Chapter 75 (Two-in-One) [VIP]
Yin Chu Jiu wondered what Yue Ling would feel if he fell in love with him again.
You might be very happy, very excited, very angry, or perhaps very melancholy.
However, he now realizes that he only has a calm, not the kind of calm that comes from not caring about anything, but a calm that comes from caring too much and experiencing too many emotional ups and downs.
Looking at Yue Ling sitting on the ground in front of her, Yin Chu Jiu did not respond.
Yue Ling kept staring at him, and seeing that he didn't react, she lowered her eyes sadly. "You still don't believe me?"
Yin Chu Jiu opened her mouth, but still couldn't say anything.
He believed, but precisely because he believed, he didn't know what to say.
This is the last day. By noon at the latest, the illusion will shatter. Looking down at the increasingly blurry, almost disappearing blades of grass on the ground, Yin Chu Jiu's heart sank deeper and deeper.
It really is... a cruel twist of fate.
Yin Chu Jiu had never believed in fate, always thinking that human will could overcome destiny. But now he realized that sometimes fate truly is beyond his control. His meeting Yue Ling was fate, and his inevitable departure from this world was also fate.
They were destined not to be together.
If Yue Ling had never liked or hated him, that would have been one thing, but now that Yue Ling has remembered, recovered, and started liking him again, Yin Chu Jiu has a deeper feeling.
He wasn't a bad person, so why did he end up like this? He was alright on his own, but he dragged Yue Ling down with him.
Fortunately, he had already discussed it with Mo Ling a long time ago.
"Still don't believe me?" Yue Ling asked again when Yin Chu Jiu didn't answer. He was very stubborn. He had used this stubbornness on his feelings before, and now he was using it to pursue the answer.
Yin Chu Jiu's heart skipped a beat. He looked up and his eyes met Yue Yin Shen Hei's deep black eyes.
Seeing him look over, Yue Ling asked again, "You still don't believe me?"
He knew he wouldn't give up until he got an answer.
"I believe you," Yin Chu Jiu said after thinking for a long time.
Yue Ling's eyes lit up for a moment, then dimmed again. He pursed his lips. "You didn't answer me before because you weren't willing to forgive me? Were you very angry with me?"
Yin Chu Jiu opened his mouth but remained silent.
“That’s normal, it’s human nature.” Yue Ling pursed her lips even more tightly. “If it were me, I would also be very angry, to the point of wanting to kill him. I would take revenge on anyone who has wronged me. It’s right that you hate me. You should hate me even more, that’s fair.”
Yue Ling's voice was low and he had abandoned all his pretenses. Yin Chu Jiu had never seen Yue Ling so humble. He had always been proud, arrogant, and never bowed his head to anyone.
Even though he was bullied as a child and had to bow his head to survive, he always maintained his pride.
However, Yue Ling now bowed her head to him on her own initiative.
To be honest, under normal circumstances, he should be angry that Yue Ling forgot his feelings for him, after all, he liked him so much, but Yue Ling forgot him.
Physical torment is temporary and can be endured, but mental torment is indelible.
However, seeing Yue Ling like this, a deep, persistent pain welled up in his heart.
He was both the perpetrator and the victim; forgetting him wasn't intentional on his part. No mistake can be covered up with a simple "it wasn't intentional," but it was the last day, and he couldn't bear to be angry with him anymore.
If they had a long time ahead of them, if they could stay together forever, he certainly wouldn't have forgiven Yue Ling so easily, but there are no "ifs".
So he wasn't angry.
However, he could not say that.
"Yue Ling." Yin Chu Jiu slowly exhaled, suppressing his trembling emotions and trying to remain calm as he said, "I remember you said before that we owed each other nothing and that I should never appear in front of you again."
Yue Ling pursed her lips, her hands clenched tightly at her sides, an overwhelming wave of regret crashing down on him. "I remember."
“From that moment on, I pretended that we had no relationship whatsoever,” Yin Chu Jiu said.
