Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

"..."

Su Yu remained silent for a while, because these were irrefutable words, and therefore she could not reveal the lie to the public.

"No……"

"If you don't have one, then why did you marry the young master of the Duan family?"

“I’m following my parents’ wishes.” Su Yu turned around, her tearful eyes fixed on Jiang Shaoguang, her lips trembling slightly, and a hint of confusion flickering in her eyes: “The Duan and Su families have a deep friendship, so it’s only natural for us to form a marriage alliance with the Duan family. I’m following my parents’ wishes… so it shouldn’t be wrong.”

"Ordered by parents... Hahahaha—"

Jiang Shaoguang smiled.

He burst into laughter, a wild and unrestrained laugh that echoed throughout the entire Duan family compound.

No one dared to speak; they stared at Jiang Shaoguang, who had suddenly burst into wild laughter, their faces filled with bewilderment.

"I'm truly fed up with your parents' orders. You've grown up under their control since you were little. Everything you eat, wear, live in, hear, and see is arranged by your parents. Are you a puppet or a person with flesh and blood?!"

His smile vanished—he stared at Su Yu with a cold expression, his face filled with a frustrated disappointment.

Su Yu's eyes were red, but she seemed to be getting emotional as she retorted, "Born of my parents, this body is a gift from them. I am a member of the Su family, my parents' flesh and blood. What's wrong with obeying their orders?"

"What if the parents are wrong?!"

"!!!"

Su Yu suddenly couldn't think of any words to refute Jiang Shaoguang's words.

Because she herself knows... sometimes, parental orders are not necessarily correct.

Jiang Shaoguang took a deep breath. He was an orphan without parents. If it weren't for Yunping, he would probably have starved to death on the streets by now. Therefore, he knew the importance of parents better than anyone else.

However, he does not regard his parents' existence as divine.

"Indeed... the kindness of parents in giving birth to us should be repaid with a lifetime, and we must listen to their words. But no one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes. Listening doesn't mean you have to listen to everything. You must make choices."

"You need to be yourself, Su Yu... not a puppet who only listens to others."

"What I've always wanted is the real you..."

Jiang Shaoguang smiled gently.

"Instead of a puppet named Su Yu."

He clapped his hands, just like Yun Ping had done before, but this time, a certain magic circle that had always been tattooed on his palm emitted a faint glow.

In an instant—

A dazzling, scorching beam of light rapidly rose from the distant city of Xiangren. When the beam reached the top of the sky, it burst open and bloomed like a flower.

"This is……"

Ye Yuchan and the others looked up in astonishment at the distant sky.

Although the sky here was a deep blue, not as striking as the fireworks under the night sky, the bursting flames and exquisite colors still gathered in the heavens to form an extremely beautiful flower.

shhhhhh!

One after another, one after another...

It was a sea of ​​flowers, a true sea of ​​fireworks.

Su Yu raised her head blankly, her clear eyes reflecting the dazzling fireworks, it was simply...

Just like the fireworks display many years ago.

She remembered... there was once a smiling young man sitting on the wall, making a pinky promise with her, saying he would let her watch the fireworks one more time.

Now, he has done it.

The flowers bloom, fleeting yet breathtakingly beautiful, their colors dancing and mingling in the air, creating a mesmerizing sea of ​​flowers.

Fan Luokui suddenly remembered... Jiang Shaoguang seemed to have secretly bought something, and the previous fireworks display seemed to have been canceled halfway through due to insufficient supply...

It's because Jiang Shaoguang bought half of the fireworks in advance...

That's what we're here for.

Under the fireworks, the blond-haired youth in black robes reached out his hand to the girl, his smile exactly the same as it had been years ago, unchanged.

"At least this time, listen to your own choice..."

"Come with me, okay?"

……

Knock knock. Knock knock.

Heartbeat.

Click...

It sounded like something was being torn apart.

The chains that encircled the heart were broken little by little by the rapidly beating heart.

She gazed at Jiang Shaoguang, who looked exceptionally charming against the backdrop of fireworks, and at the hand that was outstretched towards her. For a fleeting moment, her heart wavered.

She reached out her hand with trembling hands, but stopped abruptly halfway through the air.

The gaze from behind... stung her like needles.

"Yu'er, think about the Su family."

The words from her mother, Su Ziyan, made Su Yu tremble all over.

She gritted her teeth, her heart growing restless once more.

She was panting heavily, her mind replaying her parents' words and the advice the young man in front of her was giving her.

She no longer understands what she desires or what binds her.

I don't understand at all.

The more Su Yu thought about it, the more confused she became. The more she tried to think, the more she struggled, hesitated, and became increasingly frantic...

Her mind went into a frenzy in an instant, and her instincts were almost completely unleashed.

Anger and resentment, despair and confusion—countless emotions surged into her mind.

Su Yu...

collapsed.

"Why……"

Su Yu's expression was almost distorted, and tears could no longer be held back, falling down in a steady stream.

She suddenly raised her head, took a step back, and her right hand ring flashed. The next second, a purplish-black longsword appeared in her hand.

With the sword pointed at Jiang Shaoguang in front of her, she cried out almost desperately—

"Why are you all forcing me! Why! Why do I have to make a choice? Why me of all people?!"

"Wouldn't it be better to just live a peaceful and uneventful life?! Why do I have to choose between my family and you... Why are you all forcing me like this?!"

“Su Yu…”

Seeing this, Jiang Shaoguang wanted to step forward to comfort her, but he was forced back by the sharp sword.

"Don't come any closer!!!"

"I just want a peaceful life, I just want to live a simple life. Listening to my parents will allow me to live a stable life, what's wrong with that?!"

"Don't come any closer!"

Su Yu seemed to have lost all judgment, as if she had lost her mind, crying and roaring at Jiang Shaoguang.

"If you take another step forward..."

The girl, who had completely lost her mind, uttered words that left Jiang Shaoguang standing there dumbfounded.

"I don't know what I might do..."

"Perhaps... it will cost you your life."

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Jiang Shaoguang was stunned for a long time.

The glint of light reflected from the purplish-black sword's edge shone directly into the center of his pupils; the sword pointed at his chest seemed to be a real warning to him—

If he had taken one more step forward, the sword would have pierced his chest.

But how is that possible?

Jiang Shaoguang had imagined countless times what it would be like to be rejected by Su Yu, but never once—he had never even fantasized—that Su Yu would plunge that sharp blade into his chest.

Quiet.

The scene was deathly silent.

Throughout the entire Duan family compound, no one spoke; all their shocked gazes were fixed on the girl named Su Yu in the center of the compound—and on the sword.

Fireworks were playing in the distant sky, but the sound of them exploding in the air could not reach the Duan family compound.

"You won't do it."

Jiang Shaoguang spoke with certainty, his disheveled body taking a slight step forward.

This action truly startled everyone at Yuntian Academy, because if they moved any further forward, the sharp blade would immediately pierce Jiang Shaoguang's chest.

Given Jiang Shaoguang's current fragile body, if he were to be pierced by a longsword again...

They wouldn't even dare to dream of it!

Fortunately, Su Yu was also startled by Jiang Shaoguang's sudden action. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she took two steps back timidly, her hand holding the sword trembling.

"I told you... I told you not to come any closer!!"

However, Jiang Shaoguang seemed not to hear and continued walking forward.

He took a step forward, and Su Yu took a step back.

In the young man's calm eyes, which held a hint of confident smile, there seemed to be no trace of the purplish-black longsword; his eyes, from beginning to end, only held the girl.