Chapter 17 [VIP] Bloody Immortal Hero
After saying those words, Nan Yan turned around and left. She walked along the long corridor, a red-painted corridor connected to another more secluded path. She walked to the end, her eyes fixed on the person opposite her.
Under the bright moonlight.
Chu Liyue was standing not far away, his dark pupils reflecting the figure he had been thinking about day and night.
Nan Yan paused for a moment, as if she was hesitating. After she came to her senses, she finally walked towards him calmly.
Just when the two were about to pass each other, she was caught off guard and her feet staggered uncontrollably, and her body became a little unstable.
Chu Liyue subconsciously raised his hand that was originally hanging at his side, and skillfully held the man's waist to steady him, "Be careful..."
Nan Yan's body shook uncontrollably.
This also made Chu Liyue feel a little stagnant.
He didn't make any unnecessary movements. Perhaps after scaring her with his outrageous behavior last time, he no longer dared to do anything that would make her sad or scared.
Nan Yan held onto his arm with one hand to steady herself. She originally wanted to push him away, but at that moment she suddenly felt an extreme tiredness surging from her body, as if she would faint uncontrollably in the next moment.
Chu Liyue could tell from her slightly pursed lips that she was in a weak state.
Especially that pale face without a trace of blood, which made him regret more than ever before. He regretted what he had done to her, and even more regretted forcing her to this point.
Everything that happened now was because of him. If he hadn't done something stupid... we wouldn't be in this dilemma now.
He had tried to give up, but just thinking about it made him feel so uncomfortable that he couldn't breathe.
I can't let go and I can't escape, so I can only torture myself in this stalemate.
Nan Yan's eyelashes trembled slightly. She calmed herself down before looking up at him. "I'm fine."
After Nan Yan stood firmly, she released her hand on his wrist.
After a moment of silence, he spoke softly, "You are right, he does have ulterior motives, so... you already knew about this, right?"
Chu Liyue paused, "I'm sorry..."
This is the default.
Nan Yan shook her head, but her expression didn't change much. "There's nothing to be sorry about. You told me a long time ago. I was just too stupid to believe it."
Chu Liyue tightened his fingers.
Especially when he saw her sad face, the hand clasped on her wrist tightened unconsciously, "If you are sad, I will go for you..."
Nan Yan immediately held his hand. She knew what he meant. "No, I'm not sad. I just... feel a little sad. It seems that no matter how hard I try, in the end, I am always the one who is easily abandoned."
"I used to think that as long as I treated others sincerely, they would treat me sincerely as well. However, things in this world don't always go as one wishes, and sincerity may not always be exchanged for sincerity. Do you agree, Demon Lord?"
Nan Yan raised her eyes and looked at him quietly.
A woman who used to love to laugh so much, now always looks sad when facing him.
The more Chu Li listened, the more pain he felt in his heart. He clenched her hand and wanted to say no, but when the words came to his lips, he found that he couldn't utter a word.
There was silence for a long moment.
He then grasped her hand and pressed it against his chest, speaking in a hoarse voice.
"No..."
This is not your fault...
He stood there, and only at this moment did he reveal all the tenderest emotions in his heart to her, "Sincerity can be exchanged for sincerity, and all this can only be blamed on a certain idiot who is too stupid..."
He has always been slow to speak sweet words, otherwise he would not have realized his feelings only after hurting her all over.
"He was so stupid that he didn't even know who he really liked. He did a lot of wrong things, but the biggest mistake he made in his life was pushing the woman he loved to another man..."
"He is trapped in his own trap. He deserves what he has done. Even if he dies a hundred times, it will not erase the sins he has committed. Even he hates himself, but what can he do? This idiot still underestimates his own feelings. Even so, he still... doesn't want to let go..."
"I'm sorry..." Chu Li held her fingers tighter and tighter, his eyes reluctant to move away from her face, "I don't think I've ever told you that the person I love is you... From the beginning to the end, there is only you..."
After listening to what he said, Nan Yan raised her head, and stared at him blankly with her dark, round eyes. It seemed that something fell from her eye sockets, dripping onto the back of his hand, warm and merging into one.
It's too late. These words are meaningless to her at this moment.
Chu Liyue didn't seem to expect this to happen. Why was she crying again?
He raised his hand and wiped her face clumsily and carefully.
"Don't cry... I'm not saying these things to make you sad, nor do I want to force you. It doesn't matter if you don't want to. I just want you to know my true feelings..."
"Stop crying..."
He seemed a little anxious about this.
