From her perch on top of a tree, Zheng Dan looked towards the boats that were gathered along the river’s shore. She sighed. “Seems like we have to go back.”
Zu An nodded. Even though the men were still some distance away, it would only be a matter of time before they found this place. “Do you know if they are from the Whale Gang, or people from Brightmoon City?”
Zheng Dan shook her head. “They aren’t from the Whale Gang. The Whale Gang don’t wear this sort of attire. They should be…”
She was the Whale Gang’s boss, so she naturally knew about these things.
Seeing her speak but then break off, Zu An said with a smile, “Is it Sang Qian’s River Patrol Army?”
Zheng Dan nodded with a gloomy expression.
“This guy seems to care quite a lot about you,” Zu An said with a sigh.
Zheng Dan had a complicated expression on her face. “He has always treated me quite well.”
Zu An wasn’t expecting that.
“Why do I feel like we are the adulterers here?”
“Pui!” Zheng Dan spat out. She blushed at once. “Who talks about themselves like that?”
Zu An laughed. “Okay, okay, let’s pack up and head back.”
He had disappeared for so long. The academy and the Chu clan were sure to be worried.
There wasn’t that much to pack. They had been chased here in the first place, so they hadn’t brought anything with them.
The only thing they had to bring with them was the red dragon’s pile of treasure.
“How do we bring all of this back?” Zheng Dan stared at the piles of treasure in front of her with a worried expression.
Zu An smiled. “Don’t worry.”
He walked up to the treasure and exerted some metal strength. With a single, concentrated thought, all the sparkling treasures vanished without a trace.
“A spatial artifact!” Zheng Dan was shocked. Her face immediately grew red. “No wonder I couldn’t find that promissory note on you! You had such a thing with you! I wasted so much…”
Zu An wrapped his arms around her willowy waist and gave her a firm kiss on the mouth. “Without all that, we would never have been brought together. This truly was the workings of fate.”
“Fate is truly unkind!” Zheng Dan scoffed. She couldn’t stand what he was doing and turned away, her face burning.
Zu An laughed loudly and followed her out.
“That’s right, I’ve heard that dragons carry grudges. Won’t it come after you once it finds out that you’ve stolen all of its treasures?” Zheng Dan said when they left the cave.
“Don’t worry, that dragon won’t be back.” Zu An smiled.
Zheng Dan was surprised. “It seems like you really do have a powerful expert at your side.”
The Sang clan had assigned her the task, but she never expected to find out the truth in such a manner. The price she paid for it had been too steep!
“What if I was the one who killed it?” Zu An couldn’t resist saying.
“You really love to brag,” Zheng Dan scoffed. “Don’t worry, I won’t tell the Sang clan.”
She obviously didn’t believe that Zu An had the strength to kill a giant dragon as terrifying as that one. Besides, the dragon’s corpse had vanished as well, and it was probably the expert backing him that took it away.
Just how strong was that expert? He could even defeat such a terrifying creature!
She always had confidence in the Zheng clan overtaking the Chu clan, especially since the Chu clan was desperately trying to hold back the inevitable. However, if they had the help of a top-level expert, then it was hard to say who would come out ahead.
She even subconsciously thought about bringing Zu An into the Zheng clan. However, there was the issue of her current engagement to Sang Qian. She sighed heavily, and let go of the thought without saying anything.
“What’s wrong?” Zu An held her hand when he sensed the change in her mood.
“It’s nothing.” Zheng Dan forced a smile. She suddenly thought of something and hurriedly asked, “If there is an expert at your side, then these few days… the two of us… didn’t he see all of that?”
She was thoroughly embarrassed by how the two of them had completely abandoned all restraint while they were in the cave. She didn’t mind showing Zu An this side of her, but she would be too ashamed if anyone else had seen it too.
“Don’t worry, no one saw anything.” Zu An reassured her while feeling guilty inside. Big sis empress was a woman, after all, and it was fine if she had seen them.
That Mi Li really is two-faced! She said she was going to sleep, and yet she still stayed up to peep on them.
Only after Zu An comforted her repeatedly did Zheng Dan finally calm down.
The two of them made it a short distance before Zheng Dan cried out, “Wait!” She whipped around and ran back to the cave.
Zu An was puzzled. He didn’t know what she was doing, but followed her anyway. He saw that she was cleaning up the places where the two of them had slept together.
The messy straw was sorted neatly, and then she even summoned her water element powers to give it everything a thorough washing.
Zu An stood staring, his mouth slightly agape.
Zheng Dan pinched the corners of her dress in embarrassment. “It seems a little shameful if someone else found out about this.”
Zu An really couldn’t associate this bashful young lady with that fierce and bold figure from a few days ago.
The two of them headed down the mountain together. When they were still a hundred meters from the search party, Zheng Dan suddenly stopped Zu An. “Ah Zu, don’t follow me.”
“Are you worried about your fiancé finding out?” Zu An laughed.
Zheng Dan grew flustered, and hurriedly explained, “That’s not it! It’s just that Sang Qian is a bit narrow-minded, and he doesn’t like you at all. We’re in the wilderness right now, and there isn’t anyone else around but his own people. I’m worried that he might suddenly attack you.”
Her words made sense to Zu An. Only Sang Qian’s River Patrol Army soldiers were here, and this area was completely desolate and uninhabited. That fella might really give in to his killing intent.
“All right then. Take care of yourself.” Zu An bid her goodbye reluctantly.
Zheng Dan suddenly threw herself into his arms. She rose on her tiptoes and gave him a deep, long kiss, before reluctantly parting from him.