Chapter 45: Escape from Marriage White Moonlight 22 The Second World Ends
Lu Jingming's gaze lingered on her, icy cold.
"Sir, are you here to take me back?" Ali stared at him, his voice soft.
Lu Jingming's expression remained unchanged as he slowly opened his mouth, "How could the bride just run away like that on such a happy day?"
"Really?" Ali suddenly twitched his lips and smiled. "But I ran away like this before, and that's how I met you, young master."
This sentence stung Lu Jingming's tense nerves, reminding him once again that it was he who saved the hypocritical and vicious woman in front of him.
Lu Jingming stopped his horse ten steps away from her, hatred swirling in his eyes. "You used to be this eloquent and flattering, willing to sacrifice lives to achieve your goals, right?"
He said coldly, "I won't believe a single word you say anymore."
Ali froze for a moment, subconsciously lowering his eyes to hide the shock and pain in his eyes: "It seems that after so many days, the young master has completely changed into a different person, and Ali doesn't even recognize him anymore."
In this case, it seems that there is no need for any explanation.
When she looked up again, she had suppressed all her emotions deep in her heart, and even smiled: "It was the young master who told the Pan family that I was in Shangxi County, and it was also the young master who told them to kidnap me and marry me back to the Liu family."
Lu Jingming was startled for a moment, then his eyes turned deep: "You already know everything."
At this time, the manager who was accompanying the car also arrived with his men. Seeing this, they all stood behind Lu Jingming, facing the woman who was alone on the edge of the cliff.
Ali brushed away her long hair that was blown by the wind and looked straight at him: "I want to know why you did this, sir?"
Lu Jingming seemed not to have expected her to ask this, and was speechless for a moment. The only sound left on the cliff was the rustling of the mountain breeze blowing through the corners of his clothes.
Ah Li exhaled, took a step towards him, and smiled with his eyebrows curved: "Anyway, I will definitely be caught by you today. Can't you fulfill my wish?"
Lu Jingming turned his head away in disgust, but her pretended relaxed look was still deeply imprinted in his eyes.
"Want to know why?" His voice turned cold.
Ali smiled and nodded.
Lu Jingming's eyes were emotionless as he spoke each word with great emphasis, saying the most hurtful words in the world: "The thing I regret most is rescuing you at the bottom of the cliff."
Once upon a time, Ali was extremely grateful for his help and felt extremely lucky to have met him, but now he said that this was the thing he regretted most.
"You deserve this now. You should pay the price for what you have done."
Things I've done...
The past ten years of her life have passed by like a kaleidoscope. She has worked hard, struggled, and fought for a way of life for herself.
She thought she had escaped from the sea of suffering and met her true love, but God played a ridiculous joke on her.
She had long forgotten the hasty agreement she had made in her childhood. During the days when she was struggling to survive in the Pan Mansion, she knew better than anyone that promises were unreliable and would break at the slightest provocation.
Only yourself.
Only yourself.
Ah Li looked at his bloody palm and murmured, "I have to pay the price. Just consider it as returning the more than half a year I stole from you."
Lu Jingming's heart suddenly jumped: "What are you talking about?"
Ali took a few steps back. She had already escaped and there was no way she could go back there unless she died.
Before anyone could react, Ali suddenly turned around, ran to the edge of the cliff without hesitation, and jumped off.
Today is not a good day. The sky is gloomy and the thick clouds are hanging very low, so low that it is hard to breathe.
The blood-red wedding dress fluttered, danced, and fell in the gray sky, like a flower that tried its best to bloom but quickly withered.
"Ali!"
Lu Jingming's eyes were bloodshot, and he ran towards the cliff like a madman, but was stopped by the people who came from behind: "Master Lu! Master Lu!"
Ali's body fell rapidly like a kite with a broken string. Lu Jingming rushed to the edge of the cliff regardless of everything, but still failed to catch her.
As if seeing Lu Jingming, Ali hooked a little finger towards him, opened and closed his lips, and said the last words.
Unfortunately, the strong wind from the cliff blew away even her last voice.
Then, it fell into the raging river and disappeared completely.
"Ali!"
