Ying Ji did not respond to his question.
For a mont, the world was filled with the lonely sound of the whistling wind, and the starlight from all directions seed to gradually dim.
After a while, Ying Ji laughed softly, "Baili Yu, where does your resentnt co from?"
Baili Yu frowned and said, "What do you an by resentnt? I just want to know who exactly it was back then..."
"Baili Yu," Ying Ji interrupted unceremoniously, "Do you think that everyone in the world should revolve around you?
Is your dignity the only dignity that matters, while others’ dignity is worthless and can be doubted and trampled upon by you?"
Baili Yu, not knowing why she had such a big reaction, was stunned and said, "I didn’t an that..."
Ying Ji sneered, "I wondered why you ca so aggressively today, wanting to wipe out the Underground Dark City without reason, disregarding the innocent people of a nation.
I don’t know who told you these things, but I know that when you heard this ridiculous, ghostly news, your anger and sha surpassed guilt and regret.
You are angry about Princess Zhao Wenjun’s deception, embarrassed about being played.
So you started to doubt her, thinking that if she hadn’t lost her spirit root, why had she portrayed herself as weak all these years?
Relying on that false saving grace to cheat all your pity and care. At first, you could hold on, warning yourself not to overthink, but as we all know, the human heart cannot withstand the test of ti.
Six hundred years ago, you already had suspicions that the princess was secretly colluding with the gray forces, until later, when she lost her spirit root and beca a mortal with no cultivation, did you completely dispel your doubts.
But two hundred years passed, and then soone told you it was all a lie.
Baili Yu, if you claid to have no resentnt in your heart, wouldn’t you find it hard to believe yourself?
You are torn between suspicion and the hope that it’s all false, rely a ploy by the Demon Clan to deceive and divide you.
You’re used to feeling guilty towards her, afraid to break the image of the childhood sweetheart who shared your dreams.
So you don’t dare to ask her directly: if that spirit root was indeed hers, how would you face her in the future?
Baili Yu, your life has revolved around two won, one is kin, the other is love.
Besides blaming her, you bla too, for hiding things from you, making you no longer yourself, feeling guilty towards a person from Central Netherworld."
Baili Yu suddenly interrupted loudly, "I do not feel guilty towards you!"
Ying Ji almost found it difficult to continue laughing, "If it’s not guilt, could it be out of pity, because I lost my son, and you want to take ’ho’ out of rcy?"
Baili Yu said, "Why do you always have to look at the world from the darkest angle?!"
"Baili Yu, do you know how long we’ve been apart? It’s not a month, not a year or two, but over two hundred years! That’s enough for a mortal to go through multiple lifetis. Don’t you think... saying this now is too late?"
"Even though we never officially divorced, from the day I left Bai Tuo Mountain, in my heart, you were already dismissed by !"
"As for that spirit root within you, ha, while I was occasionally foolish back then, I wouldn’t be so dull-witted as to do such nonsensical things befitting soone like Zhao Wenjun and unrelated to ."
Baili Yu was first choked by her words, his face turning pale, and upon hearing the latter part, his expression beca even more complex and profound: "Really... it’s not you?"
Ying Ji’s expression was indifferent, her gaze mocking, "If it were , do you think I could stand here talking to you like this? Was my earlier strike not painful enough, or is the wind here not cold enough?"
After this conversation, Baili Yu also felt he had been overthinking.
Their spirit roots were incompatible.
If she had truly lost her spirit root, how could she have easily left the protection of Central Netherworld Houtu?
If she had truly forsaken her spirit root to save him, how could the Taiyin Emperor remain so calm?
Baili Yu composed himself and said, "Ying Ji, no matter what, I still want to take you ho, unrelated to the spirit root, unrelated to the mortal realm, unrelated to Zhao Wenjun.
In these three years, I’ve co to understand many things. Perhaps, in your heart, I am stubborn and inflexible, adhering strictly to principles.
For the sake of the greater good, I could even sacrifice the lives of my closest ones.
However, I am clear on one thing: I have no personal feelings towards Zhao Wenjun; all these years, no one else occupied my heart, only you."
His eyes showed unprecedented sincerity, even to the point of caution, "Would you be willing to give another chance?"
If it had been in the past, Baili Yu’s touching and heartfelt words would have certainly made her very happy, joyful, and moved.
But today...
Greed, anger, ignorance, love, recognizing right from wrong; all has been let go of long ago.
Ying Ji smiled, and even the ordinary mask could hardly conceal the brightness in her brow.
"I’ve walked countless miles with you; why should I accompany you through the future’s breezes and sunny days?
Most worldly fates are like this; love at first sight is easy, but staying together is hard.
A woman’s heart is most changeable, and now I no longer wish to stay with you. You go your way and I mine; I shall not think of you, nor you of . Give the heart you once offered to soone else."
The spring wind may wish to turn back, but fallen flowers will not return to the branches.
This was, ultimately... too late.
Ignoring the dejected and lost Baili Yu, Ying Ji descended straight down the mountain with Baili An, leaving Baili Yu alone, solitary.
Ying Ji thought that after saying these words, she would feel extrely heavy at heart.
But in the end, she realized, cherishing all unexpected etings, looking past all mutual resentnts.
Without the strong emotional burden, she suddenly saw through the dreams of the past, and even the moonlight seed pure.
Leaving Baili Yu alone, standing dazed, like a corner of the world abandoned by heaven and earth.
In her words, every sentence conveyed the notion of letting go, with silence in the face of each other.
Ti was never cherished, and in the end, prosperity fades, leaving only the plum blossom.
At this mont, Baili Yu finally realized in a daze.
He had probably, really lost her...
Unknowingly, he had grown accustod to letting her wait; this wait seed justified to him.
Gradually, in places he could not see, the little expectation left in her heart faded away completely.
And he finally exhausted... all the passion she had for him at the foot of Huahai City that year.
In his heart, he subconsciously began to resent again, resent her changing personality, no longer who she once was.
But when he realized she had changed beyond recognition, he couldn’t help but recall the multitude of mories of how he had treated her...
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