Both worlds are like dreams

Mo Yunchen stood up unconsciously, walked slowly to her side and wanted to reach out and touch her.

Xue Huang was dizzy from spinning around, and due to the alcohol, she slowly fell to the ground, smashing the jar of wine in her hand.

Mo Yunchen quickly caught her when she fell, and then held her in his arms. He wiped the tears from her eyes and asked, "What do you mean?"

Xue Huang's eyes were blurred, and she smiled bitterly and said, "If you want something but cannot give it up, it is called obsession."

"Then what is your obsession?"

"What is it?" Xue Huang repeated blankly, "What did you put in the wine?" She used to have a very good alcohol tolerance, but she was drunk after just one jar of wine.

Mo Yunchen picked her up and walked towards the room, saying helplessly, "You must be dizzy."

"Put me down, I can walk by myself!" Xue Huang struggled.

"Behave yourself!" Mo Yunchen scolded coldly, "Do you want to be acupunctured?" As he spoke, he had already put Xue Huang on the bed.

Xue Huang blinked hard, holding her forehead for a while, "Why don't you leave?"

"Where are you going?"

"The palace."

Mo Yunchen sat on the edge of the bed, and the next moment he lay down with very skillful movements.

Xue Huang suddenly cleared her mind, "We just had a fight, shouldn't you leave?"

"There's a saying in the market that people quarrel at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed. I think it makes a lot of sense."

"Are you so thick-skinned now?"

"Actually, I have something else I want to tell you."

"what?"

"Lie down."

"You can say it or not." Xue Huang prepared to get out of bed and stay away from him.

The next moment, Mo Yunchen pressed her acupoints from behind, then pulled her back into his arms.

"Mo Yunchen!" Xue Huang was furious.

"Shh!" Mo Yunchen smiled and put his index finger close to her lips, "Speak softly."

"You are shameless!"

"You were the one who was off guard. Why, do you trust me so much?"

Xue Huang's cheeks turned red with anger, and she stared at him angrily, "Let me go!"

"I'm leaving."

"Then let's go quickly!" Xue Huang said without thinking.

"I mean, I'm going back to Shuanglin City."

Xue Huang was stunned for a moment, "When?"

"We will set off the day after tomorrow."

"So you...are you here to ask for answers?" Xue Huang was a little flustered. Was she leaving so soon? Was she leaving too?

Mo Yunchen didn't say anything.

"I still have things to do. Everything is not over yet. I can't leave. The injustice has not been redressed, and the storm has not been settled. If I leave now, how can I face my relatives who died in vain in Beiyuan?"

"Don't worry. I won't force you to leave. I said I would make you leave with me willingly. I will give you time to achieve your wish."

Hearing this, Xue Huang breathed a sigh of relief.

"But," Mo Yunchen said again, "it won't be long."

Xue Huang's heart sank again, "Too much obsession will eventually become a demon barrier, Mo Yunchen, why do you have to do this?"

Mo Yunchen didn't answer her. He held her in his arms and closed his eyes. "Be good and go to sleep. Otherwise, I'll press your mute point as well."

Xue Huang lay numbly in his arms, feeling that a sense of fateful helplessness was about to overwhelm her.

Maybe it was because of the alcohol or maybe it was because of sleepiness, Xuehuang fell asleep after a while.

She was too lazy to care about Mo Yunchen's increasingly excessive behavior.

Mo Yunchen was not actually asleep. He closed his eyes for a while and then opened them, looking at her in a daze.

After a while, he reached out and untied her acupoints.

Xue Huang seemed to sense something and turned over and fell asleep, leaving only her back to him.

Mo Yunchen covered her with the quilt, closed his eyes again, and fell asleep peacefully.

Xue Huang woke up early and turned around to find Mo Yunchen still sleeping beside her, one hand still on her wrist.

She shook it off directly, but didn't want to alarm Mo Yunchen.

He opened his eyes, looked at her, then turned around, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

"Aren't you leaving tomorrow?"

"Don't worry." Mo Yunchen said calmly. "I'm hungry. Go make me something to eat."

"You want me to do it?"

"Yes. You should do it."

Xuehuang got out of bed and washed up, and soon a palace maid came to bring her breakfast.

