Say goodbye to the past

"Do you have a minute? I want to talk to you."

Leng Yue was stunned and couldn't react for a moment. She wasn't used to Xiao Yan talking to her in such a negotiating tone.

"If you don't have time, forget it, it's okay." Shi Qiuyan said.

"Oh, no," Leng Yue knocked the stuck head and said, "I have time."

Yan'er and Changfeng stood under the wishing tree. Yan'er leaned on Changfeng's shoulder and asked, "Changfeng, are we still going to the Desert Ridge?"

"Go, why not? Now that we have avenged ourselves, it's time to live the life we ​​have always dreamed of." Changfeng said.

"But can you really let go of everything here?" Yan'er asked.

"What about you, Yan'er? Can you let go of everything here?" Changfeng asked.

"Our roots are all in this Sifang City. Now Lingfeng is also here. Even if we leave, we still have to come back and get together occasionally. Mother is old, and it is really tiring for her to travel back and forth. It is better to let her stay and keep Aunt Butterfly company." Yan'er said.

"But Yan'er, if we leave our mother-in-law here and leave, she will definitely miss you, and you will miss her too, right?" Changfeng said.

"So I decided not to leave," Yan'er said.

A glint flashed in Changfeng's eyes: "Have you really decided?"

"Changfeng, actually you don't want to leave this place, right?" Yan'er said with a smile.

Changfeng held Yan'er tightly in his arms: "Yes, actually I can't bear to let her go either."

"Then I won't leave." Yan'er said with a smile.

Mingri and Nong Yue were chatting while playing chess.

"Have I gone too far?" Mingri asked Nong Yue.

"Oh? Even Hua Tuo can be soft-hearted sometimes." Nong Yue teased.

Mingri smiled and said, "I just think what Yue'er said makes sense."

"It makes sense," Nong Yue said, "but if you can't accept it, what good does it do?"

"It's not that I can't accept it, it just sounds a little strange." Mingri said.

"Habit?" Nong Yue chuckled. "Leng Yue's habits are naturally different from ours, simply because she is not originally from this world. You haven't forgotten, have you?"

"It's good to forget occasionally." Mingri said.

"She knows us very well, but we know nothing about her," said Nong Yue.

"That's right," Mingri said, "You really don't know anything."

"Then let's learn about it slowly later," Nong Yue said with a sly smile, "Maybe it will be very interesting."

Tomorrow also smiled.

Xiaoyan consciously kept a small distance from Lengyue, while Lengyue was thinking about how to start the conversation. The two of them walked in silence for a long time.

"It's been a while since I took a walk like this with you." Xiaoyan broke the silence. "I remember when I first started pursuing you, I often took walks with you. Later... hehe, it's all my fault. I'm sorry."

"Don't say that. I should be the one saying sorry to you," Leng Yue said. "Actually, you're a good person, but you're not my type. I didn't know how to refuse someone back then. If I had made things clear with you earlier, our relationship wouldn't be like this today. I'm sorry."

"Can I ask what type you like?" Xiaoyan asked.

"I like..." Leng Yue thought for a moment and said, "Mature and steady, someone who knows how to consider others, and who shares my values ​​and interests."

"So, I really don't fit the bill," Xiaoyan said self-deprecatingly. "I'm immature, insecure, and don't like psychology. You like music, and I like music too, but I prefer rock music to classical. I always laugh at you, saying you listen to stuff that only old men and women listen to. As for your values, haha, from your professional perspective, aren't mine really distorted?"

"Xiao Yan, don't belittle yourself when you hear that you are not my type. Maturity and stability are honed in life. Aren't you much more mature and stable now than before? Interests and world outlook, values ​​and outlook on life are also formed over a long period of time under the influence of various factors. They are not achieved overnight, and there is no good or bad. When I say that our three views are not compatible, I don't mean that you are not good, nor do I mean that you must become a certain way to be good. I did think about changing you into the type I like, but in fact, I don't have that right. If two people are not suitable, they should make a new choice instead of forcing themselves to fit in, making each other feel miserable." Leng Yue said.

"But I just want to be with you, I just love you." Xiaoyan said.

"What do you love about me?" Leng Yue asked.

"I love you...you are gentle and considerate, caring, and...and..." Xiaoyan was unable to answer for a moment.

"Because I am considerate of you, take care of you, and tolerate you, you like to be with me and enjoy the feeling of being loved. But if I am not considerate, gentle, and tolerant of you, will you still be willing to be with me?" Leng Yue asked again.

"I do!" Xiaoyan said without hesitation.

"Ha, are you sure? You can't play games, you have to go out to make money every day, you can't save any private money, you can't flirt with other girls, let alone see Lingling. You can't even attend her wedding. If you make a mistake, you have to kneel on the washboard. If I'm unhappy, I will take it out on you. Are you willing? Are you sure you really want to?" Leng Yue asked.

