Chapter 1891 Xuan Kong: All These Years Have Been Wasted

"Mother! How did I get here?"

Gu Zihan suddenly opened her eyes, her clear pupils filled with the confusion of just waking up, and she blinked in a daze.

This unfamiliar place left him completely bewildered. He had clearly been in Fazong's own little bed before he went to sleep, so how did he end up in a different place after waking up?

When Gu Qingcheng saw her son finally open his eyes, her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, instantly settled down, and she pulled him into her arms.

She pressed the back of her son's head and gave him two quick kisses on his fair cheeks.

Two clear red marks were left by her bright red lips, looking like two festive stamps on Gu Zihan's face.

"My good son! You're finally awake! You scared your mother to death!"

Gu Qingcheng's voice was choked with sobs as she tightened her grip on her son, as if she wanted to meld him into her very bones.

Gu Zihan felt dizzy from the kisses, her little face scrunched up, and she reached out to push her mother's shoulder.

"Mom, you're kissing me so hard I can hardly breathe!"

He peeked out from Gu Qingcheng's arms, looking around. The magic array in the center of the Quiet Cliff still retained a faint golden light. The Xuanbing Jade Lotus Platform sat quietly on the table, while several unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar faces surrounded the bed, smiling at him.

When his gaze fell on the figure standing to his right, his eyes instantly lit up like two morning stars. He shoved Gu Qingcheng aside, scrambled off the bed, and ran barefoot toward the man, shouting, "Brother Lin!"

Lin Jichen had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw a small figure rush over. He instinctively bent down to catch it and gently pulled it into his arms.

Gu Zihan wrapped her arms around his neck, buried her face in the crook of his neck, and nuzzled against him. The familiar scent instantly calmed him down.

"Brother Lin! Why are you awake so early? Shouldn't you be sleeping in with my mother a little longer?"

Upon hearing this, an eerie silence instantly fell over the room.

Yun Lanyi raised an eyebrow, her originally gentle gaze instantly turning sharp as she looked at Lin Jichen with a half-smile.

His eyes seemed to say, "Well done, you've been hiding it well. You even have an affair with Sect Leader Gu? You're messing with someone's mother, aren't you! You traitor!"

Master Xuan Kong's eyes widened, and one of the Buddhist beads in his hand fell to the ground with a "thud," his face full of astonishment, "So that's how it is."

No wonder Fellow Daoist Lin has such good luck with women; even the female city lord of the Dharma Sect has such an entanglement with him!

The old monk paused, his hand still holding the prayer beads. Suddenly, he felt enlightened, yet also suddenly felt that he had wasted so many years of his life...

Lin Jichen blushed under their gazes, his ears burning. He quickly patted Gu Zihan on the back and said, "Don't talk nonsense! When did this happen? I don't remember."

Lin Jichen, the person involved, blushed under their gazes and quickly said to Gu Zihan, "Don't talk nonsense. I don't remember when this happened."

It's been a long time since this happened. You know, it's been more than half a year since Lin Jichen and Gu Qingcheng slept together.

The two adults had almost forgotten about it, but Gu Zihan brought it up again, and the dead memories resurfaced.

Lin Jichen vaguely remembered that when he woke up, Gu Qingcheng was in his arms, and his hands were restless, habitually resting on the spot where he usually placed Yun Lanyi and the others...

Gu Qingcheng almost scratched him, a memory he'd never forget, especially the feel of it...

"It happened yesterday! How could I forget!"

Gu Zihan lifted her head from his arms, puffed out her cheeks, and retorted angrily, her little eyebrows furrowed into a knot.

"Brother Lin, are you planning to renege on your promise?"

In Gu Zihan's memory, the night before he fell into a coma, he had to go through a lot of trouble to coax his mother to Lin Jichen's room.

At that moment, he felt cold all over and even breathing was painful. He vaguely heard his mother, with red eyes, say to Lin Jichen, "This medicine is risky, but it can stabilize his soul."

He knew in his heart that there was probably a serious problem with his health, and he might have to die here.

Before he died, his greatest wish was that his mother could be taken care of. His mother had been supporting the Fazong sect all these years, and it had been too hard for her.

Brother Lin is gentle and reliable, and he treats her well. He is simply the best match for my mother.

And he had fulfilled this wish; the three of them slept together like a warm family of three.

While they were resting, Gu Zihan secretly got up, glanced contentedly at the figures embracing each other on the bed, took the medicine, and then felt dizzy and lost consciousness.

When he woke up again, he saw that only his mother was there. He wondered if Brother Lin had put on his pants and run away, leaving his mother there unattended.

Fortunately, he saw Lin Jichen and was overjoyed to see that he had not abandoned his mother.

His trust and reliance on Lin Jichen was second only to Gu Qingcheng, and far exceeded that of Mu Lingbing.

Gu Zihan remembers when she first met Lin Jichen, she considered him her number one rival in love!

His intended wife, Senior Sister Mu Lingbing, showed great favor to this suddenly appearing pretty boy, constantly addressing him as "Fellow Daoist Lin." Although there was nothing wrong with the way she addressed him, he could tell that Senior Sister liked him!

At that time, he was at an age where he was possessive of his food and awkward, and he caused Lin Jichen a lot of trouble.

Not only did she criticize him, but she also deliberately made fun of him in front of Mu Lingbing.

But Lin Jichen never held it against him; she would just smile each time.

What truly changed Gu Zihan's mindset was that trip to the ice field.

He went on an adventure in the ice field with Lin Jichen and Mu Lingbing, but they encountered a once-in-a-century avalanche just two days after entering the ice field.

A blanket of white snow swept in, instantly separating the three of them.

Gu Zihan fell down a snow slope, his whole body aching as if his bones were falling apart. His thick cotton-padded coat was torn open, and the cold wind blew in, making his teeth chatter.

He struggled to his feet, surrounded by a vast expanse of white snow, with not a soul in sight.

Fear overwhelmed him like a tide, and he could only walk aimlessly forward. He was cold and hungry, his feet were so frozen that he lost all feeling, and he even wet his pants.

Later, he hid in a cave, hoping to warm up, but as soon as he entered, he was spotted by a fat skunk.

The skunk lunged at him menacingly and bit his rear end, making him cry out in pain.

He huddled in a corner of the cave, hugging his knees, watching the snowflakes fall at the entrance, and thought, "Am I going to die here? Will my mother not be able to find me?"

Just when he was in despair, a familiar voice suddenly came from the cave entrance—it was Lin Jichen!

Gu Zihan instantly grasped at a lifeline, choking back tears as she cried out, "I'm here!"

Lin Jichen rushed into the cave and saw Gu Zihan huddled in a corner with teeth marks on his buttocks. Instead of mocking or disliking him, he gave him a very warm military overcoat to wear.

She even held him to sleep at night without holding a grudge, provided, of course, that he paid a very generous "sleep-with-me fee".

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