Chapter 822: Really, really love him (2/2)

“Because I love him! I love him very, very much! I didn’t want to be born as his enemy!” Chu Qingge simply howled out the words. “Han Yunxi, let me tell you! I love Long Feiye! Even if I’m the Nether Clan’s descendant, I still can’t hate him, because I love him! Han Yunxi, I love him even more than you, hahaha~”

Chu Qingge had truly lost her mind. She couldn’t stop cackling as she finally found the one thing she could beat Han Yunxi in. She loved Long Feiye more than Han Yunxi!

If Han Yunxi was proud to be West Qin princess--proud to be an enemy of Long Feiye’s identity--then she must hate Long Feiye to the core after finding out about her origins, right?

“Hahaha, Han Yunxi, you’ve lost! You’ve lost! You don’t even have the right to love him, hahaha!” Although Chu Qingge was smiling, tears had somehow stained her face. “Han Yunxi, I dare to love him. I dare to say these words! Do you? You don’t, you won’t...hahahaha….”

Han Yunxi stopped pitying Chu Qingge as she looked at her coldly without a word. Ning Cheng grew angrier the more he heard. He simply drew his sword and interrupted Chu Qingge’s rants. “Enough! Just who’s the descendant of the Shadow Clan? If you won’t say, I’ll kill you with one strike!”

Han Yunxi wanted to stop him, but it was already too late. Ning Cheng hadn’t moved his sword, but Chu Qingge impaled herself on the weapon instead. Her actions left him surprised and stunned.

“Hurry and let go!” Han Yunxi rushed over while raging at Ning Cheng. He finally released his sword, allowing Han Yunxi to catch Chu Qingge in her arms. She didn’t dare to withdraw the weapon, but hastily ordered, “Find a doctor and plenty of blood-stopping pills, quick!”

Ning Cheng wouldn’t really kill Chu Qingge even if she didn’t tell him about the Shadow Clan. He never expected the woman to be so fearless in the face of death. He quickly went to get help while Han Yunxi cradled Chu Qingge in her arms with a cold warning.

“Chu Qingge, I’ll tell you this. If you want to like Long Feiye, then you better live on and tell him yourself! Duanmu Yao’s even told him to his face, but what about you? It’s useless if you tell me this much! You go find him yourself!” Han Yunxi suddenly thought of a phrase. “True love has no rivals.”

Chu Qingge’s love for Long Feiye was completely different from Duanmu Yao’s.

“I’m already dirty...I don’t have the right to tell him anymore.” Mouthfuls of blood poured from Chu Qingge’s lips. She held tightly to Han Yunxi’s hands as she struggled to voice her last words. “Han Yunxi, you...do you dare…? Do you dare to keep on loving him? I beg...beg you, Han Yunxi, I beg you to keep loving him, kill Ning Cheng, won’t you? Han Yunxi, you...you can’t lose to me!”

At this point, she couldn’t hold on any longer. Chu Qingge stared fixedly at Han Yunxi’s face as she died in her rival’s arms. Han Yunxi never thought that Chu Qingge would meet her end here. Perhaps the other woman thought the same. A sudden pain filled Han Yunxi’s heart, as if something had viciously torn off a chunk. It ached terribly!

Why was love so hard?

She murmured softly, “Chu Qingge, do you know? I just wanted to ask Long Feiye a single question. If...if I wasn’t the West Qin princess, would he still like me?”

“If--just if he said yes, then I’d definitely be braver than you.”

As Han Yunxi finished, she gently shut Chu Qingge’s eyes with her hands so the girl could rest in peace.

Ning Cheng stood by the door. All he saw was Han Yunxi and Chu Qingge speaking in low tones, but he didn’t catch their conversation. By the time the doctor arrived, Han Yunxi said, “There’s no need. She’s been freed.”

“What did she tell you? Was it about the Shadow Clan’s whereabouts?” Ning Cheng rushed over so quickly he nearly crashed into Han Yunxi.

Han Yunxi gave him a piercing look before he moved out of the way. “This subordinate has offended, may princess mete punishment.”

“I remember every single one of your affronts!” Han Yunxi declared unhappily.

“Princess, what did she say?” Ning Cheng was anxious. Over the past few years, his next main motive after seeking the imperial clan was tracking down the Shadow Clan.

“She said the descendant of the Shadow Clan is Gu Beiyue!” Han Yunxi covered up the revelation with the dark-robed assassin and pretended to feign surprise. “I had no idea--I never would have expected it!”

Ning Cheng was very surprised and all but slapped himself in the face. He had imprisoned Gu Beiyue in the past! How could he know Gu Beiyue had ended up collaborating with Long Feiye, or that Chu Tianyin was acting under those two’s orders after his return to Western Zhou? He always assumed that Gu Beiyue was simply a doctor.

“Aiya, I remembered something!” Han Yunxi continued to fake her surprise. “That year at the Skypit, a white-robed gentleman that knew the shadow arts kidnapped me. Could that have been Gu Beiyue? Jun Yixie was there then, too.”

“Jun Yixie…” Ning Cheng trailed off meaningfully.

“Right, he was there! What’s more…” Han Yunxi angrily describe how Jun Yixie had treated her, and how the white-robed gentleman had rescued her from his clutches.

Ning Cheng’s gaze grew more complicated as he listened. Seeing this, Han Yunxi finally knew how to get through to him!