At this moment, I was truly touched. His words were so beautiful and charming that I got a bit lost in them.
However, I was no longer that naive girl who would lose her head at the first sight of love.
I believed Gu Yuan when he said he loved me, but regarding the matter of the snake scale, I was really skeptical.
He said he had given the snake scale to Ying Gou, but I was the snake scale, the soul of it. He didn't hand me over. So what did he give?
When I was about to ask further, he told me not to mention the snake scale anymore. Wasn't that a bit too fishy?
"Long Lin once said that the only way to resolve your inner demons is the snake..." I paused and didn't say the last two words. Gu Yuan could understand what I meant without me saying it.
"...So, how can I help you?" Facing Gu Yuan like this, I really couldn't say anything decisive. I could only give in. After all, he was still the Grand Master of our sect.
"The only thing you can do for me is to protect me." After Gu Yuan said this, a faint smile curled up on his lips. That smile was like the stars falling into the galaxy at night, gorgeous and dazzling.
"Sis... Sis, are you awake?" After a series of knocks on the door, my originally peaceful mood was disrupted.
I looked up at Gu Yuan again. He gently raised his hand and flicked my forehead. Then I suddenly sat up from the bed.
I turned to look beside me. There was no one there. The slightly cold touch on my back had also disappeared.
Could it be that Gu Yuan had never been here? My hand touched the bedsheet. The originally smooth bedsheet was now full of wrinkles. There must have been someone here just now.
While I was still lost in wild thoughts, the knocking on the door rang again.
"Sis... What on earth is wrong with you? If you don't open the door, I'm going to break it down!"
He Bi must have knocked on the door for a long time without getting a response, so he was a bit anxious now, worried that I might do something stupid.
"I... I'm okay... I'll open the door right away."
I casually ran my fingers through my hair, picked up the clothes on the floor, and quickly opened the door.
He Bi had one hand on the door, his face full of helplessness.
"See this?" He Bi pointed at his arm on the door.
I looked at his arm, totally confused.
"See what?"
"The spider web! Do you know how long I've been waiting outside?"
I rolled my eyes at him and didn't want to talk to him anymore.
"Sis, did you make up with Third Master?" He tilted his head and sized me up and down.
"Who said that? It's impossible."
"Then why are you wearing his shirt?"
He Bi's reminder made me immediately look down at my clothes. This was exactly the white shirt that Gu Yuan had worn yesterday! No wonder it always smelled familiar.
My face blushed all the way to my neck. I didn't know how to explain it to him.
"Ah, I get it. You must hate him so much. Third Master is well - known for his cleanliness. So you wanted to wear his clothes and wrinkle them to piss him off, right?"
My eyebrows rose unevenly. This kid really had a unique way of thinking.
As the saying goes, there's a generation gap every three years. Between him and me, it wasn't just a gap but a chasm that could never be crossed.
I nodded at him. Let's just say it was like that.
"What do you want from me? If it's nothing, I want to go back to sleep."
I let go of the door handle and motioned for him to come in so that I could go find some clothes.
"Sis, the Demon Lord is here. He brought Dan Zhu back. Don't you want to go and have a look?"
"Dan Zhu?" I stopped what I was doing. I thought Jun He was really efficient. He had caught Dan Zhu so quickly.
Without saying a word, I grabbed a long - sleeved shirt and walked towards the hall.
At this moment, Jun He and Gu Yuan were both sitting in the center of the hall. Dan Zhu was tied up with ropes and kneeling on the ground, looking extremely innocent.
"Third Master, please spare me. I'm really innocent. I... I only remember doing a fortune - telling for Li Weimin's daughter. I really don't know what happened after that. Please believe me."
As Dan Zhu spoke, she cried. Her tears were like pear blossoms in the rain, looking so pitiful.
I walked over to Gu Yuan and the others in small steps and looked down at Dan Zhu.
When she saw me, she immediately tried to crawl towards me on her knees, asking me to plead for her.
"Lan Lan... I really didn't do it. Please believe me... Wuwuwu..."
"Jun He, let her go." My eyes never left Dan Zhu. For some reason, I seemed to be able to feel her heart. I just felt that she wasn't lying.
Jun He looked at me, then at Gu Yuan. Seeing that Gu Yuan had no objections, he pulled me aside. With a gentle hook of his finger, the ropes on Dan Zhu loosened and flew back into Jun He's hand.
Without the ropes binding her, Dan Zhu's body went limp and she almost fell to the ground.
I wanted to step forward to help her, but Jun He stopped me. He didn't let me move.
"Get her a chair." I said to Jun He.
He Bi was very observant. He quickly brought a chair for Dan Zhu and let her sit down to talk.
Dan Zhu sat down, wiping her tears as she said, "Lan Lan, I really didn't mean to harm you. Recently, I don't know why, but I always feel very tired and weak. I just want to sleep. These days, I've really been resting in the cave. I haven't been anywhere."
After hearing this, Jun He immediately snorted and retorted, "You were resting in the cave? You were weak and tired? Come on. I caught you in the city. And when I caught you, you were stronger than an ox. I didn't see any sign of weakness or tiredness."
Dan Zhu looked extremely aggrieved and said to Jun He, "I really don't know why I was in the city. You're the Demon Lord and I'm a fairy. Our identities are different. If you catch me, shouldn't I run? Could it be that I sleep - walked to the city?"
Jun He didn't believe a single word she said.
I stood up, and Jun He also stood up, afraid that Dan Zhu might hurt me.
I shook my head at him to signal that it was okay, and then he sat down again.
I slowly walked to Dan Zhu's side and my eyes stopped on her neck.
"What's that on your neck?" I asked curiously.
When Dan Zhu saw me asking, she raised her hand to touch the necklace on her neck.
She took the necklace off her neck, looked at it in her palm, and said with a confused look on her face, "This... This isn't mine."
The necklace in Dan Zhu's palm was emitting a blue light. I was all too familiar with this thing.
Because before, it had always been hanging around my neck. It was the contract between Gu Yuan and me. I had to help him collect human tears and he would set me free.
At first, I couldn't wait to collect them all and get away from him. But later, I didn't want to finish collecting them so quickly because then he would accompany me for a longer time.
This necklace had witnessed my love with Gu Yuan. It was the Ba Lei Sheng.
This thing was clearly snatched away by Long Lin. Why did it appear on Dan Zhu's neck?