Inside the house, Ronghua gently lulled Mengta to sleep. She looked calm and couldn't help smiling while looking at the face of the slumbering boy. It had been a long time since she last lulled a baby to sleep like this. Ronghua gently stroked Mengta's soft cheek. "Have a good sleep!" She leaned down and kissed Mengta's cheek, and then she covered him well with a quilt. After going out and closing the door gently, she waved her hand to make a spell boundary. She was not sure what might happen later. After all, no one should disturb the sleeping boy.

As soon as Ronghua turned around, she saw the couple in the courtyard, who was behaving in a strange state. s.h.i.+gong was staring at Qingyi affectionately, while she was holding a cup of tea and tasting it slowly, paying no attention to him. Although her movement was elegant, she kept a pair of cold eyes and ignored him. Invisible power existed around her body, isolating herself from others. She looked awfully calm. s.h.i.+gong kept his eyes fixed on her, but he dared not take any action that might annoy her. Being indifferent to others, he would only treat Qingyi so patiently. He knew that he could not enrage her now. Otherwise, he would have no chance of regret. He didn't know whether Qingyi's anger dissipated or not. If he made Qingyi unhappy because of a trivial thing, he would soon be overwhelmed by regret.

But for Qingyi, she was not just angry.

Ronghua walked over to sit by the table. She picked up the teapot and served tea for them. With corners of her mouth unconsciously rising, she said, "You two. One ran, and the other chased. One died, and the other waited. No one has changed even after so many years."

Qingyi just glanced at Ronghua and took a teacup, "Has no one changed?"

Hearing Ronghua's words, s.h.i.+gong might not understand it at first. But when he heard the sentence "No one has changed", he began to understand and smiled unconsciously. Ronghua's promise to him was true, while Qingyi's promise to "s.h.i.+gong" was also true. Qingyi turned her head and said to s.h.i.+gong, "How about you? What's your opinion? Do you think we are still the same as before?" Qingyi's words meant to confound black and white and distort Ronghua's meaning. Since s.h.i.+gong understood what Qingyi meant, a gloom showed in his eyes. He could refute, but as a hen-pecked husband facing with their current relations.h.i.+p, how dared he refute? He could only accept it obediently.

Looking at s.h.i.+gong, who showed an obedient look, Ronghua could only sigh for him three times in her heart. How would they get along in the future?

Then they just sat there, neither speaking nor looking at each other. The air seemed to be frozen by the cold air they sent out. s.h.i.+gong felt a bit embarra.s.sed and looked at Ronghua, not knowing how to respond.

Ronghua was also silent because she did not know what to do, either. After that incident, Qingyi had been more and more emotionally unstable. Now Qingyi was no longer the same as she had been one hundred thousand years ago. She knew nothing about the incident, while Ronghua couldn't explain it so clearly.

s.h.i.+gong looked at Ronghua for help. Noticing his staring, Ronghua just smiled, "One hundred thousand years ago, it was one of her advantages to argue a point to death!" Qingyi was a little unhappy after hearing Ronghua's words.

She turned her head, thinking, "How have I ever argued a point to death?"

However, after Ronghua returned and she felt Ronghua's breath again for the first time, she felt that Ronghua seemed a bit strange. She didn't figure out how Ronghua came here and what her purpose was. Ronghua never took action without a goal and confidence in success.

Did Ronghua know something one hundred thousand years ago?

Suddenly, s.h.i.+gong noticed Qingyi's eyes looking at him, he shrank his neck guiltily, unaware of what he had done wrong.

Qingyi conveyed her question to s.h.i.+gong secretly and voicelessly, "Did you tell my sister everything about us?" s.h.i.+gong felt overjoyed for Qingyi's initiative to speak to him. But when he heard her words, he didn't know how to answer. He had told Ronghua their story but only part of it. Should he nod his head?

s.h.i.+gong then asked Ronghua secretly and voicelessly, "What should I do?" Ronghua answered, "I don't know what to do either."

"I always listened to your sister, so I found you back."

s.h.i.+gong answered Qingyi directly, throwing the problem to Ronghua.

Qingyi had felt strange while looking at them. Upon hearing this, she instantly became angry. She put the cup on the table heavily with a bang. Ronghua was shocked by her and then asked s.h.i.+gong with her eyes, "What's the matter?"

s.h.i.+gong answered, "I don't know."

Ronghua felt helpless, "…"

Then Qingyi continued to say, "I won't just forget the incident happening a hundred thousand years ago. You haven't forgotten who caused my family's death, have you?" Qingyi glanced at s.h.i.+gong.

"Sister, even if you forgive him, I will not let him go so easily. Now, if it were not for Mengta, how could he sit here in such a good condition?" Ronghua was stunned. The reaction of Qingyi was a little too overwhelming. Ronghua felt that the anger in her heart might not be resolved in a short time. Qingyi was pointing at one but abusing another. "Is she blaming me?"

"It's all over. You need not bother yourself with the past!"

"It's over? It's too easy to say that. Do you really think you can cover up the truth in one sentence?"

"Why don't you let it go?"

"Sister, do you really think I am easy to persuade? Am I really so generous?" Qingyi gazed at Ronghua.

"Yes, I admit that I fell in love with him at first sight, just like a girl's first awakening of love. Now, I thought I could forget that happy time. My power was gathered in the world-changing bow, in which my memory was retained. But I finally found it back under your guidance. If I didn't have that memory now, it wouldn't be like this." Qingyi thought, "If I didn't have that memory, maybe I would be a good sister and a good wife in this life."

Sometimes, the memory was not precious indeed. What was wrong with giving up all for this?

After talking, Qingyi held a teacup lightly and looked at it carefully. She drank the cup of tea and couldn't help sighing, "The tea is so bitter."

s.h.i.+gong raised his head and happened to see a tear dropping from the corner of Qingyi's eyes. It streaked across her face in an instant like a meteor, and at the same time, it also streaked across his heart.

Qingyi!

Qingyi thought, "s.h.i.+gong, it would be much better if I didn't remember you."

"Without falling in love with you, I would still be Qingyi, the one caring about you and being with you. I would always love you. In this life, we would spend our lives in love with each other."

"But, why did you insist on leading me to get the world-changing bow? Although I am its owner, it gathers all the hostility between heaven and earth, and you don't know how painful I was when facing the truth."

"How can I still face them as usual after knowing the truth? Won't my heart hurt?"

"That day, when I turned around, I knew I could never go back."