Chapter 567: Chapter 552: Glad It’s Not Mine

He’d fallen in love with Qin Yun.

So he had his own bone carved into a Pixiu and gave it straight to Qin Yun.

"Pei Yan, Pei Yan?"

Pei Yan was shaken awake by a strong force. When he opened his eyes, Zheng Qian’s enlarged, anxious face filled his entire field of vision.

He paused for a moment before coming fully to, then abruptly pushed Zheng Qian’s face away.

His tone carried a hint of distaste. "Stay away."

Zheng Qian spoke in wounded tones, "Bro, I was so anxious I almost took you to the hospital, and you still have the mood to joke?"

Pei Yan glanced around. The car was already parked in the villa’s garage—they were back.

Over an hour’s drive, and he’d done nothing but dream.

No, it couldn’t really be called a dream.

Pei Yan lowered his gaze, hiding the emotions in his eyes.

Zheng Qian babbled as he got out of the car, talking as he walked: "You have no idea, just now you kept shouting ’Taotie, Taotie’ in your sleep. What’s a Taotie? Is it that Taotie I know from legends? That Fierce Beast from the myths, the kind that eats people? How’d you even dream about something like that? You’d better go to White Cloud Mountain less often. I already thought that place wasn’t normal."

Zheng Qian silently made up his mind that next time, even if Pei Yan asked him to set up a meeting with Master Wuwei, he definitely wouldn’t let Pei Yan go.

They’d barely been gone that long and Pei Yan was already having nightmares.

Pei Yan couldn’t be bothered with him and started looking for Qin Yun as soon as he got home.

But Qin Yun wasn’t home at all. Only after asking did he find out that Qin Yun had actually gone out by herself to talk about an endorsement.

"You didn’t know? That brand has approached the studio many times, but Sister Xu never agreed. Somehow they got in touch with Sister Yun herself, and I guess they made an appointment to discuss the endorsement."

Zheng Qian’s gaze on Pei Yan grew even more worried. "You’re sure you’re fine, you don’t need to go to the hospital for a checkup?"

"No."

Pei Yan sent Zheng Qian straight home. After asking Yuanyuan where Qin Yun was having the meeting, he drove out to pick her up.

Sister Xu refusing the endorsement had been at Pei Yan’s instruction.

He didn’t want Qin Yun to tire herself out, but if Qin Yun really wanted to take on a bit of work to pass the time, he wouldn’t stop her—he just needed to personally keep an eye on it to feel at ease.

Little C’s excited voice rang out. "Congratulations, Your Highness, for recalling the past. Life Value increased by five hundred thousand points. Your current Life Value is five hundred and fifty-four thousand six hundred and eighty-five points."

Pei Yan, who was driving, almost stepped on the gas instead of the brake.

"Your Highness, your mission progress is halfway complete!!!"

The mission was halfway done.

Only then did Pei Yan remember that Little C seemed to have said that as long as he recalled the origin of the Jade Pendant, he would receive half the total mission’s mission value, which was five hundred thousand.

Little C was so happy it practically wanted to spin in circles. It hadn’t expected this mission to progress so quickly.

"Quiet."

Pei Yan calmly drove, yet what flashed through his mind wasn’t anything else, but that with so much Life Value now, could he trade some Flat Peaches for Qin Yun again?

Sensing Pei Yan’s dangerous train of thought, Little C immediately said, "Your Highness, please be clear-headed. Once we’re back in the heavens you can eat Flat Peaches however you want, but if you keep wasting Life Value like this, our mission will be a long, long way off. The Flat Peaches that should have been easily within reach will instead require a huge amount of time and effort to complete missions just to exchange for them."

Little C earnestly tried to talk him out of it and, still uneasy, added, "It’s not worth it."

It had only flashed through Pei Yan’s mind on instinct. Little C’s nervous lecturing actually made him laugh.

"Mm, I know."

Half an hour later, he parked in front of a clubhouse, just in time to see Qin Yun and Yuanyuan walking out of the clubhouse with three men in sharp suits. The man in the lead was carrying several bags of products, all of which he stuffed into Yuanyuan’s hands for her to take home and try out. They were all mother-and-baby products.

Yuanyuan was practically being buried under the pile of products.

Qin Yun was just about to lend a hand when a pair of big hands reached out before her and took away the products blocking Yuanyuan’s view.

Pei Yan’s deep voice sounded. "I’ll take them."

Qin Yun’s eyes lit up. "You’re back?"

The three men lit up at the sight of Pei Yan as well and greeted him a bit nervously, "Hello, Mr. Pei."

"Mm."

Pei Yan returned the greeting simply and led Qin Yun toward his car.

Once the two of them got in, before Qin Yun had time to ask where Pei Yan had been, Little A’s voice rang out in her sea of consciousness.

"Congratulations, Your Highness, mission completed. You have gained five thousand points. Current points: five thousand eight hundred and ninety."

Huh?

Qin Yun clearly froze for a moment. How was the mission suddenly completed?

Today she...

No, she’d just gotten five thousand points all at once!!!

Five thousand!!!

She’d been busy for over a year and only had just over eight hundred points left. Now they suddenly shot up by five thousand—this happiness really did feel a bit too sudden.

"Pei Yan remembered the Jade Pendant?"

Even though she knew what the pendant was made of, Qin Yun still habitually referred to the pendant around her neck as a Jade Pendant.

Little A’s usually flat tone couldn’t quite hide its excitement. "Yes!"

The dream of returning to the Heavenly Court was just around the corner.

Qin Yun was happy too, and very curious about what exactly Pei Yan had remembered.

She casually muted Little A and turned her head to look at Pei Yan beside her.

Looking carefully, Pei Yan really did seem a bit different today. Before, even when he didn’t speak, he just came off as cold, but right now there was something extra in his eyes that inspired awe.

Qin Yun wrapped her arms around his and rubbed against him, breathing in his familiar scent as she asked with a smile, "Where did you go today? What did you do?"

"I went to White Cloud Mountain." Pei Yan had no intention of hiding it and very cooperatively reported his day’s itinerary.

"I met with Wuwei, and on the way back I had a very long dream."

A dream?

Qin Yun remembered that she’d also dreamed on her way back, so... was this some aftereffect of going up White Cloud Mountain?

Qin Yun asked softly, "What did you dream about?"

"I dreamed of a lot, a lot of things from the past." Pei Yan’s voice turned distant. "I dreamed of many scenes that weren’t in my memories, I dreamed of you as a child, and I dreamed of carving a Pixiu for you from my tailbone."

Pei Yan’s gaze fell on Qin Yun’s neck. She still wore that pendant close to her skin; only a tiny bit of clear green showed.

"I dreamed of you being tricked into going to the Barbaric lands to look for food and then being chased all over the place by thousands of monsters. I also dreamed of myself carrying you on my back and walking and walking without stop."

The smile at the corner of Qin Yun’s lips suddenly stiffened.

She’d dreamed of that scene too.

So they really had forgotten a lot of things?

"Your tail... it was injured because you were saving me?" Qin Yun’s voice was a little dry, the joy from the points completely gone.

Pei Yan nodded. "Yes."

"A Pixiu’s tail can grow back. All it needs is time. But back then, I just thought, that Taotie really was too much trouble. Fortunately it wasn’t mine. If it had been mine, I would’ve beaten it to death."