He lowered his head and kissed her gently as if they were snowflakes falling outside. His tenderness became a part of the illusion, which made Baili Ziyi hard to refuse.
Just when she was about to sink, he suddenly stopped the kiss, raised his head and looked straight at her blurry, emotional eyes.
"Come back to the country of Mu Xia with me!"
Her expression suddenly turned cold, and she tried to escape from his embrace. However, his body didn"t move at all, so she didn"t succeed.
"No."
"But you are responsible for your conduct!"
"It"s you who took advantage of me!"
"I just went down on my knees outside. I think my knees are injured. After you kicked them hard, I think they are not going to get better."
"That"s what you deserve! I didn"t make you kneel in the yard!"
"I said that if you didn"t go back to the country of Mu Xia with me, I would remain on my knees. Since you didn"t agree, you were basically asking me to kneel outside the door. So, to conclude, it"s you who made me kneel!"
"You are talking nonsense."
"I"m telling the truth. Clearly, you are the one who"s being unreasonable. I have apologized to you over and over again!"
"How come I"m the unreasonable one? How could I be unreasonable?"
"Didn"t you start this by getting angry with me for no reason?"
"I"m angry with you because you totally destroyed my sister"s accomplishments!"
"She meant to hurt other people. Her intention was bad. I just taught her a lesson by taking away her ability to do evil! Can"t you see the differnce between right and wrong?"
"I know the diference between right and wrong! You clearly went too far!"
"I went too far? She nearly killed Xiao Yu!"
"Xiao Yu? You hurt your family just for the sake of an outsider."
"Xiaoyu is not an outsider! And I will never consider that evil woman family."
Just like a few years ago, the quarrel was repeated. This was an argument that had happened a thousand times. Their quarrel was always about the same topic and it made no sense. At the end of the quarrel, they would break up unhappily.
Just as the old scene was about to repeat itself, he instantly stopped.
He looked at her with a deep expression in his eyes. "Zi Yi, how long do you think you are going to side against me on this?"
"I"m not against you! What did I do? Clearly, it is you who would rather help others than your family! Lan Yi"s death was caused by you."
"Lan Yi caused her own death. She did countless evil things. Even though she was your sister, I still can"t agree with your accusation. I don"t want to drag her between us. If you continue to make a fuss, I will take special action. "
"Special action? Show me, what can you do to me?"
"I"ll tie you back if necessary."
"Big talker!"
"Believe me, I will."
"Try me!"
They reached an impa.s.se and went quiet. At last, he simply sighed. "Zi Yi, you and I have been quarrelling for so long... You should get over it. Besides, ask yourself this: Were the things Lan Yi did right? You keep arguing with me about this, but doesn"t it trouble your conscience?"
She lowered her eyes and said nothing.
In fact, she had already gotten over it. She knew that her sister had done a lot of wrong things and she had felt no remorse. She had also tried to persuade her many times, but she hadn"t listened. There had been nothing Ziyi could have done to change her sister. However, she had never thought that her sister would die because of him! This made her unable to get over it. Thus, she had been quarrelling with him for many years.
"Zi Yi, you are a reasonable person. You should stop messing around!" "To be honest, I am very disappointed in you. "
He spoke in a cold voice that made her feel colder than the weather outside. She couldn"t bear it.
She coud accept that everyone disliked her or was disappointed in her, but she couldn"t bear to think that Kuang Youzhi didn"t like her and was disappointed with her.
She was close to tears. Her lips were pouted angrily like a little girl"s.
He glared at her and pretended to complain. "How old are you? Stop snivelling and feeling sorry for yourself. You are not a three-year-old child!"
"You are starting to annoy me! Do you think I"m old?"
"Hey! You misunderstood. You"ve got the wrong idea! I said I was not fond of you being a child, not being old!"
"See, you still dislike me being a child!"
"You... "
Suddenly, her arms surrounded his neck, she leaned her head and kissed him on the lips.
He pushed her away in fake disgust and looked at her arrogantly. "Cut it out. Tell me, have you done something wrong?"
She nodded hard, like a puppy who was fawning on its owner.
"What did you do?"
"I was wrong to make you kneel in the snow..."
He became giddy with self-satisfaction. "What else?"
"Next time, I should make you kneel in an ice hole!"
She suddenly changed her tone and poked hard at his forehead. "Look at yourself. You"re so c.o.c.ky."
He immediately turned into a submissive husband and looked at her timidly. "I dare not!"
"Then, will you treat me like that next time?" She looked like a ruthless boss.
"I dare not."
"Will you keep your hands off me next time?"
"No... Uh, this... "
"What"s the matter?"
"I think I couldn"t keep my hands off you."
