Yan Liang, who was deeply hated by the flower girl, seemed to be speechless after being shocked by her sarcastic words. He stared at the flower girl's icy face for a while, then lowered his head weakly and said with difficulty, "It's me... I'm sorry."
He looked extremely sad.
Everyone who heard or saw it thought the young man was sad.
Unexpectedly, he then said softly, "But have you forgotten who it was who held hands with Dongfang under the fireworks back then?"
"...It's you."
The young man sighed softly, his sighs filled with endless thoughts, and his unspeakable melancholy and sorrow were hidden in that melancholy.
“If I hadn’t inadvertently seen you two holding hands and looking at each other, how could I have mistakenly thought that you and Dongfang were in love, and how could I have abandoned you…” the young man said with a sigh, “I thought you would be very happy with him.”
silence.
A long, silent period.
He was thought to be a heartless man, but it turns out he's a cuckold?
Bai Yutang gripped the knife in his hand, suddenly feeling somewhat lost. Logically, he should have rushed forward to defeat Mu Rufeng and rescue Zhan Zhao, Lu Xiaofeng, and Wang Lianhua. However, Yan Liang had reunited with his old friend, and their true feelings were overflowing. He couldn't find an opportunity to interrupt their conversation, but now that the two were locked in an eerie silence, he found himself speechless.
"...Words are useless; saving lives is the priority."
Bai Yutang looked at Yan Liang and said.
Hua shifted her gaze from the sorrowful Yan Liang to the white-robed youth who had spoken, finally coming up with a good solution to the current situation.
"Ask yourself honestly, why did I hold Dongfang's hand?" the flower girl asked coldly. As Yan Liang's brow twitched, sensing something was amiss, she continued, "It was clearly you, it was you—"
She hesitated to say what followed, seemingly finding it difficult to speak. A blush rose to her face as she became excited, making her even more beautiful.
However, Lu Xiaofeng, who could feel sorry for the beauty, was hiding under the table listening. The two people facing her were both cold-hearted and ruthless, and one of the protagonists was showing a strange expression because of the flower girl's unfinished words.
"Now that you have me, why did you still go and provoke Dongfang?" The young woman seemed to have made a decision, speaking with difficulty and restraint as she revealed the truth behind the matter. "If I don't explain things to Dongfang, how will he know that you had already confessed your feelings to me? And how could I..."
"If it weren't for that time in the East... I wouldn't have known that you were carrying me on your back, carrying me on your back—!!"
The girl's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she finally choked up and couldn't speak.
There was no other reason than that the matter was clearly something she couldn't and shouldn't talk about. Revealing even a little information was the limit for her now. She only said half of what she wanted to say, keeping the other half hidden in her heart, unwilling to speak of it.
But the information she provided alone was enough to spark the imagination.
Yan Liang: ...What the heck?!
Mu Rufeng was stunned. He never expected that this man named Yan Liang would actually have homosexual tendencies!
Bai Yutang couldn't help but look at Yan Liang. The young woman spoke with such sincerity that even if he didn't believe her, he felt there was a high degree of credibility to it...
Yan Liang couldn't hold back any longer and said, "What kind of talk is that—"
The young woman interrupted him, choking back tears, "Do you still want to deny it? Then tell me, who is he?"
Bai Yutang was taken aback when he was suddenly mentioned, and then realized that "he" was himself.
Yan Liang and Bai Yutang exchanged glances. After realizing that he was "him," the young man in white revealed an angry expression. He raised his knife and pointed it at the girl in yellow on the steps, saying coldly, "Don't talk nonsense! He and I are just friends!"
Yan Liang felt a little conflicted upon hearing this, thinking to himself that both that guy and Dongfang were his friends, yet that guy didn't seem to hold back at all when making up stories.
He wiped his face and said seriously, "I have acted uprightly and honestly. From beginning to end, you have been the only one in my heart. I don't know what Dongfang said to you that caused you to have this misunderstanding—"
“But now, I’ve come only to save my friend,” the young man said gently yet firmly. “Please, Miss Hua, don’t stop me.”
