Yan Ying remained silent.
"Okay, if you ignore me, I'll speak for you."
"You lied to me, didn't you? You said you loved me and that you were always with me, but you lied to me, didn't you?"
Cen Ji was clearly angry in his heart, but when the words came to his lips, his tone became unusually calm.
Yan Ying raised her head and mustered up the courage to meet Cen Ji's gaze.
"Why don't you want to continue lying now? As long as you say you didn't lie to me, I will believe you." Cen Ji stood powerlessly in front of Yan Ying.
When Xiao Gui told him that day that she had always been by his side, he was really happy. He had never been so happy in his life.
That night, he was so happy that he couldn't even fall asleep.
He grew up alone and was used to bearing everything by himself. Although he looked indifferent, he really wanted someone to care about him.
When the little ghost said those words to him, he thought she was that person.
Because of her words, he felt more confident. He forgot all the grievances he had suffered in his childhood. He imagined her staying by his side, and imagined that if she could show up, she would definitely hold him in her arms.
In his fantasy, she spent the dark nights with him, wiped his tears when he cried helplessly, listened to his stories, and comforted him softly when he felt wronged...
But now, he knows that all this is fake.
She lied to him.
She had never been by his side, and on those freezing nights, he was always alone.
The window behind him showed the inky night. The night was silent and no one spoke to break the silence for a long time.
Yan Ying tightly grasped the dagger in her hand, and she felt a little bit reluctant when she saw Cen Ji's appearance.
She must be crazy. Cen Ji clearly wants her life, but she still feels sorry for him. She is really crazy.
It was true that she felt sorry for him, and it was also true that she knew his past and wanted to stay with him, but even so, he still wanted to kill her.
"You broke into my room at that time, apologized to me and asked me to trust you. Later I believed you, but you never believed me." Cen Ji looked up at the roof, his tone sounding like a sigh.
"I never lied to you. I did say that, but it wasn't directed at you."
"I was talking about the original Yan Ying, not you. When you used the sound transmission stone to transmit my message to me, the note you left behind carried the words I had said before. The words you heard were not meant for you."
"I never meant to kill you."
As Cen Ji spoke, he looked at Yan Ying sincerely, and his tone was more sincere than he had ever used before.
For a moment, Yan Ying didn't know whether she should believe what Cen Ji said.
"The people who kidnapped me today are from the Demon Realm. Ever since I ran into you talking with someone from the Demon Realm in the peach forest, you've always had connections with the Demon Realm. How can I trust you?"
Cen Ji smiled softly, but there was no curve at the corners of his mouth.
Yes, why should she believe what he said?
But he couldn't go to his sister to ask for an explanation, nor could he use the sound transmission talisman in her hand as evidence. His sister had saved his life, so he had to help her keep this matter a secret.
Cen Ji suddenly felt that he was very despicable. He could not believe her then, so why couldn't she doubt him now?
He wanted to hide what his sister had done today, but he also wanted the little ghost to believe him. He was too greedy.
"It's up to you whether you believe it or not. I just want to tell you that I won't kill you and you don't have to be afraid of me." Cen Ji said softly.
"Can you answer my question now?"
Yan Ying looked at Cen Ji's pale face silently.
She knew what he was asking.
[System: Host, Cen Ji has no reason to lie to you. If he wanted to kill you, he would have plenty of opportunities. Why would he go to the trouble of having someone kidnap you...]
[System: Host, don't forget your main mission. Three years later...]
So annoying.
Yan Ying really wanted to throw the system out of her head. Couldn't it see that she was busy? It kept nagging non-stop!
It’s all the fault of the lousy system, otherwise she wouldn’t have come into this book to do such a crappy mission.
[System: Why am I the one getting hurt again? (Stormy Crying)]
But what the system said...seems to make sense.
When she was kidnapped today, her mind was blank and she didn't even sit down to think carefully.
The system did enlighten her. The masked man today would not be sent by Cen Ji. He would have many opportunities to take her spiritual roots.
If the person who wanted to kill her was Cen Ji, he would not come forward to save her.
Yan Ying slowly lowered her hand and put away the dagger.
Even so, Cen Ji shouldn't have let her hear that. This matter is still suspicious.
"Is your hand okay?" Yan Ying asked uncomfortably, putting the dagger on her waist.
Today she didn't think clearly. She heard the words transmitted by the sound stone for unknown reasons, so she was scared and lost her mind and misunderstood him.
Cen Ji looked at Yan Ying and said nothing, imitating the way Yan Ying had just not answered him.
She just refused to answer his question. Was it so difficult for her to lie to him?
"I just thought about it. If the masked man today is related to you, you won't come forward to save me."
"If you really wanted to kill me, you would have had many opportunities and would not have bothered to tie me up." Yan Ying said as she lowered her head and took out a bottle of medicine from her Qiankun bag.
Cen Ji watched Yan Ying walk up to him, hold up his hand, and untie the cloth wrapped around his hand.
"I want to hear your answer." Cen Ji clasped his hand back and grasped the cloth strip in his palm. He moved so vigorously that he seemed not to feel any pain.
"Little ghost, you said, you said you didn't lie to me."
"I feel sorry for you, and I also want to be good to you. I know all your past..."
"What I'm asking is whether you like me." Cen Ji lowered his head and stared at Yan Ying carefully.
He himself didn't know what he wanted to do. He just wanted to hear her answer, even if she lied to him.
"I......"
Yan Ying avoided Cen Ji's gaze and lowered her head. Did she like him? She probably just felt sorry for him.
She has never liked anyone since she was a child, and she doesn't know what it feels like to like someone.
She likes Cen Ji. She likes his looks, his tolerance, his unwavering loyalty to the heroine, his experiences that are similar to hers, and the way he is portrayed by the original author.
But when he became a living person and stood in front of her, she only knew that she liked the character in the book.
Does she like him? She doesn't know.
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