Chapter 50

There were several shocking wounds on Tan Ye’s palm, and the blood on the wounds had almost coagulated.

The sweet scent of dragon’s blood permeated the air, wafting into her nostrils and arousing her endless greed.

She lowered her head without hesitation and pressed her lips against his palm. The moment her soft lips touched his palm, she heard Tan Ye let out a startled gasp because of her actions. She chuckled, completely disregarding his feelings, and lapped up the blood flowing from the wound.

The taste of dragon’s blood was indeed quite exquisite, with a sweet aroma and a pleasant aftertaste, more delicious than anything she had ever eaten before. Even the sweet tangerines that Tan Ye brought her didn’t taste as good as his blood.

She was certain he would struggle, so as she leaned down, the hand gripping his wrist tightened firmly, ensuring he couldn’t break free. But aside from a gasp and flinch the instant her tongue licked his palm, Tan Ye never struggled from beginning to end.

Tan Ye’s palm trembled slightly, yet he maintained it spread open, fully exposing the wound to her.

As she indulged, she heard his light gasps beside her ear. She intentionally increased the force, not only licking the blood that was about to congeal, but also deliberately squeezing the healing wound.

The wound was torn open again by her, and fresh blood flowed out, allowing her to taste the sweetness of dragon’s blood.

Tan Ye couldn’t suppress his gasps. The pain of the wound being torn open oddly transformed into pleasure. Under the licking of her moist tongue, he obtained a different kind of joy, constantly reminding him that this body of his was alive and that she was by his side. This made him exceptionally excited, deriving the delight of being alive from it.

He complied with her wishes and fully spread out his entire palm for her convenience.

A dragon’s healing ability was very strong. She ripped open the wound several times to drink his blood. But soon the wound would heal. This repeated a few times, until she noticed his palm turning pale, though she wasn’t sure if it was because her grip on him was too tight or from excessive blood loss.

Only now did she think of stopping at the right point, although thinking of it now seemed a bit late.

She released her hand. Tan Ye sat on the stool, maintaining the posture of spreading his palm from earlier. An uncanny flush appeared on his cheeks, rather than the initial paleness.

Su Heng licked the corner of her lips. She suddenly recalled Tan Ye’s problem, expecting him to retch at her or stagger away in a panic, jumping with rage.

This man was very proper. Being toyed with by her like this, his reactions wouldn’t exceed these few types.

But after waiting for a while, long enough for the larger wound she tore on his palm to gradually heal, Tan Ye still didn’t react as she anticipated. He sat quietly, his lips and teeth slightly parted, his eyes shimmering with slanting light. One could even hear his alluring panting.

Su Heng subconsciously furrowed her brows. The situation seemed to have deviated somewhat from her expectations.

“What’s wrong?” She looked at him as if teasing, leaning over and lifting his chin. “Did seeing those two being affectionate with each other make you upset to the point of being dazed?”

Su Heng’s smile grew increasingly wicked. “Or are you actually not as devoted as you appear?”

Her smile widened, giving rise to thick sarcasm. “Did you like it just now?”

Her fingers gently pressed on his lips, applying a bit of force, neither light nor heavy.

A trace of disdain appeared in her eyes. “You say you’re different from other dragons in this regard, but in the end, you’re just the same.”

During her speech, her hand broke past his lips and teeth, stirring his soft tongue, then quickly retreated and pointed at his heart.

“You claim to love only one person, to have only one in your heart.” Her fingertip slid from his heart to his neck. “Yet you can still be affectionate with other women.”

“Don’t you like that little girl? But you don’t reject my intimacy.”

She slowly leaned close to him, the tip of her nose touching his cheek, affectionate yet playful.

“All men in this world are the same. You’re no exception. Or are you saying you thought you had deep feelings, but ended up liking it after I toyed with you a bit?”

Her words were as gentle as water, but within this water emerged sharp blades, each one piercing vital points.

“So you’re actually just like this.”

