The reason why Jiaojiao chose today is because she and Shen Yuanbai have the same confusion.

What Shen Yuanbai didn’t know was that there was another incident on September 15th three years ago, which was that Baili Chengyou also had a predictive dream.

This day was so special, and she was entering a stage where her three-year-old death crisis could happen at any time, so she decided to be stubborn and lure Shen Yuanbai out today.

Anyway, if you stick your head out, you will get hurt. Instead of living in fear all day long, you might as well face the danger!

Seeing Jiaojiao's troubled expression, Shen Yuanbai tilted his head and asked, "Why? Is it difficult to answer?"

Jiaojiao shook her head and said frankly: "Don't mention you, even I am confused about this matter. Just think that I am looking for death on my birthday, so I lure you out."

Shen Yuanbai: “…”

He suspected that Qiao Jiaojiao was fooling him.

"Then let me change the question. Why did you stop Meng Guxue from being with me? This question shouldn't be difficult, right?"

The three thunders at Baopiling Ridge made him realize very clearly that he and Meng Guxue were supposed to be a couple, but at that time he was facing Meng Guxue with a sword.

Thinking carefully during this period of time, he realized that the reason why he and Meng Guxue had reached this situation was because of Qiao Jiaojiao's shadow everywhere.

"The first time I had a premonition that I would meet my destined person was at your full moon banquet, but I waited until late at night after the banquet but never saw Meng Guxue."

"The second time was during the Lantern Festival. My premonition was once again wrong. When the Northern Kingdom's assassins acted rashly under Zhou Bo's orders, you and Qiao Tianjing were both present."

"The third time I was supposed to meet Meng Guxue was at the East Suburb Poetry Festival, but you peed your pants on me. I left in anger and missed this encounter. When I returned, I heard that there was a young lady from the Meng family who was an amazing poet."

"After the first three encounters were ruined, I never had such a premonition in my heart again, until the time at Papiling Ridge, when the inexplicable fate between her and I was completely severed."

"Can you deny that the repeated misses between Meng Guxue and I were not caused by you?"

Jiaojiao: This person is really good at digging up old grudges, and his memory is really good...

"It's me."

Jiaojiao had her own considerations, so she admitted it openly.

Shen Yuanbai sat up straight upon hearing this. In his eyes, from this moment on, the conversation between him and Qiao Jiaojiao became really interesting.

"Why? At that time, apart from secretly cultivating my power, I had never even made a move against my brother. I have been lying dormant until now, and I thought I had not revealed any flaws. How could you target me so accurately?"

Jiaojiao raised her eyebrows when she heard this, "You really don't know why? Don't you already have a guess in your mind? Isn't that why you came here?"

Shen Yuanbai's expression suddenly changed, and his right hand, which was placed on the stone table, slowly tightened, and the blue veins on the back of his hand became clear.

He stared at the calm and indifferent Jiaojiao, then suddenly leaned forward slightly, approached Jiaojiao, and said in a cold voice: "Can you really see the future?"

"So in matters like cheating in the Spring Examination, the Dragon Boat Festival Palace Banquet, and the military power in the Southern Territory, you were able to seize the initiative everywhere and block my way every time, while I was repeatedly defeated by your Qiao family?"

"But Miss Qiao, why did God choose to stand on your side and give you the power of prophecy and extraordinary powers, while I, Shen Yuanbai, was destined to be a loser?"

At this point, Jiaojiao's expression became serious. She did not avoid Shen Yuanbai's gaze, but said in a cold voice:

"Shen Yuanbai, have you ever heard of this saying, 'If you are righteous, you will have many supporters, but if you are righteous, you will have few supporters.'"

"There is no difference between you and me, only different positions. However, you repeatedly cross the bottom line and abandon your humanity!"

"There are so many corpses under your feet. If these dead people were your followers, they would be happy to do so. I, Qiao Jiaojiao, have nothing to say."

"But what about those innocent people? The children from the Tzu Chi Bureau, the assassins behind the Huguo Temple, and the people you used to achieve your goals? Do you dare to say that you knew nothing about the Huguo Temple?"

"Have you ever seen their miserable plight? Those young children were imprisoned in a cramped cellar, without seeing the sun. Those young warriors had numb eyes and didn't know the difference between life and death!"

"Shen Yuanbai, I, Qiao Jiaojiao, am not a pedantic and kind person. I have not even said a word to defend my Qiao family today. I know that there are casualties in the struggle for power, whether it is for faith or loyalty, but to involve those innocent people, especially ignorant children, is to lose one's conscience!"

"You asked why the heaven didn't help you. I think this might be the reason."

Jiaojiao's originally excited voice gradually faded away. She concealed the bitterness when she mentioned the Huguo Temple just now. When she finished speaking, her face was calm.

Shen Yuanbai looked slightly stunned. When he mentioned the assassins from Huguo Temple, it was on his way back to Beijing that Zhou Bo told him the truth when he came to meet him.

How did he feel at that time? Shocked, stunned, but when he thought about what had happened, he was left with silence.

He has become numb. His mother made him the beneficiary of all this. He has already enjoyed the benefits brought by these blood and tears. To talk about pity and regret now is too hypocritical, and it is not his character, Shen Yuanbai.

He was silent for a while, and when he spoke again, his voice was no longer cold and full of self-mockery.

"Oh, my whole life has been like a puppet, I have been following the strings every step of the way. Countless people have pushed me forward, so what do I have left? I am just a puppet that still has some use."

"Every step I take is destined."

Shen Yuanbai stared into Jiaojiao's eyes. When he said this, there was a hint of dejection on his face, but hidden deeper seemed to be a hint of inquiry.

Jiaojiao chuckled after hearing this confession.

"Shen Yuanbai, why do you have to make yourself sound so helpless? No path is predetermined."

"How many people in this world are born to decide for themselves? Yu Liu and the people she left behind are indeed pushing you step by step, but the right to choose has always been in your own hands, isn't it?"

"Do you dare to say that you have no ambition, no desire, and you don't want to stand at the pinnacle of power?"

"Meng Guxue was destined to fall in love with you, but didn't she escape this fate and walk her own path?"

"Every transformation and transition has a price to pay, and there may be sacrifices and pain, or even the removal of bones and flesh. It is obviously you who are obsessed with it, so don't think that my worldview will follow my five senses."

Jiaojiao's eyes were cold and her voice was particularly sharp.

Regarding Shen Yuanbai's experience, she might sigh and say that fate is not in one's control, but every choice he made afterwards was made by him, and she cannot refute it!

"Okay, you've laid so much groundwork before, and you're still pretending to be weak and decadent. What exactly do you want to ask me?"

"I don't think someone as smart and conceited as you would indulge in these hesitations and guilt."

After Shen Yuanbai heard this, the dejected look on his face gradually disappeared.

He looked at Qiao Jiaojiao again, this time seriously and carefully, as if he was looking into another soul through this young face.