Ignoring that the wound on her chest was still bleeding, Li took Li Rui's hand again and pressed it against her chest. It was connected to the atrium, and Li Rui could even feel Li's blood soaking her palms warmly with the beating of her heart. His heart was beating so fast, and the longing for lovesickness and the excitement of meeting again after a long absence were all intertwined in his body at this moment.
He just wanted to hold her hand and never let go, just like when they first met. He would never allow the beloved in front of him to leave him again. As the Silver Fox Divine Lord, he had no idea about the passage of time because he was used to living in the divine realm. But after Li Rui disappeared, he gradually understood what it meant to have seconds that lasted as long as years. It was an endless feeling of emptiness. Indulging in it, his whole heart felt like a big hole had been dug out. There was no one else but her. People can fill it.
Li took Li Rui back to his palace. He stared at her almost intently all the way, and then he couldn't help but smile crazily. He wanted to reflect her appearance in his eyes. Then project it into your own heart. It had been too long since he had felt her delicate hands. When her body temperature spread through her fingers, along with her intoxicating fragrance that made him feel at ease, his eyes became moist.
He led her to his room and showed her one by one the gifts he had carefully prepared for her during the long years of being alone. Those clothes made of silk and satin were no less handmade than those in the God's Realm, and those unique jewelry were all styles that she couldn't put down at first sight, even the rouge and gouache on the dressing table. It's all ready, which shows how much thought he put into it. It seems that it has been quietly waiting for its mistress to appear.
"Are these prepared for me?" She looked at everything in the room for a long time and was stunned for half a minute before asking.
"Well, I didn't know what you would like, so I bought all the good-looking ones I saw. Many of them were purchased by me from the human world." Li answered her with a rare shy expression.
Li Rui didn't know what to say. What regret would she have if someone could cherish her like this? She no longer complained about fate's trick, but was filled with gratitude.
Seeing that she remained silent for a long time, Li Li almost begged: "For such a long time, I have never given up on finding a way to cure the magic flower poison in your body. Although I haven't found it yet, I believe that as long as I persist, I will. You will gain something. Just live here with peace of mind, stay with me, and never leave without saying goodbye again, okay?!"
Seeing her nodding in tears, he pulled her hand to his lips and kissed the coldness between her fingers gently, making her feel how the tears falling from the corners of his eyes made her hands wet. Suppressed by the pain in her chest, she just nodded and buried her cheek deep into his chest, just like she had wanted to do for a long time. This reunion after a long separation makes all the worries about missing each other disappear, and the spring breeze blows in the fragrance of flowers outside the window.
He called his demon servants to serve them countless fine wines and delicacies, and ordered them to prepare a bath filled with all kinds of flower petals for her. She washed away the filth on her body inch by inch. After becoming a demon, she had been hiding in the cave like a wild beast. Now soaking in the warm water, she felt that all the nerves in her body were slowly relaxing. Unknowingly, Fell asleep. It had been a long time since she had relaxed like this, and such wonderful moments were rare even in the divine realm.
She dreamed that she was back in the still-unbroken Qunfang Garden, where she was still the leader of the group, taking care of those stunningly beautiful flowers all day long, and tirelessly looking forward to their blooming again and again. Zhishui's heart was shaken the moment she met the boy in white. Li not only broke into Qunfang Garden, but also broke into the garden in her heart. He held her hand so brazenly, not even giving her a chance to refuse or escape. But this time it seemed different from what he remembered. He actually picked her up more boldly, letting her whole body float in the air, up and down without knowing where she was being taken.
She opened her hazy eyes, only to find that she had been carried out of the bathtub by Li Yu at some point. His strong arms gently dragged her body, and she was only covered with a light yellow gauze. . She was shy for a moment, but no matter how hard her fist hit his chest, he didn't relax, just like his usual willful style. Seeing his frown, she suddenly remembered that he still had a sword wound on his chest, so she quickly retracted her hand and allowed him to continue hugging her.
The soft moonlight in the corridor reflected the pride on his face, which made her excited. He quickened his pace and walked back into the house and gently laid her on the bed. The room was filled with red candles, creating a dreamlike beauty through the layers of curtains. When she looked up, she discovered that there was a pear blossom in the vase beside the bed.
"Does it look like him?" He asked her with a smile, words that only she, who was connected with him, could understand.
"Yes." She and he really had a good understanding, and she nodded.
"While looking for you these years, I also accidentally discovered a pear tree. Although it is much different from yours, it is still somewhat similar." Li said and lay down beside her.
He was not in a hurry to reach out and hug her. At this moment, he just wanted to meet her eyes quietly and say some gentle words to her. Such moments had been imagined thousands of times in his mind. But none can compare to this.
