The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day-Chapter 776 - 362: Xiao Jinxing’s Choice, Abandoned Again (15th Update)
Xiao Jinsen’s voice echoed through the evening breeze over Muge City.
Indeed.
Night had fallen.
The soldiers beneath the city were still engaged in fierce combat.
Still, there were screams of agony.
Atop the city wall.
They were still confronting each other.
However, at last.
It was about to end.
As long as a choice was made.
All the debts of gratitude and grievances between Xiao Jinsen and Xiao Jinxing would come to a perfect conclusion.
Ye Qichi suddenly laughed.
After Xiao Jinsen spoke those words, she burst out laughing.
If Xiao Jinsen wanted her to join him in a joint martyrdom, he should have just said so directly.
Why beat around the bush so much.
It was not the first or second time she had been abandoned by Xiao Jinxing.
Even if abandoned again, it would no longer cause any emotional wounds to her.
Xiao Jinsen truly reveled in the manipulation of people’s hearts.
"What, do you think Xiao Jinxing will choose you?" Xiao Jinsen, hearing Ye Qichi’s laughter, turned to look at her.
Ye Qichi stopped laughing.
She felt it could easily lead to misunderstandings.
Xiao Jinsen merely made a sarcastic remark.
Now, he had to focus more of his energy on Xiao Jinxing.
He was indeed curious to see what choice Xiao Jinxing would make.
Did Xiao Jinxing have feelings for Ye Qichi?!
For some reason.
At this moment, Xiao Jinsen suddenly felt his blood boiling.
He hadn’t expected that he actually wanted to witness this scene so much.
Yesterday, when he allowed Mu Junze to keep Ye Qichi alive, he said that later they could torment Xiao Jinxing by making him choose between two options.
At that time, it was just to save Ye Qichi’s life.
Now, instead, he was filled with anticipation.
Xiao Jinxing’s silence was as still as death, and it was apparent that his heart was in immense pain.
"You have been given everything; you should at least let me take one of your possessions with me!" Xiao Jinsen sneered viciously, "You should actually be thankful to me. I haven’t gone mad enough to make the choice for you; at least you can choose the one you love most. This is the final gift from a big brother to his little brother."
A gift?!
Perhaps, if Xiao Jinsen had directly made the decision for Xiao Jinxing, it could have brought him more peace.
He could have comforted himself, thinking it was because he had no other choice.
Rather than, he did not save one of them.
"What, can’t make a choice?" Xiao Jinsen waited a bit longer.
The night at the border grew colder as it grew later.
"If you can’t make a choice, then I will take both of them with me in death!" Xiao Jinsen said again.
"I will join you in death." Xiao Jinxing finally spoke up.
His tone was resolute.
"The person you hate the most is me; dying together with you, you can rest in peace," Xiao Jinxing tried to persuade.
"Xiao Jinxing, you really developed feelings for both of them?" Xiao Jinsen mocked coldly, "Weren’t you so in love with Bai Mowan? What a great opportunity, to let Ye Qichi die with me, then you can proudly marry Bai Mowan, become the Emperor, and she becomes the Empress, holding hands ruling over everything — isn’t this the outcome you’ve always wanted?!"
Xiao Jinxing felt a stirring in his chest.
All that Xiao Jinsen said were once his deepest desires.
To take revenge, to marry Bai Mowan, and to ascend to the throne.
From then on, he would not deceive anyone.
And no one could deceive him either.
This was the most perfect life he had ever envisioned.
But at the doorstep of resolution.
Did he hesitate?!
His gaze turned towards Ye Qichi.
Today, the number of times his eyes had fallen upon her did not exceed three times.
And each time, it was fleeting.
Now, it seemed he finally looked at her clearly and intently.
Observing her, in contrast to the frail Bai Mowan, she appeared spirited and vigorous.
From beginning to end, she seemed to have shown no panic nor disarray due to the fear of death.
Had she long been prepared that he would not save her?!
"This time, you don’t have to abandon me willingly." Ye Qichi met Xiao Jinxing’s gaze and declared, "This time, I give up on my own."
Xiao Jinxing’s heart felt as if pierced by thousands of arrows.
The tranquility of Ye Qichi made him, for a moment, unable to catch his breath.
It was as if.
Something was stuck in his chest.
Repressing him until he collapsed.
Ye Qichi indifferently watched the sorrow flashing through Xiao Jinxing’s eyes.
Feeling sad.
Proved that he had indeed made a choice in his heart, he had chosen her.
Because she was about to die.
That’s why the thought of life and death brought him pain.
"Xiao Jinxing, I don’t want the compensation for our divorce that you owe me," said Ye Qichi.
Even at this last moment, she still thought of money.
Still felt a sense of loss.
Xiao Jinxing’s heart was under fierce assault.
Suddenly, he heard the words Ye Qichi once said.
She had said, "If one day I no longer want to take your money, that means I truly have no expectations of you, and I hope by then, you won’t trouble me anymore!"
The so-called trouble.
Is.
That she had completely lost hope in him, right?!
Completely unwilling to have anything to do with him!
And ever since Xiao Jinsen made him make a choice.
He had been unable to make any choice.
He could not say.
The words to let Bai Mowan die.
Nor could he say, the words for Ye Qichi to die.
But now.
Ye Qichi had taken the initiative to give up.
Because she believed that he would ultimately abandon her.
And now, after Ye Qichi’s choice, he indeed couldn’t say the words, to have Bai Mowan take her place.
His eyes were red.
Silent, just gazing at Ye Qichi.
The endless torment within him was heart-wrenching!
A taste of blood rose in his throat, the blood vomited from his heart, yet he swallowing it down forcefully.
"So, is it Ye Qichi?" asked Xiao Jinsen, after Ye Qichi herself had spoken.
Xiao Jinxing remained silent.
An endless silence.
Silence, in fact, was acquiescence.
Xiao Jinsen really didn’t need to force Xiao Jinxing anymore.
But Ye Qichi felt that Xiao Jinsen, a person who enjoyed tormenting others’ hearts, would certainly not miss such a perfect opportunity.
So Xiao Jinsen asked again, "Xiao Jinxing, answer me, is it Ye Qichi you choose to accompany me in death, and then, to save your Bai Mowan?!"
Xiao Jinxing’s vision blurred.
Heart-wrenched, as if his heart was being cut by a knife.
"I’m asking you one last time, is it Ye Qichi?!" Xiao Jinsen’s patience was exhausted.
"Mhm," Xiao Jinxing responded quietly.
Very quietly.
But indeed, he had chosen Ye Qichi, to accompany in death.
Xiao Jinsen laughed.
And he laughed excitedly.
"Ye Qichi, indeed, you are still abandoned, aren’t you?" Xiao Jinsen said.
"Yes, I’m still abandoned," Ye Qichi nodded.
"You gave up your life willingly to save him, yet Xiao Jinxing wasn’t the slightest bit moved!" Xiao Jinsen taunted, "You’re so smart, you should know that if Xiao Jinxing didn’t make a choice at the end, I would let all four of us die together!"
Correct.
She guessed Xiao Jinsen would do that.
But it was not for the reason Xiao Jinsen mentioned.
She just knew very well that Xiao Jinxing wouldn’t fail to make a choice in the end.
Ultimately, he would choose her.
Rather than that.
She’d rather give up voluntarily, at least her life was her own to control.
And not, casually, in someone else’s hands!
