Chapter 7: Love in the Rain

The rain fell on the ground, "pitter pattering", as if playing a sad piece of music.

Ao Fan was intoxicated by the rain, his eyes staring straight ahead without any focus, and his hands did not stop pouring wine. Until that moment, the pair of white boots stepped into his line of sight, he woke up and looked up.

The rain was pouring down. In that rain, a girl stepped forward. She was dressed in a white dress that covered her entire body, and in her hand, she held a small white umbrella that shielded her from the rain.

She came to Ao Fan like this, with a hint of worry in her eyes, and said softly, "Brother."

Ao Fan looked at Xiao Ling'er in a daze, never expecting that the other party would be able to find himself, or on this barren mountain. He did not speak for a long time, not knowing what words to say.

But in Little Spirit Child's innocent and concerned eyes, he still spoke, saying, "How did you find this place and discover me?"

Little Ling'er smiled sweetly and said, "When you left the Jade Cuisine Hall, brother, I also followed you out, only that I never found any trace of brother. Later, I saw a maidservant hurriedly walk by and asked the reason, and knew which direction brother had gone. Following that direction all the way forward, I finally found brother."

Listening to Little Spirit Child speak, Ao Fan understood and smiled bitterly in his heart. He didn't expect that after most of the night had passed, Little Spirit Child had been searching for herself, and still hadn't stopped moving when the rain was pouring down.

This made his heart, well up with a touch. Moreover, he was currently in this barren mountain, and the images of his early childhood constantly flashed in his mind, giving him an instant impulse.

He took a deep breath and looked at Little Spirit and said, "Little Spirit, do you still remember this mountain?"

Hearing Ao Fan ask this, Little Spirit Child was slightly stunned, and a trace of a strange emotion flashed in her eyes. But then, she smiled cheekily and said, "I remember."

Ao Fan's heart trembled, and the memories of the old days were like a tidal wave, all flooding into his mind with incomparable clarity. He lowered his voice and said softly, "Then do you still remember what happened on this mountain?"

Little Ling'er continued to nod her head and smiled, "Of course I remember, I didn't know the way back then, I didn't know how to get out on this mountain, and in the end, it was my brother who appeared to bring me back. Brother is so nice!"

Little Ling'er laughed and jumped into Ao Fan's arms, ignoring the fact that Ao Fan was drenched all over, and stayed close to him.

Hearing Little Spirit's words like this, and then seeing her actions, Ao Fan's heart had a thousand flavours welling up in his heart. He certainly understood how the truth was, but he hadn't thought that in Little Spirit's mind, things were completely different from the reality.

He felt his heart descending, his guilt heavier by another point, and he was simply ashamed. How he had treated her, and how she had treated him, was clear and distinct. Although he had been making amends, he felt that the guilt was like a bottomless pit, how could it not be filled.

Opening his mouth, Ao Fan wanted to explain to Xiao Ling'er. But when the words came to the end, they were silent and dissipated, and nothing could be said.

There are some things that are better not to explain. He smiled bitterly in his heart and stood up.

Little Spirit Child immediately came forward and shared her umbrella with him to ward off the flying rain. However, Xiao Ling'er's umbrella was too small, one person holding it was barely enough, but two people holding it together was unable to take care of everything. Coupled with the gusts of wind that came with the rain, the dense rain swept over, immediately wetting Xiao Ling'er's clothes a little.

When Ao Fan saw this, he took a few steps back and stepped out of the range covered by the umbrella, letting the rain fall on his body, and said to the astonished Xiao Ling'er, "I am already soaked through, so it doesn't matter if I continue to be drenched. On the contrary, it's you, don't get yourself drenched."

For his Divine Beast's physique, but getting wet in the rain, apart from wetting himself, there was no other disadvantage, and unlike humans who would suffer from wind-cold and get very sick, it would instead allow him to be in a state of clarity at all times.

Seeing this, Xiao Ling'er didn't force herself and smiled, "Then, brother, let's go back."

Ao Fan, however, shook his head and said, "No, I don't want to go back yet."

"Then where does brother want to go?" Little Ling'er asked.

"Take a casual walk." Ao Fan said.

"Then I will also accompany brother." Little Ling'er said.

"Good, we'll just walk together." Ao Fan smiled and said.

Ao Fan walked in front, heading towards the other side of the barren mountain. Little Ling'er followed behind him, holding her umbrella, silently watching him. In the original spot, only a jug with only remnants of wine remained.

This barren mountain, although located within the Dragon Palace, but the Dragon Palace occupies a very large area, this place is also due to the geographical location of the remote, few people ask for it.

Ao Fan and Xiao Ling'er walked all the way through the entire mountain to the other side of the mountain, and discovered a scenery that they had never found before.

It was a sea of flowers that was so vast in scope that one couldn't even see the edge as far as the eye could see. Among them, hundreds of flowers bloomed, competing for the first colour. There were also wisps of floral scent that drifted with the light wind and travelled in all directions.

Ao Fan and Xiao Ling'er were the ones who smelled the fragrance of the flowers and found this place after a flying waterfall in the mountains!

Seeing the scene in front of them, Ao Fan and Little Spirit both felt incredible. There were so many flowers, and it was unknown who had planted them or if they had grown on their own, but they were all extremely shocking.

Ao Fan had heard of boundless seas and knew of boundless mountains, but it was the first time he had seen an endless sea of flowers.

"Wow, it's so beautiful." After Little Spirit Child was surprised, she was extremely excited and ran into the endless sea of flowers with her feet open.

At that moment, she was like a fairy among the flowers!

Ao Fan sighed in his heart and also walked into the sea of flowers, surrounded by all sorts of fragrance, only feeling relaxed and happy.

"Brother, come quickly." Little Ling'er shouted cheerfully and ran towards the deeper part of the sea of flowers.

Ao Fan also ran and gradually approached Little Ling'er. It wasn't until both of them were standing in the centre of the sea of flowers that they felt even more shocked.

"I didn't realise there was such a beautiful place, after living in the Dragon Palace for seven years, I actually only learned about it for the first time." Little Ling'er said softly, her tone was all regret for not seeing this image earlier.

Ao Fan smiled and said, "I've been living for ten years, and I still didn't think of it all the same."

"Hee hee, brother you usually don't go out, it's only strange that you can discover this place." Little Ling'er laughed playfully.

"Isn't this place exactly what I discovered." Ao Fan said.

"Obviously it was me who discovered this place by smelling the fragrance of the flowers. Brother you are in such a trance when you walk, how could you discover this place, if not for me, you would have missed this place." Little Ling'er delicately said, speaking very carefully.

Ao Fan was in a daze, he didn't think that being out of mind while walking would be discovered by Little Spirit.

"Brother, let's take a look further inside, it's best to see if we can find the edge of this sea of flowers." Little Spirit greeted Ao Fan and said.

Ao Fan nodded his head and responded, "Okay, I'll accompany you to see how wide this sea of flowers is."