I like you the most
"Yes, yes, I came here to seduce you. No wonder you've been blinded by lust."
As he spoke, Heng Jin cast a spell to make the small table between them disappear, then sat close to her, leaning forward and placing his lips against hers, so close that their breath could spray on each other's faces.
Yuanli's heart was beating violently, and she stuttered, "You, what are you doing?"
"I want my wife's kiss, so I have to come and ask for it myself. My wife, look at me carefully, I don't believe you don't want to kiss me. Tell me, do you want to kiss me?"
Yuanli followed his words and looked at his face, her gaze moving from his eyebrows to his rosy, soft lips. Her mind began to reminisce about their past. Finally, she nodded, as if possessed by a force.
Even though, he may like someone else, she still likes him very much.
The moment she nodded, Heng Jin smiled triumphantly. He didn't give her a chance to react and immediately kissed her. The moment their lips touched, Heng Jin greedily wanted more intimacy. But this kiss was originally a routine he had tricked her into. If he rashly pressed the issue and asked for more, it would probably backfire.
He stood a fist away from her lips and observed her reaction. She didn't seem angry, but just slowly opened her eyes and looked at him intently.
"My dear, I...I only dared to do that when I saw you nod. I was wrong. Please don't be angry with me..."
"Have you drunk the peach wine? How much did you drink? Will the peach wine have any effect on you?"
"I couldn't resist the effects of the peach wine, but I didn't drink it. Peach wine wouldn't be on my table in that situation, even if there were sugar apples. After all, I hold too many secrets."
"Where's the wine?"
Heng Jin produced the three pots of peach wine again and floated them in front of them out of thin air, without the small table. After all, he didn't want this thing to separate them anymore.
Yuanli picked up a pot of peach wine and handed it to him, "Drink it."
Heng Jin hesitated as he looked at the cup of peach wine she handed him. After consuming the entire pot, apart from casting spells, he had no way to stop his own actions and words, which were driven by his heart. He was a little afraid that he would say something related to those unspeakable secrets. However, when he repeated the words "drink him" for the second time, he still drank it all.
He looked at her nervously, and the peach wine gradually began to take effect.
"Heng Jin, who is the only woman you truly love at this moment?"
Yuanli, who asked this question, was also very nervous, looking forward to and afraid of his answer.
Heng Jin answered without hesitation: "It's you. I really like you so much."
After getting this answer, Yuanli's heart beat violently, and her mind seemed to be filled with thousands of brilliant and colorful fireworks exploding, just like the gorgeous fireworks that bloomed for her in the sky when he carried her on his back that night.
"Swear you didn't use any method to resist the effects of the peach wine, and swear you meant what you just said."
Heng Jin made a swearing gesture and swore, "I swear I didn't use any method to resist the effects of Pan Tao Wine. I swear that what I just said was sincere. If I said even a single lie, I will perish and be punished by heaven."
After swearing the oath, Heng Jin put down the hand he had sworn with and held her hand with both hands, "Madam, do you believe me?"
Before Yuanli could answer him, her mind suddenly flashed back to the time when Cha Suxun was her concubine in the mortal palace. He said, "Ali, you and I are destined to be husband and wife in this life, and you are still my fiancée. Could you please not give too much affection and intimacy to others?"
As this memory flashed by, her mind immediately flashed back to the vow she and Cha Suxun had made to marry each other after death. The memory was vivid, and Cha Suxun's face and voice were as clear as if they were right in front of her.
Yes, even if Yuanli and Cha Suxun didn't have an engagement, they had made a promise to each other. Even without these vows, she would still return to the Netherworld and stay by his side forever out of gratitude.
Thinking of this, Yuanli let go of Hengjin's hand, stood up, kept a distance from him, and restrained her out-of-control emotions.
Heng Jin, who was standing by, was a little confused when he saw her attitude change so quickly. Until she stood up, he saw an inconspicuous hairpin tucked behind her bun, emitting a faint glow.
He used his own divine power to detect and sensed that the hairpin contained the dark power of Cha Suxun.
"Madam, where did you get that hairpin with the colorful spirit stone on it?"
Following his words, Yuanli subconsciously touched the pearl hairpin and said, "This was given to me by A-Cha. Emperor, you'd better not call me wife in the future." Yuanli said in a flat tone.
"Why? Because of Cha Suxun?"
"Well, just now... I was wrong. For the sake of our shared tribulation, could you please just pretend it never happened?"
Hearing this, Heng Jin was so angry that she laughed. After sneering, Heng Jin stood facing her with a cold face, "No. Yuanli, you like me..." Thinking of Ah Li's many new loves, Heng Jin paused and changed the question, saying: "Yuanli, do you like me the most or Cha Suxun the most?"
