Chapter 33 (1/2)

I can’t believe the end of volu out athe journey is hardly at its end since volume 3 with many more chapters looms on the horizon Chapter 33 wraps up the much more action and romance packed volume 2 of this epic novel Volu You” but the English translation was the uess is the same end result Volume 2 was called 长相思:诉衷情 and the added phrase lish title was “Love You Forever” This volume really was a lot about love andthree different men loved Xiao Yao and how she loved them back Beware of volu with an endless cliff and the English title is “Missing You Forever” You’ve all been forewarned, but then I did also say this novel has a happy ending so also be prepared to feel all conflicted and twisty So much happened in volu Nong Mountain

Xiao Yao died and was resurrected after spending 37 years in a cla Liu She was all ready to live happily ever after with nice guy Jing when he went andand then had toZhuan Xu win the Xuan Yuan throne and after that was said and done she nearly fell apart until she realizedover broken pro, who ot a lastBei wedding crashi+ng sequence Everything culoing to confront Jing and finally the two of thes out rather than pretend all is swell ILiu to the Heavens and back but its iot no future with Xiao Yao unless he gives up the singlein his life, and if he did that he wouldn’t be Xiang Liu That uy who has a chance with Xiao Yao, andabout his dysfunctional fa to kill his with Xiao Yao

Chapter 33 – The Wind is Moving, The Person is Still:

Xiao Yao arrived at Qing Qiu two days later

Yu shi+n told her “My position cannot ask to see the clan leader directly, luckily I have a connection with hisYe so we can ask to see her first”

Xiao Yao nodded “If I may bother you on this”

Yu shi+n asked to see Jing Ye and she had a s her find the lost Jing so when she heard he was asking to see her, she quickly ca to her but Jing Ye thought it sounded absurd Soht her here? Yu shi+n carefully explained “I know it’s crazy but that girl really is very unique, even forYe asked “What is her name?” It couldn’t be that Princess who eloped with anotherday, could it? The Yellow Emperor, the Black Emperor, the Grand E for her but she suddenly vanished without a trace

“I don’t know, she won’t tellShe just said the clan leader would see her Oh right, she has a red peach blosso Ye i me to see her”

Yu shi+n noticed her reaction and knew he did the right thing He let out a sigh of relief and knehat to do next “I worried Miss would want to see her so I have her waiting outside in the carriage!”

Jing Ye said to Yu shi+n “Go outside and quietly bring the carriage in Remember, quietly!”

Yu shi+n nodded

The carriage quietly entered the Tu Shan clan residence and Jing Ye saw Xiao Yao step off the carriage She sighed in relief but also worry The entire world was looking for her but she ca Ye walked up to bow “Please…e Rest a bit and I will go report to the clan leader”

Xiao Yao felt dirty and tired so she nodded and follooShui Town, she was furious and wanted to de She wanted to knohy he would shaed horses were not the best so the trip took over two days, and by then Xiao Yao’s anger had dissipated and now she felt resigned What could she do even after she found out why? Even if Jing did it, what could she do to hiret this trip She really had her brain fried in anger by Xiang Liu How could she just stor Qiu like this?

Xiao Yao hid in the bath and wouldn’t go out The maids didn’t rush her and would occasionally call out to make sure she didn’t faint in there

Xiao Yao bathed for two hours and she decided in the end that she couldn’t hide forever She toweled off and changed into fresh clothes and walked outside to find Jing waiting for her in the room People here had powers so could dispel the cold but Xiao Yao’s poeak so the room had a lot of braziers placed around it in case Xiao Yao was cold

The roo inored hi quickly said “Your hair is not dry yet, you’ll catch a cold”

Jing wanted to close thebut Xiao Yao yelled “Don’t you dare!”

Jing quickly pulled theso that only a small slit was open Xiao Yao wanted to lose her teht behind Xiao Yao and then handed her a cup of nolia flower tea for her to sip After she drank the tea she asked “You’re not going to askBei?”

Jing said “I know Fang Feng Bei is Xiang Liu, he ought to have taken you to the Sheng Nong resistance army base in the mountains”

“I’ resistance arrily yelled “I was in Qing Shui Town this entire ti was taken aback, Qing Shui Toas filled with all sorts of people How could Xiao Yao have stayed there for over a month and no one spotted her?

Xiao Yao said “I never left the house, it wasn’t until the last day that I discovered I was living next door to Hui Chun Clinic”

Jing asked “You saw Xan Tian Er?”

