"...Nonsense!" Hephaestus scolded lowly, getting up and going out.

Venus sat on the bed and quickly asked, "Hephaestus, where are you going?"

Hephaestus stopped, closed his eyes, and calmed himself: "Go and ask my father to take his life back."

He likes Venus very much and wants to be with him, but it must be based on true love. Venus didn't know the importance, he was ignorant to marry him, he couldn't just accept it so readily.

"The King of God will not agree, and he will punish you together," Venus said.

Hephaestus turned around suddenly and asked in a deep voice, "What do you mean by punishing me together? What did your father punish you for?"

Venus hesitated for a while, but still told what happened last night.

After he finished speaking, he found that Hephaestus' face was wrong: "Hephaestus, are you okay?"

Hephaestus was silent for a long time before he restrained his anger and calmly said: "Zeus forced you to fail, so he married you to me, what does he take you for? Why didn't you say it today, why didn't you tell everyone that you didn't volunteer? —"

In the end, he still couldn't control his emotions, and his tone was a bit fierce.

Hephaestus called Zeus by name, and had lost the last shred of respect for his father.

"But I refused, they will criticize you." Venus whispered. Hephaestus has always been gentle in front of him. It was the first time he was murdered, and he couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved, "I didn't lie to you what I said today. You are beautiful and worthy of being liked. I like your victory. Love them. I have many friends, but you are the best."

Venus's favorite friend is Hephaestus. Although Hephaestus is the god of fire, his personality is gentle as water, and the smell on his body is also as clear and clear as spring water. Even if I heard the real reason for Zeus's marriage, the first reaction was "What does Zeus take Venus for?", not "What does Zeus take as his son".

Always consider others to give priority to yourself, this is the essential difference between Hephaestus and those selfish gods on the holy mountain. Venus can smell the taste of various emotions, which is like the taste of dishes to Venus.

He likes the taste of Hephaestus, so Hephaestus is a delicacy. He is very willing to have a dewy marriage with him and taste such delicious food.

Hephaestus heard such words, his heart inevitably softened, and he lowered his eyes in a panic: "I'm sorry, Venus, I shouldn't have murdered you. But... This kind of love is different from the love of wanting to get married. I was the one who delayed you."

He wanted to go to Zeus immediately to settle the account, but he knew very well that his divine power and power could not be head-to-head with the king of gods, and the result would only fail, and it might even involve Venus.

Ares is right, he is really useless, he can't even protect his beloved god.

Venus told the truth: "I don't think marriage is any delay."

Hephaestus smiled wryly. In Venus' heart, marriage is really nothing, how could the God of Eros understand the responsibility represented by marriage. He only knew that people could fall in love and get married when they fell in love, but he didn't know that marriage required fidelity.

This is an inherently missing element in the divinity of Venus.

Hephaestus felt exhausted from the bottom of his heart, and he said warmly, "Go to sleep, I'll go to sleep outside."

Venus asked, "Aren't you going to sleep with me?"

Love and erotic desire are two completely unrelated things in Venus' cognition, and erotic desire is not produced by having love. Eros is the most primitive force in his Godhead. He treats Hephaestus as a friend, no conflict with his willingness to sleep with Hephaestus.

Hephaestus shook his head: "No, Venus, this kind of thing only makes sense to do it with the god who loves him."

Hephaestus went to another bedroom, but did not fall asleep.

Knowing the real reason for Zeus's marriage, he knew that his marriage with Venus was impossible. Zeus was narrow-minded and took the opportunity to take revenge. Taking back his fate was equivalent to admitting his own mistakes. How could the king of gods bow his head and admit his mistakes?

He did like Venus, no, he loved Venus. But he knew that the beginning of this marriage was sinful, because of the humiliation of Venus by Zeus. How could he still be complacent about being Venus's nominal husband.

He should be sad about it.

Hephaestus covered his eyes.

He was really sad.

"Hephaestus." Venus' voice came suddenly.

Hephaestus put down his hand, saw Venus standing barefoot at the door, and got up quickly: "Why are you here? Are you not used to sleeping?"

Venus nodded: "I recognize the bed and can't sleep. Hephaestus, I don't want to sleep tonight."

Hephaestus thought for a while: "Then let me tell you a story."

Venus asked, "What story?"

Hephaestus said, "Follow me."

...

Hephaestus took him to a study.

Venus was stunned when he saw the bookshelves on three walls, each covered with a shelf of books: "Hephaestus, you actually have so many books?"

The imaginary god of fire and craftsmen is accompanied by a bonfire and a hammer all day long. Who would have thought that he would read a lot of books.

"Wait." Venus saw the familiar square characters and pulled out the book, "Chinese book? Can you understand it?"

Familiarity is because he can recognize that this is Chinese, and no words can be so square. But it's still unfamiliar in general, because he doesn't know a word of it.

Hephaestus said: "I can understand it. A craftsman can't work behind closed doors, but always read books to improve. This is Huaxia's "Luban Book", written by a master named Luban, and it is of great research value."

Hephaestus was a genius in craftsmanship and a mediocre genius in learning. He can't master Chinese after studying for a few days and nights like the god of death, but the most important thing a craftsman lacks is the spirit of study. After studying for hundreds of years, he can become proficient in a language.

"You are amazing! I have been looking for a Chinese teacher some time ago. Since you can speak Chinese, why didn't you tell me?" Venus asked.