Chapter 10 We can finally grow old together 2
It turns out that in her previous life, Merry fell in love with the handsome prince at first sight, and she tried her best to chase the prince. However, the cold prince hated Merry as a witch. After teasing her several times, the prince told Merry that as long as she gave him her witch heart, he would agree to marry her as a princess. The simple Merry was ecstatic and gave her witch heart to the prince. She trusted him so much. However, the prince immediately had her arrested after she lost her power, and burned her to death as a demon. At that time, Xingguang and Jinuo, who were servants, were out doing things, and when they came back, it was too late.
The two of them frantically searched for Meili's reincarnation, and finally found Meili's second life a hundred years ago. After Meili met them, she recalled her miserable past life and lived in agony every day. Finally, in the year when Wen Jinliang was born, Meili completely lost her reason and kindness, and used the power of the two to prepare to take revenge on Wen Jinliang, the reincarnation of the prince. Xingguang didn't want to see Meili gradually falling into madness, so she ran away from her.
"No wonder the master hates love so much, and hates the prince and Wen Jinliang so much. How painful it is to be deceived and betrayed by a lover!" After listening to Meili's experience, I was filled with sorrow, as if I was the one who was burned to death by my lover. At that moment, I suddenly understood what Wen Jinliang did. He must have been talking to me with such a feeling at that time.
"Xiao Qi, the person who hates the prince more than Meili is Jinuo. So when he knew that Wen Jinliang fell in love with you, he told Meili not to kill you first. Then he deliberately told you that he didn't want Meili to take revenge anymore. In fact, he just wanted to use you so that Wen Jinliang could also taste the feeling of being deceived and betrayed by his lover, and then kill him when he was in great pain. When he gave you the potion, you had already fallen into their trap." Xingguang's face was full of sorrow, and his tone sounded so painful, "Xiao Qi, although I am not qualified to say this, please forgive their cruelty and viciousness. They were once gentle people!"
"Starlight..." I looked at the starlight in front of me and felt so sad that I was speechless.
At this moment, Xingguang's inner pain is no less than mine. But I actually guessed some of what he said, after I learned about Jinuo's love for Meili. To Jinuo, Meili became like this because of that hateful prince, and Wen Jinliang, who was the prince's reincarnation, would naturally be hated by him even more. No wonder Jinuo was able to convince his master Meili so easily at that time.
"Xiao Qi, actually after you were injured and left, Wen Jinliang came out to look for you again. But he met Jinuo who was looking for you, and Jinuo took him away." Xingguang said to me softly.
"What?" I stood up from the ground in shock, looking at the stars and shouting, "Since you saw everything, why didn't you save Wen Jinliang at that time?"
Xingguang moved her lips, but chose to respond to my doubts with silence.
"Xingguang, I want to save Wen Jinliang! Don't stop me! Even if I know I'm going to die, I must go!" I took a deep breath, my expression seemed to be both sad and happy, "Wen Jinliang came out to find me, which means that he has never let me go in his heart... I knew he was a hard-mouthed person with a soft heart."
Xingguang stood up and listened to me silently: "I won't stop you. But this time, I will go with you." After a pause, he continued, "If I wanted to stop you, I wouldn't have told you this just now."
I looked at Xingguang with a smile on his face and nodded heavily, "Okay, let's go together." Perhaps, at this moment he didn't want to escape anymore.
Returning to the cold and depressing underground cave where I was born, I felt uncomfortable and cold all over. Meili sat on the chair on the high platform as usual, and Jinuo stood beside her silently. In front of them, Wen Jinliang, who had lost consciousness, lay there.
Seeing this, I couldn't hold back my anxiety any longer, and immediately walked up to the platform, rushed to Wen Jinliang and shouted, "Wen Jinliang! Wen Jinliang!"
Hearing my voice, Wen Jinliang slowly opened his eyes, frowning and looking uncomfortable. He was stunned for a while before noticing that the person in front of him was me. His eyes lit up in an instant and he called out, "Xiao Qi..." But soon, the light in his eyes disappeared again.
Wen Jinliang sat up without even looking at me. He just stared coldly at Meili and Jinuo: "Are you the master behind Xiaoqi? Are you the one who has always wanted to kill me?"
Meili stared at Wen Jinliang without blinking, and did not answer his question. She looked at Wen Jinliang , her expression gradually became strange, and she laughed: "These eyes! Ah! It was these eyes that deceived me in the first place... Ah, hateful prince!"
