Chapter 254: Unable to Bring Oneself to Strike

"Out."

Gu Rongjin said only a single word, his tone unchanged.

But the atmosphere on the scene instantly grew heavy.

Once the Frost Descent Killing Order is issued, it will be pursued to the ends of the earth.

"Understood!"

That person took his leave.

Gu Rongjin looked up at the moonlight; it was also such a full-moon night when he met A Zi.

Unfortunately, circumstances have changed; she is no longer the A Zi he knew.

Gu Rongjin let out a soft sigh.

After today, she will merely be the target of the Frost Descent Killing Order.

"Rongjin."

Mu Yuanzhi's voice sounded from behind; Gu Rongjin turned.

"How did you come out? Aren't you sleeping?" he asked.

"Anyway I couldn't sleep, so I came out for a stroll."

"Is that so?" Gu Rongjin's smile turned cold: "To come loitering by my side, you're really bold!"

Mu Yuanzhi frowned, puzzled, asking: "What are you saying?!"

"Stop pretending, you're not convincing." Gu Rongjin's expression could be described as horrifying: "You're pretending so disgustingly, you must be doing it on purpose?"

The "Mu Yuanzhi" in front curled her lips in a smile: "I didn't expect, Young Master, that you'd recognize me so quickly."

She touched her human skin mask, which was quite lifelike, thinking: "I thought it could deceive for a long time."

"Don't say your imitation isn't the slightest bit alike; this human skin mask of yours is also low-quality, anyone not blind can see it." Gu Rongjin said, "I recall your human skin mask can only last an hour, right? A Zi."

A Zi, wearing Mu Yuanzhi's face, nodded: "That's right, but is there any human skin mask in the jianghu that can compare to mine?"

"I have no interest in discussing the matter of human skin masks with you!"

"You want to kill me, you even issued the killing order—why? This is overstepping; you never do such things, is it just for Mu Yuanzhi? You've changed; you weren't like this before." A Zi wore a nostalgic expression.

Upon hearing that, A Zi's expression turned ferocious, looking nothing like Mu Yuanzhi.

"You're wrong; she has been important from the start." Gu Rongjin corrected.

"Then why don't you make a move? Why haven't you done so yet?" A Zi curled her lips in a smile: "Is it because you can't bring yourself to do it? This face of mine."

She touched her human skin mask, her smile extremely eerie.

She felt both the joy of her scheme succeeding and the resentment that it turned out this way.

He wanted to kill her, not hesitating to issue the killing order.

Now she stands before him, yet he cannot bring himself to strike; the reason is not that he can't bear to part with her, but that he can't bear to part with a false face—even if it's a low-quality human skin mask, even if he knows it's fake, as long as it's related to Mu Yuanzhi, he cannot bring himself to strike.

A Zi's heart felt as if it were being ruthlessly tugged, agonizing to death.

"If I always appeared before you wearing this human skin mask, would you then not kill me?"

"If he won't kill you, I will!"

Qilin appeared out of nowhere and unleashed a full-force strike!

A Zi didn't dodge; instead she turned to meet the strike, and said: "Qilin."

The Qilin, which had been rushing forward aggressively, suddenly froze, jerking back its hand, causing itself to almost be shaken by its own internal energy rebound.

Why is this happening?

Even knowing it's a fake!

The hateful woman wearing his senior sister's face—why can't he bring himself to strike?!

A Zi laughed loudly.

Gu Rongjin had never seen her laugh so wildly; he felt he had never truly known her.

"Qilin, you also can't bring yourself to strike, right?" A Zi laughed, her expression chaotic: "It's hilarious, you're both hilarious, so easily manipulated—how can you survive in the jianghu like this?"

After she finished laughing, she fiercely struck at Qilin; Qilin merely panicked and retreated, unable to strike at that face.

Qilin is no match for A Zi, and moreover in this situation Gu Rongjin flashed to block in front of Qilin, raising his hand again, yet still could not bring himself to strike.

A Zi's palm struck empty; she also couldn't bear to hit him, preferring that her internal energy fail to rebound and injure herself.

She gave Gu Rongjin a deep look, then departed.

Gu Rongjin and Qilin just watched helplessly as A Zi left.

"Damn it!" Qilin exploded with anger.

How could he be such an idiot?

Originally thought only Gu Rongjin had a screw loose and couldn't bring himself to strike, but now it's his turn too!

Just let that dead woman go!

She literally came right to our door!

Gu Rongjin tightly clenched his palm, he was also furious inside.

"This matter must not let your senior sister know." Gu Rongjin said to Qilin.

Qilin: "Do I even need you to say that?"

Who would want to admit such embarrassment?!

That dead woman is too skilled at manipulating people's hearts, openly coming here to flaunt her might!

Yet they can't do anything about her.

"Next time—no, there won't be a next time—I will definitely kill her."

After a long while, Gu Rongjin calmly said.

What just happened cannot happen again.

Seeing Gu Rongjin calmly reflecting on himself, Qilin also began to self-reflect. Exactly—he couldn't let himself be led around by the nose like this, and wearing his senior sister's face to bewitch people's hearts made him deserve death even more.

If he lacked such determination and composure, he would really be doomed!

After the pain, Qilin decided not to sleep tonight, staying up to research a way to solve the problem; thinking this, he ran off.

Gu Rongjin didn't care where Qilin had run off to, and went back to his room to sleep.

Mu Yuanzhi didn't know what Gu Rongjin and Qilin had just gone through; seeing Gu Rongjin come back and lie down, even clinging to her and acting coquettish, she felt something must have happened.

Otherwise, what is he doing all of a sudden?

"What's wrong? You seem like the kind of husband who, after doing something wrong and not daring to say it, treats his wife extra kindly." Mu Yuanzhi teased.

Gu Rongjin thought, 'She's really perceptive—no wonder I took a liking to her.'

"Nothing of the sort—I just want to hug you and kiss you." Gu Rongjin firmly refused to admit it; how could he tell her after making such a fool of himself earlier?

Absolutely not!

Mu Yuanzhi snorted from her nose: 'Don't let me find out, or I'll give you a good hiding.'

"Really none, my lady—please see clearly."

Real and fake are just different; a counterfeit wearing a fake face can't fool him into being lenient a second time.

The next day, Mu Yuanzhi got up and outside ran into Qilin, who had panda eyes, asking him, 'Did you go thieving?'

Upon seeing Mu Yuanzhi's face, Qilin was momentarily dazed.

Indeed, the real thing is nothing like the fake!

He seemed to sober up instantly!

His mind suddenly cleared!

Next time, if that vile woman dares to use such a dirty trick, he can just go find the real thing and dispel the spell.

"Senior sister!" Qilin reached out to hug Mu Yuanzhi.

"Get lost! Don't get handsy with a married woman!"

Gu Rongjin forcibly squeezed himself into the dangerous half‑inch gap between Qilin and Mu Yuanzhi, giving Qilin a warning look.