Chapter 16: Master, You Must Not Escape—The Wedding

Gu Shanshan blinked, feeling a slight pain in her leg.

This apprentice is no good; why can't he understand human speech?

Is it too late for him to run now?

However, before Gu Shanshan could take a single step, her waist tightened.

It was Gong Ye who wrapped the black whip, which had committed countless murders, around his waist.

Looking at her apprentice's terrifying appearance, Gu Shanshan felt like crying.

"Gong Ye, I have already agreed to marry you. I will agree to any conditions you have. Can't you be reasonable?"

He already chose not to want it, how could Gong Ye force him to buy it?

"Oh."

Gong Ye let out a cold laugh, "Master, you still don't understand?"

"What do you mean, 'understand'...?"

Before Gu Shanshan could finish speaking, she felt a sharp pain in her lower back.

Gong Ye pulled her forward, and she fell into the arms of his psychopathic and sadistic disciple.

Gong Ye hugged the person in his arms tightly, feeling the slender waist in his arms, a hint of desire flashing in his eyes.

He leaned down and rested his head on Gu Shanshan's neck.

Upon smelling that familiar scent, Gong Ye's agitation miraculously subsided slightly.

“Master, you should understand that I have taken over Qingxin Pavilion, and I have also taken over you. I am in charge here, and of course I am in charge of your body.”

His things are his to do with as he pleases.

How could Gu Shanshan refute him?

Rather than saying he was ungrateful, it would be more accurate to say he was courting death.

“Master, it seems that your disciple has been too kind to you. Even now, I still think you are the high and mighty Master Gu you once were.”

"No... I don't think so."

Gu Shanshan's voice was weak, as if she was afraid of angering Gong Ye.

"Gong Ye, if you want to break my legs, at least wait until after Bai Tang and I get married, otherwise how can I hold the wedding ceremony with my legs broken?"

Gu Shanshan just wanted to stall for time.

While trying to fool Gong Ye, he mentally asked the system, "[007, I've saved Gong Ling twice, but I still haven't fallen in love with Gong Ye. Why haven't I completed the mission yet?]"

Gu Shanshan was very anxious because she couldn't see the "darkening value" above her target's head.

This feeling of resignation is unpleasant.

[Host, I don't know either. Everything is based on the task progress issued by the main system, and I can't see the task progress right now.]

007 was lying through its teeth; how could it dare tell Gu Shanshan that the mission progress was currently at zero percent?

In other words, after Gu Shanshan came to this world, she suffered so much, but the blackening value of her target did not decrease at all.

Gu Shanshan wanted to ask the system something, but then she heard Gong Ye's extremely cold voice coming from above her head.

"Master!"

Gong Ye's gaze upon Gu Shanshan was as cold as ice that had never melted in a thousand years, almost freezing Gu Shanshan.

Damn it, how can I be distracted while he's holding me in his arms? Am I thinking about other men, or about Gong Ling?

A chilling killing intent gathered in Gong Ye's eyes.

Gu Shanshan quickly put on a fawning smile and said ingratiatingly.

"Gong Ye, what is it?"

Seeing Gu Shanshan's stiff, hypocritical smile, Gong Ye felt even more resentful and jealous.

He hated Gu Shanshan and was jealous of Gong Ling.

The world is vast and boundless, yet Gong Ye, who has lived two whole lifetimes, has never had anything that truly belonged to him completely.

No one truly cared about him.

After he was reborn in the palace, he not only clung to his enemies but also seized control of his master.

It seems like all the regrets from the previous life have been made up for, but what is the reality?

Perhaps only he himself knows that he holds everything tightly in his hands, but in reality he has grasped nothing.

Nothing in this world ever truly belonged to him.

He... is more pitiful than anyone else.

Realizing this fact, Gong Ye's face turned eerily gloomy.

The man exuded a chilling, murderous aura, making Gu Shanshan's legs go weak and her heart pound.

If Gong Ye hadn't been holding him around the waist, he probably would have collapsed to the ground in fear by now.

"Gong Ye, don't be impulsive. Let's talk things out and clear up any misunderstandings. Don't act like this, it's scary."

Gu Shanshan had a long face and almost burst into tears out of embarrassment.

"Oh, a misunderstanding?"

Gong Ye replied coldly, as if he had heard a joke, "Master, there is no misunderstanding between us."

After speaking, he pushed hard.

Gu Shanshan was caught off guard and her body was pushed backward.

"ah......"

She let out a scream and then collapsed onto the couch behind her.

The couch was very soft, so Gu Shanshan wasn't injured, but she was frightened.

However, what terrified Gu Shanshan even more was that as soon as he came to his senses, he looked up and met his Mo Gui sword.

Gong Ye sat on the couch, letting the black whip wrap around Gu Shanshan's body, controlling his limbs.

