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Su Nuo smiled. She told herself that it was okay, that it was only right, that it would happen, that it would happen in the end, that it would be perfect, without any flaws. She wanted to accept it calmly, just as she had thought before, calmly, smilingly, as if she had received any orders from her master before.

Suno went to bed, lay down, and closed his eyes with the corners of his mouth raised.

Everything had happened just as she had thought. Then, she had nothing to feel sad about, as it should be. The things that were difficult to bury too early must be like this.

Moreover, she had already promised that person that she would spend the rest of her life with him. This time, she definitely had to abide by her promise.

The room gradually quieted down, and Su Nuo fell asleep with the corner of her lips curled up.

The Duke of Beichen was standing right outside the door. Under the cover of the dark night, one could not see the expression on his face. Only, one could be sure that there was no smile, no hint of a smile at all.

The lights in the room had been out for a long time, and it felt like the soundless decay of a flower.

Under the moonlight, one could clearly see tears rolling down from the corners of Su Nuo's eyes. The Duke of Beichen lifted his hand to wipe them away.

How sad must he be to be able to shed tears without any sound after falling asleep and how hopeless he must be to be able to smile and cry like this?

In the end …

But how much must he love Su Nuo to be able to act so sorrowful like that, and yet he was still accompanying her, in pain, in despair.

In the end …

The next day, Su Nuo got up. Seeing that the Duke of Northern Chen was still smiling, it was as if the events of the previous night had never happened.

Duke Bei Chen fed a piece of cake to Su Nuo, "Xiao Nuo, do you want to go somewhere else to play, or do you want to go back to the capital?"

Su Nuo ate the pastries and said, "Let's go back to the capital."

"En, alright. I will listen to whatever Little Nuo says." The smile on his face was like that of a child's.

Su Nuo didn't know how she could subconsciously say that she was going back to the capital. Moreover, she didn't want to investigate it any further, as this was already the best situation for her. What she was sure of was that she couldn't make this person sad for her master.

Thus, Su Nuo and Duke Bei Chen started their journey back to the capital. Along the way, they met a crowded street, and Su Nuo saw it. He subconsciously felt scared, and even Duke Bei Chen could tell that they never stopped in such a crowded place.

Su Nuo smiled. It seemed like this matter had left a shadow in her heart.

After several days of travel, the Duke of Northern Chen stopped outside of the city and went to the mansion last time. Su Nuo didn't say anything, but she knew that this person only wanted to give her some time to rest.

No matter how careful she was, no matter how careful she was, she was still like a needle that penetrated the skin, entered the heart of the bone, and in the end turned into an indescribable pain.

During the night, Su Nuo slept on the bed, but no matter what, she couldn't fall asleep.

Suddenly, a black shadow appeared in the house, jumping down from the eaves like a ghost in the night. Just as the black shadow was about to walk towards Su Nuo's room, Duke Bei Zhen walked over and appeared in front of the black shadow.

The black shadow paused, wanting to cross Duke Bei Chen to enter again, but the corner of Duke Bei Chen's mouth twitched, his peach blossom eyes narrowed, and a slender finger extended out. The black shadow flashed, but the Duke Bei Zhen quickly followed up, and with one step at a time, the black shadow was forced out of the yard.

In the darkness, another shadow was preparing to descend, but Yan Qingcheng stopped him. She lowered her voice and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness would like to do it himself."

The Duke of Beichen did not want to wake Su Nuo up, so he forced the black figure to a place very far away from the house. The movements of the black figure's hands instantly became sharp, and the black figure that was originally able to resist quickly became miserable, and there were also many injuries on his body.

The Duke of Beichen looked down at him condescendingly, and said coldly: "Go back and tell Icemountain that since Xiao Nuo chose me, I will never give him the chance to harm Xiao Nuo again." After that, there was another fierce gust of wind from the palm that only hit the side of the black shadow, almost brushing past its shoulder.

Afterwards, the Duke of Bei Chen turned around and left.

The black shadow then dragged its injured body away in a sorry state.

A desolate wind was blowing, and inside, there was endless coldness.

Lord Beichen stood in the middle of the yard, under the silver moonlight, his blue robe seemed to sparkle like a lake, but there was a deep loneliness in it.

In the dark, Yan Qingcheng turned her eyes away. If she did not look, that deep grief would cause one's eyes to sting.

"What did you say?" Bei Chenghan dragged up the injured Umbra, his entire being was like an angry lion.

"Third Marquis …" The shadow had only spat out three words before it was thrown away by Beichen.

Beichen's fist landed heavily on the wall, and a large part of the wall caved in. The mark on it was clear.

