776 Ism Here and I Wonst Leave (1/2)

No one knew how long had passed before the rain stopped and the clouds dissipated. Finally, a stream of sunlight from the setting sun and stained the sky red. It shone over the oil paper umbrella.

Dots of red light intermingled with raindrops and slid down the oil paper umbrella like a stream of reddish-gold pearls as they trickled onto the grass.

Then…

The powdery lips started to open as if it wanted to say something. Warm breaths came out from it, smelling as fragrant as lavender.

However, the lips said nothing. The long red dress billowed and slowly, it got caught up with the blue robes. Both of them were tightly-tied together.

The wind continued to blow.

A pair of jade-white arms wrapped around the blue robes and grabbed onto it. It was trembling as if it was extremely afraid.

”I'm here,” said a plain voice. At the same time, a pair of arms grabbed the red dress tightly.

”Yes, I know,” replied the lips. Then, teeth bit down on the lips tightly.

Ping Yang!

She was formerly the favorite princess in the Great Xia Dynasty and the most powerful figure in the Flame Capital City. She was brutal and headstrong. Almost everything you could think of, she had done them all.

However, today, this princess just wanted to hug the person in front of her tightly. She did not want to let go and she could not bear to do so. She hoped that what she was real and not an illusion.

She stood for half a year in front of the cold pond, waiting non-stop. All for a promise that she could guarantee.

In this half a year, Cang Yue had come many times.

Ping Yang did not like Cang Yue. She even found her annoying sometimes.

However, every time Cang Yue came, she would be happy even though she never showed it. In her heart, she was most assuredly happy.

It was not because Cang Yue would speak to her but because she would bring news of a person to her. For example, this person had come to the Holy Region, or that this person had gone to the Heaven Dao Pavilion. Until the end, Cang Yue told her that this person had died for Yan Xiu. He had chosen to exchange a life for a life.

Whenever Cang Yue asked her that question, she answered that she would continue waiting. Even if it passed the promised half a year, she would continue waiting.

”I'll continue waiting until the end!” Ping Yang told herself this time and again. Furthermore, she was sure that she could do it.

However, when this time actually came, she finally realized how difficult and lonely it was.

Resolute. Determined.

None of this mattered anymore. All Ping Yang wanted to do was to hug the person in front of her, tightly. She would not let go.

”Speaking of it, you, as a princess of the Great Xia Dynasty, had seen some tough times? Your dress is in such a bad shape. How long have you not washed it? I think I led a better life than you!” Right when Ping Yang was biting on her lips, this calm voice rang out once more. This time, it contained traces of mockery.

In other words, he seemed to be asking for a beating!

”Oi! So your life is good then?” She finally stopped biting her lips and smiled. Her smile was like the sun, bright and refreshing.

Then, Ping Yang reacted. She slowly let go of the person in front of her. However, before she let go, she wiped her face in his chest forcefully.

”Hmph! I don't like how you are so unclean. I shower every day and furthermore, I need to shower five times a day. Can you do that?” Ping Yang lifted her to look at the figure in front of her. This was the person whom she had waited six months for.

His name was simple, Fang Zhengzhi. However, unlike his name, he was neither straightforward nor proper!

However, without knowing why, Ping Yang felt that as long as she was with Fang Zhengzhi, she would be happy, even if her life did not go well.

”Five times a day?” Fang Zhengzhi looked at Ping Yang who stood in front of him, wearing a fiery-red dress.

However, the bottom of the dress was in tatters. The long dress could no longer cover her bare feet.

Furthermore, there were some pieces of ice which had yet to melt underneath her feet. They seemed to have fallen from her dress as they gave off a white aura.

Most importantly, her feet were shackled. The manacle connected to a black chain which led into the cold pond behind her.

”That's right. Every day, I'll…,” said Ping Yang. She did not continue because she realized the smile on Fang Zhengzhi's face had disappeared.

At this moment, Fang Zhengzhi looked extremely cold. His face was chillier than the water in the cold pond. Ping Yang felt her heart shiver.

Then, she noticed Fang Zhengzhi bending over. He knelt in front of her and carefully touched her bare feet.

Ping Yang's body trembled and she blushed. However, she did not move as she allowed these two hands to touch her body.

Then, these two hands pressed on the manacles around her feet.

”They can't be opened. These are Thousand Years Cold Steel. Even a Sage can't do anything to them!” Ping Yang shook her head. Her face was wistful but quickly, the wistfulness disappeared and a look of joy crossed her face. ”Right, I need to tell you something. I'm a Sage now. Not bad, right?”

After Ping Yang said that, she waited for Fang Zhengzhi's reply. However, after she waited for a while, she noticed that he was silent. She smiled gleefully and said, ”It was thanks to the demonic pill. Do you regret giving it to me now? Hahaha, but I have to tell you, there's no point in regretting this decision. I'm more powerful than you, do you believe that? However, in your own words, that's useless…”

”Boom!” A dull sound rang out, interrupting Ping Yang. This made the gleeful smile on her face freeze.

Then, Ping Yang felt a pair of big hands pulling her in for a hug. They were warm and tight.

”I don't regret it at all. If you give me another chance to choose, I'll still give you the demonic pill,” said the plain voice.

Ping Yang's body froze.

Her eyes, which were as clear as water, looked at Fang Zhengzhi, who was hugging her tightly. From his face, she could see that he meant every single word which he had said.

Ping Yang stopped biting her lips.

This was because two streams of tears were trickling out of her eyes. This time, she did not resist it anymore. She just wanted to cry in his arms.