A Mistaken Marriage and Broken Joy

On their wedding night, they were entangled in a night of passion. The next day, she discovered his true face. She had been nothing but a pawn, and he had married her only to use her! He destroyed her lifelong cultivation and wiped out her Rakshasa Sect, all to carry out the emperor’s orders. Even their first meeting had been nothing but a scheme. Given the choice between the empire and the woman he loved, he chose the empire without hesitation. … Her savior, the man in white as ethereal as an immortal. When he reached out to save her, he had already plunged the hand of a demon into her body. He was cold to her, but tender with another woman! Half a year together, half a year of growing affection, yet it could not compare with the woman who had always been buried deep in his heart. As he held a bowl and cut into her meridians, collecting each drop of her blood, his expression remained cold, without the slightest hint of grief. Yet when he turned to the woman lying in bed, he was so tender… Poison, a lifetime of poison, turned her into a numb and unfeeling human medicine vessel! All because the woman he loved was sleeping and would not wake, and needed the blood of a medicine vessel to break the spell! A bowl of blood every month was all she got in return for his saving her life! … On the sheer cliff, she looked at the Imperial Guard before her and the cold weapons flashing in front of her eyes. She smiled inwardly and gazed fearlessly at the man in dark robes and imperial yellow, at his familiar face, though her heart no longer stirred as it once had. The cold wind swept over her. She smiled softly and closed her eyes, then let herself fall backward, light as a feather. She heard the wind rushing past her ears, and a heart-rending shout. Suddenly, she was caught in arms carrying the faint, cool scent of plum blossoms. A warm whisper came at her ear: “Xiao’er, don’t even think of leaving me behind. Whether we go to the Yellow Springs or the deepest heavens, I will never be separated from you again.” … “If I find the antidote within a year, and if you still love me and are willing to wait, then I, Qin Xiao, will give you the rest of my life. How does that sound?” She took the man’s hand, smiled, and then turned away in her flowing white robes, under his adoring gaze. Recommended completed novels by Xiaobai: Wrong Marriage: http://read.xxsy.net/info/286085.html The Tyrant’s Devoted Love: http://read.xxsy.net/info/307132.html “Just this once, can you let me say that I love you?, Gu Xiaocheng” “Since I can’t wait for your love, I’ll let go. It’s not that I’ve stopped loving you; I just hope you can be happy., Gu Xiaocheng” “I told you not to fall in love with me, and I will never love you either., Mu Yifei” [Scene One] Every night, she longed for the man beside her to say those words. She waited in vain, never expecting that in the end, she would be the one to say them. So humble, she could only clutch his expensive shirt as her tears soaked his chest, yet his heart remained cold. His voice was cold, his gaze icy. He looked at her as though she were a stranger. “Gu Xiaocheng, I told you not to fall in love with me.” She looked at him in despair, at his black eyes, cold as snow. Her heart shattered into pieces, but even so, she still loved him. Burying her face against the chest that bore his scent, she spoke through sobs, her voice hoarse and breaking. “Mu Yifei, just this once, can you let me say that I love you…?” [Scene Two] “Yifei, could you help me one more time?” With nowhere else to turn, she came before him once again, humbly asking for help so she could repay the enormous gambling debts her father had left behind. She looked at him and the beautiful bride beside him. Her heart was as dead as ash; she could no longer feel pain. “Gu Xiaocheng, who do you think you are? What makes you think I’d help you?” The man’s cold, magnetic voice pierced her heart like a blade. Her face pale, she stubbornly raised her chin. There was no resentment in her eyes, but the deep love that had once filled them was gone. She stopped pleading and calmly turned away. “Mu Yifei, this is the last time I, Gu Xiaocheng, will ever ask you for anything. From now on, I’ll never appear in front of you again.” “Just because you won’t help me doesn’t mean…”