No?
Upon hearing Yan Xingzhi's words, Tang Ning immediately became anxious, "Impossible! How could there not be? Young Master Yan, please think about it again, okay? Thirteen years ago, you must have encountered someone or something, don't you remember..."
“You have overstepped your bounds, Miss Tang.”
Before Tang Ning could finish speaking, she saw that although Yan Xingzhi still had that gentle smile on his lips, his eyes suddenly turned cold. His eyes seemed to be filled with ice, making Tang Ning shiver involuntarily, and she stared at him blankly.
Seeing this, Yan Xingzhi, realizing that his emotions were not right, quickly warmed up, and the smile on his lips became more gentle and warm, as if Tang Ning had just imagined his coldness.
"Although I don't know why you've come to ask me such a question tonight, Miss Tang, I can tell you with absolute certainty that there really wasn't. Thirteen years ago... I truly didn't encounter any special people or events. If you're looking for someone, perhaps you could ask others; you might get the answer you're looking for. It's getting late; if there's nothing urgent..."
Hearing the other party's obvious intention to see her out, Tang Ning abruptly lowered her head, concealing her slightly reddened eyes. She then hurriedly stood up. "I'm sorry, Young Master Yan, I overstepped my bounds. I'm truly sorry. I... I won't disturb your rest any longer. I'll... I'll go back now. Your injuries haven't healed yet, remember to rest early..."
After saying that, Tang Ning didn't dare to look at Yan Xingzhi in front of her again. She got up and walked quickly towards the courtyard gate. She paused for a moment on the wooden handle, then pulled open the courtyard gate in front of her.
The door closed softly, and Yan Xingzhi looked up to see a drop of water that the other person had just left on the stone table. After a long while, he suddenly reached out a finger, picked up a drop, and brought it to his lips.
Salty.
Yan Xingzhi, having tasted the flavor, smiled slightly.
Unaware that Yan Xingzhi would pull such a stunt after she left, Tang Ning was surprised to see Huo Qingqing, dressed in red and pale from her injuries, staring at her in disbelief as she stepped out of the courtyard. Huo Qingqing glanced at her incredulously, then at Yan Xingzhi's courtyard gate not far behind, before taking two steps forward, grabbing Tang Ning's wrist, and loudly demanding, "How could you... how could you come out of Brother Yan's courtyard so late? How can you do this to Brother Fang? Don't you know you're getting married!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Ning, her eyes clearly showing panic and guilt, quickly pulled her hand back. "I know..."
Before she could finish speaking, Huo Qingqing, suddenly filled with a nameless rage upon seeing her like this, pointed at Tang Ning's nose and began to berate her, "You know? You know nothing! You have no idea how much Brother Fang suffered for you? To find you as quickly as possible, he carried me, who was seriously injured, all the way to the Kongshan Sect without even closing his eyes, and he didn't even bandage his injuries. After arriving at the Kongshan Sect, he immediately led people down to look for you! You know nothing..."
"After arriving at the Empty Mountain Sect, not only did you not care about Brother Fang's injuries, but you also showed up at Brother Yan's place so late! Do you... have fallen for Brother Yan? Otherwise, why would you be here so late? I heard that all of Brother Yan's injuries were sustained while protecting you. Could it be that you... you and Brother Fang are about to get married! Do you know what you're doing? What kind of people do you take them for? One of them is about to get married, and the other comes to check on him at night. You... you... shameless!"
As she spoke, Huo Qingqing grew increasingly agitated and, in a fit of rage, raised her hand to slap Tang Ning across the face.
"stop!"
Just then, a pebble the size of a thumb flew through the air and hit Huo Qingqing's arm.
The pain forced her to pull her hand back, and when she looked up, she saw Fang Yunyang, who had appeared out of nowhere, pulling Tang Ning towards him.
Seeing this, Huo Qingqing felt no pain in her arm as much as the pain in her heart.
"Brother Fang, you hit me?"
With red eyes, she looked at Fang Yunyang in front of her in disbelief.
"You actually hit me for this woman?"
As she spoke, tears rolled down her pale cheeks in the blink of an eye.
Then, she suddenly became agitated, "Do you even know where she just came from?"
"I just wanted to ask Young Master Yan a very important question, nothing happened between us..."
