Chapter 342: Right And Wrong (2/2)

Lu Yin had not earned the right to know of him in the past. Even after he was crowned champion of the Tournament of the Strongest, those in the know still had not thought that he would be a match for Mu Rong. However, the moment Lu Yin used Thirty Stacks, he had gained the right, for he had matched the record that Arbiter Lan had set back when he was a Limiteer; with his accomplishment, Lu Yin had finally, truly become a candidate to become a future Arbiter.

Lu Yin sighed. Would Mu Rong be his enemy? Among the true candidates, there was Mu Rong, Ye Xingchen from the Cosmic Sea, and… who else? He’d finally stepped onto this level, surpassing Liu Shaoqiu and officially being noticed by the Ten Arbiters.

Lu Yin mused to himself that it had definitely been a good idea to increase his strength before coming to San Dios. Him being able to use Thirty Stacks had caused a huge shift in his position.

“Mr. Lu, Ms. Jenny would like to see you,” a maid informed him respectfully from behind.

Lu Yin frowned. “I don’t want to see her.”

“Um, Ms. Jenny has said that she’ll commit suicide if you don’t go and see her,” the maid explained anxiously.

Lu Yin snorted and thought it over. “Lead the way.”

While he didn’t care for Jenny Auna, his relationship with her family would grow troublesome if she died because of him. It was not worth getting into more trouble because of a woman who he didn’t even care about.

When he arrived, he saw Jenny Auna leaning against the wall with an ashen pallor. The moment she saw Lu Yin, a bone-deep hatred flashed within her eyes, but it quickly disappeared. It was instantly overwritten by a pleading expression. “Please, please let me go!”

Lu Yin stared at her coldly. “Are you aware that I nearly died because of you?”

Jenny Auna shook her head. “I didn’t know that, but all I want to do is to marry the person I love. Is that wrong?”

Lu Yin’s heart jolted, and he went quiet as he studied Jenny Auna’s mournful face. It’s true that she only wants to marry the person she loves. Is that wrong? The person in the wrong was the other person, not her. From the very beginning, she had never admitted to any wrong-doing. All she had done was agree to what had been asked of her. She was actually very pitiful.

All the dissatisfaction and annoyance that Lu Yin felt towards her evaporated in an instant. She had not actually wronged him at all. It was not wrong for a woman to marry the person who she loved. It was just a pity that she had been born into the wrong family.

“You’re not wrong, but you fell in love with the wrong person.” Lu Yin’s tone turned softer when he spoke to her this time.

Jenny Auna closed her eyes. “Firesmelt Planet and the Great Yu Empire are not enemies. I like Yan Feng, so what’s wrong with that? The only wrong that happened is that my family promised me to you. Can you really say that you like me, Lu Yin? I can tell that you’ve never liked me. That ring never represented love; it was just a promise between you and the Auna family. In your eyes, I’m just a tool for a political marriage.”

Lu Yin could not speak. Jenny Auna was actually wrong; she had never been a tool for a political marriage since he had never even considered marrying her.

“You’ve destroyed a woman’s happiness, Seventh Bro!” the Ghost Monkey exclaimed.

“Father has never cared about my desires and only ever wanted me to marry you. He obviously knows that you don’t like me, but that’s never mattered to him. What he wants is to gain a relationship with you by trading away my marriage. I want to escape and be free of this cage—what’s wrong with that? What’s wrong with me marrying someone I love? I never wanted to hurt anyone!” Jenny Auna screamed, looking at Lu Yin in abject despair.

Lu Yin did not look at her. He had nothing to say because everything that she’d said was true. She had merely intended to take responsibility for herself and marry Yan Feng. She hadn’t even considered whether or not it would hurt Lu Yin, because neither she nor Lu Yin mattered to each other.

Lu Yin sighed. “Yan Feng never cared about you.”

Jenny Auna’s tears dripped to the ground, and she collapsed. “I know. I know that the person he wants isn’t me, but I still don’t care. All I want to do is marry him and be free of this cage, even at the cost of my own life.”

Lu Yin did not know what to say. Men and women had different principles, with the former being more rational and the latter being more emotional. The issues that they suffered were similarly different.

However, he could not let Jenny Auna do as she wished. “Go back. If it’s possible, I’ll have Xueshan Auna allow you to live in a good place so that you can become an ordinary woman and live a simple life.”

Jenny Auna began to cry silently while clutching her head.

Lu Yin turned around and left.

“Wait.” Jenny looked up at Lu Yin’s back and whispered, “I never wanted to hurt you.”