Chapter 2547: Tianpeng's Sentimental Tears

"Now that you have experienced the baptism of Buddhist teachings, you have changed completely. I think whether you are a demon or not is no longer important; so much time has passed."

"Sigh... anything else I say would be superfluous, wouldn't it?" Tianpeng lowered his head, his eyes filled with sorrow. He thought for a moment, then raised his head to look at Gao Cuilan and said, "I still want to ask you one thing: Cuilan, did you ever love me?"

Cuilan looked at the sincere light in his eyes and suddenly remembered their first meeting. At that time, he was being bullied by several bandits, and Zhu Fengchun rushed out from the woods, knocking all those bandits down in a few moves.

He had once thought that this man was a reliance to whom he could entrust his life, but who would have known that Zhu Fengchun drank too much at the wedding banquet and finally revealed his true form? He had been terrified.

"My new husband looks a lot like you."

Gao Cuilan was silent for a long time, just looking into Tianpeng's eyes, said this one sentence, and then slowly closed the vermilion-lacquered door.

Tianpeng stood at the door, tears streaming down uncontrollably. Thinking about it, he had missed this fate after all.

Looking back at the rolling mountains of Gao Village and the scattered houses, he no longer knew where to go.

Afterwards, Tianpeng looked at the tightly closed door; he no longer had the courage to knock it open again.

He felt as if he had lost his soul. After leaving Gao Cuilan's house, he wandered the village alone.

That night, he found a tea stall, ordered a bowl of Jinjunmei tea, and asked for a plate of peanuts, eating the peanuts while drinking the tea.

In the clear night sky, a full moon rose. Tianpeng raised his head and looked at the moon in the sky.

On that moon, there was the shadow of a laurel tree. That mindless Wu Gang should still be tirelessly chopping the laurel tree, and Chang'e must be holding her Jade Rabbit, standing at the door of the Guanghan Palace, looking at the ethereal clouds and mist.

How is it like the human world in the sky, with so many years passing in a hurry.

If he hadn't offended Chang'e because of drunkenness back then, how would he have been demoted to the mortal world, and how would he have met Gao Cuilan?

Chang'e brushed past him and greeted him. At that time, he was the majestic Marshal of the Heavenly River. Was Chang'e's action just unintentional? And was he merely being sentimental?

After he was demoted to the mortal world, he once met an immortal who had been a very good friend of his in heaven.

That immortal said something that he still held a grudge about: "Chang'e rarely greets people; everyone knows how cold and aloof she is, let alone smiling at you."

Why was that? Why was that autumn gaze so intoxicating, like daughter-red wine brewed for eighteen years underground?

Why, when he disregarded everything to express his true heart to Chang'e, was Chang'e's reaction one of fear, and she even reported him to the Emperor?

"Chang'e, oh Chang'e, you have harmed me so miserably."

Tianpeng took a sip of tea, only to find it exceptionally bitter, and tears streamed down his eyes.

"Guest, we are closing up. I'm sorry."

At this time, the innkeeper, a cloth-clad old man over fifty, looked at Tianpeng and said.

"I have silver; I will just make do here for the night, is that okay?"

Tianpeng hurriedly lowered his head to wipe away the tears in his eyes, then raised his head to look at him and said.

"Guest, if you don't mind the wind being too cold here, you can sleep here as you please."

The old man glanced at him, then revealed a smile and said.

Tianpeng reached toward his waist, took out some broken silver, placed it on the table, and without caring about anything else, slumped over the table, looking as if he were going to sleep. ===== CHAPTER 2549 =====