Chapter 443
Chapter 443 Lighting a Fire
He pondered for a long while, cautiously saying, "Theoretically, I should go back because Qingxuan, Qiaoqiao, and my unborn child are all waiting for me there. But emotionally, I want to spend more time with you. Sister, if you were me, what would you do?"
Fairy Ning looked at him and said softly, "You're quite slippery, turning the topic back to ask me. Your heart is your own; who can control you?"
Ning Yuxi's expression remained indifferent, but a tinge of melancholy was visible in her eyes that she couldn't quite conceal. Lin Wanrong felt a pang of heartache. He quietly grasped her small hand and ventured, "Sister, why don't we go down the mountain together—"
"Go down the mountain?" Ning Yuxi's face revealed a trace of bitterness. She nestled into his arms and murmured, "Up here on this isolated peak, we're just a man and a woman—not Master of Qingxuan, nor husband of her either—free from the world's vendettas. I can be happy and carefree only when I'm with you. But if we go down—" She paused, unable to continue.
Lin Wanrong pulled her delicate frame into his arms, lightly kissed her hair, and laughed loudly. "So what if we go down? Happiness is something you have to fight for yourself. We've been honest with each other and never committed any atrocities. Even Heaven can't control us. I don't care about other people's opinions."
"But what about Qingxuan? Wouldn't she care?" Tears filled Ning Yuxi's face as she wept silently. "Even if she doesn't care—I do! I'm her Master, and you and I share a blood feud. We've broken taboos—"
"What taboos?!" Lin Wanrong stood up, his eyebrows arching in anger. "What taboos could there be between you and me? Yes, you're Qingxuan's Master, but you're also my Fairy Sister. I've never called you 'Master.' In my eyes, you're a Fairy Sister, not a Master. We are a single woman and a devoted man, mutually in love, neither kin nor trivial. Not even Heaven would dare to separate us. What talk is there of taboos?"
"But how would the world see it—"