Chapter 275: I Won

Nan Qinghuan took a deep breath, glanced at him, then lifted her eyes to Ying, "Let me make it clear to him, trust me."

Ying tightly grasped her wrist, crystalline tears swirling in his eyes, yet he still nodded and finally gently released her.

"Alright, I'll wait for you to return."

Yes, he waited for her; he believed she wouldn't leave with that man—no way!

After gaining Ying's trust, Nan Qinghuan turned and walked step by step toward Li Xiang; after a few steps, she saw Rongdi and his people also halt.

Rongdi truly wasn't dead.

Her gaze fell on the rope in Li Xiang's hand, "Senior brother, long time no see—on our first meeting you want to kill someone in front of me?"

Nan Qinghuan, though shocked, had already calmed down; indeed, she never dreamed that this enemy would be her senior brother, and that he too had become lost here—truly unbelievable.

So the changes heard in the Rongdi Tribe these days were all done by her senior brother for Rongdi.

Hearing that, Li Xiang tightened his grip on the rope, looked at Rongdi, "Chief, I'd like to speak with her alone for a few words."

Rongdi naturally hoped Li Xiang would take Nan Qinghuan away, for Ying would suffer more than death; without anyone to help Ying, his tribe would be defeated by himself.

Soon, he will be defeated.

"Alright, persuade her well."

"Qinghuan."

Ying's heart was tormented, but he knew she would return.

Nan Qinghuan gave Ying a deep look, "Don't worry, I'll come back, Dashan and the others will be fine."

At noon, beneath a great tree, the two met in this distant Ancient Land in this manner.

Li Xiang, seeing her dressed in this ghoul‑like appearance, was half dead with anger, "Nan Qinghuan, you're so daring to come here alone for field research; do you know the teacher and I were very worried about you? We sent so many people to find you, you…"

"Sorry, senior brother, let's not talk about the past; how did you end up here?"

Li Xiang looked at her with a complicated expression, unwilling to answer, and instead asked, "Did that wild man bully you?"

When Ying was mentioned, she hurriedly shook her head, "No, he treats me well, senior brother. I don't know how you got here, but since you're here I must advise you: helping Rongdi develop the tribe isn't impossible, but this person's heart is unprincipled; he constantly thinks of invading others, he…"

"Alright, I came here to find you. We accidentally wandered into this Ancient Tribe and are stranded, but don't worry, I'll take you out of here."

"Leave?"

Nan Qinghuan gave a bitter smile, recalling that the few times she and Ying were unfamiliar she had thought of escaping, only to realize she couldn't get out.

So now that senior brother has come in, he's also unable to leave!

"We can't get out; we've entered another spacetime and can't return."

"No, I've already found a way out. When we arrived, we were affected by a meteor; I tested it when I came back. Calculating the time, in a few days it will be the Astronomical Phenomenon Seven Star Conjunction, and then the meteor will bring us back; we can leave."

He wants to take her away, to give her hope, but for now all they have to do is wait.

Having heard they could return, Nan Qinghuan also became calm; she smiled, "Senior brother, if we can go back that would be best, but I'm sorry, I can't go back with you."

The words made Li Xiang flare up instantly, "What are you saying? You won't leave, just because of that wild man? Nan Qinghuan, are you crazy? You're the teacher's daughter; if you don't return, how heart‑broken the teacher and senior sister will be—you know? Ever since you vanished on the mountain they've been searching for you, and now you tell me you won't go back?"

It made her feel terrible, indeed; she had decided—she wouldn't leave.

She turned her head toward the back, where Ying also watched them, standing there lonely and desolate; she understood his worry and fear, and no longer wanted to do anything that would disappoint and sadden Ying.

After a long while, she sighed deeply, looked at Li Xiang, "I'm sorry, I truly won't leave. Senior brother, if you get a chance to leave, then leave, but be careful of Rongdi; your abilities come from the modern world and he won't let you go."

Dropping those words, she turned to leave, but Li Xiang refused, "Nan Qinghuan, you want to stay here just because of that wild man? Have you considered the situation here? This is the Ancient era, conditions are so poor—you want to stay? Are you crazy?"

"I'm not crazy, senior brother; I know you'll be angry, but …"

She reached out to gently caress her lower abdomen, her gaze softening, "I'm carrying Ying's child; I can't leave him—without me he'll go mad."

"What? You and that wild man, you two…"

"He isn't a wild man; he's now striving to become a civilized man, he's a good person, he …"

"A good person, a good person would snatch you back to make you a woman, preventing you from leaving?"

Li Xiang hadn't never heard of what Nan Qinghuan had endured, but she truly disappointed him.

How could a woman from the modern world submit to this barbaric man, become pregnant, and still stay? She's crazy? It left him feeling hopeless; it shouldn't be this way.

He originally thought that finding her would allow them to conspire and leave this cursed place; this Ancient land isn't suitable for modern lives, its people are barbaric and unreasonable, but he didn't expect Nan Qinghuan to refuse to go.

That made him unwilling to accept it.

He had spent all his energy searching for her; it isn't over just because she won't leave!

So… "Listen to me, I won't let you be foolish, Nan Qinghuan; this place doesn't belong to us, only to these barbarians. Don't forget, this is the late Ancient era; soon there will be slaughter and war, a new regime will arise, and in such chaos you'll die if you stay."

Li Xiang, well‑versed in history, naturally knew what would happen next: a new civilization would emerge, most of these Ancient People would be eliminated, and history would build a new civilization.

Everlasting life!

The wheels of history forever turn, never stopping.

It's beyond what they can achieve.

They are also powerless to change!

Nan Qinghuan, calm, didn't want to argue further, "Senior brother, thank you for finding me, but I really won't leave. Since you're leaving, why not come to Ying's tribe? It's safer here; Rongdi…"

"Enough, you want me to go seek that wild man?"

She didn't understand why Li Xiang harbored such hostility toward Ying, "He's indeed a wild man, but what about Rongdi? He's still a Beastman; you'd be in danger there as well. Senior brother, come back with me?"

Li Xiang was unwilling; he never imagined it would end up like this.

The person he had painstakingly found now refuses to leave.

Heh… "If you don't go, I won't go either; you like that wild man—if he dies you'll go, no one is holding you back."

"What are you saying?"

Nan Qinghuan turned her head, astonished, and stared at Li Xiang; at that moment she suddenly felt she no longer recognized him—previously Li Xiang had always been modest and courteous, but this time he said Ying would die.

He wants to deal with Ying? How has he also become barbaric? Could this place truly change a person's nature? Li Xiang's eyes were full of anger; he was forced into a corner with no way out.

"If he doesn't die, you'll forever be making a mistake."

After a long separation, the two met and, to no one's delight, went their separate ways; by the time Nan Qinghuan returns, the two sides are about to clash!

"Stop, don't fight."

Because she appeared, Ying naturally stopped being fixated on fighting; he hadn't wanted to fight in the first place, and when he saw Nan Qinghuan return, his heart returned as well; he was truly worried that this Li Xiang would take her away.

The Rongdi also halted the others; seeing Li Xiang approach from behind with his head drooping, they also realized the two hadn't reached an agreement.

Ying stepped forward, seized her hand, and said, "Qinghuan."