Chapter 50
Qu Yesi was captured and immediately packed up and sent to Lingji Pavilion. Ye Zi was also escorted back to Xuanyin Sect intact by the believers. Chu Yingyu and I set out on the road to Taohua Village.
This is a journey where two people go and one person returns. Before my selfish desires expand to the point of clouding my mind, Chu Yingyu hopes to let me return home safely and quickly.
On the way, he was mostly quiet, and only I would occasionally try to talk to him, but I would get a soft response from him.
"I will return Master's inner strength to you."
"good."
"It feels like I've become your master. You can call me Master too!"
"Master."
“…”
The feeling of hitting cotton with your fist is quite unpleasant. After a while, I slowly realized that he was angry.
"Are you losing your temper?"
"Um."
"Let me guess why."
The young man gave me a resentful look, did not stop me from discovering it, and remained silent, but I felt that he expected me to notice it.
"I still love you, but I chose to go home. You're feeling depressed about it."
“…”
"It seems I guessed right, but you don't have to be discouraged. I'm a homebody. No one can stop me from going back."
Patting his shoulder comfortingly, I tried to ease his pain in a relaxed tone, but it was obviously difficult.
"if……"
"Um?"
After a brief hesitation, he pressed on, "If I hadn't killed you, and we'd gotten married, retired, and had children, would you still come home?"
"Maybe I'll run back with the kids."
“…”
"Just kidding, don't ask such hypothetical questions, it's meaningless."
"Yeah, it's boring."
Feeling that he had asked a stupid question, Chu Yingyu's face turned cold with self-mockery. He would never have made such an assumption before. Facts are facts and cannot be distorted. There is no need to care about what has happened.
I don't feel sorry for this peerless martial arts at all. I just feel sorry for a bumpy love relationship. After all, I have paid with my life. I can't say that I have come back to life and pretend that I have never died.
Maybe when I’m old and look back on it, I’ll tell my grandchildren about it.
I also hope that after I leave, Chu Yingyu will not be stubborn and never marry.
Forget it, just listen to what men say. Maybe once I leave, he will meet another Qin Xiaoya or Qin Xiaomao or something like that!
Don't worry about him anymore after you part ways. He will have a better life, a bright road as a hero.
Thinking this way, I turned back to comfort myself. I had done my best to help my ex, and there was really nothing to regret. Everything had gone as expected, and I had no regrets.
The journey took several days, during which time Chu Yingyu and I became familiar strangers, and the intimacy we had before was no longer there.
He's afraid of losing control, and I think there's no point in marrying him. This guy's already unstable, and if I bully him even a little, he'll snap. How things will develop then is beyond my control.
She is a bit yandere.
When we arrived at Taohua Village, I was the first to receive a letter from Li Yi. She knew we were coming here, so she sent the letter in advance.
I could really feel her ecstasy from the letter. The madness that made her want to eat up the person she loved was all transformed into words that were so powerful that they could be seen through the paper.
Chu Yingyu read the letter, sighed to himself, refused to communicate with me, and did not want to share the joy of being a yandere.
How should I put it? I understand his thinking now.
At least Li Yi got a crippled and crazy Qu Ye Si, and even her body belonged to her. Thinking about myself, he couldn't keep me, and the contrast was very frustrating.
I secretly felt ashamed of myself and told myself not to compare myself with others in this regard.
When Uncle Long and Aunt Ding saw me coming back to life, their expressions were amazing. They thought I was faking my death just to punish Chu Yingyu.
I just laughed and didn't explain the twists and turns.
But seeing that we seemed to be at odds with each other, the couple didn't try to bring us together, but just warmly treated us to dinner.
Lai Fu! My lovely Lai Fu! She's been pregnant for over a month now. In another month, she'll give birth to puppies. The village doctor said there will be five or six!
Even though we hadn't seen each other for so long, Lai Fu still recognized me at a glance. Even with his big belly, he rubbed against my feet and kept pulling at my trouser legs with his claws.
This feeling of being trusted and expected of wholeheartedly is really great. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look at Chu Yingyu.
He wasn't looking at Lai Fu, he was looking at me, but the look he used was similar to Lai Fu's.
The look in the dog's eyes is very touching.
Aunt Ding said that after taking in Lai Fu, the family became quite lively, because she and Uncle Long had no children, and now that they have a dog, she feels like she has a dog daughter, and soon they will have a bunch of dog grandsons.
As for naming the house, I don’t think I’m the owner in the strict sense, so it would be more appropriate to let Aunt Ding and her husband name it, so I refused.
I originally thought about waiting until Lai Fu gave birth to the child, but as soon as this idea came to my mind, Chu Yingyu noticed it.
This is a chronic torture for him, and he doesn't want it!
The dog Lai Fu bred with was from the village clothing store, a large, sturdy white native dog. I had to drag Chu Yingyu to see it; after all, he was considered a canine son-in-law, right?
Chu Yingyu had no interest at first, but when he saw the big white dog, he couldn't walk anymore.
