Chapter 79

The beloved girl stood in the afterglow of the setting sun, the sinking sunlight enveloping her entirely, casting an extremely faint golden glow on her eyelashes and the fine fuzz on her face.

Her whole being exuded a warm and soft quality. As she played with Mud, Tan Ye gazed at this serene and beautiful scene, his heart filled to the brim with something strange.

Without thinking, the words spilled out.

Mud lay down on the ground, exposing its entire belly to Su Heng. Su Heng didn’t rush to touch its belly, but first stroked its head, petting from the head and neck all the way to its back, then slowly moving to the kitten’s belly.

“Didn’t we already become married?” Su Heng looked completely puzzled. She rubbed Mud’s belly a couple of times, the kitten’s belly soft and fluffy, similar to the goddaughter she had held before. She lightened the force of her hand. Mud went completely limp on the ground, paws in the air, fully exposing its soft underbelly to her.

“I remember that time in Liaodong, we had clearly bowed to heaven and earth.” She spoke with ill intent in her words, “And moreover, we even consummated the marriage.”

Su Heng stroked the soft kitten fuzz on Mud’s belly with one hand while propping her chin up with the other. “What, planning to go back on your word now?”

Tan Ye was ultimately different from before. He only smiled faintly, his eyes flowing with shallow, shimmering mirth as he walked to her side. “I just feel that time wasn’t pure, half of it was to save someone, not completely just for you and me. Very unworthy of you.”

That wedding ceremony, they had changed into the appearance of other people, wanting to rescue the kidnapped child. The parents they bowed to were also other people, not their own parents.

Speaking of it, this was just a dream of his, but she took action to turn this dream into half-truth and half-fiction. Even though he clearly knew her intention, he still dove in without looking back, allowing himself to be cut into a thousand pieces and beyond redemption from then on.

Now he wanted to turn everything into solid reality.

He wanted the two of them to just be themselves.

“I originally thought not to care about my father, but thinking about it now, since he wants me to go find him, then I’ll comply with his wishes for once and go find him, then ask him to be a witness. From then on, you and I will truly be together.”

The words he spoke sounded a bit naive and amusing to Su Heng’s ears. Su Heng raised her eyes to scan him up and down. “But by then it will just be the two of us.”

She counted on her fingers, “Your master is already in that ghost-like state, I grudgingly spared your senior brother but he likely won’t return, and the sect is just like that. I was born of nature, without parents or relatives.”

When she mentioned being born of nature, Tan Ye grasped her hand tightly. His palm was slender and thin, his knuckles like bamboo, pleasing to the eye yet revealing a masculine ruggedness and rigidity.

“If that’s the case…then that’s good too.” She was born of nature, without any other relatives in this world besides him. This was very satisfying to him.

Su Heng didn’t hear the underlying meaning in his words, only thinking he didn’t care whether or not people came to attend the wedding. She didn’t care about this at all. The concept of husband and wife was something created by mortals in her view. Flowers and plants pollinated and bore fruit all relying on the work of bees and butterflies, sometimes from the pistils of other flowers, sometimes from the stamens within the same flower, in any case without any set rule.

Birds and beasts were a bit more consistent than flowers and plants, but also in utter chaos. The type of husband and wife relationship of mortals, she only found amusing to observe. Becoming husband and wife held little significance to her. If she smacked her butt and went back on her word, it was just how it was.

“Oh, then I have no problem with it.” She said.

Tan Ye looked over. “Then are you willing?”

Su Heng lifted her brow. “I’ve already consummated the marriage with you, thoroughly ravished. If I say I’m unwilling now, are you willing to take such a huge loss?”

Tan Ye listened to her counting on her fingers, “How much older am I compared to you? I’m not even clear myself how many years I’ve lived.”

Having lived so long, still appearing as a young maiden year after year, she had long given up on keeping track of her age. This held no meaning to her anymore. No need to make trouble for herself.

“But,” she drew out her words, wanting to force out a bit of solemnity on that limpid face, “No matter what, my age is still far greater than yours. This old cow eating tender grass, I’m not losing out in the slightest. Instead, it’s you who has been eaten. I’ve ravished you thoroughly, wiping my mouth and not acknowledging it afterwards. Are you willing to take this loss?”

