The improved female villains regained their memories.

She looked at the world and, for the first time, couldn't see any color.

A dark, gloomy world, without a single ray of light.

If we cannot be born together, then we shall die together.

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Time: Second time

When Murong Xu was born, she was accompanied by a jade pendant. Her family said that this must be some kind of divine destiny, and that Murong Xu was a natural genius in cultivation.

Unfortunately, Murong Xu had no talent for cultivation since childhood. On the contrary, he was very talented in management and resource allocation.

His family gang was too weak, and the family was destroyed in a gang war. The old, weak, sick and disabled members escaped with their lives and fled to the territory of a gang in the north.

The northern gangs brought them together to discuss how to resolve their troubles.

Little Murong Xu squeezed between them, clutching the jade pendant tightly to his chest, afraid that its light would shine out, lest the northern gangs discover it and steal it.

"Kill them."

"They are all old, weak, sick, and disabled, and the young ones don't have any talent for cultivation, so they are useless to keep them."

"Wasting food."

What a cruel world.

Murong Xu looked at this gray world and thought.

He looked at the people around him, wondering if he could save their lives if he offered up the jade pendant.

He gritted his teeth, and just as he was about to move, a girl's voice rang out: "Father, spare their lives. They pose no threat to you. Besides, we have plenty of food; there's no need to start this massacre."

He glanced over instinctively.

That one glance lasted a lifetime.

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Time: Tenth time

In order to get closer to the light in her heart, Murong Xu finally infiltrated a northern gang.

Liu Yin also remembered him. When she first saw him, she exclaimed with delight, "It's you!"

Murong Xu was startled; he hadn't expected Liu Yin to remember him, and was somewhat at a loss for words: "You, you still remember me..."

"Yes, I remember!"

That night, Murong Xu cooked for Liu Yin for the first time.

He prepared a lavish meal, and Liu Yin watched him intently as he set it on the table.

He was a little reserved: "Vice Leader, that's enough."

"You really know how to cook," Liu Yin said with a smile. "Come on, let's eat together."

"This isn't a good idea..."

"It's okay, let's eat together."

She smiled and suddenly said, "Let me introduce myself again, my name is Liu Yin."

"I, my name is Murong Xu."

He didn't know why Liu Yin was being so formal, so he quickly said his name.

"Murong Xu... Okay! I've got it."

At this point, she repeated, "I've got it."

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Time: Fifteenth

After they met, Murong Xu stayed by Liu Yin's side.

Recently, the conflict between Liu Yin and Yan Yong has become increasingly acute. Gradually, Yan Yong has begun to bypass Liu Yin and carry out the gang's plans on his own.

On a blood-red rainy night, Yan Yong's men put Liu Yin under house arrest in the courtyard.

That night, Liu Yin looked out the window and suddenly said, "Murong Xu, let's go together."

Murong Xu was taken aback for a moment, but then nodded: "Okay."

Liu Yin looked at him strangely: "Aren't you going to ask me where I'm going?"

“Anywhere is fine with me,” Murong Xu said. “Wherever you want to go, I’ll go with you.”

"You trust me that much?"

"Yes, I've always trusted you."

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Time: Twenty-first

On the night of her planned escape, Murong Xu was captured by Yan Yong.

Yan Yong sat in the main seat, looking down at Murong Xu, who was tightly bound, and played with the jade pendant in his hand with a serious expression.

Murong Xu roared, "Give it back to me!"

Yan Yong frowned and asked, "Where did this come from?"

"This is my stuff, give it back to me!" Murong Xu struggled, but was pushed down by the people next to her.

Yan Yong scrutinized him again, from head to toe, his sharp gaze seeming to see right through him.

Suddenly, he laughed.

"I think I understand what those people upstairs are thinking. If it's really what I think, then I can only say, Murong Xu, you are a pathetic person."

He stood up, looked at him with pity, and said, "Untie him and let him go."

Murong Xu looked at him, completely bewildered: "What do you mean?"

"Don't you understand? That's normal."

He smirked and said, "You're nothing but a scapegoat, a pathetic, pitiful scapegoat."

"In this world, dying in our place is the only meaning of your existence."

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Time: Ninety-fifth time.

They chose a location in the mangrove forest, hence their gang was called the Mangrove Gang.

Since Sikong Xuan arrived, the gang's combat strength has been guaranteed, but soon two more powerful cultivators arrived.

One was named Jiang Mochang, and the other was named Yang Pingsheng.

Murong Xu had no prejudice against the two. One appeared tough on the outside, but was actually just a little girl at heart. The other, though deep and harboring secrets, had no ill intentions towards Liu Yin or them.

As they chatted longer, Murong Xu grew to enjoy talking with Yang Pingsheng.

They often ate and drank together, chatting all night over a pot of wine and a few side dishes.

"Why did you and Liu Yin establish this gang?" Yang Pingsheng asked Murong Xu.

Murong Xu was a little drunk at the time, and said with a flushed face, "Of course it's because Liu Yin wanted to. If she wanted to, I would help her."

Yang Pingsheng frowned: "Don't you have anything you want to do?"

Murong Xu replied, "What Liu Yin wants to do is what I want to do."

He looked up at Yang Pingsheng, who was deep in thought, and couldn't help but smile wryly. Indeed, to outsiders, it was hard to understand what he was doing.

But the one opposite him looked a lot like him. He kept following Jiang Mochang, as if he had some kind of obsession. Jiang Mochang couldn't help but step forward and ask, "What about you? Why do you keep following Jiang Mochang?"

Yang Pingsheng didn't explain why, he only said, "I have to do this."

Murong Xu laughed heartily: "Then it seems we're all the same."

Two pitiful souls, lost in love, wander aimlessly, each regarding the person in their hearts as a beacon of light.

Unlike Yang Pingsheng, Murong Xu had already understood this point, but the other party did not.

The clinking of wine bowls produced a crisp and pleasant sound.

In her drunken dream, Murong Xu saw Liu Yin fulfill her dream.

Liu Yin's dream was Murong Xu's dream.

Yes, it has never changed from beginning to end.

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Time: 197th time.

For some reason, Murong Xu felt that Yang Pingsheng had been acting strangely lately.

His gaze often lingered on others, as if he were investigating something.

One time while drinking, Murong Xu couldn't hold back any longer and asked him directly what was wrong. Yang Pingsheng hesitated for a long time before finally saying, "I want to ask you, what is love?"

After all that, I just wanted to know the answer to this question.

The question of love is not difficult for Murong Xu to answer; for him, love is about giving.

Just like how he treated Liu Yin.

Because he gave all his love to Liu Yin, he himself was nothing.

Yang Pingsheng seemed somewhat unconvinced by the answer. Before taking his leave, he suddenly said, "This time, you..."

Murong Xu asked, "What?"

“No, it’s nothing.” Yang Pingsheng shook his head. “Perhaps you are right. At least I can’t refute your ideas. Everyone has their own opinion.”

"Um......"

baffling.

As he watched Yang Pingsheng's retreating figure, he suddenly felt a sense of heaviness.

It was something heavier than love, something indescribable.