"You've finally come for me," the man said, his eyes wide open as he stared painfully into her eyes. He reached out his hand. "Come here. I have something to tell you."
"No way," Su Qingwen replied. She couldn't even bear to look at him. She wished he were dead.
"Don't you want to know why you ended up in this world?" He pressed his hand against his wound and looked at Su Qingwen with difficulty.
Hearing this, Su Qingwen's body twitched. She turned around to look at Hua Yueye and said, "I'm going to have a final word with him."
"Be careful," Hua Yueye said, looking at her intently. He stood behind her protectively.
"What do you want to say?" Su Qingwen stared at the man in front of her coldly and looked at him disdainfully. "Speak quickly. Don't waste other people's time."
"Qingwen, we knew each other in the modern world. I'm the programmer of this game," the man sighed. A bitter smile appeared on the corner of his lips.
It was ironic that as the programmer of the game, he was going to die here.
But it didn't matter. He still had a way to start over after he returned.
"So, every day I've spent here and everything I've done was decided by you," Su Qingwen said, as if she had suffered a great shock. Her eyes widened. She felt heartbroken. It was such a terrible feeling to be manipulated by someone else.
"Yes. Do you remember a little boy you met when you were a child? You said you wanted to go to a game world. I made your dream come true. But why are you treating me like this?" The man gritted his teeth and showed a pained expression. Although this was a game world, his pain was so real.
Su Qingwen stood still. Her head was buzzing. She couldn't react to anything. She tried hard to recall those things, but unfortunately, perhaps too much time had passed. She really had no impression at all.
"Sorry, I've forgotten everything," Su Qingwen said coldly as she squatted in front of him. "But even so, you shouldn't have done bad things. You thought you could manipulate other people's fates and hurt us. It's so ridiculous!"
"I love you," Shen Lingyun gasped for air. He struggled to lift his arm, as if he wanted to touch her.
But Su Qingwen took a step back reflexively. She shook her head and said, "No, this is not love. It's just your ridiculous possessiveness. You don't deserve to say the word 'love'!"
So that's what happened. Su Qingwen finally understood. She was living in a Truman Show. Everything she had experienced was just a ridiculous illusion.
"Su Qingwen, even now, you still won't accept me?" Shen Lingyun thought his confession would stir up some waves in Su Qingwen's heart. But he didn't expect her to be so determined. His eyes widened. Anger and unwillingness welled up in his heart.
"Of course not. I'll never like someone as selfish as you. Shen Lingyun, I'm glad you're about to leave," Su Qingwen said, breathing a sigh of relief. Looking at the blood on the man's chest, she couldn't help but feel secretly thankful. Thankfully, this annoying person was about to die. No one would harm her anymore.
Shen Lingyun squinted his eyes and looked at her with difficulty. He understood what was on her mind. He sneered and stared at Hua Yueye viciously. "Do you really think my death is the end? I'll tell you, it's just that my physical body in the game is damaged. I'll soon return to the real world."
"After that, I'll just find a few programmers and change the game settings. Maybe your happy days will be over soon!" The man looked at the two of them menacingly and cursed.
Hearing this, Su Qingwen was so angry that she didn't care about anything. She rushed up and grabbed his clothes. She stared at him angrily. "You bastard. What are you talking about?"
"Don't worry. If I can't have you, no one else can!" A large amount of blood gushed out of his mouth. Shen Lingyun said with difficulty. He knew very well that his life was coming to an end.
"Then let's wait and see," Hua Yueye said. A strange smile appeared on the corner of his lips. He looked at Shen Lingyun coldly. His eyes were very cold.
Shen Lingyun wanted to say something else, but he didn't have any strength left. Finally, he could only swallow his last breath in despair.
"He's finally dead," Su Qingwen said as she slumped to the ground. She didn't know why, but she suddenly felt very tired. Her face turned pale, and her fingers were trembling.
Shen Lingyun's words kept echoing in her mind. She began to be afraid. If what he said was true, what should she do?
"Qingwen, what's wrong with you?" Hua Yueye asked worriedly as he supported her shoulders.
"I'm fine. It's all over now. By the way, have you found the Prince Rui?" Su Qingwen remembered that Shen Lingyun had accomplices. She wondered if the Prince Rui would come up with any more vicious schemes.
"Yes, I have," Hua Yueye said as he picked her up from the ground. "I'll execute him properly. You don't have to worry."
Hua Yueye's voice was so gentle, and the warmth of his body was so real. But for some reason, Su Qingwen felt a sense of unreality. It was as if everything was like a mirage. She couldn't grasp anything.
"Don't take Shen Lingyun's words to heart. You don't have to believe them," Hua Yueye sighed. He kissed her on the forehead to comfort her.
Not to mention anything else, Su Qingwen knew very well that she was from the modern world. All of this was just a game. If Shen Lingyun's death was not the end but the beginning, how much happy time would she and Hua Yueye have left?
In a daze, Su Qingwen felt her vision becoming blurred. She leaned on Hua Yueye's shoulder and fell into darkness.
When she woke up again, Hua Yueye was not by her side. Everything around her remained the same. The bed beneath her was soft, and there was a faint fragrance of incense in the room, which seemed to make people relax.
"Oh, Concubine Xian, you're finally awake. The emperor was so worried that he almost tore down the Imperial Hospital," the little maid who served Su Qingwen walked in with a bowl of thick medicinal soup. Seeing her wake up, she said in surprise.
Su Qingwen was almost scared to death by her. She couldn't help but cover her chest and said helplessly, "You make it sound so serious. How many days have I been asleep?"
"Three days. The emperor said that if you didn't wake up, he would make the Imperial Hospital bury you with you," the little maid said with lingering fear. She placed the medicine on the small table opposite Su Qingwen.