Chapter 2189: Master Zhi: I Will Always Be Behind You

Gu Zhiqi was silent, just leaning closer to Su Yunling, and then reached out to wrap his waist.

"From now on, you’re not allowed...not allowed to do this behind my back."

Originally, Gu Zhiqi wanted to say that he wasn’t allowed to do this again, but after thinking about it, it seemed too difficult for him, so she changed her wording.

Su Yunling heard this and responded softly, "Okay."

Gu Zhiqi continued to lean into his arms, and said muffledly, "I know, you have the world in mind, and I know you want to protect many people, I won’t restrict you."

"But you are not allowed to do things that put yourself in danger behind my back."

As she spoke, Gu Zhiqi suddenly raised her head and met Su Yunling’s gaze, seriously saying, "I want you to take me with you."

"I’m not like you, with a heart to protect the world, I just want the people I care about to be well, so you need to be well."

"Go ahead and protect those you wish to protect, I will always be behind you."

As soon as Gu Zhiqi finished speaking, Su Yunling’s body paused and froze in place.

His gaze towards Gu Zhiqi suddenly deepened, with an unmistakable emotion and tenderness in his eyes.

At that moment, Su Yunling clearly heard his own heartbeat, pounding more fiercely than ever before.

He knew that this life, he was destined to fall into her hands, never to escape again.

"I indeed have many people I want to protect, but now, the one I most want to protect is you," Su Yunling said, gently caressing Gu Zhiqi’s brows and eyes, "Protecting others is out of duty, protecting you is where my heart lies."

After saying this, suddenly thinking of Gu Zhiqi’s combat power, Su Yunling said somewhat regretfully, "However, it seems like every time it’s you protecting me."

Gu Zhiqi heard this and smiled with her brows, "How do you know your sister hasn’t protected me?"

Su Yunling: ?

Su Yunling’s eyes showed inquisitiveness as he looked at Gu Zhiqi.

However, Gu Zhiqi didn’t speak again, instead buried her head into Su Yunling’s arms, muttering softly, "Let me hold you, it’s been a long time since I’ve held you."

"Okay."

After that, neither of them spoke again, just standing there hugging each other.

All around, many people were coming and going, cleaning the battlefield, with noisy sounds, but it seemed like they were isolated in another world.

Time seemed to pass very slowly, so slow that it felt as though it had stopped moving.

Yet time also seemed to pass very quickly, so quickly that everything around the two seemed to accelerate.

On the battlefield, the people coming and going turned into afterimages, from few to many, then from many back to few.

Finally, there was hardly anyone left on the battlefield, only the two of them standing there embracing.

When Gu Zhiqi stepped away from Su Yunling’s embrace, she realized there was hardly anyone around, and the battlefield was almost cleaned up.

Gu Zhiqi was silent for a moment before speaking to Su Yunling, "Let’s head into the city too."

Su Yunling nodded, then reached out to hold Gu Zhiqi’s hand.

After walking forward a few steps, Gu Zhiqi thought of something and said to Su Yunling, "I looked at the Nine Stars Academy’s surveillance, that day, quite a few students agreed to hand you over."

Su Yunling listened and nodded.

Gu Zhiqi tilted her head to look at Su Yunling and asked, "If I deal with them, would you be unhappy?"

Su Yunling raised his eyebrows and looked back at Gu Zhiqi, "Why would you think I would be unhappy?"

Gu Zhiqi said seriously, "They forced the academy to hand you over, and you still protect them. I thought Master Zhi’s benevolence was indiscriminate."

Su Yunling listened and laughed helplessly, "Your boyfriend isn’t that magnanimous."