“If you were truly my family, and you committed such a grave mistake, I would not save you.”
Yang Jiaoruo's confusion deepened. "Why is that?"
“I told you this before, but you don’t seem to have taken it to heart.” A trace of sadness appeared in Shen Qianxue’s eyes. “Back then, your parents were trapped in a valley while chasing the enemy. They sent someone to ask Phoenix Pavilion for help. My father was going to rescue them that day.”
Thinking of this, Shen Qianxue lowered her head in self-reproach. "I don't know what Father went to do. I only know that it was Mother's birthday that day. I wanted Father to stay and not leave, so I jumped into the lake and made myself almost dead. Father anxiously stayed by my side and only left after making sure I was safe. But it was all too late."
Yang Jiaoruo knew about this; Shen Qianxue had told her when she was very young.
“I have never blamed you. I know you did not mean it.”
“But I blame myself. If it weren’t for my willfulness, your parents wouldn’t have died. I feel guilty towards them and towards you.”
Yang Jiaoruo's shoulders slumped, and tears silently streamed down her face. "So, all your kindness to me, your tolerance, and your reckless rescue of me last night were only because of my parents, not because of me..."
Yang Jiaoruo smiled through her tears; the sorrow in her heart hurt her more than the knife wounds on her body.
It turns out that from the very beginning, he never gave me any love!
Shen Qianxue gently closed her eyes. "Even though I feel guilty towards you, this is the last time I will save you. I cannot allow you to keep making mistakes."
"Was I wrong?" Yang Jiaoruo stopped crying and laughing, her stubbornness still mad. "I admit that it went against my conscience to attack Su Jinxia's parents, but so what? I did it for the greater good!"
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