#136 - You don't have to love me, but please don't hurt me

Chapter 136: I Can Accept You Not Loving Me, But Please Don't Hurt Me~

Who killed Yin Xiao'e?

Wei Changtian didn't send anyone to investigate because he had roughly guessed the answer in his heart.

However, there were two things he couldn't quite understand.

First, he didn't understand why Chu Xianping would kill Yin Xiao'e.

Wei Changtian admitted that he couldn't personally kill the woman he once loved the most, at least not with his own hands.

Call it being a simp or a saint, it would be difficult to overcome the hurdle in his heart.

This was how Chu Xianping was in the original story. Even though Yin Xiao'e had fallen in love with Xiao Feng, he had only driven her away in the end.

Why this time...

After a moment, Wei Changtian had a vague guess.

Wei Changtian suddenly thought of his QQ signature from when he was in elementary school in his previous life—

I can accept you not loving me, but please don't hurt me.

It seems that not all of these emo phrases are wrong.

It's just that people who often say such things are usually just whining without real pain, while those who have truly experienced the taste of it never say it.

Shaking his head, Wei Changtian began to think about the second question—

Why didn't Chu Xianping act in the Guo residence? Why go through the extra trouble of "releasing and then killing"?

Judging from the description in the original story, Chu Xianping was a rather upright person, otherwise he wouldn't have been mixed up with the righteous Xiao Feng.

If that's the case, if he was determined to let Yin Xiao'e go, he shouldn't have gone back on his word afterwards.

Unless something happened during the time after Yin Xiao'e left that made Chu Xianping change his mind.

What happened?

Could it be...

In a moment, a thought that Wei Changtian himself didn't quite dare to believe flashed through his mind.

Could it be that the question he asked at the entrance of the Guo residence made Chu Xianping realize that he wanted to kill Yin Xiao'e?!

Brother Chu, have you decided not to see her again?

Knowing that Yin Xiao'e would definitely die, so he simply took action himself...

"Hiss."

Wei Changtian lightly gasped.

He didn't know if his guess was correct, but if it was true, then it would mean...

Chu Xianping was much smarter, more complex, and more decisive than he had imagined.

But thinking about it, it made sense. After all, this was a man with a strategy to subvert the entire Da Ning Dynasty.

To accomplish such a feat, these could be considered the most basic qualities.

The next day.

[Century Blood Clot Fruit: Spiritual Medicine (Earth Grade), crush and apply, can heal all external injuries within a breath, 50 points]

[Purchase?]

[Ding~ Purchase successful]

Today was the day he had agreed to remove scars for Ning Yu'ke. Wei Changtian put the brownish fruit, about the size of a walnut, into the jade box he had prepared in advance, and checked the remaining system points.

He originally had 80 points, earned another 200 yesterday, and spent 50 today, so he had a total of 230 points left.

Not bad.

Wei Changtian wasn't in a hurry to spend them. He decided to reserve a few hundred points in the future to deal with various emergencies.

Like last time.

When Qiu Yun was dying, if he hadn't been out of points, he wouldn't have had to kill Liu Yuanshan, and now he might have even married Xu Qingwan.

Alas...

Thinking of Xu Qingwan, Wei Changtian couldn't help but sigh.

He had sent four letters back to the capital more than half a month ago. Everyone else had replied, Lu Jingyao had even replied twice, but Xu Qingwan had been silent all along.

Wei Changtian hadn't arranged for anyone to monitor Xu Qingwan, so he didn't know what she was doing.

However, the poem he sent should have arrived.

If love between both sides can last for ages, why need they stay together day and night.

Logically speaking, Qin Guan's "鹊桥仙" (Magpie Bridge Fairy) should have been extremely lethal to women suffering from the pain of separation!

If he gave this poem to Lu Jingyao, the latter would probably set off for Shu Prefecture in minutes.

Why didn't Xu Qingwan have any reaction?

Speaking of which, when was the last time he met her?

Oh, it was that rainy night when he killed Liu Yuanshan.

And the last time the two of them spoke was even further back, on the day he returned to Beijing after killing the rat demon.

At that time, Xu Qingwan left a sentence "Then you should marry me sooner" and ran away. No one would have thought that things would develop to this point...

It can only be said that fate is unpredictable!

Wei Changtian shook his head with emotion. Just as he was thinking that if it really didn't work, he would secretly return to the capital during the New Year, a soft call suddenly came from the door.

"Young Master~"

After more than ten days, Yang Liushi returned from the Shiwan Mountains.

She was basically the same as when she left. If he had to say something... she seemed to be a little more beautiful.

Fortunately, it was broad daylight, otherwise Wei Changtian would have had to exercise his body.

"You're back?"

He put the jade box containing the Blood Clot Fruit aside, looked up and said casually, "You've been gone for quite a while."

"Is Young Master angry?"

Yang Liushi came into the room and sat down, explaining with a smile, "This time when Nu Jia went back, I met many old friends, so I stayed a few more days."

"Don't be so sentimental."

Wei Changtian rolled his eyes and asked, "Did you see your Demon King?"

"Mmm."

"You couldn't rescue his son, didn't he break your legs or something?"

"Giggle, giggle, giggle, how could that be?"

Yang Liushi covered her mouth and smiled, "This matter was not so easy in the first place. Lord Demon King can understand."

"Alright."

Wei Changtian nodded and asked, "Did you mention me to him?"

"Of course I mentioned it, but Young Master, don't worry, I know what to say and what not to say."

"Well, that's good."

Wei Changtian looked at the sun outside the window, and thought for a while before continuing:

"Now that you're back, take a good rest. You'll have to enter the Shiwan Mountains again tomorrow."

"Ah? Enter again?"

Yang Liushi asked in confusion: "What are you going to do again?"

"Help me bring some generous gifts to your Demon King, and by the way, bring a message."

Wei Changtian said seriously: "Just say I want to visit him."

"Young Master wants to see Lord Demon King?"

Yang Liushi was stunned for a while, and suddenly a slight blush appeared on her cheeks.

"Young, Young Master... Our demons don't have so many rules, and besides, Lord Demon King is not Nu Jia's parents..."

"Huh?"

Wei Changtian was confused: "What are you talking about?"

"Nu Jia means..."

Yang Liushi gently raised her head, looking over with charming eyes, her tone was actually a little shy.

"My, my marriage can be decided by myself, there is no need for Young Master to see the elders..."

"? ? ?"

No, is Yang Liushi's self-romanticizing so high?

Wei Changtian sternly shouted with a black line on his face:

"What nonsense are you thinking!"

"I have serious business to discuss with your Demon King, it has nothing to do with you!"

"Ah?"

The expression on Yang Liushi's face instantly froze. After a moment of awkward silence, she took out a palm-sized small jade bottle from her sleeve.

"Young Master, there is a wooden butterfly inside."

"This thing is grass for the first fifty years, then a pupa for the next fifty years, and only transforms into a butterfly after a hundred years. It has considerable benefits for you human cultivators..."

"This is just something I happened to catch on the road, I'll give it to Young Master..."

"I'll go back to my room first."

After Yang Liushi finished speaking, she put the jade bottle on the table and got up and left quickly with her head down.

Wei Changtian looked at her back, then looked at the jade bottle on the table, and then silently called out the system interface.

[Wooden Butterfly: Spiritual Medicine (Earth Grade), nourishes the kidney and strengthens yang, generates essence and nourishes blood, can increase the speed of internal force operation by 10%, 100 points]

Wei Changtian: "..."