Tang Ning hurriedly explained.
"You're lying! You were clearly nervous when you saw me just now. How dare you say you don't have any other feelings for Brother Yan! You're stringing Brother Fang along while trying to seduce Brother Yan. You're nothing but a promiscuous woman..."
Huo Qingqing blurted out without thinking.
Just because she had used a self-inflicted injury to keep Brother Fang with her, she still had a three-inch-long wound on her abdomen. Even the slightest movement caused her excruciating pain. She even overheard the nuns of the Kongshan Sect gossiping behind her back, saying that a young girl like her with such an injury might have difficulty conceiving in the future.
Even so, Fang Yunyang only treated her politely, without the tenderness she had expected, the affectionate care, or any romantic feelings he might have had for her. He even traveled day and night to the Kongshan Sect to avoid suspicion and to find the missing Tang Ning. Her last gamble had completely failed; she could only watch helplessly as her beloved Fang Yunyang married this two-faced, despicable woman before her. She was unwilling to accept it!
"Enough!"
Fang Yunyang, who was holding Tang Ning's hand, quickly interrupted Huo Qingqing, "Tang Ning is my betrothed, and I will not allow anyone to slander her like this. I'm letting you off this time because you're still recovering from your serious injuries, but if there's a next time..."
"What if there's a next time? Are you going to kill me?"
"Haha, I knew it! She's a promiscuous slut, a slut, a slut, a slut..."
Huo Qingqing completely lost her mind.
Just then, the courtyard gate behind the three of them was pushed open from the inside, and Yan Xingzhi, whose face was deathly pale, walked out while coughing. He raised his hand and struck Huo Qingqing's acupoint to silence her.
"Qingqing, you've gone too far..."
Huo Qingqing, who only realized what Yan Xingzhi had done when she realized she could no longer make a sound, was too impulsive. She immediately used her inner strength to forcefully break through the acupoints sealed by Yan Xingzhi, and a trace of blood quickly flowed from the corner of her mouth.
She cried out in a hoarse voice, "You all protect this bitch! I hate you all!"
After saying that, she raised her hand and pushed Fang Yunyang, who was standing not far from her, and ran away, covering her face.
That heartbroken little face was so pitiful that anyone who saw it couldn't help but say "So sad!"
Tsk tsk.
While Tang Ning looked worriedly at Huo Qingqing's departing figure, she secretly smiled.
Today is another day of the scheming, villainous female supporting character putting on a serious show!
Because her gaze followed Huo Qingqing, Tang Ning didn't notice the tense exchange between Fang Yunyang and Yan Xingzhi beside her—one serious and silent, the other with a faint smile.
Of course, even if they saw it, they probably wouldn't care much.
After all, one of them is a modern-day saint who would give up his wife out of guilt and compensation, while the other is a wicked and ruthless villain.
Nobody is much better than anyone else.
In the end, Fang Yunyang gave in first when the two were locked in a standoff, and he took Tang Ning's hand and turned to leave.
Seeing this, Tang Ning didn't even glance back at Yan Xingzhi, letting him pull her away silently.
But as they walked, she began to sense something was wrong, because it seemed that the place was becoming more and more desolate and secluded.
Seeing this, Tang Ning turned to look at Fang Yunyang's profile beside her. Seeing that he kept his lips tightly pressed together, she didn't ask anything, but simply followed him attentively until—
Arriving at a large banyan tree atop the summit of Kongming Mountain, Fang Yunyang, with one arm around Tang Ning's waist, leaped up and carried her to the highest branch of the banyan tree.
"ah!"
Caught off guard, Tang Ning was suddenly lifted into the air, and unconsciously closed her eyes tightly, hugging Fang Yunyang beside her.
"Look..."
Just then, Tang Ning suddenly heard Fang Yunyang's voice ring in her ears again.
She tentatively opened her eyes, glanced at Fang Yunyang's profile, and turned her head following his gaze. She was stunned by the miraculous beauty before her.
The myriad lights of homes below the mountain and the countless stars overhead are separated by a long river like a jade ribbon. Just looking at it makes one feel as if their eyes have been cleansed. The evening breeze in the forest carries a faint dampness and coolness. Taking a breath and then exhaling it feels as if all the pent-up emotions and frustrations in one's chest have been expelled, leaving only boundless grandeur and surging emotions.
