Free Web NovelChapter 195: Chapter 195: If Someone Must Fall, Let It Be Me
Xing Luoye stood there silently, blood still dripping from his lips, his body swaying slightly as pain spread through every bone. In his eyes, everything suddenly felt absurd. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
He looked at Yue Yue, who was crying for him.
Why?
Why was she crying for him?
Shouldn’t she be happy instead?
Wasn’t everything moving exactly according to her plan?
He lowered his head and let out a quiet, bitter laugh. In his mind, he had always believed that she wanted to target one of them and make her innocent brother fall for her. After all, who would she spare? No... he too had fallen for her.
But he knew her reality while his brother didn’t.
And he also knew that he would not allow his brother to fall into her plan. He had volunteered himself. If she wanted to destroy someone, let it be him. So his brother would not be destroyed, and if life gave him another chance, he could finally find another female.
But someone had to become the prey. And he had volunteered.
Hadn’t he already confessed everything? His hatred, his jealousy, even the deepest and most shameful desire of his heart. He had laid himself bare in front of her without holding anything back.
He had even begged her.
Actually begged her.
Begged her to leave his brother alone.
Wasn’t that enough humiliation for one lifetime?
Then why...
Why was she now saying she would take him as her beast husband?
Xing Luoye slowly lifted his head and looked at her again. His eyes were filled with confusion, suspicion, and something close to disbelief. He truly could not understand her intentions anymore.
Suddenly, memories from the past flashed across his mind like sharp blades. The secret conversation he had found between Yue Yue and that boy echoed clearly in his ears again.
They had been planning something.
Planning to make her pregnant with the child of the Gryffin bloodline.
That was why the boy had drugged both brothers that night. Not just one. Both of them. He had wanted to make sure that at least one of them would fall.
Xing Luoye clenched his jaw tightly.
And the cruelest part?
It had happened on the same day Yue Yue married his brother.
Not only had they drugged Luoguang... they had drugged him as well. As if both brothers were nothing more than breeding tools they could push toward her whenever they wanted. freewёbnoνel.com
The thought felt filthy and disgusting, making his skin crawl.
Why drag both of them into this?
Why involve his innocent brother in such a dirty scheme?
Regret filled Xing Luoye’s chest like poison. He had never told Luoguang the truth about what he had discovered. The recordings of that conversation had been recovered by their spies, but Luoye had kept it hidden.
He had lied.
He told his brother that the Empire was trying to obtain the Gryffin clan’s bloodline for experiments. That they wanted a child carrying their power. So we have to be careful.
Xing Luoguang had believed him completely.
Xing Luoye closed his eyes briefly.
Sometimes he wondered if he had made the biggest mistake of his life. If he had simply told his brother the truth that day, maybe everything would have turned out differently.
But it was already too late.
When he realized what those people wanted, he decided that he could not allow his brother to become their sacrifice. So he had taken the risk himself.
That night, he secretly went to Yue Yue’s room.
He had even locked his brother away so Xing Luoguang could not fall into the trap they had prepared. If someone had to be dragged into the mud, it would be him alone.
And he had decided to go because he knew that if he didn’t, they would persistently chase after them. And what if his brother got caught in the fire?
His brother deserved better.
Now everything had come to this point.
Xing Luoye slowly glanced at Yue Yue again, his expression filled with complicated emotions. If fate was truly this cruel, then maybe she would really become pregnant.
After all, she was an S+++ ranked female.
How could someone like her fail to conceive?
The thought made his chest tighten painfully. But he forced himself to stay calm. If there really was a child now, then maybe he could still do one final thing.
He could beg.
Beg her to spare their child from becoming an experiment for those monsters behind her. Maybe if she looked at him now, so broken and pathetic, she would feel even a little guilt.
Maybe she would pity the unborn child.
Luoye slowly exhaled a tired breath. At this point, he didn’t care about dignity anymore. If kneeling, begging, or humiliating himself could protect his brother and his child, he would do it without hesitation.
Even if Yue Yue was only pretending to accept him as her mate for some hidden game, he didn’t care anymore. Let her play whatever role she wanted.
He was already prepared to die.
He just hoped that when that moment came, it would be quiet and peaceful.
After everything he had done, after everything he had lost, that was the only thing he still wished for.
For a moment, the ruined hall fell into a strange silence. It felt like everyone was trapped in the same frozen moment, unable to take the next step.
Yue Yue stood between Feng Yanshen and Xing Luoye, her eyes still wet with tears. Feng Yanshen’s expression was cold and pale, while Han Soi watched everything quietly with dark, thoughtful eyes.
And on the broken ground, Xing Luoye could barely remain standing.
Just as the tense silence stretched longer, suddenly a cheerful voice echoed from outside.
"Sister!"
A young boy rushed into the ruined hall with quick, excited steps.
"Sister, they are finally here!" he shouted happily as he ran toward Yue Yue. "I think all those cowards already ran away, but don’t worry! We can still track them down and hunt them later!"
