Having children earns benefit, start competing for dominance in the world by marrying a wife-Chapter 1048 - 738: Did You Really Like Me?
Chapter 1048: Chapter 738: Did You Really Like Me?
When Lu Chen arrived at the doorway to Ji Qiuyu’s room, he heard some strange noises coming from inside.
“Lu Chen… why didn’t you even say a word before leaving?”
“At least leave a letter.”
At that moment, the maid at the doorway shook her head and sighed upon hearing the voice from the room, thinking that Ji Qiuyu had been so affected she spent her days locked in her room, talking to herself.
However, just then, the two maids at the doorway saw Lu Chen entering the courtyard, and upon seeing him, the color drained from their faces.
“Ghost… ghost…”
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Lu Chen immediately raised his hand, making a “shush” gesture.
At that moment, another voice from Ji Qiuyu continued, “Lu Chen, wait until you come back and see how I’ll deal with you!”
Hearing this, Lu Chen chuckled. Then he spoke up at the doorway, “I’m back now, I really want to see how the City Lord plans to deal with me.”
At that moment inside the room, Ji Qiuyu, with her hair disheveled, wearing a white garment, lay on the soft couch. Upon hearing Lu Chen’s voice, she suddenly lifted her head.
After regaining her composure, she quickly waved her hand, and the door to the room burst open, revealing Lu Chen standing there.
Ji Qiuyu was stunned for a moment.
Seeing Ji Qiuyu in her disheveled state, Lu Chen felt a pang of distress. He hadn’t realized the explosion of his puppet had affected Ji Qiuyu so deeply, it seemed she truly considered him her Daoist couple.
Lu Chen then said, “Qiuyu, sorry, there were some things I didn’t tell you, which made you worry.”
Saying this, Lu Chen waved his hands, signaling the two maids at the doorway to leave. Naturally, the maids understood the relationship between Lu Chen and Ji Qiuyu and wisely exited the courtyard.
Lu Chen continued walking toward the room. Just as he entered, Ji Qiuyu suddenly spoke coldly, “Who are you!”
As her words fell, the sword by Ji Qiuyu’s bedside flew out, stopping right in front of Lu Chen, its tip pointing at his neck.
Even though Ji Qiuyu had hoped all along that Lu Chen was still alive, deep down she knew there was a good chance he had exploded. Seeing Lu Chen at that moment, she regained her clarity.
Before Lu Chen could reply, Ji Qiuyu demanded again, “What is your purpose in impersonating Lu Chen!”
Seeing how vigilant Ji Qiuyu was, Lu Chen showed a slight, reassured smile, “Qiuyu, seeing you being so vigilant makes me feel relieved.”
Ji Qiuyu spoke with frost in her voice, “Stop trying to be friendly, answer my question now, or you die!”
Ignoring the threat, Lu Chen explained, “That day, when the assasin came to my room, I was cultivating and let my guard down, failing to notice the assassin. When I hurried over, worried, my puppet clone had already been pierced through, and I had no choice but to explode the puppet clone.”
“To avoid worrying you, I sent this puppet clone to you immediately.”
Hearing Lu Chen’s explanation, Ji Qiuyu was momentarily stunned.
Puppet?
She had certainly heard of controlling puppets in battle, so she quickly understood what he meant, but she could hardly believe that she had been always sticking close to a puppet.
In that instant, a murderous aura overflowed from Ji Qiuyu, “You mean to say, the previous Lu Chen was just one of your puppets?”
Lu Chen said, “You must have also noticed that if it really were a cultivator self-destructing, there would definitely be some corpse fragments or blood left at the scene.”
Ji Qiuyu certainly understood this, and it was precisely because of this that she still harbored a glimmer of hope that Lu Chen was alive. However, she had never expected that Lu Chen would actually be a puppet.
Seeing the ugly expression on Ji Qiuyu’s face as she glared fiercely at him, Lu Chen hurriedly continued, “Qiuyu, I am truly sorry I did not tell you initially. My real body is currently trapped somewhere and cannot meet you, so I could only meet with you in this way.”
Ji Qiuyu still coldly watched Lu Chen, and she finally understood why Lu Chen had said he was cultivating a certain Cultivation Technique and couldn’t engage in the matters of Daoist couples.
She also realized why every time she cuddled and hugged Lu Chen, his body felt somewhat strange, and she had never felt Lu Chen’s heartbeat.
It turned out that the person she had been hugging and kissing wasn’t a real person at all, but a puppet. The thought that she had devoted all her passion to a puppet made Ji Qiuyu feel immensely ashamed and furious.
Seeing that Ji Qiuyu did not speak, Lu Chen did not continue speaking, merely looking into her eyes.
After what felt like an eternity, Ji Qiuyu finally spoke again, “From today onwards, we are no longer Daoist couple!”
Ji Qiuyu naturally believed what Lu Chen had said, but she couldn’t accept engaging in talk of love with a puppet.
Hearing Ji Qiuyu’s words, Lu Chen sighed and said, “I understand. I will leave Black Moon City now and not appear before you again.”
With these words, Lu Chen turned and left.
Lu Chen had many wives and concubines and had dealt with women for many years, so he naturally knew how to handle the current situation. He checked the system to see that Ji Qiuyu’s favorability toward him remained, but Ji Qiuyu felt deceived and was a bit angry, which is why she had said those words.
If he continued to pester her now, it might actually cause Ji Qiuyu’s favorability toward him to keep reducing. Leaving now was the best choice.
Of course, he wasn’t truly leaving.
Seeing Lu Chen’s retreating figure, Ji Qiuyu was momentarily stunned. She couldn’t accept Lu Chen’s “deception,” but her intention was only that they would no longer be Daoist couple, not that she wanted Lu Chen to leave Black Moon City!
Ji Qiuyu quickly realized that it was she who had asked Lu Chen to stay initially.
Now that she and Lu Chen had ended their relationship as a Daoist couple, Lu Chen naturally had no reason to stay in Black Moon City since she was the proactive party and Lu Chen the passive one.
Watching Lu Chen’s figure getting farther away, Ji Qiuyu felt a piercing pain in her heart, immensely uncomfortable.
Although she couldn’t accept this deception, it was a fact that Lu Chen had saved her. Without Lu Chen, she would most likely have been devoured by demons long ago.
Moreover, her feelings for Lu Chen were genuine, even though he was only a puppet. She could truly feel the love conveyed by the person behind the puppet.
For a moment, Ji Qiuyu felt as if her heart was being torn apart.
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Seeing that Lu Chen was about to walk out of the courtyard, Ji Qiuyu could no longer hold back, “Wait…”
Lu Chen stopped in his tracks but did not turn around.
Ji Qiuyu asked, “Did you really ever like me?”
Without turning his head, Lu Chen said, “If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have agreed initially to stay in Black Moon City.”
Ji Qiuyu said, “You did have ulterior motives.”
“But you shouldn’t have lied to me.”
Lu Chen said, “If I had told you from the start that I was a puppet, we might not have become Daoist couple.”
