Ji Fengming silently watched the choked-up Hei Xiao, his heart filled with mixed emotions as he recounted the story of Hei Xiao and Yun Xiao.
Sour, bitter, astringent, and a deep sense of guilt and remorse.
Compared to Yunxiao's uprightness in the story, he felt that his thoughts were like those of a thief living in the shadows, coveting something that should never belong to him.
The closeness she had always believed in with Xiao Chen was shattered completely at this moment.
Compared to Yunxiao's care and support for Ling Qing, Ji Fengming was simply a clueless clown.
Ji Fengming knew that Hei Xiao told him all this so that he would know just how vengeful and ruthless Jun Luoying was. She had been hunting down Yunxiao for ten whole years, and her protection of Yunxiao was even more meticulous and persistent than that of Ling Qing and Mo Linxian.
However, his focus was entirely on the interactions between Yunxiao and Lingqing.
Just as Ji Fengming was looking down in dejection, Hei Xiao suddenly turned around and grabbed his left hand tightly, saying, "So Fengming, if one day you face Jun Luoying, you must not leave alone. You must stay with me or with Xiao Jiu."
No matter what happens, we'll face it together. Don't... don't be like Yunxiao.
I'm no longer the Ling Qing who lived by rules and always hesitated. I can trust you, so please trust me too, okay?
Ji Fengming looked up anxiously, meeting Hei Xiao's urgent and sincere gaze.
If he could, he would like to be like Yunxiao and take on all the risks that Ling Qing shouldn't have to bear himself.
But he couldn't. He had parents, a younger sister, and a younger brother to protect, so he had to rely on the power of the Dan Sect and the Han Yu Sect.
“I’ve always believed in you, Xiao Chen, but…” Ji Fengming said guiltily, “Actually, I’ve always owed you an apology, both before and after. If it weren’t for us, there would be many burdens you wouldn’t have to bear…”
"Don't say such things, don't even think such thoughts!" Black Owl was anxious, his long eyebrows furrowing tightly. "If one day you abandon me like Yunxiao, I... I will die and vanish from this world!"
If he couldn't protect Yunxiao in his past life, and he still can't protect Ji Fengming in this life, then he has no reason to live!
"Xiao Chen, you..."
Ji Fengming stared blankly into Hei Xiao's anxious and angry eyes, his expression shimmering, as if he were a wooden statue.
He never expected that Black Owl would suddenly make such a solemn vow.
...
Shang Xi slept soundly for two nights, and even got up once to add firewood, but Hei Xiao and Ji Fengming still did not return.
He was determined to find it, so he walked a little deeper into the cave, paused for a moment, and then turned back, a faint smile playing on his lips.
—Black Owl was not Ling Qing from his previous life. The darkness and suffering he experienced during his rebirth made him fully realize the truth.
He learned how to protect the people he wanted to protect;
He also learned that some people and some things must be kept quiet and said clearly at the right time.
It seems that after this frank and open conversation, even if they encounter Jun Luoying again in the future, or face all kinds of difficulties from the world, they will not repeat the regretful entanglement of their previous life.
Jun Luoying had already gathered a large number of people and was conducting a large-scale, carpet-search operation within a radius of two hundred miles to capture Shang Xiye and the other two.
This includes the cave where Shang Xiye, Hei Xiao, and Ji Fengming were hiding.
However, the team responsible for searching the area near the cave was not Jun Luoying herself, but three small teams from Nianzi City.
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