Chapter 200

221 The women, all stirred up with righteous fury, the so-called playboy—

【What Murong Qiudi ultimately waited for was a marriage alliance with another family—the Mao family】

【Disheartened, Murong Qiudi did not object】

【Perhaps she also hoped to use this method to provoke Xie Xiaofeng, to make him come find her】

【But in the end, she was disappointed】

【Xie Xiaofeng did not stop this marriage】

【Was it because he didn't know the news?】

【No! He knew!】

【Because the Mr. Mao who was to be engaged to Murong Qiudi happened to also be Xie Xiaofeng's friend】

【Xie Xiaofeng likewise received the invitation】

【However, at the engagement banquet, Xie Xiaofeng saw Murong Qiudi in full regalia, breathtakingly beautiful, radiant beyond compare, and the scene from that day in the garden involuntarily surfaced in his mind, a fiery heat once again kindling in his heart】

【So after Murong Qiudi left, he followed her, quietly made his way to her room, and silently took away Murong Qiudi, who had been waiting for him "three-seven-zero" until her eyes were nearly worn out】

【For a period afterward, the two spent every day among flowers and beneath the moon, inseparable, just like a newlywed couple】

【But after they left, Murong Qiudi was mistaken for having eloped, causing the two families who were supposed to be joined by marriage to fall out】

【Xie Xiaofeng's good friend Mr. Mao became an even greater laughingstock of the entire jianghu, unable to hold his head up】

【But how would Xie Xiaofeng, in the midst of his romantic revelry, care about any of this?】

【Murong Qiudi likewise had no mind to think of such things; she only believed she had finally found happiness】

【However, half a month—only half a month—and Xie Xiaofeng had already grown tired of her】

【So he dumped Murong Qiudi once again!】

"Outrageous! Bastard!"

At this moment, no one knew how many women slammed the table and rose, trembling all over with rage.

Both furious at Xie Xiaofeng's shamelessness and vileness, and even more angered at Murong Qiudi's misfortune in men and her failure to cherish her own virtue.

Of course, the greatest innocent victim was still Mr. Mao.

He was about to get engaged, kindly invited his good friend to his home as a guest, and the result was that the bride had not only been slept with by him, but was also secretly abducted, and then after being played with for half a month, was discarded!

Damn it—any man with a shred of backbone would not be able to swallow this insult.

Having made friends with such a beast and a petty scoundrel was his misfortune across eighteen lifetimes.

……

In the room, Murong Qiudi's mind went completely blank.

Seeing herself treated like a broken rag doll—slept with whenever he wished, discarded whenever he wished—she was struck as if by lightning, nearly losing the ability to think.

Only after a long while did she come back to herself.

【Character: Murong Qiudi】

【Appearance: 10】

【Favorability: 4】

"So that's how it is. I'm this cheap—no wonder… no wonder…"

Murong Qiudi gave a bitter smile, self-mockery at the corner of her lips.

When she looked at the page again, she could no longer feel nervous.

All the face that could be lost had already been lost; it couldn't possibly get any worse.

【But Murong Qiudi had at least kept Xie Xiaofeng company for half a month, so this time he didn't pull up his pants and leave straight away】

【Yet he did something even more disgusting!】

【Before leaving, Xie Xiaofeng left Murong Qiudi with one sentence—telling her to wait for him for seven years, saying he would marry her after seven years】

【Because of that single sentence, over the next seven years Murong Qiudi successively rejected the proposals of forty-three people】

【She, who should have been happy and joyful, spent the prime years of eighteen to twenty-five—years like blooming flowers—dragging out a wretched existence with their child, amid the humiliation and contempt of others】

【Yet Murong Qiudi did not understand that Xie Xiaofeng had been deceiving her all along; he had never once thought of marrying her】

【The so-called seven-year promise was in fact Xie Xiaofeng using seven years of longing and suffering to torment Murong Qiudi, forcing her to give up on him, forget him, and then transfer her affections to another】

【This way he wouldn't have to take responsibility, and when necessary, he could even turn around and righteously accuse Murong Qiudi of breaking her promise】

【Standing on the moral high ground—so wronged, so nobly righteous!】

【For this, Xie Xiaofeng was also very pleased with himself, even coldly mocking: "After I took her away for half a month, I threw her aside again."】

"Clatter-crash—"

The crisp sound of porcelain shattering rang out simultaneously throughout the various regions of the Central Domain.

The women were filled with righteous indignation, their faces turning green with rage, even their back teeth nearly ground to dust.

It was foreseeable that even if Xie Xiaofeng didn't die at Jiang Wuque's hands today, he would be torn apart by someone among them.

Such words and deeds—truly beneath even a beast!

And this person dares to be called "Sword God"?

Some women who had once admired Xie Xiaofeng were completely dumbfounded.

Was this really the idol they had always revered, the ideal lover?

While questioning their lives, they could not help but feel grateful…....

Heaven bless us!

Fortunately they had never met Xie Xiaofeng; otherwise Murong Qiudi's tragedy would have been a cautionary tale.

……

In the room, Murong Qiudi's face was expressionless.

Xie Xiaofeng's fake "seven-year pact" certainly caused the her in the story to suffer deeply, but it also allowed the her in reality to salvage a little of her image.

But Murong Qiudi did not feel even the slightest bit of joy because of it.

She had always been a naive, kind girl, but now she even had the urge to kill!

Too bad Xie Xiaofeng is already dead, otherwise she would have fought him to the bitter end for the rest of her life.

【Old-school novels have many rakes, and beautify them through a series of cloud-veiled, ambiguous words】

【Things like――】

【So rakes are heartless】

【Are rakes really heartless?】

【What is heartless?】

【And what is sentimental?】

【Heartless and sentimental are separated by only a thin line, or rather, heartlessness is also sentimentality】

【A swordsman of chivalry, the chivalrous one is also sentimental】

【A rake's heart is empty】

【A rake's heart does not belong to any one person】

【……】

【And so on and so forth, there are too many such words!】

【At first hearing, they seem full of Zen and philosophy; on second thought, it's all deliberate mystification】

【Pure nonsense to fool people】

【Strip away that foggy, flowery outer layer, pull Xie Xiaofeng out alone and judge him on his own merits — does his conduct still resemble that of a human being?】

【A beast, nothing more!】

【And the reason Xie Xiaofeng is so popular is simply that the adapted films and TV shows beautified him】

【If you really dissect the original character in detail, that face is even uglier than a villain's】

【Duan Zhengchun from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils is a hundred times better than him】

【Both are men who start affairs and then abandon them, but at least when Duan Zhengchun was with those women, he was sincere, rather than treating them as tools for satisfying his lust】

【So-called rakes, to put it bluntly, aren't they just a combination of scumbags and players?】

【Heartless once the pants are on, treating women like prostitutes. In the name of romance, committing acts of flower-picking】

【Once the fig leaf is stripped away, he's nothing】

【Even if Xie Xiaofeng hadn't died at Jiang Wuque's hands today, I would have killed him!】

【No other reason — I just find him irritating.】

222 Heart-Slaying Blade, Sister Xi Shi of the Teahouse