Chapter 101 You Owe Me Li Xun's Previous Life (2)

Qingqing was pulled by his collar and listened to his words, her dark eyes staring at him.

After a long time, she suddenly said, "Oh, if you don't cancel the engagement, then what?"

If you don’t cancel the engagement, then what?

Li Xun was puzzled by the question. If he didn't want to cancel the engagement, then he wouldn't cancel the engagement. What else could happen?

But it wasn't just him who had endured it for a long time; Qingqing had also endured it for a long time.

This was the first time they had spoken openly about their past since their reunion.

Li Xun asked her about her bones and spirit, why they were no longer as prickly and sharp as before.

Qingqing showed a mocking expression. "You're saying you want to cancel the engagement now. What do you want me to do? You want me to beg you not to cancel the engagement, right? Then let me guess, if you don't cancel the engagement this time, what will happen next? Will you give me a divorce letter on the day of the wedding, or will you wait until after the wedding, when I think I'm living a good life as the Sword Master's wife, and then lock me up in the dungeon of the Heavenly Sword Sect and use dozens of tortures on me?"

She took out a book from her sleeve and placed it in front of Li Xun.

When he opened it, he could see the punishments recorded by Li Xun one by one. They were the things he had tried out on the demons one by one, and they were the things he originally intended to use to torture her. For so many late nights, he couldn't sleep. Thinking of her, it was as if a rift was cut in his heart. Only when he thought about taking revenge on her would the rift seem to close temporarily.

Li Xun's head buzzed, wondering where she got this thing from.

But it was at this time,

He heard her continue, "I've always found it strange. I betrayed you back then, causing you to break a finger. I heard your spiritual roots were also broken, and they haven't been fully regenerated yet. You should hate me, so why did you keep your promise to get engaged to me and treat me well?"

“…”

"You're trying to get back at me, aren't you? Maybe you want to betray me once, too. Or maybe you want to torture me in new ways after we marry, using all the things you've recorded in this book."

Li Xun wanted to refute for a moment, but the next second, he heard her say, "You can't possibly love me anyway? That would be ridiculous."

These words were like cold water, and Li Xun came to his senses in an instant. The urge to refute seemed to be suppressed in an instant.

He pursed his lips. She still had some self-awareness. He treated her well, it couldn't be because he loved her. Was he so cheap that he wanted to love someone who had betrayed and hurt him? He remained silent, holding the book, as if he had tacitly agreed.

She said calmly, "So you won't cancel the engagement, then what?"

She's not stupid.

She wanted to live a good life, not suffer to atone for her sins and offer herself to torture. Now that the letter of divorce has been written, it is just right. It allows her to live a good life for a while and not receive the punishment she deserves.

She is not weak, nor has she become submissive.

She has never changed at heart, she is still calculating, knows how to seek benefits and avoid harm, and knows that it is actually in her best interest to cancel the engagement now.

She knew too well what she had done in the past. No wonder she always felt like there was a veil between them, as if she couldn't really trust him, and couldn't accept his kindness to her so comfortably, because she knew from the beginning to the end how hateful the things she had done were.

Li Xun felt absurd for a moment, as if he had been tricked by her. From the beginning to the end, she had been pretending to be ignorant.

He felt a surge of emotions, very complex, perhaps a bit of everything. He even realized that she had never changed. He even had a subtle feeling, like a stone pressing on his heart had suddenly been removed. But it was only a slight feeling. In the end, anger prevailed.

So, what did she take him for?

Li Xun laughed in anger, "Don't make it sound like breaking off the engagement with me is some happy event. Yes, I want revenge on you, but how have I wronged you so far? Haven't I done anything to retaliate against you? Since you already know I want revenge on you, what's the point of running away now? Are you just taking advantage and running away?"

Qingqing held the divorce agreement and looked at him.

Li Xun's eyes were red: "You owe me."

He threatened her, "You have two choices, Qingqing. Break up with Helan Wei and marry me. You'll be tied to me for life until I've avenged you. Or, take the letter of annulment and leave now. I'll announce the reason for the annulment to the world, letting everyone know what you did behind my back with Helan Wei. You can't have all the advantages, can you?"

Neither is a good choice.

Choose the first one?

Xie Yanyu couldn't break up with Helan Wei because she was trapped in a love poison and couldn't be severed; if she married Li Xun, she would be retaliated by him, and who knew what he would do?

Choose the second one?

The Xie family has a strict family tradition, so breaking off an engagement is not a big deal, but breaking off an engagement due to an affair with someone, which became known to the whole world, is a big deal.

Xie Yanyu couldn't choose.

She squeezed her fingers hard, making a crease on the letter of divorce, without making a sound.

Then I heard Li Xun say, "Pick one. You don't have to answer me right away. Go back and think about it, and give me the answer within three days. This is revenge. You owe me, don't you?"

…

Li Xun didn't know at that time that she had the love poison in her body.

He thought that breaking up her and Helan Wei would be a simple matter. She was so good at weighing the pros and cons that she would definitely choose the first option over the second.

He was forcing her to choose the first one, forcing her to choose to marry him. After the letter of withdrawal was written, he realized that he didn't want to cut ties with her. She owed him, she would always owe him, so how could he let her go so easily? He hated her so much. He should torture her for the rest of her life, should tie her to his side, their lives should be sewn together, nailed together, until death, they should share the same coffin and be buried together, she owed him.

He knew,

Like every time before, she would calculate and choose the option that was most beneficial to her.

When he proposed the second option, he had no intention of implementing it. He was just forcing her to make a choice. From the moment he asked her to go back and think about it, he started to arrange the wedding ceremony.