Tan Ye’s originally flushed face instantly drained of all color. The shimmering light in his eyes turned cold, filled with suppressed fury and resentment.

Seeing him like this delighted Su Heng. “What? Did I guess right?”

“No wonder that girl would rather be summoned like a dog than stay by your side. At least compared to Zhu Chi, you still treat her as a human.”

Tan Ye clenched his jaw, the anger in his eyes surging, making Su Heng complacent.

He then grabbed her wrist with his other hand, applying force in the opposite direction. She didn’t struggle at all, instead colliding with his body along the momentum of his force.

Half of her earlier words were mockery, the other half deliberately trying to upset him.

After spending this period of time together, she had an idea of whether Tan Ye was actually pure in matters between men and women. She just wanted to make him uncomfortable.

Seeing that he was truly angered, she naturally wouldn’t take the usual path of screaming in fear. Of course she’d take the opportunity to continue taking advantage of him! If Tan Ye ended up injured because of her provocation, it would mean her skill had reached a higher level.

Her soft body directly crashed into his, the two colliding, the sensation particularly vivid, vivid to the point of being distinct in every detail. Soft, towering peaks collided with his masculine, slightly undulating chest.

That tactile sensation, completely different from a woman’s, startled her a bit.

This was entirely different from the gentleness of an embrace. It was fully unyielding and hard, as if it would completely devour her.

This was enough to make her find it strange yet grow increasingly smug.

“What? Did I guess right?” She lifted her head and grinned. “Mentioning your sore spot made you uncomfortable?”

Tan Ye’s face was tense, his eyes fixed on her, as if wanting to bore a hole through her face.

An angry Tan Ye was even more beautiful and alluring than when he was quiet. The sharpness that was originally softened by his gentle and refined temperament was fully revealed in his rage, like blades and swords, piercing into the body.

“Obviously a dragon, yet you insist on putting on the gentlemanly act of humans. Restraining yourself to death, you deserve it.”

As she spoke, she thrust out her chest. That sensation became even more distinct as their different bodies pressed tightly together – hills and plains, softness and hardness, fully perceiving each other, yin and yang, man and woman. In this contact, all pretenses were torn away, completely exposing everything.

Tan Ye drew in threads of cold air. His sharp brows lifted, fully revealing his edge.

“Who told you I like her?”

His voice was completely low, so low it made one gasp for breath.

Su Heng paused. Tan Ye still grasped her hand, pressing closer step by step. “When did I ever say I like her? This is all your own guess. It has nothing to do with me.”

“I have never had any care for her beyond a sense of moral duty. My conscience is clear.”

He had his own unspeakable thoughts, wanting to test her heart a bit through Mei Shuang Shuang. But beyond that, he never exceeded any boundaries with Mei Shuang Shuang, not even a bit.

The smile on Su Heng’s face froze again, then the frozen smile expanded again. “You think I’m a fool?”

“Moral duty?” She repeated Tan Ye’s earlier words in an exaggerated manner. “I’ve never seen you care about any little girl to that extent. If bringing her back was for the sake of the kindness her father once showed you, then seeing her in trouble and disregarding your own safety, risking your life to save her – since when did you become so chivalrous?”

“I didn’t see you show such concern for anyone in your sect. Mei Luo has shown you kindness, which you mentioned before. Your master has also shown you kindness, but I haven’t seen you treat him that well.”

Su Heng’s mind spun rapidly, digging up all the details of his words and deeds during this time. “Where did your sense of moral duty go?”

“Since I promised Sect Leader Mei to find the person, of course I must bring back a living person. Could I watch the daughter of the one I owe kindness to die tragically?”

“So you’re even willing to throw your own life away for her?” Su Heng felt there was no need to continue arguing. “You can already die for her. As long as she lives, you don’t even want your own life. And you still say this isn’t love? I’m afraid the only ones in this world capable of going this far would be her parents…”

Su Heng paused in her words. “No, it’s hard to say if even her parents would have such resolve. If this doesn’t count as love, then what does?!”

