Sea God Island.
Emerald light descended slowly, carrying two figures, one large and one small.
Thud, thud!
With two heavy impacts, Long Yaochen and Xiong Jun slammed into the ground together.
"Hiss!"
"Bi Ji, I'm injured!"
Xiong Jun cried out in pain.
"Injured?"
Bi Ji gave a cold laugh. "Do you have any idea how heavy you are?!"
Long Yaochen rubbed his backside as he stood up.
The moment he raised his head, he saw a figure in red standing at the entrance to the Sea God Pavilion.
"Huh? Xiaotao, you're back—"
Before he could finish, the red figure rushed at him.
A fragrant breeze swept over him.
The next instant,
a soft, warm body crashed into his arms.
"..."
Long Yaochen looked down.
Ma Xiaotao buried her face against his chest and wrapped both arms tightly around his waist, as though she feared he would vanish again the moment she let go.
Before he could take in the warmth of her embrace, he felt two especially resentful gazes fall on him.
One came from Zhang Lexuan, who stood by the entrance with a hand against the wooden door.
The other came from behind him, where Bi Ji stood with her arms crossed.
Bi Ji narrowed her eyes at the girl in red.
She knew who this was.
The Auspicious Beast had told her, and so had Di Tian.
Long Yaochen's fiancée, Ma Xiaotao.
Between those two, Xiong Jun, and Xuan Zi, who had just come out, all the eyes on him made Long Yaochen's scalp prickle.
His mouth twitched, and he said softly,
"There are so many people here."
"I know."
The muffled reply came from against his chest.
But the arms around his waist did not loosen. Instead, they tightened.
"Hey, kid." Xiong Jun chuckled beside them. "You've