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Kapitel 5

"Don't tell anyone I eloped, just say I went out to have fun."

Before I left, I couldn't help but remind her, and she looked at me with amusement: "Even if I don't say anything, they'll find out anyway."

I laughed, "Well, what's done is done anyway." I don't know who told me that, but it seems like that's how people who elope describe themselves.

When we arrived at the sea, the sun was shining brightly.

I faintly heard the sound of a flute coming from afar. Following the sound, I saw him standing on the waves, wearing a crimson robe and holding a jade flute.

As soon as he saw me, he smiled broadly, and I noticed the sword hanging at his waist.

He said, "Let's go!"

Where to?

"Of course they eloped."

I giggled, and he smiled silently, his bright eyes quietly watching me. The sound of waves crashing came from near and far, and the balance of power seemed to shift in that instant.

---janeadam

Reply [10]: I followed him flying in the sky, and people on the ground could only see two suspicious white clouds. No one knew that they were two dragons eloping.

It's still the Double Ninth Festival. People, as insignificant as ants, are climbing mountains. They have established various customs for themselves, fearing that life will be too monotonous and there will be nothing to do.

He flew north and came across a river of moderate size. He pointed to the riverbed and said, "That's my home."

I followed him as he dived into the water. The water was black, unlike the clear blue sea. The riverbed was covered in silt, and the smell of rotting vegetable leaves in the silt made me sneeze.

He looked at me with a half-smile: "Not all dragons live at the bottom of the sea. Some are river dragons, some are lake dragons, some are well dragons, and some are even more miserable. They rule the swamps and live in the swamps their whole lives."

I glanced at him. Was he trying to scare me? I took the lead and headed towards the bottom of the river. In the deepest part, I saw the Dragon Palace built of stone.

If there are all sorts of strange dragons in the world, there must also be all sorts of strange dragon palaces.

The Dragon Palace was quiet, with only one or two lazy carp swimming by occasionally, a stark contrast to the bustling scene at the bottom of the South Sea.

Where have all the aquatic creatures gone?

He glanced around casually: "There aren't many aquatic creatures left in this river. The fishermen have fished them all out. People are horrible; they don't even spare the newly hatched fish."

His words carried a hint of melancholy. I looked at him curiously. Before today, I had always thought he only cared about himself.

He took my hand and led me into the Dragon Palace, heading straight for his sleeping quarters. It was a stone chamber, containing nothing but a bed.

“Actually, I hate the bottom of the river; it’s a dark and gloomy place,” he said as he unbuttoned my clothes.

His fingers were still as cold and smooth as they had been a year ago, gliding skillfully across my skin. Then he took my foot in his hand, blew on it, and I couldn't help but giggle.

He covered my mouth and whispered in my ear, "Don't laugh."

I stopped laughing and heard a "whooshing" sound coming from afar. I grabbed his hand: "Listen, what's that sound?"

His head rested on my chest: "Where is that sound?"

Yes, listen!

"It's just the sound of the wind!"

"It wasn't the sound of the wind, it was the sound of crying."

He laughed. "It's the sound of the wind traveling across the water. You can't hear that sound underwater."

A few days later, many pig and sheep heads fell from the river. Suddenly, a large number of fish appeared out of nowhere and devoured the pig and sheep heads, leaving only skeletons, with lightning speed.

"What are you doing?" I asked him in surprise.

He smiled slightly: "These are gifts from the residents along the river. They send them several times a year, hoping for favorable weather and a bountiful harvest in the coming year."

At that time, I already knew that the river I was in was called the Jing River, and that he was the son of the Jing River Dragon King, and people called him Jingyangzi.

"The name sounds like a Taoist priest."

---janeadam

Reply [11]: He smiled and said, “I am different from you. You are the daughter of the sea, and I am just the son of a river. The name of the dragon clan is meaningless to me. When people mention dragons, they only remember you sea dragons. No one will remember us river dragons.”

I've hardly ever met the Dragon King and Dragon Queen of the Jing River. He didn't suggest I meet them, and I didn't want to either. Anyway, it's an elopement, not a proper marriage.

By chance, I brushed past Luang Phor. Her gaze swept coldly across my face, showing no intention of speaking. I didn't want to speak either; in truth, there was nothing to talk about.

However, I discovered that I could no longer go to the river.

Whenever I try to leave the Dragon Palace, fish and shrimp inevitably try to stop me, a situation somewhat similar to what I experienced before I turned seventy.

He would come to keep me company from time to time, but he was often out on business. I didn't know what he was doing. In my opinion, dragons were idle creatures who, apart from occasionally bringing rain, spent their days in boredom.

Why did he stop me from leaving? I didn't ask, and he didn't tell me.

Soon after, I noticed that he would return with a different fragrance every time he went out. I suddenly remembered that when I first met him, he was with a young girl.

So he's still out having fun? But I don't care, because I just eloped with him, and with the word "eloped," the woman loses the right to question.

The bottom of the Jing River is just a simple world, a small dragon palace, a few aquatic creatures, and the smell of river mud often makes me dizzy.

His secret didn't last long. Three months after I eloped with him, I overheard a conversation between Luang Phor and him.

Their conversation was clearly about me, but I was still confused.

"They're already looking for her?"

"Yes, the aquatic creatures of the South China Sea have already notified all the waters in the world."

“We don’t need to rush. We can wait until all the aquatic creatures believe she is dead before we spread the news.”