Yang Yao lay atop the cage, crying so hard she could barely speak.
"Didn't I have someone send you a message? Didn't you understand what I meant?"
Seeing Yang Yao cry, Xu Kun's heart ached. He shook the Dragon Imprisoning Shackles and painfully stretched a dragon claw out of the cage, wiping away the tears at the corner of Yang Yao's eyes. "Be good, Yao Yao. Don't cry."
"How could I bear to watch you marry that idiot?"
"But you..." Yang Yao looked at Xu Kun, trapped behind bars, and felt even more grief-stricken.
Xu Kun smiled. "Others may not believe me, but does my Yao Yao not believe me either?"
"You'll be all right, won't you?" Yang Yao asked, sniffling.
"Of course. I promise you."
Yang Yao nodded. "Then I'll stay and wait for you. We'll go home together!"
Xu Kun had just been about to refuse when he heard a thud behind Yang Yao.
Xu Kun was dumbfounded, and Yang Yao jumped in fright as well. Turning around, she saw Ao Cunxin kneeling on the ground.
Xu Kun was terrified by the sight. A man who had never knelt to heaven or earth, he was unable to move aside because of the Dragon Imprisoning Shackles, so he could only kneel toward her as well.
"Auntie, what are you doing? Aren't you shortening my lifespan?"
Ao Cunxin's face was pale, devoid of the slightest trace of color.
Without saying a word, she slapped herself. She wanted to do so again, but Yang Yao firmly grabbed her arm.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Ao Cunxin's eyes were filled with boundless regret. "It's all my fault."
"If I hadn't brought Yao Yao home to visit her family, none of this would have happened."
"If I hadn't forced Yao Yao to marry