Tang Ning's lips slowly, very slowly, turned up.
Noticing her expression, Fang Yunyang slowly began to explain, "When I was little, whenever I was in a bad mood, I liked to sit in this tree and look down. This is my secret base, and from now on it will be just the two of us."
Upon hearing this, Tang Ning turned her head sharply to look at Fang Yunyang beside her, only to meet his star-studded eyes.
“Ningning…”
"From now on, I will treat you well. You are the first girl I've ever fallen for in my life. I don't know how many times I've felt so lucky that you are my fiancée."
“After you went missing, I regretted it more than once. Why did I leave you alone? If anything had happened to you because of this, I probably would never forgive myself for the rest of my life.”
"I will take good care of you from now on. After we get married, if you get tired of the Empty Mountain Sect, I will accompany you back to Medicine God Valley for a while. There's also the windy desert in the north, the boundless deep sea in the east, the continuous dense forest in the south, and those people with high noses and deep-set eyes in the west. As long as you're happy, we'll go wherever you want to go. What do you say?"
Looking at Tang Ning, Fang Yunyang said this sincerely.
Tang Ning, who had expected him to question her about Yan Xingzhi, never imagined she would hear such words.
At this moment, the way she looked at Fang Yunyang was as if she were looking at a walking humanoid figure.
After all, with Fang Yunyang's saintly nature, he would never be able to handle Yan Xingzhi, that dog who is both literate and martial, capable of coercion and bribery, and also capable of tearing open wounds and playing the victim.
The more FGs are planted now, the more tragically he will die.
Just thinking about that scene made Tang Ning feel a pang of tenderness.
To avoid revealing her emotions through her eyes, she slowly rested her head on Fang Yunyang's shoulder.
"good."
She said.
Upon hearing these words, Fang Yunyang's face immediately lit up with anticipation and joy. He reached out with his other hand and gently put his arm around Tang Ning's shoulder.
Meanwhile, in the bushes not far behind them, Yan Xingzhi, who should have been quietly recuperating in his own courtyard, looked at the two figures leaning against each other in the tree. After a long while, he scoffed and left.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, Tang Ning did not go to see Yan Xingzhi again, and Huo Qingqing, who had run away before, did not reappear.
The entire Kongming Mountain became festive and lively at a visible speed. On the wedding day, everywhere you looked was red – red ribbons, red paper, and so on. Almost all the disciples of the Kongshan Sect were all grinning from ear to ear because of their senior brother Fang Yunyang's happy event. People were afraid that they wouldn't be able to come back after the wedding.
Before the wedding, the couple cannot meet. Tang Ning was accompanied by a group of mistresses and aunts from Kongming Mountain.
"Has my master not arrived yet?"
Tang Ning, who was about to put on the red veil, frowned and looked at a female teacher beside her.
She asked the question aloud, but in her heart she already knew that her ethereal master would probably never be able to come back in this lifetime. After all, if her master, who protected the original owner so much in the story and raised her to be so innocent and naive, were still alive, how could he have allowed Yan Xingzhi and Fang Yunyang to treat his disciple like this?
It's not that it's dead.
The Silent Moon Sect is like a tyrant. Because of its expansionist desires, it inevitably clashes with righteous people on various scales. For example, there is a shortage of medical personnel, and the disciples of Medicine God Valley, who are among the best in the martial arts world and are proficient in everything from treating illnesses and saving lives to poisoning and detoxifying, as well as health preservation, have caught their eye.
The Demonic Sect has taken a liking to you. If you don't agree, then you're being shameless. In order to continue the lineage of Medicine God Valley, her master urged her to leave the valley alone and come to Kongshan Sect to find Fang Yunyang and get married as soon as possible. On the other hand, he also dispersed everyone in Medicine God Valley, giving each person some medical books and herbs, and told them to fend for themselves.
However, because his actions were too drastic, he directly angered the Jiyue Sect. The sect leader immediately sent his general, the demoness Hongwan, to capture him. Who knew that this capture would accidentally send the two of them to the sea, where they are probably still adrift.
It wasn't until half a month later that they found an unnamed island to settle on.
