"Xiaoyu, it's me."
Yu Shu was startled. She hurriedly reached over the maid and pushed the door open. She squinted her eyes and looked out of the dimly lit carriage. She saw a horse parked a few steps in front of the horse's head. It was Jing Chen's figure on the horse. Even if she couldn't see his face clearly, she wouldn't mistake him for someone else.
Yu Shu was delighted. Just as she thought about it, she held it back. She deliberately put on a straight face and said angrily, "So it's Daozi. Why are you blocking the road in the middle of the night?"
"… I have something to say to you. Get off the carriage." Jing Chen didn't answer Yu Shu's words. He turned over and dismounted from the horse. He led the horse to make way for Yu Shu.
Seeing this, Yu Shu vaguely felt that something was wrong. She didn't want to tease him anymore. She guessed that he had something to say that couldn't be heard by outsiders. So she bent down and jumped off the carriage. She turned to Liu Zhong and Yun Dou and said, "You go back first. This place isn't far from home. I'll walk back later."
Yun Dou hurriedly said, "No, how can Miss walk?"
Before Yu Shu said anything, Jing Chen said first, "I'll see her off."
Yu Shu turned her head to look at Jing Chen and waved her hand to signal them to leave. Liu Zhong had to drive away with the reluctant Yun Dou.
This area was already in the south of the city. There weren't many pedestrians at night. There were three or four shops on the main road with their lights on. The street was empty and quite quiet.
Jing Chen led the horse and Yu Shu walked beside him. The two walked for a dozen steps. Yu Shu was the first one who couldn't stand the silent atmosphere. She said in a muffled voice, "Why didn't you come today? Didn't I send you an invitation?"
Before Jing Chen came, he had already thought about how to speak to Yu Shu. However, at this time, she was by his side and he didn't know where to start.
Yu Shu wasn't slow. Jing Chen's silence made her realize that what he wanted to say to her tonight wasn't what she wanted to hear.
Sure enough, as soon as Jing Chen opened his mouth, she pulled a long face, "I already know what Shui Yun did to you. It was all because of me that she did something wrong. We are from the same sect, and our relationship is like that of brother and sister. She is in the wrong. Since it's my fault, if you have any complaints, you can take it out on me. "
Yu Shu gritted her teeth, her breath stuck in her chest. He had been hiding from her all these days, and today he was here to take the blame for his Junior Sister!
"You …" Yu Shu was so angry that her head hurt. She wanted to scold him to vent her anger, but she felt that this was exactly what the mastermind wanted.
After taking a few deep breaths, Yu Shu turned to stare at Jing Chen and said to him as calmly as possible, "Since you already know, then I don't need to hide it from you anymore. Your Junior Sister is not a good person. She is sanctimonious, but she is hypocritical. Her heart is cruel and poisonous. I have no grievances with her, but she can shamelessly involve me in a fatal disaster. In order to cross that annoying Death Tribulation, she disregarded other people's lives. She and you are from the same sect. It's ridiculous that she has cultivated morality in vain. I advise you to send her back to the sect as soon as possible, so that she won't stay in the capital and continue to harm others. "
Yu Shu herself was a cruel person. Not to mention her evil heart in her previous life, at least in this year of her rebirth, she had never deliberately harmed an innocent person, unless there was a grudge against her.
Jing Chen listened to Yu Shu's words. But it was different from what Shui Yun had confessed to him that day. In the blink of an eye, he realized that Yu Shu had been deceived by her. He smiled bitterly and said bitterly, "No, she might be facing the Death Tribulation, but she deliberately harmed you. It's for me. "
Yu Shu stopped in her tracks and said stiffly, "… You're saying she's trying to harm me?"
Jing Chen had no intention to deceive her. He nodded slowly and turned to look at her surprised and doubtful look. He felt more and more guilty and remorseful in his heart.
"Why, why did she want to harm me?" Yu Shu was confused by Jing Chen's words. Why did Shui Yun drag her to face the Death Tribulation? Wasn't it just to save her life?
Jing Chen lowered his head and clenched the coarse reins tightly. His palms ached from the friction. His eyes couldn't be seen clearly, but his voice was calm and lonely, "I remember telling you before that my life was saved by the combined efforts of several elders in the sect. Otherwise, with the baleful aura of my fate in Ketu Star, I would have died a long time ago. They blocked the destiny for me and shouldered the Death Tribulation. If I couldn't find someone to break the Fate Tribulation within three years after I went down the mountain this time, a great disaster would befall them. They would definitely die because of me, or my Dao Heart would be lost. It would also attract evil spirits in advance and endanger their lives … Among those elders, there was my master, Immortal Huai Xian, and Martial Uncle Huai Chun, who is also Shui Yun's father. "
Yu Shu had mixed feelings when she heard this. She couldn't close her mouth, and her thoughts were in a mess, making her restless. She seemed to see a clue, but she couldn't grasp it. Shui Yun's father was one of the experts who saved Jing Chen's life. Before Jing Chen found the person who broke the Fate Tribulation, he couldn't lose his Dao Heart. Otherwise, it would endanger the elders' lives. Therefore, Shui Yun wanted her to die because … because …
"Little Yu, I'm afraid that if I fall in love with you, I will lose my Dao Heart. You will be heartless, and I will be unjust. Why don't … we end our fate here."
