Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

It was obvious that he was taking advantage, but the expression on his face was so serious as if it was real. Zhu Taozhi pouted her lips slightly, and her cheeks gradually stopped being so hot. She moved slightly, hesitated for a moment, and simply raised her legs and put them on his legs.

"Then can you help me to pinch it?"

"Why is this princess here? You are a princess, so what am I?"

"It's the dead eunuch."

"That's good." Jiang Li smiled happily. His hands moved from her snowy thighs to her ankles, and then from her ankles back. When he was tired of it, he grabbed her snow-white feet and kneaded them gently. Zhu Taozhi groaned, "Don't touch a woman's feet casually."

"But aren't you asking me to pinch you?" Jiang Li's fingertips pinched her pearl-like toes. Zhu Taozhi was scared and wanted to retract her legs, but when she saw Jiang Li's playful eyes, she just left it there and narrowed her eyes and started to enjoy it.

After an incense stick of time, Jiang Li withdrew his hand, "I'm tired of it."

Zhu Taozhi couldn't help but punched him on the shoulder with her fist. Jiang Li didn't dodge, but just smiled, stood up, and stretched out his hand to her, "Let's go, let's go find a place with good scenery to stroll around."

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A lake in a secret place.

The heavy snow had stopped, and the strange phenomena in the world caused by Jiang Li's playing of the Huangqi Qin had subsided. At this moment, the grass and trees were particularly green. Zhutaozhi sat on a branch, swinging his legs, while Jiang Li was picking fruits on the side. After picking them, he jumped onto the branch and shared the fruits with Zhutaozhi.

"This dress looks pretty good." Zhu Taozhi said.

"As long as you like it." Jiang Li took a bite of the fruit and looked at the blue sky in front of him. The time at this moment became much lazier. There was nothing to do anyway. After eating the fruit, Jiang Li threw the core away, but he didn't reach out to touch Zhu Taozhi's leg again.

Tired.

"What were you thinking when you gave me this sword?" Zhu Taozhi took out the sword that Jiang Li gave her. She really liked this sword. Although the sword she used herself was also a top-notch one, after returning to the Northern Territory, she planned to melt the two swords into one. After all, her mother was the best swordsmith in the world.

"I've taken advantage of a lot of your luck these past few times, so I thought I'd give you something I don't need so we can part ways in peace." Jiang Li answered casually.

"Bastard." Zhu Taozhi couldn't help but grit his teeth.

"Actually, I think so now." Jiang Li said this calmly. Zhu Taozhi beside him was startled suddenly and turned her head to look at his profile, but Jiang Li didn't even look at her, but was still looking at the blue sky.

"What did you say?" Zhu Taozhi's voice trembled slightly.

"It's not like you didn't hear me, why are you asking again?" Jiang Li also turned his head away, without any regret or guilt on his face. "After we get out of the secret realm, if you plan to go to the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers, I will accompany you, but if we meet again in the future, it will probably depend on fate."

"fate?"

"Although I have thought about lying to you, but after thinking about it, it seems to be more excessive to let people have expectations and then be disappointed. After this separation, I should think about you occasionally, and then gradually forget about you. I won't have the slightest desire to actively look for you."

"Although it may seem a bit harsh to say this, it is the truth. After all, sometimes telling the truth is not pleasant."

Chapter 149: Chapter Kiss

Jiang Li finished his statement.

In fact, he felt that he should not have said these words. He should first abide by the agreement and accompany Zhu Taozhi to Wanhua Valley, and then, of course there would be no more after they parted. He did not love Zhu Taozhi, and he did not even like her much, although he thought Zhu Taozhi was very pretty, and at some moment he really wanted to kiss her, or take advantage of her, but that was it.

After saying these words, he felt a little regretful. Perhaps it would be better if he didn't say it. If he didn't say it, Zhu Taozhi wouldn't be sad. But if he didn't say it, would Zhu Taozhi be looking forward to their next meeting in the Northern Region? Even if they were destined to meet again, she would find that Jiang Li had forgotten her completely, and there would be no connection with the past when they met again. Maybe she would be even sadder?

"I never seem to understand you."