Tan Ye’s mouth opened and closed a few times. “Because I received kindness from Sect Leader Mei…”

“So you’re willing to die for his daughter. Your heart of repaying kindness is truly earth-shattering and touching, an eye-opener for me!”

Su Heng gave a cold laugh. She moved her wrist, about to pull it out from his grasp. However, after moving for a while, the hand locked around her wrist remained unyielding, without the slightest intention of letting go.

“What, you still have something to say now?” Su Heng simply let go of her strength and completely hung onto his body. She intimately bit his neck, and one bite wasn’t enough, so she also lightly sucked. Having such a fatally sensitive spot toyed with by her stirred up waves, and tiny goosebumps appeared on his lustrous skin.

Tan Ye let out a gasp.

“Do you like me doing this to you?” She raised her head and asked beside his ear, but immediately negated it herself, “No, you have that problem of being unable to touch women.”

“So, you’re still afraid I’ll deal with her?” Su Heng felt she had more or less found the truth. “You can rest assured about this. If I really wanted to do something to her, she wouldn’t have lived until now.”

“Why don’t you ask me if I would willingly die for you?”

Tan Ye asked her abruptly in silence.

His eyes were frighteningly bright as he pressed closer and asked, “Why don’t you ask me?”

Su Heng furrowed her brows. “What are you saying?”

She didn’t wait for him to repeat what he just said before laughing again. “That won’t do. I don’t like things that can only be looked at but not used.”

Su Heng leaned close to his ear. “You knew this long ago, didn’t you?”

“Don’t play these tricks with me in the future. I’ve seen, heard, and even played far more than you think. I’m already extremely familiar with men’s tricks.”

She felt the force on her wrist lessen. With a slight movement, she easily withdrew her hand from his restraint.

Tan Ye looked at her with a lost and dejected gaze. Seeing this, she laughed. “Why are you like this?”

Her palm lightly pushed against his chest. That force wasn’t much to her, and it wasn’t much to Tan Ye either. But with just that force pushing on his chest, his entire body seemed to have lost all strength as he took two or three steps back.

Su Heng’s laughter abruptly stopped. Tan Ye’s head hung low. Her lips moved. “What’s wrong with your hand?”

Since he had already recovered his true form, ordinary people couldn’t injure him at all, except for himself.

“Don’t tell me you saw those two being affectionate and you couldn’t bear the pain yourself.”

“It has nothing to do with Miss Mei, and even less to do with the young city lord.” Tan Ye closed his eyes. That single sentence seemed to have drained all the strength from his body.

“It has to do with myself.”

Su Heng wanted to ask more, but Tan Ye no longer wanted to talk. The weariness on his face was completely unmasked, fully exposed before her.

Seeing this, she stopped asking.

Su Heng turned to leave, but Tan Ye subconsciously reached out to pull her.

Habits like this were truly frightening. He had once been accustomed to being alone, and whenever someone approached, he would become extremely alert.

But now he was also used to her company. It seemed that no matter when he turned around, she would be standing somewhere he could see, waiting for him.

He had never experienced this before, but once he truly tasted it, he couldn’t let go. She hadn’t come to him for the past few days. The long nights alone were something he had long been used to, yet now it was difficult to treat it as ordinary. Especially at this moment, he was very afraid of being alone.

He was afraid that being alone, he would recall those bloody past events. Only with her here could he obtain peace and not struggle with those memories, making himself feel as if he was still trapped in that terrifying past.

He grabbed her sleeve, his lips trembling. “Can you stay?”

“…” Su Heng lowered her head and saw a hand clutching her sleeve.

The tendons and bones on the back of his hand protruded, the finger bones revealing extreme exertion beneath the skin.

She looked at him. “You want me to stay?”

They had just quarreled to the point of chaos. She was so riled up that she wished she could strip Tan Ye of all his secrets. After arguing to this extent, even if bones weren’t broken, they had basically lost all face. She originally thought they would at least not see each other for a period of time, but unexpectedly, before she even left, Tan Ye showed weakness.

