When Ye Wen heard those words, it was as if five thunderclaps had struck him! No! This couldn't be true. Jingyi absolutely didn't want to marry anyone. And even if she did, she would never marry a good-for-nothing like Fang Cheng!
As the Fang Family pressured them, that dead woman Mo Ruxue actually pushed Jingyi out to take the blow for her. Ye Wen couldn't hold back. He was about to rush forward and take Zhang Jingyi away. Anyone who tried to stop him would be beaten to death!
Just then, a pair of hands black as charcoal grabbed Ye Wen.
Don't be impulsive. You'll ruin the Grand Princess's plan. The Fang Family never intended to marry her in the first place. They have other motives. I suspect they may have already gone over to the enemy.
Ye Wen looked at the person holding him, only to find it was Old Ghost Wu. Had his impulsiveness made him even dumber than this old ghost? Ye Wen thought it over carefully. It did seem that way.
"If things get out of control, I'll just storm the wedding and snatch her away that day. I absolutely won't let Zhang Jingyi marry a piece of trash like that."
Sure enough, the Fang Family was now in a bind. They had boasted that as long as they could marry a Princess, they would send Xiantian Masters to serve at her command. And now the other side really did have a Princess, even if she was an adopted daughter. She was still a Princess.
Fang Xu had no choice but to step forward and say,
"Very well. We'll go back and make preparations, then come to fetch the bride in seven days."
"Wait, Uncle Fang Xu. How about leaving a group of experts behind so we can rescue my Father King first? In seven days, it'll be too late for anything."
"No. If I don't get married, we won't send any experts."
Fang Cheng's shrill voice rang out again.
"Come to fetch the bride in three days. Otherwise, the offer expires!"
Mo Ruxue declared firmly. In the end, the Fang Family said nothing and turned to leave the City Lord's Mansion!
Watching the Fang Family members depart, Mo Ruxue's heart sank to the bottom. Three days—she had only three days. Would they really come to fetch the bride after three days?
Would she agree to the marriage then? Or would Xingyuan Demon Suppressing City have fallen by then, with the enemy attacking?
Mo Ruxue's thoughts were in turmoil, but she had no choice but to make a decision. She should send Mother Queen and her younger sister away first. But for the moment, she couldn't find anyone suitable to take them.
"There's no way around it. Things have already reached this point, and they're long beyond my control. I can only..."
As soon as everyone had left, Ye Wen immediately found Zhang Jingyi and grabbed her hand in agitation.
"Jingyi, come on! Come with me! I'll take you away. Come with me!"
Zhang Jingyi, usually so gentle, was completely different now. She wrenched her hand free from Ye Wen's grasp. She realized that his grip had turned her hand red.
Only then did Ye Wen realize that his incredibly powerful body could easily hurt ordinary people he touched. He had only grabbed her hand in a moment of excitement, and he had already injured her.
Ye Wen couldn't help thinking,
What about later, if we really end up together? With her mortal body and my endlessly strengthened one, then at night... Are we destined to never be together?
Zhang Jingyi looked up at Ye Wen, his face full of anxiety.
"Brother Ye Wen, from the first time I saw you, I knew you must have had a glorious past. Otherwise, you couldn't possibly know so much.
You taught me to see through appearances to the truth, and you taught me so many things. Reading with you and listening to your stories have been the happiest moments of my life.
"But Brother Ye Wen, sometimes I hate myself. I hate that I'm only an ordinary person. I hate that I have no talent for cultivation. I can only be as lowly as a blade of grass, looking up at you as you soar through the heavens and pluck the moon from the ninth sky. And in just a few decades, I'll be buried in the earth!
"Grandpa told me that you're even more powerful than an ordinary Xiantian Fourth Rank expert. He's a Literary Scholar. Although he never Entered Rank as a Xiantian expert, he can still sense your strength!
"By helping you find books and reading with you, I also guessed that you carry a great responsibility on your shoulders, one that leaves you to walk alone. You don't dare reveal even the slightest hint of it. I also know I'm not capable of shouldering that burden with you, and I'm not worthy of doing so!"
"No, Jingyi, don't say that. I really do carry a heavy yoke. I didn't tell you because I was afraid you wouldn't be able to accept it. And I was also afraid others might hurt you because of me. I..."
Before Ye Wen could finish, Zhang Jingyi interrupted him. It was the first time she had cut him off in all these days.
"I know. You don't need to tell me, Brother Ye Wen! We really are from two different worlds. I want to go with you, to wander the world by your side.
"But with an ordinary person like me, you won't be able to fulfill the mission you carry. You might even have to watch me grow old while your face remains unchanged. How painful would that be for you? I don't want you to watch me grow old, and I don't want you to watch me die!"
Ye Wen was in agony. Zhang Jingyi was simply too clever, and far too considerate.
So she had already seen through some of my disguises, but she'd never called me out. She'd never asked about my past. And yet she was exactly the kind of woman who always thought of me first—the kind of woman a novice like Ye Wen loved most.
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