Was it you that night?-Chapter 51 - I Let Go
Chapter 51: Chapter 51: I Let Go…
Chapter 51 -51: I Let Go…
Shen Zhiyao stepped forward and kicked Yan Changsheng, “Yan Changsheng, the Simple Residence Courtyard is not a place for you to be. Get lost!”
Having been frustrated by Nan Sheng, he ran here to seek comfort from Qinghe? Ridiculous to the extreme!
Yan Changsheng, with bleary drunken eyes, looked at Shen Zhiyao, “You, you’re not Qinghe. Where is Qinghe?”
Shen Zhiyao felt irritated and turned back to see Shen Qinghe already folding back into the courtyard. Seeing this made her heart sour.
In the past, Qinghe was very fond of Yan Changsheng. Whenever she spoke of Yan Changsheng, her eyes were filled with longing.
When Qinghe was a child, both she and Elder Shen spent little time with her. She had to practice martial arts, and Elder Shen had so many disciples under him. When Qinghe felt lonely, it was mostly Yan Changsheng who kept her company.
One could say that Yan Changsheng watched Qinghe grow up.
Back then, Yan Changsheng certainly doted on Qinghe. This favor might not have been romantic in nature, but it was nonetheless genuine—a doting which made it only natural for Qinghe to develop feelings for Yan Changsheng.
It was precisely because Elder Shen saw that Qinghe liked Yan Changsheng that he pressured Yan Changsheng to engage in this marriage arrangement with Qinghe.
Initially, Yan Changsheng was unwilling, but in the end, he agreed to marry Qinghe.
Before Qinghe had the chance to marry Yan Changsheng, Yan Changsheng met Nan Sheng and fell in love with her. Ultimately, he broke off the engagement with Qinghe.
Shen Zhiyao had once regarded Yan Changsheng as her own family and also hated him deeply. But now, seeing him in such a state of despair, she felt a sense of schadenfreude mixed with irritation.
She threw the drunken Yan Changsheng further away before folding back into the courtyard herself.
Shen Qinghe was practicing her swordsmanship, completely engrossed in it.
Shen Zhiyao watched quietly for a while, then asked, “Do you hate Changsheng?”
Recently, there had been too many incidents, one upon another, leaving little room to breathe.
She wasn’t at the Sky Pole Sect when the incident occurred. When she returned, she only knew that Elder Shen had been stabbed and left unconscious by Yan Changsheng, and that Qinghe’s engagement had been broken off.
At that time, her only thought was to take revenge on Nan Sheng, to make her reputation crumble to dust.
But she never dared to ask Qinghe if she felt helpless and sad at the time.
Shen Qinghe sheathed her sword and smiled brightly, “What is there to hate? I am just relieved that I didn’t get married back then—it was like cutting my losses in time.”
Shen Zhiyao hesitated, “You used to like Yan Changsheng so much, I was afraid…”
She was afraid Qinghe couldn’t let go, and was afraid Qinghe kept all her feelings bottled up, suffering in silence.
After all, everyone in the Sky Pole Sect knew that Qinghe used to be like a little tail following behind Yan Changsheng, a girl whose eyes shone when she looked at him.
“All that is in the past. Yan Changsheng accompanied me as I grew up, he used to be a very close person to me. But the things he did later, I consider it as settling any debts I owed him. From now on, we owe each other nothing, which is quite good actually,” Shen Qinghe approached Shen Zhiyao, knowing her worry, “Elder sister, I’ve really let it go, without any resentment.”
In the face of life and death, love and affection are as light as feathers and not worth mentioning.
Shen Zhiyao’s eyes moistened slightly, “If only I had been there at the time.”
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Yan Changsheng had treated her so badly, and when Qinghe was most vulnerable, she wasn’t there, which was her greatest regret.
“The situation was chaotic at the time, elder sister being there wouldn’t have changed anything. Don’t think too much about it,” Shen Qinghe said, taking Shen Zhiyao’s hand to continue practicing their swordsmanship.
Meanwhile, inside Spring Breeze Pavilion, Nan Sheng had intentionally changed into a set of light, thin silk garments.