In a panic, Yue Ling jumped up, but just as he was about to rush forward, Yin Chu Jiu stretched out her hand to stop him, saying, "Don't come any closer."
Yue Ling was stunned.
"You should also remember that just the night before last, I went to your room to say goodbye."
Yue Ling's tightly clenched hands began to tremble. He had thought about this situation before, but he didn't know that it would be so painful when he actually encountered it.
He had thought that Yin Chu Jiu would be angry, that she wouldn't forgive him, and that she wouldn't forget the hurtful words he had said. But he hadn't known that those words, when spoken so earnestly, would hurt so much.
Did Yin Chu Jiu feel the same way he did at that time?
But... but even so, he didn't want to let him go, nor could he let him go. His soul power could maintain this illusion, but he didn't know how long it could last. So he would be a little selfish; in the rest of his life, even if Yin Chu Jiu no longer forgave him, he would not back down.
Anyway, he's not a good person.
Stopping his advance, Yue Ling smiled at him, a smile that wasn't pleasant. "I remember everything." He wanted to reach out and pat Yin Chu Jiu's head, but he didn't. "I know you're angry with me, I know you don't want to forgive me, but I don't want to."
What? Yin Chu Jiu was stunned. What was Yue Ling thinking?
Seemingly noticing Yin Chu Jiu's stunned expression, Yue Ling took advantage of the moment and stepped forward, pulling him into his arms. Yin Chu Jiu reacted, but before he could, Yue Ling pressed him down and kissed him. Just as he was about to push him away, Yue Ling took two steps back.
"Yue Ling, you!" Yin Chu Jiu looked at Yue Ling speechlessly.
Yue Ling smiled again, looking nonchalant, and said, "It's okay if you don't forgive me this time. I'll come back to you next time. If not next time, I'll come back the time after that."
What next time? What next time? The illusion is about to shatter, doesn't Yue Ling know that? Yin Chu Jiu stared at Yue Ling, about to speak, but this time he still didn't have a chance to open his mouth before Yue Ling hugged him again.
This time, Yue Ling didn't kiss him. Instead, she carried him down the mountain, saying as she flew, "It's already dawn. Go back and rest. We wasted time today because of me. We didn't even get to properly see the moon. I heard the moon in the Moon Forest is very beautiful. I'll come find you again next time."
Yin Chu Jiu was about to remind Yue Ling that the illusion would disappear today and there wouldn't be a next time, but Yue Ling seemed to know what he was going to ask and immediately sped up. A cold wind rushed into his mouth, making it difficult to even utter a single syllable, let alone speak.
Yue Ling maintained this pace as he returned to the camp, which remained exactly as before. He escorted Yin Chu Jiu to her door and then left. Yin Chu Jiu watched Yue Ling's retreating figure for a long time before turning back.
Perhaps Yue Ling misremembered the time, or perhaps Mo Ling's estimation of the speed at which the illusion shattered was wrong. It should have been two days longer originally; perhaps that's what Yue Ling meant.
Ultimately, he wasn't from this world, nor did he have the means to predict when the illusion would truly shatter.
Thinking this through, Yin Chu Jiu stopped worrying. It was good that the illusion could be delayed for two days, allowing him to spend more time with Yue Ling. No, it was better not to go. Otherwise, if Yue Ling couldn't forget him when they returned to the real world, and Mo Ling wasn't quick enough to find the amnesia-reducing herb, Yue Ling would be very upset.
Having made up his mind, Yin Chu Jiu continued writing in his diary. He would finish writing in a little while, and after finishing, he planned to make a plan for the extra two days.
Not long after Yin Chu Jiu started writing, Yue Ling arrived again. He was carrying two bowls, one containing porridge and the other containing some side dishes. He stood gently in front of his door, extended his hand to him, and said, "It was already morning when we came down. I saw that some people in the camp had already made breakfast, so I brought you some. Are you still hungry?"
