Chapter 1998: Chapter 1997: First Encounter Without Knowing the Song’s Meaning

After leaving Ren Qinghuan’s place, Su Han pondered for a while before finally arriving at Luoo Ning’s.

He remembered, Luoo Ning had given him a ten-year deadline.

It was not only a promise to Su Han but also to Luoo Ning herself.

Back then, Su Han made a firm decision, believing that he wouldn’t see Luoo Ning within those ten years, letting her completely abandon this thought.

At that time, Luoo Ning evidently wanted to see if Su Han would come to see her after all.

Now, just over a year has passed, Su Han hasn’t looked for Luoo Ning, but Luoo Ning still couldn’t hold back.

...

It was still the familiar cave mansion, still the familiar servant.

When Su Han arrived, the servant stood up and respectfully greeted him, "Senior Brother Su."

Su Han looked at the garment in the servant’s hand, confused, "What’s this?"

"This is..."

The servant hesitated slightly before finally saying, "It’s my gift as a dowry for Senior Sister Luoo!"

"Dowry?" Su Han was taken aback.

"Yes!"

The servant nodded heavily, "In a few years, Senior Sister Luoo will be getting married. My cultivation base is very low, and I don’t have anything valuable, so I made this piece of clothing myself, hoping Senior Sister Luoo would like it."

Su Han pursed his lips and didn’t say more. Instead, he asked, "Is Senior Sister Luoo inside the cave mansion?"

"Yes, I’ll call her out. She’s been waiting for you all along."

The servant ran to the front of the cave mansion and called out, "Senior Sister Luoo, Senior Brother Su is here, please come out!"

Inside the cave mansion, after a brief silence, a figure slowly emerged.

Just like the first time they met, Luoo Ning’s figure was still as striking.

"You’ve come."

Upon seeing Su Han, Luoo Ning smiled gracefully.

Gone was the excitement from the past, along with the anticipation. It seemed like just old friends meeting each other, calm and bland.

Su Han could see that this was not an act.

Perhaps in Luoo Ning’s heart, she had truly considered him a friend... merely a friend.

The servant left, leaving only Su Han and Luoo Ning standing here.

"You..."

Su Han didn’t know how to start, eventually, he spoke somewhat awkwardly, "Who do you plan to marry?"

"Many! There are tons of people who like me!" Luoo Ning’s lips parted slightly as she smiled tenderly.

But the more she acted like this, the more restless Su Han felt.

He couldn’t quite explain why he felt unsettled.

Thinking carefully, she liked him, but he refused her. Was Luoo Ning expected to continually display admiration in front of him, or to be extremely angry because of the rejection?

That’s simply absurd!

Being as calm as she is now, discussing things plainly without delving into the past, is already quite good.

"Did you... go to Phoenix Sect to find me?" Su Han asked again.

"Yes."

Luoo Ning nodded lightly, "If I didn’t go to find you, I’m afraid you’d never come to find me for your entire life."

Su Han fell silent.

Would he?

Perhaps so...

"You don’t need to worry, I’m not trying to cling to you. I just feel, in Heavenly Mountain Pavilion, there aren’t many people I know. Even though I spent a long time in the Mercenary Group of the Heavenly Sea, I feel no one is as close as you are."

Luoo Ning pursed her lips and smiled softly, "Though your age is younger than mine, you seem like my elder brother. I’ve heard that when people get married, they often find someone to escort them from their home to the ceremony. It seems this person must be someone very close, as a kind of tradition..."

"I believe the closest person is you."

"So, I hope that on the day I get married, you can escort me... from Heavenly Mountain Pavilion, is that alright?"

Su Han’s body trembled fiercely!

Escorting from Heavenly Mountain Pavilion...

In just seven short words, one sentence, Su Han’s heart wrenched fiercely for a moment.

He knew that Heavenly Mountain Pavilion was Luoo Ning’s first sect and, to this day, her only sect.

Heavenly Mountain Pavilion brought Luoo Ning joy, but it also brought her sorrow.

It’s like her maiden home, but once she’s married, she will no longer be a disciple of Heavenly Mountain Pavilion, and... she won’t be able to return again.

If Luoo Ning chose someone else, it would be fine, but she insists on choosing him.

Su Han didn’t believe Luoo Ning was intentionally tormenting him because there was no need for that.

Perhaps Luoo Ning plans that at that wedding, at the moment Su Han truly escorts her away... it breaks off once and for all!

Let Luoo Ning completely let go of this thought.

Let Su Han also have no more psychological burden.

In the future, if they meet again, they’ll only exchange a slight smile, without mentioning the past, only focusing on the present.

"Junior Brother."

Suddenly, Luoo Ning looked at Su Han, tilting her head. Under the setting sun, her delicate face appeared somewhat charming.

These three words, which hadn’t been brought up for a long while, were once again spoken by her.

"Shall I play a tune for you?" Luoo Ning asked.

"Alright." Su Han nodded gently.

With a flip of Luoo Ning’s fair hands, a long zither appeared.

She sat cross-legged, her pale fingers landing on the strings, gently plucking.

The sound of the zither was melodious, yet Su Han could not discern joy or sorrow, nor happiness or worry from it.

Until the setting sun completely slipped below the western mountains, the zither’s music came to a halt.

"Goodbye, Junior Brother."

Luoo Ning put away the long zither, extending her slender hand to softly stroke Su Han’s face in the air.

She was smiling, a gentle smile, a graceful smile...

Su Han stared at her blankly, the last trace of sunset light illuminated Luoo Ning, making Su Han feel that her playful figure from the past seemed contradictory and difficult to align with the present.

When he came back to his senses, Luoo Ning was already gone.

Whether she returned to the cave mansion or went somewhere else.

In any case, Su Han couldn’t go to find her, couldn’t find her, and didn’t know what reason to use... to seek her again.

In front of the cave mansion, dressed in white, he stood for a long time before finally stepping away, leaving the place.

"You are the only person I’ve ever loved in my life."

After Su Han left, a familiar voice slowly emanated from within the cave mansion.

"Goodbye, truly goodbye... my beloved Junior Brother."

...

Su Han left.

Stepping onto the teleportation formation, amidst the shimmering light, he returned to Phoenix Star.

He seemed as if he had drunk too much, dazed and confused.

The respectful greetings from those around him, Su Han completely ignored.

It wasn’t until he reached his room that Su Han suddenly snapped awake.

How did he... come back?

Chen Fan was still waiting for him at Heavenly Mountain Pavilion, wanting to go together to the planet where his parents lived.

But why did he return? How did he come back?

"Luoo Ning..."

Standing up, Su Han shook his head vigorously, but the figure in his mind lingered on.

"I, the once Ancient Demon Dragon Emperor, having lived billions of years, am upset by mere emotions to such a degree."

Cursing himself for a moment, Su Han stepped out of his room, tossing and turning, and arrived at Heavenly Mountain Pavilion.

In front of the pavilion, Chen Fan was still waiting for him.