After Chen Hao carried Ye Yuqiao in his arms sideways, she did not struggle at all, but instead looked steadily at him, her face filled with grievance.

Similarly, Chen Hao's face was also full of grievance as he looked down into Ye Yuqiao's eyes.

Thus, the two were silent.

It was not until their descent from the sky became faster and faster, with only a couple of hundred meters left to the ground, that Chen Hao summoned the Nether Acupoint below and sucked them both into it.

At this moment in the Nether Acupoint, Tang Jing and Xie Xiaofeng still did not know they had returned to the real world; they were still thinking about saying a proper farewell to their friends and fans in Rainbow Paradise.

In their hearts, the rainbow truly was a blissful place without any troubles—if it weren't for Chen Hao, they probably would never have been willing to leave Rainbow Paradise.

Seeing Chen Hao holding Ye Yuqiao as he appeared, Tang Jing and Xie Xiaofeng first exchanged puzzled looks and then slowly stood up. They didn't know whether Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao had reconciled or if they had encountered some trouble that forced them to hide in the Nether Acupoint.

"Damn it, Yuqiao, what's the situation outside now?" Tang Jing asked, her eyes filled with urgency. Standing beside her, Xie Xiaofeng looked even more anxious than she did.

"We've already left Rainbow Paradise and returned to the real world!" Chen Hao explained as he tried to put Ye Yuqiao down.

"Don't you dare put me down!" Ye Yuqiao's hands suddenly clung tightly to Chen Hao's neck, and in her heart, she sent a secret message to Chen Hao, "I told you, if you dare put me down, I dare to leave you!"

Chen Hao said nothing but hoisted Ye Yuqiao higher in his arms. Then, he showed a confused and puzzled expression on his face, because he saw both Tang Jing and Xie Xiaofeng's faces filled with loss and shock.

"Do you miss Rainbow Paradise that much?" Chen Hao asked.

After being stunned for a long time, Tang Jing and Xie Xiaofeng slowly nodded their heads.

"It's a bit regrettable," Xie Xiaofeng said, "regrettable that I didn't say a proper goodbye to my fans."

Chen Hao's expression turned bitter, with an indescribable feeling in his heart. After a pause, without saying anything more to Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing, he suddenly left the Nether Acupoint with Ye Yuqiao, returning to the sky, continuing their descent.

Compared with before, their speed falling down was now much slower.

Minutes passed, and the town of Rainbow grew larger and closer in Chen Hao's eyes. Looking at the bustling streets below and listening to the noise that drifted into his ears, he felt very familiar, yet also very strange.

Everything seemed like a lifetime ago.

Although they had only stayed in Rainbow Paradise for less than two months, it felt as if they had left the real world for a whole half-century.

Eventually, Chen Hao, holding Ye Yuqiao in his arms, landed steadily in front of Zhang Heng's house, next to the Exorcism Special Vehicle.

The Exorcism Special Vehicle was already covered with dust; though it was a new car, it felt very old in Chen Hao's heart; Zhang Heng's already old house seemed even older to him now.

At that moment, a gust of wind blew by, lifting strands of Ye Yuqiao's hair, fluttering against Chen Hao's face. There would never be such strong winds in Rainbow Paradise.

Smelling the fresh scent of Ye Yuqiao's hair, Chen Hao felt a bit bitter as this smell too appeared old to him. He just remembered that it had been another month since he was this close to Ye Yuqiao.

Everything, truly, felt like a lifetime ago.

At this moment, Chen Hao had a ridiculous thought in his mind: he needed to reacquaint himself with this real world, as well as with Ye Yuqiao standing before him.

"May I put you down now?" Chen Hao asked Ye Yuqiao.

Ye Yuqiao nodded.

Chen Hao bent down and gently placed Ye Yuqiao on the ground.

Once Ye Yuqiao stood firm, he suddenly embraced her waist tightly and moved his face close to hers, their noses lightly touching.

"What are you doing?" Ye Yuqiao asked.

"We're back," Chen Hao said softly with his eyes closed, "we're finally back."

Ye Yuqiao furrowed her brows, thinking that this was Chen Hao's world, so he would feel the excitement and joy of returning; however, this wasn't her world, hers was in the Netherworld.

Just then, Chen Hao's lips suddenly pressed against hers and a warm breath followed.

Ye Yuqiao's heart trembled, and a tear streamed down from her eyes. If the ordeal before had frozen her heart like a block of ice, then this kiss was definitely the warm current that melted it. It was also because of this kiss that she felt the joy of returning to the mortal world.

However, completely melting a block of ice inevitably required time.

So when their lips parted, the two looked at each other for a long while, and indifference emerged on their faces again.

"We've been gone for so long, I wonder if anyone has been worried about us?" Chen Hao said, pretending as if nothing had happened, actually deliberately avoiding the unspoken awkwardness between them.

Ye Yuqiao certainly understood Chen Hao's intention and said, "You should let Tang Jing and Xie Xiaofeng out."

Chen Hao nodded, revealing a bitter smile, wondering how he could have forgotten about these two.

Unlike Chen Hao, when Tang Jing and Xie Xiaofeng saw the real world again, they looked very disheartened and sorrowful.

"If you can't bear to leave, we can go to Rainbow Paradise again next year, and I definitely won't stop you," Chen Hao said to them.

Xie Xiaofeng shook his head and said, "Idiot, some things can't just start over because you say so."

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The night was deep.

Chen Hao was busy making calls in the courtyard, returning calls to everyone who had messaged and called him over the past month. This included many colleagues and friends from his hometown in Y City, Onmyoji he met along the way, the increasingly famous Campus Hero Ye Fei, and his ex-girlfriend Lin Xiaofan.

Whether it was because of Lin Xiaofan or due to the unpleasantness that had happened in Rainbow Paradise, Ye Yuqiao had run off to sleep with Tang Jing tonight.

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..

The night was still and quiet.

There was no longer the sound of Chen Hao's voice in the living room; he had finally finished his phone calls.

Inside the room.

"Tang Jing, are you asleep?" Ye Yuqiao suddenly asked Tang Jing.

Quickly, Tang Jing responded with a grunt, and then asked, "Yuqiao, are you angry with that idiot?"

"A little!"

"Sigh!" Tang Jing suddenly let out a sigh, "Actually, he's quite pitiful. We all went to Rainbow Paradise together, but only he remained lucid and wasn't deceived. He must have felt very heartbroken and lonely then, as we all abandoned him, especially you."

Tang Jing didn't continue.

"You mean to say especially me, right?" Ye Yuqiao said, her tone cooling, "I'm his girlfriend, but I didn't stand by his side, and I was the one who was the hardest to deal with. He even thought about giving up on me at that time."

Tang Jing was silent.

After a long while, Ye Yuqiao asked again, "Tang Jing, can you tell me your true thoughts?"

"What thoughts?"

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