Chen Chang’an avoided Luo Yizi’s gaze, not daring to continue looking into her eyes.
She had likely sensed the sorrow he had carefully hidden deep within his heart.
The two sisters were indeed both intelligent.
“You don’t need to do this,” Chen Chang’an said with a bitter smile.
“I’m doing this because I want to, not for you. And I’m not asking for your permission. I’m informing you. You don’t want Huang Jiaojiao to know about your death either, do you?”
Chen Chang’an was speechless.
This little girl really knew how to seize someone’s weakness.
“Fine. You can come with me. But you must promise not to tell anyone about my death, especially Huang Jiaojiao.”
“Alright. It’s a deal.”
Luo Yizi nodded.
Then she looked at Chen Chang’an carefully and asked, “I believe that you will die. But I can’t imagine how you could possibly die.”
The strongest person on the continent, with a lifespan of 5,000 years. Unless Chen Chang’an sought death himself, it seemed nothing could kill him.
“I can’t say. But my death will not be meaningless.”
That was all he could reveal.
Luo Yizi fell silent.
“If I say it like this, do you still believe me? Honestly, I didn’t expect you to believe me at the beginning.”
Chen Chang’an shook his head. If he had known she would believe him, he would not have told her at all.
Even though Luo Yizi appeared especially calm, he could still feel that she was saddened for him.
After all, they had lived together day and night for nearly a hundred years. There was already familial affection between them.
“I understand you,” Luo Yizi said.
She did not offer many reasons, only that single sentence.
Chen Chang’an fell silent. After a moment, he took a deep breath and exhaled heavily.
“But your sister doesn’t believe me.”
Bitterness filled his face.
Luo Yizi replied, “No one loves you more than my sister. That is beyond doubt. If she were standing before you right now, she would probably only need one glance to notice that you are different from before.”
Chen Chang’an stood quietly for a while, then smiled.
“Thank you.”
“No need to thank me. I’m just stating the truth. By the way, I think you were wrong to rush Huang Jiaojiao into finding a husband.”
Luo Yizi’s expression suddenly turned serious.
She understood Chen Chang’an. Facing death, he only wanted to find a husband for Huang Jiaojiao, whom he treated like his own sister, someone who could take his place and cherish her.
“What do you think I should do then?” Chen Chang’an asked.
Luo Yizi said, “You should teach her how to recognize a man who truly loves her. Teach her how to love someone. Not act recklessly in panic and have her directly search for someone who likes her.”
Chen Chang’an acknowledged her reasoning.
It truly was a case of being too involved to see clearly.
Yes.
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Looking at Luo Yizi, Chen Chang’an felt a mixture of emotions.
Luo Yizi was a good woman…
“Thank you,” Chen Chang’an said sincerely.
Luo Yizi’s red lips curved upward. She shook her head and turned toward her room, saying, “Let’s stay here one more day. Talk properly with Huang Jiaojiao about your love story with my sister. That way she’ll better understand how to love.”
Chen Chang’an watched her return to her room. After standing there for a while, he nodded.
At early dawn, Huang Jiaojiao had gone out again and had not yet returned.
After waiting about one hour, Chen Chang’an, who was enjoying fish therapy by the pond, finally saw her come back.
Huang Jiaojiao had gone out to continue searching for a husband.
After all, a husband meant 10 million high-grade spirit stones.
She had to work hard.
Unfortunately, after asking around one by one, she found no one. Even when someone said he liked her, once she mentioned bringing him to meet her Senior Brother, the strongest expert on the continent, they all retreated.
“Junior Sister, come here.”
Chen Chang’an beckoned to Huang Jiaojiao.
Huang Jiaojiao ran over to him. She still did not dare try the fish therapy and instead crouched beside him, resting her chin in her hands.
“Senior Brother, it’s so hard to find someone…”
Her lips were pouted high.
Huang Jiaojiao was actually over 200 years old. Her hair was already white, yet her face remained tender and delicate, still looking very cute.
Chen Chang’an said, “No need to search anymore. I’ll give you the spirit stones. But the condition changes. You must seriously listen to my love story with your Sister-in-law.”