She smiled with a touch of pink on her cheeks. Looking at his gray-blue eyes like the evening sky, time seemed to go back to the past. All the injuries were no longer worth remembering, and all the pain was no longer worth remembering. All melted in his warmth.
He stretched out a hand, intertwined her hand with his, then gently kissed her forehead, her cheek, the tip of her nose, and finally wrapped her body completely in his arms. , kissed her lips deeply, the kiss was as long as his thoughts, and he was reluctant to stop until she could hardly breathe.
She noticed that he finally stopped and took a deep breath. With a wave of his hand across from him, all the red candles in the room were extinguished, and the curtains were lowered.
In the darkness, accompanied by the intoxicating aroma of pear blossoms on the bedside, they finally melted into each other's hot emotions and couldn't extricate themselves.
"Li Rui... Li Rui..." He called her name over and over again, still murmuring even after falling asleep.
But she couldn't fall asleep for a long time. His body temperature and the slightest pain after being hugged tightly by him still remained on her body. In addition to the fragrance of pear blossoms, there was also his smell in the air. This kind of happiness was something she had experienced a long time ago. It was an extravagant hope, but it had been given up long ago. Unexpectedly, today, the dream suddenly came true.
She couldn't bear to close her eyes, wanting to just keep admiring his childish cheeks while he was sleeping, gently tossing the hair at his temples, and then get close to him to feel his breath, or kiss him uncontrollably.
She prayed silently in her heart: If time could stay here, I would be willing to lose half of my lifespan.
But reality failed to fulfill her wish after all. Just as dawn arrived, the magic flower poison in her body attacked again, and red scales appeared on her arms and cheeks again. She tried her best to suppress it, but she still couldn't stop her consciousness from gradually draining away. Her desire for blood made her feel an indescribable pain emanating from her bone marrow, which made her unbearable. Looking at his chest, which was still bandaged, she knew she had to stay away from him, otherwise he would be in danger again.
She smiled bitterly, thinking that maybe the relationship between him and her was just a sweet dream after all. Even if it sprouted roots of lovesickness, it could not bear fruit. No matter how unwilling she was, she had no choice but to kiss his cheek and lips one last time and hurriedly left his palace.
When Li woke up, he found that Li Rui was missing again. He thought she was joking with him. After all, they had gone through so many setbacks before they could be reunited. How could she be so cruel as to leave him? Unexpectedly, after searching the entire palace, there was still no trace of her. She disappeared again, and this time, she was determined not to let him find her again.
He was so depressed that his heart was pierced by thousands of arrows. He didn't know the reason and his heartache could not be healed for a long time. He could only rely on alcohol to numb himself every day, otherwise he would not be able to sleep. The majestic Demon King Fox has become a waste in the eyes of everyone, and he doesn't care.
Not long after she escaped from him, she found out that she was pregnant, and lamented that maybe the god Qiansu took pity on her and she was infatuated with him. Although they could not stay together, they could continue their feelings for each other in another way.
Strangely enough, although she lost her mind most of the time due to the magic flower's poison, she never harmed the fetus in her belly. From the beginning, she knew it would be a boy, with the same handsome face as Li, and the same gray-blue eyes as him. Despite her reluctance and helplessness, she decided to send him back to the palace where he was given a gift after he was born, so that he could always be by his side.
After the palace in the royal city was completely built, Li actually named it Chenji Palace. Because Chenji is the Big Dipper, the seven main halls in the palace were all named after the Big Dipper. It means that even though the flower god Li Rui has turned into the flower demon Chenji, she is still the only mistress of his palace. Whenever she looks back, she will see his open arms waiting for her return.
The magic flower poison in Li Rui's body has become increasingly difficult to control. She can only continue to encourage herself and must persist until the child is born. Spring passed and autumn came, and winter finally came. As the Goddess of Flowers, she had never looked forward to this cold season so much.
That night, heavy snow suddenly fell outside the cave where she was hiding. She laughed and cried. Winter finally came, and her and Li's son was born on that snowy night. She couldn't help but feel more reluctant to part with the child after spending too much time with her, so she sneaked back into Chenji Palace early the next morning and left the child there along with a strand of her hair.
That baby was the later second-generation Demon King Fox Ouyang Xueye. Because he had the blood of Li Rui, the Flower Demon Chenji, in his body, he showed his demonic nature from a very young age. Fortunately, he was well suppressed by Li's bloodline, and his acquired training prevented the flower demon's blood from taking away his mind, so he would not become a demon, and would only occasionally attack him once and a half. Apparently, this demonic blood was also passed on to him and Ran Susu's son Ouyang Xiaoleng.
Li never saw Li Rui again in his lifetime, so how could he know that she had fallen into the black fire purgatory, and all of this was entirely of her own free will.
All she could think about was that she would not go to Chenji Palace again unconsciously and harm the men she loved deeply or their flesh and blood, and this was the last thing she could do for them.