"Forget it! I'll just take action directly!"
As he spoke, he waved his hand impatiently, raised the torch, and prepared to light the fire.
However, Lin Qixia spoke up again, "Wait!"
"What is it now?" Zhao Shao asked irritably.
Lin Qixia smiled and said, "Well... I have some last words! You have to wait until I finish, right?"
Actually, she didn't; she was just stalling for time.
"Spit it out!" Zhao Shao urged her impatiently.
However, Lin Qixia's tone remained slow and deliberate, "First of all—I haven't actually had a very happy life growing up—"
"However, I have always had a great wish, which is to save all people and deliver all living beings from suffering. I wish for thousands of mansions to shelter all the poor and needy and make them all smile with joy..."
Lin Qixia launched into a long speech, starting with life ideals, then moving on to poetry and songs, and then back to life ideals.
Zhao Shao's already dark face became even darker as a result.
A quarter of an hour, then a quarter of an hour, passed by second by second.
Zhao Shao gripped the torch in his hand tighter and tighter.
"Ah, we've finally gotten to what happened ten years from now, when I was all grown up. That's when I first met Gu Ciyu, and it was because of her that I..."
"Enough!" Zhao Shao roared.
In an instant, the crowd that had been fighting fiercely all around him turned to look at him.
He interrupted Lin Qixia's rambling speech.
She slowly curved her lips into a smile, looking completely innocent. "How could that be? This is nothing! You promised to let me say my last words, you can't go back on your word, can you?"
"Ahem." Lin Qixia cleared her throat. "Then I'll continue... I..."
"I said enough, and that's it!" Zhao Shao interrupted her, looking at her coldly, "Your time is up, you can die here!"
As he spoke, he reached out to light the fire.
"Wait!" At that moment, another voice rang out from not far away.
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