Chapter 454: Oh, You've Arrived?

"Are you going to help him?"

Suddenly, Luo Qingyu's aura began to constantly permeate the area, the intensely thick negative energy seemingly wanting to drag people down into an abyss.

Seeming to realize the danger, Mu Cheng hid behind Shen Yu and looked over here cautiously, his body leaning backward and his feet quietly shifting back.

Could this bastard be thinking of running away? Using me to draw fire so he can take the opportunity to escape.

"A heartless man through and through, and you still want to help him?"

"Which eye of yours saw me wanting to help him? Just because he begged me for help and then hid behind me?"

As the ancients said, women and small-minded men are the hardest to deal with; that saying is truly not false. They say women are unreasonable, and now I've finally witnessed it.

He hid himself; it's not like I wanted to help him. You're blaming me for this too? You're probably just looking for an excuse to kill me.

"Madam, have you forgotten the affection we once shared, through thick and thin!"

Hiding behind Shen Yu, Mu Cheng shouted in a low voice, still carrying a hint of sorrow, as if wanting to move the other party.

However, the only response was a cold, disdainful snort.

"Hmph, what affection through thick and thin!" Reaching out, she directly gripped Mu Cheng's throat from a distance and lifted him high into the air.

"A piece of human trash who would force his own wife to her death is worthy of mentioning affection to me?"

"My lifelong wish is to kill every heartless man in the world. For a hypocritical heartless man like you, I'll kill one every time I see one!"

"I don't know what you're talking about. When have I ever been heartless to my wife? Sir, Sir, save me!"

The feeling of suffocation struck his heart, and Mu Cheng looked at Shen Yu with eyes of desperation, seemingly hoping Shen Yu could help him. However, Shen Yu simply ignored this gaze.

Earlier, after Mu Cheng realized the danger, he hid behind him, letting him take the brunt of it in front.

That posture just now clearly showed he wanted to run away at any moment. So he was just letting me stand in front to buy him a chance to escape; this character is truly pathetic.

If you want to kill him, hurry up and do it; he really has no mood to save such a person.

Seeing Shen Yu ignore his plea for help, Mu Cheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and face it himself, desperately trying to explain his innocence.

"My affection for my wife is as deep as the sea. Even after she was captured by horse bandits for several days, I never blamed her for a single word. How have I become a heartless person? How can you judge the affection between my wife and me?"

"To avenge her, I went without sleep for days and nights to formulate a strategy, wishing I could eat their flesh raw, just to wipe out all those horse bandits who harmed my wife."

"Now that I have returned victorious, Madam, I have avenged you!"

"What a display of 'deep affection,' what a 'vengeance for your wife'—it's truly disgusting!"

Mu Cheng's explanation made Luo Qingyu's gaze turn even colder; although she didn't fly into a rage, it was three times worse than that.

Just one look at this expression could make a person feel infinite fear; she was clearly truly angry.

"Yes, you never blamed her for a single word, and ever since she escaped back, you have been solicitous and extremely gentle toward her, yet you have always refused to live in the same room as her."

"Although you didn't say the words of disgust, it was already written all over your face, speaking louder than a thousand words."

"You knew your wife was a sensitive person, yet you still chose to do this, just to make her feel ashamed and unworthy of facing you, so that she would resolve to end her own life."

"Look at this, look at what kind of hypocrite your husband really is!"

It seemed as if she were speaking to Mu Cheng, and yet also as if she were speaking to another consciousness within her body; the sarcasm in these words could be heard by anyone.

Turning her attention back to Mu Cheng, the force in her hand grew slightly stronger.

As for all this, Shen Yu subconsciously ignored it. Such human trash, if he dies, he dies; at worst, I'll just avenge him later.

"Mu Cheng, oh Mu Cheng, these days you spent sleepless nights formulating strategies—nominally for revenge, but in reality, weren't you just constantly tormenting your wife?"

"Making her constantly think about how she was once trapped in a bandit den, once ravaged by horse bandits day and night—that agonizing scar, you tore it open every single day. The harder you worked to 'avenge' her, the more guilty she felt!"

