Chapter 69: Iron Bones and Tender Feelings
Looking at Diao Chan hugging Zhao Yun tightly like a long-lost lover, Wang Yao was shocked and surprised, but also breathed a sigh of relief.

Anyone could see from such an intimate gesture that this long and fierce battle with the hero could finally come to an end.

As Wang Yao relaxed his breath, a strong feeling of dizziness immediately came over him like a tide, causing him to fall to the ground. The armor-piercing bow also fell to the side with a "ding" sound.

In fact, Wang Yao's injuries were far more serious than they seemed. After all, he withstood Lu Bu's ultimate move and was attacked by Lu Bu's true damage. He was lucky to be alive. If it were any other soldier, they would have been dead by now!
Just now it was only because of the situation that Wang Yao had to hold on and hold on. It was the same as if you encountered a pack of wolves on the grassland, you must not turn around and run, but should maintain your momentum and confront them.

But now, as the crisis was resolved, all the pain was instantly magnified exponentially, and the tingling sensations in his body made Wang Yao grimace in pain.

However, the imagined dog-abuse scene of long-awaited reunion did not appear.

Looking down at the woman sobbing in his arms, Zhao Yun's deep blue eyes suddenly flashed with a hint of complexity, but it was only a fleeting look.

In silence, Zhao Yun raised his hand, but instead of hugging the woman back, he slowly pushed Diao Chan away from his arms.

Zhao Yun's cold behavior not only stunned Diao Chan who was originally immersed in joy, but also startled Wang Yao who was a spectator.

Diao Chan's beautiful eyes flashed with obvious panic, but she still forced a charming smile and said, "Brother Zilong, what's wrong with you? I am Xiaochan."

"Why are you here?" Facing the woman whose eyes were full of panic and expectation, Zhao Yun's voice was as indifferent as usual.

"I haven't seen you for a year, and I've been looking for you for a whole year. Today I finally see you. Is this all you want to say to me?" Diao Chan's beautiful face was filled with pitiful loss.

Zhao Yun did not say anything, but just watched Diao Chan quietly as she spoke.

"I've been receiving news that you're in Shu, and I've always been skeptical. I didn't expect you to actually be here. Brother Zilong, Xiaochan, I finally found you."

With her green jade fingers, she caressed Zhao Yun's bleeding mouth tenderly. Diao Chan said affectionately, "Can you go back with Xiaochan? Don't worry about this troubled world anymore, and don't be a mercenary anymore. I have secretly saved a little money this year. We can find a place where no one knows us, and then buy a house and settle down. You build the fence and I plant the flowers. We will live happily together until the end of our lives, and we won't be bothered by trivial matters for the rest of our lives. Okay?"

Facing Diao Chan's almost pleading request to stay, Zhao Yun was silent for a moment, but finally just sighed softly and said: "We have known each other for so many years, and I always thought you knew me very well, but it turns out you don't know me at all."

After saying that, Zhao Yun, leaning on his quick-strike spear, limped past Diao Chan.

Diao Chan's gentle expression froze in an instant, and finally turned into sadness and despair. She had imagined the scene of their meeting countless times, but she had never thought that such a situation would occur.

"Yes, for so many years, you have always been alone, and I have never understood what you are thinking! I also don't know what you want to do!" Behind him, Diao Chan lowered her head deeply, and her gentle voice gradually choked up: "But, Brother Zilong, have you ever been willing to understand my feelings?"

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The woman's soft sobbing made Zhao Yun stop.

"Do you know how I have survived this past year?" Diao Chan turned around and looked deeply at Zhao Yun's back, her bright eyes filled with sparkling mist. "Those two are no longer alive, and so are everyone else. In the end, even you are gone. The former Dragon Shadow Mercenary Group has fallen apart, and now I am the only one left. Brother Zilong, why did it become like this? Is this fate? Just like the end of the dragon?"

"Xiaochan, how come you haven't changed at all? You're always like a little kid." Zhao Yun didn't look back, but his voice was no longer cold, with a hint of sadness: "I feel sorry about the dragon, but life is not always smooth sailing, just like people, there will be a day when they grow up. Let the past go with the wind. If you keep dwelling on the past, there will be no way to move forward."

"At least take me with you!" Diao Chan shouted stubbornly. Then, she walked over, gently took Zhao Yun's left hand, and pleaded in a low voice: "I finally found you this time, please don't leave me alone this time."

Zhao Yun didn't say anything, just looked at Diao Chan.

A hint of bitterness immediately appeared on Diao Chan's pretty face. She knew very well that if Zhao Yun was willing to take her away, he would not have left her alone a year ago.

"What do you want to do by deliberately disguising yourself as a soldier?" Diao Chan asked gloomily, looking at the soldier armor on Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun looked up at the blue sky and after a long time said, "In order to fulfill the long-cherished wishes of those two adults and solve the confusion in my heart." "Confused?" Diao Chan looked at Zhao Yun.

"Well, for example, what are we?" Zhao Yun said, looking at the soldiers in the distance, and asked, "What are they?"

"I don't understand." Diao Chan shook her head gently. From the beginning, she had never understood what Zhao Yun was thinking.

And Zhao Yun never explained it for her.

"Go back and don't come to me again." Zhao Yun no longer looked at Diao Chan, but after saying this, he walked towards Wang Yao in the distance.

"Brother Zilong." Tears flowed silently down her cheeks, and the woman called Zhao Yun for the last time.

"You told me before that flowers will bloom again and people will meet again. Can I, Xiaochan, still believe this?"

Zhao Yun stopped, did not respond, and did not dare to look back.

"Flowers bloom and fall, water flows mercilessly, you are now a hero of Wei State. I hope that next time, we will not meet again."

Although this sentence was said lightly, the implication was very hurtful, because it meant that if we met again next time, we would only be enemies.

The whole world was quiet at this moment.

Along with it——

It was a drop of clear tear, accompanying a few petals that fell to the ground.

"Thank you, Brother Zilong."

The stunningly beautiful woman smiled softly, and then her graceful figure disappeared from the spot.

Not all encounters are reunions after a long separation.

Not all long-parted reunions can have a happy ending.
After Diao Chan left.

Zhao Yun, whose waist was as straight as a javelin, suddenly fell to the ground. It was not known whether it was because of the injuries on his body or because all his disguises were peeled off and disintegrated the moment the woman left.

Wang Yao walked over and patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder: "Since you like that girl so much, why don't you keep her by your side?"

Looking at Zhao Yun’s lost look, even a fool could tell that he must like Diao Chan.

Just like those thousands of star-crossed lovers, it is often more difficult for two people who love each other to achieve a happy ending.

Zhao Yun turned around and looked at Wang Yao with a complicated expression. After a long time, he sighed softly.

"There's no way the Othellos will let me go. If she follows me, she will only suffer, and her life may even be in danger. Her life is already good now, so there's no need for her to take risks by following me."

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