Nan Yan didn't say anything, but after hearing what he said, she cried even harder, her tears dripping between his fingers and onto the ground.
After a long while, she suddenly asked, "You... like me, don't you?"
Chu Liyue actually didn't expect to get her forgiveness, but when he heard her words, he nodded hurriedly.
"Yes, I like you..."
It should be more than like.
Nan Yan smiled and wiped the tears from her face, then said to him, "Okay, then can you agree to one of my requests?"
"What?"
"If you let them go, I will marry you."
Chu Liyue's heart trembled.
Just these one sentence made him feel an unspeakable sadness in his heart. He knew what she meant. She still refused to believe him, so she wanted to use herself as a bargaining chip to buy the freedom of the two men.
Did she really... fall in love with Ye Qingsang? Would she go to such lengths for him?
His beloved woman begged him for another man. He was obviously heartbroken, but he finally agreed. He couldn't refuse her. "Well... I promise you, but this is not an exchange. I will agree to whatever you ask for."
Hearing this, Nan Yan's eyelashes trembled slightly.
The fingertips held in his hand were pressed against his chest, the place closest to his heart. It seemed that something was caressing her fingertips. She shivered her fingers, and Chu Liyue took out the hairpin from his chest.
Nan Yan was a little stunned. This is...
He handed the hairpin to her, "Do you remember this hairpin?"
Of course she remembered that on the Lantern Festival, he carefully selected a gift for his sweetheart.
Chu Liyue saw her look and smiled self-deprecatingly, "Actually, that day, from the very beginning, I was thinking of you when I saw this hairpin. At that time, I was thinking, you love wearing green skirts so much, this jade hairpin must be very suitable for you..."
Nan Yan was stunned for a moment, her eyes fell on the jade hairpin.
Chu Liyue noticed her expression, paused, and said, "You may not know that I also stole the river lantern you released, and I also saw the note inside the lantern..."
He took out the river lanterns he had hidden before. They were crooked and the petals were a little torn, but they had been glued together again.
"Do you think we will have another chance to release river lanterns together? Is it too late for me to regret it now?"
Nan Yan's tears started to fall from her eyes again when she heard this. The tears blurred her vision and she could not see the expression of the person in front of her at all.
She simply didn't want to believe it. How could such a bad guy fall in love with her? She rejected this thought in her heart and wanted to stay away from him...
She would rather believe that he was unwilling to accept that the little thing that had always followed him around in the past actually stopped liking him one day, and that this gave rise to a possessive desire.
Nan Yan wiped her tears, her voice trembling slightly, "My Lord, you have to know that possessiveness is not love. Are you really sure that you are not... doing this to me because you are unwilling to give in?"
Chu Liyue paused, then understood.
He knew that she didn't believe him, and that he deserved it, but the feeling of having his feelings denied by the person he loved seemed to make him fall into a freezing despair, freezing him all over.
He couldn't help but curl his fingertips and looked away in a wolfish manner, "Please don't say such things... I know my feelings clearly, and I know that I love you now, not because I am unwilling, but because... I can't bear to let you go..."
I can't bear to let you go, so I would rather suffer than let go of your hand. But if you are really unhappy, I will still give up...
Even though he was reluctant, there were some things he couldn't force. He had hurt her so many times and couldn't make her cry again.
"I'm sorry..."
I haven't said sorry to you properly yet.
"It's inevitable that you would doubt me. After all, I have done so many excessive things to you..."
If only I had seen my feelings more clearly sooner.
It would be nice if those things didn't happen.
Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world...
He smiled at her.
Different from his usual sarcasm and cynicism, the Demon Lord rarely showed such a gentle expression, and even his brows revealed a hint of infatuation and attachment.
He touched her eyebrows with his fingertips and wiped the tears from her eyes. He was very gentle. "I have always been too selfish. I stubbornly thought that as long as I sincerely repented, you would forgive me..."
"Actually, I was just daydreaming. You're right. At this point, there's no going back between us."
He wanted to compensate her.
Little did they know that letting go is the best choice.
"I never planned to marry He Nanwan. From the moment she ran away from the marriage, the fate between her and me was over. I used to mistakenly think that I liked her, but now I have completely seen through my feelings. You don't need to marry me just to help her leave..."
"She and I will not get married, so..."
At this point, Chu Liyue paused, as if reluctant to leave. "Leave, leave Youdu, go wherever you want to go, find the man you... like. As long as you are no longer sad, you can go anywhere."
He finally let go of her hand.
