Chapter 6 — Thuong Nguyet Thanh Ca

(11) Tien Quan is in the cave. On the way back, I kept thinking about the right way to talk about this with Thanh Loan. Anyway, now that I really want to be with him, I will naturally pay attention to his feelings. My eyes slid down to my wrist, I tilted my head and asked: "Tram Tinh, if I make a contract with you... that mark... is only on you, right?" He nodded very firmly: "Of course! The seal of the contract between partners is unique, can sense each other, one contract corresponds to another, never confused." As soon as we finished speaking, where the two of us were holding each other's wrists, the light of the contract sparkled smoothly, reflecting brilliantly on each other in the dark night. The more I think about it, the more confusing it becomes. If that's true... why does Tien Quan's wrist also have the same mark!? Could it be... that there is also a connection between the divine beast and its owner that affects the mark? …No way! The more I think, the more my head hurts. When his hand reached up to smooth my forehead, he softly said: "What's wrong? Is something bothering you?" I hesitated for a long time, pulled him into the cave, showed him the silver mark on Tien Quan's wrist: "So what... is this?" Thanh Loan froze in place, her beautiful phoenix eyes full of surprise, leaning closer to take a closer look, even regardless of whether Tien Quan liked cleanliness or not, raised her hand... to rub. But unfortunately - that mark... actually grew on Tien Quan's flesh, and no matter how hard you rubbed it, it wouldn't disappear. Thanh Loan's face turned from doubt to horror, then from terror to sadness, her eyes were like a puppy abandoned by her owner, looking at me with warmth. I tapped him on the head: "What are you thinking about? How could I secretly sign a contract with Tien Quan? Even if I did, I wouldn't have the mark of Tien Quan's contract on my body." Hearing this, his face finally softened and he was about to say something. But at this moment - I saw behind him, Tien Quan opened his eyes. One step away from Thanh Loan's body, those cold phoenix eyes silently locked onto me, seemingly covered with a layer of frost and snow, making me... stop dead in place. What is that look? There is no love. Not angry. Not happy. Not sad. But it makes people dare not move. It's like - a god... is watching the people on earth voluntarily cross the boundary. I only saw him suddenly wave his sleeve, a strong wind swept away the sparse flower petals on the ground and scattered. Thanh Loan in front of me collapsed into my arms, unconscious. Co Phi Tu slowly stood up and walked step by step towards me. His tall, straight figure cleverly obscured the glass lamp in the corner of the wall, causing the light before his eyes to become dim and unclear. An indescribable feeling welled up from the bottom of my heart - chilling. I stabilized my spirit and asked in a low voice: "What does Tien Quan mean by doing that?" He still had a cold face like a dead person, neither happy nor angry, just lightly raising his finger to cast a spell, causing Thanh Loan in my heart to return to his original form. Immediately - Tram Tinh turned into a giant divine bird, its feathers were brilliantly mixed with green, each feather was like sparkling pearls - incredibly beautiful. Co Phi Tu looked at me, his voice as low as condensed dew: "To Doanh, are you sure... you really like a bird?" I hugged the huge bird tightly in my arms, calmly bowed my head and kissed the top of Thanh's head Loan, soft fur, very good kisser. "Of course. Since I signed a contract with Tram Tinh, of course it's because I have feelings for you." It's not just about feelings - I admit, I'm a golden-haired fox who loves beauty, and in a few short days my heart was stolen by this divine beast. If he doesn't come back, I will miss him. If he gets hurt, I will be heartbroken. I understand my feelings very well - not just simple feelings. I nodded decisively: "I like you." Tien Quan's face at that time... it's hard to imagine. Seems… jealous? It's like... not willing? He frowned, as if he was sure of something, then asked: "To Doanh, you have been reincarnated... right?" I do not deny: "Yes, so what?" He burst out laughing - a cold laugh like ice melting in the wind, but more like self-mockery: "You don't know his background... yet you still dare to enter into a contract with him. If one day he betrays you... what are you going to do?" We finally understand. Isn't that right... Tien Quan is angry because I no longer pursue him in this life? Instead, you run after others — so you're not willing? Could it be that... he is also the type of male protagonist in some voice books (romance books) - only after losing it do you know how precious it is, so now he can't bear to see me love someone else? I replied, not politely: "Whether he betrayed or not is a matter between me and him. Thinking about it... it seems to have nothing to do with Tien Quan." "In my previous life, I saved Tien Quan, indeed out of admiration. But in this life - I just want to live peacefully with him." “Immortal Monarch… about the past life, you should forget it.” (12) As soon as my words ended, someone restrained my wrist. Tien Quan's long and powerful fingers, without any respect at this moment, tightly grasped my wrist, leaving me with only one way to use one hand to support the huge bird in my arms. The emerald green contract mark on his wrist glowed brilliantly under the lapis lazuli light, reflecting on his fingertips, shining with a layer of strange and beautiful color. "So do you know why I... have the same contract mark on my hand as his?" I shook my head. This is what makes me wonder the most from the beginning until now. It's clear that in this life, I haven't had much contact with Tien Quan, and we shouldn't have had a relationship so deep as to sign a contract. The corner of Tien Quan's eyes flashed a dark red, as if there was something he couldn't say: "Because he... was originally me." There was an explosion in my head, I froze, my eyes opened wide as I stared at him, suddenly unable to find my own voice. “You… what did you just say?” Was he originally you? What is "he was originally me"?! When I raised my eyes to look into his cold phoenix eyes, they suddenly seemed to coincide with Thanh Loan's beautiful, brilliant eyes. The only difference is - Thanh Loan always carries a warm smile, looking at me gently like the morning sun, while Co Phi Tu's eyes are mostly cold, indifferent, like covered with a layer of silver mist. Apart from those eyes, everything is different. Even if the Heavenly King comes here, they cannot be considered the same person. How can it be a person? It's so ridiculous it's crazy! Co Phi Tu gently opened his thin lips, his voice still as cold as river water: "I practiced the path of lovelessness, and understood clearly that the seven emotions and six desires are difficult to break. In order to complete the great path, I cut off the root of love and buried it under a tree." “I didn't expect that… love That chopped root, under the guidance of thousands of years of wood, borrowed a tree branch to give birth to oxygen, then cultivated into a body... to become another person - that is him." I was so confused that I could only hug the bird tightly in my arms - Thanh Loan was as soft as velvet, the last support. “He is a part of me. Every time he gets emotional, I feel it. We know every emotion he has. He and I — are inherently one body.” I heard myself tremble slightly: “So what? If what you say is true — he is a part of you, even you, but clearly the two are completely different.” "You have chosen to practice the path of no-emotions, and have personally cut off the roots of love, then you should walk with one heart and mind until the end of the path, and never look back again." I took a few deep breaths, forced myself to dispel the chaos in my heart, then softly said: "In my eyes - he is him, Tien Quan is Tien Quan." “In my previous life, I died to save you, without regret. But in this life... please help me complete it." He was silent for a long time. Finally, he just waved his sleeve, turned around and left. The night wind swayed, shadows fell, Thanh Loan in my heart gradually woke up. Her eyes, clear as water, looked at me dreamily, as if asking: "Why did I faint like this?" I don't understand why it changed back to its original form. But... my hug right now is so warm, he doesn't want to think any more.