Gu Yuan pressed his chest and looked at me with tenderness in his eyes, as if he didn't understand what I meant.
"I just checked your pulse and found that you've lost all your magical powers. I've felt something was off before. A mere full - moon event should have been a piece of cake for you with your powerful magic, but you insisted on taking Jun He with you. Tell me the truth. What's going on?"
Seeing me asking, Gu Yuan gave me a languid smile and answered honestly, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you. Actually, I didn't say anything because I didn't want you to worry."
After he finished speaking, I don't know why, but I blurted out, "But if you don't tell me, I'll worry even more."
Gu Yuan's originally dim eyes suddenly brightened, and the corners of his mouth lifted involuntarily.
When he smiled at me like this, my face flushed instantly, and I immediately lowered my head shyly.
"Tell me or not. If you don't, I'll leave." I pretended to be angry and stood up. I turned around and was about to leave, but he grabbed me and pulled me into his arms.
"Don't go, okay? This life of suppressing my feelings is just too hard. Now I can finally tell you uprightly..."
I slowly raised my face from Gu Yuan's chest. My inky eyes stared into Gu Yuan's affectionate ones.
"... Lan Lan, my wife... We've been husband and wife for a thousand years. I've been looking for you for a thousand years just to be with you for the rest of my life. Would you like to spend the rest of your life with me?"
"Lan Lan... I love you."
He enunciated each word clearly. When he said "I love you", he emphasized the words.
To be honest, I never really blamed him. In fact, when he came back to find me, the resentment in my heart had already dissipated.
My once - frozen heart had already cracked. And now that he said he loved me, the last line of defense in my heart finally broke. My heart was pounding wildly. I quickly broke free from his arms and shyly tidied my hair.
Gu Yuan sat up from the sofa. He tucked the stray hairs behind my ears and said gently, "What do you want to know? I can tell you everything."
"I... I..." I got so nervous that I momentarily forgot what I wanted to ask.
"I want to know everything you've been hiding from me." I turned my eyes to meet Gu Yuan's jet - black eyes, hoping to find the answers I wanted from them.
Gu Yuan reached out and put his arm around my shoulder. He said gently, "Where should I start? Let me start with this marriage certificate."
Gu Yuan gently raised his arm, and a big red marriage certificate appeared in his hand.
The pattern on this marriage certificate was exactly the same as the one hidden in the wardrobe at my home. I quickly took the marriage certificate and unfolded it to see the words on it.
"Today is a joyous day as the red thread ties us together, a perfect match. We predict that in the future, we'll grow old together, like sweet - scented osmanthus and fragrant orchids. This is the proof."
At the bottom was a "double happiness" character, with the names "Long Yuan" and "Lan Chiyu" written on the left and right.
"Is this really our marriage certificate?" I stared at the marriage certificate in surprise and couldn't come back to my senses for a long time.
"Yes, so from the very beginning, you've been my wife, my wife for a lifetime." Gu Yuan put his arm around my shoulder and pulled me closer.
I slowly closed the marriage certificate. There were still many questions in my mind.
"If you never thought of separating from me, why did you say such heart - wrenching and decisive words? And what about that soul chapter..."
Before I could finish my sentence, Gu Yuan's face was already in front of mine. His lips pressed against mine.
This sudden kiss caught me off guard. My body stiffened in mid - air, and I forgot to breathe for a long time.
"This is my soul chapter." His voice was so nice that it made me breathless. My body went numb all over. I really couldn't bear his such ambiguous words.
"Are you going to tell me or not? If you don't, I'll really leave." I reached out and pushed his chest. He directly and domineeringly picked me up and sat me on his lap.
"I'll tell you. Of course I will. If I lose you again, I'll really go crazy..."
Gu Yuan continued his story based on the marriage certificate.
Actually, he did give the marriage certificate to my mother. Everything was normal at first. But later, he fell in love with me for real. And because I saved him and helped him avoid the three - month heavenly tribulation.
The Yinggou suppressed in his body began to stir. First, it started to change from his shadow. Gu Yuan was extremely smart and quickly noticed this.
But he didn't know why Yinggou in his body had awakened. So he went to see the South Sea Immortal, an old acquaintance of his. Seeing Gu Yuan's confusion, the immortal released his long - sealed memories.
All the things came back to him. Only then did he know that he couldn't fall in love, otherwise he wouldn't be able to suppress the restless Yinggou.
Once Yinggou was born, the first thing he would look for was the snake scale. Since I was the spirit of the snake scale, I would surely be his target.
In order not to let Yinggou succeed, he had no choice but to stay away from me. He even thought about forgetting me completely so that I could live a safe life.
But since he had remembered the past, how could he forget the deep affection so easily?
In the thousand years, everything he had done collapsed at this moment. Yinggou was born and tried to backfire on Gu Yuan's body. In the end, it was his mother, Xi Nv, who saved Gu Yuan.
She reached an agreement with Yinggou. When Gu Yuan ascended to the throne of the Heavenly Emperor, he would help Yinggou get rid of his zombie identity and ascend to the blissful immortal class.
Only then did Yinggou calm down and stop backfiring on Gu Yuan.
Don't think that although Yinggou was the King of Zombies, his brain was even smaller than a sparrow's. Coupled with his long - term slumber, he actually believed Xi Nv's lies.
A zombie was supported by a grudge in a body that refused to decay. Even if the grudge was separated from the body, it was just a puff of angry qi. No matter how much it practiced, it would never be able to ascend to the immortal class.
After that, in the ancient tomb, Gu Yuan actually knew early on that I was Lan Lan. He didn't say anything because he was worried about Xi Nv. Xi Nv wanted my snake - scale spirit to help Gu Yuan restore his magical powers, but Gu Yuan refused even at the risk of his life in the ancient tomb.
Xi Nv had no other choice but to agree not to harm my life. But Gu Yuan had to obey and follow her from then on.
If he didn't, she would tell Yinggou my real identity. No one knew what Yinggou would do then.
Gu Yuan compromised in order to keep me from being harassed by Xi Nv. But he never expected that the compromise would be the start of another nightmare.
Not long ago, Bai Qi came to him wanting to peel off Yinggou's soul, but indirectly awakened Yinggou. Bai Qi was backfired on and later died at Xi Nv's hands.
After all of us left, Gu Yuan didn't leave the cave. A few days later, Bai Qi's secret curse actually came true. Gu Yuan successfully peeled off all his magical powers and Yinggou's soul from his body and suppressed them under the statue of the Goddess of the Netherworld.
Once Gu Yuan was free, he rushed back to the hall without stopping to see me.