Since Jingyue had said as much, Su Qi didn’t press the matter. She just hoped Jiang Zuo wouldn’t be upset later.

Otherwise, if Jiang Zuo felt bad, she’d feel bad too.

After that, Jingyue and Su Qi parted ways. Su Qi had her husband to keep her company, and Jingyue wasn’t foolish enough to be a third wheel.

She could go buy some food. Liyuan Island was known as a resort destination, and that wasn’t just for show. There were surely plenty of things to eat and do.

The Saintess wasn’t short on money, so she could have fun until dawn.

The only problem was that the people here were also in a state of panic. Most of them were packing their things, planning to flee.

Even more had fled without even packing their belongings.

After all, the recent Celestial Tribulation was no joke. Who would be foolish enough to gamble with their life?

At that moment, Jiang Zuo was sitting in the same open-air restaurant as before.

The place was still open for business as usual. Not only had the waiters not fled, but even the owner was still around.

When the waiter brought over his drink, Jiang Zuo asked, "You guys aren’t running?"

The waiter shook his head. "We’re all ordinary people here. The boss said that if the Celestial Tribulation really came down, we probably wouldn’t be able to escape anyway. We’d either survive it or we wouldn’t."

Jiang Zuo didn’t ask anything more after that.

After the waiter left, Jiang Zuo’s phone rang.

It was obviously Su Qi.

He answered, and immediately heard Su Qi’s slightly pouty voice, "Where did you run off to?"

Jiang Zuo glanced at the signs of panic all around. "Wasn’t there just a Celestial Tribulation? I came out to see what it was like."

"You’re lying again."

Jiang Zuo: "..."

’Why does Su Qi always know I’m lying every time I make an excuse?’

’But that’s fine. It’s better to tell fewer lies in the future. It’s not worth it if it gives Su Qi a bad impression of me.’

’Guess it’s a way of leaving myself an out.’

After telling Su Qi his location, she quickly rushed over.

Seeing Jiang Zuo leisurely sitting there eating, Su Qi didn’t know what to say.

She sat down across from Jiang Zuo and looked at him. "Is it good?"

Jiang Zuo looked at Su Qi strangely. "Are you in a bad mood?"

"No, I’m not. What makes you think I’m in a bad mood? I’m in a great mood."

Jiang Zuo couldn’t help but ask, "Is that something a person in a good mood would say?"

Su Qi said, "Why not? You don’t understand me anyway."

Just as Jiang Zuo was about to speak, Su Qi added, "And you’re definitely going to say, ’How can I understand you if you don’t tell me?’"

"..." Jiang Zuo’s brow furrowed, and he then said, "And are you going to say, ’Someone who understands me will naturally understand, and there’s no point in explaining to someone who doesn’t’?"

Su Qi turned her head away and huffed. "Now I’m unhappy."

Jiang Zuo got up, moved to Su Qi’s side, and sat down. He asked gently, "What’s wrong?"

Su Qi rested her head on Jiang Zuo’s shoulder, her voice full of distress. "I don’t know. I just... I just want to be angry at you. I really feel like being angry. I feel awful inside."

Jiang Zuo was a little surprised. They had been together for so many years and had argued occasionally, but a fight like this was truly rare.

Su Qi didn’t usually get angry with him for no reason.

Just then, Su Qi looked at Jiang Zuo. "Did you do something to wrong me?"

Jiang Zuo shook his head without hesitation. "Absolutely not. Why would I do something so stupid?"

This was the truth. He knew Su Qi’s temperament, and besides, he himself had no interest in any woman other than her.

So there was absolutely no way he would do something that would break Su Qi’s heart.

Leaning against Jiang Zuo, Su Qi pouted. "Then why do I suddenly feel so much like getting angry at you? You must have done something."

"..."

’It can’t be, can it?’

’All I did was reveal myself for a moment. Could she really have sensed that?’

’What kind of intuition is this ridiculously sharp?’

’Or is there something different about Su Qi’s body?’

’Come to think of it, it’s about that time of the month.’

Then Jiang Zuo asked, "Have you been feeling more irritable lately? Have you considered if... something is coming?"

Su Qi froze for a moment, then sat up and did some mental calculation. "Oh, I think it is supposed to be in the next day or two. Is that why?"

Jiang Zuo shrugged but said nothing.

’It’s best not to say too much about these things.’

Then, Su Qi leaned back against Jiang Zuo. "But I’m still angry. You have to cheer me up. If you don’t, I’ll just stay angry."

Jiang Zuo pulled a tissue from the dispenser on the table and handed it to Su Qi.

Su Qi asked, puzzled, "What for?"

"To cry, of course," Jiang Zuo said, pulling the tissue box closer with a serious expression. "You’re in charge of crying, and I’ll be in charge of pulling tissues for you."

Su Qi: "....."

Then, without any hesitation, she grabbed Jiang Zuo’s hand and bit down hard.

"...HISS," Jiang Zuo said through gritted teeth. "If you bite any harder, I’m going to scream."

As a Tier Two, Jiang Zuo had plenty of special tricks up his sleeve. For example, in order to live like an ordinary person, he had lowered his physical constitution to a normal human level.

It was much weaker than before.

Su Qi then let go. "Why does it feel so much softer? I remember the texture being different a few days ago."

Jiang Zuo was about to say he had taken some body-strengthening medicine a few days ago.

But before he could, Su Qi said, "Oh, I remember now. I’ve gotten stronger."

Then, without waiting for Jiang Zuo to say anything, Su Qi adjusted her force and bit down again. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

"..."

A long time later, Jiang Zuo’s right hand was covered in teeth marks. It was no exaggeration to say that his hand was completely numb; calling it ruined wouldn’t be going too far.

If not for his high tolerance for pain, he probably would have passed out on the spot.

Su Qi, however, revealed a smile. "I feel so much better now."

Jiang Zuo sighed inwardly. ’Oh, well. As long as she’s happy.’

’Who could he blame? He *had* just done something that would make her angry, and somehow, she had actually sensed it.’

’Women are terrifying creatures.’

Afterwards, Su Qi took a jacket out from her bracelet. It was one of her own.

Then she draped it over Jiang Zuo’s arm. "How embarrassing would it be if someone saw that? Cover it up."

"Why weren’t you embarrassed when you were biting me? The waitress was too scared to even come over and ask what you wanted to eat. She probably thought you were eating human flesh," Jiang Zuo said with a deadpan expression.

Su Qi stuck her tongue out at Jiang Zuo but didn’t explain herself. As long as she was happy, that was all that mattered.

She really did feel much better. That inexplicable distress was definitely related to Jiang Zuo, so she needed him to coax her.

Then Su Qi looked at Jiang Zuo with a pitiful expression, as if to say, ’Hurry up and cheer me up.’

Jiang Zuo patted Su Qi’s head and sighed. "Loving you is such a troublesome affair. My younger self only knew how to make trouble for me."

Su Qi pouted. "Oh, so I’m putting you out, am I?"

Jiang Zuo pulled Su Qi into his arms and said calmly, "Not at all. After all, I plan on making more trouble for my future self."

"Ew," Su Qi was delighted but pretended to be disgusted. "You only said stuff like that when you were chasing me. You haven’t said it in years. Did you fall for some other girl recently and decide to practice your lines on your wife?"

At this, Jiang Zuo looked out at the sea. He was silent for a long time before finally speaking. "This life and all past lives, past lives and all future lives... for me, I will never care for or love a second person.

In my eyes and in my heart, a second possibility could never exist.

Because that would be utterly meaningless to me."

Jiang Zuo stroked Su Qi’s hair. "Or to put it another way, you are the sole meaning of my existence in this life."