Chapter 100 Confession: I Like You Too
"Hahahaha!" Ye Zhi Qiu laughed so hard she bent over, then peeled a thin layer of skin off her face. "Xiao Li, look, what do you think of the human skin mask that Mommy researched?"
"Mom! You scared me to death!" Ning Jinli clutched her chest, still shaken, and pouted as she complained, "It's alright, but her skin is too pale, it looks like a ghost face."
Ye Zhi Qiu shook the human skin mask, "Hmm... I think so too. Well, the conditions here are limited, so this is all we can do. If you need to use it in the future, you can just buy a ready-made one for me from over there."
"Mom, why aren't you asleep yet?" Ning Jinli moved a chair over and sat down next to Ye Zhiqiu.
Ye Zhi Qiu poked Ning Jin Li's nose. "It's because I miss you."
"Hehe, I missed you too." Ning Jinli took Ye Zhi Qiu's hand. "Mom, how's Xiao Qi Di's injury? Is he asleep right now?"
"So you came here because you were thinking about him?" Ye Zhi Qiu stared into her daughter's eyes.
"Oh... Mom..." Ning Jinli looked away, her face quickly turning red.
Ye Zhi Qiu's expression was complicated. "You've fallen for him, haven't you?"
Ning Jinli's face turned even redder. "Mom, what are you saying..."
Ye Zhi Qiu fell silent.
"Mom? What's wrong?" Ning Jinli sensed that something was wrong and asked softly.
Ye Zhi Qiu hesitated for a moment, then looked into his daughter's eyes and said, "Xiao Qi Di has already left."
"What?!" Ning Jinli jumped to her feet. "Why did you leave? When did you leave?"
Ye Zhi Qiu said, "About half an hour ago."
Ning Jinli turned to leave.
"Stop right there!" Ye Zhi Qiu coldly shouted, "Are you going to chase after him? You're not allowed to!"
Ning Jinli paused, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Ye Zhi Qiu walked up to her and said, "Xiao Li, his injuries have healed. You don't need to worry about him anymore. It was my idea to let him leave. I talked to him."
Ning Jinli was stunned. "What were you talking about?"
“I made my stance clear to him,” Ye Zhi Qiu said seriously. “I told him that I didn’t want my daughter to have anything to do with him. Now that my daughter and I can finally be reunited, my greatest wish has been fulfilled. From now on, my only reason is that my daughter can live a safe and peaceful life.”
“Mom…” Ning Jinli’s eyes reddened.
Ye Zhi Qiu continued, "I also told him that he is a king, and not just any ordinary king. People around him are destined to be in danger, and their lives may be in peril at any time. I told him to sever all ties with you from now on, and I would never allow you to see him again. So, he left."
Ning Jinli's shoulders trembled slightly, but she gritted her teeth and remained silent.
Seeing her distress, Ye Zhi Qiu softened his tone and said, "Xiao Li, he is from ancient times, and you are from modern times. The two of you are not suitable for each other."
With tears welling up in her eyes, Ning Jinli said, "Whether he and I are suitable or not, I know myself. Although he is from ancient times, his thinking is not feudal. He is still very young, and I can slowly teach him about modern society."
Ye Zhi Qiu didn't want to lecture his daughter with a bunch of grand principles, so he mentioned historical records, "Xiao Li, the history books say that Xiao Qidi did not have a formal wife."
"So what?" Ning Jinli's eyes were stubborn.
Ye Zhi Qiu was both amused and exasperated. "Think about it, if you and him ended up together, wouldn't it be recorded in history books? Oh, there is a record that he had two concubines, each of whom bore him a son. But judging from the information about those two concubines, neither of them has anything to do with you. His future exists in our history; it's already predetermined for us. So, you and him—"
Before Ye Zhi Qiu could finish speaking, Ning Jin Li, holding back her tears, recounted all the unpublished secrets about Xiao Qi Di that she had learned from Professor Zheng.
After hearing this, Ye Zhi Qiu was stunned for a long time, then frowned and said, "There's such a thing? Then he... is really quite pitiful."
“Mom…” Ning Jinli wiped her eyes, “I can’t just stand by and watch him end up like that. If it were you, could you bear it? He should have been the greatest emperor of all time, not that puppet! He could have laid a much stronger foundation for China!”
Ye Zhi Qiu pondered seriously, a hint of hesitation appearing in his eyes.
Ning Jinli waited patiently, hoping her mother would understand.
