Tu Shan Lingxi's hesitation was interpreted by the man as her still harboring some old feelings for him.
Wan Qijin's heartache eased slightly. He looked at Tu Shan Lingxi, wanting her to give him an answer, a definite answer.
"Xi'er, you said you would never lie to me again."
With just one sentence, Tu Shan Lingxi was instantly transported back to the past, when the two were still inseparable and nothing had ever happened.
She was carefree and could act coquettishly in a man's arms without any worries.
As her thoughts returned, Tu Shan Lingxi took a deep breath and turned to look at Wan Qijin, a hint of hesitation in her eyes.
"If I tell you the truth, will you really give up, and we... pretend we've never met?"
"you say."
Upon hearing this, Wan Qijin sensed something was amiss, so he immediately chose to avoid answering and continued to press for an answer.
Of course, he wouldn't agree. Giving up was out of the question; otherwise, why would he have bothered to devise this scheme to bring Tu Shan Lingxi back into his arms?
Tu Shan Lingxi never put her guard up against Wan Qijin. She took it all as a yes from the man, so she still chose to express her concerns.
“You…you were injured because of me. If it weren’t for me, you would still be the Imperial Advisor, highly regarded by the Emperor, protecting the people and safeguarding the country.”
"If it weren't for my appearance, which caused a conflict between you and Yin Changling, you and he could both be doing very well on your own paths."
"so--"
Wan Qijin felt as if he had heard a joke. Without the little fox, without Tu Shan Lingxi, where could he place his heart?
He might spend his whole life as a ruthless national advisor, spending his days cultivating without a care in the world, living a peaceful and uneventful life until his death.
"So, you think you're the one who ruined me, that's why you chose to run away, and even abandoned me to marry someone else?"
As Wan Qijin approached Tu Shan Lingxi step by step, the resentment in his heart was aroused, and madness swept over his reason.
It's like someone who's been diligently guarding a treasure chest, only to be told by someone that what they're guarding is just an empty chest, with nothing inside.
"I--"
Tu Shan Lingxi was frightened by the man's madness and persistence. They had clearly agreed that as long as she told the reason, the two of them would go their separate ways.
Waaaaah... The Imperial Advisor looks terrifying!
It feels like the Imperial Advisor is about to transform into an erupting volcano at any moment!
Tu Shan Lingxi was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she didn't know where to put her hands and feet. She even had the urge to turn back into her original form and run away.
"You...you're scaring me. We're not together anymore. I'm married now, I'm the Queen—"
Well, every word Tu Shan Lingxi said was like adding fuel to the fire, making Wan Qijin's anger burn brighter and brighter until finally, he went completely insane.
"Does Xi'er think that her marriage to someone else has nothing to do with me anymore?"
Wan Qijin seemed to be harboring boundless rage, which was about to erupt, so much so that Tu Shan Lingxi was terrified and began to stutter.
"I...we had an agreement, otherwise I wouldn't have told you. Also, you really shouldn't have been so close to me."
The moment Tu Shan Lingxi was pulled into the man's arms, her heart nearly jumped out of her chest; she couldn't even revert to her original fox form.
"What... what's going on? Why can't I turn back?"
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