Finally, Tang Jing spoke up again, her voice heavy with emotion as she looked at Ye Yuqiao and said, "During the days that bastard was in a coma, you must have felt especially terrible. Look at you, you've lost so much weight."

Ye Yuqiao nodded slightly, her eyes brimming with tears. In her heart, she silently thanked Tang Jing. It was Tang Jing's words that had relieved her from the encirclement.

"So, when are you planning to go back to the Netherworld?" Tang Jing asked again, her gaze slowly shifting from Ye Yuqiao to Chen Hao.

"Tomorrow, I guess," Chen Hao replied.

"Then you'll take us with you this time, right?" Xie Xiaofeng couldn't wait to ask.

Chen Hao was taken aback and pondered Xie Xiaofeng's question carefully. In his view, with the major forces of the Netherworld currently in a stalemate, there was no inconvenience in taking Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing to the Netherworld.

Besides, it would be a good opportunity to assess their adaptability to the Netherworld during this time. If suitable, they could follow them in battles within the Netherworld; otherwise, they could be sent back to the mortal world.

Just as he was about to send a secret signal to discuss the matter with Ye Yuqiao, she beat him to it and said, "Tomorrow might not work, let's wait a little while longer."

She was reluctant to bring Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing to the Netherworld for fear of revealing flaws in front of Tang Jing. After all, there were many things and little secrets between Ye Yuqiao and Tang Jing that were unknown to her, and it would be easy to give them away as soon as Tang Jing brought them up.

When Ye Yuqiao said this, Chen Hao was quite surprised. In the past, Ye Yuqiao would have discussed it with him first.

He suddenly had a feeling: since he had woken up, Ye Yuqiao seemed to have become very opinionated and apparently not as dependent on him as before.

"Fine!" Xie Xiaofeng said with a disappointed face. He was unaware of the situation in the Netherworld and knew that Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao must have made the decision for the benefit of him and Tang Jing.

"Yuqiao!" Tang Jing was equally disheartened.

Half an hour later, Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing left Chen Hao's home.

Once they were downstairs from Chen Hao's building, Tang Jing suddenly frowned and asked, "Xie Xiaofeng, have you noticed that Yuqiao seems to have changed?"

"Changed?" Xie Xiaofeng was startled, and after a moment of blankness, he said, "I didn't notice. She's just gotten thinner, but I guess still very goddess-like."

Tang Jing disdainfully rolled her eyes at Xie Xiaofeng and said, "I'm not talking about her looks, but her personality. I feel like she's become distant and always seems to be avoiding me. Moreover, when I hugged her just now, I clearly felt her dodging."

"Maybe it's because you two haven't seen each other in a while, so it feels unfamiliar," he said.

"Do you feel unfamiliar after seeing the bastard?" she asked.

Xie Xiaofeng thought seriously about Tang Jing's question, and after a long while, he shook his head and said, "I don't feel that way; he's still as silly and ridiculous as always."

"That's not right then!"

"You girls always overthink," Xie Xiaofeng said impatiently, "whether Yuqiao has changed or not, she's still the same Yuqiao."

"What if she's not the same person anymore?" Tang Jing's face was full of doubts.

Xie Xiaofeng was visibly astonished, finding Tang Jing's suggestion quite strange.

Tang Jing hurriedly explained: "I mean, is it possible that it's still the same face, but occupied by another person's soul?"

"Tang Jing, you're worrying about nothing!" At this moment, Xie Xiaofeng pushed against Tang Jing's forehead, "If it were as you say, wouldn't the bastard's clairvoyant eye have noticed? Besides, with the bond between the bastard and the goddess, would he not sense if the goddess were not the same one as before?"

"Xie Xiaofeng!" Tang Jing, angry, lifted her hand and fiercely slapped Xie Xiaofeng's back, "You must believe, a woman's intuition is the most accurate."

Suddenly, at that moment, Xie Xiaofeng turned around and opened his arms to embrace Tang Jing.

Tang Jing, wide-eyed and stunned, was shocked by Xie Xiaofeng's sudden embrace.

"Xie Xiaofeng, what are you doing?"

"The bastard and the goddess are fine; you don't need to worry about them anymore. You've also lost a lot of weight lately. Go home and get a good night's sleep, and from now on, greet every day with happiness," Xie Xiaofeng said softly into Tang Jing's ear.

"Mm," Tang Jing responded, her gaze dazed and her heartbeat suddenly quickening, "Thank you, Xiaofeng."

"I've already asked for a leave on your behalf before I left work. Let's go to the amusement park tomorrow."

"Okay!"

In the forty-nine days that Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao were in the Netherworld, the two of them gradually grew closer without realizing it.

At this very moment, on the balcony of Chen Hao's home, Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao were watching Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing together.

"Yuqiao, do you think those two might have already started dating?" Chen Hao said with a slight smile.

"What? You're not happy if the two of them date?"

Chen Hao looked at Ye Yuqiao, and at that moment, Ye Yuqiao's face was obviously jealous.

"Jealous?" Chen Hao smiled and asked, "Are you actually jealous of your best friend?"

"No, no, you're talking nonsense," she hastily denied.

Chen Hao took Ye Yuqiao's hand, and as they walked back inside, he said, "It's late. Let's go to sleep."

Ye Yuqiao was startled, recalling an important matter: she could not draw the Nether King's Power from Chen Hao the same way her Yang Soul did.

"Chen Hao, there's something I have to tell you," she said.

"What's up?"

"From now on, I will not take Nether King's Power from you anymore," Ye Yuqiao said narrowing her eyes.

Chen Hao's face was immediately filled with confusion, "Why?"

"Every time I take Nether King's Power from you, the energy accumulated in the Nether King Orchid Heart is reduced. Now is a critical time for your cultivation of the Nether King's Power, so I won't do it for a while," she explained.

"Is that so?" Chen Hao looked puzzled.

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