They all knew that she would tell the truth because of the peach wine.
"I like you the most."
"Since you like me the most and I only like you, why do you treat me like this because of an outsider?"
"A-Cha is not an outsider."
"In your heart, he's not an outsider, but I'm the one who's treated as an outsider, right? You don't let me call you wife. Why? Because you think you're only Cha Suxun's wife, so you keep trying to stop me from calling you wife. Is that what you mean? Yuanli, answer me!"
Heng Jin was furious. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the pearl hairpin Cha Suxun had given her. A sudden sense of fear and worry welled up in him. For the first time, he had a premonition that he could no longer keep her. The shimmering light of the colorful spirit stone on the hairpin grew brighter, as if it were the glaring image of some smug person, wildly provocatively showing off.
"Ah Cha, Ah Cha, listen to how affectionately you call him. You've only called him Ah Jin once, and that was during the brief time we were together when I was your concubine. Other than that, you either called me Emperor or used my full name. If you hadn't drunk so much peach wine, I would have thought you were just kidding me when you said you loved me the most."
"So what if I like you? So what if we like each other? I've said it before, in my heart, no one is more important than Ah Cha, not even my life. Emperor Heng Jin, there is no future between us. I am destined to return to him until the end of my life."
"Emperor Hengjin! Yuanli, do you have to deliberately call me by my full name and honorific title?" He restrained her arms, forcing her to face him. No matter how she struggled, he wouldn't let go. "You haven't even tried with me, so how can you so easily assume that there's no future between you and me with just a few words!"
"Because I am determined to choose him."
Yuanli spoke in a firm tone, and her eyes were full of seriousness as she looked into his.
Both of their eyes were filled with tears, their eyes were red and sore, and neither of them was willing to blink easily, for fear that the tears that were about to fill their eyes would slide down.
The two of them remained in a stalemate until two lines of tears streamed down Heng Jin's face. Then, they couldn't be stopped, like pearls from a broken string, falling to the floor one after another. His eyes were filled with grievance, and his mouth trembled as he hesitated to speak. Seeing him like this, Yuan Li felt uncomfortable, but she had to cut the Gordian knot quickly because she didn't want to make a decision.
So, regardless of his sadness, she insisted on struggling to get free. When she couldn't, she had no choice but to say, "You hurt me."
As soon as she finished speaking, Heng Jin immediately loosened her grip, and she was able to escape.
"You lied to me..."
Heng Jin's tone became even more aggrieved, and he raised his hand to wipe the tears from his face. But the more he wiped, the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't hold back his tears, and his shoulders couldn't help but tremble with sobs.
"If you didn't want me for some other reason, I could still try to find a way, but you're determined to choose him. Even if you like me the most, you're still determined to choose him. What can I do? There's no way I can win your heart back... Yuanli, what do you want me to do... Do you want me to watch you wait for him to return to the Netherworld and marry him? I can't do it, I can't do it, Yuanli..."
"I don't invite you to the ceremony."
"Yuanli! You...you!"
"Am I wrong? Didn't you, Emperor, say that you couldn't see us get married? If you don't want to see it, then there's no need to worry about whether you can do it or not."
"Are you agreeing with me now? I want to be with you, I want to get married to you, why are you not agreeing with me?"
At this time, Heng Jin no longer cared about hiding it or not. He was about to lose his wife. If he continued to have many concerns and give in like Cha Suxun did in the past, he would probably lose his wife too.
"I was the one who found you first! You were the one who told me we'd be together forever, so why did you leave me alone again without saying anything? This isn't the first time you've left me alone!"
"When did I ever tell you that we would be together forever?"
Under Yuanli's puzzled gaze, Heng Jin changed back into the appearance of the little bird that accompanied her in Penglai Province. He flew up and hit her shoulder with his bird head as if to vent his anger, then changed back into human form and stood beside her.
"You are actually..."
"You recognize me now? Not just Penglai Fairyland, but also when you were talking about Penglai Fairyland with Heqi at Yuemang Mountain, you also said that you always felt that there was a kind immortal god protecting you. I have been with you for far more time than you know. It was I who discovered you wandering around and sent you to Penglai Fairyland. Do you really think you could accidentally stumble into Penglai? I originally wanted to raise you in Penglai first, and when I nursed you back to health, I would find a way to transform you into an immortal god. But when I was just returning to the Heavenly Realm to do some work, you suddenly disappeared, and I couldn't find you. When I heard from you again, you were already with Cha Suxun. At that time, although the Six Realms were temporarily stable, I would not have been idle enough to wander into the underworld for no reason, and I certainly would not wear the tattered robe with threads on it that you mentioned."
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