She glanced left and right, then turned around and sat down. “Then what should I stay for?”

She looked at him as if teasing.

Tan Ye lowered his eyes, but his hand gripped even tighter, without the slightest intention of letting go.

She sat down. There wasn’t much to do in Tan Ye’s place. His cave abode in the sect was also empty and desolate. Unexpectedly, it was the same when he resided in Langfeng.

Seeing her sit down, Tan Ye still didn’t relax. Su Heng looked at the hand tightly clutching her sleeve with great interest. She glanced at him. After a long time, the hand gripping her sleeve slowly loosened.

Outside, the night darkened. Impatient with sitting idly, she ran to his bed to sleep.

In her sleep, she felt someone sitting beside her, not doing or saying anything, just sitting there motionlessly.

After this day, Tan Ye remained the same as before. Su Heng didn’t notice any changes, as if their quarrel that day had never happened from beginning to end.

Mei Shuang Shuang took her words to heart. No matter how unpleasant Zhu Chi’s face was, she had to curry favor with him. The force she used was so strong that even Su Heng had to admire Mei Shuang Shuang as a true hero. Zhu Chi had been spoiled with luxury since childhood. Although he appeared amiable, he was actually extremely arrogant and conceited. He rarely showed a good face to Mei Shuang Shuang.

But even so, Mei Shuang Shuang resolutely flattered him to the end, never leaving his side even when Zhu Chi frowned at her.

This ability made Su Heng rather impressed.

However, besides this, she discovered that something was off with Tan Ye. Tan Ye’s strangeness began when she found out he was sending medicinal tea to Madam Man.

Madam Man usually didn’t see people, just hiding in her own little world. She didn’t even do what a usual mistress would do, and didn’t even ask about her son Zhu Chi, as if this son had nothing to do with her at all.

Such a carefree person ended up falling ill. Tan Ye somehow learned that Madam Man was unwell, and also found out that this madam disliked taking medicine. No matter how serious her illness was, unless the city lord personally returned to treat her, she would rather endure it and let her condition worsen.

Tan Ye brought medicinal tea and handed it to the maidservant attending to Madam Man. The medicinal tea had no bitterness of medicine, but instead carried the fragrance of tea leaves. For this, Madam Man even specially sent someone to express her gratitude to him.

Had anyone else ever received such thoughtfulness?

Su Heng fell into confusion. Could it be that the seal on Tan Ye’s true form had been removed, causing his dragon nature to be fully released? But it didn’t seem quite like that either.

Before she could figure it out, Zhu Lang, the lord of Langfeng City, returned to the city.

Not long after Zhu Lang’s return, Zhu Chi, having learned from Madam Man’s lesson, personally led Tan Ye and the others to pay respects to his father.

Zhu Chi apologized profusely to Tan Ye and Su Heng, “I handled matters inadequately before, so even now I have to trouble you two to meet my father.”

After politely and properly speaking to Tan Ye and Su Heng, he turned to Mei Shuang Shuang with a vicious tone, “When you see my father later, you better behave properly. If there’s the slightest impropriety or misbehavior, you watch out!”

Mei Shuang Shuang, scolded by Zhu Chi, didn’t even dare to make a sound. She looked at Zhu Chi up and down with a aggrieved face, pouting.

Tan Ye spoke up, “It’s no trouble. Paying respects to the host while visiting here is only natural.”

Zhu Lang met with Tan Ye and the others at a different location. Madam Man appeared youthful and beautiful, but Zhu Lang looked a bit aged.

This couple, one wished she could make herself look like a girl in her early twenties, while the other didn’t care how old he looked.

Upon seeing Tan Ye, Zhu Lang sized him up and called him a young hero. But his gaze on Su Heng lingered much longer. His eyes stayed on her face far longer than the straightforward look he gave Tan Ye.

Madam Man, sitting beside Zhu Lang, had an extremely unpleasant expression.

