Chapter 2014 - 1592: Because It’s Her, So It’s Her

The sharp dagger flickered with a cold light under the dim room lighting, making one shiver just at the sight of it!

The dagger in Duo Shu’s hand pointed at Gu Changsheng, who was bent over by the bedside, gradually getting closer...

"Master, wait a moment on Yellow Springs Road. I’ll be right there to accompany you! And let her accompany you too..."

At this moment, Black Man Duo Shu had already sunk into utter despair. Without Shi Wujue, the Ancient Country had lost everything, ceased to exist. So let it all come to an end!

Zhou Mu watched that sharp dagger in Duo Shu’s hand. His eyes, like a cold pool, tightened instinctively, fingers hidden under his sleeve stretching out only to retract, finally resting his gaze on Shi Wujue lying on the bed, pale...

He was betting!

Betting on a man’s love for a woman!

Not possession, not wanting her to be buried with him, but wanting her to live well!

Although his status was awkward, Zhou Mu did indeed witness everything Shi Wujue did and sacrificed for Gu Changsheng, or else he wouldn’t have compromised, wouldn’t have chosen to fulfill!

So, he was betting!

Betting on Shi Wujue’s love for Gu Changsheng!

Betting that this incredibly sharp dagger, no matter what, wouldn’t harm her one bit!

"Go die! All go die! Once dead, everything will be over, and there will be liberation!"

Mumbling under his breath, the dagger in Duo Shu’s hand approached Gu Changsheng once again...

She gazed down at Shi Wujue on the bed, and Gu Changsheng’s pale face remained unchanged...

Though she already felt the chilling sensation from the dagger, though she knew Duo Shu truly wanted to kill her...

Yet, she didn’t move!

What reason did she have to move?

The love Shi Wujue desired, she couldn’t give!

The reason and hope for Shi Wujue to continue living, she couldn’t provide!

Her life, saved by Shi Wujue, now that he wants to reclaim it, what reason does she have to refuse?

Shi Wujue once said he couldn’t afford to die, yet now Gu Changsheng has no reason to refuse death!

What is owed must be repaid!

Everything, all of this, is what Gu Changsheng owes Shi Wujue!

This debt, she acknowledges!

"Die... all die... accompany each other on Yellow Springs Road..."

Duo Shu was already deep in his thoughts, unable to extricate himself, completely swept by despair, and now the only thing he could do was to be loyal to his master till the end!

Didn’t his master love Gu Changsheng?

The pain of unattainable desire, his master had tasted it thoroughly while alive, so let him fulfill his wish in death!

Even though Duo Shu still couldn’t see what exactly about Gu Changsheng was so appealing to his master to love so deeply!

However, since it’s someone his master admired, he must fulfill it!

At all costs!

Now, he had no price, he couldn’t afford!

The sharp dagger, with its fierce chill, approached step by step with Duo Shu, treading the steps of death, constantly closing in...

Until it approached Gu Changsheng’s neck, Gu Changsheng could clearly feel the fine hairs on her neck stand slightly with the chill...

Yet, Gu Changsheng seemed oblivious to the dagger’s approach, continued to lower her eyes and watch Shi Wujue lying on the bed, unmoved...

Zhou Mu on the side saw this, his gaze tightening all the more!

Nearer!

Closer!

The dagger was already near Gu Changsheng’s neck; the next instant, blood would flow abundantly!

Zhou Mu’s eyes had long narrowed to a point, and his hand under the sleeve was always ready to strike at the next moment!

Though he could bet, he couldn’t truly gamble!

He was absolutely not someone who would take Gu Changsheng’s safety as a wager!

Therefore, though deep down he had a faint hope, Zhou Mu still couldn’t let Duo Shu act recklessly!

Kill Gu Changsheng?

Impossible!

In front of Zhou Mu, he wouldn’t allow anyone to harm her one bit, even if she volunteered, it’s still not acceptable!

Because he didn’t want to!

He didn’t want to, then nothing could be discussed!

And just as Zhou Mu couldn’t hold back and was about to strike in the next instant, a slender hand stretched out in front of Gu Changsheng, its long fingers gripping onto the dagger in Duo Shu’s hand...

Almost instantly, the sharp dagger sliced through that hand...

Blood, slowly dripped down...

Dripped onto Gu Changsheng’s clothes, displaying a bright red, like a blossoming Mandara Flower...

"Step back..."

The weak and frail voice carried an undeniable authority...

Gu Changsheng’s gaze slowly moved from the blood flowers spreading on his clothes up to the hand stretched out before him. On his pale little face, a glimmer of light flashed instantly...

Shi Wujue!

It was Shi Wujue!

Although he was still lying on the bed, he opened his eyes once more!