Zhu Taozhi and Jiang Li looked at each other for a long time. Her lips moved slightly and she suddenly spoke softly.

"It's my fault that I didn't give you a chance to understand me. It's my own problem. You don't have to care about it." Jiang Li looked into her eyes. "I thought you would be very angry."

"Why should I be angry? If you don't come to me, I certainly won't come to you. This princess will live happily in the Northern Territory. It's not like I can't live without someone. It's you who thinks highly of yourself and is self-indulgent."

"I feel relieved to hear you say that." Jiang Li looked into her eyes and suddenly laughed.

The moment Zhu Taozhi saw Jiang Li smile, she suddenly understood.

The bastard in front of him had already calculated that with her pride, she would definitely say something like this to humiliate him, and he only needed to nod and accept it, and then it would really be over.

It's really strange. There are so many people in this world who love you, and you can easily touch countless love, but when you fall in love with someone, it turns out to be such a sad thing.

"Why don't you wait until we part to say these words?" Zhu Taozhi asked softly.

"I think it's better to say it now. It's too sad to say goodbye. It might make me even sadder if I say it."

"You're just worried that I'm sad, but you won't be sad, right?"

"That's true. After all, I'm a very heartless person."

"You're still an asshole."

"I admit."

Zhu Taozhi had nothing to say.

It’s not that she didn’t want to say something, she just felt that there was no point in saying anything. As long as he didn’t love her, then everything she said was wrong. But Zhu Taozhi only realized at this time that it was actually very difficult to be loved.

It is obvious that she has the appearance and figure that all women in this world envy, she has a clear and pleasant voice, and she has the power to stand at the top of this world, but she just doesn't love you, and you can't find any way to change her mind.

"What now?" she asked.

"Now...? Now is the present, and the future is the future."

Zhu Taozhi jumped off the branch and stood on the grass under the tree. She looked up at Jiang Li on the branch with a stubborn look in her eyes. "Have you ever thought that after you finish speaking, I will leave?"

Jiang Li nodded.

"You won't keep me, right?"

"I really hope you stay. We still have more than a day left in the secret realm. It will be lonely and boring to be alone. And we agreed that we will go to the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers together after we get out."

Jiang Li also jumped down from the branch and walked in front of Zhu Taozhi. "You have nowhere to go anyway, why don't we bask in the sun together?"

Zhu Taozhi's eyes became complicated as she looked at him. Her pride made her want to leave right now. No, to be more precise, she wanted to run away. She couldn't accept loving someone in such a miserable way.

Jiang Li sighed helplessly again. He gently grabbed Zhu Taozhi's hand and led her to sit under the tree. After a while, he said, "In fact, there are more scumbags. In fact, you didn't like me that much. It's just that I deliberately gave you all kinds of hints to make you feel that you really love me. After a while, when you calm down, everything will be fine. You won't be sad or upset."

"really?"

"Of course, given enough time, nothing can be forgotten or changed."

"You said that's a matter of the future, what about now?"

"Now?" Jiang Li put his hand gently on her shoulder. He looked at Zhu Taozhi's pretty face and smiled at her. "Now is the time. Do you want to kiss me?"

"what?"

As soon as Zhu Taozhi finished speaking, Jiang Li had already come in front of her.

She should clearly push him away, because this man was so annoying, so self-important, so condescending, and had such a bad temper, but at that moment she had no strength left, so she was kissed on the lips, her waist was gently hugged, and she fell into his arms.

"I will bite you." Zhu Taozhi said solemnly in the gap between lips and tongue.

"I know. I'm ready." Jiang Li kissed her again.

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In the end, Zhu Taozhi didn't bite his lips. In fact, she had thought about biting off his tongue so that he would never be able to say those words that would make her angry and drive her crazy. But in the end, she gave up.

Zhu Taozhi's eyes became blurry, and she said, "It feels very strange."

“I think it’s a very happy thing to be able to kiss the person you love.”

"But you don't like me."

"No, when I kissed you, I definitely liked you." Jiang Li smiled at her, "If I didn't like you, I wouldn't have kissed you."

"Has a single word of truth ever come out of your mouth?"

"In fact, many things are true as long as you believe them. After all, who wouldn't be greedy for a beautiful woman like you?"

