Before Xinv could answer my question, the old maid who had been following her appeared in front of us.
Xinv gave me a smile. This smile was no longer as cold as before, and she evaded answering.
"Do you still need to ask me this question?"
The old maid supported Xinv, and their figures gradually disappeared into the jungle.
I heaved a heavy sigh. After they completely disappeared, I didn't dare to delay for a moment. Dragging my body that was about to fall apart, I crawled in front of Gu Yuan.
I first took out a mirror to look at my face. Fortunately, there were no visible injuries.
Only then did I feel relieved and patted Gu Yuan's face.
"Gu Yuan, wake up. Gu Yuan, lazybones, it's time to get up." I gently patted his fair and flawless face. His skin was so tender that it seemed to be able to squeeze out water.
Gu Yuan frowned and slowly opened his eyes.
"Chiyu?"
"It's me." I forced a smile at him.
"Are you injured?" The first thing he said when he woke up was still to care about me.
My heart twitched inexplicably. Tears welled up in my eyes, and I showed a sweet smile to prevent him from seeing the flaw. "Do I look like I'm injured?"
Gu Yuan propped up his arms and sat up, heaving a heavy sigh.
"It's good that you're not injured."
He lowered his head and looked at his disheveled appearance. His clothes had long been torn into pieces by tree branches, and there were still bloodstains on them.
"My injuries?"
"Don't you remember? I can heal wounds." I quickly diverted his attention. After all, there was too much blood on his clothes. Gu Yuan was so smart that I was afraid he would discover the truth if we talked further.
"Thank you, Chiyu." Gu Yuan took my hand with one hand and kept rubbing it, his eyes full of love.
"This is for you." I stuffed the sachet Xinv gave me into Gu Yuan's hand.
Gu Yuan picked up the sachet and looked at it from side to side. "What do you give this to me for?"
"It's just a small sachet. If you wear it, you'll think of me all the time."
"It's really a bit... for a big man to wear this on his waist." Although Gu Yuan didn't finish his sentence, his facial expression had already expressed his meaning.
"If you don't like it, forget it. I'll give it to someone else." I pretended to be angry and raised my hand to snatch the sachet back.
Gu Yuan directly stuffed it into his bosom and said, "Of course I'll keep what you gave me closest to my heart."
I pouted and burst out laughing.
"Let's go." I stood up from the ground, patted the dirt on my body and said.
"Where are we going?" Gu Yuan also stood up and asked.
"To the Nine Netherworlds. Your mother said your identity has been exposed and you can't go back to the Heavenly Realm anymore. Go to the City of Eternal Night in the Nine Netherworlds and find Gu Qingcheng. She will surely treat us well."
Gu Yuan frowned and said, "You've met my mother? Didn't she make things difficult for you?"
"Of course not. I had a good chat with her. Hurry up. I'm starving." I pulled Gu Yuan's arm and tried my best to change the topic.
Gu Yuan stretched out his hand, and two big peaches appeared in his palm.
These peaches looked so familiar. I quickly asked,
"These... aren't these the peaches from the Hu Family's old mansion? How did you get them?"
Gu Yuan pursed his lips and smiled.
I let out an "oh" and suddenly realized. No wonder there were no fruits left when Jun He went to steal fruits from the back garden of the Hu Family's old mansion.
It turned out that Gu Yuan had taken all the fruits.
"You even picked the orchard clean?" I pointed at Gu Yuan. I would never have thought that Gu Yuan could do such a thing.
This was so unlike Gu Yuan's usual style.
"What are you afraid of? They're all foxes. They eat meat. They can't finish all these fruits anyway. Why not do me a favor and leave them for you to eat?"
It was for me again. I pouted and said, "You can't do such a stealing thing even for me. Don't do it again, okay?"
I sounded like an elder sister consoling Gu Yuan.
He shrugged his shoulders and a faint smile curved his lips, which was like a nod of agreement.
As we were talking, Gu Yuan had already taken me to the Nine Netherworlds. It was exactly the same as before when I came here with Gu Yuan.
Seeing the familiar scene, I suddenly felt so warm, just like coming home.
When Gu Yuan held my hand and we passed by the small bridge where we had kissed again, colorful pear blossoms exploded in the sky again.
Gu Yuan and I stopped to enjoy the brief beauty of the fireworks from blooming to fading.
"The fireworks are so beautiful, but they're just a momentary glory." Gu Yuan said.
"But it has tried its best to make the person it loves remember it. That's enough."
Just as the fireworks faded for a moment, lanterns slowly rose on the River of Forgetfulness. The tens of thousands of lanterns were reflected on the River of Forgetfulness, illuminating the entire Nine Netherworlds as bright as day.
I looked up at the sky and stared at the tens of thousands of lanterns under the red moon. I was so excited that tears welled up in my eyes and almost burst out.
No wonder Gu Yuan said I would be happy when I saw these.
It turned out that I had seen the same scene with him thousands of years ago.
Seeing that I was happy, Gu Yuan whispered, "I'll also light three thousand lanterns for you some day."
I burst out laughing. Suddenly, I felt so sad for Gu Yuan. This promise would not be fulfilled until thousands of years later.
"Then I'll just wait." I pulled Gu Yuan's arm and led him towards the City of Eternal Night.
As soon as we entered the City of Eternal Night, we heard a lot of girls blocking the door and screaming.
This was thousands of years ago. If it were in my era, I would definitely think that some big - name star had come.
The door of the City of Eternal Night was blocked tightly by those people.
"Did you see that? The young master is setting off fireworks and lanterns for his goddess again." One of the good - looking girls said excitedly to another girl.
"It's already the third day. I wonder if his goddess will come to the appointment?"
"To tell you the truth, that woman is really calm. If it were someone else, they would have agreed on the first day when they met such a passionate, rich and good - looking man."
"Exactly. Is she the Goddess of the Nine Heavens who has descended to the mortal world?"
Listening to their discussion, I roughly understood. This was just a typical example of a lovelorn fool.
I wasn't very interested in such things. I just wanted to pass through the crowd and find the door of the City of Eternal Night as soon as possible.
Gu Yuan protected me as we made our way through the crowd. However, there were too many people, and we couldn't get in after squeezing for a while.
It wasn't convenient for Gu Yuan to show his magic power here. After all, we were here to escape, so it was better to keep a low profile.
Fortunately, Gu Yuan's back was wide enough for me to hide behind him so that I wouldn't be bumped into by the crowded people.
Just as we were about to pass through the crowd, someone suddenly grabbed my arm in the crowd.
I was so scared that I screamed and quickly looked at the person who grabbed me.