“City Lord, won’t you call me a young hero too?” Su Heng asked with a smile. “But my age is not as young as this face of mine appears. I’m afraid I’m even older than the great-grandmothers of everyone present.”

Zhu Chi was already embarrassed. He naturally knew about his father’s lecherous habits. These habits hadn’t changed for many years, even though it caused Madam Man to make a fuss for so long and even live separately. He hadn’t seen any intention from his father to change. However, he didn’t expect him to act this way towards his honored guests upon returning.

Hearing these words, Zhu Chi immediately reminded his father, “Father, this is my savior. If it weren’t for this immortal lady, I’m afraid that immortal gentleman and I would both be in trouble.”

Zhu Lang was indeed a shrewd man. Without changing his expression, he showed none of his young son’s embarrassment. With a wipe of his face, he instantly put on a look of complete admiration. “I knew before that it was the immortal lady and this hero who saved my son. I thought the immortal lady was not an ordinary person, but I didn’t expect there to be such a story behind it. I was rude, I was rude.”

After saying that, he personally invited her to take a seat, his manner even more respectful than how he treated Tan Ye earlier.

That statement and attitude were enough to erase the earlier minor incident, making everyone happy.

Su Heng didn’t dwell on it. As long as Zhu Lang didn’t actually lay hands on her or say anything improper, she wouldn’t do anything.

She glanced at Madam Man sitting beside Zhu Lang. Madam Man had an unpleasant expression, biting her lip and downing a cup of alcohol.

Su Heng turned her head and saw Tan Ye coincidentally looking at Madam Man. His expression remained the same as before.

Ever since arriving in Langfeng, Tan Ye had become strange. Su Heng held her wine cup. Things she thought he would never do before, he basically opened her eyes to them in Langfeng.

The maids set out drinks and dishes. The dishes were well-prepared, and the fragrance on the table drew her attention.

After Zhu Chi’s reminder, Zhu Lang restrained himself a lot. His words and actions were all within normal boundaries. He thanked all three of them, not even leaving out Mei Shuang Shuang. His tactful and skillful manner was extremely admirable.

However, after a while, the topic shifted from gratitude for saving their lives to people flattering the city lord.

“Nowadays, there are many young heroes, which is truly praiseworthy. But our city lord was also a hero back then. More than ten years ago, a demon dragon invaded Langfeng. Our city lord personally fought it and finally slayed the demon dragon. At that time, the battle darkened the sky and earth. The demon dragon was cunning by nature and extremely difficult to deal with, but in the end, it was still slain by our city lord. At that time, a segment of the dragon’s body fell into the lake in the rear mountain. The bloody smell lingered for half a month.”

The people below mentioned this past event that everyone in Langfeng City knew about. Of course, it was said for the three guests to hear.

Zhu Lang listened and laughed, waving his hand. “It was just courage back then. No need to mention it. Now, young people are full of talent. This little matter isn’t worth anything.”

As he spoke, his eyes couldn’t help but look at Su Heng. The beauty sat at the table drinking and eating, not showing the slightest emotion. Zhu Lang hit a nail.

“Father, they are my saviors,” Zhu Chi quietly passed a message to Zhu Lang. Zhu Lang coughed.

Su Heng raised her head and saw Tan Ye sitting across from her, drinking cup after cup of alcohol. His bowl and chopsticks were placed there nicely, without any sign of being touched.

The Chaoyun Sect strictly prohibited disciples from drinking alcohol. After he left, he broke the precept once, but only that one time.

Now it seemed like he was drinking the alcohol in front of him like water.

“By the way, that place was later called Dragon Tail Lake. At that time, the city lord severed the tail of that demon dragon with one slash. The dragon tail fell into the lake. It’s unknown if the dragon’s flesh and blood were particularly nourishing, but that lake is abundant in aquatic products. Even the surrounding vegetation is much more lush than elsewhere, and the scenery is especially beautiful. If the immortal lady has time, you can go take a look.”

