After Ouyang Xiaoleng jumped down from the railing, Xia Qiu realized that while he was taller, his body was also stronger than before.

"Why have you shrunk?" Ouyang Xiaoleng asked after trying to measure the height gap between Xia Qiu and himself.

"No, it's you who have grown taller!" Xia Qiu's voice was still a little choked.

"I heard that a human appeared in front of Chenji Palace, so I was guessing if it would be you...... It's good that I found you! Ouyang Xiaoleng opened his arms and held Xia Qiu in his arms, not paying attention to the complicated expression on her face at all.

Xia Qiu didn't know what Ouyang Xiaoleng's kiss just now, and the hug at this moment, represented? Is it a greeting to reunite after a long absence? This way of greeting seemed to be at odds with his usual silence and indifference. So, could it be that he is making fun of himself? People change, and in ten years there is no guarantee of what they will become.

She tried to push him away and said, "I didn't have a chance to say goodbye to you at the beginning, but now I finally see you." ”

"Farewell?!" Ouyang Xiaoleng winked at Xia Qiu suspiciously, he noticed that her gaze was deliberately avoiding him, but he didn't know for what reason.

"Well, then I'll go!"

Xia Qiu turned around to leave, but was pulled by Ouyang Xiaoleng. His strength was so great that she couldn't break free after several attempts. I had just cried before, and now I tried my best to leave, which made Xia Qiu's face flush. Ouyang Xiaoleng leaned down a little, trying to catch her gaze, but she kept trying to escape. Because he was so close, his snort hit her face evenly, and even if he tried to look away, he couldn't help but be attracted to him.

Ouyang Xiaoleng's hair was already very long, and most of it was tied casually behind him, leaving only two strands to slide down along the curvature of his forehead and sideburns. Although the sculptural face was full of sadness, it was still breathtakingly beautiful.

"Tell me, what's going on?!"

His voice was so gentle, as if a drizzle hit Xia Qiu's heart, and it also broke away all her defenses and stubbornness.

"I just...... I'm afraid that I didn't come at the right time, and the entire Chenji Palace is preparing for your wedding......" Xia Qiu tried her best to adjust her breath, but this simple sentence was still said intermittently.

"Well, I'm afraid the entire royal city will have to be decorated after that." Ouyang Xiaoleng didn't evade, and then Xia Qiu's words said.

"Really?" Xia Qiu felt that it was useless to talk too much, so it was better to stop there, and if she stayed any longer, she might have collapsed.

"I wanted to surprise you, but I didn't expect you to find me first." Ouyang Xiaoleng raised his hand to wipe away a tear that had just flowed from the corner of Xia Qiu's eyes and said.

"What?! Surprise?!! Xia Qiu wondered if she had heard it wrong.

"For ten years, I have been looking for a way to go back all the time...... Ouyang Xiaoleng realized that Xia Qiu had a misunderstanding of what she saw, and decided to start with the separation from her ten years ago.

On that day, after Qingyun died, he injected his blood and evil qi into the earth, becoming nutrients for poisonous dills, allowing them to grow freely, and Chenji Palace was soon surrounded by it. At the last moment, Qianqi, Lingyu, Ouyang Hongye, and Mochizuki injected their respective demonic powers into Ouyang Xiaoleng's Burning Sword, forming the most powerful demon alliance to date, burning the connection between the poisonous luo and the earth with the Burning Fire, but also burning the entire royal city into ruins. As for the crisis of the blood dripping from the Divine Pillar, it was also automatically resolved by the victory of the Demon King Fox's side.

In the past ten years, Ouyang Xiaoleng has led his subjects to rebuild the shattered royal city into an ideal state little by little, while looking for a way to reconnect the demon world and the human world, but it has been difficult to achieve results. I know that in the past half a year, the maze path has begun to disappear at the end of the two corridors again, but each time it can't be fully formed, and even if it barely reaches the human world through it, it can't maintain its form for a long time.

"Although the percentage of successful returns is very low, it is different from the past. I don't know if it's because this maze is not stable enough, or because it has changed in the process of rebirth, I can go directly to the place I want to go, or the person I want to meet. I've been to the library you frequented more than once, but each time I've been dragged back by a force before I can reach you. Only recently, when you picked up the book, I happened to be across the shelf. And ......"

Ouyang Xiaoleng could tell almost all the places she frequented, he could only look at her from a distance every time, and he had already returned to the demon realm before he could get closer. The pain of not being able to communicate with him, even though it was in front of him, always tormented him, but it also made him more determined. He knew that the day would come when they would be able to hug each other again was not far off, as the number of recent attempts to cross the maze and return to the human world was increasing.

"So...... Are you just getting ready for your wedding? After listening to Ouyang Xiaoleng's words, Xia Qiu put her forehead on his chest, and she clearly heard his heartbeat, urgent and heavy, as if the whole world was shocked by it.

"Forgive me for my impatience, Momiji, they always make fun of me for preparing for the wedding before I even proposed to you." Ouyang Xiaoleng stroked Xia Qiu's bun, his lips pressed against the top of her head, greedily smelling the faint fragrance coming from her body.

