Cannon fodder and female supporting role, a match made in heaven

"Chu...Chu Yu, did you put out the fire?"

She was answered only by silence.

Where are the people who promised to protect her?

The room was pitch black and Shen Zhaozhao couldn't see anything, so he quickly gathered a ball of fire at his fingertips to use for lighting.

After taking in everything in the room, she immediately realized something was wrong.

Nothing is right.

The layout of the room clearly told her that this was not the room where she lived in the cloth shop, and Chu Yu was nowhere to be seen.

She tried calling Chu Yu again, but no one responded.

The door was pushed open, and two figures walked in from outside, accompanied by a concerned voice: "Nannan, did you have a nightmare?"

Shen Zhaozhao rubbed his eyes and looked at the person in front of him in disbelief.

"Daddy?"

Didn't Daddy pass away a long time ago? Why is he here?

She turned her gaze to the person next to her: "Mother?"

What's going on? Why is my mother here too?

She was full of questions, but her mother hugged her and comforted her softly, "My dear, you must be having a nightmare. Don't be afraid!"

Just like when she had nightmares as a child, her father and mother would rush over from the next room, and her mother would use her warm embrace to dispel the terrifying things in her dreams.

Shen Zhaozhao sniffed the familiar scent of his mother, which was so pleasant and soothing.

"Mom, are you real?" The voice was choked.

Her forehead was tapped gently, and her mother looked at her with a smile on her face: "Silly child, of course I am telling the truth, what nonsense are you talking about?"

If this is true, then why did her mother die when she was eight years old, and her father...

Shen Zhaozhao hugged her mother tightly, tears streaming down her face unconsciously: "I had a nightmare. I dreamed that you were all gone, and then I became very bad, and many people didn't like me."

Elder Qingxuan touched her head and said softly, "My dear child, how did you dream that I was not here?"

Shen Zhaozhao raised his eyes and looked at his father with tears in his eyes: "I dreamed... I dreamed that when you broke through to the Great Power Stage, you were killed by a bear monster!"

Elder Qingxuan shook his head, looking sad: "No, I was..."

The scene changed, and both father and mother disappeared, leaving her still nestled in her mother's arms, in a cave she had never seen before.

"Dad, mother?"

Only her own echo answered her.

The cave was brightly lit. Shen Zhaozhao began to walk inside. A voice in her heart told her: Go inside, the truth is waiting for her.

"Daddy!" She saw her daddy sitting cross-legged on the ground. He seemed to be practicing and did not hear her call.

Immediately afterwards, thunder rumbled. Shen Zhaozhao looked outside and saw a strange phenomenon, just like when she broke through to the Jindan stage.

No, it was even more horrifying. Strong winds blew and rain began to fall from the bloody sky. It was raining blood, just like when she died in battle in her previous life.

“Boom——” The lightning passed through the stone cave and struck Elder Qingxuan directly, a total of eighty lightning bolts.

Although Shen Zhaozhao was standing nearby, she was not affected by the lightning. She knew that her father was undergoing a thunder tribulation. When he reached the tribulation period, he would be transitioning from a mortal to an immortal. As long as he broke through the tribulation period, he would be able to ascend to the immortal world and live as long as heaven and earth.

There was one last thunderbolt left, and she began to hold her breath nervously.

“Puff——” Elder Qingxuan spat out blood, a dagger stuck in his chest, and stared ahead with disbelief on his face, “It’s you! Why did you do this?”

Shen Zhaozhao did not wait for the last bolt of lightning. She opened her eyes wide, trying to see clearly the person in front of her father, but all she could see was a black shadow.

"who are you?"

She stepped forward and tried to push away the person who stabbed her father, but found that her arm actually passed directly through the dark shadow.

Shen Zhaozhao's eyes were red and she stared at her hands.

Why couldn't she touch the dark shadow, nor see his true face?

What is the truth behind Dad’s death? Wasn’t it said that he was killed by a black bear demon?

The black shadow pulled out the dagger, then took out a demon-killing bag from his sleeve, unsealed it, and a black bear crawled out from it.

Shen Zhaozhao rushed to Elder Qingxuan and tried to stop the black bear's attack, but the black bear went straight through her body and hit her father where he was stabbed by the dagger.

"Daddy!"

She felt like she couldn't breathe anymore and could only bend over to ease the pain in her heart.

When Elder Qingxuan was undergoing the tribulation, his body was at its weakest. The black shadow's knife directly pierced his vitals. It was already too late to save him. He could only watch as the black bear tore his body apart.

It’s just that his daughter, his Zhaozhao, hasn’t gotten used to staying in Qingwei Sect yet, and he hasn’t properly watched her grow up.

Now that he is gone, will Zhao Zhao be bullied?

It shouldn't happen. Zhao Zhao is so cute. There must be many people who like her. Ziyuan, Yuanming, and Yanshu, they will take good care of Zhao Zhao and help her grow up!

And that child, he hasn't found him yet...

"Daddy, no!"

Shen Zhaozhao knelt on the ground, trying to pick up the debris that had been torn apart by the black bear, but her hands were still unable to touch the real objects.

Chu Yu looked silently at the girl beside him. She seemed to be sleeping very uneasily and was still mumbling "Daddy".

The illusion demon took action. Her first target was Shen Zhaozhao, and she was weaving a nightmare. It was really pitiful.

He chuckled, lowered his body, and put his forehead against Shen Zhaozhao's.

The scene in the dream changed again, and Shen Zhaozhao's mind became clear. She was bewitched by an illusion demon and fell into a dream.

She wiped away her tears and took a long breath to ease the grief in her heart. If what she saw in her dream was true, then there must be some hidden reason behind her father's death.

But she was not sure whether the dream woven by the illusionary demon was true.

Shen Zhaozhao began to look around the environment she was in. She seemed to be in a new house?

Not sure, check again.

The room was full of red. There was a wedding character on the head of the bed, the sheets and quilt were all red, and there were a lot of peanuts and longans piled on them. Even the curtains were red, which looked very festive.

Suddenly, a person appeared on the bed out of nowhere, which scared Shen Zhaozhao so much that he stepped back in a hurry.

A pair of hands suddenly rested on her shoulders, and she turned back in surprise: "Chu Yu?"

Every time he appeared and disappeared mysteriously, it really scared her.

Chu Yu smiled at her reaction, dragged out two stools from under the table, and sat on them: "Sit down, Senior Sister, let's see what your nightmare is."

Shen Zhaozhao sat on another stool and suddenly realized: "Didn't you say you could protect me? Why was I still dragged into the dream by the phantom monster?"

Chu Yu nodded and said nonchalantly: "I can't beat the phantom monster, so I came here specially to accompany you."

Shen Zhaozhao shut his mouth.

Still pretending.

Unable to defeat the phantom demon? She didn't believe it! But he also entered the dream, which made her pounding heart calm down a little.

"My lady!" A clear and gentle voice came from outside the door. Then, Xie Yanshu walked in wearing a groom's suit.

Shen Zhaozhao was silent for a moment. Why did she dream that Xie Yanshu got married?

Who is the bride sitting on the bed, also wearing wedding dress and a red veil?

Chu Yu retracted his gaze and gave her a cold look: "You are quite a dreamer."