"White Lotus Society actually sent you to do something so dangerous!" Song Qingshu was furious. The next time I see Li Qingluo, I'll have to teach her a proper lesson, or I'll never vent this anger.
"Someone had to be sent. If I wanted to gain enough prestige within the Society, I naturally had to take greater risks than the others." Seeing her husband's agitated reaction, Zhou Zhiruo felt an inexplicable surge of happiness. She gazed tenderly at the man beside her. "Besides, a blessing may come disguised as a misfortune. If I hadn't come to Hero's Island, how could I have seen you again?"
Song Qingshu took her soft, delicate hand and kissed it. "It's too dangerous for a girl like you to stay in the White Lotus Society. From now on, stay by my side. You're not allowed to go back to that damned White Lotus Society."
"No, I'm going back." Zhou Zhiruo's voice was soft, but her tone allowed no argument.
Song Qingshu fell silent for a moment before speaking. "I can more or less guess why you insist on joining the White Lotus Society. But I can tell you clearly: whether you're the Emei Sect Leader or an ordinary disciple, the leader of the White Lotus Society or a peasant girl, you are my wife. That will never change. You don't need to do anything to get what you want."
Moved, Zhou Zhiruo leaned against him and pressed her cheek to his chest. "Qingshu, you're a wise and intelligent man. Before you, I can show my true self. I don't have to be as exhausted as I was when I was with Zhang Wuji..."
Having spent so long together, she understood her husband's current temperament. He was broad-minded and magnanimous. Besides, the knot between them concerning