After a moment, it was Xue Shuangjiao, a woman, who broke the awkward silence.
"In the past few months, you've been with me, you scoundrel, I even gave you my pure body..."
"I foolishly believed that you truly loved me. Are our identities and past lives really that important?"
"I am willing to give you everything I have, but you, after recovering your memories, why have you become so heartless?"
"You are truly cruel. I never imagined you could be so heartless..."
Just then, the earth erupted with raging fire, appearing in a myriad of colors. Red flames and green flames turned into a vast sea of fire in an instant.
The leaping flames reflected the indifferent expression on Wu Tao's face, making it appear even more heartless.
Xue Shuangjiao cried for a long, long time, her eyes blurred with tears. Seeing Wu Tao's unmoved demeanor, her heart grew more sorrowful.
Who, other than those who had personally experienced it, could truly know how painful that bone-chilling sorrow was?
For him, Xue Shuangjiao had already made up her mind never to return to the Blood Clan in this lifetime.
Yet, this heartless and unrighteous scoundrel, upon recovering his memories, wanted to abandon her without a second thought.
Xue Shuangjiao had not yet given up hope, still wishing Wu Tao would change his mind and love her as he once did.
She even felt that if Wu Tao could utter even a single tender word, she would be overjoyed.
However, this hateful scoundrel, for some unknown reason, had become so cold and heartless that he lacked the courage to even say a comforting word.
Had she become so terrible and detestable in his recovered memory?
Thinking of this, Xue Shuangjiao's heart ached even more, a pain far worse than a thousand arrows piercing her heart. Tears flowed uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Wu Tao's originally cold and heartless heart began to melt.
After several choked sobs, he spoke with difficulty, "Regardless of what happened between us during my amnesia, the fact that you tried to control me during this time is an undeniable truth."
"Now that I have recovered my memories, no matter what your intentions were, you have ultimately failed..."
"For the sake of our time together, I will not hold you accountable. Let us part ways amicably and peacefully..."
Wiping the tears that streamed down her face with trembling hands, a gust of wind blew, and Xue Shuangjiao felt a chill all over her body. She curled up, shivering, feeling utterly alone at this moment.
They had slept in the same bed, just yesterday.
How happy they had been then.
Waking up in the middle of the night, or when she couldn't sleep, she would find Wu Tao sleeping soundly beside her. With a playful urge, she would twist his arm with two fingers, causing Wu Tao to jump up and howl.
Wu Tao, awakened by her, would then playfully wrestle with her on the bed.
However, that joyful, sweet time now seemed so distant, as if it had happened a million years ago.
Looking at Wu Tao's current attitude, it was highly unlikely that such moments would ever happen again in this lifetime.
But no matter what, she did not regret her choice. This was her last vestige of pride in this whirlwind romance.
Without taking measures to control Wu Tao, would she have watched as others took him away? Or would Wu Tao have left her and fled on his own?
After a while, Xue Shuangjiao stopped crying, perhaps because her tears had run dry.
Gathering all her strength, Xue Shuangjiao, with a hoarse voice, yelled at Wu Tao, "Scoundrel, do you think I care about you? If you want to leave, then go!"
Hearing Xue Shuangjiao's words, Wu Tao's tense heart immediately relaxed, but for some reason, he felt a sense of loss and bitterness, clearly not feeling right.
Moreover, he remembered these words sounding familiar, as if a cold and aloof woman had once said something similar to him.
Who was this woman? Oh, he remembered, her name was Bing Menglu.
A certain love expert once said:
"Women like men who can make them laugh heartily, but the man they truly love to the bone is the one who makes them cry uncontrollably, to the point of death."
...
At the last moment before their separation, Wu Tao gave Xue Shuangjiao a hug and whispered in her ear:
"I'm sorry. Hate me if you want, but there's really no possibility between us. I have a fiancée..."
Hearing this, Xue Shuangjiao's mind went blank. Her breathing became difficult, and she collapsed to the ground as if her last support had vanished.
She felt as if her heart was gone. So, it was because of his fiancée that he was so heartless towards her!
