Slowly, Ying Yue opens her eyes. At first, her vision is still blurry and she feels slightly light-headed. But after blinking a couple of times, her focus finally returns. The first thing that greets her is a high wooden ceiling and the scent of a burning incense.
Baffled, she knits her eyebrows before sitting up. As soon as she gets up, she becomes frozen at the sight of a jade bead curtain right in front of her and the foreign scenery of a wide hall.
However, even before she can get a grasp of the situation, the door of the hall is slammed open all of the sudden and two children come rushing in. They immediately bow down onto their knees towards her direction.
"Lord Yue Lao! You have finally returned!" shouted the two children at the same time.
Huh?
Ying Yue tilts her head with a bewildered expression. Are they talking to her right now? Who's Yue Lao?
She turns her head around to see whether there is another person behind her. As the result, she finds no one. It's just her.
In fact, the free space behind her is only decently big with a mattress in the far corner, a small table for tea right beside her, and a seating mat which is what she's sitting on currently.
It's comfortable for one person but with two people, it will be a bit too crowded.
There's nobody else but her! So, clearly, they must be talking to her unless there's a ghost. Many questions start flooding in Ying Yue's head and she's also, unconsciously, becoming rather annoyed little by little. In addition, the situation unfolding in front of her is even more mysterious.
Who are these children?
Who is Yue Lao?
Wait, did she get kidnapped by the old man?
Then, Yue Lao is the old man's name?
Suddenly recalling the old man, Ying Yue's eyebrows instantly wrinkle. The last thing she remembers is him saying something about God of Marriage and Love. With that, a cold sensation is felt from her right hand.
Ying Yue brings her hand forward and opens it. There it lies the jade emblem which the old man gave her. It's glowing in a faint white light.
Ying Yue "..."
"Consider it your identity as God of Marriage and Love."
Can't be, right?
"Lord Yue Lao? Is my lord alright?" the little girl whose hair is tied into two high buns voice out her concern. She is donned in a light green robe with ivory sash and green bixi.
"Do you want this one to brew you-"
"Hold it," Ying Yue interrupts the other child who is a little boy with a high ponytail, also wearing a light green robe.
When they hear Ying Yue's clear magnetic voice from behind the curtain, their eyes widen and they look at each other in shock as they mouthed, 'Whose voice is that?'
Ying Yue could care less with their reaction. All she cares about is getting out of this place. Feng Mian must be freaking out right now. She certainly doesn't want him to go on a rampage with his dramatic flair while searching for her. It will be super troublesome if that happens.
Therefore, Ying Yue moves the bead curtain away and walks straight out from behind it. When she appears in front of the children still in her costume for the commercial shoot along with her long wig, the little girl and the boy are instantly dumbstruck.
'What a beauty! She looks like a fairy!' thought the little girl with her currently sparkling eyes gazing at Ying Yue.
'Whoa, look at this sister's face! I've never seen anyone so strikingly beautiful as her before,' thought the little boy whose face gradually warming up for no reason.
Ying Yue glances at the two cuties with an appaled face in front of her and she can't help but become soft-hearted. She even has this urge to snuggle up to them and pinch their chubby cheeks. She unconsciously let out a smile.
With the sudden attack of her increasing charming visual, the two cuties just drop weakly to the side with their butts on the ground. They're no longer capable of maintaining their salute position as their bodies has turned into jelly.
Even that is still not enough! The devil just has to squat down right in front of them and her face closing in.
They can feel Ying Yue's warm breath on their cheeks. Their brain has utterly been squashed at this moment as their mind has completely shut down. Ying Yue's visual attack is too much for them to handle.
When the two cuties are suffering from internal injuries inflicted by Ying Yue, our queen is presently admiring the two cuties' adorable faces.
Her hands have been itching to pinch both of their snow white cheeks. The plum steam buns look very smooth and juicy in her eyes.
Without having much control over cute things, Ying Yue just decides to shamelessly squeeze both of their cheek at the same time with her hands.
The two steam buns are pinched hard by Ying Yue that they let out a cute 'aw' in the process. They feel a stinging pain on their cheek but, despite that, they can't seem to get angry in front of this gorgeous demoness. Instead, they just stare at her with their big misty eyes.
After finally got to feel the smooth skin of the two cuties, Ying Yue becomes extremely satisfied. Her heart leaps joyfully. If she can just play with these two cuties forever, she'll surely be in bliss for the rest of her life. Perhaps this is what the people mean by heaven on earth.
Ying Yue sighs heavily. How can that annoying old man has such cute grandchildren? His son or daughter is probably drop dead gorgeous too. Such a good gene.
Well, sadly she needs to leave to calm her big bear. She can't let Feng Mian "drowns in sorrow" as he proclaimed it whenever she's missing for almost 24 hours.
So, Ying Yue swiftly walks past the two still dumbstruck cuties and directly open the door to leave the room.
The children quickly snap back to their senses by the creaking sound of the door. They first look at each other again before running after Ying Yue.
"My Lord, wait!" shouted both of them.