"Let's go, to the Netherworld to reason with the Dark Law King!" King Shuanglin declared. As soon as he finished speaking, he transformed into a hazy mist of snow and disappeared from the mortal world.

After King Shuanglin left, the anger in Zhao Chong's eyes gradually faded.

He paused for a moment, then turned to look at Ye Yuqiao. After she nodded and smiled at him, he turned back around, intending to leave.

However, just at that moment! Unintentionally, Zhao Chong's peripheral vision caught a glimpse of a familiar face.

"It's you!" Zhao Chong sighed as he looked at Tang Jing.

"Are you talking about me?" Tang Jing asked, pointing to herself in confusion. Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Chao standing beside her both exhibited puzzled and surprised expressions.

Zhao Chong chuckled and muttered, "I always thought you were gone for good, how unexpected that you still followed him here!"

Having said that, Zhao Chong looked back at Ye Yuqiao again, his expression somewhat odd.

Ye Yuqiao's face darkened, and she gave Zhao Chong a slight shake of her head.

Chen Hao, watching their silent communication and feeling like they were intentionally hiding something, felt both sour and anxious in his heart!

"How could you know me, and who is he?" asked Tang Jing, her face full of curiosity.

Zhao Chong slowly turned back, gave Tang Jing a slight shake of his head and then disappeared from sight, leaving only the words "My apologies, miss, I've mistaken you for someone else!"

The more Zhao Chong said this, the more Chen Hao felt there was a problem. He turned to Ye Yuqiao and asked, "Is there something you're hiding from me? And he definitely has seen Tang Jing, hasn't he?"

Ye Yuqiao furrowed her brows, and the corners of her mouth twisted bitterly.

While she hesitated, Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Tang Chao gathered around, asking in unison, "Who was that person just now?"

Ye Yuqiao looked at Chen Hao, her face stern as she shook her head slightly, appearing greatly troubled.

After making eye contact with Ye Yuqiao for quite some time, Chen Hao let out a long sigh, then deliberately laughed in a mysterious tone, "Call me Brother Hao, and then I'll consider whether or not to tell you!"

Although Chen Hao wore a proud smile on his face, he still harbored lingering feelings about the exchange of looks between Zhao Chong and Ye Yuqiao moments earlier.

"Speak or not, who cares! Bastard!" Xie Xiaofeng cursed, still fuming from his near-death experience at King Shuanglin's hand earlier that day, determined to double his efforts in training to increase his strength!

Chen Hao raised his middle finger at Xie Xiaofeng, responding displeasedly, "Then you can forget about knowing!"

"Hey, you two geniuses of the century, stop quarreling over trivial things!" Tang Jing interjected at this point. She was aware that Chen Hao didn't want to talk about the mysterious incident earlier, so she purposely wanted him to change the subject.

As expected, everything turned out just as Tang Jing had anticipated—the moment they heard the word "genius," Chen Hao and Xie Xiaofeng were caught up in a debate about who was the greater prodigy.

After quarreling and roughhousing for a while, the five of them returned home separately.

Sitting in the taxi, a somewhat angry Chen Hao ignored Ye Yuqiao and didn't hold her hand as he usually would.

Looking at Chen Hao's indifferent profile, Ye Yuqiao felt very upset. Finally, when they arrived home and got out of the cab, seeing Chen Hao storm off ahead in anger, she couldn't hold back any longer—she squatted on the ground and began to cry.

Facing such an angry and indifferent Chen Hao, Ye Yuqiao felt scared and helpless.

Chen Hao turned around in surprise and seeing Ye Yuqiao in tears, his heart felt like it was being sliced by a knife. He thought about how much he loved her and how he couldn't stand to see her cry. That moment, Chen Hao felt immensely remorseful.

So, Chen Hao stepped forward, crouched in front of Ye Yuqiao, and said softly, "Yuqiao, I'm sorry!"

It took a while before Ye Yuqiao lifted her head to look at Chen Hao, by then she had already cried herself into a tearful mess. After sobbing a few times, she said to Chen Hao angrily, "Just ignore me forever then!"

Chen Hao felt overwhelmingly guilty; his face turned grim as he kept mouthing apologies while reaching out to wipe the hot tears from Ye Yuqiao's face.

Suddenly, Ye Yuqiao grabbed Chen Hao's hand and bit down hard on the back of his hand.

Chen Hao frowned; Ye Yuqiao was really biting down on the back of his hand with force.

Then, tears unceasingly streamed down Ye Yuqiao's cheeks, falling onto Chen Hao's hand, seeping into the depths of his heart.

Chen Hao felt even more regretful, silently hoping that he would never make this sensitive and fragile girl cry again.

As if Ye Yuqiao heard the silent words in Chen Hao's heart, she loosened her bite, releasing Chen Hao's hand. After trembling a little, she gently touched the bite mark she left on the back of Chen Hao's hand, asking while crying, "Does it hurt a lot?"

Listening to Ye Yuqiao's hoarse voice, Chen Hao's heart ached, and he couldn't resist moving closer to leave a comforting kiss on Ye Yuqiao's forehead. When his lips touched her forehead, he could clearly feel Ye Yuqiao shaking even more.

She was truly heartbroken, Chen Hao thought, blaming himself deeply!

Chen Hao then helped Ye Yuqiao to her feet and took her into his arms.

"Do you know," Ye Yuqiao trembled in Chen Hao's embrace, "if even you don't want to deal with me, then there will be no one in the mortal world who will!"

Chen Hao had nothing to say, only holding Ye Yuqiao tighter. He could be sure now that Ye Yuqiao was indeed a fragile and sensitive girl, though she had been the Nether King for over ten thousand years, this is indeed the real her.

After a long silence, Ye Yuqiao stopped crying, and her emotions eased slightly. She suddenly broke free from Chen Hao's embrace, lifted her hand to pinch Chen Hao's cheek, and said, "You bad man, you made me cry again!"

Chen Hao pursed his lips, his face extremely bitter. After a pause, he lifted his guilt-ridden eyes to look at Ye Yuqiao, and said in a heavy voice, "Your Majesty the Queen, I am sorry. Just now, seeing you and Zhao Chong being so close, I…"

"Who was being so close!" Ye Yuqiao angrily interrupted before Chen Hao could finish, tightening her grip on Chen Hao's cheek, wishing she could pinch him until he cried. "You're really small-minded!"

Chen Hao's face grew even more unsightly, then he lowered his head and muttered, "Actually, I'm jealous. Seeing how great he is made me feel like you being by his side would be much safer than being by mine, and I was worried that one day you really would do so, that's why I got a bit anxious inside."

Ye Yuqiao lifted her hand and gently smacked Chen Hao on the forehead, saying, "If I really was going to do that, I would have gone to him from the start instead of coming to you to be made to cry every day!"

"Oh!" Chen Hao responded coldly.

"If you ignore me again, I will ignore you too!" Ye Yuqiao suddenly pouted and said, "Why is it that you're the only one who gets to be angry, whereas I'm always the one who has to take it!"

"Okay!" Chen Hao's eyes suddenly sparkled with light as he nodded vigorously. He then realized with sudden delight that the interactions between him and Ye Yuqiao lately were becoming more like those of a young couple in love.

"I'm tired from crying, I can't walk anymore, carry me back!" Ye Yuqiao said, wrapping her arms around Chen Hao's shoulders.

Chen Hao nodded.

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