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Chapter 442 Departure
Zhu Yu felt Lu Qing's hand gently stroking her back, a soothing yet teasing touch, like a feather brushing against her heart, making it tremble.

She raised her head and looked at Lu Qing in front of her.

Lu Qing felt her gaze and opened his eyes, which had been half-closed. There was still a misty feeling in his eyes that he hadn't had time to hide.

“You’re lying,” Zhu Yu suddenly said.

Lu Qing was slightly surprised and looked at her with a questioning look, asking her what she meant by those words.

"You say you don't care..." Zhu Yu gently ran her fingers along the lines of Lu Qing's inner garment, "Didn't someone clean his wounds and change his dressings every day until they were completely healed, looking at all those scars, and yet he remained completely unmoved?"

Lu Qing grabbed the "provocative" hand and pressed it against her chest. Her gaze was fixed on Zhu Yu's face, and the depths of her dark eyes seemed to be turbulent, or as if there were flames burning fiercely.

"If I had any wicked thoughts about someone covered in such injuries, wouldn't I be a beast?" he said, his voice lower than usual.

"That makes sense," Zhu Yu nodded. "So, what about now?"

Lu Qing's cheeks puffed out. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and hugged Zhu Yu tightly: "I advise you to go to sleep quickly, or don't blame me for knocking you out..."

Zhu Yu sensed that Lu Qing's body temperature was higher than usual and that something was wrong with her. She suddenly laughed and looked up at Lu Qing: "Actually, you haven't given up on that original idea yet, have you?"

Lu Qing was slightly taken aback.

"You keep saying you have to win and that you want to keep me by your side and stand with me through thick and thin, but actually you're thinking about how to avoid delaying my remarriage should something happen to you?" Zhu Yu directly stated his judgment.

Lu Qing chuckled, realizing that Zhu Yu had clearly been testing her thoughts, which was why he had deliberately provoked her.

He let out a long sigh and shook his head: "This time you didn't understand what I was thinking."

If at the beginning I could restrain myself and force myself to believe that finding a way out for you was the best option, now, no matter how you look at it, I can't let you go.

I don't have the magnanimity to give you completely to another man.

However, no matter how determined we are to win, victory and defeat are common occurrences in war, and no one can fully predict the final outcome.

If you were to ask me what my truest desires are, the rice between us, raw and cooked, would probably already be cooked long ago.

But I dare not, I am afraid.

What I fear is not my own fate, but rather that things might not turn out as we hope, but instead develop in a pessimistic direction, at which point neither of us will likely meet a good end.

I don't want anything to happen to you, and I don't want even the slightest possibility that our child will end up like me, all alone in this world.

Or perhaps there isn't even that opportunity.

Zhu Yu was speechless. She knew that Lu Qing must have some kind of concern, but he hadn't told her clearly, which was why he deliberately suppressed his deepest desires day and night.

However, she did not expect that Lu Qing had considered things so far ahead.

In these times, they are not like the emperor in the palace, who at least had a bowl of contraceptive soup. If they really broke the taboo, then many things would really be hard to say.

Think about Lu Qing's journey from childhood to adulthood, filled with countless crises. He may seem to have a life of luxury, but in reality, he is all alone and helpless. No wonder he thinks so much and restrains himself so much.

Zhu Yu suddenly felt a pang of sadness and a sense of guilt welled up inside her.

I should have known better than to tease them on purpose.

She reached out and wrapped her arms around Lu Qing's waist, burying her face in his chest: "Everything will be peaceful from now on, and our future children will definitely grow up with their father and mother by their side."

Lu Qing closed her eyes, her heart stirred again by Zhu Yu's words, but only one word came out: "Mm".

A few days later, Zhu Yu's health had recovered to a very satisfactory level, and the two girls who had escaped death were also basically fine. Yan Daoxin gave them some travel money and told them to go home on their own.

Fortunately, both girls had families still alive. They didn't choose to go to Xiaoshanlou because they were desperate. Their families were poor, and their parents thought that becoming a concubine would ensure they would live a life of luxury without worrying about being beaten or sold by the mistress. They thought it was a good outcome, so they sent them there.

Now that we know that the small building is a den of demons, going home is naturally not difficult.

The two women were extremely grateful, kneeling and kowtowing repeatedly, before finally leaving, weeping, with their travel money in their pockets.

As soon as the two women left, Yan Daoxin breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had saved countless lives, he was always annoyed by the idea of ​​being someone's benefactor.

After seeing the two women off, Yan Daoxin approached Lu Qing and asked him, "Are you planning to go to the Kingdom of Brahma next?"

Then I won't go with you. I want to look around some more.

The fairy castle we encountered is definitely not the only fairy castle in the world.

And that small mountain building is definitely not a unique one!

In places we can't see, who knows how many more people are being manipulated like this day and night.

"So what? Do you have the ability to be in two places at once, or have you mastered the skill of turning beans into soldiers?" Lu Qing was quite calm about this. "It's not just Immortal Castle and Little Mountain Tower. There are countless people in this world who have been plotted against and schemed against, who are currently suffering in dire straits."

How much can you handle on your own?

Moreover, whether it's the medicine man or the spices, these are probably all part of the enemy's plan. Our chance to take down the Immortal Fortress and the Small Mountain Tower can perhaps be considered a small deterrent to the enemy. Calling it a warning shot wouldn't be inappropriate.

Let alone the fact that we don't have the manpower to completely wipe them out, even if we did, we shouldn't do it.

That would be tantamount to telling the other party that we have figured out most of their plans.

You've revealed all your secrets to the other side, and they've changed their strategy. At that point, we're in an even more passive position, and we probably won't have a chance to figure out their tactics anymore.

Moreover, you will be indispensable in this trip to Brahma, so I absolutely cannot let you go on your presumptuous attempt to save the world.

Yan Daoxin was taken aback. After thinking about it, he felt that what Lu Qing said made sense, so he did not mention leaving alone again.

The next day, Lu Qing summoned the trusted confidant left behind by Lu Chao to his room and carefully explained all the matters related to running the inn. He then ordered Fu Wenfu to go out and prepare some things that would be needed for the journey, so that they could set off.