"You wouldn't do that..." Xiaoyan scratched the back of his head and said embarrassedly.

Leng Yue smiled and said, "What if it's true?"

"...I...I'm still willing..." Xiaoyan was obviously lacking in confidence.

"You say you are still willing, but it's just to show your determination to love. Suffering these grievances may even make you feel great. But whether you are great or not is just your own feeling. Even if you feel great at the beginning, what about after a long time? One year? Two years? Twenty years?" Leng Yue said.

"Then I'll be exhausted." Xiaoyan said.

"In that case, are you still willing?" Leng Yue asked.

"I..." Xiaoyan was speechless.

"I was just talking just now, and you said that you would be exhausted after a long time. If you put it more clearly, it means that I deliberately tortured you to death and wanted to force you to death, right?" Leng Yue said coldly.

"I say what I think." Xiaoyan said without hesitation.

"What if I want to torture you to death, would you agree? Or do you think that if I make myself haggard, I will soften my heart and our relationship will go back to the way it was before?" Leng Yue pressed on.

"you……"

"No one forced you to suffer, but no one wants to suffer either. You said you were willing to do this and that for me, but you never asked me if I wanted it or if I cared. You just want me to come back to you as you asked, and to treat you as well as before. If you treat me better than before, should I be grateful?"

Xiaoyan lowered his head and said dejectedly, "Yes, you're right. You also said that day in the General's Mansion that I never considered you. But I just want to be with you. I want to make up for what I owe you. Is that wrong?"

"Your idea is not wrong, but this is not love, it is longing." Leng Yue said.

"I'm thinking of you..." Xiaoyan said self-deprecatingly, "Even if I'm thinking of you, I just want to do something for you. Anything is fine, as long as you can be happy."

"You don't have to do anything for me, just take care of yourself and be happy, that's enough." Leng Yue said.

"Do you really not need me anymore?" Xiaoyan asked aggrievedly.

"You are a famous general here, with prestige and talent, but you don't actually need me that much. Your happiness is not determined by me, and my happiness is not something you can determine or fulfill. Don't push everything onto others, and don't take everything on yourself. You have the right and ability to find your own happiness. Although everything in the past cannot be started over, you can have a brand new beginning of your own." Leng Yue said.

"Maybe." Xiaoyan sat down on the grass, looked at the night sky and said nothing.

"I'll go first." Leng Yue said.

"I won't let you go!" Shi Qiuyan stood up suddenly, hugged Leng Yue tightly from behind, and said repeatedly: "I won't let you go! I won't let you go!"

Leng Yue did not struggle, but said lightly: "Let go."

Shi Qiuyan hugged her tighter and tighter, crying, "I just won't let you go!"

Leng Yue grabbed Xiao Yan's arm, twisted it, and held him in reverse. Xiao Yan screamed "Ah", and put his hands behind his back, unable to move.

"I'm sorry, maybe I haven't completely let go of my criticism of you. Let's talk about it another day." Leng Yue let go of his hand and walked away without looking back.

Xiaoyan rubbed his hurt arm and sobbed, "No, I won't let you go..."

In Leng Yue's room.

"Be patient," Mingri said. Lengyue nodded.

Mingri pinched Lengyue's right finger and pierced it with a needle. A trickle of black blood gushed out. Mingri squeezed it a few times, and the black blood dripped into the bowl for a while before finally turning dark red.

"Xiaoyan is really your lucky star." Mingri said with a smile.

"Yeah." Leng Yue smiled weakly.

"Everything has a process. Don't make it too difficult for him, and don't make it too difficult for yourself." Mingri said as he used medicinal wine to wipe Leng Yue's fingers.

"Yeah." Leng Yue smiled and nodded.

There was a knock on the door, and Mingri and Lengyue were a little surprised.

Sure enough, Xiaoyan's familiar voice came: "Lengyue, are you asleep?"

"I'll go open the door." Mingri said with a smile.

Mingri opened the door and said politely, "Mr. Shi."

When Xiaoyan saw that it was tomorrow, he immediately felt like a deflated ball: "Sorry to bother you." Then he turned around and was about to leave.

"Mr. Shi, please stay," Mingri said. "I will take my leave first."

Leng Yue came out and said to Shi Qiuyan with a smile: "Let's go to the pavilion and sit for a while."

Shi Qiuyan nodded.

"How long have you been here?" Leng Yue asked.

