"Shu Linyuan, actually... you don't like me that much. You look very angry."
Yuan Shu pursed her lips and spoke slowly, "You are angry at me!"
Shu Linyuan's eyes widened slightly.
Seeing Yuan Shu with another man, doing such intimate things, shouldn't he be angry?
He was clearly angry precisely because he cared about her too much.
He wanted Yuan Shu to belong only to him!
He didn't want to see Yuan Shu with other men!
However, Yuan Shu gently shook her head and continued, "If you liked me, you would respect my decisions."
"Shu Linyuan, admit it, you don't really like me that much."
"Since you don't like me that much, then what are you agonizing over?"
She asked in return, then sat down opposite Shu Linyuan.
"No, it's not like that, Shushu, it's not like that. I like you, that's why I'm angry."
"I'm not angry at you, I'm angry at Eldest Senior Brother... at Shen Qi. How, how could he treat you like that? He shouldn't treat you like that!"
Before Shu Linyuan could finish his sentence, Yuan Shu raised her hand and interrupted him.
"I agreed to let him get close to me. If you are angry at him, you are naturally angry at me too."
"If you truly love someone, you won't get angry at her, no matter what she does."
Shu Linyuan froze. Was that so?
Seeing him remain silent, Yuan Shu continued to retreat in order to advance, mentally manipulating him as she sighed softly and spoke.
"I'm quite reluctant to part with you, Shu Linyuan. After all, I gave my Primal Yin to you."
"You mean a great deal to me!"
"But, if you really mind, I can understand. After today, we will just pretend that the events at the Cliff of Repentance never happened."
"Let everything we experienced fade away with the wind."
"You will still be my Sixth Senior Brother, and I will still be your Seventh Junior Sister. From now on, when we meet, we will stick to basic courtesy and keep our distance. How does that sound?"
Shu Linyuan's eyes widened, unable to process this for a long moment.
He thought that since Yuan Shu was willing to come to him, it was because she wanted to explain herself.
He never expected that her true purpose was to...
Dump him!
"What did you say?"
He looked at Yuan Shu in disbelief, so angry that he grabbed her hand, his fingertips trembling slightly.
Yuan Shu, how could she say such heartless things?
Over the past ten years, and those seven days at the Cliff of Repentance, she went from having eyes only for him, to forcing him to dual cultivate with her, to him willingly pleasing her!
Why could she say these words so breezily?
"What do you mean forget the past? Yuan Shu, what do you take me for?"
Angry and resentful, he glared at Yuan Shu in disbelief.
Before, wasn't she the one always pestering him?
How could she change her heart so quickly?
Now she wanted to forget him and pretend nothing had happened?
Shu Linyuan only now realized why there had always been a sense of unease in the bottom of his heart, a restless anxiety of gaining and losing.
So, deep down, what Yuan Shu really wanted was to draw a clear line with him?
"Impossible! Yuan Shu, since you provoked me, you must take responsibility to the very end!"
"You cannot let me go, you cannot!"
Shu Linyuan's eyes were red. As his words fell, he pulled Yuan Shu tightly into his embrace.
Yuan Shu's expression shifted slightly. She didn't return his embrace. Lowering her eyes slightly, she dropped a bombshell, "Shen Qi and I are already together."
Shu Linyuan's body shuddered, and the arms holding Yuan Shu seemed to tremble slightly.
An extreme, agonizing heartache spread through his chest.
"Shushu, don't say such things, don't say it..."
"Don't even think about driving me away, don't even think about it!"
"You were the one who forced me in the beginning. You can't just throw me away after you're done using me!"
"You can't, you can't!"
Shu Linyuan's voice trembled as he hugged her a little tighter, burying his face in the crook of her neck.
He breathed in the faint scent of pear blossoms on her.
It seemed that only by doing this could he feel a little better.
"Shu Linyuan, I didn't drive you away. I said, I still like you."
Yuan Shu suddenly spoke up, and her changed tone made Shu Linyuan's gaze tremble.
She rose from his embrace and looked up at him. Her beautiful phoenix eyes curved slightly, like the brightest stars in the night sky.
"We can also be together... just like at the Cliff of Repentance. It just depends on whether you are willing or not."
Yuan Shu reached out and gently twirled a strand of hair hanging over Shu Linyuan's chest.
Each gentle tug felt as if it was tugging at Shu Linyuan's heart.
Shu Linyuan's eyes shifted as he watched, his Adam's apple bobbing uncontrollably.
"Shushu..."
A look of distress appeared on Yuan Shu's face. Tears gathered in her beautiful phoenix eyes as she bit her lower lip slightly.
"Shu Linyuan, don't make me choose, okay?"
She tilted her head up slightly. The moment a tear rolled down from the corner of her eye, her tear-stained, delicate appearance instantly made Shu Linyuan's heart tremble.
He opened his mouth, wanting to explain something, but couldn't speak.
Until Yuan Shu threw herself into his arms.
"Shu Linyuan, I like you."
Shu Linyuan's eyes widened slightly, his Adam's apple rolling uncontrollably.
He had originally been angry, furious, and wanted to draw a clear line with Yuan Shu.
But after sitting in the courtyard for a whole day, he realized he couldn't do it.
The mere thought that Yuan Shu would no longer exist in his future life made him feel a pain worse than death!
Should he give up?
Should he let Shen Qi have his way?
But clearly... Shushu said he was the one she liked!
Shushu liked him!
Shu Linyuan's trembling hands moved. The moment Yuan Shu wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, he finally couldn't suppress the thoughts in his heart and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Shushu, I..."
He had barely started to say something when Yuan Shu, sitting up straight in his arms, suddenly tilted her head up and kissed his lips.
The familiar scent of pear blossoms slipped between his lips and teeth, effortlessly igniting the heat in his blood.
The words on the tip of his tongue remained unspoken, replaced by Yuan Shu's guidance as she deepened the kiss, tasting him fully.
By the time Yuan Shu slightly pulled away, his breathing was completely ragged. The corners of his eyes were flushed red as he looked at her with an expression that invited her to take whatever she wanted.
Yuan Shu hugged his neck, panting softly.
The moment their eyes met, Shu Linyuan suddenly lowered his head and couldn't help but kiss her lips.
The enticing scent of pear blossoms drifted from their lips and teeth once more.
He held Yuan Shu tightly, forcefully deepening the kiss.
At this moment, Shu Linyuan suddenly felt that nothing else mattered!
As long as Yuan Shu didn't hate him, as long as Yuan Shu was by his side, as long as he could smell her scent and receive her comfort.
It seemed that nothing else mattered!
He didn't want to think about why Shen Qi had been in her room.
Yuan Shu liked him, right?
As long as he knew this, wasn't that enough?
After getting Yuan Shu's consent, he swept her up into his arms and walked quickly into his room.
An angry man is hard to coax?
That's only because the wrong method was used!
According to Yuan Shu's method, sleeping together once would fix it.
If one time didn't solve it, then twice would.
Shu Linyuan hadn't sought out Yuan Shu for many days.
With such dry wood meeting a blazing fire, it naturally couldn't be easily extinguished.
Yuan Shu tilted her head back, enduring his scorching and burning kisses, feeling both exhausted and happy.
She sighed inwardly: Her top-tier Water Spiritual Root foundation was finally going to be properly nourished again!
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