Chapter 598 – Before Life and Death, a Conversation about Passion and Love (1/2)

Chapter 598 - Before Life and Death, a Conversation about Passion and Love

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Amongst the members of the Orthodox Academy, Zhexiu's cultivation level was not the highest, but he was undoubtedly the strongest in fighting. In a battle of life-or-death, even Chen Changsheng was not his match. This was because of his incomparably rich battle experience and his frightening will tempered from walking between life and death. However, in matters of love, he had not the slightest experience, much less any perception for it.

”Doesn't she loathe you?” he directly voiced the doubts in his mind.

Chen Changsheng laughed, not knowing how to respond to this question, but when he laughed, he smelled the faint scent of rust coming from his throat. It was the scent of blood. His expression flickered and his spiritual sense moved as he entered meditative introspection. He then plunged into a long silence, his face very pale.

So it turned out…that this was what was going on. Could it be that his maximum limit of twenty years old had come in advance?

He could clearly sense that all the meridians of his body had already ruptured once, but for some reason, the several thousand wounds in his meridians had all been cauterized shut and were no longer bleeding. Soon after, he understood why, because he could clearly feel her blood moving through his body.

The limpid and slightly chilly waters of the lake slowly flowed around the wooden pillars of the house as footsteps could be heard. Xu Yourong and Tang Thirty-Six walked into the house. Tang Thirty-Six indicated that he and Zhexiu should go, leaving only Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong inside. The lake waters continued to slowly flow below the house, but the small black fish were no longer as excited. However, that date pit had disappeared.

Chen Changsheng and Xu Yourong quietly looked into each other's eyes, neither speaking for a very long time. The house was very still, even somewhat desolate. He thought to himself, as the man, there are still some things that should be for me to say. Licking his somewhat dry lips, he said seriously to her, ”Sorry.”

This simple 'sorry' had many meanings, like how he had concealed his illness, how his fate was not good and he was troubling her, how it was impossible for them to continue being together.

Xu Yourong calmly looked into his eyes as she said, ”On that night, was this the secret that you wanted to tell me?”

”Yes, my body has been unhealthy since I was a child. After the age of ten, when my soul began seeping out of my severed meridians, Master judged that I would not live past the age of twenty, but…”

After a moment of silence, Chen Changsheng continued, ”I thought that no matter what, I would still be able to live until twenty, that I still had three years of time. I believed that I really did have a chance to change my fate. I wanted to try first and then consider my options, but I didn't imagine that, in the end, the age of twenty would come in advance.”

Xu Yourong asked, ”And then?”

Chen Changsheng gazed at her snow-white face and could imagine just how much heart blood she had paid to save him, real heart blood. He softly said once more, ”Sorry.”

Xu Yourong held her hands behind her and walked to the window, gazing at the profuse stars in the night sky. A few moments of silence passed before she spoke, ”At the time, you wanted to tell, but I didn't want to hear, so there's no need for you to apologize.”

For a long time, Chen Changsheng did not reply. Finally, he said, ”Fortunately, the engagement was already annulled.”

”Or else I would have become a widow?” Xu Yourong did not turn her head and her voice grew icier.

Chen Changsheng could sense what she was feeling. He was somewhat moved, somewhat comforted, but even more anxious. He said to her back, ”I will die.”

Xu Yourong's voice continued to grow colder, bordering on apathetic. ”And then?”

Chen Changsheng replied, ”Zhexiu's illness has a chance of being cured, but this illness of mine really cannot be cured.”

Xu Yourong's reply was still those two words, ”And then?”