"And then? Are you going to throw me away?"

"Of course this is all my fault. I'm a jerk. It would be better if you stay away from me."

"You took the initiative to come up to me!"

"You're not firm enough." Jiang Li reached out his hand and kissed her on the cheek again. "If you had given me two swords when I kissed you, I probably wouldn't have the courage to do that again."

"I promise if you kiss me again, I'll give you a sword."

"Then let's start with the three swords."

Jiang Li grabbed her chin, gave her a kiss on her left cheek, a kiss on her right cheek, and finally lightly touched her lips. Zhu Taozhi had never seen such a rogue before. She really couldn't help but want to draw her sword, but Jiang Li clearly looked ready.

Zhu Taozhi felt like she was going crazy.

Why? Why did she choose to stay when he asked her to stay even though she knew that Jiang Li was a complete bastard? Why couldn't she just leave? She was such a proud person in the past.

"Why?" she couldn't help but whisper.

"People are like this. When they live too peacefully, they want something exciting. Whether it's a good emotion or a bad emotion, whether it's happy or sad, it's better than a dull, empty life with nothing."

Jiang Li seemed to be able to guess what she was thinking and talked in her ear.

"You talk as if you've seen through the world." Zhu Taozhi curled her lips.

"I have never had such thoughts. I have always been in the world of mortals. I have always believed that the so-called seeing through the world of mortals is just an excuse, an excuse to escape from life and reality. It is just like the mentally retarded sword power of our sect leader. She thinks that cutting off emotions and thoughts can make her sword power so powerful that it can almost reach the sky. However, cutting off emotions and thoughts for the sake of power is itself a desire."

"Your clan leader?"

"Mu Xuezhi, you should have heard of it."

"I've heard about it a few times. That woman seems to be very beautiful?"

"You're prettier."

"You have said this to many women, right?"

"countless."

Zhu Taozhi looked at Jiang Li, and at the moment she was the one who was confused, because she clearly caught the fatigue in Jiang Li's eyes when he said "countless".

Jiang Li didn't look at her. He was staring at the ground in a daze. After a long while, he said, "In fact, whether you have seen through the world or entered the world, it's the same. You are just deceiving yourself to live."

“Why lie to yourself?”

"People like me can only deceive myself, otherwise I will go crazy."

"why?"

"Maybe it's because I've always felt guilty towards a woman."

"Oh, you are such a heartless person, how can you feel guilty towards a woman?"

Jiang Li laughed at himself.

Sometimes you make fun of yourself every day, saying that you are heartless and selfish. After making fun of yourself for a long time, you not only deceive others but also yourself.

"Let me draw a picture for you as a souvenir." Jiang Li took out the drawing board and clearly did not give Zhu Taozhi the chance to choose. Zhu Taozhi sat under the tree, while Jiang Li moved a little, looked at Zhu Taozhi in front of him, and began to draw seriously.

"Speaking of which, there is something strange. After waking up this morning, I felt like I became much closer to you." Zhu Taozhi frowned slightly and said in a low voice.

"what?"

"It's okay." Zhu Taozhi shook her head again. She felt strange, as if she and Jiang Li had become blood-related after sleeping in each other's arms all night.

Jiang Li thought about it and decided that this should be due to the Black Phoenix's blood. After all, there was some strange blood flowing in their bodies. He carefully drew a picture for Zhu Taozhi in front of him and handed it to her after he finished. Zhu Taozhi looked at the woman in the painting, sitting under the tree, with bright and clear eyes.

"Is this what you see me like?"

"No, you look quite unhappy now." Jiang Li thought for a moment, "Those eyes were the first time I saw you. Your eyes were very beautiful at that time."

"But everything I have now is because of you."

"sorry."

"Do you have any other way to apologize?"

"How about... another kiss?"

Zhu Taozhi subconsciously wanted to curse him, but after a moment, she stood up again and came to Jiang Li. She stared into Jiang Li's eyes for a second, her dark and thick eyelashes trembling slightly, and then she closed her eyes.

Jiang Li lowered his head and kissed her gently between the eyebrows.

Chapter 150: Chapter Tears

evening.