"I..." Before Yin Chu Jiu could finish speaking, Yue Ling stuffed two bowls full of porridge and side dishes into her hands. The bowls were filled with fragrant porridge and side dishes.
He hadn't eaten such a meal for several days, and he couldn't help but think this. In that moment of hesitation, Yue Ling left again, as if afraid of being rejected. With a flicker, he turned into a wisp of black mist and disappeared in front of Yin Chu Jiu.
Yin Chu Jiu's cultivation level was not high, so he was no match for Yue Ling, a top expert. If Yue Ling wanted to leave him, he could not stop him even if he used all his strength.
Looking at the two bowls in his hands, Yin Chu Jiu carried them into the house. Once inside, he looked at the breakfast, smiled, and then fell silent.
In the end, he still drank the bowl of porridge, not because it was brought by Yue Ling, but because he grew up in an orphanage and was used to being frugal. Food was so expensive, he couldn't waste it.
After finishing his meal, he placed the bowl by the door. Not long after he went inside, Yue Ling reappeared. Seeing the breakfast that had been eaten clean, he smiled smugly.
As long as Chu Jiu doesn't refuse the food he gives her, sooner or later, Chu Jiu will be able to forgive him.
He no longer expects Yin Chu Jiu to fall in love with him again; he just wants her to forgive him. That way, he'll have no regrets even if he dies.
The sun quickly rose to mid-sky, and the camp began preparing lunch.
Yue Ling had been waiting there for a long time, watching the chef cook and occasionally saying a few words. The final product was made under Yue Ling's direction.
The chef stared at the food in his bowl, sniffed, and thought, "It smells so good."
Yue Ling glanced at him and, unusually, said a few words to him, "I can't cook. Chu Jiu can cook. I learned a little bit by watching him before."
Yue Ling said quite a bit, but the chef didn't react anymore. He seemed to want to say something, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his figure suddenly became blurry, then transparent, and finally disappeared completely from the environment.
The chef disappeared for a very short time, almost a second. One moment he was smelling the aroma, and the next he was gone. At the moment he disappeared, he even had a look of surprise on his face.
Not only the chefs, but even the tent that served as the kitchen is slowly becoming blurred.
Faced with this scene, Yue Ling simply put away her smile, lowered her eyelids, and left.
The illusion is about to shatter; its energy is dwindling, and the scenes created within will disappear one by one. First, the smallest, most insignificant plants will vanish, followed by the larger shrubs, and then the trees.
Different things require different amounts of energy, and the less energy you have in your body, the faster it disappears.
This morning, he noticed that the trees in the distance were gradually disappearing. The illusion was supposed to disappear the moment the sun rose today, but because he had people concentrate all the energy of this world here, the energy did not disappear so quickly.
But at this rate, the illusion will inevitably shatter at the moment dusk arrives.
However, that was in the past.
Yin Chu Jiu's door was still closed. Actually, the door was quite ugly, with unsightly bumps on it, but in Yue Ling's eyes, the wooden door was incredibly beautiful. There was no other reason for this, because the person he liked the most was right behind that door.
He knocked on the door, and Yue Ling, holding a steaming bowl in his arms, smiled sweetly. He felt that the phrase "absence makes the heart grow fonder" perfectly described his relationship with Chu Jiu.
Thinking of this, Yue Ling couldn't help but knock on the door again. Yin Chu Jiu didn't answer for a long time. He missed him and wanted to see him.
However, this time, Yin Chu Jiu still did not answer the door.
The smile on Yue Ling's face gradually disappeared.
He knocked again, but Yin Chu Jiu still didn't answer the door.
Yue Ling frowned.
He knocked one last time, but Yin Chu Jiu still didn't answer the door.
Yue Ling's heart sank. He raised his hand, pushed open the wooden door, and slipped into Yin Chu Jiu's room.
There was no one in the room, only a water glass on the table, but the water in the glass had long since gone cold, indicating that Yin Chu Jiu had been gone for a long time.
Where did he go?