His fingertips slowly separated from hers, and he curled up and withdrew his hand.
Nan Yan seemed to be a little unconvinced that what he said was true, and her voice was choked for a moment.
"What you said... is true."
After a while, he smiled softly and said "hmm".
But he turned his face away, not wanting her to see the dejected look on his face at the moment, "It's true, but if you look at me with such pitiful eyes again, I will think you are reluctant to leave me."
In fact, as despicable as he is, he still refuses to give up completely even after reaching this point.
He was taking his last gamble, betting on her soft heart and the feelings she once had for him.
After hearing what he said, Nan Yan's eyes turned red again.
She bit her lip tightly. She had clearly made up her mind, decided not to be soft-hearted anymore. But no matter how she struggled, her emotions prevailed in the end.
Nan Yan's fingertips gently stroked the flower bud on top, reluctant and hesitant... Finally, she carefully reached out and took the hairpin.
She slowly closed her eyes, tears falling from her eyes, and finally she seemed to accept her fate.
She said, "If you really want to lie to me, then...just keep lying to me, okay?"
"I'm not as smart as you. I can't tell whether you're telling the truth or a lie. My mind clearly tells me not to believe you, but I... I still can't help it. I can't help but want to believe you one last time."
She paused for a moment and suddenly looked up.
Eyes as clear as water looked straight at him, with a hint of hope emerging in them, looking straight into his heart.
Chu Liyue suddenly understood, and at that moment he felt as if the softest part of his heart was hit hard by something, as if his entire heart was twisted into a ball. He felt sad and painful, but in the end it all turned into a wave of attachment that seeped into every part of his body.
He thought she would never forgive him again in her life. After all, what he had done, even killing him would not be too much...
But she finally agreed. He had never been so nervous before, so nervous that he felt everything at the moment was fake.
"No more..."
He pulled her into his arms tightly, like a treasure that had been lost and found again. He pulled her so hard that she could hardly breathe. "That won't happen again. Don't think about things that won't happen. From now on, I won't let you down again."
This is the last time.
He took advantage of her soft heart and Ye Qingsang's indecision to secure his last chance of survival. From now on, he would take good care of her for the rest of her life.
No one can take her away from you.
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At the same time, on the other side, Ye Qingsang watched the figure leave in silence. He stood there for a long time before realizing that the person had disappeared.
He felt as if he had done something wrong.
Something he would regret for the rest of his life.
Until this moment, the expression on her face when she spoke just now was still flooding through his mind, pinning him to the spot. He didn't even have the courage to chase after her.
There was a sudden tearing pain in his chest, and an overwhelming panic and uneasiness that rushed towards him like an icy tide, making him feel as if he couldn't breathe.
Ye Qingsang tried hard to suppress this feeling. He convinced himself in his heart that she would understand, and when it was over, he would come to take her away and would not leave her alone to face Chu Liyue.
As he thought about this, his mood finally calmed down a little.
During this period, He Nanwan came to see him, and the two discussed the specific details of escaping the marriage, but Ye Qingsang was always absent-minded during this period, and even when talking to her, he would lose focus unconsciously.
"Brother, are you listening to what I'm saying?"
Seeing that he didn't respond after she called him several times, He Nanwan simply reached out and shook his hand.
An unfamiliar temperature touched the back of his hand.
Ye Qingsang opened it subconsciously.
He Nanwan was stunned.
Ye Qingsang suddenly came back to his senses when he heard He Nanwan's slightly doubtful voice, "Sorry...what did you just say?"
He didn't even realize that he had just slapped her away.
He Nanwan looked at the slightly red back of her hand. Her senior brother had never treated her like this before. She suddenly felt that her senior brother would abandon her.
Feeling somewhat uneasy in her heart, He Nanwan subconsciously held his hand and said, "It's nothing. I'm just a little worried. Senior Brother, do you think... I have a lot of things to do. Will you abandon me?"
Ye Qingsang looked up at her uneasy expression but said nothing.
Are you worried?
So is she... also worried that he will abandon her?
Seeing that he didn't say anything, He Nanwan's lips suddenly turned pale, and she continued, "If you really feel that this matter is difficult, then why not... stop it, I will find a way to leave here."
After she finished speaking, she stood up and wanted to leave.
For a moment, Ye Qingsang even wanted to nod and say yes, but in the end he was still worried, so he grabbed her sleeve, but not very tightly, just touched it lightly and then let go.
He looked up at her somewhat reluctant expression and said calmly, "...It's not what you think. I'm worried about something else. I will help you leave."
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