Shaojun riding the sea

Chapter 211 Farewell Kiss

The sea breeze blew across Shi Xuanling's gorgeous red wedding dress, and her thoughts flew far away, to that day when the spring rain was hazy. She sat high on the attic and met the eldest son of the Yue family who came to look for her second sister.

"That was the first time I saw the little gray cat on your shoulder. It curled up, whimpering in the rain, with its furry tail drooping. It looked so pitiful. At that time, I wondered how my second sister could bear to hurt such a lovely little gray cat. But I didn't expect that after all the twists and turns, looking back, the person who hurt you the most... turned out to be me."

The initial request for exile, the love for him, the sweet words... these were all fake. She just wanted to use him to escape from the Shi family and regain her freedom. But later, they lived together day and night, shared hardships, never abandoned each other, went from the imperial city to the sea, and then returned to the imperial city from the sea. All of this -

The affection that grows and lingers from the bottom of my heart is real.

"Ayue, you once said that I was the ray of light you finally saw when you were walking alone and at the end of your road. And you also took me out of the cage, gave me a new life, and gave me infinite warmth. You are the destiny that is destined to belong to me."

She came from the Qingli Mountains and landed in this mortal world. She was ignorant of love affairs, like a blank sheet of paper. But from the moment she went to the sea with him, she developed a myriad of ties with him that could not be severed or given up, like two red threads tightly entangled together, destined to make it difficult to separate you and me in this life.

"Life is full of wonderful things. I have developed feelings for you, opened my heart, and now we have a home together on the sea. Just as you said, we were young husband and wife, relying on each other for life, living and dying together, and have long been integrated into each other's lives and are inseparable."

Shi Xuanling murmured as she reached out and gently stroked Yue Wujiu's cheek. The look in his eyes as he looked at her was still full of passion, and it had not faded in the slightest because of the "truth" she confessed about her exile.

He even tried to get up, breathing rapidly, "Is this all you mean by 'deception'? I've been through so many life and death situations with you, can't I feel your sincerity? You used to be unrestrained and didn't know anything about love. Even if you just used me at first, I don't care. I only know that you, Shi Xuanling, are my wife, for the rest of my life..."

"No, Ah Yue, it's not just that. You may not understand what it means to be...a play on people by fate."

Shi Xuanling bit her lip, holding back tears, and said in a hoarse voice: "When I went to the dock to see Pei Shixi off, he said that we were not on the same side and that nothing good would come of it. I didn't believe it, but I didn't expect that he was right... Ah Yue, the first thing I lied to you about was just to use you to leave the Shi family, but this second thing will make your world fall apart and you feel like you're falling into purgatory."

"because……"

Shi Xuanling took a deep breath, her heart aching. Facing Yue Wujiu's burning eyes, she finally said those earth-shattering words -

"The real descendant of the Feng family is not Lan Yubai, but... me!"

If some things are not made clear now, there may never be a chance to make them clear in this life. Shi Xuanling suppressed her chaotic heartbeat and told him everything about how she went to the Qionghua Temple to meet Concubine Rou, but was taken to the underground secret room by Concubine Rou to meet her clansmen, as well as the grievances and hatreds between the four major families hundreds of years ago.

In this way, there was finally nothing to hide between her and him, and they were able to end things cleanly and thoroughly. The heavy stone weighing on her heart was lifted off her shoulders. Shi Xuanling's chest heaved, and she was in tears as she spoke:
"Life is unpredictable. A hundred years ago, your Yue family's ancestors hunted down my Feng family and almost massacred all of my people, forcing the remaining remnants to hide their identities and live in the wild mountains. A hundred years later, your Yue family was plotted and murdered by the descendants of Helan because of my Feng family's involvement. In the end, your entire family was destroyed by Emperor Kuang. When will the so-called revenge end? When will this cycle of hatred and blood debts that spans hundreds of years come to an end? How many innocent lives must be lost before the storm can be calmed down and peace can be restored?"

The gorgeous wedding dress fluttered in the wind. Yue Wujiu, who suddenly learned the truth, was now pale. He felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave. It was really like what Shi Xuanling said, the sky was collapsing and the earth was splitting apart. It was as if he had fallen into an endless purgatory. He felt only a suffocating pain and despair.

The fiery red wedding dress also stung his eyes in the sunset. He suddenly remembered the horrible scenes that appeared in his mind when he saw this dreamy wedding dress on the ninth floor of Fenglou.

