The Woman He Loved but Could Not Have

"You..."

Le Ling, who had been stolen a kiss from, froze for a moment before instantly bristling!

"You pervert, hooligan, stinking man!"

She cursed as she hit him.

Qian Daoliu did not dodge at all and simply let her hit him.

In fact, he had kissed her while she was asleep last night—and it had been the deep-kiss kind.

But she had been trapped in a nightmare at the time and had not known. After waking up, she did not remember it either!

If not for that nightmare, he truly wanted her to remember just how passionately she had responded to him back then!

Yet precisely because he could not let her remember the nightmare, lest she fall into sadness, he deliberately kissed her while she was awake to test her reaction.

Sure enough, her reaction was quite intense!

After letting her hit him enough, Qian Daoliu grabbed her hand and placed it against his chest.

"I used to kiss you like that too."

"Used to!!!"

Le Ling immediately snapped back, "When we met, were you married?! Did you have a son?!"

"Don't mention the past to me!!!"

Angrily, she shook off the hand holding hers.

"Don't you dare kiss me again!"

"Otherwise, I'll pluck every feather from all three pairs of your wings!!"

After issuing her warning, Le Ling turned and stormed away.

Hearing that she wanted to pluck all the feathers from his wings, Qian Daoliu did not know whether to laugh or cry.

This was not the first time she had said that.

Back when they were together, whenever he made her angry, she would say the same thing.

But then, she had mostly been joking. Now, it was a warning!

"Ling'er, if I let you pluck all my feathers, can you forgive me?"

Qian Daoliu quickly caught up behind her.

Le Ling ignored him and continued onward.

Forgive him?

In his dreams. Never!

After that, since Le Ling did not want to speak to him, she kept walking ahead.

Qian Daoliu knew she was even angrier over being kissed just now and was completely ignoring him.

He did not dare provoke her for the moment and could only silently follow behind her!

The two walked through the forest in silence for a long while, until noon.

Le Ling was tired from walking.

Seeing her state, Qian Daoliu reached out and took hold of her wrist. "Let's rest first and eat something."

Le Ling pulled her hand back, looked around, and walked toward a large tree not far away.

The man followed her over, and the two sat down beside the tree.

Qian Daoliu took out the exquisite box of pastries from the carriage yesterday from his Storage Soul Guiding Device. Then he took out a waterskin and handed both to her.

Le Ling looked at them.

She had not wanted to accept them, but she was afraid that if she refused like she had that morning, her stomach would shamelessly protest again.

Rather than embarrass herself later, she might as well take them.

She accepted the box of pastries and the waterskin, then silently began eating.

Qian Daoliu sat beside her, watching her eat pastries and drink water. Her little cheeks puffed out as she ate, like a little hamster—adorable!

The corners of his lips remained curved in a smile.

Especially when he saw pastry crumbs stuck at the corner of her mouth, his smile deepened!

"Don't stare!"

"Don't smile!"

Seeing him constantly looking at her, Le Ling shot him an unhappy sideways glance.

"Little hamster, you have pastry crumbs stuck at the corner of your mouth again."

Qian Daoliu smiled and raised his hand, pointing to the spot on his own mouth corresponding to where the crumbs were stuck on hers, reminding her.

Whenever she ate in the past, he would call her little hamster just as dotingly.

Hearing his reminder, Le Ling reached for her mouth.

After wiping several times, she still could not get it off. Then she remembered what he used to do whenever she failed to wipe something off the corner of her mouth.

Le Ling immediately stretched out her hand and swiftly blocked the man's approaching face.

Sure enough, Qian Daoliu had intended to do what he used to.

When he saw she could not wipe it off herself, he would lean in, claiming he was helping her wipe it away while taking the chance to kiss her!

"You want to do that again. I knew it!"

Le Ling shoved him away with an angry expression.

Having had his "ulterior motive" exposed, Qian Daoliu quickly pulled back his handsome face and let out a low laugh.

"All right, I won't tease you anymore. Eat quickly. After you finish, rest for a while. I'll stand watch."

As he spoke, he took a handkerchief from his Storage Soul Guiding Device and handed it to her, letting her wipe her own mouth.

Le Ling stuffed the pastries and waterskin into his arms.

She did not take the handkerchief. Instead, she casually wiped her mouth a few times with her hand, then leaned against the trunk behind her and closed her eyes to rest.

Qian Daoliu smiled at her carefree way of wiping her mouth.

He set down the box of pastries and the waterskin, removed his outer robe, and gently covered her with it. Then he watched her while eating pastries himself.

After finishing the pastries, he sat cross-legged beside Le Ling and cultivated.

After resting for about an hour, the two set off once more, continuing their search for suitable soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Heavenly Fox Spirit formed from Le Ling's Ten-Tailed Celestial Fox Sacred Body belonged to the Attack Type, unlike Hu Liena's control-type demon fox.

The primary attributes of her spirit were dual fire and light attributes.

Most fox spirit martial souls were primarily fire attribute, but because Le Ling possessed the Ten-Tailed Celestial Fox Sacred Body, she had gained an additional light attribute.

She also had a spiritual secondary attribute. For instance, her Innate Skill, Time Rewind, was a spiritual-type skill.

Although Le Ling was Attack Type, her agility was no weaker than that of an Agility Attack Type Soul Master!

The two spent another afternoon wandering through the forest.

Apart from encountering a few hundred-year and thousand-year soul beasts, they found nothing else.

Le Ling was frustrated to death!

Finding even one suitable soul ring was this difficult. She needed to find three at once—when would she ever finish?

As for the hundred-year and thousand-year soul beasts, Qian Daoliu did not need to act at all.

Le Ling used them for practice and dealt with them in a few swift moves.

However, she did not kill those soul beasts. She merely gave them a thorough beating.

Watching her fight the soul beasts from the side, the man felt that she was not practicing at all.

She was using those soul beasts as substitutes for him and beating them up instead!

Qian Daoliu's heart trembled.

After Le Ling viciously beat another thousand-year soul beast, he walked to her side and asked, "Ling'er, have you wanted to beat me up for a long time?"

She must have wanted to beat him up for ages but could not, so she was taking it out on the soul beasts!

"Beat you up?!"

Le Ling glanced at him and gave a cold scoff.

When had the level ninety-nine Great Offering of Spirit Hall ever been scoffed at like that? Only this woman whom he currently loved but could not have would treat him this way because she was angry with him!

Qian Daoliu felt helpless.

By then, the sun was setting on the horizon, and evening had arrived.

He caught hold of Le Ling, who intended to continue searching for soul beasts. "It'll be dark soon. Let's find a relatively secluded and safe place to rest for the night."

During the day, they could rest anywhere, but nighttime was different. The forest was at its most dangerous after dark.

Even he, a Peerless Douluo, could not let down his guard in such a dangerous and unknown place as this forest!

Le Ling looked toward the horizon. Sure enough, that salted egg yolk in the west was about to set.

Suddenly, she remembered that when they had been in the Star Dou Forest before, they had once spent the night in a cave.

Subconsciously, she said, "Do you remember the cave where we spent the night before? I think it was nearby."

Qian Daoliu raised his brows as he looked at her.

How could he possibly forget that cave!

It was in that cave that they had their first intimate encounter.

If a ninety-thousand-year soul beast had not suddenly appeared outside the cave and attacked, interrupting them, they would have crossed that final line that very night!