Gong Ye held Gu Shanshan's legs on his knees with one hand and held the Mo Gui Sword in the other, gently comforting her.

"Master, don't be afraid, it will be fine in a moment. I tried it on the substitute you left behind to confuse me, I have a lot of experience, it broke off in no time."

"That wasn't a replacement I left behind, I have nothing to do with him... Ah..."

Before Gu Shanshan could finish her explanation, she saw Mo Guijian, which was still properly sheathed, being used by Gong Ye as a stick and smashed down hard on her legs.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp pain shot through her knee joints. Gu Shanshan could almost hear the sound of her bones being shattered. She screamed in agony and fainted, her face deathly pale.

Tick-tock...

The blood gushing from the wound stained Gu Shanshan's white trousers, soaking the fabric and dripping onto the ground.

The air was thick with the pungent smell of blood, which irritated Gong Ye's senses.

Gong Ye stared at the blood left on Gu Shanshan's leg as if possessed, staring for a very long time.

After looking at her for a while, their gaze returned to Gu Shanshan's face.

As if he had accomplished something that pleased him, a wicked smile appeared on his lips.

"Master... I finally did it..."

Seeing Gu Shanshan's deathly pale face, even her lips were completely white without a trace of red.

Gong Ye stretched out her finger, placed it between her lips, and bit it until it bled.

He gently smeared the blood from his fingertips onto Gu Shanshan's lips, his movements incredibly tender, his gaze lingering.

His tender and affectionate manner was as if he were applying rouge to his beloved wife.

But what husband who loves his wife would break her legs and make her faint from the pain?

Perhaps, in this world, only a twisted and corrupted man like Gong Ye would do such a thing.

After Gu Shanshan's entire lips were stained with a bright red, Gong Ye smiled with satisfaction and took out a small porcelain bottle containing medicine from the drawer beside the bed.

He ripped Gu Shanshan's pants cleanly and gently applied the medicine to her little by little.

That gentle expression, rarely seen when he stared at Gu Shanshan's legs, showed no hint of lust.

......

It was half a month later when Gu Shanshan's legs were no longer in pain and had scabbed over.

At this moment, Gu Shanshan could no longer stand up. Resigned to her fate, she was locked on the bed by Gong Ye and could not go anywhere.

Naturally, Gong Ye would never allow Gu Shanshan to be on his bed wearing any clothes.

Therefore, Gu Shanshan is now lying on the bed with barely any clothes on, unable to go anywhere.

For the past two weeks, Gu Shanshan has lived a life of near isolation and darkness.

Having not seen the sun for more than half a month, Gu Shanshan's already pale face was now almost transparently white.

Squeak...

As Gu Shanshan was sitting in a daze, the door was pushed open from the outside.

Through the gap in the door, one could clearly see people coming and going outside carrying red silk ribbons for decoration.

Those people had empty, dull eyes. Gu Shanshan, having received all of the original owner's memories, could tell at a glance that those people outside were all puppets controlled by Gong Ye.

Gu Shanshan looked over and met Gong Ye's cold eyes, and saw the red wedding dress in Gong Ye's hand.

Seeing that splash of red, Gu Shanshan remembered that he had promised Gong Ye that they would get married.

Thinking about marriage, Gu Shanshan couldn't help but think of Gong Ling, and felt very worried.

I wonder how Gong Ling is doing now.

At this moment, Gu Shanshan was unaware that Gong Ling, whom he hoped to keep at a distance, had already infiltrated Qingxin Pavilion, waiting for an opportunity to kill Gong Ye.

"Master, we're getting married soon. Are you happy?"

Gu Shanshan dared not provoke Gong Ye.

He forced a smile. "I'm very happy."

Gong Ye wasn't stupid; how could he not hear the perfunctory tone in Gu Shanshan's words? But so what?

He doesn't care at all.

He married Gu Shanshan only to toy with him.

After ruining him, they'll dig out his heart and bury it under the thousand-year-old pear tree where he died in his previous life, as a tribute to his departed soul.

"Come, let your disciple dress you."

As he spoke, Gong Ye lifted the blanket, revealing Gu Shanshan's body covered in wounds.

A blast of cold air hit her, and Gu Shanshan shivered, but she didn't dare to dodge it.

After Gong Ye helped Gu Shanshan change into her wedding dress, he carried her to the bronze mirror.

He affectionately rested his chin on Gu Shanshan's shoulder, staring at the two people in the bronze mirror whose necks were intertwined like mandarin ducks.

Gong Ye asked in a hoarse voice, "Master, do you think we are a good match?"

Gu Shanshan nodded without even looking closely, "They're a perfect match."

At that moment, he was unaware that his words had been overheard by Gong Ling, who was eavesdropping outside the window.

He couldn't see that Gong Ling's eyes had reddened, and she was gripping the poisoned dagger at her side...