Where can he go?
Where does he want to go?
In an instant, so many thoughts flashed through Yue Ling's mind. No, he couldn't leave. Without his permission, he couldn't go anywhere. The bowl in his arms instantly turned to dust, and with a fierce aura, Yue Ling turned and left.
He wants to find Yin Chu Jiu.
He had to find him and bring him back. Once he found him, he would teach him a lesson, even if he hadn't forgiven him yet. It was as if he had locked him in the room, not letting him go out or anywhere else; his eyes and heart were filled with him.
In that small space, there were only the two of them; they didn't need anyone else.
The frantic thoughts that had been running through Yue Ling's mind vanished the moment he saw Yin Chu Jiu walking towards him. He rushed over and pulled her into his arms, his voice, hoarse from trying to suppress his emotions, trembling, "Where have you been?"
Yin Chu Jiu was suddenly hugged and was stunned for a moment before patting Yue Ling's shoulder, telling him to let go. Yue Ling didn't want to let go, but after thinking about it, he released her anyway.
"Where have you been?" Afraid that the madness in her eyes would frighten him, Yue Ling did not look him in the eye.
Yin Chu Jiu noticed this small detail, but he only paused for a moment, trying his best to ignore the discomfort in his heart and not pay attention to Yue Ling's expression. He calmly said, "I'm going to find Mo Ling."
Yue Ling paused for a moment, then frowned. "What are you going to see Mo Ling for?"
"I want to ask... ask when the illusion will shatter."
Actually, he went to ask Mo Ling why the illusion hadn't shattered yet, and when it would shatter. This morning, although he suspected Mo Ling had misjudged the timing of the illusion's shattering, after thinking about it for a long time, he still felt that Mo Ling wouldn't make a mistake in such a matter, so he decided to ask Mo Ling what exactly was going on.
He didn't want to leave quickly; rather, the shattering of the illusion felt like a knife hanging over his neck, its fall uncertain. He had initially known the execution time, but the change in the execution date filled him with dread.
Knowing when the execution will take place will allow him to wait in peace.
So he went to find Mo Ling. He thought Mo Ling wouldn't see him, but he just knocked on the door and Mo Ling called him in.
Once inside, he didn't beat around the bush and asked him directly when the illusion would shatter, specifically if it would be today. Mo Ling seemed to pause for a moment, and Yin Chu Jiu even felt that his gaze was somewhat complicated. He said, "I previously predicted that the illusion would indeed shatter today. When evening comes and the moon and sun appear in the sky at the same time, the illusion will shatter."
"You mean today?" Yin Chu Jiu asked, then before Mo Ling could answer, he added, "No, you originally meant today, but the illusion won't shatter after today?"
Yin Chu Jiu frowned slightly, not understanding what Mo Ling meant.
Mo Ling nodded. "Yes, that's right."
"How could this be?" The illusion is maintained by an array. If the energy of the array outside is insufficient, the illusion will surely disappear. So why isn't it disappearing now?
Mo Ling: "I don't know either."
"You don't know either?" Yin Chu Jiu was even more confused.
Seeing Yin Chu Jiu's surprise, Mo Ling wanted to tell him the truth, but remembering Yue Ling's words, he didn't dare. However, looking at Yin Chu Jiu's clueless face, he didn't want Yue Ling's sacrifice to go unnoticed.
He had no idea what Yue Ling had done for him.
So he breathed a sigh of relief and gave him a little hint, as if to play around: "The illusion needs energy to maintain itself. Since the illusion still exists, it means that new energy has been replenished, which is why it hasn't broken down."
"New energy?" Yin Chu Jiu murmured, "Could it be that the people outside discovered the array's energy was running out, so they replaced the energy stones?"
Mo Ling fell silent for a moment, then an overwhelming sense of sorrow welled up inside him. He had said so much, yet Yin Chu Jiu still didn't understand. He still didn't know how much Yue Ling had sacrificed for him.
