The room was completely silent. I was still lost in my previous train of thought and hadn't snapped out of it yet. My hand that was resting on Gu Yuan's back never moved away.
The warmth of my palm seeped through his slightly cool undershirt, warming his back.
Gu Yuan tilted his head slightly. His long eyelashes fluttered like the wings of a butterfly.
Only then did I realize that such an action was extremely alluring. Although he looked like a seventeen - or eighteen - year - old boy, if calculated by human age, he might already be hundreds of years old.
The same went for Chi Yu. Even though she had just transformed into a human form, she had endured hundreds or thousands of years of training to gain that chance.
So, he definitely wouldn't think of this alluring action in a simple way, because my feelings for him were anything but simple.
"Sorry!" I shyly withdrew my hand, biting my lip and lowering my head.
"You still haven't answered me. Why did you steal the snake scale?"
I was sitting on the couch and couldn't answer at all.
"I also want to know why I stole the snake scale. How about you take me there? Maybe I can remember."
Gu Yuan didn't expect me to turn the tables on him. He turned his head and locked his eyes with mine.
I immediately flashed him a bright smile.
With this smile, a sudden flutter passed through Gu Yuan's originally cold eyes.
He blushed. Although his face still looked as cold as ice, his physical reaction didn't lie.
Gu Yuan, you're right. No matter when, you'll never be able to escape my gentle touch.
"You lied to your mother, didn't you?" I crawled towards him on my knees on the bed.
Gu Yuan immediately stood up from the head of the bed. He frowned slightly, showing an expression that kept people at arm's length.
The more he acted like this, the more I wanted to tease him.
This young and innocent look on Gu Yuan's face was really rare.
It gave me the feeling of a first - love sweetheart.
"You like me, don't you?" I teased him provocatively.
"Not at all."
"You're just being stubborn." I sat up straight, raising my eyebrows and looking at him.
"I said no, and that's final. Your wounds are healed, right? If so, come with me."
I lowered my head and rolled up my sleeves. Sure enough, most of my wounds were already healed.
"Your medicine is really miraculous. Such serious external injuries healed right after applying it."
I praised Gu Yuan with a beaming smile, but he looked serious. He gently tapped the center of my forehead with his finger.
A silver light flowed from the center of my forehead into all my limbs and bones.
Gu Yuan probed for a while but didn't seem to find anything.
He put down his hand and said, "What on earth are you up to? You can actually heal your own wounds. The medicine I applied to you was just for pain relief."
Only then did I understand that Chi Yu could heal herself and others. As expected of the spiritual being of a celestial artifact, she was truly amazing.
I climbed out of the bed with a grin, hugged his waist tightly and said, "I'm not up to anything. I just missed you and want to see you every day."
Gu Yuan originally wanted to break free from my embrace but finally gave up and let me hug his waist.
A faint smile flashed across his face.
Gu Yuan was always a softie for my gentle approach.
"Did you really take the snake scale?" Gu Yuan suddenly became serious again. This snake scale was extremely important to his mother, so he must find it.
But I really didn't know. Although I had swapped bodies with Chi Yu, I didn't have her memories.
"I don't know if Chi Yu stole it or not, but I swear, I definitely didn't steal it."
My words were so convoluted that even Gu Yuan was confused. Not to mention him, I was confused myself.
What was A Yin up to? She said she was going to help me explore my past - life memories, but why did it turn into my own current - life memories?
Gu Yuan's face grew increasingly grim. This whole thing was so strange that it was really hard to accept.
"Gu Yuan, I don't know how to explain this to you, but please believe me. I really didn't steal it. I can help you find out where the snake scale is." My eyes were sincere, without a hint of impurity.
"Okay." Gu Yuan readily agreed. I was overjoyed. I stood up and kissed his fair and handsome cheek.
He was completely stunned. I guessed that in all his years, no girl had ever kissed him before.
