Chapter 47 A Moment of Life and Death: I Have Absolutely No Romantic Feelings for You

"Sister, I told you on the first day I met you that I didn't want to get married, but the situation forced me to. I need the Yu family for support. Do you understand?"

Li Yuheng spoke earnestly, taking Gu Shanyue's hand in his.

He used to always hold Gu Shanyue's hand like this, just like when they were children in Zhuoguang Mountain. Gu Shanyue always let him get close to her, but this time she pulled her hand away.

Gu Shanyue's eyes flashed with wariness: "Do whatever you want. At most, I can help you kill someone, but I can't do anything else."

Li Yuheng chuckled, then said helplessly, "This matter cannot be resolved by killing someone."

Gu Shanyue: "Oh."

“But I can promise you that once I have power, I will depose Yu Jingshu and make you my empress.” Li Yuheng spoke each word clearly and solemnly, leaving no room for doubt about the sincerity of his words.

That's why Gu Shanyue was terrified: "Huh???"

"Sister, I always thought you didn't understand, but you do understand, don't you? My love for you is no less than your love for me. Believe me, one day..."

Li Yuheng's eyes reddened, and he reached out to grasp Gu Shanyue's hand, but she nimbly dodged it.

Gu Shanyue truly understood: this kid wanted to use Yu Jingshu, then divorce her, and then marry her?

"Have you lost your mind?" Gu Shanyue couldn't understand his words at all and felt more and more that he had gone mad. "Come on, I'll take you to see a doctor."

Li Yuheng stood up, heartbroken, and said, "Sister, don't run away from me. You clearly love me too, don't you?"

Gu Shanyue: "..."

Even though she rarely thinks about these kinds of things, she's lived for twenty years, so what's there to be unclear about?

The "like" Li Yuheng has always expressed is the kind of liking that a man has for a woman, the kind of liking that makes him want to marry her, not the familial affection between a younger generation and an older generation.

Gu Shanyue immediately stated, "I'm not running away, and I don't like you either."

"How is that possible?"

Li Yuheng chuckled, walked up to Gu Shanyue, looked down at her, his eyes filled with affection.

"Sister, don't talk nonsense. How could you not like me?"

Over the past ten years, countless events have occurred, and Gu Shanyue has only just revealed his true feelings. If this is not considered love, then all couples in the world should separate.

Li Yuheng chuckled softly. She didn't just like him; she loved him to the extreme.

Gu Shanyue was speechless: "Are your ears plugged? Can't you understand human language?"

Li Yuheng's smile faltered, and she said helplessly, "Sister, why are you unhappy again?"

Gu Shanyue looked completely bewildered: "What do you think?"

"If you ask me, I've made you wait too long, haven't I?" Li Yuheng thought for a moment, then stepped forward, wanting to hug Gu Shanyue. "Now I'm all grown up, and I can be your man, sister."

Gu Shanyue slapped his hand away without hesitation, her face full of disgust. She wouldn't be any more disgusted even if she saw a pile of shit floating in front of her.

"What are you doing?"

Gu Shanyue rarely cursed.

He was perfectly fine just a moment ago, how did he suddenly go crazy?

Li Yuheng wasn't angry. He shook his arm and then reached out his hand to her: "Sister, what are you afraid of? We love each other. You have the fastest sword in the world, and I am about to have the most powerful power in the world. No one can stop us from being together."

They make it sound so real.

"By seniority, I'm your aunt. I watched my senior sister give birth to you and raised you from age five to fifteen. And now you're telling me you're in love with me?"

Even Gu Shanyue himself found it outrageous and utterly unbelievable when he talked about it.

Li Yuheng, however, said confidently, "That's precisely why we're destined to be together. You're the closest person to me in this world. Don't be afraid, sister, I'll remove all obstacles between us."

Gu Shanyue stared at him as if she were meeting him for the first time.

She said slowly, "You're really crazy."

"Sister, don't say that to me. You clearly like me too, so why do you always reject me?"

There was no sadness in Li Yuheng's eyes, only a strange excitement.

He stepped forward, as if to touch her, or as if to bend down and kiss her.

At this moment, Gu Shanyue suddenly thought of Qi Baitong and the night at the hot spring. He pushed her away and said that such things cannot be done without feeling.

She didn't understand then, but she does now.