Huang Jiaojiao’s beautiful eyes widened.
So good?!
“Senior Brother, tell me!”
Chen Chang’an fell into reminiscence.
“I met your Sister-in-law when I was over 60 years old.”
“It was inside a secret realm. I was knocked unconscious by a demonic beast and dragged back to its cave. When I woke up, the beast was resting inside.”
“That beast relied on its sense of smell. If I had fled directly, it would have awakened. To escape, I saw a pile of the beast’s dung nearby and decisively smeared it all over myself to confuse its sense of smell. At that moment, I also saw another unconscious person in the cave. That was your Sister-in-law.”
“I thought that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, so I decided to rescue her too. I began smearing the beast’s dung on her unconscious body as well.”
“When we both became walking dung-men, I carried her and quietly crept out. Just as I had guessed, the beast did not notice us, and we escaped alive.”
“Not long after leaving the cave, your Sister-in-law woke up. But she was severely injured. On top of that, her obsession with cleanliness flared up, and she insisted on washing at a nearby river.”
“But she was too badly injured to manage it herself and had no choice but to beg me for help. After she pleaded repeatedly, I, a soft-hearted and upright gentleman, reluctantly agreed.”
“And so we had closer contact.”
Huang Jiaojiao swallowed and stared at Chen Chang’an, whose lips were curved high in a smile. She exclaimed, “Senior Brother, why have you never told me this before? This is so interesting!”
The birth of this love was far too amusing and romantic.
A hero saving a beauty!
A love that began with a pile of dung!
Inside the house, Luo Yizi had been listening attentively to Chen Chang’an’s story.
Her expression now was extremely strange.
Why did the version her sister told sound completely different?
It was true that Chen Chang’an had used dung to save Luo Yicheng.
But Luo Yicheng had said that she had actually been awake at the time, merely pretending to be unconscious.
Chen Chang’an had rescued her because he feared being discovered by the beast. With another person in his hands, she could serve as bait. If the beast discovered them, he could throw her out to distract it and escape safely alone…
As for the matter of asking Chen Chang’an to help wash off the dung, in her sister’s version, it was Chen Chang’an who shamelessly insisted on helping her wash.
And he had taken advantage of the situation, touching her all over!
Luo Yizi shook her head. She believed her sister more.
After all, for two strangers to risk their lives to save each other made little logical sense.
And her sister valued her chastity deeply. Even if she truly needed to bathe due to her obsession with cleanliness, she would never beg a man for help.
“Still, after his revision, the story does sound more touching and romantic.”
Luo Yizi smiled and shook her head.
Chen Chang’an continued narrating.
“After I met your Sister-in-law, she shamelessly followed me.”
“Even after leaving the secret realm, she asked where my sect was located and said she would visit when she had time.”
“You have no idea. Your Sister-in-law was so captivated by my handsome looks that she couldn’t eat or sleep. I needed to cultivate, yet she even threatened to die just to see me.”
Chen Chang’an sighed repeatedly.
Huang Jiaojiao swallowed.
She did remember that during that period, Chen Chang’an often went out.
When she asked him what he was doing, he would only smile and say he was busy.
“After your Sister-in-law repeatedly took the initiative, I gradually developed feelings for her. From meeting, to knowing each other, and then we began dating.”
Inside the room, Luo Yizi was speechless.
From her sister’s account, asking for Chen Chang’an’s address was because she had been injured and unable to defeat this scoundrel at the time. She intended to recover and then take his life…
Later, because the two of them fought many times and Chen Chang’an won every time, her sister refused to accept defeat and kept challenging him.
And as they fought again and again, love began to grow.
Luo Yizi shook her head with a faint smile.
In truth, she believed both of them had subjectively altered the story.
But no matter how it was changed, she was certain of one thing.
From the moment they first laid eyes on each other, the seed of love had already sprouted in their hearts.
Because her sister had secretly told her that at first sight, she had been stunned by Chen Chang’an’s appearance and captivated by his strange and bold actions.
He was mischievous, but undeniably charming.