Free Web NovelChapter 1706: Chapter 1319: Love, Life and Death, and Choices
My life is insignificant; I only wish my beloved is safe...
In his black silk robe, soaked through with sweat, Shi Wujue staggered as he swung Gu Changsheng and Zhou Mu, causing him to lurch forward...
However, at that very moment...
Two hands that had already been released were suddenly enveloped again...
The warmth of touch once more flowed from his palms...
In his dazed state, Shi Wujue heard a whisper as if from another lifetime...
"Shi Wujue..."
Blood blurred his eyes, and Shi Wujue could no longer see who was calling him...
Yet that voice tugged at his soul, captivating him to the core...
"Shi Wujue! Shi Wujue, don’t..."
Suspended beyond the crumbling stone wall, Gu Changsheng looked at the man separated from her by a wall, blood staining his face, and her usually calm heart suddenly ached intensely...
Why?
Why is this happening?
What exactly transpired?
Why are she and her evildoer outside the stone wall, while Shi Wujue remains inside it?
No Return Path...
She only remembered, when hopeless, they could only tread the No Return Path, and then many people succumbed to the illusion and heart demons, forever frozen on that path...
Later...
What actually happened?
She couldn’t recall!
The fact that her memory was fragmented could only prove one thing: even she couldn’t escape the lures of the illusions on the No Return Path...
The reality is so cruel!
But trapped within the illusion and heart demons, those who should have perished on the No Return Path came out!
They made it out, yet Shi Wujue was left within that stone wall...
"Shi Wujue! Don’t let go of my hand! No! Don’t let go of our hands!"
Seeing the wall ripple like water, closing in circles, Gu Changsheng’s Phoenix Eyes betrayed a hint of panic. She fiercely grasped Shi Wujue’s fingers, shouting at the top of her lungs...
Although she didn’t understand what was happening!
But she trusted her instincts!
Her instincts told her that if she let go...
She would lose this man...
The man she cherished, who she regarded as a benefactor!
The man who, whenever something dangerous occurred, would appear beside her first...
In her past life, she never loved anyone and had no idea what love was supposed to be in the tales of romance...
In this life, if Zhou Mu taught her that love is going through hardships together, unwaveringly...
Then Shi Wujue showed her that love is a plea without expecting anything in return...
Gu Changsheng is no fool!
While she may seem aloof and carefree, appearing heartless to the extreme, she is ultimately a woman...
She felt pressured by Shi Wujue’s admiration, and ashamed because of it...
When a third person entered this love meant for just the two of them, she was bewildered, guilty, and conflicted, he, the third party, silently brought out his fiancée to ease the awkwardness between them...
But she is not foolish!
She chose to ignore it, to ignore the forced smile on his face when he mentioned his fiancée...
Shi Wujue, she could not respond to his admiration as her heart was already occupied by another man...
Yet she had never imagined watching him disappear in front of her!
His admiration, accompanied by a selfless sacrifice, and a humble plea, made Gu Changsheng instinctively shy away whenever she thought of it...
"Shi Wujue! Hold onto my hand, don’t let go!"
Just as Gu Changsheng was tearing up in desperation, a voice just as anxious as hers echoed beside her...
Upon hearing the voice, Gu Changsheng turned instinctively to see her evildoer, safe and sound, hovering with her within the wall...
Safe and sound!
They both are safe and sound!
The afflicted one, only Shi Wujue!
Covered in blood, trapped alone was him!
"Shi Wujue! Hold onto our hands! Quickly..."
As the circling ripples of the wall were about to close, Gu Changsheng might not understand what kind of mystery this was, but she could roughly guess that this was probably a Barrier...
Only by exiting this Barrier could they completely escape the uncertainties of the No Return Path...
