Chapter 47: Forget It If You Don't Want To

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"I know you're angry; you feel that I clearly knew the truth back then, yet I kept harping on it," Lv Cheng said.

"Because I knew, does that mean you can be so self-righteous?"

"Then what if I didn't know?"

"If I weren't so understanding, if I didn't have Mind Reading, and I knew nothing at all."

"What would you do then? How would you plan to explain what happened that night?"

"I..." Mu Ningxue lowered her head, unable to speak.

Lv Cheng leaned back, "If I didn't know the truth, based solely on what I saw, then what happened that night would be like this."

"My childhood sweetheart fiancée abandoned me, ran off with another man, didn't return all night, and afterwards hid from me. It took a long time before she came to find me, and then, without a single explanation, without a single apology, she started off with, 'You know, nothing happened between us.'"

As he spoke, Lv Cheng couldn't help but laugh.

"What is this supposed to be?"

"Could it be that I was wrong?"

"Why do you think I'm angry? Because you ran away?"

"Do you even understand the main point? I'm not angry because you ran away, but because you ran away with another man!"

"You can run, you can reject me; that is your freedom. I can accept that, and I wouldn't be angry, because that is your right, and I respect your choice."

"But, why did you have to run off with Mo Fan?"

"Clearly you could have just refused me directly, and I wouldn't have forced you. Clearly it was a matter that could have been solved with one sentence, yet you chose a way that made it awkward for everyone."

"Just because I know everything, just because I am understanding?"

"So what?"

"Did you forget? I am a man; it's impossible for me to be rational all the time."

"Is it because I've never been angry with you that you think I won't get angry? That I can truly be sensible and reasonable forever?"

"You can all be impulsive, but I'm the only one who can't?"

"……"

"I'm sorry." Mu Ningxue kept her head down, not knowing what else she could say.

At the time, she really hadn't thought that much.

"It's too late." Lv Cheng sat up.

"The pure-hearted Cheng from that night is already shattered. Now, and in the future, all that's left is your Brother Cheng."

Mu Ningxue was stunned, "What do you mean?"

"You'll understand in the future." Lv Cheng lay down on Mu Ningxue's lap.

"I'm not single-minded toward you, so naturally, I won't demand that you be perfectly loyal to me."

"Now, I want to know, how did you make such a brilliant decision to run back to the urban area to find me? Didn't you know I have a Flying Dragon?"

Mu Ningxue shifted her gaze away, feeling somewhat embarrassed, "I thought your Summoned Beast..."

"Lost control?" Lv Cheng looked strange.

For over a year, he hadn't let Xiaotian appear in public, and he himself had barely taken any action. Combined with his talent, the fact that he was still honestly staying in a small place like Bo City led many to speculate that his Summoned Beast had run into trouble.

"You believe such nonsense? Didn't you know to just ask me directly?" Lv Cheng said.

"I thought... you didn't want to deal with me," Mu Ningxue whispered.

"Why would you say that?" Lv Cheng asked, puzzled.

Mu Ningxue subconsciously clenched her hands, "After that day, you didn't really talk to me much. You didn't look for me, and I... I didn't dare to look for you."

"Didn't dare?" Lv Cheng raised an eyebrow.

"Why? Could I eat you?"

Mu Ningxue pursed her lips, "I was afraid... I was afraid you would scold me."

"……" Lv Cheng.

Afraid I'd scold you? So you hid from me?

"Then why were you so proactive today?" Lv Cheng asked.

"I was afraid... I wouldn't be able to see you ever again," Mu Ningxue said nervously.

"Then what was the meaning of you running into the urban area like a fool, and running toward the direction of my house?" Lv Cheng asked, puzzled.

"Did you think I would stay at home like a fool and not run?"

"I..." Mu Ningxue was stunned.

"I didn't think that much..."

"……" Lv Cheng.

Incredible!

