Yan Qiubai's gaze was so sharp it seemed to pierce through skin and go straight to the soul. In those phoenix eyes that were filled with "I'm very unhappy," there seemed to be a trace of extremely complex and indescribable emotion.
However, just as Shen Zhaozhao was about to sneak away—
"Thump!"
The man, dressed in a dark, tight-fitting outfit, took a sudden step with a force that seemed to slam the ground against him, and stood directly in front of Shen Zhaozhao.
He looked down at Shen Zhaozhao with eyes as sharp as ice-cold knives, his posture making it seem as if someone had dug up her ancestral grave.
"Chen, Zhao, Zhao!"
Yan Qiubai's voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, each word deliberate and filled with hatred etched into his bones: "Qingyi even left the Tianyan Sect for you, and instead of going to find her, you're just wandering around here like nothing happened?!"
Shen Zhaozhao: "???"
ah?
no?
What the heck?
who? !
What does Senior Sister Liu's departure from the Heavenly Evolution Sect have to do with her?!
Shen Zhaozhao's mind was overflowing with questions, and she had just opened her mouth to retort when Yan Qiubai's heart-wrenching accusations rained down like a machine gun—
"You heartless bastard who started a relationship and then abandoned me! You're utterly despicable!"
Yan Qiubai roared until the veins on his neck bulged, "I've heard everything! Qingyi... after she left the secret realm, she had a huge fight with her fellow disciples and ignored everyone else, but she solemnly said goodbye to you. When she came back, she left the sect. Isn't that obvious?!"
Shen Zhaozhao: "???" What's so obvious?!
"I've cherished Qingyi for so many years, I'm afraid to hold her in my hands for fear of dropping her, and I'm afraid to keep her in my mouth for fear of her melting!"
"But I know that loving someone means letting her be! I would rather have a knife stuck in my heart and writhe in pain than let her suffer even the slightest hardship!"
"She...she must have turned against those incomprehensible fellow disciples for your sake! And what about you?! You're just hiding here having a good time?! What do you take her for?!"
He became more and more agitated as he spoke, his sharp phoenix eyes fixed on Shen Zhaozhao as if she were a heinous scoundrel: "Coward! You're afraid to face the world's gaze, aren't you?! You're afraid of being gossiped about and called heretical, aren't you?!"
"How can you not even have this much sense of responsibility?!"
Yan Qiubai's voice choked, filled with immense grievance and resentment, "If it weren't for... for the fact that she loved you so much that she was willing to betray her sect... even if the Heavenly King himself came today, I would still chop you up and feed you to the dogs!"
Shen Zhaozhao: "..."
Shen Zhaozhao's expression had successfully transitioned from "dumbfounded" to "Mom, I'm devastated."
She opened her mouth, looking at the infamous "Living Yama" of the Tianyan Sect's Enforcement Hall, who now resembled a heartless young man whose sweetheart had been stolen, his eyes red and his voice trembling with tears as he accused her of being a "heartless man who started something and then abandoned it"...
no?
Is he sick?!
How did he interpret Liu Qingyi's seeing through Yun Wan'er's hypocrisy and her decision to sever ties with the Tianyan Sect in this current version?!
Shen Zhaozhao felt a deep sense of powerlessness welling up inside her. She really wanted to tie Yan Qiubai and her sect leader together.
One imagined that she was deeply in love with him and obsessed with him;
One imagined she had run off with his beloved, and then abandoned him after starting a relationship.
The barrage of criticisms left Shen Zhaozhao speechless for a moment. She could only look at Yan Qiubai with complicated eyes, hesitant to speak—Big brother, you're so sick, why don't you drink some traditional Chinese medicine to regulate your body?
However, Shen Zhaozhao was unaware that her silence and the complex, speechless expression on her face had already been observed by another, even more serious, psychopath who had just arrived in Liuyunchuan.
On the edge of the bustling crowd, Xie Linyuan, dressed in white, stood gracefully, like a jade tree in full bloom.
He had just arrived in Liuyunchuan when he witnessed this farce.
At first, Xie Linyuan's lips curled into a barely perceptible, cool smile, tinged with disdain.
Shen Zhaozhao was hopelessly infatuated with him; having tasted him, how could she possibly be interested in anyone else...?
Can.
The man's composure and confidence shattered instantly when his gaze fell upon the expression on Shen Zhaozhao's face.
She... didn't refute it?
What does she mean?!
Did they admit it out of guilt?
Xie Linyuan stared intently at Shen Zhaozhao, his eyes filled with silent accusation.
The sunlight fell on him, but instead of bringing any warmth, it intertwined his extreme coldness with his fragile state on the verge of collapse, creating a breathtaking beauty.
Shen Zhaozhao was stunned by Yan Qiubai's melodramatic script of "the devoted second male lead denouncing the unfaithful female lead" when a familiar, eerie chill suddenly ran down her spine.
She jolted awake and instinctively turned her head—
Xie Linyuan stood alone by the bustling street.
Clad in snow-white robes and with hair as black as ink, her figure was as beautiful as a painting, still possessing that aloof, noble, and otherworldly air.
But his excessively beautiful eyes were now red at the corners, as if they had been painted with the most vibrant rouge, glistening with moisture, and he looked as if he had been deceived in love, a picture of misery.
Shen Zhaozhao: "???"
Why did this lunatic suddenly come back?
Wasn't he suddenly immersed in a tragic drama, trying to make himself look good?
And... what was that expression on his face?
Well.
No way, no way! How could anyone be so stupid as to believe Yan Qiubai's nonsense?
However, Xie Linyuan just stared at her, his eyes quickly welling up with tears, his thick, long eyelashes trembling as if they were about to burst into tears from the immense grievance he felt.
Immediately, to Shen Zhaozhao's horror, the man took a deep breath, his every move carrying a sense of betrayal and sorrow, and then abruptly turned his head away.
Her long, dark hair traced a resolute arc as she turned and walked away.
Shen Zhaozhao: "..."
She watched helplessly as the snow-white figure quickly disappeared into the crowd, carrying with it a desolate air of utter despair, leaving her completely numb.
That idiot actually believed it!!!
Yan Qiubai was also immersed in the grief and indignation of "denouncing the unfaithful woman" when he suddenly felt a chilling cold.
He turned his head, his sharp gaze instantly locking onto the snow-white figure resolutely leaving in the crowd.
Xie Linyuan's back was lonely, carrying a desolate feeling that Yan Qiubai was all too familiar with.
He knows it well.
He knows it all too well.
That kind of tragic love that cannot be obtained and is also cruelly betrayed!
The feeling of shared misfortune caused the living Yama of the Enforcement Hall to widen his pupils violently. He abruptly turned his head, his gaze sweeping back and forth across Shen Zhaozhao's face.
"You, you..."
Yan Qiubai pointed at Shen Zhaozhao, his fingers trembling, his voice cracking with shock and indignation: "Seduce Qingyi wasn't enough?! You had to two-timing her?! You didn't spare either the man or the woman?!"
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