Yu Shu's breath caught in her throat, and she abruptly stopped in her tracks. Right at the end of the street bridge, she turned around to look at Jing Chen's face. The half-moon above his head revealed his clear eyes. They were no longer as calm as water, but flashed with helplessness, unwillingness, forbearance, and pain. All sorts of negative emotions that had been suppressed for a long time were exposed at this moment, causing her to tremble in fear. At the same time, she clearly understood that he was not joking, but had made a decision.
Looking at Jing Chen who was so sad, Yu Shu suddenly felt that when she found him in the forest outside the city, knowing that he had regained his memory and knew that he had his difficulties, she still insisted on maintaining their friendship. Did she put him in such a difficult situation from then on?
Thinking of this, even though she had already let go of the relationship between a man and a woman, she couldn't help but feel heartache at this moment.
"Do you know what you're talking about?"
"I do."
"Can't —"
"Can't."
"You and I are friends of life and death. Can't we keep the relationship between us?"
“.....”
Jing Chen looked down and stared at Yu Shu's hand that was grabbing his sleeve tightly. He closed his eyes for a long time, and when he opened them again, he was the person with a pure heart and a strong Dao Heart.
"I owe you. If I can get rid of this evil creature, I will repay it."
As he spoke, his right hand moved to the side of his waist. He pushed the sheath with his fingertips and pulled out his sword. A silver light flashed —
"Hiss!"
Yu Shu grabbed the corner of the sleeve that was cut open. Her fingers were trembling, her face was pale, and her heart was cold.
Scenes flashed in her mind. She knew him in the ruins, looking for him in the peach blossom forest, passing by the gambling house, saying goodbye in the alley, killing on the merchant ship, the floating river, the cave, the road to the capital, giving him the ancient sword, getting his pearl, and he dared to block the sword for her with his bare hands. She was willing to find him lost in the snow.
Some feelings could not be forgotten, but gradually turned into ice. Once it was hot, it would melt into water, and not a single drop would be left.
The two stood under the bridge, close to each other. Yu Shu choked with laughter, as if she had woken up from a dream.
"I understand."
Yu Shu held the corner of the sleeve in her hand, took two steps to the side, and turned to walk on the bridge.
Jing Chen led the horse behind her without saying a word. There was a distance between them, one in front and the other behind. In the quiet night, the sound of the horse's hooves and footsteps were clear, but also vague.
Yu Shu didn't stop until she saw the door to her house. She heard a silence behind her. She stood with her back facing the door for a moment before she turned her head to look at the person's silhouette. She said expressionlessly, "After we part ways today, we are like strangers."
Under the hazy moonlight, the man in white nodded slightly and jumped onto the horse's back. With a twist of his arm, he turned the horse around, took a few steps, and suddenly leaped out, galloping away.
Until he disappeared, Yu Shu let go of the determination on her face. She took a deep breath and grabbed her collar. She felt her legs go weak, and almost couldn't stand.
Just as she was about to collapse and fall to the ground, an arm wrapped around her from behind and held her firmly.
"Was it Daozi who just left?"
Xue Rui wrapped his arms around Yu Shu's lightly trembling shoulders and helped her to stand steadily. His eyes were slightly narrowed as he stared ahead. When he sensed her weakness and helplessness at this moment, an indescribable flame arose in his heart.
At this time, Yu Shu was weak. She leaned on Xue Rui's arms and didn't want to talk. She stared at the night ahead and nodded slowly. She was not in the mood to think about why Xue Rui appeared at the door of her house.
Xue Rui lowered his head to look at her pale countenance, and when he came into contact with her dazed eyes, his heartstrings tightened. When he thought about how the woman he loved would rather grieve for another person, yet was unwilling to clearly see his earnest hope, it was difficult for him to conceal the emotions that had been fermenting for a long time.
His warm eyes darkened. He clasped her shoulders tightly with one hand and lifted her soft chin with the other, forcing his figure to be reflected in her eyes. "What's wrong with me?"
Yu Shu didn't react in time. She was stunned for a moment and then came to her senses. She saw Xue Rui's serious and serious face clearly. She murmured, "What did you say, brother?"
Xue Rui repeated patiently, "What's wrong with me?"
Yu Shu said blankly, "You … are quite good."
Xue Rui calmed down and stared at her expression. Although he restrained himself, he was not prepared at all. It came so suddenly, so his low and hoarse voice revealed a trace of awkwardness. "Since I'm not bad, are you willing to be with me?"
Yu Shu blinked her eyes blankly. She was still sad a moment ago, but now she felt that her brain was not enough.
Once Xue Rui opened his mouth, he felt at ease. He let go of her chin and pressed both his hands on her shoulders. He gently pushed her away and helped her to stand properly so that they could see each other clearly. Only then did he pursed his lips. With a serious expression, he said softly and gently, "Ah Shu, I admire you."
Yu Shu widened her eyes. No matter how slow she was, she could understand what he meant. Her heart suddenly became chaotic. She pushed his hands away in a panic. She blushed and stammered, "I, I, I …"
When Xue Rui saw her at a loss of what to do, he knew that he'd been rash. But since some words had been spoken, they couldn't be taken back. Not to mention that he didn't regret choosing this time to let her know of his thoughts. Even if it put her in a difficult position, it was still better than making her wholeheartedly feel sorry for others.
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