As she spoke, her expression gradually became crazy.
"Merry." Jinuo, who was standing next to Merry, hurriedly pressed her shoulders. "Come on, calm down. Don't lose your composure in front of hateful people."
Meili slowly calmed down because of Jinuo's advice. She stood up from the chair, walked to Wen Jinliang and squatted down. She scratched his cheek with her fingertips, leaving a deep blood mark. She said: "My hateful prince, after countless years, I finally see you again. Hahaha, how great. This time you finally showed a painful look in front of me."
Wen Jinliang frowned as he listened to Meili's words. Although he didn't quite understand what Meili was talking about, he still keenly grasped a few key points, "Prince? I see. Did you mistake me for someone else? Listen to me, I, Wen Jinliang, am not a substitute for you to use to replace others at will!"
"A substitute? No, no, no! My dear prince..." Merry looked at Wen Jinliang with a smile, "How can you be a substitute? You are the real him! You are the abominable prince who deceived me and burned me alive, my love!"
When Wen Jinliang heard Meili's words, his eyebrows jumped. He looked at Meili in surprise and said with disgust: "So he is a lunatic!"
"Madman?" Meili's emotions were completely out of control because of Wen Jinliang's words. Hot tears flowed from her eyes. "You are right, I am indeed a madman! A madman who is madly in love with you! But now, I have finally woken up from my madness. My dear prince, I have to thank you for this! Thank you for waking me up completely with that fire!"
Seeing Meili getting crazier and crazier, Wen Jinliang said impatiently, "Enough! Did you catch me here just to say this? If you want to kill me, then do it quickly and don't waste your words. But I tell you, if I die, the Wen family will never let you go. You will live your whole life being hunted by the Wen family. It's worse than death!"
When I heard Wen Jinliang say this, I hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and said, "Wen Jinliang, don't provoke the Master! She will really kill you!"
Wen Jinliang glanced at me and said calmly, "If I die, your mission will be over. Isn't that perfect?"
Hearing Wen Jinliang's angry words, I felt both distressed and amused: "How can it be good? Didn't you say you would have a bunch of children with me? If you die, who will have children with me?"
When Wen Jinliang heard what I said, he pursed his lips and said nothing. But I could feel that his resistance to me had decreased.
"Wen Jinliang, I like you, I like you the most." I hugged Wen Jinliang tightly and whispered, "You can't say those cruel words to me again. Do you know how sad those words made me? I can still feel the suffocating pain!"
Wen Jinliang didn't say anything, but he reached out and hugged me. I vaguely seemed to hear him say "Silly Xiaoqi". But he quickly pushed me away and returned to his cold look. He said to me indifferently: "At this point, what's the point of you saying all this?"
"Of course it does make sense!" I smiled at Wen Jinliang and said softly, "At least before I die, I can let you know how much I love you." After saying that, I stood up, took out the dagger in my arms and waved it at Merry.
Merry was caught off guard by my sudden attack, took a step back and fell to the ground. Jinuo reacted quickly and attacked me immediately, but his attack was intercepted by the flash of starlight.
"Starlight!" Kino looked at him with gritted teeth.
Xingguang smiled and said, "Jinuo, long time no see. It's a pity that now is not the time to reminisce." After that, Xingguang looked at me and said, "Xiaoqi, I will deal with Jinuo, and you find a way to control Meili. Then we will take Wen Jinliang and escape from here."
"Yeah!" I responded, preparing to attack Merry who had already climbed up from the ground. But of course I couldn't kill her, after all, she was my important master, I just wanted to knock her out.
Merry was not good at physical combat. She dodged several attacks and began to recite something. As soon as she finished speaking, ice cubes as sharp as blades flew all over the sky.
I reacted very quickly, and in an instant I pulled Wen Jinliang down from the platform, and rolled to the ground with him to avoid the ice blade.
Wen Jinliang's originally calm face finally showed a look of surprise after seeing the ice blade summoned by Meili. He looked at me in disbelief: "What... are you?"
"My master is not human. She used to be a very powerful witch, and I... am a replica she created with incredible power." I looked at Wen Jinliang quietly, and finally told him the truth that I had hidden in my heart for a long time. "I have always wanted to tell you my true identity, but I am so scared. I am so afraid that you will alienate me and hate me after you know that I am not human... So I have never wanted to tell you the truth... But if I could tell you the truth earlier, would we not have come to this point now?"