"I have been here for more than three years and have found a master who makes a living by catching snakes and is good at using poison. Bantianyue wanted to persuade him to join the sect, but the master refused and was actually put on a kill order. That day, I was hiding in the dark and saw someone kill him, and the killer looked exactly like you. That's why I sneaked into the Shenyue Sect, wanting to find out the truth, but I never thought that when I joined the Shenyue Sect, you had already left the Sect. I went to the palace and saw you and Ouyang Mingri in love, and you know everything that happened afterwards." Shi Qiuyan said.

"Killed by me?" Leng Yue said, "Then he must still be alive."

"How is that possible?" Shi Qiuyan said, "I saw you kill him with my own eyes! Master is my only relative here. Forget it, let's not talk about this matter again."

"I didn't really kill those people on the kill order. I just pretended to kill them so that Bantianyue would think they were dead. I'm afraid everyone has rested by now. I'll ask Nong Yue to help you check tomorrow morning. I'll definitely find them." Leng Yue said.

"In that case, everything I have done for the Shenyue Sect is even more ridiculous, hehe..." Shi Qiuyan said with a wry smile.

"Xiaoyan..."

"You're right," Shi Qiuyan said, "I've lived a happy and peaceful life these past three years. Even though I think of you occasionally, I don't think there's anything wrong with simply thinking of you. But as soon as I see you with someone else, I can't help but want to take you back, want you to come back to me, but I never thought about whether doing so would deprive you of your happiness. Even if I snatch you back, what's the use of it? Can we really go back to the way we were before? No, we can't. I'm already dead in reality, right?"

Leng Yue didn't know what to say for a moment, so she just nodded silently.

Shi Qiuyan smiled wryly and said, "After we broke up that day, you refused to see me no matter what. So I devised a plan. First, I wrote a long 'suicide note' and had my sister give it to you, urging you to contact me. Then, I went to wait for you at the place where we first met, hoping you would listen to my explanation. Whether it worked or not, I wanted to give it a try. But I always messed up. I was hit by a car before I even got to the place. This shows that the word 'death' should not be spoken lightly; it will come true."

Leng Yue said nothing, just listened silently.

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with traveling here. My life here is pretty good, and there are several beautiful women who admire me. It's just that I've never let you go, so... maybe just like you said, I'm a little worried about you, and a little unwilling to give up, especially when I saw you and Ouyang Mingri together..." Shi Qiuyan paused and asked, "Is he good to you? Is he mature and steady, and does he care about you? Do you have similar interests and values?"

Leng Yue nodded.

"Okay, that's good." Shi Qiuyan said, "Perhaps you two are the most suitable."

"You will also find the right one." Leng Yue said.

Shi Qiuyan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "After talking it out, I suddenly feel like I don't need you that much. Leng Yue, why is that?"

"Because your heart no longer needs me, but your mind keeps clamoring for me." Leng Yue said.

"I suddenly feel much more relaxed," Shi Qiuyan said with a smile. Suddenly, he sensed someone in the dark and shouted alertly, "Who?"

An elder emerged from the darkness and said, "Ayan, it's me."

"Master?!" Shi Qiuyan couldn't believe his eyes.

"I recognized you a long time ago, but before the Shenyue Sect was eliminated, I had no intention of getting to know you. You're getting stronger and stronger, haha!" Shi Qiuyan's master patted Shi Qiuyan on the shoulder, then bowed respectfully to Leng Yue: "My name is Yue Jiaolong, nice to meet Miss Leng, thank you for saving my life and recommending me."

"You're too polite, Senior." Leng Yue nodded in return and said to Shi Qiuyan, "It's truly a joy to see you, master and disciple, reunited. Xiaoyan, go have a good chat with Senior Yue. You don't have to accompany me."

"Okay, I'll leave first. You should go back early too." Shi Qiuyan said.

"Yeah." Leng Yue smiled.

Shi Qiuyan and Yue Jiaolong walked off, chatting cheerfully. Leng Yue's vision darkened, and a chill surged through her body. She quickly concentrated and began to practice. Suddenly, someone tapped the acupoints on her back twice. A surge of internal energy gathered the chill and slowly drew it upwards.

With a "puff" sound, the last bit of poisonous blood in Leng Yue's body was finally vomited out.

Mingri undid the xuedao on Lengyue's back and put the cloak on Lengyue, and the two smiled at each other.

The winter sun shone on the Windless Valley. The ministers looked into the distance pitifully, feeling extremely desolate.

Suddenly, a young and determined figure slowly walked over, and the ministers and their families stood up one after another, tears streaming down their faces.

"Gentlemen, is everything okay?" Before Chou Doufu could finish his words, tears fell first.

"City Lord, everything is fine with us." An old minister said excitedly.

"Dad," Gongsun Heng called out.

The old minister heard the sound and went to look for him, crying: "Heng'er..."

"You've all suffered," Stinky Tofu sniffed and said in a firm tone, "Let's go home."