Xie Ruotong just stared intently at Song Yanqing’s expression.

Watching his attitude as if he could see through everything.

She tightly gripped the Treasure Sword in her hand.

If it weren’t for the fact that Song Yanqing couldn’t be killed, if it weren’t for needing to know Prince Chu’s whereabouts from Song Yanqing’s mouth, upon seeing that look in Song Yanqing’s eyes, she would have thrust her sword right through his body.

To avenge her grandmother.

She suppressed the immense hatred in her heart.

Fingers, tightened then tightened again.

Song Yanqing naturally noticed Xie Ruotong’s expression.

He also saw the murderous intent in her eyes.

Stay put.

To really have never thought of living.

If to die by Xie Ruotong’s hand, it would also be as he wished.

"Xiang Qin." Hong Shu suddenly entered from the outside.

All eleven of them.

Even though Xie Ruotong had been promoted to General, they still called her by name, without much distinction of superior and subordinate.

"Hmm?" Xie Ruotong struggled to endure.

Also trying to shift her gaze.

She feared losing control of herself.

"A suspicious person was found outside, but it seems they have no martial arts skills," said Hong Shu.

Xie Ruotong frowned, saying coldly, "Bring her in."

"Yes."

Very quickly.

Hong Shu brought a woman in.

Upon seeing her face clearly, the murderous intent in Xie Ruotong’s eyes became even more pronounced.

Xie Ruilin was also startled the moment she saw Xie Ruotong.

She hadn’t expected that it would be Xie Ruotong who would come to capture them.

Wasn’t Xie Ruotong at the border?!

How did she come back?!

And this attire...

Had Xie Ruotong become a general so quickly?!

She sat on the horseback, formidable as if invincible.

Compared to her current disheveled state, it was a stark contrast.

Xie Ruilin quickly turned her head to find Song Yanqing.

Song Yanqing’s face also visibly changed upon seeing Xie Ruilin appear.

"Brother Yanqing," Xie Ruilin cried out, disregarding everything else as she ran into Song Yanqing’s embrace.

Xie Ruotong just watched the interaction between Song Yanqing and Xie Ruilin coldly.

Presumably, she knew what the situation was now.

Song Yanqing must have wanted Xie Ruilin to escape with his parents, but Xie Ruilin, worried about Song Yanqing, came back by herself.

Indeed, a torturous love, vowing together in life and death.

Xie Ruotong just watched indifferently.

Song Yanqing pushed Xie Ruilin away, "Didn’t I tell you to leave?"

"I... how could I let you be here alone," Xie Ruilin cried heartbreakingly.

When Song Yanqing made her leave with his parents, she was extremely reluctant.

But thinking that staying might end in death, she chose to leave in the end.

Yet the farther she went, the more she couldn’t bear it. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

The thought that Song Yanqing might die made her unable to resist stopping the carriage and running back by herself.

She was thinking.

After all, Song Yanqing still had feelings for her.

Although since Xie Ruotong left, Song Yanqing never looked at her directly again, nor allowed her to touch him, but at the critical moment, he still made her leave with his parents, saving her life, which proves Song Yanqing still cared about her.

And since Song Yanqing could do this for her, she couldn’t just care about saving her own life.

Even if it meant dying, she would die together with Song Yanqing.

In this lifetime.

She also wouldn’t be able to have children.

If she lost Song Yanqing too.

Her life would have no meaning.

She then fearlessly hurried back.

Upon returning, she saw the Song Residence surrounded by people, and before she could get close to the Song Residence, she was discovered and brought inside.

Then she saw Song Yanqing completely surrounded by Xie Ruotong.

"If we are to die, I will die with you!" Xie Ruilin made up her mind and said resolutely.

Song Yanqing’s eyes were cold.

He told Xie Ruilin to leave with his parents, purely out of humanitarianism. After all, he had no feud or grudge with Xie Ruilin. Her marrying him was not solely Xie Ruilin’s fault, and he did not wish to involve the innocent. Now that Xie Ruilin had come back, she would undoubtedly die like him.

"What if I don’t let you die together?" Xie Ruotong said with a cold smile.

Her smile was ferocious and terrifying, filled with a bloody scent.

Xie Ruilin’s heart trembled slightly.

"So you want to die with Song Yanqing, is that it?" Xie Ruotong asked Xie Ruilin.

"Falling into your hands today, I resign to my fate!" Xie Ruilin gritted her teeth and said loudly.

Back.

She had never expected to survive.

But she could not stand, seeing Xie Ruotong being so oppressively arrogant.

She’d rather die under anyone else’s sword.

Nor could she accept, being killed by Xie Ruotong.

Even if killed by her, she would not let Xie Ruotong have it easy.

"But you can’t separate me from brother Yanqing, you can’t detach us!" Xie Ruilin deliberately provoked Xie Ruotong.

Xie Ruotong looked at Xie Ruilin indifferently.

Everything Xie Ruilin did seemed clownish in front of her.

She didn’t care about the true affection and the vows unto death between Song Yanqing and Xie Ruilin.

What she cared about was

how to make their deaths horrific.

She said, "Who said I want to kill Song Yanqing?"

Xie Ruilin’s heart was shocked.

The panic in her eyes was more than apparent.

She looked at Xie Ruotong, somewhat helplessly watching her.

"I only want to kill you," Xie Ruotong’s voice was chilling to the bone.

"Xie Ruotong!" Xie Ruilin screamed, "Even so, you won’t get brother Yanqing, he will not love you, and if you kill me, he will only hate you!"

"Does it matter?" Xie Ruotong appeared too indifferent to Xie Ruilin’s agitation, clearly not putting her in her eyes, "For me, making you suffer immensely is enough, what Song Yanqing feels for me, I really don’t care."

"You!"

"Let her go!" Song Yanqing said, "Our hatred should not involve others. If you want something, come at me."

"Brother Yanqing..." Xie Ruilin was moved to tears.

She knew, although Song Yanqing was cold to her, it was only because of his kindness. He felt that he had wronged Xie Ruotong, so he intentionally neglected her. In fact, Song Yanqing still liked her.

Knowing he liked her.

Even if it meant dying for him, she was willing.

"Our hatred... There is no hatred between us." Xie Ruotong looked at Song Yanqing indifferently, "The only hatred between us is because, you killed my grandmother!"

Those loves or lack thereof.

It’s her own fault.

She doesn’t hate anyone.

She doesn’t hate that Song Yanqing doesn’t love her, nor does she hate that Song Yanqing fell in love with Xie Ruilin.

What she hates is only that Song Yanqing and Xie Ruilin killed her grandmother.

"So, it’s not our hatred! You, Xie Ruilin, and all those involved in killing my grandmother, you all are my enemies!" Xie Ruotong gritted her teeth, her anger making her face flush and her ears redden.

Song Yanqing frowned.

He didn’t know what Xie Ruotong was talking about.

Was her grandmother’s death really just an accident?!

It was supposedly a sudden heart disease accident.

How could it have been they who killed her?!

Or is it.

That there is some conspiracy?!