Two and a half hours later.
The commotion in the master bedroom finally calmed down.
The dusk outside the window was getting darker, and the light in the courtyard filtered through the half-closed curtains, casting a hazy warm color next to the messy bed.
Dugu Linglong lay quietly in Jiang Che's arms, with a few strands of hair stuck to the blushing white cheeks.
Those cold and clear beautiful eyes have reopened, but there is still a bit of confusion in their eyes that has not dissipated.
From Mount Zhongnan to Imperial Capital.
From the initial vigilance and alienation, to the unknowing dependence, to today's physical and mental sinking...
Until now, Dugu Linglong still feels like a dream.
But she didn't have much regret in her heart.
Some are just shy, and a kind of solidity and satisfaction that I have never experienced before.
Jiang Che leaned against the bed, one arm around her slender and soft waist, and the other hand carelessly played with her long silver hair.
The woman in his arms is too petite.
Even though Dugu Linglong is already twenty-eight years old, snuggled in his arms at this moment, she still looks like a delicate and compact doll.
Especially now that most of the cold fairy spirit in her body has dissipated, and only the shyness and weakness of a new woman are left in her face.
"Linglong, how do you feel?"
Hearing Jiang Che's gentle voice, Dugu Linglong's eyelashes trembled slightly, and a blush appeared on her fair cheeks again.
She didn't answer immediately, but just buried her face in Jiang Che's arms, as if she didn't want to pay attention to this bastard who knew what he was asking.
After a while, a sound as thin as a mosquito came from Jiang Che's arms.
"What did you say!"
Dugu Linglong made a pink fist and lightly punched Jiang Che on the chest.
For Jiang Che, this little strength is not even enough to scratch an itch.
"Shameless!"
"I know how to bully people..."
She murmured something softly, and then lay back in Jiang Che's arms.
If Dugu Linglong's other suitors were to see Zhiheng's current appearance, I'm afraid they would all have doubts about life.
In their hearts, Dugu Linglong has always been the image of a fairy who is cold and free from the world.
Even when facing seniors with advanced cultivation, she was always neither humble nor overbearing, and rarely showed such obvious emotions.
But now, she was lying in a man's arms and complaining softly like a little girl who had just been bullied.
But those slender arms were always hugging Jiang Che, with no intention of leaving at all.
"Do you really think I've bullied you?"
Jiang Che's palm gently stroked her soft silver hair, with a faint smile hanging on the corner of her lips.
"Then I'll leave now, so as not to make Zhiheng angry again."
As he spoke, he made a gesture to let go of the woman in his arms.
Dugu Linglong almost without thinking, immediately hugged his waist tightly.
"Don't..."
A soft voice blurted out.
After she reacted, Jiang Che looked at her with a half-smile.
Dugu Linglong's expression was slightly stiff. She still didn't understand that she was being deliberately teased by this bastard again!
"Do you just like to see me make a fool of myself?"
"Of course not."
Jiang Che hugged her up and let her lie in his arms.
"I just want to see if Fairy, who dislikes me as a bully, is willing to let me go."
Dugu Linglong bit his lip gently, but did not speak harshly as usual.
Both of them are already married, so there is no point in continuing to deceive themselves.
"Can't bear to part with it."
She looked at Jiang Che's handsome face so close at hand, with a hint of new-found attachment in her clear and beautiful eyes.
"Are you satisfied?"
"It's okay."
"Just okay?"
Dugu Linglong frowned slightly, and the hands around Jiang Che's waist tightened unconsciously.
Jiang Che lowered his head and kissed her forehead.
"I'm satisfied now."
Feeling the warm touch on his forehead, the dissatisfaction that had just arisen in Dugu Linglong's heart quickly dissipated without a trace.
She leaned quietly in Jiang Che's arms, enjoying the rare tenderness between the two.
The bedroom also became quiet, leaving only the sounds of intertwined breathing.
Dugu Linglong nestled in Jiang Che's arms, his two slender calves curled up under the thin quilt, and his white fingers gently played with the buttons on his clothes.
The two of them were affectionate for a while. Dugu Linglong seemed to suddenly think of something and gently let go of the button on Jiang Che's lapel.
"Jiang Che."
"Huh?"
"I'm going to retreat for a while."
Hearing this, Jiang Che lowered his eyes and looked at the white-haired lolita Fairy in his arms, with a slightly surprised tone.
"Why do you suddenly want to retreat?"
"It's not sudden."
Dugu Linglong sat up slightly, and the petite body that was originally soft and nestled in his arms regained a bit of the cool temperament belonging to Zhiheng.
"My cultivation has now broken through from the Mid-Celestial Realm to Late-Celestial Human."
"Although True Qi has completed the transformation in his body, his realm has not yet been completely stabilized."
"For the next seven days, I need to retreat to sort out my meridians and become familiar with the changes that will occur after the breakthrough."
Jiang Che nodded slightly, not surprised.
Dugu Linglong is different from him.
Most of his cultivation comes from the system. As long as he completes adding points, his power will be directly integrated into his limbs and bones, so there is no need to worry about the realm being empty.
Dugu Linglong, on the other hand, took it one step at a time and actually cultivated to the level of the Heavenly Human Realm.
Now that his cultivation has suddenly reached a breakthrough, it will naturally take a period of time for him to retreat and stabilize.
"Is seven days enough?"
"That's enough."
Dugu Linglong nodded slightly.
"Training Room in the backyard of the manor is very suitable for retreat, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is abundant enough."
"In seven days at most, I can completely stabilize Late-Celestial Human's state!"
"Okay."
Jiang Che agreed very happily.
"I asked Shadow Charm and the others to stay outside Training Room."
"During the retreat, no one will come in and disturb you without your permission."
Dugu Linglong was originally worried that Jiang Che would be unhappy.
After all, the two had just established their relationship, and before they even had time to be affectionate, she had to retreat alone for seven days.
It can be seen that Jiang Che agreed so simply, but Dugu Linglong felt a little subtle reluctance in his heart.
Seven days.
It also means that she will not be able to see the man in front of her again for the next seven days...
Thinking of this, Dugu Linglong's slender arms around Jiang Che's waist subconsciously tightened a bit.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Dugu Linglong shook his head slightly, but did not leave his arms.
Jiang Che looked at Fairy, the duplicitous white-haired lolita in her arms, and couldn't tell what she was thinking?
With a little force on his arms, he directly lifted Dugu Linglong onto his lap again.
Dugu Linglong is only 1.48 meters tall.
Jiang Che With only one arm, he can tightly wrap around her slender waist.
When the two of them were close together, she was almost completely enveloped in Jiang Che's arms.
"It's just a seven-day retreat."
Jiang Che looked down at her.
"I will come back to pick you up when you leave the quarantine."
"Really?"
Dugu Linglong raised her childish and lovely white face.
The silky silver hair on his head fell from his shoulders, his long and narrow eyelashes trembled slightly, and his always clear and calm eyes finally revealed a bit of undisguised reluctance.
"Of course."
Jiang Che pinched her white and tender cheeks.
"This is our home."
"You've been waiting for me here, can I come back?"
Hearing the words "our home", Dugu Linglong trembled slightly.
The reluctance that originally remained in my eyes also dissipated a lot unconsciously.
She leaned her little face back on Jiang Che's shoulder, and her pale lips quietly curved a slight arc.
"Okay."
"In seven days, I will wait for you to come back..."