He said it looked very, very much like Xiaobai.
So, for some unknown reason, I compared myself to the big white dog and raised my fist to hit him on the shoulder, "You're going to die! How are we even similar?"
After I knocked it twice, Chu Yingyu's lips curled up, "It looks like Xiaobai, but it's not."
"Me neither!"
"Your eyes are like Xiaobai's, and sometimes I feel alike."
"You look like..."
I wanted to call him a bastard, but looking at such an infuriatingly handsome face, I couldn't say anything against my will. Forget it, I've long since accepted the fact that I look like Xiaobai.
The reason I first gained his favor was because of a dog like Bai Yueguang.
No need to struggle.
After seeing Lai Fu and his dog husband, we naturally have to go and take a look at his former home.
The vegetable patch in the backyard had become overgrown with weeds because no one cared for it. It was almost impossible to tell which was the vegetable and which was the weed. Chu Yingyu actually looked a little sorry. He squatted down to touch the vegetable patch, with reluctance in his eyes.
"You can plant more later." I squatted beside him and said this.
"I can't bear to spend the rest of my life here with you. Even if I grow more vegetables, you won't be able to eat them."
“…”
In the end, I was the one who was too thick-skinned! I didn't expect that he would be so emotional when he saw the scene.
Chu Yingyu pushed open the door and began to clean up the house. I helped him, taking out the musty quilts to dry in the sun. I said, "I plan to teach you the skills tomorrow and leave the day after tomorrow. What do you think?"
This is said as easily as taking a bus.
Chu Yingyu, who was wiping the swing in the yard, froze for a few seconds and responded indifferently.
This will make me feel like everything is settled! I've returned the power I owed him, and I've also given him another life. At least the Lingyou Immortal Technique is really useful.
While cleaning the beams, Chu Yingyu was stunned. He looked up and pulled me over.
I thought a bird had come in to build a nest, but it turned out to be a large, broken "囍" character pasted on the beam of the room. I don't know how long it had been there alone.
I didn't expect that I was so excited at that time. I posted wedding stickers everywhere, including this place.
After my death, Chu Yingyu cleaned up the house but forgot about this place. Now looking at this dimmed happiness, I feel an indescribable emotion.
"We were married, Xiao'e."
"Yeah, but it doesn't feel real."
"You still have to go home and find a man."
"Hey! You can also continue to look for a second spring!"
"No."
"Stubborn donkey!"
After cursing him, I walked to the other side feeling a little depressed and stopped talking to him.
That night, I don't know if he slept or not, but I was lost in thought until midnight. I really thought about whether I could take him with me to touch the white light.
But, that's a completely unfamiliar world. Should I take him there? Can I promise to always treat him well? People's hearts change, and maybe I can fool him. I may not be able to...
I thought a lot, but couldn't come to a conclusion.
In the morning, I saw Chu Yingyu deep in thought in front of the swing. To be honest, his expressionless face gave me a creepy feeling that I was already buried under the swing. It seemed like it would jump into the horror channel at any time.
The light in front of my eyes flickered, and seemed to be a little fainter than before.
"Achu!"
I called out to him from inside the house, and the boy turned around and smiled at me gently.
After this smile, I felt relieved.
After the lone brave old man mastered the internal force, he felt like a fish in water. It was not that difficult to pass the condensed power to him.
Unlike me who had no foundation at the beginning, after receiving such profound internal energy, he did not faint from the impact, but absorbed it all.
"It seems that everything that needs to be said has already been said. There is nothing more to say."
Without my internal energy, I actually felt naked. No wonder people whose martial arts skills were destroyed would collapse.
I was saying some meaningless things, not knowing what to say as a farewell, when I suddenly heard Chu Yingyu ask me.
"In Xiao'e's world, what should I say when I say goodbye?"
Words of goodbye from different countries popped up in my mind, and after thinking about it, I came back to "see you later".
Unable to think of anything more artistic, I said dryly, "Goodbye."
"Goodbye, Xiao'e."
"...You're talking too fast!"
“Where is the light that will let you go back?”
"Oh, just wow—"
I just pointed forward when he pushed me unexpectedly. With this force, I floated like a kite without the support of my internal strength.
The light in front of my eyes suddenly grew bigger, the faint light became stronger, illuminating my whole body. I didn't even have time to say goodbye to Chu Yingyu before he pushed me away.
The blinding light made me lose consciousness for a short time.
…
"Xiao'e, Xiao'e."
"Why are you dozing off with wedding candy in your hand? Your sister didn't let you be lazy."
"Haha, Second Aunt, please stop arguing with her. Maybe she's too tired from helping out these past two days."
Familiar voices kept ringing in my ears, but they didn't feel noisy. My eyelids felt heavy, but I still tried to open them. It felt like the moment I came back to life, finally prying open my eyelids, and all the sense of reality returned to my body.
I opened my eyes wide and found that everyone sitting around the coffee table was looking at me. My distant cousin from my cousin's family shuddered and muttered.
"Why is it that Sister Xiao'e just woken up from a nap with murderous intent?"
