Chapter 61 Shanglu is here, why are you crying?

(Sixty-one)

Shen Kangnian and Chen Shuo reacted for a long time, and soon they became excited.

Chen Shuo asked softly in disbelief, "Shang Lu, do you really think so?"

It was not until she saw Li Shanglu nod that she was sure that Li Shanglu was really willing to marry Shen Changyi.

"That's great, it's really great..."

Their voices were trembling; they had waited too long for this day.

What I thought was impossible actually took a turn for the better.

Li Hanye and Jiang Fu were a little hesitant, their eyes falling on Li Shanglu.

"Shanglu, do you really like Changyi?"

As parents, they would never let Li Shanglu marry someone she didn't like, even if she had to stay at home for the rest of her life. If she married someone she didn't like, she would have to look at that annoying face for the rest of her life, which would be a great torture for someone like Shanglu.

She has a clear distinction between love and hate and cannot tolerate being wronged.

Seeing that they kept asking questions, Li Shanglu took a deep breath and repeated it seriously, "Mom and Dad, I am willing to marry him. Don't you like Shen Changyi?"

Li Hanye felt a little depressed. It wasn't that he didn't like Shen Changyi, but he was prepared to support Li Shanglu for the rest of his life and never thought about the day when Shanglu would really get married.

Why did Fu'er get engaged when she was drunk... He glanced at Jiang Fu resentfully.

Jiang Fu smiled and said gently, "Chang Yi is a good boy, and his parents have always treated him as their own. As long as you like him, we have no objection."

She only hopes that her Shanglu will be safe and happy.

The Shen couple looked at each other, and both became a little nervous.

Shen Kangnian coughed, "Then do you want to... set a date?"

Li Hanye glared at him, "Why are you so anxious?"

"I'm just asking..." Shen Kangnian smiled awkwardly, "Anyway, Brother Li lives across the street, just two steps away. If you want to see Shang Lu, just knock on the door."

He had long wanted Shang Lu to move into the Shen family. He and Chen Shuo were both somewhat tongue-tied, and their son was even more taciturn. Because of a strange childhood illness, Chang Yi was always depressed, and they rarely smiled anymore. Only when Shang Lu came to visit would the house become particularly lively, and they would talk more than usual.

At that time, they thought, how great it would be if Changyi was lucky enough to marry Shanglu home.

"What do you mean it's only two steps away? I can see him every day." Li Hanye said anxiously, "Let Chang Yi come in. I'll take care of him. Anyway, you can see him in just two steps."

Shen Kangnian whispered, "Since Brother Li said so, why not let Ah Shuo and I marry into the Li family as well?"

"Ashuo can come, but as for you, who wants you? You can live across the street."

The two of them started arguing with each other, but Jiang Fu and Chen Shuo were laughing so hard that they couldn't stop.

It turns out that she could have been so happy.

Li Shanglu looked at them in a daze, then slowly looked away.

After dinner, Shen Kangnian and Chen Shuo went home happily.

Li Shanglu stood outside the door and watched them close it tightly.

"Shanglu, what are you thinking about?" Li Hanye lowered his eyes to look at her, and stroked her hair reluctantly, "Don't worry, your parents will always be by your side."

Liar.

Li Shanglu didn't say anything, just watched the setting sun. The afterglow of the setting sun dyed the sky red. Soon, it would be dark.

"Dad." She called softly.

"What's wrong?" Li Hanye leaned over, "Shang Lu, do you have something to say to Dad?"

Li Shanglu opened his mouth for a long moment, then said calmly, "You go back. I want to wait here for Shen Changyi to come back."

Hearing this, Li Hanye glanced at her and said, "Dad, let me ask you something. Do you really like him?"

Although Shang Lu repeated many times in front of Shen Kangnian and others today that she was willing to marry Chang Yi, he still felt a little strange.

It was obvious that Shang Lu had never cared about Chang Yi before, so how could he suddenly change his personality within one day?

"like."

Li Shanglu said softly, "Besides, I will have children with him in the future. They will be twins, a boy and a girl. The brother will be named Li Yanhe and the sister will be named Shen Shuning."

Li Hanye: “?”

Sweat broke out on his forehead as he pondered, "It's not that I can't afford it, but aren't you thinking too far ahead?"

Having two children is too scary.

The scene when Fu'er gave birth to Shanglu is still vivid in my mind. If one of them suffered so much, you can't imagine how painful it must have been for both of them.

