Chen Hao's loud voice startled everyone present.

Afterwards, the crowd, who had been closing their eyes and sincerely praying for the young king, all turned their gaze towards Chen Hao, most displaying anger on their faces, upset by Chen Hao's noisy behavior.

Standing in front of hundreds of thousands, Ye Yuqiao also opened her eyes, frowning tightly as she looked at the rainbow. She knew that the seven-colored rainbow appearing meant a return to the real world, but her heart suddenly felt conflicted and uneasy.

As for the angry glances from the people around, Chen Hao, of course, ignored them, even though there were over a hundred thousand.

He walked up to Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing, his face both excited and thrilled, "Tang Jing, Xiao Feng, look quick, the seven-colored rainbow is here, we can go back."

However, what Chen Hao didn't expect was that Tang Jing and Xie Xiaofeng did not look up at the seven-colored rainbow overhead, nor did they show the excited expressions he anticipated. Instead, they gloomily shook their heads.

Seeing this, Chen Hao's heart trembled, and he asked in a panic, "Don't you all want to go back?"

"I'm holding my first solo concert here the night after tomorrow. My four thousand female fans will all be there to cheer for me; I've promised them — no backing out," Xie Xiaofeng said with a somewhat ashamed look.

Chen Hao looked at him with contempt, his face turning livid with anger, then directed his furious gaze towards Tang Jing, asking, "You don't want to go back either?"

Just as Tang Jing was about to speak, Gu Cheng suddenly appeared from the crowd behind Tang Jing, panting and asking, "Tang Jing, are you leaving today?"

Tang Jing turned to look at Gu Cheng, then back at Chen Hao, caught in hesitation.

"Madness, you're all bewitched!" Chen Hao cursed loudly, his face red with rage. At this moment, he deeply regretted focusing too much of his attention on Ye Yuqiao usually and neglecting his companions Tang Jing and Xie Xiaofeng.

"Yuqiao, please help me persuade the two of them," Chen Hao sent Ye Yuqiao a covert message.

After speaking, he stepped forward, grabbed the wrists of Tang Jing and Xie Xiaofeng, and leaped to the front of the White Jade Hall, beside Ye Yuqiao.

"Chen Hao, let go of me, I will make my own decisions!" Xie Xiaofeng bellowed angrily, struggling to break free from Chen Hao's grip.

Tang Jing didn't react as strongly as Xie Xiaofeng, but she cried bitterly. In her heart, she did not want to leave this happy place, at least not so soon.

"Yuqiao, let's leave here quickly, the rainbow is about to disappear," Chen Hao urged Ye Yuqiao, "If they refuse to go, we'll have to take them by force."

At that moment, Chen Hao hadn't noticed the hesitant and conflicted expression on Ye Yuqiao's face but was focused on Xie Xiaofeng, who was fiercely resisting him.

Hearing that Chen Hao wanted to take the acting king away, the crowd buzzed with shock.

"Please don't leave, queen!" a grandmother in the front row pleaded.

"Please don't go, queen!" more and more people in the crowd began saying the same, until everyone was jointly begging Ye Yuqiao to stay, creating an invisible bond that held her there.

Watching this scene, Ye Yuqiao remembered when she was the Nether King in the Netherworld. The guilt she felt for her subjects because the Netherworld was ruled by the Ghost King was thoroughly evoked from the depths of her heart.

She didn't want to fail her people again, not now; but she also feared disappointing Chen Hao. And so, she found herself trapped in a dilemma, internally struggling with pain.

"Please don't go, queen!" the people's pleading continued.

It was only then that Chen Hao turned his gaze to Ye Yuqiao, his eyes widening, "Yuqiao, don't tell me you don't want to leave either?"

At that moment, Chen Hao saw the tears glistening in Ye Yuqiao's eyes.

At that moment, he felt as if he were bleeding. The expression on Ye Yuqiao's face was one of apology; she didn't want to leave this place today either.

Chen Hao's face darkened, ashen as death, he shook his head in despair. Even Ye Yuqiao wasn't standing by his side this time, and to him, it was like a bolt from the blue.

"Boyfriend, I'm sorry," Ye Yuqiao's voice was hoarse as she spoke to Chen Hao, "I'm sorry, I don't want to let down the expectations of the people here."

"So you're willing to let down my expectations?" Chen Hao asked with a stern face, regretting that he had not stopped Ye Yuqiao from becoming the acting King.

"No," Ye Yuqiao shook her head, "Boyfriend, as soon as their King recovers, I will no longer be the acting King."

"But have you thought about the fact that we're going to waste a year of our time here?" Chen Hao shouted angrily at Ye Yuqiao.

Ye Yuqiao's face turned dark, she fell silent, and a fine line of tears fell from her left eye.

"Chen Hao, get out of here, don't delude yourself into taking our Queen away!" At that moment, someone in the crowd shouted.

"Yes, Chen Hao, get out of here!" Immediately, the cry was echoed by over a hundred thousand people shouting in unison.

Chen Hao naturally ignored these voices. He never cared about others' opinions; he just wanted to know what Ye Yuqiao, standing before him, thought.

"If I insist on leaving here today, would you still stay and be their Queen?" Chen Hao asked Ye Yuqiao, his tone somewhat icy.

Ye Yuqiao looked up at Chen Hao with tear-filled eyes and sobbed, "Boyfriend, please don't go, can you just let me have this one thing? Just this once."

Chen Hao took a deep breath, his body trembling, at that moment, his heart felt so lonely and desolate.

It had been a long time since he'd felt this sense of isolation and helplessness.

Since Ye Yuqiao wouldn't leave, naturally nor would he. So, he lost, he lost to a rival he felt was subtly there all along. Although that rival had not shown his face yet, he could already sense his fearsomeness.

"Ah!" Chen Hao let out a shout to the sky, venting the anger and pain in his heart.

After the shouting, he leaped and left the front of the White Jade Hall.

"Boyfriend, where are you going?" Ye Yuqiao sent a silent message to Chen Hao in her heart.

Chen Hao did not respond, instead, he gradually turned into a small black dot and disappeared.

No one would go after him, not Xie Xiaofeng, not Tang Jing, not Ye Yuqiao. That sense of loneliness and helplessness once again descended upon him.

..

Time moved forward eighteen days.

Chen Hao had lost track of how long he had been here.

In these eighteen days, he had not appeared before Xie Xiaofeng, Tang Jing, and Ye Yuqiao. He was angry, he was stubborn, and he was also desperate.

Similarly, he was waiting, waiting for the King's recovery.

An ominous premonition was fermenting in the depths of his heart; he always felt that he was about to lose everything.

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