Chapter 71: The Painful Secret

How could Ru Yue and Qin Huai be here? My mind simply couldn’t process it. What’s worse, they were in the hands of He Long and that gloomy old man!

What’s even weirder is that, as if she couldn’t make out the situation, Ru Yue just looked at Ru Xue and cried. It seemed as if it didn’t matter where she was or what the situation was, she just needed to vent her sadness.

Qinhuai was more sober. This guy was always optimistic. Only once had he been tortured by the people of the Black Rock Miao Village, who were neither human nor ghostly. In this guy’s opinion, as long as he met me, the matter would be settled.

Are we going to fight again? Not only me, but also Chengxin, Ruoxue, Zhang and Wu Laogui were all ready to fight. The Northeast people and the old Northeast ghosts are really something. If a friend is in trouble, we have to fight even if we can’t win!

“I heard it was you…” In this tense atmosphere, the first to speak was the gloomy old ghost, but before he could finish his sentence, a wave of overwhelming stench suddenly appeared among us.

I almost fainted again. I don’t need to guess that it was Xiaomao’s trick! I must admit that this trick is really powerful. If it is used to attack, it is really indistinguishable between friend and foe!

Next, the figures of two weasels appeared, rushing over and biting onto He Long’s hand. He Long let out a loud “ouch” and let go of Qin Huai’s shoulder!

Qin Huai reacted quickly, and with a little dazed, he grabbed Ru Yue, who had been crying, and started to run.

In contrast to the smooth bite of He Long, Xiaoxi, who had already escaped, was not so smooth. The old man also did not know where he got such a quick technique, and he actually pinched Xiaoxi’s neck.

Then he shouted at He Long, “Catch them!”

At this moment, Qin Huai had only taken two steps with Ru Yue, and I had only taken two steps towards them. Xiao Xi was caught in the old man’s hands, and everything happened in the blink of an eye!

Wu Laogui was the most anxious. After all, he and Xiao Xi recognized each other as fellow villagers, and their relationship was ironclad. So he yelled, “What’s going on? Didn’t you two say that the scent of the big snake was too terrifying, that you were afraid to get close to it, and that you went to find food? How did it appear here? It was still caught, what’s going on?”

I froze there. At that moment, I believed that if I moved again, the old man would not hesitate to strangle Xiao Xi.

He Long laughed triumphantly and rushed towards Qin Huai and Ru Yue. Ru Yue was completely dumbfounded at the moment, and Qin Huai, seeing that I was frozen in place, didn’t dare to move either. He knew that I must be thinking about something.

Just when the situation became like this, a wolf howl suddenly broke the silence. I saw the figure of Baihuier in the distance, and more than a dozen wolves came out. Then the sound of wolves howling came from all directions. It seemed that it was the same as last time, and it was a wolf pack siege.

Bai Hui is quite loyal.

Facing this situation, the old man snorted and said, “It just so happens that I lost a ghost head. These wolves are good, and they can also nourish my ghost head.”

“You old man, do you think you’re an ancient person?” Qin Huai must have had a grudge against the old man, and he started to curse.

He Long was about to beat Qin Huai, but I shouted, “Stop it.”

At the same time, a cold voice interrupted: “Stop.”

It was the voice of Ru Xue. In the midst of my anger, I saw He Long still about to strike, but the old man was shocked and moved, shouting, “He Long, stop!”

When the old man shouted, He Long naturally stopped in surprise. What did Ru Xue do to make the old man so wary? I looked back at Ru Xue and saw her raise her hand. Wasn’t the strange bug on her hand her new life-giving bug?

Ruyue suddenly sat down in the snow and began to cry. Ruxue’s expression, however, remained calm. She looked at the old man and said, “Do you know it? Are you going to let them go, retreat, or fight?”

The old man took a deep breath, let go of Xiao Xi, and then suddenly said to He Long, “Let them go, let’s go.”

Then he looked at Ru Xue and said, “I was still young when the dispute happened, but I was lucky enough to see this strange insect once. Later…haha, you can use it to threaten me to leave today, but who will win is still up for debate.”

