2722 Insecure About Losses And Gains 4 (1/2)
Mu Feng and his men understood the consequences, so they respected Di Fuyi's decision.
Meanwhile, all of the invaders had fled, leaving the Starry Crescent Land in its post-war state. All the citizens took up a role in order to rebuild their homes from scratch.
Gu Xijiu and Di Fuyi then returned to the former residence of the Lord- the Biwu Palace. The four messengers joined them, along with the mussel and Lu Wu. As for Kun Xueyi and his companions, they were all assigned with different tasks and were sent away.
Gu Xijiu wanted to take Di Hao along, but the child was suddenly interested in Yun Yanli and was determined to follow the man.
Di Fuyi knew that everything that the boy chose to do came with a purpose. He asked no further questions and let the boy go. Yun Yanli could not keep the boy away, so he was forced to take him along.
…
Everything in the Biwu Palace was well maintained. It was as if Di Fuyi had never left. The patterns that he painted on the foldable screens and the woodcarvings that he personally created all re-emerged after their long absence. Every little detail was restored.
Gu Xijiu naturally swept her fingers across the surface of the folding screen to feel its texture. It was her favorite landscape painting. She sighed at the sight of the reemergence of the painting and said, ”Fuyi, when you were immortalized, even the painting went away with you. When I first escaped the forbidden land, I was the only one who remembered about you, so I needed proof to tell others about your existence, but there was nothing I could find.” The tone of her voice was rather mellow as the ghosts of her past had come back to haunt her once more.
Di Fuyi knew how much pain she must have been through all those years, so he took her hand and comforted her, ”It is all in the past now. I am here now, and I will never leave again.”
He took her to the garden for a walk, away from the unpleasant past. They strolled past an artificial hillock, and she stopped walking all of a sudden. Gu Xijiu's face turned pale at the sight of the fake mound.
”What is the matter?” Di Fuyi did not quite understand.
”That is where you were immortalized. I saw the messengers soaked in tears over there,” Gu Xijiu murmured.
Di Fuyi was quite surprised. He, too, remembered the place, so he knew that she was right. However, he did not understand how she knew about it. Shouldn't she have been in the forbidden land when the immortalization took place?
”I had a dream when I was still in the forbidden land that you were immortalized. I was frightened to death and could not even run straight. I kept telling myself that it was only a dream and that you would still be there, waiting for my return. I thought you were still waiting for me to bring you the herbs and save your life,” Gu Xijiu wanted to chuckle, but she began to choke with tears.
Di Fuyi pulled her into his arms and kissed her softly on the lips. ”Let's not think about it. Let's forget it all.”
”How can I not think about it?” Gu Xijiu protested, ”After everything that has happened, I still cannot find the courage to visit this place. I am scared that your existence is still imaginary. Perhaps, everything that happened in the Shura World was only a dream! Maybe none of it actually happened.”
She put her arms around his waist and buried her head in his chest. ”I am still terrified.”