As the sun was about to set, Li Shanglu stood up and pushed Li Hanye into the door, saying calmly, "Dad, don't worry about it. I need to talk to Shen Changyi when he comes back later. You're really in the way here."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Hanye was pushed into the house as if struck by lightning.

"What's wrong? Why didn't Shang Lu come back with you?" Jiang Fu looked him up and down, but was hugged by Li Hanye aggrievedly.

"Fu'er, Shang Lu thinks I'm in the way."

I haven't even gotten married yet, so why do I think he's a hindrance? I want to cry.

Jiang Fu was amused by him and patted him on the back gently, "Alright, Shang Lu was just joking, you really believed it."

Shang Lu loved her parents the most, although she never said it, but when Li Hanye went out to sell medicine when she was a child, she said she would not see him off, but she still lay on the wall to peek at him, and only cried out loud after Li Hanye's carriage went away.

When Jiang Fu was sick, Shang Lu would quietly help with the accounting. She was young and didn't know how to calculate the account book. She only knew that Jiang Fu wrote on paper every day, so she learned to scribble. When Jiang Fu opened the account book, she saw the little girl writing in crooked handwriting, hoping that her mother would get better soon.

Shang Lu has never been a good child in the eyes of ordinary people. She is thoughtful but not good at expressing herself. She likes to say the opposite of what she means because she wants to save face, and she does everything in her own way.

But they didn't want to correct her temper.

Smilax glabra is Smilax glabra. She can do whatever she wants as long as it doesn't harm others. What's wrong with the little girl being a little willful?

They are willing to spend their entire lives protecting her willfulness. As long as her parents are alive, they will never let Shang Lu see the dark side of the world.

Moreover, they believed that Chang Yi would be the same.

Li Hanye pursed his lips and muttered softly, "You should blame Fu'er for drinking so much. If we weren't engaged, there wouldn't be so many problems."

Hearing this, Jiang Fu looked at him coldly and pinched his arm fiercely. "I did say that the two families would form a covenant that day, but what I meant was that Shang Lu and Chang Yi would become brother and sister. Who knew that Shen Kangnian thought I said a marriage contract? I was drunk, but why didn't you refute it at the time?"

Li Hanye touched the tip of his nose awkwardly. "I drank quite a bit at that time... I thought Chang Yi was pretty good too. At least he was a well-behaved kid and didn't dare to bully Shang Lu."

"Then shut up. I'll strangle you if you mention this again."

“…As you wish.”

*

The night wind blew the ends of my hair, and the time for Qianxu to come was getting closer and closer.

It would be a lie to say I'm not afraid.

When the hairpin was inserted into her neck, it hurt so much that her whole body went numb for a moment.

How could she not be afraid of death? Even Shen Changyi and Qian Xu were afraid of death. People's fear of death is engraved in their bones and is innate.

Li Shanglu sat in silence for a long time. She kept wondering what Shen Changyi was thinking about when he sat here before. Maybe he was thinking about the new sword moves he had learned, or maybe he was thinking about how to please her after seeing her.

Thinking about this, the fear in my heart gradually eased.

She will hold on until Shen Changyi returns from the fairy mountain.

Everything will change.

She would leave the illusion, let Xiao Huang escape from her control, ascend with Shen Changyi, and take the children to heaven to live a more carefree life.

The wind suddenly blew up along the long street, and the lanterns in front of the doors were swayed and the light flickered.

Li Shanglu's heart moved slightly, and he looked up as if he felt something.

A figure in black stood in front of her, his face covered with a pure white mask, looking eerie and strange.

It's finally here.

"Looking for Zhu Xuan?" She stood up slowly, her voice as calm as if she was describing what she had eaten tonight.

Qian Xu paused slightly without saying a word, and the eyes behind the mask looked at her indifferently.

Li Shanglu couldn't help shaking. She pinched her palm with her fingertips, almost drawing blood, and forced herself to calm down. "He went to visit Lord Duheng and will be back soon."

After he finished speaking, Qianxu smiled faintly.

"He knew I would come and asked you to wait here?"

Li Shanglu said coldly, "He doesn't know you'll come, but I do."

Qian Xu looked her up and down. She was just an ordinary woman, with no magic power, no talent, and even very thin. Killing her would be like crushing a weed on the roadside.

