Chapter 225: I Want to Call Off the Marriage

Wang Wu certainly didn't know that he hadn't been in contact with Si Tu Jin for years, causing her to lose composure, because he had no special feeling for this woman—just a normal fondness.

Whether this ordinary fondness will turn into another kind of feeling depends on future interactions, not something that can happen at will.

Training in Earth martial arts dulls one's emotions, supposedly, just like that world's number‑one assassin and his deputy at the office.

But this effect doesn't always apply; after all, Assassin brother also has several red‑haired confidants, and only his deputy has always been that kind of, um, how to say… unattainable?

Of course it's not Assassin brother who is unattainable, but his deputy.

As for Si Tu Jin, this woman left a decent impression later, but earlier she could only be described as passable.

As for what "passable" means, it really doesn't need further explanation.

"Do you care a lot?"

When Si Tu Jin asked this, anyone who isn't a fool could catch the subtext, but unfortunately Wang Wu is… ahem… naturally a bit dull.

"Um, I still have to care a bit; after all I think our relationship is okay, I'm just asking."

Clearly Wang Wu misinterpreted Si Tu Jin's question, but there's a saying about a lucky strike, and life is full of surprises.

Si Tu Jin regretted asking that, but immediately Wang Wu's awkward expression, the hand‑to‑the‑back‑of‑head gesture, and his stammering words made her heart skip a beat.

At the same time, Wang Wu's phone rang.

"Ah, sorry, I'll take this call."

The ringtone gave Wang Wu an excuse to change the subject; he hurriedly pulled out his phone, wore an embarrassed smile, and answered.

The call was from his master, though Wang Wu didn't know why his master would call at this moment.

Based on his recent experience, at this hour she would either be being beaten by a demon king or a star lord, or be gravely injured and unconscious—hardly time to call him.

"Hello, Master, why are you calling so early today?"

Curious, Wang Wu also asked the voice on the other end, Yin Shenli.

"Damn it, are you an idiot??? Saying that at a time like this!??? Get up!!!"

Yin Shenli's roar came through the line, but the conversation left Wang Wu baffled, his face showing an utterly innocent expression:

"Huh?"

"Master, what?"

"I damn!!" The severely wounded Yin Shenli, while looking at the screen, stared at Wang Wu's unbelievably pure… no, innocent expression, blood pooling in her chest, and spurted a massive clump of fresh blood.

"You okay?"

Beside her, a female demon held a wine jar, watching Yin Shenli, who was lying on the ground playing on her phone until she vomited blood, and kindly asked.

This has been Yin Shenli's opponent for a while; she has challenged her ten times but never won.

Still, it doesn't matter, because each failure is an incredibly valuable experience for her, training her on the brink of life and death, pushing her forward and improving.

She fears that in not long a time she'll advance further, reaching the true eighth realm, that is 0.8 times the speed of light.

Although that's still far from First Day Wu's level, she doesn't think her talent is weaker than First Day Wu's.

Idealism still works, at least on Earth.

"It's nothing…"

Yin Shenli weakly shook her hand, stopped chatting with Wang Wu on the line, hung up, turned off the screen, and closed her eyes.

This female demon, if Wang Wu were here, would notice that her appearance is rather familiar to him.

Not because she's some reincarnated demon tied to his past life, nor because he's seen her in some fantasy work from home; simply because this demon looks a lot like Long Qing and Long He.

Of course, not exactly alike, but those eyes are indeed very similar to those of the two siblings—ah no, brother and sister.

In fact, the demon before him is the current head of the Long clan, also the strongest in the clan, named Long Yuan.

Star‑lord‑level strength, and among the top tier of star lords.

"Want a sip?" Long Yuan lifted the wine flask toward Yin Shenli, "Shall I pour you a cup?"

"I don't drink." Yin Shenli kept her eyes closed, "I'll rest a while; after I'm rested we'll fight again."

"By the way, you people of the Extreme Heaven Palace are terrifying; it's only been a short time and your power has grown so fast." Seeing Yin Shenli refuse, Long Yuan didn't press further; after taking a sip, he shook his head and sighed.

"If you're interested, you can learn; my disciple would gladly teach you, and that First Day Wu should also be willing."

"You just hand over your techniques to outsiders like that?" Long Yuan straightened up at Yin Shenli's remark, looking puzzled.

"Why?"

"What 'why'? " Yin Shenli opened her eyes, "What do you mean?"

"These techniques, the ones from the Extreme Heaven Palace."

"They come like this, Holy Mother, they give whatever you ask for, you ask and they teach." Yin Shenli shifted her posture on the ground, reached into her abdomen to adjust her spine, and replied.

"This…"

Facing Yin Shenli's answer, Long Yuan opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word for a long while.

After a moment he shook his head, "I really can't quite understand."

"But I see you're quite moved." Yin Shenli continued, glancing sideways, "Is it that when you see my disciple you'll immediately pledge yourself?"

"Not really; I'm different from ordinary demon clans," Long Yuan said with a smile, shaking his head.

"Your two juniors have already been captured by my disciple; I feel you're about the same."

"Love isn't something so casual, Miss Yin Shenli."

"Hehe." Yin Shenli only sneered, "Then let's wait and see whether you'll fall the moment you lay eyes on my disciple."

"You talk as if your disciple were some 'Ten‑Thousand‑Demon‑Enthraller'."

"That's not it, but I think he probably has a special attack against a holy‑mother demon like you."

Wang Wu of course didn't know what special attack he might have against holy‑mother demons or anything else, but he did easily attract kind‑hearted demons or humans, gaining their favor without trouble.