"Hurry up!" I grabbed his hand. Just as we were about to leave the bedroom, I suddenly felt something was wrong. Gu Yuan had said before that he only regarded Chi Yu as his younger sister. If we walked out like this, it might cause trouble for him.
When we reached the door, I looked down at our clasped hands and reluctantly let go. Then I pushed open the door and walked out.
The look of reluctance on my face was all caught by Gu Yuan.
When I pushed open the door, I was completely stunned. Where was this?
A fairyland on earth? Tens of thousands of peach trees were floating in the sky. Petals were fluttering like rain, gently falling to the world. Clear streams were winding through the peach grove. It was so beautiful that it took my breath away.
Next to the peach grove, a long corridor led straight to another peak.
I stood in the peach grove and completely forgot why I was here.
I ran under a peach tree, tilted my head back and twirled around. My skirt fluttered in the air as I felt the sound of the falling petals. Gu Yuan stood on the corridor with a slight smile on his lips, lost in a daze.
Suddenly, a little fairy maid broke into this beautiful picture and shattered the laughter.
"Paying respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." A little fairy maid in a silk dress, looking ethereal and elegant, bowed respectfully when she saw Gu Yuan.
Crown Prince? I was greatly shocked and suddenly stopped spinning. I almost fell to the ground.
Thanks to Gu Yuan's quick reflexes. He flew over the little fairy maid, tiptoed and reached my side in an instant. He wrapped his arm around my waist, so I didn't fall.
I leaned back and looked at Gu Yuan's peerless face. I had an urge to be an old cow eating tender grass.
However, looking at the current arrogant Crown Prince, I felt a strange sense of sourness in my heart.
He was a Crown Prince. Why had he become a celestial being on earth, and a celestial being burdened with a heavenly tribulation at that? The gap was just too big.
"Your Royal Highness, the Golden Flower Cult Leader is waiting in the side hall. She said she has something important to discuss."
Gu Yuan gently supported my waist to help me stand up straight. He said to the little fairy maid, "I'll go there right away."
The little fairy maid received the order, bowed and left.
"Crown Prince? The Golden Flower Cult Leader. Are you the Crown Prince of the Celestial Realm?" After my analysis, I was so shocked that my jaw dropped. My eyes were almost popping out.
"Let's go." He didn't even bother to answer my question. He strode towards the main hall with his hands behind his back.
Here, I only knew Gu Yuan. I didn't know anyone else, so of course I had to stick close to him. If I met his mother again, no, no, it should be the Queen of Heaven. I was afraid my life would be in danger.
"Wait for me."
...
On the way to the side hall, we passed by the main hall. It was like a world apart from the back yard. It was like the Golden Luan Hall in the Shang Dynasty of human emperors, but now it had an otherworldly aura. The great hall was covered with silver - white veils.
In the Celestial Realm, silver - white was the color of nobility. So, most of the celestial beings who had attained the Dao wore plain clothes and had their hair tied up with silver crowns.
The Golden Flower Cult Leader was no exception. Following Gu Yuan into the side hall, I saw that the Golden Flower Cult Leader was already sitting on the stone bench beside the waterfall, arranging the Go pieces on the stone table.
She was wearing silver armor and a red robe behind her. Her head was wrapped in a turban. She looked exactly like an old general.
Although she seemed old, she still bowed respectfully when she saw Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan ordered the little fairy maid to serve tea to the Golden Flower Cult Leader. She put down the Go pieces in her hand and thanked Gu Yuan with a kind smile.
Gu Yuan's face was always gloomy. He sat on the stone bench opposite the Golden Flower Cult Leader and asked, "Have you found out anything?"
The Golden Flower Cult Leader glanced at me, seemingly not wanting an outsider to know.
I wasn't that unwise. I smiled at her and was about to turn around and leave.
But Gu Yuan grabbed my hand and intertwined our fingers.
"She's not an outsider. Tell me the truth."