"You came here just to kill him, didn't you?" Li Shanglu looked him straight in the eyes without dodging. "Zhou Xuan will be back soon. Just wait another half hour."

Qianxu narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly reached out and grabbed her neck.

Even though he saw her slowly losing her breath and on the verge of suffocation, Qianxu still felt unhappy. "Shouldn't you explain to me why you know so much?"

Li Shanglu opened her mouth, and Qianxu let go of her hand, letting her fall to the ground.

"I'm here to help you. If you don't believe me, you can just kill me. You can easily kill everyone here, but you can't kill Zhou Xuan. Besides..." She raised the corners of her lips and smiled mockingly, "Zhou Xuan will kill you sooner or later."

Hearing her words, Qianxu's demonic energy intensified, his eyes filled with coldness and cruelty. This woman even knew that he was destined to be eliminated by Zhou Xuan.

She was right. He could easily kill everyone here, but Zhu Xuan was always a different species.

After a long moment, Qianxu leaned over, pinched her face, and asked slowly, "What qualifications do you have to help me?"

"I am Zhu Xuan's love tribulation."

Li Shanglu stared at him intently. "He has a love calamity in this life. Zhou Xuan is destined to be killed by his wife, just like you are destined to be killed by Zhou Xuan. So, am I qualified to help you now?"

Qianxu cannot know Zhouxuan's fate because Duheng has cast a spell on Zhouxuan to hide him, but he can calculate Li Shanglu's fate.

After a while, he calculated carefully and suddenly smiled.

Sure enough, this woman would indeed kill her husband. Her husband's fate was extremely precious, and he was a match made in heaven, which happened to correspond to Zhou Xuan.

"You're very smart," Qianxu stared at her and smiled faintly, "Unfortunately, I hate people who are smart as heck."

Hearing his words, Li Shanglu opened his eyes slightly, "What do you mean?"

Qianxu slowly opened his mouth, his voice creepy, "You waited here for me on purpose, just to buy time for Zhouxuan to come back?"

Li Shanglu's breathing hitched as he heard him continue, "You've been shaking and your heart is beating fast. Let me guess, which of your words just now was a lie?"

"Like...you're here to help me?"

The sound of his heart could not be concealed, and it began to beat violently along with Qianxu's increasingly clear gaze.

Don't jump.

Li Shanglu's face gradually turned pale and his lips lost color.

Please, don't jump.

Qian Xu touched her neck meaningfully, his voice very soft.

"oh……"

"So, you were lying to me."

There was a crack, the sound of bones breaking.

In the quiet and peaceful night, it was quickly drowned out by the sound of the wind.

*

Why?

Why can’t I do it?

"Shanglu, what's wrong with you? Why do you have so many rashes on your face?"

Li Shanglu woke up for the third time. She stood there in despair, her legs limp. She raised her tear-stained face and looked at Li Hanye, who looked worried.

Dad, Shanglu can’t do it.

This dreamlike world without sunlight trapped her forever.

No matter what methods she used to persuade Qianxu, Qianxu would still kill her or her family.

He is suspicious, cold-blooded, cruel and ruthless. To him, human lives are nothing but dust everywhere.

No matter what I do, it’s useless!

Li Shanglu didn't care about anything anymore. She didn't dare to look into Li Hanye's eyes again. She just wanted to escape, no matter where she went. She didn't want to watch anyone die again, even though she knew that everything in the illusion was about to happen again.

Let her escape, just this once, she really can't stand it anymore.

Li Shanglu rushed out in collapse, pushed open the gate, and wanted to escape from this nightmare regardless of the consequences. The next moment, she was caught off guard and bumped into an embrace with the fragrance of bamboo. The other person subconsciously held her in his arms.

The lapels of her clothes were cool like the morning mist, and she smelled a familiar scent on her nose. Her body suddenly stiffened and she raised her tear-stained face.

The young man was dressed in a simple, thin, moon-white gown, with a bag slung over his shoulders. The sun was rising in the sky, and the faint light shone on his shoulders, warm and bright.

Li Shanglu stopped breathing and even forgot to shed tears.

Shen Changyi stared at her blankly, wanting to wipe away her tears with his fingertips, but forced himself to withdraw them.

"Phytolacca?"

The voice was worried and anxious.

"Why are you crying?"

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The author has something to say: There will be a second update, but it will be late.

I was busy today and I'm sorry I'm late.