When they had finished eating dinner and all the food on the table was gone, the wine was completely drunk.
The drunken Lin Zaozao felt someone take her into a room in her fuzzy consciousness.
When she felt someone gently wiping away the tears on her face, she could no longer control her guilty heart. She grabbed the person's hand and kept saying "I'm sorry".
For always standing aloof all this time, she could never find a sense of belonging.
After her transmigration, she subconsciously treated the people and things here as just a dream.
A dream where as long as she woke up, she could go home.
So she had been unscrupulous in making trouble, doing all the things she didn't dare do before.
But now, she realized Gu Shan, Ruo Qiu and the others really lived beside her.
What's more, they were her husband. Now, she and Gu Shan were a family.
What she hated now was her powerlessness. In a short time, she couldn't gather her own power to protect her family at all.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have avoided it. If I hadn't spent my days muddling along, maybe I could have helped you."
"Zaozao, none of the things happening to us are your fault, and they have nothing to do with you at all.
Zaozao, although the National Master told us we would succeed after we returned, his status is too special to interfere in the politics of Canglan Country and Fengshuo.
I think he probably can't help us with our matters. Zaozao, now I regret making you wait for us for three months. Because I'm afraid I won't be able to come back..."
"No, come back, you must come back."
Lin Zaozao looked at the blurry figure in front of her and wept.
"You must come back. In a month, I'll be thin. You haven't seen me thin yet! I'll definitely look good when I'm thin.
Also, I'm not stupid at all. Just give me some time, I can help you."
"Zaozao, don't cry. Whether you're fat or thin, I like you. My Zaozao is always a cheerful, lively, very smart girl.
Zaozao, now you know we're all such worthless people, if we die, just don't think about it. If you can forget, it's best to forget about us!
You have the National Master and Little Taohua around you now, as well as the boundless Great Mountain and Uncle Zhang.
As long as they are with you, you will definitely have a safe life in the future. Remember, when you look for a husband in the future, you can't just find a good looking one. You have to find someone willing to treat you well."
Hearing the murmuring words in her ear, Lin Zaozao just kept weeping as she held his hand. She felt so useless!
Why did the dog system only give her a skill to transfer others' pain and sickness, and not an ability to kill decisively?
And why did she always avoid reality?
She was unwilling to believe she had really transmigrated to this freakish world, and couldn't find a sense of belonging here. What she thought in her heart was to contend with the system to find a way home.
Now regretting, but besides clinging to the person's arm and weeping incompetently, she didn't have any other damn method.
"Zaozao, don't cry anymore. For you, it's a good thing, not a bad thing, that we're leaving."
"No, no. We just started getting along so well, we haven't even consummated the marriage yet! You're leaving just like this, I'm missing out big time! Just give me some time! I really can help you!"
Lin Zaozao sobbed.
"Hahaha... Zaozao, we're all leaving, yet you're still thinking of consummating the marriage. Fine, when I go back it's nine deaths to one life anyway. Let's consummate our marriage tonight, at least it won't be a waste for husband and wife."
The person wiped Lin Zaozao's tears, brought his face in front of hers, and said solemnly.
"Zaozao, can you still recognize who I am?"
"You're my husband."
"Then what's my name?"
"Little darling!"
"Hahaha... Fine, little darling it is. I've lived to this age, yet I can still be a little girl's little darling. I've lived this life worthwhile."
The person gently kissed Lin Zaozao's forehead and held her softly in his arms.
"Zaozao, I hope you have no regrets about this night! I also hope you won't remember it, just take it as the last shred of longing I leave you."
"No regrets, what's there to regret about consummating with my own husband!"
Lin Zaozao was muddled, just instinctively grabbing the person's arm, unconsciously groping about his body.
It seemed that as long as she held on tight, Gu Shan and Ji Fantian wouldn't have to leave.
"Zaozao, you took the initiative..."
...
The next morning, the soundly sleeping Lin Zaozao suddenly felt she couldn't breathe. She slapped away the hand pinching her nose, and was about to go back to sleep.
"Zaozao, hurry and wake up. If you don't wake up soon, your little husband will leave."
As soon as the voice fell, Lin Zaozao immediately sat up in bed. She blanked out for a second first, feeling her neat pajamas.
Turning her head to look, she saw Little Xibei at this time neatly dressed and standing at her bedside, smiling at her.
"You're awake. Does your head still hurt?"
