84: Chapter 84 Just a piece of candy

Looking at Mu Xue's cat-like gaze, you feel like you've been played by her.

However, you aren't angry; you'll just let her cause trouble for you when you get back.

The men in black below you look serious, but they are already buzzing with excitement.

"Do you have any more melon seeds?"

"I have a few chicken feet here."

"Don't litter! Everyone needs to take their own trash with them!"

"Although this Second Miss Liu Ruyan isn't a great person, her looks are top-notch."

"Do you think the Team Leader has spent these three years..."

"Don't think the wrong way. I heard the Team Leader hasn't even touched her once in three years!"

"Ah, could it be that the Team Leader likes men?"

...

In the center of the living room, the Dragon King's grand performance is finally coming to an end.

Second Miss Liu Ruyan kneels on the ground, clutching Zhou Ze's pant leg tightly, her makeup ruined by tears: "I beg you, Zhou Ze! Give me another chance! I love you, I really do love you!"

Zhou Ze looks down at her: "Oh? You love me? How exactly do you love me?"

Second Miss Liu Ruyan hurriedly puffs out her chest and unzips her top: "Zhou Ze, have you forgotten? We are husband and wife! You can do whatever you want to me!"

Zhou Ze glances at her and sneers: "And what about now?"

Second Miss Liu Ruyan looks stunned, not having expected Zhou Ze to think this way. She quickly scans her surroundings.

The Chen father and son kneeling on the ground without daring to look up, her own mother who is paralyzed with fear and wearing a blank expression, and the men in black kneeling on one knee.

Second Miss Liu Ruyan's gaze also sweeps over you, and she makes eye contact with you.

However, from her perspective, she is likely looking at the group of men in black you are with.

Alright, Mu Xue probably won't think that way. You feel like this little kitten is going to scratch you with her claws later.

Your hand is grabbed and squeezed by Mu Xue.

Second Miss Liu Ruyan quickly scans the surroundings, her gaze falling back onto Zhou Ze. This isn't the Zhou Ze she knows, but she can tell just by looking at his eyes.

The Zhou Ze in front of her has the calmness of someone in a superior position. In his eyes, she is probably as insignificant as an ant. As for the Zhou Ze from before... Second Miss Liu Ruyan thinks for a long time, only to realize that she hasn't truly looked at Zhou Ze properly in these three years.

Finally, Second Miss Liu Ruyan makes up her mind. This is the Dragon King, the Dragon King of the Dragon Group! Even if it means becoming his plaything...

...that would still mean being above everyone else, second only to him.

Second Miss Liu Ruyan makes up her mind and begins to take off her jacket, then her skirt: "Can I now?" she says, looking at Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze just walks past her coldly. You all stand up and follow behind the Dragon King, marching out in a grand procession. Upon reaching the door, Zhou Ze turns his head to take one last look at Second Miss Liu Ruyan.

"You really are a despicable woman!"

You also subconsciously turn your head to look.

At this moment, Second Miss Liu Ruyan is left in only her underwear, her pale skin exposed.

Then, your calf is kicked hard, solid and precise, landing two inches above your ankle joint.

You suddenly feel that little Mu Xue's possessiveness seems a bit strong.

Your group returns to the vehicles.

The grand motorcade departs from the Liu family entrance.

"Boss, the three-year period has arrived. We respectfully welcome the Dragon King's return." Chen Zi'an says, glancing at Zhou Ze in the car.

Zhou Ze turns his face away: "If you say that again, I wouldn't mind throwing you out."

"Then how about I shout it once too?" Luo Ting says, looking at Zhou Ze with a smile: "Lord Dragon King!"

"Stop it!" Zhou Ze covers his face: "It's so embarrassing!"

After the joking, Zhou Ze looks at Mu Xue, then at you.

You are also looking at Zhou Ze.

You just heard Mu Xue say that this is her brother.

Zhou Ze looks at Mu Xue, then at you, then at Mu Xue again, and then back at you.

"Is this your... boyfriend?" Zhou Ze asks, looking at Mu Xue.

"Mm." Mu Xue's tone is neither cold nor warm.

Zhou Ze looks at you again: "What's so good about her? Brother, you're in for some bad luck for liking her."

Then Mu Xue punches Zhou Ze in the face.

"Lord Dragon King, why isn't your mouth crooked? Is your face uncomfortable?" Mu Xue grabs Zhou Ze's face and mashes it: "Aren't you the Crooked-Mouthed Dragon King?"

"General Zhou Muxue!" Zhou Ze hurriedly pushes Mu Xue away: "If you touch me again, ugh, if you touch me again... ugh... Brother, hurry up and control your girlfriend."

Seeing Zhou Ze asking you for help, you pull Mu Xue to your side and force her to sit on your lap.

"Brother, you're amazing. From now on, you're my own brother!" Zhou Ze says, looking at you.

You smile without saying anything.

After returning to the Imperial Capital, you very seriously tell Mu Xue about the fact that you were jealous.

Mu Xue looks at you and answers very seriously: "I thought that since he is my brother, it was a normal action. However, I am now your lover, Lin Heng, so I will reassess the distance of interaction between my brother and me."

The calm time passes quickly.

