Su Xiaoliu's body trembled slightly. She quickly crouched down to grab Feng Yufei's sleeve, but suddenly remembered something, withdrew her hand, stood up, and took a step back.
No, she shouldn't show mercy to the enemy... It was just womanly soft - heartedness...
His inky hair like flowing water was scattered on the enchanting peonies. Those charming phoenix - like eyes stared at her quietly, showing no trace of dissatisfaction or resentment. Instead, there was a tinge of sorrow and self - mockery.
An idea flashed through her mind. Su Xiaoliu shuddered. She quickly opened another black porcelain bottle, crushed the pill inside, and scattered it on a bright red peony.
The blooming peony withered rapidly. The overwhelming dark - brown color spread down from the tip of the red petals until the whole flower wilted and became a withered one.
Feng Yufei watched the withered flower silently, curling his lips as if he had already expected this.
Su Xiaoliu's eyes widened in disbelief.
The black porcelain bottle slipped from her hand. She rushed to Feng Yufei and shook her head. "Both of these bottles... contain poison? You lied to me?"
She was truly afraid. Although she hated him, she was scared that he would really die...
Feng Yufei blinked his phoenix - like eyes. Despite being on the verge of collapse, he still managed a smile. "It was my father who lied to me." A touch of desolation welled up in his eyes, and there appeared a look of bewilderment that Su Xiaoliu had never seen before. "He said both bottles were antidotes. If I accidentally got poisoned by the unsolvable Nine - Demon Skill, either bottle could save me. I took a gamble, but I didn't know that I had already lost from the moment I trusted him..."
Su Xiaoliu stared at him blankly. Suddenly, the glint of conspiracy in the old valley master's eyes when he talked to her flashed through her mind. So she had really misjudged him. She even thought he was a good person...
Feng Yufei turned his head to look at Su Xiaoliu and said softly, "I imprisoned him for twenty years, but he locked me up since I was born. Once I also thought he was just tempering me, but when I learned that all he did was to vent his hatred for my mother on me, I realized he truly hated me..." After a moment, under Su Xiaoliu's gradually widening eyes, he slowly said, "I'm not his biological son. He hated that my mother gave birth to another man's child."
Su Xiaoliu never expected that she had been so completely wrong, nor did she expect that Feng Yufei had such a secret.
"He practiced the Nine - Demon Skill, probably to take revenge. He hated my mother, me, and the man who had a relationship with my mother. People who want revenge are very terrifying. Knowing that the other person may no longer be alive, they still practice hard just for that one day..." Feng Yufei curved his lips and looked at Su Xiaoliu, saying softly, "A lot of things happened in the martial arts world twenty years ago. I was too young then and can't remember anything..."
The bloodstain on his lips had dried. Feng Yufei slowly closed his eyes. His pink lips gradually turned pale, and the phoenix - tail mark on his forehead shone extremely brightly. He gasped softly, his long eyelashes fluttering. He looked up at Su Xiaoliu, smiling and whispering, "I don't love Yun Ruo. She has someone she likes. The Rebirth Fruit wasn't what I wanted either. It was Su Lou'er who begged me to take her in, not that I wanted to use her..."
Su Xiaoliu crouched down. Her almond - shaped eyes trembled slightly. Biting her lower lip, her voice quivered. "Feng Yufei, let's go back to the Valley of Ten Thousand Withered. Chu Weixin can save you. He has a lot of antidotes..."
She thought she couldn't understand him, but in the end, it was she who wasn't qualified to understand him. Without trust in a person, how could she have the ability to fathom someone's heart...
Feng Yufei curved his lips. A trace of heartache flashed through his charming phoenix - like eyes. He whispered, "Do you want to know who the person Yun Ruo likes is?" Blinking his phoenix - like eyes slightly, he said, "It's Mo Xin..."
Su Xiaoliu's almond - shaped eyes widened in shock, and she sat down on the ground.
Why... Why...
Why had she guessed everything wrong? Why...
Lady Xiao loved Xiao He. Yun Ruo was Xiao He's younger sister. Yun Ruo liked Mo Xin. After Xiao He died, in order not to make Mo Xin sad, Yun Ruo went to the Forbidden Langya Cliff to find the murderer but was also killed...
Su Xiaoliu looked at Feng Yufei, pursed her lips, and whispered, "If it wasn't the Hundred Families who killed the Hall Master Xiao, then who was it?"
There was no response for a long time.
Su Xiaoliu lowered her head and saw Feng Yufei lying in the peony field staring blankly at her. The corners of his mouth were raised, and his smile seemed somewhat ethereal. He moved his lips, but no sound came out. His charming phoenix - like eyes looked a bit lost, which made people's hearts ache.
Her heart gave a sudden jolt. Su Xiaoliu gently shook her head and whispered, "Feng Yufei..." She moved closer to him and whispered in a low voice, "You won't die, right?"
Feng Yufei had no strength to speak. He just smiled, looking at her with his charming eyes, smiling silently.
Su Xiaoliu moved her lips and gave a silly smile. Her eyes became a bit unfocused. She whispered, "Didn't you say you're a god? Gods don't die..."
His charming phoenix - like eyes trembled. His lips moved slightly, but no sound came out. His black hair fell on his fair cheeks. A peony petal fell and landed on his hair, looking intoxicatingly beautiful.
She really didn't want him to die. He was a good person, really a good person...
Feng Yufei watched Su Xiaoliu silently. His chest hurt so much that he was almost numb.
Under his red sleeve, his slender and fair fingers moved slightly. He gasped softly, and a glint of joy flashed through his eyes.
Su Xiaoliu stared at him blankly. Suddenly, she felt a bit dizzy. A familiar faint fragrance wafted through her nose. Her body went limp, and she fell onto Feng Yufei...
In the darkness, a golden light shone down, and a phoenix soaring through the fire leaped up...
The warm wind blew gently, and the sun shone brightly.
The wind blew through the deep courtyard, scattering peach blossoms all over the ground.
In front of the window sat a little girl about eight or nine years old in a light - pink silk dress. On her lovely heart - shaped face were a pair of bright almond - shaped eyes. Although her features weren't extremely stunning, they combined to give her a kind of delicate and elegant charm that made people remember her at first sight.
Her pink little hands were holding a book, but her head would occasionally lift up to look out of the window. Outside, two slightly older girls were frolicking in the courtyard like butterflies. Their silver - bell - like laughter came faintly, tickling her heart like a feather. She pursed her small diamond - shaped lips, put down the book. There were five dimples on her beautiful little hands. Just as she was about to stand up, she heard a childish voice behind her.
"Third Miss, the master wants you to recite the whole page of The Book of Songs. Otherwise, you're not allowed to go out."
Xiaoliu turned around and saw a little girl a few years younger than her walking in from the door. The girl was wearing a warm - yellow silk dress and had two buns tied with yellow ropes on her head. Her big eyes stared at Su Xiaoliu pleadingly, but the words she said lacked any sense of authority.
Xiaoliu walked around the flower - cage stool and walked over, looking rather unhappy. She said, "Su Ling, why do you always walk in without knocking? It's so impolite."