Legend of Sword and Fairy Ends

These past few days, Li Changle had done nothing but come up with new ways to feed Wang Siyi.

He couldn't help it. Ever since she'd gotten drunk and then fallen ill, this woman had gone a little crazy. She'd stuck to Li Changle like glue, never leaving his side.

Li Changle felt helpless, but he couldn't bring himself to reject her. Whenever he saw her pitifully gazing at him with those peach-blossom eyes, he just couldn't bear to leave her alone...

"How did someone perfectly normal end up this silly..."

Li Changle shook his head. Was this really the aloof goddess he'd first met?

Was this really the cool, famous actress?

No, she was just an emotionless eating machine.

Over the past few days, Li Changle had made salt-and-pepper ribs, sweet-and-sour ribs, garlic ribs, steamed ribs with fermented black beans, and a whole series of other rib dishes.

He'd prepared them in all sorts of ways, and, unsurprisingly, most of them ended up in Wang Siyi's stomach.

Well, it had started because she had a cold and couldn't eat too much chicken or drink chicken soup, so...

She'd said she wanted ribs. Li Changle realized that after living with Wang Siyi for over a month, his cooking had improved without him even noticing.

He used to only know how to make soup and stir-fry a few simple dishes. Now, he could watch a food blogger's tutorial online once and recreate the dish pretty well.

Clearly, he had too much free time. So Li Changle decided to hurry up and finish updating Legend of Sword and Fairy 1. The whole book was a little over a million words.

Li Changle chose to post the final hundred thousand words all at once without hesitation, then planned to apply to mark the book as complete.

After hitting publish, Li Changle didn't check the Chinese Web Novel Platform backend. He didn't dare. The readers had been giving him a pretty rough time lately.

Several readers had even publicly offered a reward for Li Changle's home address. Anyone who could provide it would get a share of the ten thousand yuan they planned to pool together as thanks...

And that wasn't all. Brother Lacks Money, the loaded reader who'd previously tipped him ten Golden Alliances, was frantically asking his friends for Li Changle's address.

He was even trying to bury Li Changle under a pile of money in the book's comment section.

If that was how he was going to die...

That wouldn't work either!

He might be poor now, but he certainly wouldn't stay poor. He had no idea how much he'd earn from Legend of Sword and Fairy 1, but he knew it wouldn't be a small amount.

He'd originally planned to finish the book in about two months, but now he'd completed it in less than one.

Clearly, he'd already had overtime work engraved into his DNA in his previous life.

When many readers saw that Legend of Sword and Fairy 1 had updated again,

they were stunned by the unprecedented update: a full hundred thousand words. He'd really outdone himself!

Then they checked the latest chapter title: The Grand Finale?

Huh? It was over already? That was way too fast.

That was what everyone thought. Normally, web novels were at least two or three million words long. A little over a million...

Honestly, it was a bit short. But that didn't stop readers from wanting to dive in.

Many readers bought the entire book and started reading.

Wine Sword Immortal was dead, killed by Anu's sword. The carefree Wine Sword Immortal had made a stylish, dashing entrance...

And died by his own daughter's hand. After Yueru's death, readers had already learned that this author liked to kill off characters, so they'd built up some resistance.

It stung a little, but it wasn't too bad. Anu being bewitched by Baiyue had foreshadowed Wine Sword Immortal's death. It made sense.

Liu Jinyuan was gone, too, just as expected. After Liu Jinyuan had joined Baiyue, readers had already known.

Liu Jinyuan would probably die in the end. Sure enough, he'd gone undercover beside Baiyue to turn the tide, and he'd even helped Li Xiaoyao. It made sense and was logical. No problem there.

Oh, Tang Yu Xiaobao and Anu died, too. That made sen—

How the hell did that make sense?!

The readers completely broke down when they saw Tang Yu Xiaobao and Anu turn into a pair of lovebirds and awaken the power of the earth. They were absolutely devastated!

Tang Yu: Anu, so there really is a place called the ends of the earth.

Anu: Yes. It's right here. As long as there's love, the ends of the earth are in our hearts. Where will we go?

Tang Yu: We'll become a pair of lovebirds and be together for all eternity. But I've lost both my arms. I have no wings, so I can't fly.

Anu: Tang Yu Xiaobao has always supported me, protected me, and taken care of me. Now it's my turn to take care of Tang Yu Xiaobao. I'll take you with me as I fly.

Tang Yu: Silly girl, how can you fly while carrying me?

Anu: We have the Thread of One Connection.

Tang Yu: I've lost my arms, so I can't use the Thread of One Connection anymore.

Anu: The Thread of One Connection was never tied with our hands. From the very beginning, it's been tied with our hearts. Come, let me take you with me as we fly.

Tang Yu: The Thread of One Connection... it's two hearts joined as one.

Anu: Let's fly.

Tang Yu Xiaobao and Anu really did take flight, and the readers' hearts clenched along with them.

The most outrageous part came later. Baiyue only wanted to tell Li Xiaoyao that the earth was round and get him to believe in science. Li Xiaoyao showed Baiyue what love meant, turning the tables with one move: Love Without End.