Her figure was good, and with her thin clothes, the contours of her curves were faintly visible. Under the illumination of the light, her silhouette appeared even more graceful, astonishingly sensual.
Xiao Chen was feigning sleep with his eyes closed; in fact, he wasn’t asleep. His right shoulder was injured, yet he hadn’t taken any elixirs for it, letting the pain surge intermittently.
He had elixirs for treating both internal and external injuries, but he rather enjoyed the pain Shen Qinghe brought him, so he intentionally refrained from taking any elixir to alleviate it.
Just as his mind wandered, a fragrance of powder mixed with a woman’s unique body scent rushed into his nostrils—a scent that was extremely tempting and fatally attractive to men.
Yet, he felt that it was the faint scent of fresh grass on Shen Qinghe’s body that stirred his heart even more.
It wasn’t until Nan Sheng’s soft body pressed against his that she attempted to kiss him, only to be stopped by his hand, “I’m going to rest now, stop it.”
Nan Sheng thought to herself that Xiao Chen was just pretending to be proper; he clearly also longed for her body, she could feel it.
“Brother Xiao can sleep by himself, you don’t have to mind me.” As she spoke, she kissed his chin and delivered a trail of light kisses downwards.
Today, she was determined to conquer Xiao Chen. She had been pursuing this man for so long, it was unreasonable not to secure his virginity.
Just as she was about to remove his pants, the man suddenly grabbed her hand and pushed her away slightly, “You go to sleep first, I’ll go for a walk.”
Nan Sheng looked at Xiao Chen incredulously; clearly he was also tempted, so how could he push her away with such resolve?
Unable to bear the thought of letting the prize she had in hand fly away, she hugged his waist from behind, “The spring night is short, can’t Brother Xiao stay and keep Shengsheng company?”
Xiao Chen turned and gave her a gentle look, his eyes and brows warm, yet with an undeniable assertiveness, “Be good, and go to sleep first.”
Watching Xiao Chen’s retreating back, Nan Sheng gnashed her teeth in hatred, yet she also felt somewhat panicky.
She had given up on Brother Changsheng today just to stay by Xiao Chen’s side because she hadn’t completely made Xiao Chen submit under her pomegranate skirt.
For Xiao Chen, she had even spared no effort in hurting Brother Changsheng’s heart; how could Xiao Chen be so cruel?
After leaving the Spring Breeze Pavilion, Xiao Chen thought of something and took control of his sword to fly near the Simple Residence Courtyard, witnessing a drunken Yan Changsheng collapse outside the courtyard.
He hid in the shadows and saw Shen Zhiyao dump Yan Changsheng on the slope, later, he also overheard the conversation between the Shen sisters.
It was then that he realized something.
Shen Qinghe had once liked Yan Changsheng so much, but she had let him go as well.
Someone like him, who had no association with Shen Qinghe, had even injured her last time at Juxiu Hall. In Shen Qinghe’s heart, such a person as him was probably not even worth mentioning, right?
This was for the best; there couldn’t possibly be a future between him and Shen Qinghe. In this way, his Dao Heart wouldn’t be affected, and he could maintain his current peaceful life.
Not knowing how long he stood in the dark, Xiao Chen eventually went over to the inebriated Yan Changsheng, sprawled out like a lump of mud.
Yan Changsheng was deeply unconscious, not responding even after being kicked by Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen gazed steadily at Yan Changsheng for a long time, then moved forward to pick him up and carried him back to Shaonian Tower.
Yan Changsheng was still utterly oblivious to the world, and Xiao Chen watched him for a long time, before murmuring to himself, “Why haven’t you fallen for Qinghe after all these years?”
He felt that Shen Qinghe was much more alluring than Nan Sheng, it was precisely because Shen Qinghe was too alluring, too easily affecting his emotions, that he dared not touch her.
A beast lay dormant within him, and if he allowed it to grow unrestrained, there would come a day when he would lose control. He would rather be with Nan Sheng, leading an ordinary life, than allow a woman who could so easily make him lose control to come near him.
