Upon hearing this, his fingertips stiffened, and his eyes welled up with tears. His pale face seemed to be weeping as he said, "You're not afraid of the dead... but you'll eventually be afraid of me."
Not only would they be afraid, but they would also feel nauseous and disgusted, as if they were seeing a dead person, and would avoid it at all costs.
He felt no shame when he heard the foul language these people used. But when those words reached his ears, he felt ashamed for the first time. He felt like someone who had been stripped naked and thrown into the snow. No matter how cold the snow was, it was not as bad as the disgusted and filthy gazes he was being cast upon him.
Yuan Xingzhou pulled her into his arms, one arm tightly locking her waist, not allowing her to look up at him, nor allowing her to see the hellish scene he had created.
"Yuan Xingzhou—"
She tried to break free and urge him to find a way to leave, but Yuan Xingzhou held her firmly in his grasp. He said, "Zheng Quchi, why don't we... die together?"
What?
Zheng Quchi thought her ears were broken or malfunctioning, otherwise how could she have heard him say such things?
"Once a person dies, they are burned in a fire, and that's it..."
A volley of crossbow bolts came hurtling towards them, but Yuan Xingzhou blocked them with a powerful palm strike. However, a hidden arrow was concealed among them. Taking advantage of his momentary lapse in attention, Zheng Quchi shoved him aside and then raised her arm to shield him. The arrow struck her squarely in the back.
"Yuan Xingzhou, didn't we agree to die together? Cough...cough, then you can watch me die in front of you first."
Zheng Quchi gave him a provocative yet weak smile, then stared at his morbidly panicked eyes filled with madness and obsession... shattering and breaking apart.
You want to outdo me in madness? I'll play along to the very end!
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