As for whether he has a special attack against evil spirits… um, that's still uncertain, though he already has a demonic cultivator and a demonic sect big‑shot by his side.

Tianyuan Realm, Chu State Lijiang, Bai Chi City.

Wang Wu's words are now scrambling inside Si Tu Jin's mind, jumping from here to there, then from there back here, infinitely replicating, and finally exploding all at once in Si Tu Jin's brain.

This causes her head to buzz constantly with this kind of stuff, and also leads to her continuous crash up to now.

"What's wrong?" Noticing that Si Tu Jin hadn't spoken for a long time, Wang Wu asked, but the more Wang Wu asked, the stranger Si Tu Jin's expression became, making Wang Wu start to suspect that this woman might have something wrong.

At the same time, somewhere on Tian Yuan Star—well, actually it's Tian Mang City, within Wang Wu's spherical fortress in Tian Mang City.

The three female demons and four humans stared at the screen before them, their expressions equally abstract.

Since Wang Wu has returned, they can naturally idle every day watching the surveillance of his condition; after all they get exciting action scenes daily, and today there's even this emotional grand theater.

But, well, how to say, Wang Wu this monster sometimes really makes people feel hot.

"Wu Lang, what are you doing, Wu Lang???" Looking at Wang Wu on the screen, Shu Niang shrieked, pounding the table as she spoke.

"Why? Why don't you even understand what Si Tu girl is saying? What's up with Wu Lang?" Yao Qing also showed a puzzled look, but she didn't pound the table.

"He's always like that…" Glancing at the shouting Shu Niang, then at the bewildered Yao Qing, the most composed was Zi Yuan, who looked at Wang Wu on the screen and said with a smile:

"Yao sister, weren't you and Wu Lang like that back then?"

"Um…"

Although Zi Yuan was clearly the oldest among the few people and few monsters, she obviously didn't think so herself, and nobody else thought so either.

After all, she died very early, not even twenty years old, and now that she's revived it hasn't been long, so saying she's not old fits.

However, Wang Wu's over‑the‑top emotional drama, while easy to make people feel hot, does have a certain magic that keeps them watching. Tossing jokes while watching, it's quite enjoyable.

Then at night Wang Wu opens a portal to return, and they harshly scold, berate, and insult Wang Wu.

So satisfying, it's insanely satisfying, really satisfying.

"Jin!!"

At this moment, the man who had been just a background figure finally couldn't hold back, shouted loudly, then stepped between Wang Wu and Si Tu Jin.

Because he could clearly feel that if this kept going, if the situation kept developing like this, then he would forever lose—yes, forever lose his fiancée.

Jiang Ying is an elite scion of the Jiang family, considered highly valued within the clan; this marriage alliance is also quite favored by the Jiang family, since the South Province Si Tu family is now on a strong rise and may soon become a top family of the Great Zhou.

And since that's the case, why not start building good relations now, forming a Qin‑Jin friendship; as for whether the relationship will change later, that's a later matter.

After all, behind the Qin‑Jin friendship lies the Qin sweeping the Six Directions to unify the Eight Wildernesses, which doesn't conflict.

"I want to break off the engagement with you."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ying instantly froze in place, motionless.

Then Si Tu Jin turned her gaze to Wang Wu; her eyes were bright, seeming to have a flame burning within, but Wang Wu didn't see it.

Because he only saw the familiar mischievous expression on her face, just like she had a few years ago:

"Since you're so concerned about my marriage, how about I break off my engagement with him, and you and I get married?"

"Anyway I don't love him, but at least I don't dislike you." Si Tu Jin wore a sly smile, saying to Wang Wu.

While saying this, one could clearly see her earlobes reddened brightly, obviously her mood didn't match that sly smile.

"If you don't like him, just don't like him, don't use me as a shield!" With that, Wang Wu instantly became displeased, "How can marriage be such a casual thing? If you want to marry me you have to like me, right? Saying you don't dislike me and marrying me, can't you take your lifelong matter more seriously?"

Si Tu Jin gave no reply to Wang Wu's tirade, just waited with bright eyes for Wang Wu to keep looking, not sure how long, but actually not long; they're all extraordinary beings, such small gestures don't last long.

Then she withdrew her gaze and looked again at Jiang Ying:

"I'm serious, Jiang Ying."

"I never had any feelings for you; whether we have a marriage alliance or not won't affect the union of our families. Rather than being a façade later, it's better to speak openly now."

"I remember when we first got engaged I also told you I have no feelings for you, right?"

"I disagree!!!"

"I'll discuss this with my father when I return; then our Si Tu family will also compensate your Jiang family." Facing Jiang Ying's resistance, Si Tu Jin said calmly without any expression.

Breaking off an engagement here really isn't much of a thing; at least in Great Zhou it's already a very common occurrence.

From the common folk up to noble families, such cases aren't common but certainly not rare.

As for people's acceptance, although the party whose engagement is broken will definitely be upset, it also depends on the compensation offered by the party breaking it; if compensation is sufficient, the feelings between the sides naturally won't be damaged.

If breaking off an engagement without compensation and with a very overbearing attitude, then the friendship will naturally be harmed.

The Great Zhou court's official stance on breaking off engagements is supportive, and such breakups must be witnessed by the authorities. However, there's no need to worry the officials will side with the party being broken off, because the act is protected by law.

The officials will only ensure the party whose engagement is broken receives reasonable compensation.

Therefore, if Si Tu Jin wants to break off the engagement, legally there's really no problem.

And as she said: whether the two marry or not won't affect the families' relationship, because cooperation was already settled before she and Jiang Ying got engaged.

As for the breaking off itself, it's really nothing, no big deal.

(End of chapter)