"Mm..."
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's voice, Liu Erlong frowned and struggled to open her eyes, looking dazed.
"Erlong?"
Yu Xiaogang pressed a hand to his aching head. Seeing Liu Erlong sitting there in a stupor, he couldn't help calling out to her.
He called her name for quite a while before Liu Erlong finally came around. Like a machine just booting up, her expression slowly returned.
Weariness had only just shown on her face when she suddenly collapsed heavily back onto the bed. Her faint voice brimmed with exhaustion. "Xiao Gang, I..."
"I'm a little tired..."
"Don't... bother me..."
"Let... let me sleep a little longer..."
"Erlong, last night... Did I get drunk and throw up? Something feels off... Are you, are you okay?"
"You still have the nerve to ask... It was all because of you last night..."
After mumbling a couple of incoherent words, Liu Erlong's weary voice sounded again. "...My whole body's sore... Stop bothering me. Let me rest a little longer..."
As she spoke, she sank back into a deep sleep. She seemed truly exhausted, without the strength to say another word.
Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang was suddenly overcome with guilt.
He couldn't remember anything about the previous night.
But from what she'd said, he must have gotten drunk and lost control, putting her through a terrible ordeal.
Seeing the mess strewn all over the floor made Yu Xiaogang feel even worse.
"I'm sorry, Erlong... This, this is all my fault..."
Muttering softly, Yu Xiaogang carefully got out of bed. After washing up, the strange taste in his mouth finally went away.
He stepped outside the wooden cabin and looked around. Flender was nowhere to be seen. He figured Flender must have left without saying goodbye so he wouldn't disturb them.
Yu Xiaogang didn't dwell on it. Instead, he got to work cleaning.
He spent the entire morning at it.
The whole wooden cabin gleamed as if washed by a clear sky, and Yu Xiaogang even felt that the air had grown fresher.
Afterward,
Yu Xiaogang tied on an apron and cooked several of Liu Erlong's favorite dishes. Before long, the sweet, savory aroma of food wafted through the cabin.
By the time Liu Erlong woke up, dusk had fallen.
She stretched languidly before sitting up in bed. Her nightdress slipped off her shoulder, revealing a large bruise. She grimaced in pain. "Ow... Honestly..."
She remembered that last night's "Xiao Gang" had been unusually fierce, like a bull. He'd nearly left every bone in her body feeling as if it had come apart...
However,
Before she could collect herself, she heard hurried footsteps outside, followed by the sound of a heated argument.
"What's going on?"
Perhaps because her ears were still ringing, Liu Erlong couldn't quite make out the argument outside.
Staggering, she braced herself against the wall and managed to reach the doorway. When she looked up, her half-lidded eyes flew wide open, and all traces of sleep vanished!
"Dad...?"
"Why... are you here?"
The visitors were none other than Yu Luomian and several members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!
"You're saying you were attacked along the way?"
"Fan'er even went missing?"
After traveling for the entire afternoon, the wedding procession finally reached the Seven Kill Sect.
The Third Elder immediately reported what had happened on the road to Chen Jianjun. The latter's eyes narrowed.
In an instant!
The Third Elder felt a chill all around him, cold air prickling against his skin.
"Yes, Grand Sect Master..."
"Also, after the Sect Master returned, he was in a daze and went straight to sleep..."