Although the two are fifteen years apart in age, on a deserted island, a lone man and a lone woman, a righteous gentleman and a demonic witch, and both of them are reasonably good-looking, it would be a shame if nothing happened between them, given how hard fate had tried to bring them together.
Sure enough, not long after, the two began living a shameless and carefree life on the island.
That's why he had no idea what happened to the original owner later. It's a pity that his master still believed in Fang Yunyang's character and the character of the elders of the Kongshan Sect, thinking that no matter what, his disciple would definitely not suffer any losses.
Now, most of the elders in the Kongshan Sect probably know about Master Tang Ning's disappearance.
That's why the expressions of the several female disciples froze simultaneously after Tang Ning asked that question.
In fact, the Kongshan Sect had already sent a large number of people to search for them. On the other hand, because Tang Ning and Fang Yunyang's wedding was approaching, in order not to affect the mood of the young couple, and not to affect the fact that the righteous people finally found a legitimate excuse under the nose of the Demonic Sect to discuss the grand plan to wipe out the Demonic Sect, they kept it a secret from Tang Ning and planned to tell her after the two got married.
Yes, compared to the momentous task of eradicating the Demonic Cult, the disappearance of the Valley Master of Medicine God Valley was utterly insignificant.
It's clear that even if Fang Yunyang and Tang Ning did get married in the story, their marriage would still have hidden problems. In other words, the two were fundamentally incompatible from the start.
However, on Yan Xingzhi's side, the steel bars that God had tied for him had all been broken by him, which is why it was Fang Yunyang's turn.
So the group of female teachers casually made a few laughs and brushed Tang Ning off.
There was still some time before the auspicious time. Fang Yunyang, feeling uneasy, wanted to go to Tang Ning's place to check on her. Huo Qingqing, who had been missing for half a month, reappeared in front of him.
Seeing this, Fang Yunyang breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Huo Qingqing in front of him, "Qingqing, Ningning is getting married. If you're here to have a drink and congratulate us, you're welcome, but if..."
"Do you know where I've been these past few days? I went to Yunzhou City and asked many people there. All I got was news that Brother Yan and that Tang Ning attended the Lantern Festival together. Brother Yan even helped her win a lantern. Almost everyone who saw them thought they were a couple, and they didn't deny it. Do you know what that means?"
Huo Qingqing said with anticipation.
Upon hearing this, Fang Yunyang clenched his fist tightly, turned around and was about to leave, saying, "If that's all you wanted to say, then we have nothing more to say. I'm leaving now."
“Brother Fang! Others might not be able to tell the look in Tang Ning's eyes when she looked at Brother Yan that night, but do you think I can't see it after liking you for so long? She clearly has feelings for Brother Yan, she…”
Before Huo Qingqing could finish speaking, Fang Yunyang stopped in his tracks.
Seeing this, before any joy could even show in her eyes, Fang Yunyang's voice rang out again, "I have always only regarded you as my sister. In this lifetime, my wife will only be Tang Ning, and no one else."
After saying that, he lifted his foot and walked forward.
Huo Qingqing was left standing there, stunned, watching his figure blur and become indistinct in her eyes.
As for Tang Ning, for some unknown reason, the aunts and uncles who had been with her in the bridal chamber all left one by one and never returned.
As she played with the white jade hairpin in her hand, her eyebrows instantly twitched when she heard the soft footsteps behind her.
They've arrived.
"Tang Ning".
A familiar voice rang in her ears, and she turned her head abruptly.
She suddenly felt a sharp pain in her neck, and her consciousness gradually faded. The last image that remained in her pupils was the familiar smile on Yan Xingzhi's lips, who was also dressed in red.
Her body went limp, and before she could even land on the ground, Yan Xingzhi pulled her into his arms.
"Beep—An unknown Gu worm has been detected invading the host's body, and humane destruction is in progress. Beep—The host's favorability towards everyone in this world is 0, the Gu worm cannot take effect, and the humane destruction command is suspended."
The system notification sound ended.
The next second, Fang Yunyang, having composed himself and nervously pushed open the door to enter, looked up and saw Yan Xingzhi dressed in red, who had just separated his lips from Tang Ning's...
"What are you doing?"
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