long Lin, and Dan Zhu. I always felt that something was off.
I was a spirit vessel, and so was Dan Zhu. Gu Yuan wasn't a fool. He knew that Dan Zhu had other intentions towards him, yet he still brought her here. What was his purpose?
And Dan Zhu's words, "I came here out of kindness to help you, and yet you scold me like this." I didn't even know her. Why would she help me? This only further suggested that Gu Yuan was asking her to do something for me.
Finally, there was Long Lin's reaction. When he found out I wasn't the full - moon soul, he said Gu Yuan was up to something.
But why did Gu Yuan need her help? I was fine and didn't need any help.
I had to go home right away and discuss this with Bai Qi and Bai Ling'er. There must be a big secret in the middle of all this.
I asked the driver to speed up. Before long, I was back home.
As soon as I entered the door, I dragged Bai Ling'er and Bai Qi out. They thought something really serious had happened and were scared.
For me, no matter how small the matter about Gu Yuan was, it was a big deal.
I told them every detail of my analysis. Three cobblers should be as good as Zhuge Liang.
Finally, we came to the conclusion that Gu Yuan wanted to separate the full - moon soul from my body and transfer it to Dan Zhu's body so that Dan Zhu could nourish the soul. In this way, I'd be completely free from the shadow of the full - moon soul, and Long Lin would stop pestering me.
"Nourishing a soul requires powerful magical energy. Lan Lan, you're just an ordinary mortal. It's already hard for you to take care of yourself. How did you manage to nourish someone else's soul?"
I gave Bai Ling'er a helpless look and let out a heavy sigh. But she was right. Her words were crude but to the point.
Bai Qi snapped his fingers and suddenly realized something, "Did Gu Yuan transfer his magical energy to you without you even knowing?"
I shook my head. I really didn't know how he transferred his magical energy to me.
"If he did transfer his magical energy to me, why do I still feel like an ordinary person?"
"You idiot. The magical energy he transferred to you was all used to nourish the soul. Of course, you'd feel like an ordinary person." Bai Ling'er always spoke straight to the point without any beating around the bush.
"Let's stop guessing blindly. Let's go find Dan Zhu and Gu Yuan and see what they're up to. Then all our questions will be answered."
Bai Qi flicked his finger gently. A spiritual butterfly fluttering with blue light and trailing stardust flew out.
The three of us didn't waste any more time and chased after Bai Qi's blue spiritual butterfly...