"You shared a bed for many years; how could you not know this? It's not that you didn't know, but that you were pretending not to know. You wanted your wife to die, you wanted her to kill herself!"

The light, airy words were like sharp blades piercing the vitals, leaving Mu Cheng speechless, not knowing how to refute them.

And just at this moment, Luo Qingyu continued, "Oh, right, and there's that Miss Xia from Liu Tong Lane."

"Last year, when you led troops to suppress bandits and saved her, this young lady developed feelings for you and has stayed in our remote Ruowu City ever since, refusing to leave."

"But was her falling into the hands of the horse bandits really an accident? Who leaked her information to the horse bandits? It was you, Mu Cheng!"

"Because she is from the Xia family, she has the ability to help you climb the ranks. That is why you personally devised this 'hero saves the beauty' plan, just so you would have the grace of a savior in her eyes."

"This way, you could use the influence of the Xia family to leave this place and soar upward!"

"No, it's not like that!"

"It's not like that? Mu Cheng, how much longer do you intend to quibble?" The force in her hand grew heavier, and before long, Mu Cheng's face turned bright red from suffocation, yet he would not die.

Luo Qingyu seemed to be enjoying this perverted pleasure of torturing people, making Mu Cheng bounce repeatedly on the edge of Life and Death.

"Mu Cheng, it's just that even you didn't expect that this thirty-year-old unmarried Miss Xia would fall in love with you at first sight and become deeply infatuated."

"It's just that you have a family, and she didn't want to break up someone's home, so she could only bury this affection in her heart and has stayed in Ruowu City for these past few months."

"You saw it in your eyes and were anxious in your heart; if you could marry into the Xia family, wouldn't your future official career be smooth sailing?"

"And at this time, your wife became an eyesore. You couldn't divorce her, as that would ruin the perfect image you had in the heart of this Miss Xia."

"Therefore, you needed to pluck out this eyesore that was your wife. Afterward, you quietly leaked your wife's information to the horse bandits near Ruowu City."

"Nonsense, nonsense!" Seeming to have been hit where it hurt, even on the edge of Life and Death, Mu Cheng reacted violently.

However, although Mu Cheng denied it vehemently, he seemed to be losing his nerve.

"Whether it's nonsense, you know in your heart. The horse bandits around Ruowu City hate you to the bone; after capturing your wife, they naturally tortured her in every way."

"During the time your wife was captured, you pretended to drown your sorrows in alcohol, showing a tear-streaked face to Miss Xia to confide in her, deepening the image of your deep affection in her heart."

"I have to say, this performance really fooled everyone, but you didn't expect your wife to actually survive and return."

"I, I........"

"You what? Don't know how to explain it anymore? Look at this, this is your husband, disgusting enough to make one vomit!"

"Sigh!" With a helpless sigh, even without probing Mu Cheng's memories, Shen Yu's Super Perception told him that these things were likely all true.

If this is truly the case, then this Mu Cheng is indeed trashy enough.

Wait, these old monsters, if they want to kill someone, they should just kill them; why are they chattering on so much?

Her goal was not to kill at all, but to stimulate the other consciousness within the body, the consciousness of Luo Qingyu herself.

Furthermore, Shen Yu could be entirely certain that the body before her was not the old monster herself; even if she were to eliminate her, that old monster would still remain.

Therefore, there was no need to rush; an excellent hunter must be able to endure, for if one were to scare the prey away, it would be difficult to catch.

"Mu Cheng, you left the city to suppress bandits, wasn't it just to leave your wife alone at home? At a time like this, only a little bit of stimulation is needed, and your wife will think of ending it all herself."

"Since you are not at home, your wife's death will naturally have nothing to do with you, the great hero who is avenging his wife."

"Are you thinking day and night that when you return, your wife will have already committed suicide at home?"

"And you, you can both kick away the stumbling block to marrying that Miss Xia and earn the reputation of being deeply affectionate; it can be called killing two birds with one stone. Truly impressive!"

"As for a person who has lost their purity and committed suicide out of shame for having fallen into a bandit den, who would care? Would you care?"