"Are you just playing with me?" Zhaoxue pulled Zhu Xu's hand to her cheek, her eyes filled with sorrow and a hidden, almost mad, darkness that no one else could comprehend.
The touch of the hand beneath hers was smooth and cool. Zhu Xu felt the chill emanating from Zhaoxue and her own flushed face cooled in response.
Zhu Xu tiptoed forward and quickly kissed Zhaoxue on the lips, "Zhaoxue, I truly wasn't. I wanted to take you away just now because I was jealous."
Zhu Xu paused for a moment before continuing, "Now I want to leave because I'm embarrassed."
Zhu Xu's actions succeeded in dispelling the gloom in Zhaoxue's eyes, replacing it with a hint of moisture. "Xuxu, don't play with me."
Zhu Xu: "Never."
Zhaoxue pulled Zhu Xu into her arms, holding her tightly. Zhu Xu struggled to raise a hand and pat Zhaoxue's head.
"Should we... should we stay here?"
After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Xu couldn't bear the surrounding gazes any longer. She buried her head further into Zhaoxue's embrace, feeling even more uncomfortable.
As Zhu Xu spoke, Zhaoxue pursed her lips and cast a displeased glance at the idle immortals around them.
Zhaoxue's gaze grew cold. The other immortals couldn't discern the extreme threat within it, but they felt an intangible pressure.
The next moment, Zhaoxue scooped Zhu Xu up.
Zhu Xu's heart skipped a beat, and then she saw Zhaoxue's stunning profile.
Zhaoxue walked towards a corner as Zhu Xu wished.
The immortals who had initially formed a circle around Zhaoxue and Zhu Xu involuntarily parted, creating a path for them.
This doesn't feel right. Who is supposed to be appeased here?
At this moment, Feng Huo, who was in the outer circle with Zhaoxue and Zhu Xu at the center, saw this and his expression was difficult to describe as he muttered to himself.
Zhaoxue brought Zhu Xu to the furthest corner. After Zhu Xu was set down, her face flushed uncontrollably again.
Now, Zhaoxue, who had been fed by Zhu Xu, became the one feeding Zhu Xu.
"Cough, cough." Zhu Xu nervously ate a few pastries and then choked.
As Zhaoxue was about to pour her some water, Zhu Xu, in her panic, grabbed the plum wine beside her and gulped it down.
Zhaoxue frowned, then slowly relaxed.
Soon, the entire pot of wine was gone.
"Are you alright?" Zhaoxue took the now empty wine pot from Zhu Xu's hand.
Zhu Xu flashed Zhaoxue a bright smile, looking somewhat unhinged.
"This wine is quite strong," Zhu Xu said, standing up, but then she stumbled again, about to fall. Fortunately, Zhaoxue quickly supported her with her spiritual power.
"What's happening? I have such a good tolerance for alcohol, how could I get drunk?"
Zhu Xu propped her chin with one hand, holding another wine pot in the other. The pot swayed precariously in her hand, looking like it could fall at any moment.
"Xuxu, there are plums in this," Zhaoxue said, taking the wine pot from Zhu Xu's hand. The image of a little girl drinking plums and then passing out in a peach orchard grew clearer in her mind.
"Hey, who is this?" Zhu Xu followed her plum wine, which had been taken away, and saw Zhaoxue's devastatingly beautiful face.
"You don't recognize me?" Was she trying to get rid of him? Or had she truly forgotten?
When would she remember him? Remember that they were together?
Zhaoxue lowered her gaze, making her emotions difficult to discern.
Hearing Zhaoxue speak, Zhu Xu rolled up her sleeves, her crescent eyes sparkling, and her tone was incredibly excited, "Handsome little gege, do we know each other?"
Before Zhaoxue could respond, Zhu Xu placed her hands on Zhaoxue's shoulders and leaned her entire body into Zhaoxue's embrace.
"Little darling, please don't be sad anymore, okay?" Zhu Xu gently lifted Zhaoxue's chin with one hand, her movements soft, but her smile was foolish.
Zhu Xu's actions interrupted Zhaoxue's thoughts. Zhaoxue was slightly taken aback.
Seeing that Zhaoxue's face still held no smile, Zhu Xu earnestly said, "Shall I make a flower for gege?"
As Zhu Xu finished speaking, she returned to her seat and slowly raised her hands. From the ground around Zhu Xu, begonia flowers began to bloom one after another.
"Ah!"
Gradually, these begonia flowers spread further and further. The various immortals attending the grand assembly began to shriek, indicating they had been burned by the begonia flowers Zhu Xu conjured.
Seeing that the flower appreciation banquet was about to erupt in flames, the Water God had no choice but to use his spiritual power. In an instant, the entire flower appreciation banquet was in disarray.
"Does little gege like it?" Zhu Xu asked, bringing a large begonia flower, condensed from her own spiritual power, closer to Zhaoxue with both hands.
Amidst the continuous screams, Zhaoxue finally regained her senses, "It's beautiful."
"Then little gege, please take it." Zhu Xu, with a silly smile on her face, offered the begonia flower to Zhaoxue with both hands.
"Mmm." Zhaoxue nodded slightly and took the begonia flower from Zhu Xu's hands.
The scorching spiritual power transferred to Zhaoxue's palm. Zhaoxue's face showed no resistance.
In fact, if the deities, struggling to fend for themselves, could spare a glance at Zhaoxue at this moment, they might have seen a flicker of cautiousness on her face, born from being overwhelmed and flattered.
"Zhaoxue, Xu Xu is so sleepy." Unconsciously, Zhaoxue's name slipped out.
After placing the begonia flower in Zhaoxue's hand, Zhu Xu began to rest her forehead against the Nine Heavens below, as if she were truly exhausted.
"Sleep."
Zhaoxue stroked Zhu Xu's head and picked her up again. In a moment, the begonia flower in her hand had somehow been put away.
"Esteemed immortal friend, the Jade Emperor has decreed that the Imperial Daughter must remain at the flower appreciation banquet until its conclusion."
Just as Zhaoxue was carrying Zhu Xu out, General Huo Gui, holding a steel spear, blocked their path. However, the sound of the spear landing on the ground seemed to make General Huo Gui inexplicably feel smaller.
"Do you think the flower appreciation banquet can continue if we remain here?" Zhaoxue, holding Zhu Xu, glanced indifferently at General Huo Gui's pant leg, which had been singed by Zhu Xu's begonia flowers.
Feeling Zhaoxue's gaze, General Huo Gui's calf tensed imperceptibly.
General Huo Gui looked silently at the chaotic scene behind Zhaoxue, paused for a moment, and then silently stepped aside.