Damn it, how could it be possible for Su Nuo to choose him? Bei Chen Han sneered, his eyes full of contempt, that damned Duke Bei Chen must have used some forced method to detain his men, he would never believe it.

Bei Chen Han punched the wall again, but when he finds Su Nuo, he will definitely teach her a lesson so that she won't dare to follow anyone else.

Su Nuo was his man and he raised her from a young age. If others wanted her, they wouldn't even need to think about it. Even if Su Nuo died, her corpse would still be his.

Early in the morning, the capital city was in an uproar. The entire capital city was welcoming the Third Marquis, Duke Bei Chen, who was returning from sightseeing outside.

As Su Nuo sat in the carriage, she had the unreal feeling that she had heard the clamor outside. Such a hubbub was not even present on the day she was married to her master; after all, her master did not want other people to know that he had married her at that time.

Su Nuo did not know how things had turned out like this. Their horse carriage had been surrounded by commoners the moment it entered the capital. She had no idea that it was actually arranged by the Duke of Northern Chen.

His little Xiao Nuo had never obtained anything like this before, but now, he would give her everything twice as much.

On the other hand, all of this was also something that Beichen would agree to.

For someone as lofty as him, who was still a father, could there be anything better than letting his beloved son live on in peace? He loved Su Nuo, and he had tried to stop her countless times before, but now, after experiencing so much, his only hope was to let the Duke of Bei Chen live happily.

And the basis of all this, was for Su Nuo to live well, to live well beside Duke Bei Chen.

Bai Qian got off the carriage, and Bei Chen Han hugged her and kissed her lovingly on the forehead, "Qian'Er, you're finally back. I really miss you."

Bai Qian smiled at Beichen. Steward Zhou suddenly rushed in from outside, saying, "Prince, Su Nuo is back."

Upon hearing that, Bai Qian's eyes lit up. "Xiao'er is back. Where is she now?"

"She's at the city gate now, with … with the Third Marquis." Housekeeper Zhou carefully looked at Beichen. Seeing that he didn't show any reaction, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Han, let's go get Na'er." Bai Qian said.

Beichen smiled and nodded, but a hint of coldness flashed through his dark eyes.

At the fork in the road, the Duke of Beichen stopped the carriage and lifted the curtain for Su Nuo, but he did not say anything. Su Nuo was confused, but seeing the turn to the right, a sense of familiarity overcame her, and she immediately understood.

This person wanted her to think again about where she wanted to go.

Su Nuo did not look at Duke Bei Chen's face, but even if she did not, her heart still ached. Even she herself had an incomparable selfishness, selfish enough to hide her master, to not let anyone see, and yet this person kept tearing at her wound, just so that she would not regret, not make things difficult, not be sad?

Su Nuo suddenly extended his hand and poked Duke Bei Chen's face, "What are you stopping for? Don't tell me you're not even sure how to get back to the third prince's mansion?"

Duke Bei Chen looked at Su Nuo's face, and his eyes were bright. Perhaps Duke Bei Chen himself didn't know, but Su Nuo could see it clearly. It was like this, this kind of brightness was even more dazzling than the sun in the sky.

If, one day, this pair of eyes could no longer be this bright, then it must be her fault. She was the one who hid all the light in these eyes.

"Little Nono." The Duke of Beichen spoke.

Su Nuo knew what he wanted to say so she cut him off: "Viscount, I said that the promise I made will not change unless you don't want me anymore."

"How could I not want you?" The Duke of Beichen embraced Su Nuo. He was so happy, it was as if he had obtained the most precious treasure in the world.

"Let's go." Su Nuo smiled.

The carriage slowly moved forward, moving further and further away.

Su Nuo quietly allowed the Duke of Northern Chen to hold her, closing his eyes, getting further and further away.

Suddenly, the horse carriage came to a halt. Su Nuo did not put up any defenses, and if not for the embrace of Duke Bei Chen, she would have definitely hit him.

"Did you hit him?" Duke Bei Chen hurriedly asked.

Su Nuo shook her head and looked at Duke Bei Chen. He hugged Su Nuo and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine." Su Nuo was relieved when she saw that he hadn't hit him yet.

"Nore."

Upon hearing this voice, Su Nuo froze in place.

"Third Marquis, it's the Second Marquis." The coachman's voice sounded from outside.

The expression on Su Nuo's face completely froze. Northern Chen noticed all of Su Nuo's changes and said, "Xiao Nuo, if you don't want to see them, we can ignore them."

Juno shook his head.

He would return to the capital. Didn't he want to have a good look at his master before he became completely unrelated to the clan? No matter how much he was buried, Su Nuo had no choice but to face him.