The elegant and lively girl, wearing this glittering wedding dress, with snowy skin and red lips, was absolutely beautiful, but he stabbed her in the chest with a sword! The bell fell to the ground, and blood splattered half of his face, but he looked cold, with a layer of frost in his eyes, without a trace of emotion, as if he was looking at a stranger, just reaching out and wiping the blood off his face without caring.

Could it be that those images that flashed by for no reason at that time were a terrible prophecy?
"No, it won't be like that..."

Yue Wujiu's face changed, and he clenched his hands tightly while breathing rapidly. His eyes were very red. Even though he knew Shi Xuanling's true identity at this time, he still couldn't raise his sword against her and hurt her in the slightest.

Why is the world so cruel? She is obviously... obviously his wife!

Sensing the intense emotions of the young man in his arms, Shi Xuanling couldn't help but lower her head and reached out to touch his cheek again. A tear once again fell between his handsome brows.

"Ayue, I can't predict the future, nor can I dispel the fog. The only thing I can do is to take you out of this bloody storm, let you be reborn after your death, and start over again as a human being, so that you don't have to be swallowed by this nightmare...torture with me."

Her trip of sending him back to Yunzhou Island could be considered a deal with Pei Shixi. Pei Shixi threatened her with his life, so she had to pretend to agree on the surface, saying that after she sent him back to Yunzhou Island and settled him down completely, she would return to the tribe with Pei Shixi and his party to lift the seal.

But in fact, how could she be willing to unlock the seal, start a war, cause chaos in the world, and destroy all lives? Pei Shixi thought he could use Yue Wujiu's life to control her. He was confident that everything was under his control, but he never expected that the destination of her journey was not Yunzhou Island, but Gumo Kingdom.

The play she sang was not called Marionette or Star-crossed Mandarin Duck, but Escape from the Shell of the Cicada, Faking Death to Escape, or... Cut off past ties and the sky will be vast.

Fortunately, Lan Yubai had compassion for her in the bamboo forest that day and woke her up with one word, suggesting that if she wanted to save Yue Wujiu's life, the best way was to push him away from her.

"If I could do it all over again, I would definitely send Jiu Niang away and never see her again in this life. I would rather she forget about me and become a stranger to me. As long as she can live well, that's enough. After all, there is nothing more painful than watching her die in front of me."

Facing the sea breeze, Shi Xuanling's ears seemed to echo with the words in the bamboo forest. She took a deep breath and said firmly to Yue Wujiu:

"Ever since Lan Yubai pointed out this path for me, I have silently planned everything in my heart. I will not let you become the second 'Ning Jiuniang' and end up with a desperate and tragic death. I will not be the knife of revenge in Pei Shixi's hand. I am just myself, and no one can turn me into a puppet that has lost its heart and soul and is at the mercy of others. After you go to Gumo Country, I will go back to Yunzhou Island with Ah Sheng to see the old friends I care about, and then I will wander the sea and make everywhere my home, so that Pei Shixi will never find me in this life..."

After speaking frankly about everything buried deep in her heart, Shi Xuanling felt relieved, but her eyes were sparkling with tears. Yue Wujiu suddenly panicked. He had guessed what Shi Xuanling was going to do next. She had already written the ending for the two of them, and even if he didn't want to, he was powerless to stop it!
Sure enough, the girl raised her wrist, and the crisp sound of bells rang in her ears, and the strange fragrance of the flowers came towards her again.

"Ayue, forget everything. Don't keep any more memories. I'm not worthy of you. I just hope you can go far away and have another new life. Just like Lan Yubai said, sometimes letting go can lead to... another kind of perfection."

"No, I don't want to!"

Yue Wujiu's eyes were red, and he struggled to turn his head away. His heart almost jumped out of his chest, but at this moment, the woman in the gorgeous wedding dress leaned over, took the Flower Mist Pill into her mouth, and blocked his lips without saying a word!
As their lips and tongues touched, the scent of flowers lingered in the air. Yue Wujiu's eyes suddenly widened, but he could not push away the wedding dress that was pressing on his body. Panic and pain surged into his heart. In desperation, he used up his last bit of strength and bit her lips fiercely!
The strong smell of blood immediately filled their lips and teeth. Hot tears flowed down the corners of the boy's eyes. He cried like a cornered, wounded little animal in the forest:

"Shi Xuanling, I hate you. It's not up to you to decide whether I should forget you or not!"