She was used to being casual and unrestrained. That bit of solemnity she tried to force out looked very inappropriate hanging on her face.

Tan Ye was stunned at first, but immediately climbed the rope Su Heng threw him. He lightly bit his lip, looking like he had suffered a great grievance, as if she had done him a terrible wrong.

“I…was pure as ice and clean as jade before you.” Tan Ye said, his eyes carrying a bit of reserved shyness. “You can’t do this.”

Saying this, his clean eyes looked over at her. His gaze was clear to the bottom.

This kind of clean, harmless gaze unique to youths made her heart rejoice. The cleaner and more harmless something was, the more it drew her to like it.

“I know, I know.” She nodded very magnanimously, her hand also reaching over.

Tan Ye lowered his eyes to see her hand caressing his cheek, his expression even more harmless. “So you have to take responsibility.”

Su Heng laughed loudly, “Take responsibility…take responsibility…”

What was she supposed to take responsibility for?

Su Heng was an unscrupulous person in this matter, she didn’t have any gentlemanly conduct at all. “Alright, I’ll take responsibility.”

In any case, she never intended to keep her word from start to finish, so she just said whatever. “Okay, I’ll take responsibility, I’ll take responsibility for you in this lifetime and all lifetimes to come.”

Just forget about this lifetime, in this life they only had half a fated connection. Who knew where Tan Ye would be after he finished living this life. She was just saying whatever.

Right after she finished speaking, Tan Ye gripped her wrist, exerting a skillful force to pull. Su Heng’s entire person lost balance, falling into his embrace.

“I’ll remember it all then.” Tan Ye lowered his head, smiling with his brows and eyes. He looked the best when he smiled, but at this time it inexplicably made one’s heart race a bit. “If you can’t do it when the time comes, I won’t let you off.”

The emotion in these words flashed by very quickly, too fast for one to grasp.

Su Heng didn’t take it to heart, she had her own confidence.

“Oh? How will you not let me off?” She circled her arms around, her hand pinching his face. She stuffed her entire self into his embrace, her hands falling to hook around his neck.

Her lips pressed up, imprinting on the corner of his eye.

Tan Ye smiled and accepted her kiss. He only smiled without replying.

Since he didn’t answer himself, Su Heng went to explore on her own. The skin at her fingertips was very cool, emitting a light woody warm fragrance.

She leaned by his neck, taking a deep breath.

“This natural fragrant scent your body has is really quite nice.”

Su Heng had been smelling it for so long and still wasn’t tired of it.

“Yours is too.”

Hearing Tan Ye say this, Su Heng couldn’t help but laugh. Her hands slid down from his neck and started getting unrestrained.

She felt Tan Ye’s originally cool skin gradually becoming scorching hot. He allowed her to do as she pleased without any intention of stopping her.

Su Heng slithered like a snake as he confusedly imprinted his lips on her cheeks and neck.

“Like it?”

Su Heng felt his entire being was no longer cool like before, his whole body burning hot as if a raging fire burned within his body.

Tan Ye’s face was flushed red, the bewitching flush completely spread across his face.

When her fingers touched him, the original human legs suddenly transformed into a huge tail.

Mud, who had been curiously watching them from the side, let out a frightened “meow” at the sight of this majestic silver-white tail. Its entire body’s fur stood on end as it scampered away without a trace.

The silver-white tail coiled around her, rolling a couple times to firmly press her underneath.

Su Heng didn’t care about being on top or bottom. Unless she was in the mood, she was too lazy to exert effort herself, casually letting Tan Ye do the work. She lay on the spotless ground looking up at the person above.

“How old are you?” She asked knowingly. “How come you still can’t control your tail?” Saying this, she kicked off the shoes hindering her feet in two motions, stepping on his tail with her feet.

Her dainty little feet stepped on his tail without mercy, patrolling up and down, left and right along the tail. Tan Ye’s body suddenly tensed, then his slender neck arched back as if near death. His originally faintly feverish tail became scorching hot, swaying left and right.

