Chapter 21: Revenge

This sudden kiss made the surroundings fall silent.

Qin Shengzi's face flushed completely, he looked intoxicated, and his body trembled from overexcitement.

Liu Liyan was his unattainable love, the dream goddess he constantly thought of, the person he would give up everything to pursue; now, being kissed by his goddess in public, this joy is indescribable.

"Yan, Yanran..." Qin Shengzi was about to speak when he suddenly realized he couldn't speak clearly.

He gazed at Lin Jianran with boundless affection, tears of joy in his eyes, already imagining their wedding night.

Unfortunately, after Lin Jianran took the initiative to kiss him, she avoided him with a look of disgust and contempt.

Next!

He fiercely wiped his lips with his robe, curled his mouth in a cold sneer, eyes flashing with anger and stubbornness, and snorted coldly: "Do you know my resolve now?! Why must you force me?! Why can't you properly place yourself in my heart? Young Sect Master Su, this is you forcing me."

Su Chen's face was expressionless.

To be honest, he couldn't figure out what game this woman was playing—could her brain have been kicked by a donkey?

Not seeking revenge himself, he actually thought of kissing another man—this method of revenge is quite unique.

Hmm.

Learned it!

"Huh, isn't it just like that?" Su Chen curled his lip, then turned his head to look at Liu Liyan.

Just as Lin Jianran thought she had Su Chen under control, she curled her lip slightly, eyes flashing with provocation, gave Liu Liyan a fierce glance, then crossed her arms over her chest, preparing to enjoy Su Chen's regretful expression—when her smile instantly froze.

She... just now, wasn't she seeing things? What did she see?

What did the loose cultivators present also see?

They all gasped in cold air.

Hiss—

Just see!

Su Chen reached out and wrapped his arms around Liu Liyan's waist, right in front of Lin Jianran, launching straight into an opening critical hit—a passionate kiss.

Duration: two and a half minutes.

【Ding!】

【Points increased by 200.】

【Points increased by 400……800……6600……】

During those two and a half minutes, Lin Jianran felt her entire world collapse!

From the initial shock and disdain to now her brain crashing, finally her beautiful eyes stared wide open.

Hundreds of indescribable emotions surged into her mind, impacting Lin Jianran with dizziness and blurred vision, her delicate body going soft and trembling, unable to accept that Su Chen would do this.

He obviously loves her so much—how could he… how could he kiss another woman right in front of her!

After a long while, their lips parted.

Su Chen's eyes held a hint of indulgence as he handed over the storage ring and the black wooden box to Lin Jianran, then took her slender hand, and before leaving the Flower Rain Pavilion, he glanced at her: "It's not only you who can do this; I've learned quite well, haven't I?"

"Don't keep that naive idea of yours; I don't need you exclusively—I'm better off without you."

"Give you a little color and you open a dye shop—you really think you can charm all beings? Wake up, dreams are just dreams."

"Three years have passed; it's time to end this—I no longer love you."

He is the sole Young Sect Master of the Heavenly Mystery Dao Sect, the top power in the Eastern Wasteland; his father is the strongest in the Eastern Wasteland, second only to the Martial Venerable.

And he is the one cherished in the palms of his mother and sister.

With such a background, he'd never be able to rise in eight lifetimes.

Why bother licking a broken shoe like Lin Jianran?

Moreover, he's so lowly and miserable, even a dog would disdain him!

It's his years of selfless giving that made Lin Jianran deluded about her status, daring to treat the heir of the Eastern Wasteland's top sect as a backup, even confidently believing she could rival an imperial princess.

Lin Jianran was jolted back to her senses by the words "I don't need you exclusively."

Her gaze turned dazed; she could never accept the fact that Su Chen had left her.

Her eyes fell upon the hands of Su Chen and Liu Liyan clasped together; her vision blurred, and she could no longer hold back.

"Whoosh……"

Liu Liyan perhaps sensed something, raised her eyebrows, her eyes hinting at provocation.

Her lips moved, but she made no sound.

But that gaze and lip shape were read by Lin Jianran: "You idiot, A Chen is no longer yours; he doesn't like you—from now on, he's mine."

Thinking of Ye Xuan's message to the family, saying the imperial princess forbids him from taking concubines, and even if he did, they must match her status—not someone like Lin Jianran, a lowly good-for-nothing.

And now, suffering Liu Liyan's mockery, a surge of jealousy and endless anger shot straight to the top of his head.

She suddenly realized that the fish in her pond seemed to have slipped out of her control.