His words broke everyone's scrutiny of me, and everyone burst into laughter. This kind of immature speech was perfect for a middle school student, and it also stirred up the stagnant atmosphere at the right time.
Maybe my expression wasn't very good when I woke up, so no one responded for a while. But after hearing what my distant cousin said, my cousin immediately took over with a smile.
"I told you guys to stop disturbing Xiao'e's nap. Now you're all murderous."
"Hahahaha, murderous intent, I also have athlete's foot!"
"Speaking of athlete's foot, your uncle used my serum as medicine last time. It cost hundreds of dollars!"
"Haha, didn't Auntie give Uncle a good beating?"
The living room was filled with laughter again.
I looked at the half-wrapped wedding candy in my hand, silently unwrapped a piece of chocolate and put it in my mouth, with a cooperative smile on my face. But at this moment, what I was thinking was, if only I could let Chu Yingyu taste the chocolate.
I'm back, and the dream has returned to the starting point. Nothing around me has changed, even the flow of time has slowed down.
My mother saw that I looked a little unhappy and persuaded me to go to my room to rest. She thought I was worried about my graduation or the pressure of being single. In short, she didn't think her daughter had traveled through time or even had a dream.
I can't explain this time travel phenomenon. I clearly went through it with my entire body, but when I came back, everyone acted as if I had never left and was just taking a nap with the wedding candy.
Fantastic time travel has long been commonplace in modern film and television, so there is no need for me to dwell on it.
After attending the wedding during National Day, I returned to university, attending classes and working part-time as normal. My friends always say that I'm different after attending a family wedding. I seem to be more steady and efficient, and I take care of everything.
At first, I didn't realize how much I had changed. It wasn't until I graduated from my senior year, and my roommates went their separate ways, worried about their futures, that I remained resolute, never dwelling on it too much. It was then that I gained a profound understanding of my decisiveness.
I was able to clearly decide that I would not take the postgraduate entrance examination, would not go to other places, and would stay in the city to open a dance studio. The things that I had worried about before were now decided very simply, without any internal friction or hesitation.
If I want to do something, I will work hard to implement it. From choosing a site, finding partners, recruiting teachers and publicity, I put all my energy into it.
I have to admit that I didn't think about Chu Yingyu. After that, I inevitably compared him to any other potential male I met. In the end, I simply gave up the search and focused on my studies and dance.
Maybe when I get older, I will always want to find one to have children.
I rented a cheaper apartment on the third floor of a commercial street to use as a dance studio. On that day, I met a rather handsome middle-aged man wearing loose casual clothes and a baseball cap.
He gave people a nonchalant and transparent feeling. When he was bumped into by the hurried decoration workers, he just waved his hand nonchalantly.
I thought his features looked familiar, but I felt his face was too young. It should have been older. I watched the decorator carrying several large mirrors, preparing to put them up on the wall, when the man approached me.
"Love you walking alone in a dark alley."
A light, slightly playful line of lyrics drifted into my ears. This song had its moment of popularity before fading into obscurity. After all, it's been over two years, but it's still very popular. I subconsciously replied, "I love the way you don't kneel..."
"Silly girl?"
Although the voice became much younger, I still turned my head in shock to look at the man next to me. No wonder his features looked familiar, because he was the brave old man!
He is not a centenarian in modern times. He has been in that world for many years. No wonder he has the aura of a low-key boss.
The real name of the lone brave old man is Wu Wei. I can’t call him uncle or master now, it feels weird, so I chose to call him Boss Wu.
When I saw him, I suddenly thought of Leng Xinrui.
Just as I was about to ask, a female voice suddenly interrupted me. I saw a gentle and calm woman with long black hair walking over, holding a little boy.
Wu Wei whispered a few words to the woman, and the woman smiled at me and went shopping with the child.
"That's my remarried wife. The child is hers and her ex-husband's."
"Ah..." I didn't expect Wu Wei to say this to me. After a panic, I nodded calmly and didn't comment on his private life.
"What did you want to ask me just now?"
"I wanted to ask Boss Wu's friends over there."
"You want to talk about Leng Xinrui, right? I had the thought, but when I was young and hot-headed, I was too lazy to deal with her temper."
You are worthy of it.
"What about you? It seems you died after I left? Do you have time to tell me your story?" Wu Wei looked at me with a gossipy look on his face. It was obvious that he saw an old friend and couldn't help making fun of me.
I forced a businesslike smile. "I've only been there a short time, so what's new? Why don't you tell me about your success over there? Legends about you are everywhere in the martial arts world!"
"I knew that teaching you skills would be useless. You wouldn't be able to become the best in the world."
"But you saved my life, so I'm very grateful to you, boss!"
"And you said you had no story!"
"You say yours first!"
The author has something to say:
It’s over, this is not a BE, it’s just a normal ending at best!
There are about two extra chapters, one is about Xiao Chu after Xiao E left, and the other is about traveling back to the modern times. The one about traveling back to the modern times will naturally have a happy ending!
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