Not only can't we do it, but even a kiss would make me feel nauseous for half the night.

Seeing Li Yuheng approach her with such infatuation in his eyes, Gu Shanyue felt goosebumps rise on her back.

Without hesitation, Gu Shanyue raised her hand and slapped him across the face, the sound crisp and clear.

Li Yuheng remained in the position where his head had been knocked to the side, and a red mark quickly appeared on his fair face.

Gu Shanyue used considerable force. Li Yuheng touched his face, looked up at her, and smiled gently.

"Sister, you are the first and only person to hit me like this."

Gu Shanyue frowned deeply: "You deserve to be hit."

“If my sister says I deserve to be hit, then I deserve to be hit,” Li Yuheng said, covering his face with a deep look in his eyes. “My sister hit me so hard.”

Gu Shanyue always felt like his ears were stuffed with goose feathers, and he couldn't hear anything she said.

She said disdainfully, "What you just said was absurd, don't say it again."

Gu Shanyue turned to leave, but Li Yuheng immediately said, "Is this absurd? Sister, I have lost my mother, and you have lost your senior sister. We are the closest people in this world. Even our mother would surely want us to be together forever."

Gu Shanyue stopped in her tracks. Li Yuheng thought that his words had moved her, so he immediately pressed his advantage: "Sister, stay by my side."

Gu Shanyue turned around, her brows furrowed, and looked at him coldly.

"My senior sister wouldn't think that way; she would only want me to be free."

When her senior sister entered the palace, the young Gu Shanyue hated the palace, but she liked her senior sister even more.

If her senior sister were to seduce and persuade her like Li Yuheng does now, Gu Shanyue would probably remain in the deep palace, and the martial arts world would never have another renowned swordsman.

But her senior sister would never do that, even though she knew that Gu Shanyue listened to her the most.

Senior Sister only said that she had seen the number one swordsman in the world, Young Master Heming, whose swordsmanship was unmatched. She told Gu Shanyue to study hard, travel the world, find Young Master Heming, defeat him, and win the title of number one swordsman for Zhuoguang Mountain.

Now, twelve years have passed. Gu Shanyue has traveled all over the country, while Young Master Heming has disappeared without a trace.

Gu Shanyue sometimes wondered if Young Master Heming was already dead. Her senior sister said that only because she didn't want her, a young girl, to be trapped in the deep palace as well.

Gu Shanyue didn't know the answer, and no one could ask him.

She could only keep searching and searching.

Li Yuheng was unwilling to accept it: "Sister..."

Gu Shanyue's expression was cold as he spoke, "I, Gu Shanyue, swear by Zhuoguang Mountain that I have absolutely no romantic feelings for Li Yuheng. Otherwise, may I be struck by lightning and die without a burial place."

The words were clear and the curses were vicious; no one was unafraid of divine retribution.

Li Yuheng knew perfectly well the weight of the oath he swore on Zhuoguang Mountain. His heart sank as if he had fallen into an abyss.

After Gu Shanyue finished making the oath without changing her expression, she saw that Li Yuheng looked ashen-faced, but she actually curled up the corners of her mouth and finally felt a little better.

"Now, do you believe me?"

Li Yuheng's eyes rolled stiffly as he spoke with difficulty: "You'd rather swear... that you really never had feelings for me, not even once?"

Gu Shanyue didn't even bother to answer again, his posture casual, he pointed to the sky, the meaning was obvious.

If she had been moved, there should be thunder roaring by now, but the autumn sky is high and the clouds are light, a gentle breeze is blowing, and there is nothing.

Gu Shanyue wasn't going to waste any more words with Li Yuheng; she'd already heard enough nonsense today.

Her figure disappeared from sight, and Li Yuheng collapsed, exhausted, his eyes blank, as helpless as a fledgling bird that had been carefully fed every day and was suddenly and ruthlessly pushed out of the nest.

He had never felt the world was so cruel to him.

He didn't understand, he couldn't comprehend why Gu Shanyue was so good to him when she had never had feelings for him.

Could it be just because of his mother? How could that be? After all, even his father had never cared for him this much.

He would always remember Gu Shanyue's arms when he was a boy. At that time, he was poisoned and Gu Shanyue took him alone to Wanhua Die Valley, a journey that took three days and three nights.