"Little Xibei, are you saying Gu Shan and Ji Fantian are leaving?"
"Yes, they're already at the gate. If you had been a bit slower, they would have left."
Before Little Xibei finished speaking, Lin Zaozao ran barefoot outside without even putting on shoes.
Watching Lin Zaozao's departing back, Little Xibei helplessly sighed. He first took a cloak from Lin Zaozao's wardrobe, picked up her shoes on the floor, then walked outside.
When Lin Zaozao ran outside, Ye Yi was bidding farewell to Xiao Liuli.
And Lin Wuwu and Lin Wanwan were also standing aside, looking at Ye Yi and Xiao Liuli bidding farewell with complex expressions.
When Ye Yi saw Lin Zaozao run out barefoot with disheveled hair, his brow immediately furrowed. He quickly walked up.
"Zao, Zaozao..."
"Ye Yi, are you all leaving?"
"Yes!"
"If you're leaving, why didn't you tell me?"
Hearing Lin Zaozao's accusatory tone, Ye Yi let out a soft sigh and said gently,
"Zaozao, parting is too sad, we were afraid you would be upset."
"Ye Yi, that's no reason. Don't you know, your sudden departure will upset me even more?"
"I'm sorry, I..."
"Ye Yi, don't say sorry to me. If you really feel sorry to me, then take Gu Shan and Ji Fantian back, come back safe and sound, okay?"
Hearing Lin Zaozao's plea, Ye Yi opened his mouth but didn't reply in the end.
Seeing Ye Yi's silence, the light in Lin Zaozao's eyes gradually dimmed.
Did they really have no hope at all?
Right, after all, their opponent wasn't ordinary people.
Who else could casually deal with a general besides Canglan Country's empress?
"Zaozao, take care, look after yourself properly. And help me look after Xiao Liuli and Wuwu and Wanwan, they..."
"Ye Yi, we're sisters, of course she'll take good care of us. If you're really worried, then worry properly about your weak little brother!
And if you still have a conscience, then come back alive! As long as you come back alive, maybe we'll forgive you."
Lin Wuwu pulled Lin Wanwan and looked at Ye Yi solemnly.
"I'm sorry, it was me who harmed you, I didn't protect you well as your brother."
"Ye Yi, to tell the truth, you can't be blamed for this matter at all. If you have to blame, then blame our poor fortune.
At that time, you did your utmost to save Ye Nuo's life. And Ye Yi, don't be soft-hearted when you go back. Your moment of soft-heartedness will only cause more innocent deaths.
We're not three-year-old children anymore. We now have the ability to protect the people we want to protect." As Lin Wanwan spoke, she turned her head to look at Lin Zaozao, her gaze firm.
"Alright."
Ye Yi turned around and said to Xiao Liuli.
“Xiao Liuli, from today on, abandon your surname, abandon your name, abandon everything about your past. Remember, your name is now Xiao Liuli, Ye Yi's younger sister.
If the outside world becomes peaceful again someday, find another chance to disguise yourself as a boy! Listen to Zaozao and don't cause her trouble.
Also, try to live as long as possible, no matter how painful it is, you must stay alive, understand?”
“Brother, I'll go back with you. If I go back with you, things might take a turn for the better,” said Xiao Liuli, holding Ye Yi's arm and choking back tears.
“Xiao Liuli, that woman only cares about power, she has no heart, so there will be no turn for the better.
If you go back with me, death will be certain. Xiao Liuli, I don't want to see anyone else die, too many have died already...” said Ye Yi.
He then walked over to Lin Zaozao, took her hand and looked into her eyes sincerely,
“Zaozao, I, Ye Yi, have seen countless beauties. But the prettiest girl I've seen is you.”
“Pah! Ye Yi, don't feed me those silly sweet nothings, I could spin you a basketful of better lines if I wanted to,” Lin Zaozao grumbled.
“Zaozao, I'm not just being sweet, I'm telling the truth. While our marriage began as a responsibility and arrangement of convenience, I can now tell you clearly – Zaozao, I have truly come to like you. If we weren't driven to such dire straits, I would hate to have to leave your side. Zaozao, say goodbye to Gu Shan and the others for me!”
As Ye Yi walked away, Lin Zaozao watched Ji Fantian, Murong Hai and the other three men standing before her.
The first to speak was Ruo Qiu. He walked up to Lin Zaozao with a faint smile.
“Chubby girl, do you know the thing I regret most from our time together?”