"Yin Chu Jiu," Mo Ling called out, "I heard that the lord took you to the mountaintop last night."
“Hmm.” Yin Chu Jiu wasn’t surprised that they knew.
Mo Ling continued, "Did he also tell you about losing those emotions?"
"Mmm." With her eyes lowered, Yin Chu Jiu hummed in agreement again.
Mo Ling: "Did he apologize to you? Did he ask for your forgiveness? Did he say he still likes you? Did he say... he wants to be with you?"
Yin Chu Jiu sighed. This time, instead of saying "hmm," he spoke, "Don't worry, I didn't agree. I told him that I have nothing to do with him anymore. Don't worry that I'll be with him. I told you before that I would find the amnesia herb for him. After the illusion shatters, you should hurry up and find it."
This time, Mo Ling was stunned. He had intended to persuade Yin Chu Jiu to accept Yue Ling's apology, but he hadn't expected her to say these things. After a long while, he remembered the promise he had made with Yin Chu Jiu.
Leave Yue Ling, let him regain his memory, and let him safely leave the illusion.
These past two days, because of Yue Ling's decision, he had somewhat forgotten about this agreement, but unexpectedly, Yin Chu Jiu still remembered it. He had forgotten, but Yin Chu Jiu still remembered.
However, things are different now than they were then.
Mo Ling remained silent for a long time, and Yin Chu Jiu couldn't wait any longer. After thinking for a moment, he casually said that it was time for lunch and prepared to leave. But just as he turned around, he heard Mo Ling say, "Yin Chu Jiu, I would like to ask you to accept the Lord."
He couldn't hold back in the end.
Yin Chu Jiu paused for a moment, then said without turning his head, "Mo Ling, have you forgotten? Yue Ling and I are impossible. When the illusion shatters, I will have to leave, and he will have to leave too. Have you forgotten? Although there is energy injected, none of us know how long that energy can sustain the illusion."
"To prevent Yue Ling from suffering so much, it's best if I don't accept him, isn't it?"
Mo Ling was speechless and could say nothing more.
"So I just went to ask him when the illusion would shatter," Yin Chu Jiu said. This was the first time he had brought this real-world problem to their attention, forcing Yue Ling to confront the issue.
Yue Ling closed her eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "Do you know how much I want to lock you up, how much I want to make a chain so that you can't go anywhere?"
Yin Chu Jiu suddenly laughed and said, "If it were possible, if we were still in the same relationship as before, I don't think I would resist if you did this."
He knew Yue Ling's possessiveness and insecurity, so he wouldn't refuse her; he would give her a sense of security.
But things are different now than they were back then.
They couldn't be together forever; they had to separate; they had no future together.
So, stop contacting him, stop telling him you like him, he's afraid he won't be able to keep it up.
Seeing this, Yue Ling didn't say anything, but just let out a deep breath, and despite Yin Chu Jiu's objections, he ruffled Yin Chu Jiu's hair and said, "Then I look forward to that day. Lunch is ready, go to the kitchen and get a portion. The illusion might not shatter in the next day or two, so don't starve yourself."
Yin Chu Jiu remained silent for a while, feeling the lingering warmth of Yue Ling's body on her head, and nodded, "Okay."
At the same time, at the foot of the Moon Forest, five middle-aged men dressed in black robes suddenly appeared. The five men were disheveled and panting heavily. Behind them, the grassland was no longer there, but an endless expanse of emptiness. Everything except the Moon Forest had vanished.
The five men in black robes stared wide-eyed at the forest before them, their anger overflowing and impossible to conceal.
"Yue Ling is forcing us out. He made all the other parts of the illusion disappear in order to force us out. The other four elders have already been killed. Since that's the case, don't blame us for being impolite to him."
Author's Note:
I miscalculated; I thought I could finish writing the fantasy story today...
Thank you to the little angel who watered my plants with nutrient solution!
Thank you to the little angel who threw the [landmine]: Tang Xiaotang (1);
Thank you so much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
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