Tan Ye lowered his head, his breath unsteady, his eyes flickering. “I could control it before, but after meeting you I couldn’t control it anymore.” Sure enough, a man who had gone through carnal matters was completely different from that pure and cute appearance from before.

He couldn’t even be bothered to pretend anymore.

Su Heng let out a couple “aiya” sounds. “How could you not control it?”

The dragon tail coiled on the ground moved. She felt the dragon scales under her feet slide as she heard his breathing quicken.

“You really like me doing this?”

Tan Ye opened his eyes, feeling somewhat embarrassed, but when his gaze met hers, he let out an “en” sound.

That area of his tail was extremely sensitive, tormented back and forth by her. He quite enjoyed this feeling.

Su Heng’s feet wandered to and fro on the smooth scales. The cool scales were all burned scorching hot by his tail.

Finally unable to endure, the silver-white dragon tail hazily swayed a couple times and coiled around her, rolling over twice. Tan Ye completely covered her.

Su Heng’s hands pressed on his shoulders. At first there were still clothes under her hands, but at some point they were pressed together without any barrier.

Su Heng felt like her entire body was soaking in scalding water, beads of sweat forming layer after layer on her forehead. Tan Ye pulled her hands resting on his shoulders down and pressed them onto the spotless ground.

The dragon tail excitedly wagged back and forth, rubbing against the ground with rustling sounds.

Tan Ye suddenly flipped their positions, having her sit on his dragon tail.

“I remember you like it this way.”

Su Heng vaguely heard his words. She opened her moist eyes, “I indeed especially like riding dragons.” She reached back and smacked the happily swaying dragon tail a couple times. “Behave.” “Don’t move.”

The originally swaying dragon tail stopped moving, but was stuck in that position, making her uncomfortable being neither up nor down.

Su Heng sharply inhaled. Her entire body trembled nonstop.

“Still okay?” Tan Ye also took in a cold gasp, but he persisted in supporting her waist.

Su Heng glared at him. She thought it was a fierce glare, but it turned out like boundless spring ripples. Tan Ye, shaken by her rippling gaze, couldn’t suppress the urge. His originally still dragon tail started wriggling on the ground again.

The clean wooden floor was spotless, but the people on it were all stained with the emotions and desires of the mortal world. The originally immaculate white dragon’s tail swayed, causing Su Heng to gasp in surprise incessantly.

She firmly pressed down on Tan Ye’s shoulders, “What, we just agreed, now you’re going back on your word?” Su Heng’s words carried an unconscious charm, gasping for air between the gaps.

Tan Ye struggled to stop his tail, but holding back felt unbearable after all. His entire body tensed up like a hard rock.

He looked at her with pure innocence. He lightly brushed her waist, then slid over her arms, taking her hand. Lifting her hand to his lips, he carefully kissed it, gently nibbling on her fingertips with his teeth. Tender affection rippled in his eyes, wanting to entrust all his feelings.

In his dark pupils contrasting with the whites of his eyes, her figure was fully reflected.

Slowly it was all her, only her. At this moment, besides her, nothing else in this world could enter his eyes.

“A Heng.”

Su Heng couldn’t take it. This man, compared to her, was more like a bewitching demon, knowing how to tug at her soul.

She couldn’t help but suspect if she found the wrong person back then. The one she found wasn’t some deity from the divine realm at all, but the reincarnation of a fox spirit. No, no matter how seductive fox spirits were, they carried an air of pretense. Alluring enough, but could only fool those blinded by beauty, not her.

Now she was about to drown in his gaze too.

“I love you.” Tan Ye lightly nibbled her fingertips as he confessed. He loved her, truly loved her. And she responded with her own passionate feelings, filling up that carefully concealed blank in his heart with the infusion of her fiery emotions.

That feeling was too wonderful. All his past regrets were completely made up for in her love. And he dove into it, willing to get drunk unto death rather than turn back to sobriety.