At this point, the old man suddenly looked at Ru Xue with a strange smile and said, “Besides, how many times will you dare to use it? Or will you wait to be buried with them? Or maybe you’re waiting to become the enemy of everyone in the world. In any case, you should no longer belong to this world, hahaha…”

After the old man finished speaking, he left with He Long, laughing.

In the snow, Ru Yue was left crying sadly, and Qin Huai was beside her, at a loss as to what to do to comfort her. Ru Xue looked at Ru Yue, but she couldn’t tell what she was feeling.

I looked at Ru Xue, feeling as if something inside me had broken. She didn’t even look at me.

At that moment, I impulsively wanted to hold the old man and ask him to explain the whole thing, but Chengxin’s hand was on my shoulder. “Chengyi, don’t you remember what Master Jiang said about you and Ruoxue? You told me later that you would definitely remember. Have you forgotten?”

Although the old man’s words were vague, they ultimately made one thing clear: something terrible had happened between Ru Xue and the bug, and Ru Xue might be leaving.

Chengxin is a person with a sharp mind, so how could he not figure out the taste in the middle? He came out to comfort me right away.

I just replied blankly, “Remember, what you can keep in your heart is your feelings, but what you can’t keep is fate. You should keep your feelings to yourself and be at peace with yourself. Fate cannot be forced, and it is like flowing water after all.”

Chengxin sighed and said, “I won’t say much more nonsense. You just remember it.”

After that, he went to check if Xiao Xi was hurt, and Ru Xue finally turned her head to look at me. It was a kind of acceptance and calmness. She said, “It’s just a lie, not a lie. Chengyi, I don’t want to lie to you. You don’t have to ask me anything now. On that day, I will naturally give you an answer, okay?”

I was silent, but what could I say? I was only sad!

After all, it was I who wanted to be with Ru Xue for half a year, and after all, it was I who had been thinking about it for so many years. But we had already separated after that half year, hadn’t we? No matter what the feelings between us were, we had already separated, hadn’t we?

“You don’t need to give me an answer. What am I to you? You don’t need to.” I don’t know if I was being stubborn or if I was confused. At this time, what I should have asked was, “Ru Xue, are you in any danger? What do you mean you’re the enemy of the world? If that’s the case, I’ll be with you!”

That’s what I should have said.

But I couldn’t say it. My heart ached. She knew it all along. She didn’t tell me. Even if we weren’t together anymore, you could have told me. I would have been willing to bear it with you! Are you going to leave without telling me?

I heard Ruoyue’s sobs, but I felt happy. I wanted to cry like Ruoyue.

I turned around and heard Yuxue’s voice behind me, saying, “Chengyi, we should have let go of each other long ago. Why are you being unfilial to me? This is just a choice I had to make. This is fate. I hope you can remember.”

I turned around abruptly. What should I remember? You still haven’t told me anything? I was furious. Why did you mention my parents to provoke me, saying that I was unfilial? Is that your position?

But I didn’t know what to say. Should I say that I was willing to be unfilial, that I was willing for my parents to see me like this, to worry about me for the rest of their lives, and that in the end, they couldn’t even see their only son have children before they died?

Looking at my angry face, as calm as snow, she said four words to me: “Don’t be childish.”

Then she walked over, helped her up, and said to me, “Really, let’s not be childish anymore. You live your life, and I’ll take care of my responsibilities. You once asked me, what is eternity? People always die. Can time define eternity? Time?”

Time? I suddenly knelt in the snow.

At this moment, Ru Yue had already thrown herself into Ru Xue’s arms, covering her chest in pain. Her voice was heart-wrenching, and she said in a broken voice, “Sister, my heart has never hurt so much. I realized a long time ago that you were leaving me. Our heart-to-heart charm is dying. Are you leaving?”

“It won’t die, Ru Yue. I won’t die. No matter where I am, you will always be my sister, and I will always be your sister. Always.” Ru Xue replied.