And at this moment, his eyes contained no despair, no disheartened hopelessness, no despair akin to seeing life as meaningless...

Gu Changsheng clearly saw a long-missed stubbornness in the opened eyes of Shi Wujue...

"Master..." Duo Shu, holding the dagger, looked incredulously at the hand that stopped his dagger. Then, upon hearing that voice, his eyes filled with shock and widened instantly...

"Step back! Do not make this City Lord say it a third time!" Shi Wujue’s voice sounded again.

This time, all three—Gu Changsheng, Zhou Mu, and Duo Shu—were absolutely sure it wasn’t their illusion! It wasn’t their illusory hearing!

It was Shi Wujue!

It was truly Shi Wujue who stopped Duo Shu’s dagger and issued such an order!

Zhou Mu looked at Shi Wujue, his eyes as deep as a Cold Pool, slowly closing, letting out a barely audible long sigh...

He...

Once again gambled correctly!

Shi Wujue indeed wasn’t willing to let Gu Changsheng be buried with him!

However, after gambling correctly, Zhou Mu felt no joy. The knowledge that another man loved his woman no less than he did was a complicated feeling unimaginable, that delicate feeling left Zhou Mu both bitter and helpless...

But this was already the best outcome because, fortunately, Shi Wujue no longer sought death with a heart as cold as ashes!

"Bang!"

Almost in the next moment, the dagger in Duo Shu’s hand fell to the ground and he, too, knelt on both knees before the bedside, bowing his head in guilt, "This subordinate is guilty, deserving death a thousand times! This subordinate has harmed the Master..."

Seeing the continuous bleeding from Shi Wujue’s wound, Duo Shu felt no regret in his heart.

His master, after all, had awakened, hadn’t he?

Duo Shu might not understand Gu Changsheng well, but he knew Shi Wujue intimately, growing up together from a young age, Duo Shu’s understanding of Shi Wujue was precise and detailed. If he still insisted on seeking death, he definitely wouldn’t speak words of command to him!

So, was this heart-stopping scene finally coming to an end?

Was it finally going to be clear skies after rain?

Would their Ancient Country not disappear? His master still be here? Would the Sand Sea not be filled with wailing souls?

This...

Truly was something to rejoice over!

"Shi Wujue... Shi Wujue..." Gu Changsheng called softly, her eyes brimming with tears as she nearly lost and then regained Shi Wujue. At that moment, she didn’t know how to face him!

After saying something so devastating to him, leaving him without a shred of hope, and after Shi Wujue woke up to intercept the dagger for her, endless guilt had already overwhelmed Gu Changsheng...

"I... I’ll go prepare ointment for you!"

Almost in the next moment, Gu Changsheng crawled up from the bedside and staggered out of the room, "Your hand is injured, I’ll go prepare ointment for you! Prepare ointment..."

Zhou Mu, seeing this, gave Shi Wujue a deep look. Worried about Gu Changsheng, he could only turn around and follow...

After the two left, the room instantly only had Shi Wujue and his loyal follower left.

Still kneeling on the ground, Duo Shu looked at Shi Wujue, who had reopened his eyes on the bed, almost crying tears of joy, but the realization left him with nothing but unspeakable regret on his face, he mused softly, "Hall Master, why did you fall in love with Gu Changsheng? Why does it have to be Gu Changsheng? What is so good about her, after all?"

For Gu Changsheng, his master ended up in such a situation; for Gu Changsheng, his master almost abandoned the mission inherited from generations; for Gu Changsheng, his master actually wanted to destroy everything he arranged with his own hands...

For Gu Changsheng, the master can die!

It was also for Gu Changsheng that, at the brink of seeking death, the master reached out and intercepted the dagger...

But why did it have to be Gu Changsheng?

"She has nothing special... But because it’s her, so it’s her, and what I love, happens to be her..." Hearing Duo Shu’s words, Shi Wujue was silent for a long time. Just when Duo Shu thought Shi Wujue would not answer, a helpless voice, tinged with ancient sorrow, came from the bedside...

Because it’s her, so it’s her!

This was the only explanation Shi Wujue could give.

In fact, even Shi Wujue himself did not know why he fell in love with Gu Changsheng, as if, from the very first sight, he could feel she was different, unlike anyone he had ever met...

It was as if it was fate, something he couldn’t break free from, couldn’t escape, and couldn’t forget!

If Gu Changsheng wasn’t the person he was searching for and scheming against, he wouldn’t have cared that he loved her. But life is unpredictable; some things happen so coincidentally that it makes one feel it’s destined!

It was as if the wheel of fate only really began to turn when Shi Wujue met Gu Changsheng!

Before meeting Gu Changsheng, Shi Wujue lived so recklessly, caring only about the mission burdened on his shoulders, caring only about discovering the truth his ancestors pursued...