As an ancient poem goes, "The caged bird yearns for its old woods; the pond fish longs for its native deep."
"Gu Yuan, you're cheating! It was clearly you who secretly fell for Chi Yu first, but you just won't admit it, right?"
"What do you mean 'Chi Yu'? Aren't you Chi Yu?"
"I'm Chi Yu, but not the Chi Yu you love now." After saying this, she felt a pang of sourness in her heart. How could she be jealous of herself?
"The one I love is you. It's never changed..."
I was a bit confused. I didn't know if he was saying this to me or to Chi Yu.
But I didn't want to dwell on it anymore. I might as well just assume that Chi Yu and I were the same person.
"I admit that I had a flutter in my heart for you before, but I kept it hidden. I wasn't sure what this feeling was.
It wasn't until that day when you got injured. Seeing your wound, my heart ached as if being stabbed by a knife. And when you woke up and relied on and needed me, that's when I understood my own heart. So..."
"So what?" I snuggled up next to his arm and asked.
"So I can tell that it was you who fell for me first."
Gu Yuan playfully picked up the writing brush and gently dotted the tip of my nose.
I wiped the ink on my nose with my hand. It would have been okay if I hadn't wiped it. But with this wipe, half of my face instantly became a mess.
"Gu Yuan, you're so annoying! I'm going to draw on your face too." After saying that, I reached out my hand to grab the writing brush from his hand.
Gu Yuan was tall. He just raised his arm slightly, and I was pressed down on the floor by him and couldn't reach it at all.
The harder I tried to grab it, the higher he held it. In the end, I was almost completely clinging to his body, stretching my head up hard to reach it. Maybe I rushed too hard. Gu Yuan leaned backward. He tried to reach out his hand to support the table with one hand, but then he saw the Kongming lantern we made together on it.
He quickly withdrew his hand. Unable to support his body, he was directly knocked down on the floor by me.
Due to inertia, the moment I fell on him, my lips landed right on his cheek.
I froze in shock, holding my breath, my eyes wide open. My big eyes stared into Gu Yuan's sharp and deep eyes. There was a hint of embarrassment on his face.
But I thought the opportunity had come. It would be a pity not to take a bite of such a tender Gu Yuan.
The two of us were in a stalemate like this for two seconds. My eyes were fixed on his light - pink lips that were slightly trembling.
Gu Yuan's lips moved slightly. His perfect lip shape must be the only one in the world.
I couldn't help but slowly lower my head, wanting to taste this "celestial beauty".
Gu Yuan seemed to read my mind. Before I could kiss him, he flipped over and pinned me down.
There was a pool of clear water in his affectionate eyes, as if rippling with autumn waves, making my heart flutter.
There was a hint of nervousness on Gu Yuan's handsome face. I could even feel his arm trembling.
"What are you two doing?" With a scolding voice beside us, I quickly turned my head in the direction of the sound.
I saw Gu Yuan's mother and the old maid standing not far from us.
Xi Nv looked at me with extreme anger, as if she wanted to devour me alive.
Since she had already come in, we quickly got up from the floor and stood properly in front of her.
"Mother, why are you here?"
"If I hadn't come, would I have seen this scene? Yuan'er, you've always been dutiful and have never done anything improper since childhood. But since this girl came, you've changed completely. Now, for her sake, you even lied to your mother."
Although Gu Yuan had his head down, he didn't think he had done anything wrong at all.
"Mother, I didn't lie to you. Before you tortured her that day, I always regarded her as my younger sister in my heart. But when she got injured, my heart ached. When she woke up and I saw her smiling face, I finally recognized my own heart. I don't want her to be my younger sister. I want to marry her."
"Presumptuous! Is this something you can say so casually? You're going to be the Heavenly Emperor in the future. How can you marry a woman of unknown origin? This will be a topic of gossip and will make the Three Realms laugh at you."
"Mother, I've never thought about being the Heavenly Emperor."
"Rebellious son! You don't even listen to your mother's words. It seems this girl can't be kept any longer."
Xi Nv flipped her palm, and a tiny red dragon crawled onto her hand. The red dragon coiled around her wrist and transformed into a red soul - chasing umbrella with lightning, which she held in her hand.
"Mother..."
When Gu Yuan saw that thing, he was completely stunned and quickly wanted to step forward to stop her.
Suddenly, a golden immortal - binding rope flew out of Xi Nv's sleeve. Taking advantage of Gu Yuan's unpreparedness, the immortal - binding rope directly wrapped around his body.
Hearing the sound of the electric current from the soul - chasing umbrella, in this situation, how could I dare to wait here for death? I aimed at the window behind me and jumped out.
But just as I stood on the windowsill, the soul - chasing umbrella in Xi Nv's hand quickly flew out of her hand, spinning rapidly in the air and bringing up a strong gust of wind.
The soul - chasing umbrella was like it had a tracker. It rushed towards me like lightning.
"Mother, no! This will kill her." Gu Yuan struggled desperately to break free from the immortal - binding rope, but that thing was like a magic spell. The more he struggled, the tighter it got.
He could only watch helplessly as the soul - chasing umbrella landed on top of my head, trying to take away my three souls and seven spirits.
I stood there, looking up into the soul - chasing umbrella. Inside, it was like a patterned spinning top, making my mind go blank.
It seemed that my soul was about to be peeled out of my body. The skin all over my body felt like it had been scalded by boiling water. It hurt so much that I didn't even dare to touch it.
Seeing that my soul was about to be taken away by the soul - chasing umbrella again, I felt a sudden contraction and expansion in my chest, as if something was about to burst out.
My heart was in turmoil. The pain was so intense that I almost fainted. I leaned backward and fell out of the window. The foggy window was actually just filled with fog. I was thrown out of the window, and my body kept falling infinitely.
If this continued, I would surely fall to the ground in the mortal world and turn into a pile of mud.
At this moment, a deafening dragon's roar came from the Cloud - Mist Rain - Listening Pavilion.
That dragon's roar was louder than the roar of a tiger in the forest and more powerful than the roar of a lion in the deep valley.
Suddenly, the whole house trembled violently as if there was an earthquake.
My body was still falling. I saw the tiles on the foggy roof flying everywhere, and the whole Rain - Listening Pavilion collapsed with a loud noise.
A huge silver dragon soared into the sky from the ruins, and then bent down and rushed straight down.
Gu Yuan came to save me. Even though my body was falling rapidly, the feeling of weightlessness in my heart was gone.
This scene was very similar to the day when Gu Yuan took me to tour the night view of Gangliao. He also rushed out like this and caught me.
Gu Yuan's body dived down. His speed was like a sword beam. In an instant, I was sitting on his back.
I tightly hugged his neck, feeling Gu Yuan's solid back and the hard, silver - shining dragon scales.
"Gu Yuan, how can you transform into your true form? This will cost you your life." As soon as I finished speaking, a thunderbolt exploded in the previously cloudless sky.
The thunderbolt was fierce, splitting like tree branches. It was so bright that I couldn't open my eyes. Immediately afterwards, the thunder was as loud as hundreds of war drums beating at the same time, making my brain buzz. It took me a long time to come back to my senses.
Gu Yuan's body suddenly fell rapidly. He completely lost control.
"Gu Yuan, are you okay?" I was extremely anxious, afraid that he would be injured by the thunderbolt.