It's impossible for the young couple to know what Mu Rouqian is thinking, and they have no intention of finding out.
Mo Lian rushes back to Mulanyuan with his wife in his arms. Everyone who sees him along the way wishes they could retreat three steps.
Stuck in his arms, Qiaoqiao can't move her limbs. Annoyed, she lifts her head and bites his chin, "If you're mean to me again, I'm going back to my parents' house!"
The Crown Prince feels a slight sting from her bite. He doesn't even need to touch it to know there are a few small tooth marks on his chin.
He lowers his head and glares at her, saying angrily, "This is your parents' house."
Qiao Mu is so upset that she momentarily thinks she's back at the East Palace...
"You!" She thinks for a moment, then forcefully pulls her small hands out of his embrace. With a furrowed brow, she exclaims, "Don't think Qiaoqiao doesn't have a temper."
Mo Lian, both amused and exasperated, reaches out and cups her small face. His eyes narrow as he says with a half-smile, "It was me who spoiled you like this, running headlong into the Heavenly Dao Thunder Fire without a care."
"Right! It's your own fault." Qiao Mu retorts, then immediately feels that her words are a bit off.
The two glare at each other, full of anger, and then inexplicably find it a bit humorous...
Mo Lian looks at the little girl with wide eyes in front of him, feeling a mix of anxiety and irritation, his mood fluctuating wildly.
A thousand words transform into a passionate kiss, fiercely pressed against her small lips.
"Why are you so annoying!" he murmurs against her lips. "If this continues, I'll sooner or later be driven to madness by all these worries, fears, frustrations, anxieties, and the constant feeling of gains and losses because of you."
"You're the annoying one!" Qiao Mu grabs his hair, clenches it in her small fist, and tugs hard, yelling angrily, "I told you, the Thunder Fire definitely can't hurt me!"
"You're annoying!" Mo Lian grinds his lips against hers for a moment, then realizes that he's not punishing her at all; he's punishing himself.
His whole body feels like it's on fire. His eyes, filled with turbulent, dark waves, stare fixedly at her.
He enunciates each word through gritted teeth, "Do you know how many little tails were following us just now?"
Qiao Mu instinctively wraps her arms around his neck and immediately understands, "Someone is eyeing my ability?"
After all, the news of being able to help Spirit Realm peak cultivators successfully overcome the Five Spirit Samsara Tribulation is too shocking.
Mo Lian must have sent people to deal with those tails.
"I don't care if you truly possess extraordinary power that can defy the might of the Heavenly Dao," Mo Lian leans close to her face, his gaze sweeping over it, and says faintly, "The next time I see you risking your life for unrelated people, I will kill their entire family!"
Qiao Mu's eyes widen slightly, and she says exasperatedly, "You're being unreasonable."
"I was never a reasonable person," Mo Lian says with a faint expression. "I only act reasonably in front of you."
What reason does he need to explain?
All he ever needed was to give an order, and people would obey!
Anyone who made him face the danger of losing Qiaoqiao, he would make them lose everything!
Anyone who wanted him to be doomed, he would ensure that person's life ended first.
Qiao Mu: ...
With a faint, gentle smile, he reaches out and strokes her small head, "Got it?"
Qiaoqiao nods her small head sullenly.