Chapter 119 Exclusive Release As Li Chen finished speaking…
As he spoke, Li Chen stood up.
Just as she turned to leave, Shen Zhengyuan suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist, saying, "I... I was just saying that in anger. I hope you can live, live well..."
Li Chen glanced back at her, smiled slightly, then pushed his hand away and said, "I know. But let's both calm down. When two people are together, there will always be arguments and adjustments."
"But I would like to ask you to think carefully about whether you can really stand me. After all, being with me has indeed caused you a lot of trouble."
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
He watched silently as Li Chen opened the door and then walked out without looking back.
Previously, it was Li Chenjin who coaxed him, but judging from the current situation, it seems it will be his turn to coax Li Chenjin next...
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"Chen Jin, you don't seem very happy. Is it because of Sect Leader Shen?"
After another unpleasant encounter with Shen Zhengyuan, Li Chen went out on his own and strolled around Wanshan Gate.
She had planned to stroll around until her mind calmed down, then go back to read some storybooks and forget about those things. However, she never expected that when she returned to the courtyard, she would see Zeng Shujin waiting at her door.
She had lied to Han Shannan about making an appointment with Zeng Shujin, but who would have thought that Zeng Shujin would actually show up? Could it be that her mouth had been blessed or enchanted without her noticing?
Otherwise, how could her words be so accurate?
Naturally, she couldn't see Zeng Shujin, so she pretended not to see her. Even though she knew that Shen Zhengyuan was still angry with her about this, she still went over to drink and admire the moon with him.
However, she was distracted from time to time because of what Shen Zhengyuan had just said, and Zeng Shujin naturally noticed all of this, which is why she asked this question.
Thinking of this, Li Chen sighed, "Actually, it's not a big deal. His personality is just a bit more difficult than most people's. I'll just coax him a bit and he'll be fine."
Zeng Shujin lowered her eyes, her fingers unconsciously stroking the wine pot in her hand. She smiled somewhat reluctantly and said, "You really are not like before. Before... Xianghuan would never lie to anyone."
These words were like a needle, gently pricking her and causing a slight pain, but what she felt most was helplessness.
I've made so many mistakes in the past, it's really embarrassing to be in front of acquaintances.
“I was wrong before,” Li Chenjin sighed softly. “Shujin, you have endured a lot in the past. In some ways, I should thank you on behalf of Li Xianghuan.”
Zeng Shujin gave a somewhat forced smile and said, "It's not all your fault. It's just that we were both too young back then, and our personalities weren't mature enough. Or perhaps... perhaps we were never really suited for each other..."
Li Chenzhou smiled slightly and said, "Let's not talk about these things anymore. Let bygones be bygones."
As she spoke, she held up the wine pot in her hand in front of Zeng Shujin and continued, "I hope that in the future, Sect Leader Zeng will be able to find a Daoist partner who can accompany you for the rest of your life."
Zeng Shujin looked at the person in front of her with a helpless expression and forced a smile. Then she raised her hand and gently touched the wine pot in the other person's hand. She then tilted her head back and drank the rest of the wine in one gulp.
Li Chenjin had finished the wine in the pot. She shook the pot in her hand and said, "Senior brother, since the wine is finished, I will go back first."
Zeng Shujin smiled again, but with a hint of bitterness in her smile.
He watched Li Chenjin's retreating figure, initially not wanting to stop him, but in the end, he couldn't help but say, "Xianghuan, if I can find a way to atone for my past mistakes, could you reserve a place for me in your heart?"
"At least... at least don't forget me, okay?"
Li Chenjin: "..."
She stopped in her tracks, paused for a long time, then slowly sighed, turned around, looked at Zeng Shujin again, and smiled, "Senior brother, I'm not a fool. I can tell that there must be something between you and Shen Zhengyuan that you're hiding from me."
"Although I don't know what kind of cooperation you have, I hope you won't risk your life, and even less will you use your life to ask me for anything."
“That would be a heavy burden for me. And now, I don’t want to carry any more burdens.”
Zeng Shujin's lips moved a few times, and she said in a trembling voice, "I didn't mean to force you..."
Li Chenjin smiled slightly and said, "Then you should let it go even more, Senior Brother."
As she spoke, she raised her head and looked at the crescent moon in the sky, and continued, "Between people, we gather because of fate and disperse when fate ends. The fact that Li Xianghuan had such an ending only shows that her fate with the sword cultivation world had ended, so she should disappear."
Zeng Shujin: "..."
Zeng Shujin: "She disappeared, so did everything disappear with her? Even hatred, is there really no trace left?"
Hearing Zeng Shujin's words, her gaze slowly shifted from the crescent moon to Zeng Shujin, and then she smiled faintly at him, "I don't know how it is for Li Xianghuan. But for Li Chenjin, there is indeed no hatred in this world that cannot be resolved."