Lu Jingming's whole body began to tremble uncontrollably, and his eyes turned blood red in an instant.
"Get out of here! Let me go!" He struggled desperately, almost going crazy.
The people around him didn't dare to let go: "Mr. Lu! Calm down!"
The scene in front of him gradually became blank. Lu Jingming knelt on the edge of the cliff in a panic, gasping for breath, and tears began to fall without him noticing.
*
Three months later, the Liu family exposed the Pan family for instructing their servants to threaten and murder the people due to a fabric issue, causing an uproar in the whole city.
Later, with the instigation of the Liu family, the once famous Pan Mansion was sealed off by the government, all the property was confiscated, Pan Yuan, Ni Jin and others were imprisoned and awaited their fate, and the rest of the slaves were all sold to other places.
Soon, a memorial accusing the imperial merchant Lu family was also submitted to the emperor.
It is full of evidence of the Lu family's bribery of officials at all levels in the court over the years, including the corruption case of the Shangxi County Magistrate reported secretly by Lord Wang.
In addition to these, there are also many pieces of evidence that the Lu family relied on their power to bully and oppress the people in Xingyang County.
Everything needs to be accomplished in a day.
The person who wrote the memorial was Lu Jingming, the young master of the Lu family.
The people of Xingyang County all praised Young Master Lu for sacrificing his own relatives for the sake of justice and said that he should not be implicated. Some people also said that Young Master Lu had been raised outside since he was a child and was naturally different from the Lu family.
But Lu Jingming knew that he was no different from those Lu family members whom he deeply hated, and had already been corrupted a long time ago.
On the day when the decree came down that Pan Yuan was sentenced to immediate execution, officials came and took Mr. Lu away. He struggled desperately like a dead fish, cursing Lu Jingming as an ungrateful person and a wicked son.
Lu Jingming watched coldly, without a single ripple in his heart.
This zombie-like life finally ended when a man came to the door.
Xu Ying brought several large boxes, which she opened one by one. They were filled with the things he had left for Ali.
When she reached the last small box, she said, "This is what she's saved up over the past six months. Ali said she didn't know when she would leave, so she asked me to give all these things to you after she leaves, so you can be even."
"Clear all?" Lu Jingming shook his head. His bony figure looked stubborn and paranoid. "Who said we're clear with her?"
Xu Ying's eyes were red: "You've been pestering her for so long, and you still won't let her go?"
Since Ali jumped off the cliff, the people sent by Lu Jingming have been searching at the bottom of the cliff for a full three months, but they found nothing except a few tattered wedding dresses.
Lu Jingming concluded that Ali was not actually dead. Just like when he first met her, she had fallen and had been rescued and was still alive somewhere in the world.
Xu Ying sneered: "Lu Jingming, stop kidding yourself. If you jump off such a high cliff, Ali will be gone long ago!"
"Shut up!" Lu Jingming's face suddenly changed.
Xu Ying was not afraid at all. She met Lu Jingming's fierce eyes and said, "A-Li originally didn't allow me to say it, but I felt uncomfortable holding it in my heart."
"The last time she saw me, she told me a secret. Would you like to know, Mr. Lu?"
This sentence is like a strange and beautiful poppy flower, which has a fatal attraction to Lu Jingming. However, once touched, the poison will instantly cling to him and take his life.
"What did she say?" Lu Jingming didn't even realize that his voice was trembling.
"She said she remembered that it wasn't the first time she had met Master Lu. Ten years ago, one winter, she ran into Master Lu crying at the back door of the Pan Mansion. Out of pity, she shared some food with him."
Lu Jingming seemed to be frozen, his blood solidified and his throat was dry. He subconsciously wanted to refute her words, but he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Xu Ying didn't even glance at him and walked out of the Lu Mansion.
A spring breeze was blowing gently outside the mansion. Xu Ying thought of what Ali had asked her to do that night. She really liked Ali's revengeful nature.
She clutched the package in her arms, turned, and walked towards the county magistrate's mansion.
The doors and windows in the house were tightly closed, and not a ray of the bright sunlight outside could get in.
Lu Jingming collapsed and knelt on the ground, his expression dazed, repeating to himself over and over again: This can't be true, it can't be true.
