Chapter 714: Who Would Care

"Are you going to help him?"

Suddenly, Luo Qingyu's aura began to constantly permeate the area, the negative energy so thick and extreme it felt as if it were dragging people into an abyss.

Seemingly realizing the danger, Mu Cheng hid behind Shen Yu, watching this side cautiously, though his body leaned backward and his feet quietly shifted away.

Could this bastard be thinking of running? Using me as a shield to draw the fire so he can seize the chance 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?"

Truly, the ancients were right that women and small-minded men are the hardest to deal with; they say women are unreasonable, and now I've finally seen it for myself.

He hid on his own, it's not like I wanted to help him; if you're going to blame me for this too, you're probably just looking for a reason to kill me.

"Wife, 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, seemingly wanting to move the other party.

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

"Hmph, 'through thick and thin' indeed!" Reaching out, she grabbed Mu Cheng's throat directly from the air and lifted him high up.

"A piece of human trash who would force his own wife to her death has no right to speak to me of affection."

"My lifelong wish is to kill every heartless man in the world; for a hypocritical heartless man like you, I shall kill one every time I see one!"

"I don't know what you are talking about, when have I ever been heartless to my wife? My Lord, My Lord, save me!"

The feeling of suffocation washed over him, and Mu Cheng looked at Shen Yu with eyes of desperation, seemingly hoping Shen Yu could help him. However, Shen Yu simply ignored such a gaze.

Earlier, after Mu Cheng realized the danger, he had hidden behind him, letting him take the lead.

The 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 bottom-tier.

If you want to kill him, do it quickly; 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, trying his best to explain his innocence.

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

"To avenge her, I stayed awake for days and nights formulating strategies, wishing I could eat their flesh raw, all to wipe out those horse bandits who harmed my wife."

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

"What a 'deep as the sea' affection, what a 'vengeance for the wife'—it is truly disgusting!"

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

Just looking at this expression was enough to make one feel infinite fear; clearly, she was 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."

"Though you never spoke 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 did this, just to make her feel ashamed and unworthy of facing you, so that she would resolve it herself."

"Look at it, 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; anyone could hear the sarcasm in these words.

Turning back, Luo Qingyu looked at Mu Cheng, and 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—in name it was 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? You didn't 'not know,' you were pretending not to know. You just wanted your wife to die, wanted her to kill herself!"

The light 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 is also that Miss Xia from Liu Tong Lane."

"Last year you led troops to suppress bandits and saved her, and this young lady became enamored with you, staying 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 of the Xia family, she has the ability to help you rise step by step. That is why you personally devised such a 'hero saves the beauty' plan, just to ensure you would have the grace of a savior in her eyes."

"This way you could leverage the power of the Xia family, leave this place, and soar to the top!"

"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 crimson from suffocation, yet he would not die.

Luo Qingyu seemed to be enjoying this perverse pleasure of torture, letting Mu Cheng teeter 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 because of this, and her feelings would take deep root."

"It's just that you have a family, and she didn't want to destroy someone else's, 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 official career be smooth sailing in the future?"

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

"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!" Seemingly touched on a sore spot, even on the edge of Life and Death, Mu Cheng reacted violently.

However, although Mu Cheng denied it vehemently, he seemed to be putting on a brave front.

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

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

"I must say, this performance did indeed fool everyone, but you didn't expect your own wife to actually survive and return."

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

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

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

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

Wait, these old monsters, when they want to kill, they kill; why are they rambling 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 went out of the city to suppress bandits, wasn't it just to leave your wife alone at home? At this moment, only a little bit of stimulation is needed, and your wife will think of ending her own life."

"You are not at home, so 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 by the time you return, your wife will have already committed suicide at home?"

"And you, by kicking away the stumbling block to marrying that Miss Xia, can also win the reputation of being deeply affectionate; it can be said to be 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?"