Having received his answer, Lv Cheng lifted the Psychic interference on Mu Ningxue.

There was no help for it; without pulling some strings, one couldn't expect this mute ice block to say it herself.

"You..."

The moment her brain came back online, seeing Lv Cheng lying on her lap, Mu Ningxue's face flushed, and she subconsciously wanted to push him away.

"If you dare to move around, I'll throw you off," Lv Cheng interrupted.

"I am your savior, after all. Not asking you to offer yourself in marriage is already out of consideration for how many years we've known each other. If you dare to act up..."

"I..." Mu Ningxue was momentarily speechless.

Failing to save someone, nearly getting herself caught up in it, and in the end, having the other person rush back to save her...

"What did you just do to me?" Mu Ningxue asked.

"I'm asking you to tell the truth." Lv Cheng shrugged.

"Not that, I mean... my body," Mu Ningxue said earnestly.

The backlash from the Ice Crystal Brake Bow was gone; that chill originating from the depths of her soul had actually vanished.

Not only had the backlash from forcibly using that thing disappeared, but even the erosion she suffered in her daily state was gone!

"This, huh..." Lv Cheng sat up.

"This is temporary. This Healing can suppress it for a year at most. After a year, the erosion from that thing will start again."

His Magic Power was insufficient to support the Horse Talisman in completely healing the backlash brought upon Mu Ningxue by the Ice Crystal Brake Bow; he could only suppress it.

"You..."

"Don't ask me how I did it," Lv Cheng said.

"And don't ask me why I wanted to help you. If you insist on a reason..."

"You are mine."

Mu Ningxue was stunned, a flush of shyness appearing on her face.

But the next instant, thinking of how Lv Cheng and that Tang Yue were being lovey-dovey in front of her a while ago, Mu Ningxue's expression immediately collapsed.

"I didn't agree to you," Mu Ningxue turned her head away.

"That's not up to you." Lv Cheng tackled Mu Ningxue and pinned her beneath him.

"When I was being reasonable, you were impulsive. Now, I won't be reasonable anymore."

"You... what do you want to do?" Mu Ningxue said nervously.

"Guess?" Lv Cheng leaned down and gently bit Mu Ningxue's snow-white neck.

"No, don't..." Mu Ningxue's face flushed red, and she tried hard to push Lv Cheng away, only to find she couldn't exert any strength at all.

"You really don't want it?"

"I..."

"Forget it if you don't want to." Lv Cheng sat up.

"It's as if I'm so desperate for your body. In this kind of thing, it's not certain who is taking advantage of whom."

Mu Ningxue's expression froze, a breath held in her chest unable to come out.

Bastard!

I could take advantage of you?

"Sit tight," Lv Cheng suddenly warned.

"We're going to dive."

"..." Mu Ningxue.

"Huh?"

"Ah—!"

Before Mu Ningxue could react, Xiaotian adjusted its direction and dove rapidly toward the ground.

The ground.

Not far from the Anquan Jiejie, Mo Fan and his group, just like in the original story, encountered Bai Yang who had come to intercept them.

And after Mo Fan refused to hand over the Earth Holy Spring, Bai Yang turned hostile on the spot and summoned a Ghost Wolf and several Black Beast Demons to launch an attack.

"What a pity, that brat Lv Cheng isn't here, otherwise..."

"Ah—!"

Boom!!

Before Bai Yang could finish his harsh words, a huge black shadow descended from the sky, stepping to death the Ghost Wolf and several Black Beast Demons with one foot.

"Brother Cheng?!"

"Lv Cheng?!"

Seeing this huge Flying Dragon, Mo Fan and his group showed surprise.

Bai Yang's face turned deathly pale in an instant. Just as he wanted to flee, he discovered a hand resting on his shoulder, pinning him firmly in place.

"Otherwise?" Lv Cheng's voice was like the cold wind of winter, blowing until Bai Yang shivered.

"Otherwise what?"

(End of this chapter)