He fell asleep in her swaying arms in agony, and woke up groaning in her swaying arms again.

Gu Shanyue never stopped moving forward. His breathing became more rapid and disordered day by day, but the scenery rushing past him never slowed down.

When they arrived at the valley where flowers were in full bloom, Gu Shanyue fell down while holding him, and a mouthful of blood sprayed onto his face, flowing down in a warm, sweet stream.

In the blood-red world, Gu Shanyue remained motionless.

She fainted even before he did.

Even after losing consciousness, her hands remained in a cradling position, like a cradle.

His long-lost cradle.

Little Li Yuheng stared blankly at the scene, and even today, this scene still appears repeatedly in his dreams.

If even the bond between parents and children is so weak, how can Li Yuheng believe that Gu Shanyue, who gave him boundless love, does not love him in return?

He didn't believe it.

Even if lightning strikes, at worst it will kill them both. Even if they're reduced to charred remains, they should still be a pair of lovers entangled together, never to be separated.

Countless thoughts raced through Li Yuheng's mind. He shook his head and stumbled out.

"Sister, sister!"

He was going to find Gu Shanyue; he was going to find her.

She loves him.

It's impossible for her not to love him.

"elder sister……"

His calls drew the attention of many performers on the first floor, but Li Yuheng paid no heed. He ran up the second-floor corridor, the light gauze fluttering and obscuring his vision, like the skirt of Gu Shanyue when she came back to her senses after practicing swordsmanship on Zhuoguang Mountain. He reached out to grab it.

The hem of her skirt swayed playfully in the wind, sometimes close, sometimes far away, just like her.

Li Yuheng stared at her intently, saying, "Sister, don't leave me..."

"Your Highness?"

Qi Baitong rushed over upon hearing the commotion and saw Li Yuheng leaning against the railing, stretching his hand out into the distance, his face abnormally red and his eyes glazed over.

"Your Highness, Your Highness?"

He called out several times, but Li Yuheng did not react at all. He smiled vaguely at the distance, pushed off with his feet and lunged outwards, as if trying to grab something.

But there was nothing beyond the railing, only the vast river stretching as far as the eye could see.

Qi Baitong was startled, a struggle flashing in her eyes.

He didn't do anything, so even if Li Yuheng fell, it had nothing to do with him.

Although the second floor wasn't high, the river was vast and deep, and Li Yuheng seemed completely out of his mind; if he fell, there was no guarantee he could be saved. If his head happened to hit the side of the boat, he might die on the spot.

He didn't need to do anything; Li Yuheng's life or death was entirely in his hands.

But Qi Baitong's movements only paused for a moment before he leaped out and firmly grabbed Li Yuheng's legs.

He wanted Li Yuheng dead, he really wanted him dead.

It wasn't because Li Yuheng had tortured him, but because Li Yuheng was very important in Gu Shanyue's eyes.

He heard those words.

If only one of him and Li Yuheng could survive, Gu Shanyue would choose Li Yuheng. At that moment, all the beautiful dreams shattered like bubbles, leaving nothing behind.

He knew this would be the answer, but hearing it still felt like his heart was being torn apart.

As long as Li Yuheng is alive, Gu Shanyue will never see him. He thought to himself, "If only Li Yuheng were dead," and then fate gave him a golden opportunity.

But Qi Baitong still gave up.

The reason is the same: Li Yuheng was very important, extremely important, in Gu Shanyue's eyes.

If Li Yuheng dies, Gu Shanyue will surely be heartbroken and in pain.

Seeing Gu Shanyue drinking in despair broke his heart; how could he bear to see her so heartbroken again?

Qi Baitong held Li Yuheng tightly, with most of Li Yuheng's body dangling outside the railing, seemingly more conscious.

He cried out in panic, "Qi Baitong, pull me back! If you dare let go, I'll skin you alive and tear your bones apart..."

He cursed loudly, his voice trembling with fear, clearly aware of his predicament—his life and death were entirely in Qi Baitong's hands.

Qi Baitong remained silent as Li Yuheng pulled her back and threw her on the ground.

Li Yuheng shook his head, which was throbbing with blood, but still shouted sternly, "How dare you!"

Qi Baitong stood in front of the disheveled Li Yuheng, looking down at him with icy eyes, her former submissive demeanor completely gone.