How could she be the one he had been looking for?
This must be a lie she told.
She's the best at lying, isn't she?
He knocked the box on the table to the ground, and the pearls were scattered all over the floor, including a very small and inconspicuous pearl.
Lu Jingming looked at the crude pearl and remembered the hesitation in Ali's eyes so many times.
He stretched out his hand, wanting to hold the pearl, but ultimately fainted just one step away.
The imperial court attached great importance to the cases that occurred in Xingyang County. The emperor wanted to use these two cases to suppress the unhealthy trends in the officialdom and among the people, so he opened up channels for communication and soon found more people involved, and Lu Jingming's name was among them.
When the government officials kicked open the door of the Lu Mansion, Lu Jingming was no longer inside.
He walked alone to the cliff where Ali fell and read to her the fate of Pan Yuan and everyone in the Pan Mansion.
During that coma, he finally knew what Ali's last words were to him.
"Our agreement is hereby annulled."
Lu Jingming chuckled: "You can't just cancel it."
I promised you that I would teach those who bullied you a lesson and that you would always wait for me. Even though you broke your promise, I still have to fulfill my obligation.
When his body began to fall, Lu Jingming held the pearl tightly in his hand close to his heart and closed his eyes.
I am the one who hurt you the most.
Under the strong impact, Lu Jingming's consciousness gradually dissipated.
Now our agreement has finally been fulfilled.
*
The moment before, Ali was riding a green donkey, walking slowly on the trail in Wucheng County. The next moment, he opened his eyes and returned to the system space.
[Lu Jingming's love value is full, Pan Yunli's survival is confirmed]
【Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the mission! 】
Ali said angrily, "Why are you always so sudden? I just bought some food and wine and was planning to go home and have a good meal, and you pulled away from me now."
The system's tone sounded a bit embarrassed: "There are some fluctuations, but it will be repaired soon. Please rest assured, host."
An electronic sound echoed, and the system calculated: "The mission was completed just before the host jumped off the cliff. This time, it was delayed for over three months... I will report this to headquarters for repairs immediately."
Ali shook his head helplessly, this alien object was still not very reliable.
Fortunately, she had learned how to swim from Xu Ying in advance, otherwise, if she jumped into the turbulent water like that, she would have been knocked unconscious and eaten by a fish.
Ah Li suddenly felt something was wrong: "You just said that before I jumped off the cliff, Lu Jingming's love value was already full?"
The system was busy typing a report, and took the time to reply: "Yes."
Then all the things I did afterwards were in vain?
After the system finished typing, it saw that Ali hadn't spoken for a long time: "Host, have you gained a deeper understanding of human emotions? If you knew about this at that time, would you forgive Lu Jingming?"
Ali thought the system's logic was strange: "So what if he knew? Wasn't he the one who did all that? It's come to this point now. What's the point in talking about this?"
The system was puzzled, but still said: "Okay, host, do you want to enter the next world now?"
Ali thought for a moment, "In this world, and the last, I've been through life-or-death situations more than once, but you never showed up. If I encounter such a life-or-death crisis again in the next world, will I still have to rely on myself to save myself?"
The system stuttered: "Well, well..."
Ali crossed his arms over his chest, listening to it for a long time without any excuses. "Is your system so indifferent to the host's life? How can I put my mind at ease to complete your mission?"
Under Ali's eloquence and bargaining, the system took out a card from the warehouse. He tapped the keyboard a few times, and a light golden light escaped from the space and penetrated into Ali's body.
"This is the Soul-Fixing Orb, which can protect the host from a fatal injury."
Ali jumped up and down, but didn't feel any changes in his body.
The system continued to look through the instructions: "It can be used once in each world."
So, can it still be used after it leaves this system?
Ali couldn't tell for the moment, so he could only keep it to himself: "Okay, what's the next world? Who is the target of the strategy?"
The system flipped through the plot book: "The next book is a martial arts novel. The host's target is the only son of the leader of the martial arts world."
Ali yawned: "So what is my identity this time?"
"Uh... the mortal enemy of the righteous martial arts world."
"The current leader of the Demon Cult."
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