Chapter 2106: Spontaneous Departure

Of course Gu Qiaoqiao was surprised, but once Little Uncle explained the reason, she froze for a moment and then understood.

Erasing the memories would be very easy for Little Uncle, and wouldn’t really harm her, but doing that would be completely meaningless, it would just be another way of running away.

Besides, she had already lived through both worlds, and had already let go of what needed to be let go. Since that other “her” could choose to go on living, how could she not even dare to remember?

So the Gu Qiaoqiao of now really could be said to have let everything go.

Looking at the beautiful bride, Gu Qiaoqiao’s heart was filled to the brim with joy, and standing by her side, Qin Yize seemed to know what she was thinking, and quietly reached out to hold his wife’s small hand.

After the wedding ended, Qin Yize took Gu Qiaoqiao out to relax.

It had only been about a month since Gu Qiaoqiao came back, and then she immediately started getting busy with all kinds of things. On top of that, the two kids were always by her side, never leaving her, so once Gu Qianqian and Luo Fan’s wedding was over, Qin Yize really couldn’t hold back anymore. Besides, he had long had this idea: to take Qiaoqiao traveling all over Da Jiang and Jiangnan, all over the world. And now was just the perfect season.

And Gu Qiaoqiao really did want to go out for a walk. The Heaven-reaching Talisman Incantation she cultivated now allowed her to communicate with all things, but staying in the Imperial Capital all the time was really not good for her. She also needed to think it through: she couldn’t keep cultivating. If she continued, this world would start to reject her.

And when that time came, who knew what kind of consequences might appear.

She was almost at the fifth layer, which was basically the peak.

No wonder Little Uncle had shown no interest in this Heaven-reaching Talisman Incantation back then. If not for certain events, he probably wouldn’t have taught her this talisman at all.

So they chose to travel in this season. For Qin Yize, he was the head of the Qin Group, with countless businesses, but just the same, he also had countless talented people under him, all utterly loyal. Even if he wasn’t there, Qin Yang and the others, as well as Luh Fei and Qin Yishan, could each hold down the fort.

Besides, communications were so advanced now—no matter how far to the ends of the earth they went, as long as there was a phone in hand, they could report on work at any time.

So aside from Qin Yize not personally sitting in command, everything was pretty much the same as usual.

And the nature of Gu Qiaoqiao’s work was the same. She was used to just throwing things to others, so in the previous period, even if she hadn’t gone to the company for two months, everything still ran as normal. Gu Muran was operating the jewelry company very well; even the Old Patriarch kept praising him highly. So it was very easy and relaxed for Gu Qiaoqiao to head out.

The other family members also supported the two of them going out for a spin. After all, too many things had happened during this time, many of them already beyond their ability to comprehend, and they’d been living on edge. Such things really couldn’t be allowed to happen a second time.

So whatever the two wanted to do, they just let them do it.

The only ones fuming were Xiao Bao and Xiao Bei.

Mom and Dad were going out to have fun and weren’t taking the two of them along.

But after Qin Yize and Gu Qiaoqiao promised a lot of presents, the two kids finally agreed, especially Xiao Bei. After everything that had happened in these past few months, she seemed to have grown up a lot and become much more sensible.

As for Xiao Bao, there was no need to even mention him—he already had the bearing of an older brother. He promised Mom and Dad that he would take good care of his little sister and stay home obediently waiting for them to come back.

So Qin Yize and Gu Qiaoqiao really did set off on a trip at a moment’s notice.

Their first stop was the Phoenix Clan Divine Land.

Because ever since Sima Xiaowen’s pregnancy had been confirmed, Chu Chengfeng had been staying here with her. After all, their bloodline was special, their race was special, of course they were different from ordinary people.

And in the past half month, a small problem had come up. It wasn’t serious, but it couldn’t be ignored either. Still, it could wait until after Qianqian and the others finished their wedding.

To Qin Yize, Chu Chengfeng was his brother, and Sima Xiaowen was Gu Qiaoqiao’s older sister. Whatever happened to them was a family matter.

Even without this trip, the two of them had already planned to come to the Phoenix Clan to visit Sima Xiaowen.

And Gu Qiaoqiao hadn’t expected Sister Xiao Wen to become so weak after getting pregnant.

Her face was pale, nothing like her usual bright and bold self.

Gu Qiaoqiao’s brows furrowed tightly. Chu Chengfeng at her side had also grown much thinner. She exchanged a look with Qin Yize, and at that moment, they vaguely understood a bit of why the Phoenix Clan bloodline was so rare, why they clearly had divine blood, yet in this world had never been able to form a large power. It seemed that while Heaven gave them ability, it also shackled them with chains.

If you think about it, that’s only logical. If their powers were so great and their race could reproduce smoothly, then what place would ordinary people have in this world? Let alone just the land of Huaxia—probably the entire world would be ruled by the Phoenix Clan.

How could it possibly be in the state and situation it was now?

Gu Qiaoqiao knew this was something they had to go through, and couldn’t help sighing inwardly. She activated the Heaven-reaching Talisman Incantation to carefully check Sister Xiao Wen’s condition, only to discover that the baby in her belly was very unstable.

And their pregnancy was indeed different from others.

The child in the womb was in fact the same as a normal human fetus; it wasn’t that fantastical—no “three years or five years” nonsense. The time and months were all the same.

Right now, Sima Xiaowen was already six months pregnant. At six months, the baby already had a head of dark hair, clearly defined features, and even its gender could be seen.

It was a boy, very beautiful.

It was Gu Qiaoqiao’s first time seeing him, and she hadn’t expected to be even more impressive than an ultrasound. Her Spiritual Energy was something the fetus in the belly absolutely loved.

Only, what shocked Gu Qiaoqiao was the reason Sima Xiaowen was so weak: this fetus was absorbing the mother’s nutrients far too quickly.

This was also why, ever since she got pregnant, Sima Xiaowen had stayed in the Phoenix Clan Divine Land and hadn’t gone out. And Chu Chengfeng had basically stopped doing anything, keeping by Sima Xiaowen’s side twenty-four hours a day.

But even so, Sima Xiaowen’s body was visibly growing more frail and thin. Elder Sima’s emotions, however, didn’t fluctuate much, because when Chu Chengfeng and Sima Xiaowen’s mother had carried them, it had been the same.

The only difference was that once they grew up safely, they would go through one Nirvana and Reincarnation after another. And not every Nirvana and Reincarnation was safe; sometimes the danger was great, and they might lose their lives completely, with no more Reincarnation. To the Phoenix Clan, this was extremely common and not strange at all.

Because they had been like this for thousands of years. There had been a period of great prosperity and flourishing, but after one calamity, they withered away completely. To this day they still hadn’t recovered, and they probably never would in the future.