She clenched her pink fists, hysterical on the spot: "Ah ah ah ah!! Go die!"

"This must be the work of that bitch Liu Liyan's blood eyes—Su Chen must have fallen under her charm!"

"Exactly, otherwise how could Su Chen's attitude toward me change so drastically, throwing himself at others while hurling harsh words at me?"

"Liu Liyan, I will surely expose your false mask, let Su Chen see you clearly, and I won't let you succeed."

Lin Jianran wiped the tears from her eyes and shouted again at their receding backs.

"Yanran, Yanran, don't cry, or I'll feel heartbroken." Qin Shengzi, who had never seen Lin Jianran so disheveled, filled his eyes with tenderness and fumbled to comfort her.

He instinctively wanted to reach out and pat her jade back.

The result.

His hand hadn't even touched yet!

"Clang!"

He was given a hard slap by Lin Jianran.

Her expression was extremely grim, her teeth clenched on her red lips, her mind racing, she fiercely glared at Qin Shengzi, shoved him away, and said in an icy voice: "Get lost! Just seeing you makes me sick!".

"Liu Liyan, do you think your heretical ways can control Su Chen? His love for me is beyond your imagination; he's merely temporarily bewitched by you, and the one he truly loves is still me."

"Go die! Never fall into my hands, and you, Su Chen, how can you be bewitched by her? It seems your love for me is still insufficient; indeed, my earlier test of you was correct."

No one expected Lin Jianran to still be self-paralyzing at this point, though some held their own opinions—Liu Liyan's methods, and those blood-red eyes that curse with her hands.

What terrifying abilities she might have are unclear; it's possible Lin Jianran wasn't wrong.

However, more people were clearly watching this dramatic scene.

Most of them predicted the beginning but not the ending, which turned out exactly like this.

Seeing Lin Jianran go to kiss him proactively, Su Chen felt no anger or pain; instead, he retaliated by kissing other women.

The simp has awakened!

For a moment, the loose cultivators present couldn't tell whether Su Chen was bewitched by Liu Liyan or genuinely reformed.

After all, the impression left by Su Chen over those three years was too deep; it's hard to imagine him saying he doesn't love and just stopping.

"Hehehe..."

"Is this true? Did Su Nephew really make Lin Jianran cry?"

"Hahaha... Lin Jianran kissed Qin Shengzi in front of him, so he kissed Liyan in front of her? Finally he opened his eyes; I thought he'd hang himself on a crooked tree, but it seems she has truly awakened and won't harm Liyan again."

In the main hall of the Ziyang Sect, Sect Master Liu heard the news, laughed heartily, and slapped the gilded chair.

She was so delighted; Su Chen's action was so satisfying that, without realizing it, she even changed how she addressed Su Chen.

For those years when Su Chen was blinded by pig fat, Sect Master Liu had urged countless times for Liu Liyan to abandon her engagement with Su Chen.

Even in private, she had tried to match Liu Liyan with other sect's young masters, but Liu Liyan showed no interest at all, even declaring she would marry no one but Su Chen for life.

Back then, Sect Master Liu truly couldn't understand what was in her daughter's head, why she would want to hang herself on a tree.

Before Su Chen came to Qianyuan City, he had been traveling outside; the number of times they had met since childhood could be counted on one hand, yet she couldn't understand why Liu Liyan was so deeply devoted to Su Chen.

"Sect Master."

Suddenly.

The Ziyang Sect Grand Elder, with a solemn expression, took out a sound-transmitting jade slip: "From Ye Xuan, the young master of the Ye family, for you."

"Ye family? Ye Xuan?" Upon hearing those words, Sect Master Liu immediately wiped the smile from her face, stood up with a swish, and brushed her jade hand over the slip: "Please step back; I'll handle this."

Recently, the Ye family has been unstoppable; it can be said that one person's ascension brings even chickens and dogs to heaven.

All this is because the Ye family produced a qilin prodigy, Ye Xuan.

Not only did the master of the Zhongzhou Star Pavilion take notice and accept him as a closed-door disciple, but he also formed a marriage alliance with the Zhongzhou imperial dynasty.

However, these past years the Ziyang Sect has had no dealings with the Ye family, let alone friendship; initially the Ye family was merely a second-rate clan, not worth the Ziyang Sect's effort to win over.

Even before Ye Xuan arrived in the Donghuang region, he sent a jade slip to her—what could it possibly be about?

"Ye Xuan sending a sound-transmitting jade slip at this time... could something major have happened?" A bad premonition welled up in Sect Master Liu's heart as her divine sense swept over the slip.