"Fiancée?" "Fiancée?" "Fiancée?"
Pushing away Wu Tao, who tried to help her up, Xue Shuangjiao leaned against the cold wall, struggling to stand.
Sadness, grief, bitterness, confusion, anger, pain, grievance, jealousy, self-mockery, and more than a dozen other emotions tore her heart to shreds.
She smiled silently. How ridiculous her actions had been these past few months: abandoning everything, willing to die together, never leaving.
But in his recovered memory, what was she? The only one he truly loved was his fiancée.
At this moment, her heart was filled with hatred for herself, for Wu Tao, for that so-called fiancée, for everything, and for the entire world.
Xue Shuangjiao's unbearable and intense pain transformed into deep malice.
She said mockingly, "Instead of worrying about your so-called fiancée, you should worry about yourself."
"Months have passed. The Blood Marrow Spirit Jade mine you were supposed to excavate has long been taken by others. Your mission has long failed."
"Worse still, not only did the mission fail, but all ten companions were killed, and you haven't returned for so long..."
"You are already considered a traitor by the old stubborn humans. When you return this time, it will be a dead end."
Wu Tao, who already felt guilty, remained silent upon hearing Xue Shuangjiao's words, offering no rebuttal.
After all, the past few months he had spent with Xue Shuangjiao had, to be honest, been very good and happy.
...
Love, it is truly something incredibly simple, yet infinitely complex.
...
The two stood in silence, facing each other.
...
After an unknown amount of time, Wu Tao transformed into a beam of light and left without looking back, not even saying goodbye.
On the other side.
After this heartless man left, Xue Shuangjiao let out a sky-piercing roar, filled with sorrow and despair.
She, believing herself clever, had resolutely chosen a path she knew was fraught with thorns, simply because that man was by her side.
That indifferent man who had brazenly entered her heart, possessed everything she had, and then carelessly left.
Moments ago, he had torn her heart to pieces, yet she still found it difficult to let go.
Tears blurred her vision, but the image of that man became increasingly clear in her heart.
"Pain!" "Pain!" "Pain!"
It was a pain that pierced her bones, made it impossible to breathe, a pain so intense that she felt she was already dead.
Three days later.
Gritting her teeth and wiping away her tears, Xue Shuangjiao strode forward. The road ahead was still long, and she could reach the end without relying on anyone.
Meanwhile!
Upon returning to Tongguan City, Wu Tao had only a few days of intimacy with Lü Yuehua before he was targeted by the Enforcement Department.
Several cultivators at the Core Formation stage, clad in golden armor with the word "Enforcement" emblazoned on their chests, entered from outside the door in an orderly fashion. Their faces were calm, devoid of the cold indifference of enforcers.
The leading Enforcement Officer had white hair and a gentle expression, clearly displaying a good attitude.
He was at the late Core Formation stage and was named Chang Wen.
It was understandable. There were only a few hundred Core Formation cultivators in Tongguan City, and they all knew each other. It was unnecessary to create such a tense situation.
Furthermore, the matter Wu Tao was involved in was neither a major nor a minor offense. If Wu Tao could defend himself and explain, he might get off without any trouble.
Besides, Wu Tao was not without backing. His father-in-law was Lü Liang, the Vice City Lord of Tongguan City, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
Lü Yuehua, looking at them, had an extremely grim expression.
Just as she was about to say something impolitely, Wu Tao stopped her.
After stopping Lü Yuehua, who was being overly concerned, Wu Tao also spoke courteously.
"Esteemed Officer, what business brings you here?" If you intend to take me away, I will comply. However, you must first tell me where you are taking me."
...
Chang Wen, the enforcement officer, sighed upon hearing this and then said.
"Young friend, actually, it's not that we're making a fuss to arrest you. It's just that a Minister from the Eighteen Divisions is causing trouble for you, and we can't do anything about it."
"Moreover, your father-in-law didn't say much, which is why we have to take you to the City Lord's Mansion..."
"At present, the eighteen Nascent Soul stage Grand Elders, four Vice City Lords, and the City Lord himself are all in the City Lord's Mansion."
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