Xiao Yao was shocked, Jing’s question meant he knew only Tian Er was still alive Xiao Yao said “I saw her”

Jing said “Don’t be sad, Lao Mu and them all passed in peace”

“You…you always kept an eye on the nodded “When Lao Mu was on his death bed, I went to see him and told him that Xiao Liu was fine and for hier inside Xiao Yao vanished and she stared at the cup of tea in her hand in a daze until she finally calave hi Long”

“I did do it, but I never could have is”

“Why did you do it?”

“That day, on the streets of Qing Qiu, you toldmarried but there wasn’t a hint of happiness in your eyes No one forced you so why are you forcing yourself tolike that I begged hi but he said no I wanted to find you but I kneas pouring oil on the fla Bei I re Liu as the price for breaking the voodoo bug in Zhuan Xu Since Zhuan Xu became Emperor, the provisions have been scarce in the ar Liu to buy the pro you to cancel the wedding But I couldn’t have i ceremony to ask you to fulfill your promise It was my fault, Xiao Yao I’ to be sorry about, it was a willing transaction between us all My deal with Xiang Liu was fair and willing, your deal with Xiang Liu is also fair and willing But I hope that you will never get involved into do with you!”

Xiao Yao felt her co Qiu was ridiculous but now that she said her piece, she had nothing else left to stay for so she stood up to say her farewell to leave Jing ju “Xiao Yao…” while his body shook like he was about to keel over

Xiao Yao quickly assisted hie and wanted to take his pulse

Jing pushed her hand aside “I’ht, you can leave in theIf you don’t want to see ’s face was stark white which s he wanted to say but couldn’t and it all turned to despair

Xiao Yao re down “I’ll leave to stared at Xiao Yao for a , you rest well and Jing Ye will keep watch outside If you need anything let her know”

Jing walked to the door when Xiao Yao suddenly said “I have so turned and quietly waited

Xiao Yao pointed to the pallet “Please sit”

Jing sat down across fro fro for a fewquietly watched Xiao Yao and wished this o on forever

Xiao Yao said “All these years, I’ve not slept well and constantly think about the past”

Jing was shocked, he hadn’t slept one night well all these years either and constantly thought about the past But Xiao Yao appeared fine so Jing thought she had totally gotten over hi is underhanded but you also gave her the chance In the beginning I said it was fine and I didn’t care, but I hated you and resented you deep down So at each occasion, I would either avoid you or act like I was fine I never let you see that I was still affected by you, but I always took note of your reactions”

Jing said “I knorong” Back then he thought Fang Feng Yi Yang was innocent and it was the Tu Shan clan that wronged her He didn’t want to hurt her but then he forgot that by doing so then he ended up hurting Xiao Yao

Xiao Yao said “You rong but it wasn’t only your fault All these years I’ve been diligently learning ed a lot and the way I see things I discovered that it wasn’t right for ood toto be silent and let her finish “Xan Tian Er said that a person’s life was liking walking a mountain road with no clue what to expect People want a partner for the walk to assist and help I promised to walk the road with you but I was always pessi It was like if ent to cliether, but when I saw you heading down the wrong path, I didn’t stop you and let you continue the wrong way So I saw a drop and didn’t help you fro coldly”

Xiao Yao asked Jing “Did you know that Fang Feng Yi Yang tried many times to kill Zhuan Xu? One time she even shot an arrow into his chest”

“What?” Jing looked shocked

Xiao Yao said “Fang Feng Yi Yang was always polite and well-entle and sweet, but I knew fro and deadly I also knew you were soft-hearted and felt apologetic to her Fang Feng Yi Yang was sure to use your personality and your regret against you But I did nothing, I didn’t even warn you I stood to the side and watched My childhoodwill last forever and no one can be relied on I never truly believed in you and I didn’t want to make the effort first So hat I expected happened, I felt like it was exactly as I predicted! I know people can’t be trusted! But I didn’t know that e put in is e get back We need toant Xan Tian Er said that I never planted the seeds and tilled the field, how can I expect to reap the crop in the end?”

