The anxiety that had been weighing heavily on his heart finally subsided. All her fears and terrors melted away in his warm embrace.
She was safe. That was all that mattered. Wu Chunzhe felt a lump in his throat.
In this tender moment, words were unnecessary.
Wu Qing stared blankly at the two lovers in each other's arms. His heart ached so much that he was numb. This sight was more unbearable than the previous shocking scene.
At this moment, Wu Qing seemed to witness the birth of true love. He could clearly feel that Liu Yushu and Wu Chunzhe were deeply in love with each other.
What hurt Wu Qing the most was that Liu Yushu didn't love him.
Wu Chunzhe glared at the injured Duke Dugu Fuya and pointed his sword at him. "I'll kill you!"
"You, a mere general, dare to oppose me! I swear you'll die a horrible death!" Dugu Fuya growled in pain.
"A Zhe, he's a royal relative after all. I know you're angry, and I hate this scumbag too. But if you kill him, the emperor might punish you. I don't want you to be in trouble because of this brute," Liu Yushu pleaded.
It wasn't that she didn't hate Dugu Fuya. She just knew his standing in the emperor's eyes. Besides, he was a duke with a noble title.
Wu Chunzhe looked reluctant, but he knew Liu Yushu was right.
Ignoring Dugu Fuya's threats, Wu Chunzhe took Liu Yushu and his arch - enemy, Wu Qing, away.
Back at the general's mansion, Wu Qing was locked in the woodshed, guarded by soldiers. There was no way for him to escape.
Liu Yushu was restless all night because of hurting Dugu Fuya. She finally fell asleep in Wu Chunzhe's arms at dawn.
When she woke up, it was already afternoon. Wu Chunzhe hadn't returned from the court.
She put on a beautiful dress and adorned herself with gorgeous jewelry, then went to the woodshed in the backyard.
Inside, Wu Qing was lying on the ground, looking as pale as death. His wounds were festering and stinking. Since his martial arts had been destroyed, he would die soon if he didn't get medical treatment.
"Why did you deceive me? Why did you hurt me?" Liu Yushu gritted her teeth and asked, her eyes turning red.
She hated Wu Qing for deceiving and hurting her. She hated him even more for massacring Wu Chunzhe's innocent family out of his own selfish desires.
Wu Qing was like a dead man, saying nothing. At this moment, he just wanted to die.
"You scoundrel! I shouldn't have saved you that rainy night. You deserved to be beaten to death," Liu Yushu scolded bitterly.
Hearing this, Wu Qing choked with sobs. "Yushu, I love you. I was so lonely. Only you gave me warmth and treated me well. The happiest thing in my life was falling in love with you and having you. " He looked at Liu Yushu, tears streaming down his face. "With you, my life had meaning."
Wu Qing's master once warned him that if he wanted to master the most powerful martial arts in the world, he had to remain a virgin. Once he broke this rule, all his efforts would be in vain.
Wu Qing had almost completed his martial arts training. He was only one step away from perfection. But then, his junior sister betrayed him. She framed him for murdering their master and severely injured him. He fled to Liu's mansion and broke into Liu Yushu's room.
That was the first time he met Liu Yushu. She gave him medicine and saved his life when he was on the verge of death. From then on, his empty heart was filled with her. After several intimate encounters, he knew he was addicted to Liu Yushu, an addiction he never wanted to break. So, in order to be with her, he gave up the nine - tenths of his hard - earned martial arts.
Wu Qing thought it was all worth it as long as the beauty in his arms loved him. Now he realized that the beauty didn't love him. Instead, she hated him.
"I don't want to hear your lies anymore," Liu Yushu said, tears streaming down her face. The deeper the love, the deeper the hatred.
Even though she was with Wu Chunzhe now, the days with Wu Qing were still vivid in her mind. She had even been pregnant with his child... Sometimes, she would see Wu Qing's shadow on Wu Chunzhe's face and be terrified, thinking that Wu Chunzhe was going to hurt her. She would wake up screaming in the middle of the night.
Thanks to Wu Chunzhe's patient comfort, she was gradually getting out of the shadow.
Wu Chunzhe knew that she hadn't completely forgotten Wu Qing, but he was willing to wait. He was willing to spend his whole life to help her overcome her fears. He believed that with enough love, she would truly fall in love with him.
"How many wives and children have you had?" This question was like a fishbone stuck in Liu Yushu's throat, making her feel uncomfortable.
Wu Qing closed his eyes in remorse. "I'm sorry for you."
Liu Yushu felt dizzy and nauseous. "You're so disgusting!" She left these three words and turned away resolutely. She would never come back. She never wanted to see Wu Qing again.
"Yushu! Yushu! I love you, Yushu!" Wu Qing's desperate cries echoed through the door for a long time.
Liu Yushu didn't kill Wu Qing. Only Wu Chunzhe had the right to decide his fate.