She stared at the exquisite dishes on the table, was silent for a moment, and started eating by herself.

When Mo Yunchen came out, he saw that she had completely forgotten what he had said, so he sat down without any hesitation and started having her breakfast.

The two men finished their meal in silence, avoiding the palace maids and coming to the courtyard.

Mo Yunchen handed her a letter and said, "Live well and wait for me to come back."

"what is this?"

"Whether you believe it or not, I didn't massacre your relatives back then. My father was ordered by Shen Congfeng, but he plotted against him and died on the battlefield. In order to survive, I had no choice but to submit to him and attack Beiyuan."

Xue Huang remained silent, because she already knew all this.

But why are these the only reasons why she hates him?

"If your wish is fulfilled, can you tell me why you hate me?"

"Okay." Xue Huang answered cheerfully, "When you come back, we'll discuss the terms again."

Mo Yunchen placed a medicine bottle in her palm, "Don't die."

"Do me one more favor."

"You said."

"I want a complete topographic map of the old capital of Beiyuan."

Mo Yunchen was silent for a moment, "Okay. I'll have someone send it to you."

Xue Huang nodded without saying anything more.

Mo Yunchen took one last look at her and turned away.

The topographic map that Xue Huang requested was quickly and silently delivered by someone.

She didn't care who was in the dark and immediately opened the topographic map and started studying it with Mu Guang.

Unfortunately, after a while, the two still couldn't figure it out.

"How to do?"

"Don't think about it," Mu Guang said, "Leave this matter to me, I'll think about it carefully."

Xue Huang had no choice but to put the matter aside for the time being and concentrate on practicing martial arts every day, unaware of any news from the outside world.

Rong Yu never came to see her again, and Wei Yunzhou never sent anyone to deliver any news.

Xue Huang was a little worried and didn't know what they were doing outside.

She lived in Changqing Palace for nearly a month, watching the peach blossoms bloom and the dead trees grow new branches.

It was the time of year again when everything came back to life. She sat alone under a tree drinking and felt lonely for the first time.

She didn't like the days without freedom, but after going around in circles, she always repeated the same cycle.

"Since you are here, why don't you show up?" Xue Huang said calmly.

In the past few days, she sensed a presence lingering around but refusing to show itself.

Today, this aura was much closer to her.

Under the peach tree, a white figure fell silently, holding a cute kitten in his arms.

"It's you." Xue Huang was a little surprised. This person was unexpected. It was Bai Yu.

"This is for you." Bai Yu put the kitten on the table.

Xue Huang looked at the kitten and couldn't help laughing, "It looks like the one I picked up when I was a kid!" It has a white body, but a black face, like a coal ball.

"I have been looking for it in Shangyang City for a long time. It looks very much like that kitten."

"No matter how similar it is, it can't be it."

"After all this time, the cat may no longer be alive, but maybe it has been reincarnated."

Xue Huang picked up the cat. It was very obedient and clingy. It looked at her with its big round eyes and seemed to like her very much. "Then let's call it Coal Ball."

Bai Yu just watched her playing with the kitten in silence. When he saw her smile, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.

"Why are you here?" Xue Huang asked.

"I am free."

Xue Huang glanced at him and was not surprised. She had already given the antidote formula given to her by Mo Yunchen to Wei Yunzhou. It was entirely up to him to decide whether Meiying stayed or went.

And she knew Wei Yunzhou, and he would certainly not use this as a threat. The Phantom's stay or departure would be decided by those people themselves.

"Congratulations." She said sincerely. "Where are you going next? Are you leaving with Changfeng?"

Bai Yu was silent, with a hint of sadness in his eyes, "Changfeng chose to stay."

"Why?" Xue Huang was also puzzled. "You said before that you had no choice. Now that you have a choice, why do you want to continue?"

"I don't know. He didn't answer my question."

Xue Huang was silent for a moment, "Perhaps everyone has their own aspirations."

"What about you? You have a choice too, why do you want to trap yourself here?"

"Me?" Xue Huang lowered her head and scratched the kitten's chin. Seeing it lying on its belly in her arms, she felt more relaxed and a smile appeared in her eyes. "I have my reasons, too."