Their roles were instantly reversed, making the whole situation extremely funny.
"Ziyi, let"s make up, alright?"
"Well, I"ll think about it."
"Come back to Mu Xia with me. It"s so cold here!"
"Well, I"ll think about it."
He kissed her straight on the lips again, and she didn"t push him away. After years of separation, they seemed to let all their emotions out of them at the moment!
While they were in bed together, they didn"t know that many people were looking for him in the country of Mu Xia. They had followed his track and gotten close to the right direction.
The man was none other than Kuang Youzhi, Gong Yu"s master, and the woman was Kuang Youzhi"s wife, Baili Ziyi.
Kuang Youzhi was a legend in the country of Mu Xia. He was excellent at martial arts and possessed superb medical skills. It was said that he could bring the dead back to life. However, he kept a low profile and his whereabouts were unpredictable. He had become Gong Yu"s master by chance. In his opinion, Gong Yu had great potential, so he taught him martial arts.
Baili Ziyi, much like Kuang Youzhi, had a fearsome reputation. She knew nothing about martial arts and medicine, but she was good with poison. She and her sister Baili Lanyi had both been apprentices of the G.o.d of Poison "b.u.t.terfly Poison". b.u.t.terfly Poison had gotten an incurable disease, so she had pa.s.sed on all her skills to her apprentices. After learning the skills of b.u.t.terfly Poison, Lanyi became more and more vicious and cruel and acted like she was possessed by the devil. She would randomly find someone to test her new poison. No matter who they were, she would just poison the person quietly. The poisons she used were highly toxic and rarely seen. Baili Ziyi had tried to persuade Lanyi out of her evil ways many times, but she had not listened. She had done what she wanted.
Four years ago, she had accidentally picked Gong Yu to try her new poison. After Gong Yu had been poisoned, he had been lucky enough to be saved by Kuang Youzhi. However, it had been at the expense of Murong Yunxi, and that"s when they had gotten Niannian by accident.
Although Gong Yu had recoverd, the accident had still infuriated Kuang Youzhi, who had been so angry that he had destroyed all her accomplishments. Thus, she had no longer had the ability to make poisons. Devastated about this, she had committed suicide.
This had also become an insurmountable obstacle between Kuang Youzhi and Baili Ziyi, who had been at odds with each other until now.
Baili Ziyi, who had been furious, had had a big quarrel with Kuang Youzhi and left him. They had been separated ever since. Although he had been very angry at the time, he had begun to look for her once he had calmed down. He had found her several times before. However, when they would meet, they would always quarrel. Every time they would argue about the same topic, which would lead to the same outcome. Kuang Youzhi knew that he was responsible for the situation. He didn"t really get over his anger and he was too proud to apologize. In the end, the scene would repeat itself.
"Ziyi, let"s go back to the country of Mu Xia."
"Are your legs really injured?"
"We"re leaving tomorrow. It"s so cold here!"
"Do your knees hurt?"
"When I get back, I"ll have your pork chicken for several meals. It"s a pity that there is no such chicken here. I"ve been thinking about it for years."
"Were you really frozen, or were you faking just now?"
They were having a dialogue with unrelated questions and answers until nightfall.
It may have seemed strange to someone else, but it was a pleasure for the two of them. This mode of dialogue had been used by them for many years and happened every night before they went to bed.
The next morning, Baili Ziyi woke up in warm arms. She turned to look at the sleeping Kuang Youzhi and began to wonder. Over the years, it seemed that his face and skin hadn"t aged at all. Although she looked much younger than her real age, her face had changed a little bit. She thought to herself that this was really unfair.
She became angry and slapped his face.
Kuang Youzhi, who was awakened by this unexpected slap, was shocked.
He frowned and opened his eyes unhappily. "Why did you hit me?"
"Hit you? When did I hit you?"
"What was the slap for?"
"I was slapping at a mosquito."
"Mosquito? Are you sure it was a mosquito? It"s a cold winter. The temperature is twenty degrees below zero. Are you sure there"s a mosquito?"
"Well, of course! You don"t know how odd Zhongxi Country is. Even its mosquitoes are odd."
Kuang Youzhi"s eyes narrowed dangerously, but Baili Ziyi pulled up the quilt like nothing had happened. "Well, I have to cover myself up. Otherwise, the mosquitoes will bite me. I really don"t like being bitten by mosquitoes. It"s too itchy and really uncomfortable! I hate stinky mosquitoes! They should all be dead this season instead of going around biting people."
Kuang Youzhi looked at Baili Ziyi, who was whispering to herself. His mouth was drawn back into an unsettling smirk that made Baili Ziyi nervous.