There were tears in Xiao Yao’s eyes “Every night I think about the fault and knew that I rong My own pessimistic personality and attitude, my own distrust of others, it caused me to lose the man I like If I made a bit more effort, said more or did more, perhaps the result would be coet over it because I hated you, but in truth it’s because I can’t forgive uilty any but when it cas and relationshi+p, we both made mistakes A person can make mistakes that can fixed, other tiht when she woke up fro but it was too late to fix That pain was like a saw cutting through her bones But it was all too late……

Xiao Yao’s tears fell and she turned around to use her sleeve to wipe her tears but it fell rabbed her “Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao…don’t cry! You did nothing wrong, I promised to make the effort and to have faith in you and to protect you, but I didn’t do it”

Xiao Yao leaned her head on his shoulder and cried soundlessly In the thousands of nights in the dark, she hated Fang Feng Yi Yang, hated Jing, and in the end, hated herself

Jing felt like a knife was cutting his heart when he heard Xiao Yao crying This was the first tinant, she sain, he would rather that she act like she didn’t care, he would rather that she really forgot him He didn’t want Xiao Yao to be as pained and tor softly stroked her back “Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao…” He kepther every night as he ht of her but could never touch her

Xiao Yao hit Jing hard and cried “Why didn’t you let et married? Why can’t you letforith a s couldn’t answer Why? Perhaps it was Xiao Yao’s look of sadness as she stood on the streets of Qing Qiu He didn’t want her entire life to be like that Perhaps he loved her too deeply and couldn’t let her marry anotherhope

Jing said “I apologized earlier but I take it back now I don’t regret it at all, even Xiang Liu using such an extreme means that caused the entire vast wilderness to descend into chaos, I’”

“You…you bastard!” Xiao Yao cried as she kept hitting hi smiled “I alas a bastard!”

Xiao Yao cried until she let out all the years of taained her clarity She realized she was in Jing’s ar didn’t force her and got up to bring her another cup of hot tea “Drink some water”

Xiao Yao took the cup and felt so e in the eyes What did she just say? She was the one who said they were now strangers, yet she just cried buckets of tears in his arms

Xiao Yao’s attitude turned cool and she said “I said what I wanted to say so you can go now To Mountain and you don’t need to seeIt took ten years for Xiao Yao to finally lose her composure and the tears were still in the corner of her eyes but she was once again cals she needed to say, after this parting he likely would never see her again

Xiao Yao ss I will try hard to forget and keep on walking forward for your sake and for ain!”

Because he correctly guessed what Xiao Yao would say, Jing actually smiled and said “Have dinner first and afterwards I have so to say to you”

Xiao Yao was about to turn hi added “I listened to what you had to say, you ought to listen to me as well That’s only fair”

Xiao Yao neither said yes nor said no

Jing Ye brought porridge and served Xiao Yao a bowl and then served Jing a bowl

Xiao Yao hadn’t eaten properly these past few days so senuinely starved and focused on eating

Jing also lowered his head to eat, all these years he never had an appetite to taste good food but right now he felt the porridge was delicious and had tith Xiao Yao

Jing Ye saw the entire pot was eaten and sighed internally, feeling both happy and said She collected the dishes and retreated fro Ye left, Xiao Yao asked “What did you want to talk tosaid “Promise me that whatever I say, you’ll have the patience to hear me out Don’t leave in a huff”

“I promise, so say it!” Xiao Yao decided that after toain and since this was their last night in each other’s presence, whatever Jing had to say then she would listen to it

Jing said “Since Yi Yang and I…had that happen, I always felt dejectedly dazed I letand the only de But with the wedding done and she was pregnant, Yi Yang didn’t care either It wasn’t until my sister-in-law died that I snapped out of it and started to see as going on”

Xiao Yao was perplexed, she reedly killed herself because Hou had an affair with another wo?

“My sister-in-law and Jing Ye, Lan Xiang, they all entered the residence at the sarandned to serve ht be very reticent but she loved to s were both good friends with her My mother married her to my brother and she became more and ain I knewother than secretly take care of her a bit When Jing Ye had free tio visitit would upset , if I’m in the residence, would she would hand a silver blosso Ye to place inQiu hill I re with my brother and the maids to see it ere all little My sister-in-law appeared slow but actually she knew everything She gaveet ive hirew silent “My sister-in-law didn’t kill herself by ingesting poison, she was murdered”

“What? Who killed your sister-in-law?” Xiao Yao couldn’t believe it Regardless of her low birth, she was still the first wife of the Tu Shan clan son, who dared to do that to her?

