Under Hu Yucheng's somewhat conflicted gaze, Su Jiu stepped into the formation shimmering with a deep blue halo. Yun Huanling, Chu Luohen, and Ning Fan followed close behind her.
Lin Jiaojiao nudged Hu Yucheng, who stood beside her looking a little dazed. "Husband?"
Hu Yucheng came back to himself and gave Lin Jiaojiao a faint smile. He gently stroked his wife's hair, bitterness curling at the corners of his mouth. "Do you think I'm useless?"
Lin Jiaojiao startled. "Why would you say that?"
"In the end, I was the one who hurt you. I cost you all your cultivation and made you suffer so much, and now you even had to bring people to rescue us."
Lin Jiaojiao shook her head. "Please don't say that. If it hadn't been for you back then, I might have died outright at Zuo Kexin's hands. How could I have made it this far? Just being alive is already more than enough..."
Lin Jiaojiao had always been radiant, and her smile made her face shine all the brighter. She truly was content. At least they could see each other again, spend some peaceful days together, and have a chance to say goodbye...
They had been husband and wife for many years, after all. How could Hu Yucheng not know what Lin Jiaojiao was thinking? Yet that was precisely why his heart ached for her all the more.
He had once thought that clearing away all the women fluttering around him was the greatest respect he could show her. Only at this moment did he realize that he had still failed to treat his wife as well as she deserved.
Just as Su Jiu had expected, after passing through the teleportation array, they returned to their original location. Only now, the two doors with