Chapter 58: A fall and his choice (1/2)

This white-robed female dares to steal from Long Feiye, is she sick of living?

As Han Yunxi mused, a sudden burst of poison gas rose from the trees, heading towards the woman.

“Beware of poison!” Suddenly, Long Feiye cried out in alarm and flew down in a split second!

This…

Was he trying to block her or save her?

With his personality, he’d either snort ‘serves them right’ or ‘she’s looking for death,’ wouldn’t he? Han Yunxi was confused as she watched in disbelief. Very quickly, she verified that she hadn’t seen or heard wrongly. She never thought that Long Feiye had moments when he lost his cool.

What kind of woman is that white-robed female?

Long Feiye’s speed was too fast for the eyes to see. There was only a flash of black before she saw him again, carrying the white-robed female as he flew towards a tree on the opposite side. Seeing those two forms pressed together made Han Yunxi’s heart give a start, but she quickly ignored it. As the white poisonous mist dispersed, peace returned to the thicket, but it wasn’t clear whether the snake head had died. Han Yunxi looked towards the opposite trees, where Long Feiye was saying something to the woman. Unfortunately, she was too far to see what she looked like or hear what they were talking about.

Who exactly is that woman? What’s her relationship with Long Feiye?

As Han Yunxi puzzled over these questions, a shockwave swept through the mountain. The poison python was turning over its body, its movements causing that giant tail to thrash against Han Yunxi’s tree. Seeing the approaching tail, Han Yunxi was at a loss. She glanced towards Long Feiye, who was about to come over when the white-robed female suddenly made a dash for the snake head again.

“Get back here!” Long Feiye yelled, but the white-robed female only gave him a backward glance. A provoked expression appeared in her eyes as she increased her speed to fly down. At the same time, the snake tail crashed heavily into Han Yunxi’s tree branch with a giant BANG.

“Ah…!” Han Yunxi was terrified. She was about a few dozen meters up, but jumping or staying might both lead to her death. All she could do was hold onto the tree branch and hope the tree could topple slowly over instead. Yet the poison python tail swung once again at her tree.

BANG!

“Ah…!”

Han Yunxi might have been tightly gripping the branch, but the ramming strength made it impossible to continue to hold on. Her hands unconsciously loosened as she fell straight down. Long Feiye saw everything happen, but a complicated expression flitted past his eyes before he turned to chase after the white-robed female. Han Yunxi’s four limbs were facing the sky as she fell. She didn’t catch Long Feiye turning around his head, but she knew that with his speed, he would’ve saved her by now if he chose to!

But he didn’t come. He never came!

She didn’t know when she’d hit the ground or whether it’d hurt. Han Yunxi closed her eyes as her voice grew choked with sobs. “Long Feiye, you bastard! I’ll hate you even after I die!”

While Han Yunxi was falling, Long Feiye had already caught up with the white-robed female and kicked her away from the poison python.

His voice was cold. “Duanmu Yao[1], show some propriety!”

“And here I thought Feiye gege[2] stopped caring whether Yao Yao[3] lived or died after he married his wife,” Duanmu Yao’s white robes carried an ethereal beauty, making her seem like a celestial maiden of the Ninth Heaven[4]. When she smiled, two dimples appeared to make her even cuter. She was the princess of Western Zhou Country, Tianning Country’s ally state, as well as Long Feiye’s junior sister under a shared master.

“Your lordship will say this once, get lost or I won’t be polite!” Long Feiye said coldly. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Han Yunxi about to hit the ground.

Duanmu Yao raised an eyebrow and glanced over. “Feiye gege, would you say my life is important? Or your wangfei’s?”

As she spoke, she prepared to fly towards the poison python head again. This was obviously threatening Long Feiye with her own life! A flash of heinous rage flitted past Long Feiye’s eyes as he spoke, “If you want to die, wait until after your 18th birthday! Your lordship can send you off on the journey then!” He turned his body sideways and used a leg to viciously kick Duanmu Yao aside. On the one hand, it drove her far into the forest; on the other, it gave him a burst of speed that propelled him to Han Yunxi’s side.

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Han Yunxi had already given up hope. Although her eyes were closed as she fell backwards towards the ground, she really felt that she was about to hit it at any moment.

Did people who jump off buildings feel like this?

Very soon, the back of her head would ram into the ground and spill out her brains? Her four limbs would be shattered upon impact?

Who said, with him here, she didn’t need to be afraid?

Who said, there wouldn’t be any untimely ends?

A teardrop wordlessly slipped out from the corner of her eye. She gritted her teeth and forced her eyes open. Even if she was going to die, she still wanted to see this world one last time.

Yet as she did, she saw before her a handsome man’s face, the features sculpted and as cold as ice. His eyes were like frozen pools of water, his lips as thin and fine as cicada’s wings. Something so familiar, yet so foreign at the same time…Long Feiye!

Han Yunxi couldn’t resist smiling. Was this a hallucination before her death? She didn’t realized she was still hoping for him to rescue her. Long Feiye leaned forward to grab her waist, pulling her into his arms as they slowly descended to earth. Han Yunxi just felt that this was a very realistic hallucination, but as beautiful as a wonderful dream. For a moment, everything disappeared from the world, only leaving her and him. She forgot her fear and her hate, indulging herself with the vision of his deep eyes. Unconsciously, she reached out a hand and lightly caressed his cheek.

But in that instant, she saw Long Feiye’s handsome face scrunch up its eyebrows, his cold eyes turning even colder. It startled Han Yunxi to her senses.

This guy is knitting his eyebrows…this guy is real!