"Are you so sure I'm going to promise you?" Xia Qiu asked with a smile.

"Of course, I think about it, if you really don't agree, I'll snatch you back! Then lock you up in this Chenji Palace for the rest of your life! ”

"You've really changed......"

"I've been reborn with this city and the demon world."

After Ouyang Xiaoleng finished speaking, he picked up Xia Qiu's face again and kissed her lips that were dry from crying. If it weren't for the fear that she would be out of breath, he really planned to kiss her like this until the sea withered, or the heavens and the earth were gone.

The sky darkened imperceptibly, and he pointed down the mountain, and the entire Yongchuan Royal City began to be illuminated by one lamp after another. Under the deep purple night sky, the white lotus, composed of lights and the golden dome of Chenji Palace, is still as beautiful and dreamy as it was when I first saw it in summer and autumn ten years ago.

His big hand slowly moved to the center of the white lotus, and with a slight twist of his fingertips, a ring appeared in his hand as if by magic. Then he knelt down on one knee in front of Xia Qiu, took one of her hands and asked, "Marry me, or will I capture you back to Chenji Palace?" Pick one! ”

"I don't feel like there's a lot of room for choice!" Xia Qiu still couldn't stop crying, she always felt that the valve to control her tears had been opened, and the tears that had not been shed in the past ten years were destined to flow happily today.

"There's another option, marry me! Hahaha......"

The familiar hearty laughter sounded, Xia Qiu and Ouyang Xiaoleng were too focused on each other, and they didn't realize when Qian Qi and Ling Yu appeared on the observation deck.

"Stupid dragon, tell you to talk later, you just can't bear it!"

Ling Yu complained about Qianqi's impulse, so he walked over and squeezed Ouyang Xiaoleng aside at once, and then picked up Xia Qiu's whole person and spun around again and again. Compared to when they were separated ten years ago, he has also become much taller, almost the same as Qianqi.

And the change of Qianqi should be the most obvious, he actually grew a beard at a young age, but that hearty smile still carries the shadow of his youth.

As soon as Ling Yu put Xia Qiu down, Qianqi leaned over and hugged her tightly: "I also said that I couldn't bear it, I originally said that I was waiting in the Chenji Palace, I don't know who dragged me to the observation deck to make trouble?!" ”

Xia Qiu was amused by Qianqi and Lingyu, she hadn't laughed out loud from the bottom of her heart for a long time.

Ouyang Xiaoleng on the side saw that Xia Qiu had not agreed to her marriage proposal for a long time, and reminded her: "You haven't answered me yet?" How to choose? ”

"Don't promise him! I heard Momiji say that if you want to get the woman you like in the world, you have to pursue it for a long time, how can there be a reason to agree to a marriage proposal casually, it will be cheap for him. Ling Yu said with a wicked smile.

"That's it! It's been ten years, maybe Xia Qiu will choose me this time! Qianqi also agreed with Lingyu's statement.

"Do you two want to rebel?!" Ouyang Xiaoleng asked with a stiff face.

"How dare you! Although you are the lord of the demon world, if you want to marry a woman in the world, you must also follow the rules of the world, right? Qianqi squeezed his eyes at Xia Qiu.

The three of them were fighting with each other like this, as if they had suddenly returned to ten years ago. Over the years, they have supported each other, not only becoming friends of life and death, but also brothers in distress. Ling Yu chose the latter between returning to the Divine Realm and staying in the Demon Realm, which had long been his refuge, a place that could truly be called a home.

Qianqi replaced his elderly father, the Lake Dragon King, as the new city lord of Dongyao. He abolished Dongyao's strict hierarchy and liberated the mermaids who had been in slave status for a long time, making Dongyao Water City a city that was more open than in the past, and a real commercial center in the demon world.

Xia Qiu knew that she couldn't finish their story on this night, but when they asked her about what had happened in the past ten years, she didn't know what her ordinary life was worth telling them.

She was always a little worried, and although she was among the three of them, she might be pulled back into her own world at any time. even wondered if the happiness at the moment would be just a dream for her, and she might wake up from the dream between breaths.

Ouyang Xiaoleng saw her uneasiness, and from the observation deck to Chenji Palace, he held her hand tightly all the way, as if he was worried that she might disappear at any moment. Before Xia Qiu could agree to his proposal, he put the ring on the finger in the middle of her left hand while she was not paying attention.

It was a ring made of rare gems from the Demon Realm, and there was a pair with it that was here in Ouyang Xiaoleng. The two rings are made by the same gemstone, and the special thing about this gemstone is that although it looks like a diamond, when the two people wearing the ring love each other, the gemstone will reveal a faint pink color, and if one of them changes their mind, the gemstone will become dirty.

Now, the gem is just the color of sparkling pink. Xia Qiu could even feel the kind of warmth released by connecting it to her heart, and she wondered if part of that warmth would also come from Ouyang Xiaoleng.

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