Wang Lianhua and Yan Liang exchanged glances for a moment, realizing that if they continued acting like this, there would be no end in sight. So, Wang Lianhua took over Yan Liang's role and decisively shifted the blame to Dongfang Bubai, who was nowhere to be found. The young lady lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, then looked at Yan Liang hesitantly. Finally, as if she had made a decision, she said, "Regardless of whether what you and Dongfang said is true or false, it is true that you abandoned me and left without a trace. It is also true that I am now on the opposite side of you."
Yan Liang gazed at her and sighed deeply.
Mu Rufeng spoke up at the opportune moment, saying, "You've really put on a good show for me—" His tone was quite strange, "I never expected that Young Master Yan would have homosexual tendencies..."
Even someone as principled as Wang Lianhua almost burst out laughing. Yan Liang, who had been suddenly given the title of "homosexual," twitched at the corner of his mouth, wondering if this person was temporarily blind or deaf. It couldn't possibly be that he and Wang Lianhua had made a mistake in their acting.
"...Say what you will." Yan Liang's feelings were complicated, but he didn't forget to put on an act. "Even if Miss Hua comes to stop me, I will not show any mercy."
"Truly ruthless." Mu Rufeng glanced at the flower girl and coldly ordered, "If you capture him, he is at your disposal afterward."
But before that, he had to torture this man thoroughly to vent his anger.
The young woman ignored him, instead leaping up with her sword and attacking Yan Liang. Her movements were graceful, and if it weren't for her chilling killing intent, she would have truly resembled a celestial maiden who was untouched by worldly affairs when she descended from the sky.
Yan Liang swung his staff backhand, his momentum fierce and merciless, truly living up to his words, "I will never show mercy." The two fought and retreated, their weapons clashing, the sound deafening. Bai Yutang and Yan Liang exchanged a glance to confirm their plan—Yan Liang would deal with the flower girl alone, while Bai Yutang, under his cover, would pass through the rain of arrows and charge straight at Mu Rufeng with his sword.
The distance from the doorway to the eaves was only five zhang, but due to the obstruction of the flower girl and the rain of arrows, crossing this short distance became extremely difficult.
"Isn't that enough?!"
While dodging Hua Guniang's attacks, Yan Liang also had to use his staff to shield himself and Bai Yutang from the rain of arrows. He was temporarily overwhelmed and saw that Hua Guniang was becoming more and more courageous in the fight. It seemed that the battle would never end. He hurriedly asked her a question. Hua Guniang smiled and replied, "Not enough."
Yan Liang: ...Not enough, my ass!
"—I still want to live!" Yan Liang stopped kicking the flower girl in the waist, leaving a dark footprint on her brand-new yellow clothes. Finally, he blocked the long sword thrusting at him with his stick, and with a backhand twist, used brute force to stop her from swinging the sword.
Seeing the situation was turning against her, Hua Gu Niang released her grip and retreated hastily. Yan Liang, wielding a staff in one hand and a sword in the other, crouched low and charged straight at Hua Gu Niang. Bai Yutang, beside him, followed a similar posture and headed towards the eaves.
Yan Liang was stopped by Hua Guniang, while Bai Yutang was stopped by another person three steps away from Mu Rufeng, and the two sides engaged in a fierce battle.
Tang Yang didn't believe Wang Lianhua's nonsense, nor did she trust him as a person, so she still assigned Mu Rufeng a guard as usual.
Yan Liang noticed the commotion over there and raised an eyebrow at Wang Lianhua—it seems you're not all that great after all. You gave your real name, but they still don't trust you.
Wang Lianhua smiled at him, and taking him by surprise, kicked him, leaving a footprint on Yan Liang's waist.
Hearing the clash of weapons outside, the three people under the table in the hall exchanged a glance. Lu Xiaofeng and Zhan Zhao wrote a few words on Hua Manlou's palm. After a moment, the three of them crawled out from under the table at the same time. Bai Yutang caught a glimpse of the figure crawling out from under the table during a break in his fight with the other person. He had an idea and led the other person away from Mu Rufeng. When the other person realized something was wrong and looked back, Lu Xiaofeng had already placed his hand on Mu Rufeng's neck, while Bai Yutang took the opportunity to put his knife to the other person's neck.
