matchmaker red line
"It's my fault... It's all my fault... I won't let our love end here, even if, even if, you want to love another man... But..." Heng Jin approached her, and she almost subconsciously followed his steps and stepped back, widening the distance between them again.
He took two steps back, returned to his previous position, and continued, "But... could you please not be so quick? Just like the fox cloak I gave you, it became disposable so quickly in your heart."
"I didn't know you were the one who gave me the Heavenly Fox Cloak, Heng Jin. You didn't tell me it was you. You were just a mortal back then, and we started our tribulation almost as soon as we met. How could I have guessed that you got the fox cloak for me? Are you asking me to guess that before the tribulation, or even before we met, you had prepared the Heavenly Fox Cloak and were looking for the right time to give it to me? I need to hear you say it to know. I'm not a mind reader who can know every unspoken thing you say. I've guessed your thoughts and the reasons behind your actions for enough time, and I don't want to guess anymore. You know what I'm talking about."
"Yes, I wanted to give it to you and prepared it before I experienced the tribulation in my first life. It was only before I died that I had the chance to get it and give it to you. I wanted to give you a surprise and wait for you to open the cabinet to find it, but I didn't expect that when I returned to the mansion, you already had a new love, Xiao Yan'an. I returned to the mansion and saw that the Sky Fox Cloak in the wardrobe was intact. Later, you left me. When I died and returned to Prince Wen's Mansion, many things disappeared, including the Sky Fox Cloak. When you took it out, I even wondered with joy whether you took those things away. But the next second, it was draped on him, and you wanted to give it to him. I was really furious, so I I'll talk without thinking, talk about him, and even question you about what I said. Yuanli, you clearly have memories, but you always give your heart to other men. No matter how hard I beg, I can't get your heart back. In two lifetimes, I've lost your heart. Watching you have one new love after another, your ambiguous relationship, it really makes me worry. I've almost become accustomed to the fear that every handsome man who appears by your side will take your heart away. I even start to care about my appearance, wanting to be more beautiful, more beautiful, to attract your attention, so that you might look at me more and not look at other men.
He didn't care about keeping distance, but took a big step forward and held her in his arms forcibly.
"Yuanli, ah Yuanli, why can't you give your heart to just one person?"
She wanted to break free from his embrace, but the more she struggled, the tighter he held her.
Heng Jin was unaware of the mission the Emperor had assigned her. He had also warned her that if she knew, it would be equivalent to a failure. So, naturally, he took her fake love affair seriously. She understood his frustration, but she couldn't tell him the truth. She could only force him to believe she had abandoned him without suspicion.
"You can share your heart with others, so why can't I share mine with others? Not only Cha Suxun, not only Xiao Yan'an, Axun Wangyue, but every handsome man I can share my heart with equally. At least, their eyes that only stare at me don't make me sad like you do."
"Yuanli, I told you that my heart has never been shared with anyone else. It has always been just you. I know you can't believe it from your perspective, and you even think it's ridiculous, but I swear to you with my life, it's really like this, it's true. In your eyes, Cha Suxun also loves Li Wan deeply, and the past that he can't let go of in his dreams are all about the past with Li Wan. Why can you accept it and be willing to spend time with him? Why don't you wait for me to explain it to you?"
"Because I no longer have any romantic feelings for him. He is my benefactor, the one who led me from those dark days of fleeing to the light and warmth. No matter who he loves deeply, as long as he wants me to be by his side, I am willing to do so."
Heng Jin loosened the grip on her and instead held her shoulders, crying and laughing as she asked, "So, you still love me, that's why you care, you care a lot. You still love my Yuanli, right?"
He stared into her eyes intently, trying to catch every emotion that flashed across her eyes, looking for clues to prove that she still loved him.
"No, I won't love you anymore, Heng Jin, face the facts, stop bothering me, and let me go."
"No, as long as you still have a little love for me, I will never let you go. Even if I have to tie you to me by force, I will never let you go to another man. Yuanli, even if you hate me, we will be tied together and never separate."
He overpowered her, forcing a kiss onto her lips. His tongue licked her soft lips, trying to pry open her teeth and linger with her, proving to her that her body still loved him. She stubbornly clenched her teeth and refused to let go. Heng Jin simply hugged her waist and tickled the itchy spot on her waist, and then he succeeded and hooked her tongue.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, the taste of blood filled my mouth.