But in order to threaten her,

He told her that if she did not make a choice after three days, he would have his servants post the letter of cancellation of engagement and announce to the world that the reason for their cancellation of engagement was that she had an affair with someone else and was trying to get him to pay for her.

On the third day, she still didn't give him an answer.

Is it because she knows him well enough?

So she was betting that he wouldn't take the second option and ruin her reputation?

Li Xun is indeed like that.

He told himself that it was not because he did not want to ruin her reputation, but because he did not want to tell the world that he was cuckolded.

But even so, he still wanted to force her, so he asked his servants to post a piece of white paper. It was not a letter of withdrawal of engagement, nor did it contain any incriminating edict for her. There was nothing written on the paper, but it was enough to scare her.

But it seemed like from this moment on, everything started to go off track.

For some unknown reason, something inexplicably appeared on the white paper, as if some power from outside the world had written her crimes on the white paper out of thin air. Even Li Xun only realized after seeing the words on it that she had a love Gu in her body and it was impossible for her to break up with Helan Wei.

He tore off the thing he pounced on, but it was too late. Someone saw it. Even though Li Xun killed many people who gossiped about her, the news eventually spread. Everyone knew about her and Helan Wei's affair. From then on, she was disgraced, and the Xie family took her back and locked her up.

…

And then.

Li Xun went to Xie's house and saw her again.

The Xie family values family traditions, and she is just an adopted daughter. Now that the rumors are so fierce, the Xie family probably won't treat her too well.

She was placed under house arrest in a separate courtyard, and Li Xun felt uncomfortable seeing her.

He said to her with a gloomy face: "I will write a new marriage proposal."

She glanced at him and said, "You've posted all the things and announced them to the world. Does that mean you've taken your revenge? Look, I've paid the price. What are you trying to do by rewriting the marriage proposal? Do you want to marry me and torture me again?"

Li Xun subconsciously wanted to explain that he had pasted a blank piece of paper at that time.

But when the words came to his lips, he felt it was ridiculous.

Why should he explain?

Even though he didn't do it, if we talk about cause and effect, isn't this what she deserves? He explained, so what did he become? Should he tell her that I was just trying to scare you, that I was so cheap and soft-hearted that I didn't intend to retaliate against you?

Making a fuss.

How could he possibly be soft-hearted towards someone who betrayed him?

If he was soft-hearted towards her, he would be betraying himself and being unfair to himself.

The self who had his fingers and spiritual roots cut off in his youth would look at him with bloodshot eyes deep in the soul; in every night when his life was hanging by a thread and he had to struggle to survive like a dog because his spiritual roots were cut off, he would hate him today.

so……

He didn't do it, not because he was soft-hearted, but because he had never intended to use this trick to retaliate against her.

But no matter what, whether he did it or not, she got her comeuppance, and that's enough.

Li Xun didn't know why, but now that she had gotten her comeuppance, he felt unhappy. Perhaps it was because he hadn't personally carried out the revenge. He didn't explain, simply looking at her for a long moment before saying, "Yes. Since I've already taken my revenge, I won't do it again. Marrying you is simply fulfilling a promise."

She said calmly, "Forget it. I don't dare trust you. Now that you've taken your revenge, I'm done with you. That's it."

Li Xun had originally wanted to talk to her nicely, but something in her words ignited his suppressed anger again: "Settlement? You and I are settling? You will never be able to settle with me in this lifetime! My fingers, my spiritual veins, you owe me everything. How dare you say we're settling? You'll never be able to repay me in this lifetime!"

She said impatiently, "Then I will return it to you."

Li Xun scoffed, "Why are you still doing this? Are you going to chop off a finger or sever all your spiritual veins?"

She said, "Sure. Wasn't my spiritual root born from your magical instrument? Then I will cut out my spiritual root."

Li Xun stared at her for a while.

After a long while, he sneered, "Really? Are you trying to clear the air with me, or do you know in your heart that to remove the love thread Gu in your body, you must dissect your spiritual roots?"

Qingqing didn't say anything.

Li Xun looked at her for a long time.

She had always been the smartest, even now she was being cunning. Li Xun saw through it and exposed her. But after a long silence, he still threw the sword to her: "Alright, do it. When you do, we'll be even. If you don't dare to do it, then marry me. I'll find another way to deal with the love Gu, but you, you owe me for the rest of your life."

…

Li Xun almost forgot what he was thinking at that time.

What was he thinking when he threw the sword to her?

oh.

He was thinking—

She was always looking for advantages and avoiding disadvantages. He had already said that he would find other ways to deal with her love thread Gu. How could she possibly cut it open? After all, cutting open a spiritual root was as painful as cutting out a bone. If there was a more comfortable way, she wouldn't choose such an extreme method.

So at that time, after throwing the sword to her, he sat there and looked at her.

Seeing that she was holding a sword and finally did not cut open the spiritual root, he curled his lips and turned away.

After returning, he found a way to remove the love thread Gu.

He was certain that she would not have a cesarean section and he claimed to understand her, but it was much later that he realized that at that time he thought that if there was a way to feel better, she would not go to extremes. But in her eyes, he was no longer trustworthy because he had not explained to her that what he posted that day was really just a blank piece of paper.

And he will never explain, so why should he explain?

He had done nothing wrong, he hated her, and she deserved retribution.

However, not long after,

The next time he heard from her, she was missing.

The demons and humans went to war, and she didn't know where she went.

When he found her again, he saw——

She was dressed in gorgeous clothes, standing next to the Demon Lord, and extended her hand to the monster.