You take Mu Xue back to meet your family. Your father and mother are both very satisfied with Mu Xue, and your mother is smiling from ear to ear.

Being Innate, you are considered high-level within the Dragon Group, so there aren't many missions.

You and Mu Xue have only gone out twice. Once was when an old man in a certain place turned blue all over. All the hospital equipment showed no problems, and they thought it was some rare, serious illness. The Dragon Group sent specialists to check, but they didn't find any issues either.

In the end, it was reported to the Imperial Capital, and you and Mu Xue went over.

The result was that the old man's clothes were losing color!

There was another time involving a vampire problem in the Great Gili Empire, which requested support from the Dragon Kingdom. You and Mu Xue were sent there. The process went very smoothly, and you didn't really need to do anything. It was just about showing the Dragon Group's stance, roughly meaning: our Dragon Group personnel are here, so weigh your options if you dare to hurt our Dragon Group people...

For you and Mu Xue, it was just a normal trip.

Zhou Ze went to the Sacred Realm in the second year after becoming a Martial Saint.

He specifically met with you once, and he told you the fact about Mu Xue being a vessel.

He said: "My sister actually has a world-weary mentality. I'm afraid it's because we told her she was a vessel when she was a child."

"To be honest, I am very grateful to you. With you around, at least she won't want to die."

Finally, Zhou Ze whispered to you: "The Zhou Family is divided into two factions regarding Mu Xue. One side believes in respecting Mu Xue's choices; if Mu Xue is unwilling, she cannot be forced. The other side believes that Mu Xue was born to be a vessel, and resurrecting our Zhou Family's Empress is her mission."

"Therefore, Brother Lin, please be careful. Mu Xue is already Innate now."

You nod.

It was about the third year after Zhou Ze said that to you.

That day, Mu Xue fed you a piece of candy, but you could feel that it was coated with medicinal powder. Even an Innate expert would sleep for a whole night after eating it.

Mu Xue, just like always, placed the candy by your mouth. You opened your mouth and took it. The candy was very sweet, the strawberry flavor that Mu Xue likes.

At night.

You lie on the bed, pretending to sleep, the medicinal power having long been neutralized by your spiritual power.

"Lin Heng." Mu Xue looks at you and slightly lowers her head to kiss your forehead: "I'm leaving."

You keep your eyes closed, feeling some warm liquid fall onto your eyes, sliding along the corners of your eyes into your hair.

"You still know your mission, right?" That is the voice of the Zhou Family's Martial Saint, the tone flat and carrying a hint of impatience.

"Rest assured." Mu Xue's tone is very light, as if she is afraid of waking you up. She takes a candy out of her pocket and subconsciously puts it in her mouth.

When her teeth bite down, the candy wrapper presses between her lips and teeth, and she realizes she forgot to tear off the wrapper.

All these years, Mu Xue hasn't had to tear off the candy wrapper. She is used to handing the candy to you, and you tear it open. Sometimes you would hold it in your mouth before giving it to her; sometimes you would give it directly to her, and she would place it in your mouth for you to take a bite.

Mu Xue wants to tear open the wrapper, attempting to pinch the edge of the plastic packaging with her fingertips, but she can't exert any strength. A task she could easily do a few years ago is now exceptionally difficult; she is even so anxious that she uses her teeth to bite it.

"Are you not done yet?" The Zhou Family's Martial Saint at the door urges impatiently.

Mu Xue doesn't speak, using her teeth to bite the candy wrapper. The wrapper makes a faint plastic friction sound at the tips of her teeth. It slips twice, but finally, she tears it off.

However, the candy stick slips from her hand, and the candy falls to the ground.

Mu Xue looks at the lollipop that rolled twice on the ground and bites her lip.

She suddenly squats down, burying her face in her knees, her shoulders trembling slightly. She is still biting the empty candy wrapper, her hands clenched tightly.

Mu Xue is crying.

She doesn't know why she is crying either, but the tears just won't stop falling.

"It's just a piece of candy!" The Zhou Family's Martial Saint frowns and says.

That's right, just a piece of candy!

"I don't think I want to go with you anymore!" Mu Xue says with a crying voice. She is stunned herself when she says this.

"What did you say?" The Zhou Family's Martial Saint frowns.

"Do you know what you are saying!"

Mu Xue doesn't speak, still looking at the candy on the ground.

"Fine, fine, fine, fine. I said back then that raising you in the Sacred Realm would have been enough, but that old geezer, the Clan Chief, insisted on letting you come out to live." The Zhou Family's Martial Saint sneers, his voice carrying a sense of condescending disappointment: "Now you don't even know what you are! Who do you think you are? You are nothing but a vessel!"

"I don't want to go with you. The Clan Chief said I could decide this matter myself."

The Zhou Family's Martial Saint snorts coldly: "That's only if you get to see the Clan Chief first."

The power of a Martial Saint erupts without reservation.

Mu Xue's current cultivation is Late Stage Innate. She is a Genius, but the opponent is a Martial Saint after all. Although it is only Early Stage Martial Saint, she has no confidence in fighting across Realms, even for her.

"General Zhou Muxue, you have disappointed me too much!" That Martial Saint shakes his head, spiritual power churning in his hands.

But suddenly, a hand presses onto his shoulder.

"So you're the one who made Mu Xue cry!"