Su Heng let out an “en” sound. She leaned close to his ear, “Me too.” The dragon tail couldn’t help but leap in joy again. She pressed it down firmly, “If you keep doing this, I’m leaving!” She couldn’t actually leave. If she left now, it would be too difficult for him to resolve this situation on his own. He blinked his eyes pure to the extreme and directly laid down, truly fully surrendering himself to her.

Su Heng’s hand wandered around his neck, shoulders, and even chest. She was very steady, unlike his burning impatience. She was like painting a picture. Before she did much, Tan Ye was already provoked into disordered breathing.

He was just a youth recently introduced to intimacy, far from having her level of composure in this area.

Tan Ye sat up, lightly and heavily rubbing against her.

“A Heng, I’m uncomfortable, I’m really uncomfortable. You love me, can you love me for a while?” His mouth pleaded obediently and pitifully, but his dragon tail was vaguely gathering strength, like a lurking hunter. As long as it captured any momentary gap, it would rise in layers and completely trap her.

Su Heng looked at his features, his slightly parted lips. Lowering her head, she heavily kissed him, then did as he wished.

It’s just that she previously almost always had him do the work. When it came to her, she was somewhat at a loss. After all, there was still some distance from watching a lot to actual practice.

Tan Ye threw his head back, suffering torment.

“Uncomfortable?”

Hearing her question, Tan Ye nodded, but shook his head again. He clung to her again, lips and teeth nestling and intertwining with hers.

The glow of dusk gradually sank, replaced by the night curtain. A bright moon rose in the night, illuminating everything on the ground.

Su Heng directly slept with Tan Ye on the ground. Tan Ye used his own robes to cover the two of them.

Who knew where Mud ran off to. Kittens at this age, just weaned off milk, had strong curiosity towards the outside world. This courtyard was so big, who knew where it ran off to. Unless they went to find it, it wouldn’t come back for a while.

Su Heng felt steam rising from their entire bodies.

That dragon tail, after lingering and entangling for a long time, finally reluctantly retracted.

The benefit of not being human was displayed at this time. Ordinary people would have long fainted in exhaustion, sleeping deeply. But she was still full of energy. Raising her head to look, she discovered Tan Ye also had no intention of falling asleep.

“You’re not sleeping?” She asked softly in his embrace, “Is it because you’re not used to sleeping here?”

Tan Ye shook his head, “I just feel happy.”

Hugging under the moonlight, this feeling was a first. He embraced her from behind, “But thinking that in the future we’ll have thousands and hundreds more of such days, I’m even happier.”

Su Heng couldn’t help but laugh listening to this. Ordinary men at most only found the first time exciting. After hundreds and thousands of times, they’d long become indifferent. Tan Ye was indeed different.

Tan Ye’s fingers were entwined in her falling long hair. The long hair carried some dampness. He somewhat missed that hot spring in Danxun Valley.

“We’ll have a long, long time together after this.” Su Heng grasped the hand overlapping in front of her. She turned her head back and smiled at Tan Ye.

Tan Ye felt his entire heart being filled again.

“So I don’t want to miss a single moment.”

He lightly pressed himself against her shoulder.

“You promised.”

Su Heng was in a daze for a while before reacting that Tan Ye was talking about getting married. In this matter, Tan Ye was even more stubborn than mortal women.

Someone undying like her didn’t care about these things at all. It was just a ceremony either way, without any binding power. If one party didn’t acknowledge it, it seemed there wasn’t much binding power.

“Alright,” She sighed in complete helplessness, “I’ll listen to you on everything.”

“But first let’s find your father.”

Su Heng sounded lazy and couldn’t be heard putting her heart into it at all. Tan Ye had no expectations for this father. After experiencing his birth mother, he also held no hope for blood relations. If his birth mother was like that, a father who could abandon him was probably no better. But since he entered dreams several times to find him, he’d go find him once, and by the way tell his birth father about his lover.

Like this, the fate between father and son would end here.

After all, besides heaven and earth, he wanted to seek one other person directly related to him as their witness.

“But do I have to call him father-in-law?”

Su Heng thought very seriously, her feet hooking onto Tan Ye’s.

“Or do I call him Dad?”