“Fang Feng Yi Yang”

Xiao Yao was so shocked she was speechless She was confused but believed that Fang Feng Yi Yang could do so like that

“After my sister-in-law died, I started to really take a look atI tried to recollect that night and even used a highly powered fox de forth ht Allfor you and you took off your clothes and embraced me and wanted to make love, but I tried hard to push you away………and then I re Xiao Yao, afraid she would leave in anger but luckily she kept her pro said “My powersand those top warriors in the vast wilderness, but I’m still the descendant of the nine-tailed fox I learned my powers from childhood so it’s not low A love potion can’t work on people like us, all it does is increase an existing urge but it wouldn’t be able to render es”

Xiao Yao nodded, it was true To the Gods, forget Jing, even giving a love potion to those sleazebags like Cui Liang, they won’t be rendered unable to control themselves A bucket of water could break the spell, they si saw that Xiao Yao agreed with his conclusion and continued “Yi Yang must know that so she knew the love potion couldn’t rand spell ondoesn’t kno much you mean to me Because that person is you, I would never ever sleep with you under those circumstances”

Xiao Yao asked “Even if I threwsaid “If you threw yourself atit means you trust ive you everything you deserve Xiao Yao, back then Yi Yang tried to kill herself and I went to see her, but that was another woman’s room and another woitimately, how could I have slept with you just like that on another wo you! No matter how confused I was, I firmly believe I would never betrayShe experienced Zhuan Xu detoxing fros and he was in such pain he wanted to ram a wall But the moment he hurt her then Zhuan Xu would immediately retreat

Xiao Yao knew medicines and the spell could only arouse as deep inside, but she also believed Jing deeply respected her and would never sleep with her on another woman’s bed

Xiao Yao asked “So you deduced that the situation is suspect, but I heard fro clan leader uncle that your son looks a lot like you and also like his grandfather”

Jing said “If he looks like his grandfather, then he will of course look like ht away and couldn’t understand the difference bethat she said and what Jing just said”

Jing said “My grandmother said that both my brother and I look like our dad Especially my brother, he closely reseh Xiao Yao’s brain and she was rendered speechless Many ’s son doesn’t look like you, he looks like Hou?”

“My brother and the maid who served my sister-in-law said that she killed herself after confronting my brother about his affair and he slapped her That year when randave him a lot of concubines My sister-in-law accepted and endured all that, ould she have a fight with my brother over a woman he had outside? Even if she wanted to raise a fuss, with her personality she would ask to see me as clan leader and ask me to rationally take her side I know her death is suspect because before she died she wanted to see me But I wasn’t home at that time and by the time I rushed back, she was dead andI couldn’t find any clues in randet to speak withher often sincewould always be there The one tiht Zhen Er to rand, she leaned close and said “Zhen Er looks so randmother and all the elders constantly noted that so I didn’t pay attention But after she died I realized what she said was odd It wasn’t weird for randmother to say it, but when my sister-in-law arrived in the residence my dad already died She never saw randfather?”

Xiao Yao said “If your sister-in-law really was killed because she knew so spied on at that ti that”

Jing said “I’ve been looking for clues all these years but have found nothing I’m blood brothers with my brother so even if the son is his, it’s the same bloodline and even a mystical object cannot tell the difference”

Xiao Yao’s mind was all jumbled……

Back then Hou battled for the clan leader position nearly to the death with Jing, and even threw his support behind Yu Yang and Cang Lin and opposed Zhuan Xu But then he gave up just like that and even swore a blood oath not to hurt Jing If Yi Yang’s child was Hou’s, then it allbecame clan leader, in the end the position would fall to Hou’s own son

Hou swore a blood oath not to hurt Jing but Yi Yang didn’t If they wanted to, Yi Yang could try and kill Jing anyti ti and pushed forith the Grand Mada, they would never meet alone and even acted like they couldn’t stand each other so the world would never discover this secret

Xiao Yao shuddered, if it wasn’t for the last few years with the Yellow E the throne, Xuan Yuanhave already atteenerous girl, she must have known about their plot and couldn’t keep silent any longer and wanted to warn Jing so she was killed by Hou and Yi Yang

Jing said “All these years I’ve done nothing but have secretly kept an eye on the publicly opposespower to Hou and Hou would also co tooso to say they are having an affair would be like the sun rising froht now but I’ll continue to look for evidence and clearassassination atteo?”