However, the hesitation in Ye Zhi Qiu's eyes turned into determination after a few seconds. She shook her head and said, "That's his predetermined fate, it can't be changed. You should be very clear about historical paradoxes, so I won't go into details. Even if a miracle happens and you manage to reverse it, according to theoretical speculation, the final result can only be that some unknown spacetime force will erase you to offset the spacetime paradox. Simply put, you will definitely die."
Ning Jinli gritted her teeth and said, "Mom, didn't your previous efforts to return to the modern world also influence and change history? If you had succeeded, wouldn't you have... certainly died?"
“Yes,” Ye Zhi Qiu replied, “Perhaps after I successfully returned to the modern world and saw you only once, I was erased by the power of time and space, but… but even if it means death, I would be willing to die to see you with my own eyes again. Because you are my daughter… I…”
"Waaah..." Ning Jinli burst into tears. "Mom, listen to me, we don't need to worry about these things anymore. You know about parallel universes, right?"
"Parallel universes?" Ye Zhi Qiu was slightly taken aback. "You mean... our world is in a universe that's not in the same time dimension as this world?"
Ning Jinli nodded while wiping away her tears, "That's right!"
Ye Zhi Qiu frowned and said, "I've thought about that possibility too, but I can't be sure. If it's a parallel universe, that would be simple, but what if it isn't?"
Ning Jinli quickly summarized the content related to parallel universes that Shangguan Ying had said before to Ye Zhiqiu.
After listening, Ye Zhi Qiu fell into deep thought again.
Ning Jinli thought her mother didn't believe her, so she said, "Sister Ying is a major general in our country's military, and there's a special national organization team researching time-space channels. She wouldn't make a mistake. And I believe she wouldn't lie to me."
Ye Zhi Qiu sighed softly, "Sigh... It's not that I don't believe what she said."
"Then what is this...?"
"Xiao Li, even if it's a parallel universe, I still won't allow you to have any more contact with Xiao Qidi."
"mom!"
Ning Jinli was completely stunned.
After all that talking, I still couldn't convince her?
Ye Zhi Qiu wiped away her daughter's tears and said earnestly:
“Even if we no longer have to worry about the effects of historical time paradoxes, everything in this parallel universe is exactly the same as our universe. Xiao Qidi is still a monarch, and for that reason alone, I cannot let you be with him. Just like I said at the beginning, those who are by the side of a monarch are destined to be unstable and could die at any time. I absolutely cannot let my daughter bear that kind of risk.”
Ning Jinli quieted down.
Ye Zhi Qiu gently took her hand, intending to comfort her again.
However, Ning Jinli broke free and said stubbornly, "Mom, I am an adult now. I have my own thoughts and choices."
Ye Zhi Qiu was stunned, "Xiao Li, you..."
Ning Jinli's expression grew increasingly resolute. "I know what I'm doing. I'm willing to take any risks, and I'm confident I can protect myself. Mom, I'm going to find him."
After saying that, Ning Jinli ran out the door without looking back.
Ye Zhi Qiu watched his daughter's hurried departure, his emotions a complex mix.
She was both relieved that her child had finally grown up and worried that he had chosen a path of no return.
A short while later, Ning Jinli found a horse and left the Tian Shu Sect, heading straight for the foot of Yu Qi Peak, intending to catch up with Xiao Qidi before he had been gone for too long.
The clatter of hooves echoed along the mountain path under the cover of night, then gradually faded into the distance.
Immediately afterwards, another horse galloped in.
The one riding on horseback is Ye Zhi Qiu.
How could a mother feel at ease letting her daughter go down the mountain alone? So she quietly followed behind at a distance.
...
The night was deep, and the bright moon hung high in the sky.
Xiao Qidi, riding a tall horse, had already left the mountain road.
The shadows of the man and his horse were stretched long by the moonlight.
The loud chirping of insects in the surrounding grass made the environment even quieter, and made the figures of the man and the horse seem especially lonely.
Xiao Qidi slowed his horse's pace, turned around to look at Yu Qifeng behind him, and let out a barely audible bitter sigh.
The words Ye Zhi Qiu had said to him still seemed to echo in his ears.
He gazed up at the mountain peak for a moment, then reluctantly turned his gaze away, preparing to ride off.
Da da da!
The sound of rapid hoofbeats came from behind.
"Xiao Qidi! Wait for me!" Ning Jinli's clear voice echoed in the night sky.
Xiao Qidi froze, thinking he was hallucinating. He turned his head and saw Ning Jinli's figure galloping closer and closer.
He gritted his teeth, suppressing the urge to retaliate, and forcefully yanked the reins, preparing to speed up and leave.
"Stop right there!" Ning Jinli shouted.
Xiao Qidi did not stop; the horse he was riding began to gallop wildly.
Ning Jinli panicked, made a snap decision, and threw herself off the horse.
