Rong Dan had been treated coldly by many people till now.
When she was young, she and her mother depended on each other. People said that she had no father, she was ridiculed and bullied arbitrarily. Later, when she grew up, she fell in love. She thought all her sufferings would end, but she was discovered by monster hunters as a half-demon, and her love was in vain. Under pressure, she could only obey her mother's orders and search for Qingqiu, her father's hometown.
Rong Dan finally met her father, but only spent a few days with him before he passed due to a serious illness. In this short period of time, she was separated from her parents twice, and became a helpless orphan. The demons in Qingqiu saw her as a half-demon. It was difficult to find a friend to talk to, so she was lonely and neglected.
After she went to the heavens, the immortals were very kind to her at first. She thought that she had found paradise. However, what happened after that made Rong Dan feel discouraged and realized that no one except Lin Yong would think highly of her, a half-demon. So when she heard Xuan Jie's words, Rong Dan couldn't help but feel turmoil. She responded softly: "Yeah, I'm nothing important."
Rong Dan had a smile on her face, and she followed Xuan Jie's eyes and looked carefully. Looking at the stars in the sky, she then thought about it and suddenly felt sad. She wasn't liked by Qingqiu. Later, she and Cang Yu reconciled, but Chun Ge became even more disgusted with her. After all these years of hardship, she had to endure it. Forget it, why bother involving this kind-hearted young man? She immediately said: "You... you might not know. This isn't a good place. You can leave after you rest. If the Fox Clan knows that you're staying with me, they might vent your anger on you."
Xuan Jie asked, "Why would they be angry?"
This question made Rong Dan silent. She sat dully for a moment and said softly, "Because they don't like me. Some people treat me badly. I don't fit in with others. Whether humans, monsters, or even the immortals in the sky. Those who don't fit in will be ostracized, blamed, and hated."
Rong Dan couldn't help but feel sad thinking of her life experience, she raised his head and met Xuan Jie's gaze. She saw the young man's cold eyes and uncaring expression. She couldn't help but be surprised, she then heard him say: "I'm not treating you well. What others think have nothing to do with me."
"Since you came to this forest, you must be a big demon in the fox clan," Rong Dan saw that his speech and behavior were different, but she had no relevant impression in her mind. After marrying Cang Yu in her early years, she was relativity knowledgeable about the fox clan. She's heard a lot from the elder but had never heard of such a person. Seeing that he was very close to two fox tribe youths and didn't look like an outsider, she felt a little at ease and couldn't help but say, "You have friends to play around with. You're a lucky monster, much more than me. Maybe you don't know yet, but the most painful thing in this world is to be alone and helpless. No one cares about you, no one talks to you, and you're left alone. It can drive people crazy."
Xuan Jie commented, "You and Qian Niang are saying the exact opposite."
Qian Niang?
Rong Dan was startled. She blinked her eyes and looked at Xuan Jie again. She felt a breath of depression welled up from the bottom of her heart tightly blocking in her throat, making her unable to breathe. She stood up, the tea cup on the stone table was accidentally knocked over. Rong Dan's voice was hasty and sad: "Do... you... do you know Cang Yu?"
"Yes, I do," Xuan Jie saw that her actions looked different and asked, "And so?"
Rong Dan said in despair, "Who is he to you?"
"I live with him," Xuan Jie replied, he had no curiosity about Rong Dan. Now that he's seen her, he just felt that none of the women or men in the world were as pleasing to the eye as Cang Yu. Neither beauty nor ugliness moved him, so his heart was calm with no thoughts.
Rong Dan looked sad and whispered: "How has he been these years?"
"What do you want to know?" He knew everything and could tell her everything, but Qian Niang said that Cang Yu was treated very bad by her. Maybe he's still too young, he doesn't really understand these things.
Rong Dan said in a daze: "It's just... if he's happy, if he's unhappy."
Xuan Jie replied lightly: "He'll naturally be happy when he's happy, but there aren't so many happy things."
This problem is originally a human problem. As a matter of course, Xuan Jie accompanied Cang Yu day and night, and knew full well that he had never been sad because of Rong Dan. According to ordinary people's logic, Cang Yu's life could be called excellent. When the question came to Xuan Jie, Xuan Jie thought very simply. If he's not smiling, it can't be considered happy. With frowns it was the same, he wouldn't be considered unhappy— but Rong Dan didn't ask if Cang Yu was unhappy.
Unfortunately, unless you're a clown, no one will be laughing from morning to night. In less than three months, you'll laugh your face numb.
It's a pity that Rong Dan didn't expect Xuan Jie's basic common sense to be so terrible, so she completely misunderstood.
Rong Dan sighed softly with mixed emotions. The love in her heart was for Lin Yong. Now she thought of the past, like a dream, and felt that while she was lonely and neglected, Cang Yu also suffered from love. For a moment, she couldn't tell who was more pitiful.
"By the way, you... why do you say that I'm different from that Qian Niang?" Rong Dan wanted to change the topic, so she asked, "Does she have any opinions?"