Wen Jinliang heard what I said and whispered, "If you had told me your true identity earlier, I would be surprised and incredulous, but I would never distance myself from you or dislike you."
Hearing this, I looked at Wen Jinliang with emotion and wanted to say something, but Meili had already come to us.
She looked at me and smiled: "Xiao Qi, you really love Wen Jinliang. You came back without hesitation even though you knew you would die if you came back to save him. I am really relieved. You are indeed the replica that I am most satisfied with. This time you will definitely complete the task I assigned to you."
I suddenly looked up at Merry: "I won't do that for--" But before I could finish my words, I found that my body was out of control, and I moved slowly as if someone was controlling me with a silk thread.
I staggered to my feet, walked to where the dagger fell, picked up the dagger that had attacked Meili before, and then turned and walked towards Wen Jinliang who had fallen to the ground.
I was so frightened by my uncontrollable behavior that I gasped and shouted to Wen Jinliang in panic: "Wen Jinliang, go away! My body is out of control! Hurry!" But Xingguang, who was nearby, was tripped by Jino and had no way to help me.
Wen Jinliang didn't move. He looked at Meili calmly: "What did you do to Xiaoqi?"
"I just controlled her a little. Don't worry, your dear Xiaoqi is doing fine." Merry smiled with a look close to madness on his face, "I want to watch you being killed by the person you love in front of me! Just like I did back then! Hahaha!"
"Wen Jinliang, hurry up!" Seeing Wen Jinliang motionless and I had already come in front of him, I almost cried, and the hand holding the dagger couldn't stop shaking.
Wen Jinliang still ignored me. He asked Meili stubbornly, "Didn't you send Xiao Qi to kill me?"
Meili paused and said, "Yes, I didn't tell her the real purpose at that time, so she just wanted to protect you as her master. As a result, this silly girl fell in love with you... Although her actions were beyond my plan, she has completed her mission well to have a perfect performance today!"
When Wen Jinliang heard Meili say this, the cold look on his face finally disappeared. He stood up and walked to my side, with a familiar smile in his eyes: "Xiao Qi... I'm so stupid. I'm sorry..."
"Wen Jinliang..." I stared at Wen Jinliang in a daze, watching the dagger about to pierce his chest. At that moment, I used my last bit of strength to change the direction of the dagger - stabbing it into my heart.
In an instant, blood dyed my vision red, and the severe pain made me fall to the ground. Wen Jinliang's face turned pale at that moment. He supported me as I fell to the ground, shouting my name frantically.
Wen Jinliang hugged me tightly and looked at me with an extremely sad expression, as if I was his irreplaceable treasure.
very nice……
I used my last bit of strength to reach out and hug Wen Jinliang: "Don't, don't cry... It's great to meet you. I have no regrets in this life."
Wen Jinliang's tears dripped onto my face, and he said, "Xiao Qi, you can't leave me... No!" He held me tightly in his arms and said in a sad voice.
But I no longer had the strength to respond to him. As my vision blurred, I saw the confident Merry screaming and falling down, holding her chest. Xingguang and Jinuo came to her side at the same time...
"Xiao Qi!"
In the last moment before I lost consciousness, I seemed to hear He and Xiaowu shouting.
Is Xiaowu okay?
It was wonderful! Finally, I lost all consciousness.
I don't know how long it took, but I woke up to the sound of a quarrel. In my sight, there was a gorgeous western-style lobby, and a handsome man was being held tightly by several servants. He kept shouting, "Merry! You can't set fire to Merry! She is my love!"
Meri? I followed the man's gaze in surprise. Not far from the French window stood a tall pillar. A petite girl was tied to it, enduring the burning of fire. Her beautiful face was filled with unbearable despair and grief, and a tear fell from the corner of her eye.
Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but tremble.
That's Merry! Merry from the past life!
Then, as if I had thought of something, I turned my head to look at the man who was being held. After seeing his face clearly, I covered my mouth in disbelief.
Isn't this man the one in the portrait in the castle? It turns out that it's not my illusion that he looks like Wen Jinliang, because he is Wen Jinliang's previous life, the prince who betrayed Meili. But now he doesn't look cruel at all, on the contrary, he is in great pain when facing Meili.