Ling'er also took on the form of the Descendant of Nuwa and defeated the Water Demon Beast. Everyone thought that was the ending. Thankfully, neither the hero nor the heroine had died, so it was a happy ending.

The readers had lowered their expectations that far. Ling'er and Li Xiaoyao were still alive. That was all they wanted. Was that too much to ask?

It was perfectly reasonable, right?

Then the readers saw Ling'er and Li Xiaoyao's final conversation.

Xiaoyao: Ling'er, if you're tired, close your eyes.

Ling'er: Brother Xiaoyao, no. I don't want to close my eyes.

Xiaoyao: Get some sleep.

Ling'er: I'm scared I won't wake up.

Xiaoyao: Silly girl. We're home. I'll wake you up.

Ling'er: Really?

Xiaoyao: When we get home, should I ask Rakshasa Ghost Granny and Yiru to wake you up with me?

Ling'er: Don't lie to Ling'er.

Xiaoyao: When has Brother Xiaoyao ever lied to Ling'er? Go to sleep.

Ling'er slowly closed her eyes, and her arm slipped gently down. She was asleep forever.

The ground around them was soaked in blood. Li Xiaoyao held Ling'er in his arms and stared helplessly up at the sky. He wanted to cry, but found that he couldn't. He could only scream in silence.

The final scene of Legend of Sword and Fairy showed Li Xiaoyao holding Yiru and looking at the Sword Saint, who had just appeared. He asked, "Do you understand?"

Then the book ended.

Wang Siyi had already read the ending of Legend of Sword and Fairy once, but reading it again still made her tear up and cry.

She glared at Li Changle, a little angry. "Hurry up and change the ending!"

Li Changle could only sigh helplessly. There was no way he could do that.

He ignored her. Ever since she'd gotten sick, she hadn't been thinking straight.

And her body was so frail, too. She'd had a cold and fever for a whole week without getting better, and she was still limping.

Was her recovery really that slow? Li Changle looked Wang Siyi up and down, wondering whether he should make another Medicinal Cuisine Soup tonight...

Under Li Changle's unabashed scrutiny, Wang Siyi started to feel awkward.

"W...what are you staring at?"

She glared at him, thinking she looked fierce. Li Changle didn't think she looked fierce at all.

He just thought she was cute. He even wanted to do something more outrageous just to make her glare at him like that again.

Li Changle couldn't help mentally slapping himself. What kind of person did that?

Wang Siyi was starting to panic. Li Changle's expression kept changing, and his face had darkened.

Had he figured out that she was pretending to be sick and lame?

What should she do? Should she come clean first...

Wang Siyi was torn. She didn't even know what was going on with her. She'd just been especially fond of staying by his side these past few days.

Sometimes, she even wanted him to stay beside her while she slept at night...

Every day at noon, when she got tired in his room, she'd nap for a while. She'd fall asleep watching his back, and when she woke up and saw he was still there, she felt especially safe.

What was wrong with her? Wang Siyi was confused. She'd always been very dependent on her father and grandfather, but she'd never felt like this before—wanting them beside her even while she slept.

Wang Siyi's cheeks reddened a little. She decided to come clean and hope for leniency.

"S...sorry. I've been pretending these past few days."

Li Changle didn't say anything. His expression was still changing, and Wang Siyi started to feel anxious.

Tears welled up in her eyes. He must be angry. It was wrong of her to deceive him like this.

She was about to say something else when Li Changle looked up. He'd just been thinking about whether he should tease this silly woman and make her act cute again, but then he heard her apologize.

Apologize for what? He looked up at Wang Siyi and was startled.

He hadn't even started teasing her! Why was she crying? Could she tell that he wanted to tease her?

"What's wrong? Don't cry. I won't tease you." Li Changle spoke anxiously.

Now it was Wang Siyi's turn to freeze. He said he was going to tease her?

How would he tease her? Her face flushed, and she hurriedly lowered her head.

"Hey, don't cry, don't cry. I just thought you were kind of cute a moment ago and wanted to tease you so you'd act cute again... Don't cry. I won't tease you."

It seemed he hadn't noticed that she was faking her limp and illness!

Wang Siyi felt relieved. That made sense. This guy was as dumb as a rock. How could he possibly figure it out?

Then she caught the key word. He'd said she was cute!

But he wanted to tease her. Wang Siyi puffed out her cheeks adorably, then raised her head and put on a fierce, childish tone. "Don't tease me again!"

"Okay, okay. I won't."

Li Changle nodded like a chick pecking at rice. He couldn't stand it when this woman cried. It gave him a massive headache.

"By the way, what were you apologizing for just now? What were you pretending about?"

Li Changle looked up at her in confusion.

Wang Siyi blushed.

Then she snapped, "Nothing! You heard wrong!"

This woman was so strange. Just a moment ago, her eyes had been brimming with tears, but now they were gone, and her watery peach-blossom eyes looked lively and alluring.

Her tone was fierce, but she looked nothing like the word "fierce."

She really was cute...

Li Changle had discovered another side of Wang Siyi. Could she have multiple personalities? Li Changle thought in alarm.

How could one person change so quickly? They'd only known each other for a little over a month, yet she'd already shown several different sides of herself in front of him.

Li Changle wondered if he should take her to see a psychologist...

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