"In a lifetime of over 30,000 days, one will inevitably encounter unpleasant things and people. And those unpleasant things are like ripples on the surface of water, one wave after another, layer upon layer, without end."
"If a person can only see the ripples on the surface of a lake and is constantly troubled by the ripples they create, then that person will live a life of endless suffering. But people are not the ripples on the lake, but the water that creates the ripples. Whether the wind is calm or the waves are turbulent, the nature of water cannot be changed."
"So instead of clinging to being a ripple that arises with the wind and ceases when the wind dies down, forever influenced and controlled by external changes, why not be more relaxed and become the seemingly changing, yet eternally unchanging, lake?"
As she spoke, she smiled at Zeng Shujin again, not caring whether he understood her meaning or not, and said, "Senior brother, it's getting late today. After all, we are men and women, so I won't keep you any longer. Please go back and rest early."
"And... I wish you a happy marriage soon."
Zeng Shujin: "..."
Li Chenjin was indeed as carefree and unrestrained as she said. After speaking, she turned and left, as if in her heart, her fate with everyone in Wanshan Sect had truly come to an end, and she was no longer Li Xianghuan.
If it were Li Xianghuan, there would be many things left for him when they parted ways. Perhaps it would be some new gadgets he saw on the road, a newly mastered sword technique, or even a hug.
But Li Xianghuan is gone. Now all he can see is Li Chenjin, and the only thing Li Chenjin can leave him is a receding figure until it disappears completely.
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"Hey! Little monster, where are you going?"
Han Shannan was holding his sword, basking in the moonlight as he strolled leisurely along the bluestone path, but before he could enjoy his leisurely time, he heard Wen Riwan's voice.
He glanced at the people not far away, silently rolled his eyes, ignored them, and continued walking forward on his own.
Wen Riwan had never been ignored like this before. She immediately ran up to Han Shannan, blocked his way, and stomped her foot, saying, "Little monster, how dare you ignore me?!"
Han Shannan looked at the person in front of him, curled his lip, and said, "Our demon realm has no use for your weapon-cultivating world's things, why would I bother with you? If you want people to pay attention to you, go find the magic-cultivating world. Besides, you are very impolite. My mother told me not to talk to impolite people."
Wen Riwan angrily retorted, "How was I being rude?!"
Han Shannan said, "You keep calling me 'little monster,' do you really think that's polite?"
Wen Riwan said, "But aren't you one?!"
Han Shannan said, "Would you be happy if I called you an impolite and fierce woman?"
Wen Riwan was furious. "How dare you call me an rude and fierce woman!"
Han Shannan rolled his eyes again, too lazy to argue with her anymore. He simply walked past her and continued walking forward, saying as he went, "My father told me not to talk to people who don't know their place."
Wen Riwan: "..."
Wen Riwan stood there, watching Han Shannan's figure gradually disappear into the distance. After thinking for a moment, she took a step and chased after him, her tone softening slightly, "Little... never mind. I just wanted to ask you, am I really that bad-tempered and lack self-awareness?"
Han Shannan stopped and looked at her in surprise, saying, "So you knew? I thought you didn't!"
These words made Wen Riwan feel annoyed again. She glared at Han Shannan fiercely, but Han Shannan really didn't want to pay attention to her now. He just pretended not to see her and continued walking on his way.
Seeing this, Wen Riwan had no choice but to suppress his displeasure and catch up with Han Shannan again, asking, "Are you going in this direction to find Master Chenjin? It's so late, what do you need her for?"
Han Shannan looked at her strangely and said, "You're really strange! Are we that close? Why are you asking me these questions? And why do you think I'll tell you?"
"Me, me!"
Wen hesitated for a long time before finally managing to say, "Because I want to go find her to admire the moon, is that not allowed?"
"You? You went to see the moon with her?" Han Shannan asked, even more puzzled. "Are you and her really that close?"
“Of course!” Wen Riwan raised an eyebrow, tilted her chin, and said smugly, “Otherwise, why would she send me flowers?”
Han Shannan said, "But I have that flower too, and I have sweet fermented rice balls too. She didn't give it to you separately."
Wen Riwan glared and said, "Anyway, if she sends me flowers, it must mean we're very close! I only send flowers to people I'm very close to, don't you? You wouldn't send flowers to every stranger you meet, would you?!"
Han Shannan fell silent, because he realized...
Wen Riwan was absolutely right.
But just because Wen Riwan is right doesn't mean he has to pay attention to her. After all, just because she and Li Chenjin have a good relationship doesn't mean he has to have a good relationship with her. He doesn't want to have a good relationship with a fierce woman who always calls him "little monster" and always yells at him!
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