Chapter 65 [Jiaozhu] Love is fake, lying to you is also fake
Chen Lian knew that the worst possible outcome of this matter would be death. He would rather die than live in disgrace. If A Jiang ignored his wishes and forced him, then there would be no possibility between them, not even a spiritual love.
"How is that possible?" A Jiang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He should be happy that the murderer was found, but why did it have to be Chen Lian? If Chen Lian said it wasn't him, he would have caught Nuonuo again and questioned him.
They had been searching for the murderer for so many years, but they could not draw a picture of the murderer's appearance based on Nuonuo's description alone. But now that the murderer was standing in front of him, he was not sure.
"Why not? Do you think I don't want to be your queen?" Chen Lian stood still, not even retreating when A Jiang pressed close. "Why don't I want to be your queen? You told me your identity from the beginning. I only took you in as a slave to torture you. I never thought you would do that to me. Haha."
Ah Jiang took a deep breath and listened carefully to every word that Shen Lian said, trying to find clues. He really couldn't accept the fact that Shen Lian was the murderer. If so, wouldn't he be like his brother, unable to be with the one he loved?
He analyzed every word Shen Lian said, but he couldn't figure it out, so he changed the subject and said, "What about the marriage contract? This is a kind of contract I specially researched. It can only be formed by people who love each other. I love you and you love me, right?"
"Love? Hahaha—" Chen Lian held his forehead and laughed wildly, "What do you mean by love or not? Don't you know that love can be faked? How could I love someone who has ruined my cultivation?"
Chen Lian was telling the truth. He truly couldn't fall in love with someone who stood in his way. To be frank, he wished such a person dead. He wished no one could stand in his way. Yet, he unconsciously wanted to be closer to A Jiang, to rely on and trust him. The people of his youth had taught him a lesson, but he couldn't help but want to be closer to A Jiang.
Despite this, he was able to suppress this feeling. Nothing was more important than becoming the overlord of the three realms.
"I can only hate you and wish to send you to hell." Chen Lian looked at A Jiang's increasingly ugly face and smiled with satisfaction. This smile was a bit forced, because the insincere words he said at this moment made his heart feel like it was stabbed thousands of times by a knife. He wanted to cover his chest to relieve himself for a while, but seeing that A Jiang was still there, he suppressed the idea.
"The marriage contract won't lie to me." A Jiang's teeth were chattering. He didn't know whether what Chen Lian said was true or not. Love or not can indeed be pretended. The woman who deceived his brother was the one who deceived his brother's feelings. Although he had not witnessed their feelings with his own eyes, his brother was so sad that he would definitely not lie to him.
"The marriage contract won't lie to you, but I will lie to the marriage contract. I will lie to you, are you stupid?" Shen Lian raised his index finger and pointed at A Jiang's chest.
A Jiang grabbed Chen Lian's fingers and held them tightly in his arms.
"Then why are you saying it now?"
"I'm too tired to pretend anymore. Now that I've been exposed, there's no point in pretending anymore." Chen Lian looked at A Jiang with an indifferent expression.
"Then why did you kill my brother?" Ah Jiang endured the pain and spoke out word by word. He couldn't accept it at this point, but he had to accept it. "Why?!"
A Jiang tightly grasped Chen Lian's wrist, pulling him into his arms, and clasped his other hand around his waist, as if he would immediately cover his mouth if he said anything that displeased him.
"My master, Xu Yingli, is an enemy of your brother. Of course I must take your brother's mermaid pearl and become his disciple."
A Jiang suddenly let go of his hand, realizing that something was wrong. If Chen Lian wanted to take the Mermaid Pearl to become his disciple, then he should not have been able to kill his brother at that time. There must be someone else, or it might not be Chen Lian at all. Chen Lian said that on purpose.
If that's the case, then what he just said about lying to me was a lie, and what he said about not loving me was even more of a lie.
But why did he say that? What good would it do him? Or did he really not want to be the queen? The marriage contract had already been signed, and he clearly loved me. Why was it?
"Very disappointed? Extremely disappointed in me? Do you regret letting me wear this gorgeous dress?" Chen Lian pointed at the colorful blue dress on his body and questioned A Jiang. He wanted A Jiang to kill him in anger, so that when the news of his death spread, at least the casualties would be caused by monsters, instead of breaking the ruthless way and being laughed at by thousands of people.
Little did he know how ridiculous he looked in Ajahn's eyes, so Ajahn turned his back on him.
"I dug out his shark pearl! I lied to you!"
"Just be alone for a while." After saying that, A Jiang left the room and locked Chen Lian on the bed. He still didn't understand one thing. If Chen Lian had colluded with others or someone else had killed his brother, then why did Nuonuo only say that he saw one person digging out his brother's mermaid pearl when he came back at that time, and why was there no one else?