Ye Zhi Qiu, who had secretly followed, saw this scene from afar and his heart jumped into his throat. However, he remembered that his daughter had now learned the Heavenly Profound Heart Method and her internal strength had surpassed that of the previous Tian Shu Sect Leader, so he did not shout out.
Upon hearing the sound of something falling behind him, Xiao Qidi immediately tightened the reins and turned his horse around. He was shocked to see Ning Jinli rolling several times on the ground, about to roll into the ditch by the roadside.
Without a second thought, he leaped off his horse and rushed to Ning Jinli's side, throwing himself to the ground and embracing her tightly.
Seeing her disheveled and dirty appearance, he asked with concern, "How are you? Are you in pain? Are you hurt?"
Ning Jinli secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he managed to circulate his internal energy in time to protect his body; otherwise, falling off the galloping horse would have left him either dead or crippled.
She deliberately fell down; otherwise, there would have been no way to keep Xiao Qidi.
"Ouch...it hurts...my whole body aches..." Ning Jinli deliberately pretended to be in pain. "It's all your fault...I told you to wait for me, but you insisted on running away."
Xiao Qidi looked guilty. "I will now take you back to the mountain."
Seeing his reaction, Ning Jinli felt a little embarrassed and quickly said, "I'm not hurt, I just... fell and hurt myself. Look, I didn't even get a scratch."
"Is that so?" Xiao Qidi frowned.
Ning Jinli quickly stood up and did a short set of calisthenics in front of him. "See? Isn't everything alright?"
Xiao Qidi breathed a sigh of relief, patted the mud off his clothes, clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Then I won't see you off, farewell."
"Xiao Qidi!" Ning Jinli stood in front of him angrily, looking up at his eyes that were darker than the night. "No matter what my mother says to you, it's not my wish. Do you really want to never have any contact with me again?"
Xiao Qidi's strong face tightened even more, and his thin lips moved slightly as he uttered two words, "Yes."
"You..." Ning Jinli's nose stung with tears, "You...you can't bear to do that?"
Xiao Qidi forced out two more words through gritted teeth, "Willing to part with them."
Ning Jinli was stunned. "We went through so many life-and-death situations together in Eagle Falling Gorge, I thought... I thought you felt something for me..."
As they spoke, memories of those days spent together came flooding back.
Although he never confessed his feelings, she could clearly feel the emotions he was expressing.
"What did I mean to you?" Xiao Qidi said coldly. "I'm sorry, Miss Ning, I don't know why you misunderstood something."
Ning Jinli took out a dried flower from her bosom.
Xiao Qidi's pupils trembled instantly, and he felt as if a huge rock was pressing down on his chest.
“This is a gift from you,” Ning Jinli said softly. “Just because I talked in my sleep, you disregarded your injuries and danger, climbing up the cliff early in the morning to pick it for me. Doesn’t that mean anything?”
Xiao Qidi gritted his teeth and remained stubborn, "It was just because the conditions were too harsh at the time, and I... wanted to cheer you up, afraid you wouldn't be able to handle it. I didn't mean anything else."
"Fine," Ning Jinli questioned, "So when you hugged me, you secretly kissed my forehead, was that also to make me happy?!"
Xiao Qidi froze, his eyes widening. "How did you know?"
“I also know that the big wild boar wasn’t caught in my trap at all,” Ning Jinli’s voice choked up. “You always think I’m stupid, but I’m not that stupid. How could a wild boar weighing over a thousand pounds fall into a pit so easily and die so smoothly? After thinking about it, I understood everything!”
“Miss Ning, I…” Xiao Qidi lowered his eyes, unsure of what to say for a moment.
Ning Jinli looked at his face and said, word by word, "I like you too."
In that instant, Xiao Qidi felt as if his head had exploded, as if a gas canister bomb had burst open in his heart. Even before his eyes, it seemed as if fireworks were rising in the sky, and the girl in front of him was made even more radiant by these dazzling fireworks, making even the bright moon in the sky pale in comparison.
Hiding in the distance, Ye Zhi Qiu circulated his inner energy to enhance his perception, and heard the conversation between the two clearly. The more he listened, the more uneasy he felt.
That scoundrel Xiao Qidi actually hugged and kissed her daughter?!
When she heard her daughter confess her love to Xiao Qidi again, she almost fainted from anger.
It's all over...
This time, it's truly unstoppable!
Ye Zhi Qiu rubbed his temples hard, then reached for the homemade shotgun he carried in his sleeve, his eyes gradually hardening.
simply……
Since we've gone this far, let's go all the way and destroy Xiao Qidi!
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