Turning the corner of the corridor leads to a courtyard, here is the office of Chu Chengfeng and Sima Xiaowen, not together, each has their own work area, each has their own resting quarters. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

At this time, Sima Xiaowen and Gu Qiaoqiao had already entered the office.

Here it seems like a whole, just split into two parts, so their current work area is very quiet.

Chu Chengfeng didn’t hesitate either, and entered, pushing open the door with Liu Ling.

The first room is Chu Chengfeng’s office, upon entering it’s an entrance hall, also a small reception area.

Gu Qiaoqiao saw two people coming in, curled her lips into a half-smile, and asked him, "Chu Chengfeng, can you now introduce who this woman beside you is?"

Liu Ling slightly frowned, but after noticing Gu Qiaoqiao’s extraordinary aura, she simply pressed her lips and smiled.

Her voice was very gentle, "Mo Li brother, who is this lady?"

Chu Chengfeng had to introduce to Gu Qiaoqiao, "This is Liu Ling, we’ve known each other for many, many years, she was my former fiancée, after my bloodline awakened, I retrieved her back, fortunately, she had just undergone a Nirvana Rebirth..."

Then he spoke to the Liu Ling beside him, "This is Gu Qiaoqiao, director of the beef noodle restaurant, there are shares in her name here, also she is the lover of my good comrade..."

But Chu Chengfeng swallowed the later sentence—you can call her sister-in-law—because he felt Gu Qiaoqiao certainly wouldn’t want to hear it.

This woman, Gu Qiaoqiao, compared to Sima Xiaowen, is even more adept at words, both are from the sharp-tongued group, in terms of verbal skill alone, he sure can’t match, nor does he want to cause trouble.

It’s better to keep some distance, anyway, he and Liu Ling won’t always be appearing in front of Gu Qiaoqiao and Sima Xiaowen in the future.

The two of them have their own life, after this ends here, he will leave with Liu Ling.

So there is no need to make things irreconcilable and put his good brother Qin Yize in a difficult position.

Gu Qiaoqiao discreetly glanced at Liu Ling, and it was indeed much as she had imagined.

She is a woman whose appearance and personality are completely different from Sister Xiao Wen.

Moreover, just by looking into her eyes, she knew she wasn’t simple.

However, though Gu Qiaoqiao knows a lot about the Phoenix Clan’s Nirvana Rebirth, she’s also aware that sometimes during Nirvana, many memories can be lost, just like with Sister Xiao Wen, so she doesn’t plan to make a fuss about it. However, she smiled and said, "Chu Chengfeng, no matter how you and Liu Ling were in the past, what relationship you had, it is undeniable that recently you were with Sister Xiao Wen, right?"

Chu Chengfeng glanced at the seemingly indifferent Sima Xiaowen, who seemed to have let go of all these grudges and affections, inexplicably feeling a bit stuffy in his chest. Yet, he still frowned, "It’s a fact in everyone’s eyes, but I don’t have any memory of it."

"No memory at all, what does that mean? Are you trying not to take responsibility?" Gu Qiaoqiao immediately followed up.

"Qiaoqiao," Sima Xiaowen interrupted, "Don’t talk to him about this."

Now even if this damned man knelt and begged her, she wouldn’t return.

Gu Qiaoqiao soothingly patted her hand, continuing to look at Chu Chengfeng, "I’m asking you..."

She certainly didn’t agree to let Chu Chengfeng off the hook so easily.

Chu Chengfeng thought for a long time before he could open his mouth with difficulty, "I have forgotten everything about the time with Sima Xiaowen, really forgotten it all, so how do you expect me to take responsibility?"

"So what you mean is that you don’t want to take responsibility?"

Gu Qiaoqiao raised her eyebrows and asked unhappily.

Chu Chengfeng felt something was off, but standing beside him was Liu Ling, facing Sima Xiaowen on the opposite side, he couldn’t be ambiguous.

According to reason, and based on what he understood, he and Xiao Wen were just short of getting a marriage certificate, even the wedding house was ready and fully decorated according to their wishes.

It could be said that everything was ready, only the east wind was lacking.

This east wind was Elder Sima’s nod.

Once he agreed, they could go get the marriage certificate, or it could also be said that it still required Sima Xiaowen’s final consent, because Sima Xiaowen was not anxious to get married, it was Chu Chengfeng who was anxious, which was why it had dragged to now.

But fortunately it dragged until now, otherwise if they had gotten married, and if there were a child, how could he explain to Liu Ling?

Even so, under the current circumstances, Chu Chengfeng truly needed to be responsible for Sima Xiaowen.

But he couldn’t take responsibility.

Beside him was Liu Ling, someone he had gone to great lengths to find again.

Fortunately, she wasn’t far from him, and her recent Nirvana made it seem like heaven was caring for him, everything he wanted to do was coming true.

Since Liu Ling was back, the two of them naturally should be like before, and he didn’t love Sima Xiaowen, especially since he had no memories with her, so how should he be responsible. Therefore, he wouldn’t take responsibility.

Thus, Chu Chengfeng calmly said, "I don’t remember a single detail with Sima Xiaowen, nor do I have any feelings for her, so I don’t need to be responsible."

Sima Xiaowen, though unconcerned, felt a bit hurt, cold in her heart but still stood calmly beside Gu Qiaoqiao.

"What you mean to say is, you can avoid responsibility just because you don’t have this memory, right?" Gu Qiaoqiao’s tone wasn’t good at all.

Her impression of this Phoenix Clan leader was extremely poor.

Liu Ling, shrewd as she was, always felt like Gu Qiaoqiao’s words had hidden meanings. However, many things she didn’t understand, so she quietly tugged at Chu Chengfeng, intending to let him think again before answering. However, Chu Chengfeng took it as Liu Ling being upset, wanting him to express his position immediately, so Chu Chengfeng simply said decisively, "Without the memory, naturally there’s no need to take responsibility."

Gu Qiaoqiao had been waiting for that sentence, she slowly curled up her lip into a bright smile, even clapping twice, "Chu Chengfeng, a gentleman’s word is like trying to catch a runaway horse, a true man’s word is binding, you won’t regret what you said today, will you?"

"I won’t regret it!"

Gu Qiaoqiao turned to look at Sima Xiaowen, "Sister Xiao Wen, do you know this Liu Ling?"

Sima Xiaowen seemed to understand what Gu Qiaoqiao wanted to do, and found it amusing. This girl, everything was for her sake, and she was truly clever, wrapping things around until she had Chu Chengfeng caught. This imbecile and brute was truly blind for even considering marriage with him.

Her mood was a lot better, she nodded cheerfully, "I don’t know Liu Ling."

"Do you remember the incident that happened in the Divine Land with the Phoenix Clan back then, where you led outsiders inside, causing an internal disruption within the Phoenix Clan, leading to countless deaths and the separation and collapse of the Phoenix Clan?"