The pain at the corner of his mouth confirmed that it was her bite that had broken his lip, not her blood, so he kissed her with peace of mind and continued to linger with her. She hid, he chased, having a lot of fun.
He didn't stop kissing her until he felt two lines of tears falling from her eyes, but his arms around her waist did not loosen at all.
"Heng Jin!"
"I am here."
She looked like a raccoon with its fur standing on end. If what was in front of me was her real body, I would probably see her like a small firework again.
"Ari, it was you who made me realize your remaining love, so don't think you can successfully abandon me."
He let go of her, watched her take two steps back, and proudly raised his and her hands, which were tied with the red string of the matchmaker. When the red string appeared, the knot on his hand could still be seen.
"If one day you truly no longer love me, prove it to me and I will let you go. But as long as there is even a trace of love left, this red thread will never be untied."
Yuanli looked at the coils of Yue Lao's red string wrapped around her wrist, and the long series of knots that had been tied at who knows when, and said, "Are you childish, Heng Jin? You've tied so many knots. Yue Lao's red string is useless on immortals, as you know. Asking Yue Lao to weave such a thick red string doesn't necessarily mean it will do what you want. Even if it were used to bind an immortal, it would be easily broken free. It's not even half as useful as an immortal binding chain."
"Is it useful? How useful is it? Why don't you try it and find out?"
Yuanli tried, but couldn't break free from the red string that bound her. "What the hell is that?"
"The matchmaker's red string."
"If it was just the matchmaker's red string, how could I be unable to move or break free? What on earth is this thing? Untie it for me quickly, I'm not your prisoner!"
"This is the Red Rope of the Matchmaker, woven with a little of my heart blood and phoenix feathers. Only I can untie it, or I'll have to wait until I die. Don't worry, you're still free. This red rope will be hidden, and only you, me, and the Scissors of Broken Love can make it visible again. You can go wherever you want; it won't limit the distance between you and me. As long as I want to, or I want to, I can immediately follow this thread to find each other."
He raised his hand and tugged, muttering, "One step."
Just as she was wondering, her feet suddenly lost control and she teleported to him, just one step away. He waved at the hand tied with the red string from Yue Lao, and the string suddenly lost its elasticity, causing her hand to sway with him.
She looked up and wanted to scold him again, only to realize that the distance between them was so close that when one of them lowered her head and the other raised her head, they could feel the other's breath spraying on the other's face.
Yuanli backed away until her bound hands reached the longest distance, then he pulled her hands back, moved forward, and held her in his arms again. A bright and unrestrained smile appeared on his tear-stained face.
"You can do it too, Yuanli. I'll tie my hands to yours. If you want me to be by your side, I can be there immediately."
He took out a feather-patterned hairpin and pinned it to her bun. "Even if we're thousands of miles apart, as long as you speak to this hairpin, I can hear you and answer you. This is the only one in the world, and I'm giving it to you."
"I don't want what others don't want."
"I really only gave it to you, not to anyone else. If I lied to you, I would lose all my feathers."
Seeing that Heqi had woken up, Hengjin let go of her, wiped the tears from her face, and then sat back down. When they opened their eyes one after another, their previous expressions returned.
After He Qi woke up, his first reaction was to look at Si Xi beside him, his expression filled with worry. Seeing her open her eyes, his expression suddenly changed, and he scolded her, "Si Xi! Haven't I taught you four or five times? No matter when, where, or why you fall into the illusion of the past, you must immediately be alert. Never indulge in the illusion, and the first thing you should do is find a way to escape! Didn't you tell me you remembered it? I also told you every time about Bai Wujiang's tricks, and what the consequences are! You know it! From the moment you entered the illusionary dream, you knew it was an illusion. If you knew, why did you indulge in it so much and didn't want to leave!"
He Qi was extremely angry, and his expression was so fierce that she was afraid. She did not refute his scolding, but just looked at him quietly and listened to his scolding.
"What? You don't have any attachment to life, no thoughts at all? Your godmother, Yan Ye, and... aren't important enough for you to live? When I forcibly pulled you out, you actually had the guts to refuse. I know what it means to you to live with your mother again, but that's just an illusion! An illusion that's luring you to death! Think it through for me. If you still want to indulge in the illusion of living with your mother, go ahead and indulge yourself again. I won't care. Until you make up your mind, stay put. Let's go find Yan Ye together and see if he's addicted to it and doesn't want to live anymore."
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