Su Heng pointed at herself. “Me?”

The person speaking saw that she ignored the city lord but reacted to his words, instantly feeling overwhelmed with favor.

“The scenery there is pleasant. The immortal lady will definitely like it.”

After saying that, she heard a bang from the main seat. Madam Man’s expression was unpleasant as she forcefully pressed the wine cup on the table with her delicate hand.

“I am unwell. I will retire first.”

Madam Man said that without caring about Zhu Lang’s expression and left.

Zhu Lang didn’t mind Madam Man’s departure at all. On the contrary, after she left, he felt even more at ease.

Zhu Lang still wanted to talk to Su Heng, but Su Heng only responded to him with a few polite words on the surface and ignored the rest. Zhu Lang looked at Tan Ye and carefully examined him. “This young man looks quite familiar.”

Tan Ye’s appearance seemed somewhat familiar to Zhu Lang, but he couldn’t remember where he had seen him before.

“The city lord is joking. This is my first time in Langfeng,” Tan Ye replied.

Zhu Lang nodded, not taking this matter to heart.

After eating and drinking for a while, the banquet ended before deep into the night.

Su Heng directly flipped through the window of Tan Ye’s room. She was getting more and more skilled at flipping through windows. As expected, a strong smell of alcohol greeted her upon entering the room.

She saw Tan Ye leaning on the bed.

“What’s wrong with you today? Last time you only drank a little, but now you’ve made progress and pour everything into your stomach.”

“Since I’ve already broken the precept, I might as well break it thoroughly. Isn’t this what you taught me?”

Su Heng tried to recall if she had said those words before.

She walked up to him and examined his face. Although he had drunk a lot of alcohol, he didn’t seem to be feeling unwell. She didn’t know if it was because he had recovered his dragon body.

“You’ve been very strange recently, showing attentiveness to Madam Man in a very low-key manner.” She held a strand of his hair, looking him up and down. “When did your taste change?”

Tan Ye closed his eyes. The drinks at the banquet tasted like clear water when entering his mouth, but the aftertaste was strong. Those drinks were nothing to a dragon, but he drank too much, and now he only felt his body heating up.

“She is my mother.”

Those few short words reaching her ears were no different from a thunderclap.

Su Heng rarely gaped. She stared at him in a daze. She suddenly recalled Zhu Lang’s words about him looking familiar at the banquet. She held his face and looked left and right. In his brows and eyes, she found faint traces of Madam Man.

“How is that possible?”

Tan Ye looked at her and suddenly started laughing. His shoulders shook, first with suppressed chuckles, then he burst into laughter. She had set up a barrier in advance, so she didn’t have to worry about his laughter being heard by others.

As he laughed, infinite sorrow emerged in his laughter.

“How is it possible? If I could choose, I wouldn’t want to have such parents at all. By the way, the white dragon they mentioned being slain earlier was also me.”

Su Heng paid attention when she heard about the so-called Dragon Tail Lake, but she didn’t associate it with Tan Ye. She just thought it was a coincidence, not expecting it to be so coincidental.

Tears appeared in Tan Ye’s eyes as he laughed. “Does A Heng think I was born incomplete? My dragon tail was severed by my mother’s husband with his own hands.”

In the end, all expression on his face suddenly faded, turning into a void.

“If possible, I would rather have never come to this world.”

Su Heng fell into a long silence. Tan Ye looked at her with teary eyes. “I told you everything.”

A secret hidden for many years, once spoken, was both difficult and easy.

“Zhu Lang is very lustful. When my mother married him, because she was beautiful and young, Zhu Lang restrained himself for two or three years for her sake. Unfortunately, good times don’t last, or it should be said that one’s nature is hard to change. After two or three years, Zhu Lang reverted to his old ways. She was young at that time and couldn’t tolerate it. Zhu Lang fooled around outside, but when he returned, he would make vows and oaths to her. This went back and forth a few times, tormenting her for several years. The last time, a woman Zhu Lang deceived came to Langfeng and made a scene. In a fit of anger, she left.”

