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That year

He opened his eyes, and her face was the first thing he saw.

"Are you awake? Do you want to sleep a little longer?"

He rested his head on her lap, his face still bearing traces of tears.

After a good night's sleep, the grief from the news of her mother's death had faded considerably, leaving only her older sister's presence in the surroundings.

He stared blankly, his eyes vacant, and it took him a long time to accept the fact.

"Sister...believe me, I really didn't steal it."

"Well, I believe you."

"But, but..."

As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes again: "They don't believe me, they don't believe me at all. It's not fair. My mother didn't have to die."

"..."

He saw a flicker of emotion in her eyes, a deep sadness shining through them.

"Yes, she didn't have to die."

She gently stroked his hair, speaking in a language he couldn't understand: "In this world, many people could have avoided dying."

She lowered her head and hugged him tightly.

Many years later, he still remembered that it was the tightest hug she had ever given him.

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That year

The boy was walking along the road when he heard the disciples of the nearby academy discussing something.

"Senior Sister Nangong is the future Palace Master. Whoever marries her will surely gain the support of the academy."

"A woman like her must be from a noble family. My family is considered a minor noble family in Qi. Maybe if I propose to Senior Sister Nangong, she will agree."

"Then you have to marry her properly."

"Then forget it. Although Senior Sister Nangong is good, she is ultimately from a commoner background. Come to think of it carefully, she is not actually that good-looking. I might even dislike her if she were my concubine."

No sooner had the man finished speaking than he felt a heavy blow to the back of his head and collapsed to the ground.

Before the other two could react, they were enveloped by a terrifying pressure.

The boy showed no mercy and beat the three of them severely.

From that day on, any disciple in the academy who dared to mention Nangong Qingyang would be severely beaten by the boy. He had no reason or target; as long as you mentioned Nangong Qingyang, he would appear.

His investigative methods were used throughout the entire academy.

Finally, the matter escalated, and the disciples jointly complained to Nangong Qingyang, forcing her to step in and resolve the issue.

That night, Nangong Qingyang punished him by making him stand outside all night and forbidding him from eating.

But he knew his older sister would feel sorry for him. Sure enough, when he was pretending to be asleep by the door in the middle of the night, his older sister came out and carried him into bed.

He slightly opened his eyes and saw his older sister bending over, wringing out a towel, water gushing down.

He could feel his older sister's concern and her reluctance to let him go.

He was happy to receive his older sister's concern, even if it was through such means.

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That year

Corpses littered the hall, and blood dripped slowly down the steps.

The blurry figure coughed a few times, looking at the blood-stained boy: "Xiang Ju, I have already shown you the truth. Your so-called older sister has had a master for a long time. She learned the power of destiny a long time ago. All these years of her relationship with you were to use you to block the death calamity in her life. Since you know this, why did you still attack me?"

The boy wiped his knife: "I knew that, which is why I attacked you."

Shi Zi asked, "Why?"

The boy laughed: "Since you've decided to kill her, I have no choice but to kill you."

Shi Zi chuckled a few times, his figure slightly damaged and disturbed: "Good lad, such a strong obsession, no wonder you and your sister were both schemed against by that old man."

The young man said calmly, "Then kill them all."

Shi Zi said, "That old bastard probably knows he won't live much longer, ha... But Xiang Ju, do you think your sister will be alright just because you killed me? She..."

Before the blurry figure could finish speaking, he was cleaved in two by the totem-enhanced youth.

"With me here, she will be alright." He calmly held the knife towards the other seriously injured palace lords.

"I will shield her from her fate."

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That year

Under the cover of night, the boy stood on the rooftop, looking at the woman instructing Wang Jingxing from a distant window.

Dark clouds obscured the bright moon.

The boy watched, clenching his fist.

The woman inside the window seemed to sense something and walked to the window.

She saw nothing but the dark, oppressive sky, heavy as if it were about to fall.

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That year

She looked at the destroyed Chu Kingdom and wept bitterly.

He saw it all, and he etched her love and hate, along with the destroyed country, into his heart.

He never loved the State of Chu.

But because of her love and hate, he also came to hate the country called Qin.

He will help her remove it.

She will help eliminate everything.

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That year

He wrote down everything and everyone she cared about.

He wanted to kill everyone in the Guigu Sect, the Qin State, and anyone who might pose a threat to her.

Not only them, but also Wang Jingxing, and those who wouldn't let her go, he would kill them all.

A morbid love leads to the most extreme form of selfishness.

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That year

Because of her, he got into trouble with the most terrifying person.

And by sheer coincidence, the person he hurt was precisely the one that person cared about most.

The same twisted and selfish love collided, and only one of them could survive.

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That year

He took his sword and left, vowing to kill them all.

That year

She awoke again, coldly observing the world.

Everyone has their own love.

But it is precisely because of their love that they fight each other; otherwise, how can they prove their love?

Chapter 636 Is there even the slightest hint of attraction?

Do people have a next life?

Some say that once a person dies, their soul returns to the heavens and is transformed back into yin and yang energies. Once these yin and yang energies reunite, that is your next life.

In the next life, you will be a completely new person. All the people you meet and the things you encounter in this life will vanish with the disappearance of your memories.

Memory is so important; without memory, people lose their emotions.

However, some people say that if one's will is strong enough, even in the next life, a strong emotional connection will make you meet that person again, even if you have forgotten them.

Human will, born from human nature, is the opposite of divine will.

Human desires contain the strongest desires, the deepest selfishness, and both the nobility and baseness of humanity reside within them.

The most profound love originates from the most profound human intentions.

Even in the next life, and the life after that, as long as it exists, it will still relentlessly haunt you.

"Junior brother, if I don't love you in this life, can I hope to receive your love in the next?"

"I don't believe you don't love me even a little bit."

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Yang Pingsheng did not come on the day Zhou Jinyu left the capital.

She stood there, leading her spirit horse, waiting for a long time, but it never came.

Well, that was wishful thinking on her part. He had no reason to come anyway. Between Ye Buxin's whereabouts and her safety, he was clearly more concerned about the former.

She met with Nangong Qingyang, who was a supporter of Li Si and a mortal enemy of Yang Pingsheng. In his eyes, was this also a kind of betrayal?

She had thought before that all she needed to do was kill Ye Buxin. Once Ye Buxin was killed, Yang Pingsheng would have no one left to care about. She could then forcefully barge in and take over his heart all by herself. Unfortunately, fate was not on her side. In addition, Fusu did not want to see the Guigu disciples killing each other, so she gave up.

She hoped Ye Buxin would never wake up, which is why she tampered with those things. She knew that once Ye Buxin woke up, Yang Pingsheng would turn his attention back to her.