The hem of Yun Qian’s pale yellow skirt swayed with the small boat. She thought, although her identity was special, once she entered the mortal world, if she was viewed as an ordinary cultivator...
When she became the fish wanting to leap over the dragon gate, the only one who might knock her down from the clouds, the heavens, or the Star Sea... would be the man beside her.
Now, he should be called a young man.
After all, with some memories stirred, Yun Qian knew that no matter what he wanted to do to her, she would not resist.
Therefore, his system was really good at choosing people.
However... Xu Chang’an naturally couldn’t bear to hit her with the oar, so Yun Qian wasn’t sure whether she felt disappointed or something else.
"What danger is the lady speaking of?" Xu Chang’an asked after hearing, shaking his head. Miss Yun’s thoughts jumped around; he had long been used to it.
Thinking for a moment, Xu Chang’an said, "Are you talking about the Celestial Tribulation during Ascension? That’s something for much later. Right now... we don’t even know if we can cultivate, but you’re already thinking about the Celestial Tribulation?"
"The novels you wrote and I read." Yun Qian turned her head, "You haven’t cultivated immortality, so how did you know about ascension and tribulation thunder on the island? And even wrote about it in the books."
At that time, Xu Chang’an casually scribbled novels while practicing calligraphy on the island, including both martial arts and some casual fantasy settings.
Back then, he didn’t know the outside world allowed for immortality cultivation.
"I have lots of stories up here." Xu Chang’an pointed to his head, then shifted his gaze, somewhat sheepish.
"I know you have secrets too, but I won’t ask." Yun Qian blinked.
"What the lady means is, it’s my fault for always asking about your secrets." Xu Chang’an sighed.
"It’s not bad." Yun Qian looked at him, "I’m just saying."
"Anyway, I’m not a good person anymore, so I won’t hold back." Xu Chang’an, supporting the boat, thought about Yun Qian’s previous words and said, "The lady just said, as long as it’s something I ask you to do, you would never dislike it, any matter you would like."
"That’s right." Yun Qian said earnestly, "Whatever you do to me, I wouldn’t dislike it."
Including probing her secrets.
"In reality, you haven’t been following my words like that." Xu Chang’an met her gaze.
Yun Qian tilted her head, thinking that although she might not be a perfect wife, she was still obedient.
Xu Chang’an crossed the long oar, lowered his head, and said, "Regarding the lady’s secrets, to this day, I don’t know a single word."
Meaning, he had asked Yun Qian to confess her past secrets, but Yun Qian had never done so, so how could it be said that she listened to him?
"So that’s what this is about." Sitting on the stairs, Yun Qian’s face was calm, as if she knew Xu Chang’an would say this, she slowly said, "I just said I would like to do what you ask me to do, and indeed I like it."
She liked it, but wouldn’t confess, and there was nothing contradictory about that.
After being stunned for a while, Xu Chang’an held his forehead with one hand: "At times , the lady is unexpectedly... cautious?"
In Miss Yun’s words, he couldn’t find a single flaw.
"Yes." Yun Qian leaned back, looking up at Xu Chang’an, and said, "The words I speak to you all have meaning."
"Like what the lady says about the hidden clan?" Xu Chang’an thought to himself that he remembered every word Yun Qian had ever said.
Yun Qian had told him that if he ever wanted to return to the island, he could do so anytime, and there wouldn’t be any trouble on the island.
He always guessed there was some family behind Yun Qian, and Yun Qian had said it could be treated as if there was one.
"After seeing the Immortal Sect, does the lady still think... going back to the island would mean everything is calm and peaceful?" Xu Chang’an looked up to see the bright moon overhead.
"The island is very peaceful." Yun Qian nodded, "The words I say to you will never change."
Xu Chang’an was silent for a moment before gently sighing.
He wouldn’t doubt Yun Qian’s words; thinking about it, Yun Qian’s unchanging appearance and personality over ten years couldn’t possibly belong to an ordinary girl.
Miss Yun... truly is a remarkable person.
The one with the short-sighted perspective was him from the beginning to the end.
Xu Chang’an helplessly said, "If the lady acknowledges words like these now, if I am still upset about not being able to cultivate with you, wouldn’t I be like a clown?"
He had a knot in his heart.
Yun Qian’s background... was also an important knot in his heart, never resolved, now lightly spoken as a joke.
"You look good." Yun Qian said, "Not ugly at all."
"Even if I had no features, the lady would still say I look good, right?"
"So I’m still a clown?" Xu Chang’an lightly sighed, then his gaze became more serious: "Lady, do you know what I want to say?"
"I know." Yun Qian looked at the rippling water, her tone steady: "You can’t see the family I speak of, so you assume it doesn’t exist."
"That’s right." Xu Chang’an gripped the oar tightly, lowering his head to look at the girl’s neck: "The lady in my eyes is the lady in my eyes."
He truly had thought about whether an incredible father-in-law might appear one day, wanting to take Yun Qian back.
"In your eyes... am I beautiful?" Yun Qian suddenly asked.
"Naturally beautiful." Xu Chang’an replied.
"Compared to the moon?"
"The lady is more beautiful as well."