Xuan Jie thought for a moment, and unconsciously wanted to talk about something important, so he told Rong Dan what Qian Niang had said at the time, and said calmly: "Qian Niang told me that I was the most pitiful child in the world, but you said that I have an excellent life. I really don't understand. Listen, do you understand?"
Rong Dan was stunned, she said: "Actually, I can't say as well as you about this matter. I think you know that I had an old fate with Cang Yu. Unfortunately, I was too young at that time, I didn't know that he was good to me. Later, I looked carefully for clues and understood his intentions. It's probably because Cang Yu has lived for so long, his actions are harder to understand. He's indifferent by nature and leaves no trace of anything. I was young and ignorant at the time, I thought he looked down on me like everyone else. Thinking of being tied to such a monster in the future, I shed so many tears.
"Later on, I did something wrong, and although I still don't regret it, sometimes when I think back, I feel sorry for Cang Yu. At that time, I thought he didn't regard me as his wife, and naturally didn't regard him as my husband. Now that Qingqiu resents me, it's all my fault."
Rong Dan stood up, walking to the edge of the pavilion, she looked at the bright moon in the night sky. She turned around and said with a bitter smile, "Now he's made a decision and is willing to take you in, he'll definitely do his best for you. At least, although I don't know how happy you'll be, but you never need to be worried about safety."
Under the moonlight, the woman's smile was filled with tears and sadness.
"I can't give him what he wants, I can't repay his kindness," Rong Dan's voice was carrying into Xuan Jie's ears by the wind, "I hope you don't make the same mistake I made."
"Cang Yu... just because he can't express it doesn't mean that he doesn't care. If you have any doubts, you might as well observe for yourself."
Xuan Jie felt baffled and thought to himself; I have never discussed marriage with Cang Yu, so it's impossible for me to do so. How could I make the same mistake you did.
His priorities were always very logical and off-kilter.
Rong Dan's words weren't really meant for Xuan Jie, but rather for herself. After all, they were destined but not meant for each other. Even if they got married, they couldn't change what they were destined to do. After they divorced, Rong Dan wouldn't know how deep Cang Yu's love was, but she's already met Lin Yong, and there's no room in her heart for Cang Yu to try to be with him again.
Now there's only infinite gratitude and guilt.
The two of them had been standing in the wind for half the night, while Chi Luo and Bai Shu had also been feeding mosquitoes for half the night and getting teased by the flower demons. They wished they could turn from thirteen to thirty, but in the end just squatted in confusion. They looked at each other in the corner, looking at the private warmth of the pavilion from a distance, wondering what a mute and a Rong Dan could be talking about for so long.
Chi Luo shook his legs idly, and suddenly thought of a terrifying possibility, he jumped up from the ground in an instant, looking at Bai Shu in horror and asking: "Could it be that Xuan Jie beat her to death to relieve the great elder's anger? ?"
Bai Shu's jumped up with an "ouch", and he exclaimed more horrified: "No way!"
The two little fox demons looked at each other, but neither of them dared to really say "he couldn't have". After this, they hurriedly ran up to the pavilion. As soon as they arrived, they saw Xuan Jie and Rong Dan looking over in surprise.
The scene seemed less tense than when Chi Shuishui and Qian Niang were scolding each other, it was obvious that no bloodshed occurred.
At that time, Chi Luo's brain was powered off for three seconds, and Bai Shu was out of breath. He realized that he was now in a rather embarrassing situation, Chi Luo was completely useless right now. Xuan Jie's eyes have narrowed slightly, and the situation was developing in an increasingly dangerous direction.
He made a quick decision in and blurted out without thinking: "Xuan Jie, it's so late now! We should go home!"
Xuan Jie's eyes returned to their original size, they didn't look as scary as before, and he nodded silently.
Chi Luo finally let go of his breath and he said: "Let's go!"
Bai Shu followed him expressionlessly, thinking to himself: "What possessed me to mess with him?"
On the way home, Chi Luo approached Bai Shu with tears in his eyes and said softly to him: "Xiao Bai, this is the smartest you've been in all the years we've known each other."
Bai Shu coughed twice and gave Chi Luo a look. He laughed and then bit Chi Luo's head without hesitation— this bad habit was brought about by Xuan Jie. Ever since he began leaving teeth marks on the heads of every fox cub when he was a child, it's become a trend among the cubs, and every fox cub couldn't wait to leave their teeth marks on other people's foreheads.
So Chi Luo yelped: "Ouch!"
Xuan Jie went last, before he could take two steps, Rong Dan chased him out. She stood at the entrance of the pavilion and watched him, with a somewhat hesitant expression, but finally said: "Will you come and chat with me again in the future?"
"What can you give me?" Xuan Jie turned around and asked coldly.
Rong Dan was startled and hesitantly said: "I have nothing, but... but you've probably never been to the human world. I can tell you many things about the human world," Her voice became softer, even she felt that this reward was a bit too cheap.
"Fine."
Xuan Jie agreed.