Chapter 1100 So, you came here for her.
It's all because of you.
Upon hearing these words, Shang Ruyi's brows furrowed slightly. The earring seemed to suddenly become hot to the touch. She wanted to throw it away, but in the end, she silently clenched it in her palm and made a tight fist.
Seeing the veins bulging slightly on the back of her hand, Xiao Yuansui asked, "Did I offend you by saying that?"
Shang Ruyi replied, "Yes."
Xiao Yuansui chuckled and said, "I believe that women do not resist the admiration of others."
Shang Ruyi said seriously, "Not every woman takes pride in receiving a man's admiration, or feels that the more men who admire her, the more glorious she is. At least, I am not like that."
When she said this, her face was so serious that it even carried a hint of anger.
Xiao Yuansui finally straightened his expression, pondered for a moment, and said, "I know you are a decent person."
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"So, before today, I never thought I had to get your response, or that I had to get you."
Shang Ruyi asked, "Today? Is anything different today?"
Xiao Yuansui thought for a moment and said, "Actually, there's no difference. It's just that you've finally come to my side, and I've wanted to be here too. That's all."
Shang Ruyi slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
Her sigh was so light, so subtle it would be like a passing breeze in the night, leaving no trace. But in the almost enclosed tent, the space between the two of them allowed Xiao Yuansui to easily detect any change in her, including this sigh. A faint smile played on his lips as he said, "You can rest assured."
Shang Ruyi said, "Hmm?"
Xiao Yuansui said, "I won't do anything to you. Although some people may consider me an utterly wicked person, I never make things difficult for a weak woman, let alone force a woman."
Shang Ruyi glanced at him and said, "You are a gentleman."
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"Unfortunately, Wang Shao and his people are not like that."
"...!?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuansui was taken aback at first, and then anger surged in his eyes. But after thinking about it carefully, he immediately understood what was going on. After the anger in his eyes subsided, a faint, imperceptible disdain and disappointment remained.
He said, "So, you came for her."
Shang Ruyi's eyes immediately reddened as she stared at him and asked, "Why did you want Lüxiao to die?"
Xiao Yuansui let out a long breath, slowly turned around and walked back to the desk to sit down, saying, "I didn't want her to die. I didn't give her such an order, nor could I order her. I just wrote two lines of poetry for her."
Shang Ruyi stepped forward: "Don't you know this could kill her?"
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"Do you know what she has been through all these years? What she has been through and what she has endured? No matter how terrible the experience or how unbearable the pain, she endured it all just so that she could see you again."
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"But you didn't even see her once before you wanted to kill her!"
Xiao Yuansui's expression grew colder as he said, "I could have chosen not to do this, if only she hadn't come looking for me."
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"She shouldn't have come to me at all."
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"She should find another man, a man who can take her in, protect her, give her some love, and let her live out the rest of her life in peace. Actually, many men would do that."
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"As long as she is still young and beautiful."
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"But as for the rest, it depends on whether she has the ability to make that man endure and make sacrifices for her."
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"At least, I won't."
Although he spoke these words with a cold expression, Shang Ruyi could see the contempt in his eyes, and a hint of sorrow that could not be concealed within that contempt. This sorrow even made the candlelight on the table in front of him flicker, as if it might be extinguished at any moment.
Shang Ruyi's face also darkened, and she said, "In the end, you just look down on her."
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"You look down on her for being with other people while she was away from you."
Xiao Yuansui's face darkened, then he suddenly gave a cold laugh and said, "Actually, I don't blame her. That's just the kind of person she is."
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"A warbler, isn't it just about perching on one branch after another, and following one man after another?"
Shang Ruyi also said with a stern face: "A warbler is a warbler, and she is herself. No branch will force a warbler to stay by its side and prevent it from flying away. If it dares to fly away, its wings will be broken and it will fall into the mud."
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"When you were being hunted by Wang Shaoji, didn't you ever think about what would happen to you if you fell into his hands?"
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“You escaped, but Green Silk didn’t. That’s your good fortune, not her fault.”
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"Is it a sin for her to want to live, to return to you alive?"
At this point, the coldness in Xiao Yuansui's eyes intensified. He clearly showed no sympathy or understanding for the suffering Lüxiao had endured by Wang Shaoji's side over the years; only contempt and disgust remained. Shang Ruyi was afraid he would say even crueler things. Even if Lüxiao couldn't hear them, she didn't want to hear those words that would make her determined to die. So she continued, "If I agree to you tonight, will I be like a prostitute in your eyes, perching on one branch after another, with one man after another?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuansui's expression immediately changed, and he hurriedly said, "Of course not."
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"You and she are not the same kind of people."
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“Back then in Xingluocang, although I captured you, you did not grovel; later I heard that you were captured by Emperor Yang and taken to Jiangdu, but you did not submit to him; even when you were captured by Ashina Zhuxie and taken to the Turkic camp, I know that you did not let him gain any advantage.”
Shang Ruyi sneered: "That's because I'm lucky enough."
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“You arrested me and took me to Xingluo Granary, you are a gentleman; and…” At this point, although it was just a past event that had long since faded away, Shang Ruyi’s throat still choked up involuntarily. She barely suppressed the sudden surge of bitterness in her heart and then said, “I was taken to Jiangdu Palace because he had reached the end of his road and only wanted someone to accompany him, without any other desires; and Ashina Zhuxie did not make things difficult for me because his heart was with Lei Yu, so naturally he had no interest in me.”
"..."
After speaking, Shang Ruyi stared intently at Xiao Yuansui and continued, "Of course, I was able to escape from the Western Turks unscathed not only because I was lucky and because Lei Yu was by my side, but also because the people protecting me were strong enough."
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