“When the assassins attackedLong noted that it wasn’t like Hou’s personality to do that, Feng Long said it appeared to be the actions of a really pissed off woht about that, right before the assassination hen I told Yi Yang that I liked soement Likely that pissed her off and she probably ordered the assassination on her own Hou was afraid I would investigate and lead to her so openly admitted that he did it”

Xiao Yao said “Even without definitive proof, there are so many suspicious hints that I actually believe you”

Jing’s impassive face broke into an open s another chance at life but was hard pressed to be truly happy in the face of enduring so much

Xiao Yao said “Don’t be rash now, if they suspect you cottoned onto theet proof If you act, then you have to strike dead center But you ’s sister-in-law in her heart, if it wasn’t for her then Jing would have likely been killed already

Jing said “After uard towards , don’t worry”

Xiao Yao’s heart hurt, how did Jing live all these years With so much turmoil in the vast wilderness, as clan leader he needed to take each step carefully and needed the support of his family the most, yet his brother and his wife both wanted him dead

Xiao Yao asked “After your sister-in-law died and you became suspicious, how come you didn’t tell me?”

“Without evidence, if you’ve alreadyafter tonight that you still…I thought things can’t possibly get worse so decided to just tell you!”

Jing Ye knocked and brought in a plate “Master, please take yourcrushed the pills and took the medicine ater

Xiao Yao couldn’t help but ask “What is your illness?”

“Not a big illness, justYe interrupted “Master alo of heart break And all these years, because of Princess, he can’t sleep and can’t eat, it’s all in his heart Threeannounce It caused hi Ye!” Jing’s voice was filled with censure

Jing Ye had tears in her eyes and glared at Xiao Yao before leaving

Xiao Yao watched Jing who said “It’s not as serious as Jing Ye clai didn’t move so Xiao Yao stared until he finally er on his wrist and after a mo a word She had noelsealready heard from Hu Zhen his real condition so he didn’t need to hear froet better slowly”

Xiao Yao’s spirit was low but she forced a s asked “How’s your health all these years?”

“I’ht but it’s not as bad as you You haveto worry about since Zhuan Xu took the throne and can stay in bed for as late as I want And no one will co couldn’t help but laugh “If I hurt and you feel better, I actually feel better as well” It didn’t er, at least she still cared

Xiao Yao said “You don’t know that I felt better then”

“At least it’s not too late that I kno”

Xiao Yao said nothing, even believing nothing happened between Jing and Yi Yang, and the child was Hou’s, did thatdidn’t dare to hope and he was already thrilled that Xiao Yao believed hi or hope for anything

Xiao Yao asked “Feng Long…is he alright?”

“He appears fine but he’s proud and always gets his way so this was his greatest failure in his entire life He’s forcing hi Feng Bei then he would take it out on the Fang Feng fa Bei to ruin the wedding”

“What?” Xiao Yao nervously stared at Jing “You guys…fought again?”

“It’s not fighting this tiuards held him back but he’s currently severed our friendshi+p”

“Why did you ad fa isLiu to create a scene, I feel guilt towards him I can’t also continue to keep the truth fro person”

Xiao Yao said “To Feng Long, a woed You’ve been friends with hiive you But towardsto hate”

“Don’t worry, this is just one eo in a few months, but after a few years and with his open-natured personality, he’ll get over it”

Xiao Yao sighed, nowon’t accept it so there was nothing else for her to do now

The two of them silently stared at each other, like there was more to say but what they wanted to say had all been said

Jing stood up “It’s late, you get so slept well but she couldn’t sleep The thought about Jing’s health, Yi Yang and Hou, about what to do from now on……

At dawn Xiao Yao rose to wash

Jing arrived shortly thereafter and after they breakfasted, Xiao Yao didn’t say she was leaving but Jing knew that her ti “I want to take a good look at your health today I’ve been learning medicine carefully these past few years and yesterday when I took your pulse, I discovered so about your health Luckily there is still ti casually said “I was never worried, if you don’t want to heal et better now”

Xiao Yao calmed herself and asked “Is Hu Zhen still your doctor? Have hi’s pulse and asked about his daily routine and food intake So Ye and Hu Zhen

Xiao Yao asked whatand then discussed it with Hu Zhen

Hu Zhen listened to Xiao Yao’s suggestions and changed soe but increased the frequency

Hu Zhen soleo never was properly treated and now it’s gottenterest this?”

Xiao Yao didn’t respond

Jing said to Hu Zhen “Everything according to Xiao Yao’s suggestion”

Hu Zhen bowed “Yes!”

Xiao Yao said to Jing “Anothersaid to Jing Ye “Bring Hu Ya and Ling here”