What on earth was going on? Just as I was about to explore further, I heard the familiar quarreling sound again.
"Why hasn't Xiao Qi woken up yet? Didn't you say she was fine?"
"He should be waking up soon. Just be patient and wait a moment."
"I've been waiting for days!"
I slowly opened my eyes and found Xiaowu with an excited look on his face and Xingguang with an indifferent expression standing in front of me.
"Xiao Wu, Xingguang..." I struggled to sit up, hardly believing that I was still alive. I stabbed him directly in the heart, there was no way I could survive...
"Xiao Qi!" Xiao Wu hugged me as soon as she saw that I woke up. She choked up and said, "You finally woke up."
"What is going on?" I stared at Xiaowu and Xingguang in front of me.
Xingguang came and sat down beside my bed. He said calmly: "Xiao Qi, in fact, you are another Meili...back then..."
It turned out that in order to make himself give up completely, Merry separated his kind side and gave it to Starlight for protection. Starlight returned to the cave one year after escaping from her, and then he saw me.
At that moment, he felt that he saw the shadow of Merry in me, so he put the kindness of Merry into me. Over time, Merry's kindness gradually merged with me and became inseparable, so when I died, the other side of Merry also died.
However, just when everyone was at a loss for our demise, the Witch's Heart broke away from the grief-stricken Wen Jinliang's body and split into two. One half merged into my body to save me, and the other half returned to Meili's body to save her. Then, Jinuo disappeared with Meili. In Xingguang's last memories, Meili seemed to have forgotten everything and would never cling to hatred again. Perhaps this was the best outcome for both her and Jinuo. And because of the Witch's Heart, I became a human being who would grow old, get sick, and die. I no longer had to worry about my weirdness and being unable to stay with Wen Jinliang forever.
Xingguang also told me that the prince actually fell in love with Merry. But the prince's parents did not allow them to be together, so they set fire to Merry and killed him. After Xingguang learned the truth, he did not dare to tell Merry and Jinuo, because they did not want to listen at that time, so he had to flee with the truth. It was not until Xiaowu found him that he made up his mind not to let the tragedy happen again...
After hearing these things, I couldn't calm down for a long time. Until Wen Jinliang appeared in front of me, he hugged me and said with a choked voice: "Xiao Qi, you finally woke up."
"Wen Jinliang..." I hugged Wen Jinliang back and whispered, "This time we can finally grow old together."
"Yes, we will grow old together." Wen Jinliang hugged me tightly.
After Meili's incident, Wen Jinliang and I returned to our normal lives. On the day I woke up, he and I apologized to each other and decided to forget all the unpleasantness before. As for the girl in the library, Wen Jinliang told me that she was just his cousin...
Wen Jinliang also understood the grievances of past and present lives from the explanations of Xingguang and Xiaowu, so he decided to give up revenge on Meili and live happily with me.
Then one day, I asked Xiaowu how she escaped from Jinuo at He's villa, and she became depressed: "It was that guy He who saved me. I owe him a big favor!"
So that's how it is. No wonder Xiaowu went with He to rescue us...
"By the way, what about what you wanted to tell me before?" I asked Xiaowu.
"This..." Xiao Wu was about to say something when Wen Jinliang and He came down from upstairs. Xiao Wu stood up from the chair and said, "Xiao Qi, I'll tell you later. I'm leaving first!" After saying that, she left as if she was escaping.
He Jian Xiaowu, who was beside Wen Jinliang, ran away and followed him out...
I looked at Xiaowu and He in confusion as they left, and asked, "What happened to them? Is Xiaowu hiding from He?"
Wen Jinliang walked up to me with a bright smile on his lips: "It seems that when it comes to feelings, even Xiaowu will become a coward."
"Hey!" I looked at Wen Jinliang in surprise.
Wen Jinliang held my hand and said with a smile: "It will be lively in the days ahead. Let's go back to school."
"Yeah." I replied with a smile.
Although Xiaowu still hasn't told me everything, it doesn't matter anymore. Anyway, Wen Jinliang and I are living happily now, and no one will come to separate us...
As for Xiaowu and He, I think that is probably another story. In their legend, there will always be a day when Xiaowu will make things clear, but - there is still a long time to go!
Wen Jinliang and I walked out of the villa gate hand in hand, slowly, facing the bright light, and heading towards a happy life.
I hope that in the next life, I can still walk hand in hand with him in the morning light...
