The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 849 - 843 On Fate

Chapter 849: Chapter 843 On Fate

The pearl was gone, and the cold poison in her body was bound to be purged sooner or later.

But once the poison inside her body was cured, the initial bond between them would no longer exist. Amid her joy, she couldn’t help but feel a touch of melancholic loss.

"Zijin, have you ever thought about what you’ll do after the poison is cured?"

They hadn’t been together in a long time, and this time, Gu Youyou felt something different from before, a sense of wistful loss.

She leaned against his chest and clutched his clothes tightly.

Jin Zijin placed his hand over hers and said softly, "What are you thinking about? The bond between us has nothing to do with the poison." He knew what was on her mind.

"Nonsense, if it weren’t for suppressing the poison, you wouldn’t have taken me out of that room."

But Jin Zijin didn’t agree, and said, "This is not a bond; this is fate. Youyou, do you believe in fate?"

"Fate?" Gu Youyou thought hard with her head bowed, "Is there really fate between us?"

Gu Youyou remembered Xiao Jinyan saying that even if there was fate between her and Jin Zijin, it would be a calamitous one.

But she heard Jin Zijin say in a deep, resonant voice, "If not fated, among the six realms, throughout the three thousand great worlds, among millions of enlightened beings, why does my smile bloom only for me and yet it’s only with you I come to meet?"

Gu Youyou was stunned for a moment and looked up at him.

Perhaps it was because the wind had picked up at sea, the boat swayed more violently than before, and the objects in the cabin rattled. Beside his high-bridged nose, the shadows flickered and danced. Under his long eyelashes, his eyes, dark and profound, seemed to gaze into an unfathomable universe.

Yet, her heart seemed to merge with this boundless darkness.

She wrapped her arms backwards around his waist, tightening her grip, yet she smiled and said, "You are a disciple of the Dao Family, why are you quoting Buddhist scriptures? I hear that in Zhuzhao Country, Daoism is esteemed while Buddhism is neglected, and the monks have been chased away to other countries."

Jin Zijin said softly, "Many Buddhist teachings indeed have some merit. The fact that they have been passed down to this day and have not been extinguished speaks to their extraordinary nature. Esteeming Daoism over Buddhism is not something to be proud of. It is allowing the Dao Family to grow unchecked that brings peril to the court. Belief, in essence, should be a field where all schools flourish."

It was hard to imagine such words coming from his mouth. His faith had always been in Daoism, holding the Sanqing in high regard, yet now he was speaking these words.

Gu Youyou felt that there were things in his heart that she was increasingly unable to understand.

He had always been a complex person.

The ship sailed on the sea for a day and only berthed at night.

They didn’t dock at a civilian pier, but at a military dock reserved for the East Sea Naval Forces.

Normally, there should have been many guards here, but today was odd. There was not a single guard on the dock, only an old man in black with white hair, standing erect against the wind.

The sailors steering the ship were all stunned. What was going on?

Who was this old man?

Having been in the naval forces for many years, it was their first encounter with a military dock void of naval forces, and instead, an old man waiting there.

"Could we have gone to the wrong place? In this pitch darkness, the elder there clearly looks like a father waiting for his son to return home."

"How could we be wrong? I’ve been in this line of work for more than a decade now, and I know this waterway better than the way back to my own home."

If so, what was the situation at hand?

"Don’t rush to dock just yet; go and inform General Xiao."

Xiao Jinyan came out following a sailor with a befuddled look on his face. Upon seeing the old man on the dock, he was just as puzzled.