A Jiang did not dare to stay. After leaving the Bei Palace, he learned that the entire clan knew that Chen Lian had killed the previous king. They were all blocking the entrance of the Bei Palace, demanding that Chen Lian be tortured to death, saying that Chen Lian was not worthy of being their queen.
"Lord Wang, this man must not be allowed to stay. He is the murderer of your brother!"
"Lord, he is not worthy to be your queen!"
"Lord Wang, think twice!"
Ah Jiang looked at the chaos and said, "He's not the murderer. Ten years ago, he was just a weak teenager. How could he have killed the Mermaid King with his own bare hands?"
"Not to mention that he hadn't become a disciple yet and was just an ordinary person. The previous king could have killed him with a single move. How could he have killed the previous king?"
A Jiang told Shen Lian the whole conversation he had just had with him.
"Catching the murderer is certainly important, but innocent people should not be harmed, especially since he is my queen!"
"If it wasn't him, then why would he admit it? Isn't he feeling guilty?" Nuonuo stepped forward and said. The previous prince treated her very well. She had no parents, and it was the previous prince who raised her single-handedly. It was as if the previous prince was her father.
Ajaan thought for a moment, then said, "Because he doesn't want to be queen."
He closed his eyes and took several deep breaths. The chattering of his tribesmen filled his ears, giving him a headache.
"He once helped me seal the dragon. I should remember this favor. If it weren't for him, how could we have been wronged like this?"
"What do you think should be done?"
"I will send him ashore and let him stay in the world of cultivation for a while to see if there are any clues. If it is really him, I will die with him and pass the throne to Nono." A Jiang pointed at Nono. He had planned this matter a long time ago. His brother told him that Nono was his biological daughter, but the woman was unable to raise her and could only entrust her to him.
Logically speaking, after the death of the previous king, the throne should have been passed to Nuonuo, but the clan members did not know that Nuonuo was the daughter of the previous king. His brother never confessed it to the clan, so he did not say anything either.
After his death, the position was returned to Nono.
"Lord Wang, the crime is yours, why do you do this?"
"I have already made a marriage bond with him. This bond was developed by me. It cannot be tied to anyone except those who love each other. If one person dies, the other will die as well." Ajahn said, "There is no way around it."
He showed the marriage beads on his wrist.
"Wang Jun, you are confused!"
"Now that things have come to this, let's disperse. This king will give everyone a satisfactory answer."
Ajahn is the king of this tribe. He has spoken and the matter has been agreed upon. Ajahn also said that he would make a promise to them, so they will not force Ajahn. They also do not want to lose another powerful king.
At the same time, Shen Lian covered his chest, sat on the bed, and looked at the closed door. He stood up but found that the chains that bound his hands and feet were not enough for him to reach the door.
So he had no choice but to sit back on the bed. He couldn't understand why Ajahn didn't kill him even after all this happened, but let him set the fire?
Well, even if A Jiang didn't kill him, those mermaids would have done it anyway. And if it wasn't his beloved who did it himself, he wouldn't have felt so bad.
As for why he didn't take off his clothes and let himself choke to death, the reason was that he had tried to take them off when A Jiang just left, but he couldn't take them off at all. This gorgeous dress had special instructions and could not be undone without instructions, so Shen Lian couldn't undone it.
"He's quite smart..." Shen Lian sighed slightly. The way things are now is not what he wanted. He just doesn't want to sit there with his legs open and wait for others to come to him.
He wanted to take his own destiny into his own hands, but no matter what, he seemed to be unable to grasp anything. His mother did not love him. Although his stepmother never treated him badly in terms of food, clothing and other expenses, she was very strict with him, and the servants bullied him with the tacit consent of his stepmother.
His brother, his elder brother, he thought his brother treated him well because they were brothers, but he didn't expect that his brother was attracted to his appearance. And his senior brother, every person he met during his wandering, he had given his heart to, but they were all trampled underfoot.
He was stepped on so hard that it hurt so much, but he still wanted to believe in Ajahn. Unexpectedly, Ajahn forced him. Not only did he force him, he also took him to the West Sea to be the mermaid queen.
His sincerity was trampled upon once again.
He will not trust anyone anymore. If he can leave here alive, he will definitely fight his way into the Hidden Valley and seize the Spirit Pearl. He also wants to absorb the power of the goddess!
He wants to live as long as the sky, shine as brightly as the sun and the moon, and he wants to be the master of the three realms!
The door was slowly pushed open from the outside and Ajiang came back.
Chen Lian looked up at the person who came, and sat there quietly without getting up, closing his eyes. He thought A Jiang had already decided to execute him.
But A Jiang took his hand and said, "Don't you want to go ashore?"
Chen Lian opened his eyes and looked at him in confusion. He had never thought that A Jiang would let him go. Would those mermaids let him go?
"I'll go ashore with you and we'll go back to Cang Qiong Sect." A Jiang raised his hand to untie the ropes that bound Shen Lian. "I love you. Whether you love me or not, I love you. I'm willing to do anything for you."
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