"Well... well, what a powerful principle of respecting the strong!"
Gu Xuanchen let out a twisted, mocking laugh, the last glimmer of light in his eyes completely extinguished. "Yes, I'm a cripple! But before I was a cripple, I was first and foremost a fucking idiot! Stupid because I believed your lies, was bewitched by your magic!"
Yun Wan'er's expression instantly turned extremely ugly, and her watery eyes immediately became misty.
Senior Brother Gu, how could he look at her with that tone and those eyes?!
In Yun Wan'er's mind, even if Gu Xuanchen's cultivation was destroyed, even if she was cold and distant towards him, he should still suppress his heartache, pester her to tell her about their past affection, and express his despair that he could not live without her.
With his handsome face, though now haggard but still retaining its original charm, he staged a tragic love story of unwavering devotion to her until death.
Only in this way can Yun Wan'er's extraordinary qualities be highlighted, and this is what she deserves!
But now, instead of begging, Gu Xuanchen stared at her with a look that seemed to see through something dirty, a look that was a mixture of disgust and self-mockery, and even said that he was "stupid" to have believed her.
This is an insult to her!
It seems that all of Yun Wan'er's previous gentle words and tenderness were a carefully planned deception, and that his kindness to her was only because she was "stupid," not because she was worthy of it!
Wronged.
A real, burning sense of grievance suddenly surged into Yun Wan'er's heart, making her feel pain in her internal organs.
She can do without Gu Xuanchen, but how can Gu Xuanchen criticize her?
Just as the atmosphere was frozen and even the air felt stinging, a disciple from the Enforcement Hall hurriedly ran from the other end of the corridor, his face showing obvious anxiety.
The disciple spotted Yun Wan'er standing there and rushed forward, ignoring Gu Xuanchen's ashen face beside him, and said urgently, "Junior Sister Wan'er! I've finally found you! Come with me to the water dungeon!"
Yun Wan'er was forced to pull herself out of that twisted feeling of grievance. She barely managed to calm herself down and quickly switched back to her pitiful and weak appearance. She asked softly, "Senior brother, what's wrong? Why are you so flustered?"
The disciple caught his breath and spoke rapidly: "Elder Dai sent me to find you! Junior Uncle and that...that Shen Zhaozhao! They somehow managed to sneak into the water dungeon and are causing trouble there! They insist on seeing Elder Qingxuan, and we couldn't stop them!"
"The sect leader has already gone there. Elder Dai was afraid they would confront you, so he sent me to inform you!"
Yun Wan'er: "?!"
Shen Zhaozhao?!
How did she suddenly appear here?!
etc……
Shen Zhaozhao is here, then... that man who is like a god from the heavens, who can destroy the cultivation of a Nascent Soul cultivator with a single glance... is he here too?
With just a vague thought, Yun Wan'er felt her breathing quicken.
The image of that breathtakingly beautiful face, yet so cold and aloof as if it were ice and snow that had never melted for millennia, involuntarily surfaced in my mind.
That face, that gaze—he just stood there, as if he were the embodiment of the rules and authority of heaven and earth, high above, indifferently looking down upon all living beings.
An indescribable surge of excitement and passion instantly dispelled the ridiculous grievances she had just felt, and Yun Wan'er's fingertips trembled slightly because of this reverie.
Gu Xuanchen took in the subtle yet rapid changes on her face.
From the initial humiliation and anger, to the panic upon hearing Shen Zhaozhao's name, and finally to the undisguised longing and infatuation that almost overflowed from his eyes...
Oh.
Without needing to think too much, it was obvious what she was planning.
For some reason, Gu Xuanchen suddenly thought of Shen Zhaozhao.
Once upon a time, what was the look in Shen Zhaozhao's eyes when she looked at him?
Those bright, sparkling eyes always seemed to be filled with pure, unadulterated affection. Within them lay complete trust and openness, like the clearest mountain stream, where you could see right to the bottom.
And what about him?
He personally stirred up the stream, humiliated it with the most vicious words, and trampled it with the most indifferent attitude, all just to curry favor...
idiot.
He really is a hopeless, blind fool.
But what's the use of seeing it clearly now?
It's as if he has any right to regret it.
A piercing pain and overwhelming regret engulfed him like a tidal wave, a thousand times worse than when his cultivation was destroyed.
If... if he hadn't been fooled by Yun Wan'er's appearance and hadn't treated Shen Zhaozhao that way, would his life have been completely different?
This thought, like a venomous snake, was gnawing away at his last bit of life.
The light in Gu Xuanchen's eyes went out completely, leaving only a deathly silence and desolation.
He twitched the corners of his mouth and let out a faint, almost inaudible laugh: "Since Junior Sister Yun has important matters to attend to, it is inconvenient for a useless person like me to bother her any longer."
"I... wish Junior Sister Yun will encounter many fools on her future path to immortality."
His tone was eerily calm, carrying a numbness born of a dead heart: "Farewell."
Having said that, Gu Xuanchen had no more interest in looking at Yun Wan'er's ashen face. Dragging his broken body, he staggered around and disappeared into the shadows of the corridor.
Yun Wan'er stood frozen in place, feeling as if Gu Xuanchen's words before leaving had slapped her face hard across the face, leaving a burning pain.
He... he actually dared to do that!
How dare they embarrass her like this in front of outsiders!
They even used such near-cursing words to mock her!
Shouldn't he still harbor fantasies about her and silently protect her even after being abandoned by her?
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