“She didn’t plan to return to her maiden home because if she did, Zhu Lang would know where to find her. So she chose to wander outside. The outside world was different from her maiden home and Kunlun. She traveled eastward and met my birth father at Bohai.”

“Jiao and dragons are different. Jiao have not fully transformed into dragons and mostly reside in mountains, rivers, and even puddles, but dragons live in the sea. The two met by the sea, and my father fell in love with her at first sight. Perhaps to retaliate against Zhu Lang’s infidelity, she got together with my father. Not long after, she had me. My father always concealed his true identity from her, after all, not everyone would accept that he was a dragon. When I was born, I directly fell to the ground in dragon form before transforming into a baby. It frightened her.”

“My father apologized profusely, but my mother was still shocked and felt that my father had deceived her. Later, Zhu Lang came to find her. She hadn’t forgotten Zhu Lang. She was with my father only to get back at Zhu Lang. Men in the world often favor the new and dislike the old, but women always long for their former husbands. She felt she had been deceived. Abandoning my father and me, she returned to Zhu Lang’s side. My father wouldn’t let go. He immediately chased after her, and after that, there was no more news.”

He rested his head against the bedpost, his expression completely drained, leaving only a blank confusion. “I was young at that time. I only knew that Father went out to find Mother and never returned since then. I waited and waited, but Father didn’t return, so I simply went to find them myself. Fortunately, riding clouds and mist is an innate ability of dragons. I crossed mountains and rivers, flew over tens of thousands of miles, relying on the resonance of bloodline to find Langfeng. Langfeng’s barrier was like nothing to me. I found her on a dark night. She and Zhu Lang were…”

Those memories suddenly surfaced in his mind. The entangled white bodies, his biological mother’s posture instantly made him vomit.

“You…”

Su Heng was about to support him, but Tan Ye waved his hand to indicate he was fine.

Tan Ye forcibly suppressed the nausea. “I thought she was being bullied and wanted to save her.”

Protecting one’s mother is a child’s innate instinct. He dove in headfirst with the belief of rescuing his biological mother.

“At that time, I didn’t know anything, but I thought of saving her. I fought Zhu Lang for seven days and seven nights. All the people of Langfeng came out. While I was dealing with the other people charging at me, Zhu Lang severed half of my dragon tail. At first, when the dragon tail was severed, it didn’t hurt. But then, the pain from the wound was like being burned by fire. That pain burned through my entire body. I wanted to find my mother. As I fell, I saw her. She looked at me as if I were a monster. I flew towards her, and she urged the people around to hurry and kill this demon dragon.”

What could be more desperate in this world than for a child to witness their own mother wanting their life?

“I escaped. Even if I died, I couldn’t die in front of her. It was too despairing. My dragon blood spilled all the way. In the end, I collapsed in a place I myself didn’t even know. The smell of dragon blood was strong and quickly attracted demons from all around. At that time, I wondered if Mother knew I was about to die.”

“But I didn’t end up dying. Sect Leader Mei appeared and saved my life. Madam Mei was severely injured and needed dragon blood grass to heal. He also followed the dragon blood to find me, needing my dragon blood to nourish the dragon blood grass. But he indeed saved me, treated my wounds, and later sent me to the sect, finding me a place to settle in this world.”

“My birth father’s whereabouts are unknown, and I don’t know if he’s alive or dead. My birth mother wants me dead. But a stranger I had never met saved my life.”

Tan Ye looked at her. “I don’t like Miss Mei, and Miss Mei similarly has no romantic feelings for me. This time, I’m just bringing her back safe and sound, not failing Sect Leader Mei’s trust.”

The daughter of his benefactor, aside from this, Mei Shuang Shuang had no other relationship with him. He would bring her back completely intact and give her the most basic respect. As for the rest, there was nothing more.

“I never promised her anything, and I won’t promise her anything.”

He laid out all his secrets before her, not leaving out a single detail.

“I like you.”