The situation reached a stalemate for a moment.
Bai Yutang was injured when he fought with that person, but Yan Liang, who was slacking off with Wang Lianhua, only had scratches from the rain of arrows.
The archers on the wall had run out of arrows, and broken arrows were scattered on the ground. Even if they wanted to kill Lu Xiaofeng and the others, they couldn't.
Wang Lianhua was annoyed that Lu Xiaofeng and the others had come out too early—he hadn't had enough of the show yet. But seeing Yan Liang's relieved expression, he sheathed his sword and turned to look at the people under the eaves.
Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang exchanged glances, both of them breathing a sigh of relief; Lu Xiaofeng, on the other hand, said with a hint of helplessness, "Please trouble Pavilion Master Mu to let us go."
Mu Rufeng gritted his teeth and said, "Who gave you the antidote?!"
Lu Xiaofeng remained silent. The young man with a knife to Bai Yutang's neck shifted his gaze to the girl in yellow beside him, his eyes dark and gloomy. Even if Mu Rufeng was stupid, he wouldn't be so stupid as not to guess that it was Wang Lianhua who gave Lu Xiaofeng and the others the antidote.
But when Wang Lianhua revealed his true identity to him, he clearly stated that he had given him all the antidotes—
Mu Rufeng initially thought he knew everything about Wang Lianhua, but all the information was given to him by Wang Lianhua herself, making it unreliable. For example, in order to set a trap for Yan Liang, Wang Lianhua didn't hesitate to deny his true identity in front of Mu Rufeng—although he initially appeared in front of Mu Rufeng and the others in his true form, given Wang Lianhua's disguise skills, it wouldn't be unbelievable if he said he was a woman disguised as a man; he was the only one who knew whether he was male or female.
Mu Rufeng had always been curious as to why Wang Lianhua wanted to find Yan Liang. After all, the other party had only vaguely mentioned that she had a grudge against Yan Liang. When the "flower girl" in yellow said with a sad expression that it was a grudge of betrayal, Mu Rufeng suddenly understood. What the "flower girl" said did not seem to be a lie, and the reason was very obvious - love, hate and grudges. What profound emotion in the martial arts world could compare to this?
Therefore, Mu Rufeng believed it.
But he didn't know that Wang Lianhua and Yan Liang had no grudges against each other; all Wang Lianhua had was a restless heart and the idea of digging a pit for his old friend.
Wang Lianhua was so clever that he told Mu Rufeng and Lu Xiaofeng completely different stories and still managed to fool them all.
When Mu Rufeng realized the truth and wanted to question Wang Lianhua, he only managed to utter a short syllable before Wang Lianhua put him to sleep.
Wang Lianhua, with her beautiful face, smiled at Lu Xiaofeng, who was standing close by, and swung her sword to block the hidden weapon that was shot at Hua Manlou. Bai Yutang immediately struck the acupoint of the person who had thrown the hidden weapon, and the person's body went limp and he fainted on the ground.
Yan Liang stood in the center, holding the talisman, and smiled at the three people under the eaves.
"It's me."
At this moment, arrows were scattered on the ground, and a group of figures holding empty arrows surrounded the wall. A tense atmosphere filled the air; this was not a time for laughing and chatting.
But the unfamiliar young man in gray stood in the center of the open space, smiling and speaking in a light tone, just like the Yan Liang they knew.
—It really was him.
Author's Note: #DongfangTakingTheScapegoatAchievementOnceAchieved# Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants between 2020-05-09 21:48:14 and 2020-05-10 22:52:33!
Thank you to the little angel who threw the landmine: one live little angel has been caught;
Thank you to the little angels who watered the nutrient solution: Mo Yuan (11 bottles); Cun Qian Gui (1 bottle);
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